The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-04-22
miscellaneous.

A AvERDIoT was rendered last week at
Erin for $4,000 damages against the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com
pany for the killing of man named
Conners by freight train on trestle
at Vernon Station last November.
DEPUTY SHERIFF RHEA, of Monroe
County, who with a posse had gone to
capture moonshiners implicated In the
killing of the Stuart brothers, United
States marshals, near Ducktown, was
killed by moonshiners last week. Com
ing upon them suddenly he was shot
dead, and his posse fed.
FRUIT-GRowERs over the State are
jubilant over the prospects of good
crop. An abundance of small fruits and
garden products is predicted. The
strawberry season will open about
week later than usual, due to the cold
snap in March, and promises to bring
thousands of dollars into West Tennes-
see. The bloom is reported prolific and
the plants strong. Peaches are safe
from any more killing frosts. The cold
of the early spring kept back the bud
ana GnlS crop Will Oo AcdFy'
FUNDS sufficient for the erection of a
Confederate monument at Clarksvil1e
have been raised after several months
of toll. A design has just been selected
for this monument, and Mitchell 81 Co.,
os Chicago, awarded the contract for its
erection. The monument selected Is to
be 4S feet high and 13 feet square at the
base. Six feet from the base there will
be on either side of the shaft heroic
bronze statues of artillery and cavalry
men. At the top of the statue is to be
the statue of a Confederate infantryman.
The monument will be of beautiful
finish.
Mrs. SARAH JANE WALTHA, . pros
porous and well-known farmer of Mont
gomery County, and the only living sis
ter of DR.. I. A. Thomas, an old and
highly esteemed citizen of Clarksville,
is dead, after several months of i'll
health, in the roth year of her age. She
was born in Virginia, and had lived in
Montgomery County since 1928. She
leaves a husband and one married
daughter. Mrs. Waltha was member
of the Methodist church, and a much
beloved Christian lady, whose sunny
disposition made all who knew her love
her.
PRESIDENT Moss, of St. Louis, and
other officers of the Tennessee, Paducah
e. Alabama railroad, who recently pur-
chased the Tennessee Midland railroad,
went over their purchase on special
train last week and inspected the 130
miles of road from Memphis to the Ten
nessee river. They were much pleased,
and 1t is understood will make arrange
ments at once to connect the Tennessee
& Paducah with 1t at or near the river.
The Tennessee river will be bridged
and the Midland extended to Nashville
and another branch built through the
rich coal and iron fields of Middle Ten
nessee and Alabama on to Birmingham.
1t is one of the biggest railroad schemes
at present in active way in the South.
It is now said the Illinois Central has
nothing TO do with the deal.
ESQUIRE C. II. ANDERSON, one of the
oldest and most prominent citizens OF
Bolivar, died last week, aged 70 years.
He was born in Chesterfield County,
Va, and moved to Hardeman County
with his parents when mere boy. For
over fifteen years he served the people
of that county faithfully as chairman Of
the county court, and by his Judgment
and management of affairs saved many
dollars. He also served four years as
register of the county. In 1879 he rep
resented the district composed OF the
counties OF Hardeman and Madison In
the State Senate. whsse he rade en en-
viable Tsputat!eB.