The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-07-28
miscellaneous.

The Citizens Bank of Jellico, the only
banking institution of that place, has
closed its doors.
THERE were twenty-nine deaths in
Nashville last week. The whites num-
bered twelve and the colored seventeen.
JESSIE LEE, the infant daughter of J..
w. Seaberry, of Nashville, last week
turned over pot of not grease on her
self and died in few hours, after suf-
fering intense agony.
Mrs. Nancy MOSES died at Browns
vile last week. The deceased was one
of the oldest residents of Haywood
County, and was beloved by all who
knew her. She was 81 years of age.
ATTORNEYS representing the Mobile
& Ohio railroad have taken the case of
the State against that road for some
S1O0,0OO taxes from the Supreme Court
of Tennessee to the Supreme Court of
the United States.
w. III. WALLACE, a prominent lumber
dealer of Lebanon, was either robbed
or lost pocketbook containing notes
and money aggregating $4,000 some-
where between st. Louis and Nashville
last week.
COLLECTOR BOND has appointed "
H. Mitchell, Of Union City, E. J. Patter-
son, of Gibson City, and Oscar Gibbs, Of
Dresden, storekeepers and gaugers; w.
A. Stewart, of Lawrenceburg, collector
of the Fourth Division.
WILLIAM HAssELL, farmer living
near Milan, was badly bitten by cop
perhead snake last week. He attempted
to kill the reptile, which was coiled in
his yard, when the snake sprang upon
him and buried its fangs in his arm.
THE Park Hotel at Tullahoma was
destroyed by fire last week. The insur-
ance expired July IL, and owing to the
muddle over the insurance law passed
by the last legislature it was not re-
loss.
RUFUS M. FIELDS has been appointed
State revenue agent by Comptroller
Harris, and will at once begin his duties.
Mr.. Fields viii visit the various coun-
ties from time to time and inspect the
books of the several county officers
The Office will pay about So, 600 year.
The time of the annual meeting of
the Confederate Association of Tennes-
see Bivouacs at jackson has been
changed from Wednesday, September
13, to Wednesday, October IL. Hun
dreds of old soldiers from all parts of
the State are expected, and they will
receive a hearty welcome from the citi-
zens of jackson.
IN response to an urgent telegram
from Senator Bate, the acting secretary
of war has notified him that the treas
ury department has been requested to
place $4,000 to the credit of Capt John
Biddle, corps of engineers, Nashville,
to be disbursed to contractors who are
at work on Cumberland river improve
ments, and to whom the money has been
due for some time.
DR. FREDERICK HOWARD, president Of
the proposed Gulf & Tennessee Rail-
road, claiming to represent an English
syndicate, has signed a contract with
Garvey Bros, railroad contractors of
Memphis, to construct line from Jack
son to Middleton to connect with the
Gulf & Ship Island road, contingent on
Jackson voting $50, 600 in bonds The
connecting line will be about forty
miles in length.
CATsoN MILLS was killed in Mout-
gomery County last week while en-
gagged in an attempt to load log on a
wagon. The log lay on a hillside, and
Mills put chain around it and attached
it to his mules to pull it up the de-
clivity, where it could be more advan-
tageously loaded. The chain broke and
the log rolled down the hill. Mills en-
deavored to stop it, when it rolled over
him, crushing bis head and body horri-
bly,. Deceased was 35 years old and
leaves wife and child.
w. A. CUMMINGS, of Nashville, was
neatly swindled out of SIS last week by
a slight OF hand artist, with whom he
exchanged $50 bill on the train com
ing from Chicago. The thief gave Cum
mings three fve-dollar bills and four
one-dollar bills. Cummings noticed
the error and the fellow took the change
TO count 1t. Then he admitted hi error,
and placing another dollar bill on the
top, handed it 10 Cummings. In doing
so he extracted three fves from the bot
tom. Cummings did not discover it for
some moments, and when he did he
started after the fellow, who jumped
of tha train ard aSeara3