The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-04-28
Miscellaneous.

JOHN ScHARDT, the defaulting cashier
of the Mechanics Savings Bank and
Trust Company, of Nashville, died last
week. His life was insured for $4,000.
DAN DALTON, an industrious negro
who sold his farm and utensils three
weeks ago to move to Oklahoma, re-
turned with his family last week and
will still make Carroll County his home.
THEODORE BOND, one of Madison
County5 most respected citizens, died
last week He was out in his garden
working around and about it, when he
fell to the ground and expired within a
few minutes.
YoUNG TERRY and Henry Walker,
both white, got into difficulty near
Cookeville recently. Terry, drawing
pistol, shot Walker twice, killing him
instantly. Terry then fed. Walker
leaves wife and three children.
AT the recent term of the circuit court
at Shelbyville the case against c. P.
Hinton, charged with barn-burning,
which has been up several times, was
finally disposed of, Hinton being ac-
quilted.
THE Huntingdon ax-handle factory is
doing a large business, and has lately
increased it's capacity for work. 1t is
furnishing considerable employment to
men in the timber business in the
country.
ONE day last week, at Huntingdon.
L.
one room to another with pan of boil
ing water, his little daughter inter
cepted him and turned the scalding
fluid over on her neck and down her
back. She was very seriously scalded.
Ex-Gov. JAMES d. PORTER made
brief farewell address to the students
of the Peabody normal school at Nash
vile last week. He said he hoped to
return from Chilli, to which country he
has recently been appointed minister,
as soon as some difficulties between the
two governments were settled.
THE alleged murderers of United
States Deputy Collectors Spurrier, Card
well and Mather, in Lincoln County
last summer, will be tried in the United
States District Court in Nashville, May
oath. The men under Indictment are
Patrick, Pettey, Epps and Cooper. The
collectors were ambushed while on a
raid and the assassination created great
excitement at the time. The proof is
said TO be very strong against the
accused. They have employed dis
tinguished counsel and the trial promises
to be bitterly contested on both sides.
Some time since the attorney for the
defense made an unsuccessful effort to
have the case thrown into the State
court.
ROBERT M. NELSON, of Murfreesboro,
was tried in the United States Court at
Nashville last week. Two deputy col
lectors went into Nelson's place and
found two empty whisky barrels on
which were stamps which had been
erased. They seized the barrels, went
away for some reason, and returned
after two hours. The barrels were then
found to contain from one to three
gallons of whisky each, which, under
the law, relieved Nelson from liability.
The deputy collectors claimed that the
whisky was put into the barrels
during their absence for the purpose of
saving Nelson from indictment, while
the defense contended that the whisky
was in the barrels all the time. The
jury failed to agree.
THE new Presbyterian church at Rip
ley has been completed and services
were held therein last week. 1t is
handsome building, and will be dedi-
Gated the first Sunday in May.
w. J. LEONARD, Judge of the Marshall
County Court, charged with larceny,
forgery and altering public records in
connection with the county bonds,
was last week bound over to the Cir
cult Court in the sum of $1,000 on the
warrant charging him with altering
public records. The court decided that
the allegations of larceny and forgery
contained in the charges were nos
sustained.