The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-03-25
> Miscellaneous.

THE the town of Mount Pleasant was
last week visited by the most destructive
| fire in the history of the town. The
principal part of the place was burned.
Loss, $50, 600; insurance, not known.
THERE are 2,767.5S miles of railroad
in the State. Assessed valuation is $685.
341, 486. 81; average value per mile $13,-
S55.S3; increase of mileage since last
Comptroller's report les. IS; increase OF
valuation So, ,351, ,8SS.93.
MEssRs. g. L. INGRAM, of Bolivar,
and Col. John T. Hultz, of Indiana, have
purchased the Henry L. Wallace stave
factory, which has been successfully
operated at Bolivar for the past two
years. The output of this factory is
about 1000, 900 slaves per year. The
gentlemen who succeed him are men of
means and experience.
AT Elkton one day last week City
Marshal Higgins and a countryman
named G. Stokes quarreled over fish.
Higgins drew his pistol and endeavored
to shoot Stokes, but the latter was too
quick, wrenching the weapon from his
hand and beating him over the head,
inflicting painful wounds though not
considered fatal. W.. III. Cousens, a
farmer, was shot by an unknown party
on the public square soon after the end
ing of the above fight. The pistol ball
entered Cousens' side and passed out at
the back. 1t is thought that the wound
will prove fatal.
TIE horrible death of two men is re-
one Scott were killed, Cas- Matlock
seriously injured and the mill in which
the accident occurred is total wreck.
The mill belonged to Leslie, and is
situated in the southern part of Benton
County, near Coxburg, on the Big Sandy
river. The big mill rock used in all
water mills was slowly turning around
when it began to crack and the men
turned to see what the noise meant. As
they turned the huge rock burs.
asunder, pieces of it flying in every direc.
tion and striking the men. Scott was
knocked thirty feet, death resulting in
stantly. Leslie was hurled through the
mill door and lived few minutes.
Matlock had his thigh broken and was
injured internally.
THE most remarkable archaeological
find in the history of East Tennessee
has been made on Jolly's Island, at the
mouth of the Hiwassee river. During
the semi-food. and following the recent
heavy rains, seven prehistoric statues
T
II. Rencb, of Nashville. The figures in
question show well-developed knowl-
edge of the art of sculpture on the part
of the mound-builders, or a race anteda-
ting them. The statues are in each
case kneeling and represent seven types
of races. One is unmistakably an In
dian, another a negro, and the others
Mongolisn or Asiatic, two male and
three female. The attitude and ex-
preston indicate devotion to a pagan
deity.
DEATH has ended the career of Bud
Collins, of Hancock County, after a
lingering illness. Just prior to his
death he told his attendants he knew
he had to die, and he saw hell with all
its torments staring him in the face, for
he had committed an objectionable
crime. Pressed to relate his story, he
told them that six years ago he, with
one Collins, murdered a stranger near
Sneedville, for his money, but obtained
only 90 cents Collins was killed by
lightning about year ago. The story
Is believed, but no one can imagine who
the murdered stranger could have
been.