The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-07-07
Miscellaneous.

President Cleveland has ordered the ap
pointment of J. f. Tillman of Tennessee
to be register of the treasury.
The total itemized expenses Of Gov.
Turney, Treasurer Craig and Comptroller
Harris on their recent trip to New York
foots up $3S9.73. This is the sworn ac-
count against the State.
An Eastern mill will locate in Memphis
for the manufacture of articles made of
swamp persimmon, provided the timber
car be had in sufficient quantity.
DR.. J. r. Graves died at Memphis
last week after lingering illness. DR..
Graves was one of the most prominent
Baptist divines in the South.
A decree was entered in the Chancery
Court at Nashville last week, directing
the Clerk and Master to borrow 81 800
to defray the expenses of removing the
remains of President James X. Polk
and his wife from Polk Place to the
State Capitol grounds.
Checks have been received from the
Comptroller of the Currency for the pay
ment of $4,000 to depositors of the
Commercial National Bank of Nashville.
1t is estimated that 100000 of this will
60 directly into Nashville business chan
nels. Very few of the stockholders failed
to come up with their assessments, and
some of them paid in more than the
call
The celebrated case of Hunt VS.. Jer-
nigan, has been decided in the Circuit
Cour of Sumner county, Hunt being given
500 damages. Hunt lived on Jernigan's S
farm, and Jernigan wanted him off it.
Hunt refused to go and then Jernigan
charged him with being hog thief. Hunt
established his innocence and now makes
Jernigan sweat-s4OO blood money.
Secretary of State Morgan's report for
the quarter ending June 80 shows the
total receipts for that office to be
$2,02770. OF this sum $1,4O675 is
from tax on chartered corporations and
$620.95 in fees. These fees under the
operations of the act passed by the last
Assembly go into the Treasury of the
State
The Criminal Court Grand Jury of
Davidson County adjourned last week,
and in their report take occasion to say
they think the cost of Davidson County's
Poor House is out of proportion to the
needs of the county. The Poor House
has cost over 100000 already, and there
is no let up yet. 1t is a regular palace,
and the taxpayers are kicking fearfully
about it.
United States officers have arrested
Clem Berry and Anson Kingery, two
Dunkard preachers near Rogersville,
for counterfeiting. Their outfit consisted
of a small gasoline furnace, some plas-
ter paris moulds and thirty or forty
pounds of metal. Berry, who has always
been considered an honorable, upright cit
izen. passed several counterfeit dollars
on merchants at Rogersville Junction,
but as they were easily detected an ex-
animation was made, which led to the
arrests. Berry is past so years of age.
The executive committee of the COM
petitive drill announce that the prizes for
the drill have been Increased to $500.
The first prize will be $500, the second
$500 and the third 800, all of which
are guaranteed.
A singular damage suit has been in
stituted at Chattanooga as the result of
forcing county convicts to wear heavy
shackles day and night. Charles Han
lon, a white boy, Is years of age, was
sent to the Work House some time ago
from the City Court on the charge of
prowling. Since his release Hanlon has
been in a badly crippled condition, and
claims it was caused by the shackles
being fastened too tight on his limbs.
Hanlon says he entreated the guards to
loosen the irons, but they refused to do
so, and as a result he claims to be crip.
pied for life. He has entered suit against
the county for $1,000 damages.