The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-20
Miscellaneous.

been committed.
Miscellaneous.
Covington was visited by burglars one
night last week and several dwellings
pillaged.
VIII Hicks, young farmer of Madi.
son County, was attacked by vicious
stallion which he had just unbridled in
stable. The animal seized Hicks arm
and did not release his hold until he
was beaten off. The arm was terribly
Iacerated and fractured, and young
| Hicks may lose it.
VIII Bowles shot and probably fatally
wounded his uncle, Frank Mosely, at
| Nashville last week. Mosely is said TO
| have raised disturbance in tho house,
and during the quarrel slapped Bowler
mother, who is Mosely's sister. The
mother thereupon called upon her son,
who got shotgun and fired upon his
uncle. Bowles escaped. He is only 16.
Elijah Arnold shot and probably
fatally wounded his wife at Manchester
| last week, and is now in Jail. 1t seems
Arnold and his wife have both been
The children quarreled and this brought
| on the tragedy. Both parties stand
| high and the affair has caused great
sensation.
AN onion grown in Shelby County
weighing 2$4 pounds and measuring 1874
| inches in circumference was on exhibi-
tion at Memphis last week. 1t is of the
l., Il
grown by j. w. Mccall, who says he
has many specimens weighing over two
pounds.
The Peabody Institute for West Ten.
nessee began its summer session at
Jackson last week. Hon. Thos. II.
Paine, superintendent of the Jackson
schools, is president. He has as coin
structors Profs. Wharton S. Jones, of
Memphis, S. A. Mynders, of Lexington,
and Price T. Thomas, of Union City. 1t
is estimated that 400 or 500 will attend
the institute.
The crops are better in the section
around Nesbitt than they have been in
a number of years. The kindness of
Jupiter Pluvius in putting in an ap-
source of much qualification to the
farmers. The corn crop is an assured
certainty, while the cotton is something
remarkable for this season of the year.
The pastures are more luxuriant than
could have reasonably been hoped for.
In fact this promises to be the blue NIB
bon crop year and the farmers are jubi-
liant
The Governor has offered reward of
500 for the arrest and conviction OF Lee
Robins, who killed John Davis, a citizen
of Dyer County, on December 6, 1892.
The father of John Davis has supple
mented the Governors reward with
another reward OF 500 for the delivery
of Lee Robins at the Dyer County jail.
Lee Robins is about five feet six inches
high, slim, spare-made man, of dark
complexion, black hair and blue eyes;
has thick lips and very sulky look.
A deplorable accident happened at
Jackson last week. Rufus, aged 10
years, and J. D., aged years, little sons
of w, 5. Mullins, started to drive horse
when the animal made a wild dash,
overturning the buggy and hurting the
little boys against the stone curbing.
The skulls of both were broken, the
older dying in short time. The younger
boy never regained consciousness and
died in a few hours. Mr. Mullins is
peculiarly unfortunate, having child
killed last year in an accident. He has
only one arm himself, the result of an
accident.
Squire Coleman, magistrate from the
Sixth Civil District of Shelby County,
reports the crops for his section in fine
condition. He says the farmers have a
better prospect for fine crop than they
have had in years in his district The
rains which have fallen in the last few
days have put the finishing touches on
an already prosperous crop, and I hope
and predict that this fall will be time
of plenty with the farmers. The farmers
are raising more hog and homiDy at
home this year than they have in sew
eral years, and what cotton they are
raising is in fine condition.
News has been received Of the mys-
terious poisoning of whole family on
the farm of G. E. Waite, near Haley.
One person is dead and others are in a
serious condition. It Is supposed blue
stone got into the bread which they ate.
Mrs. Dora Tate, wife of Squire 7. w.
Tate, gave birth last week to three we'll
formed and fully developed girls. 7.
w. Tate, the father Of the triplets, is
citizen of the Fifteeath District OF
Hardeman County, is SO years old. and
is the father OF twenty children, having
been married four tines. The mother
is q years old, and IL the mother ef
eight ehisdEen.