The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-10-26
SOUTHERN eLEANINes.
Tho Prisoners Acted AZ Guards.

able affair that occurred In Tennessee
a few DAYS since. A train carrying
large number of state prisoners going
to work on the railroad, ran intoa land.
slide on Hartman Coal and Iron Road,
near Ruffner's Mill, wrecking the train
and wounding large numbero of the pas
sengers. The guards of the pl isoners
were all injured, and so badly as to be
helpless. Pinioned beneath the debris
of the wreck, and helpless to do any
anything, they were expecting the
prisoners in their charge to make
a break for liberty Among the
prisoners were two on long
sentences, one for twenty-five and the
other for forty-five years. These two
men were unhurt. and they promptly
seized the guns of the injured guards,
and gave their fellow-prisoners to I'M
derstand that there was to be no run
ming away, but all who could must go
to work for the rescue of the sufferers.
The wounded were taken out
of the wreck, and their wants minis
tered to as tenderly as possible. Not
one of the convicts escaped. The two
long-timers who behaved so we'll were
both negroes. It is not probable that
Gov. Turney will overlook them, when
the circumstances come to his notice.
The Family Wiped Out.
Near Bristow' cave, Marshall county,
Ala, George Bartlett, aged go, and Da-
vid Hubbard, his nephew, became in.
volved in a quarrel about the amount
Bartlett was to pay Hubbard for cutting
some timber, and each seized hickory
club, but Hubbard used his stick first
and fractured Bartlett's skull, causing
death The death of Bartlett marks
the determination of his family. His
son, John, was shot and killed near At
ITALIA recently by an old enemy His
second son, Alexander, became involved
in quarrel with negro farm laborer
recently near the place where his father
was slain and was stabbed to death
His youngest son, Thomas, aged IS
years, was drowned while crossing the
Tennessee river not long ago, his slSif
upsetting.
b. w. Collier.
The death of B. w. Collier, at Indian
Springs, Ga, removes the last of the
original treaty signers with the Creek
Indians by which they ceded all their
lands to the state of Georgia. The In
dian Springs reservation, which is noted
for the healing qualities of its spring.
was held by the Creeks with great
tenacity 1t has always been said that
the chief, Chilly Mcintosh, who agreed
to the cession, had been privately
| bought UP by the state agents. MIR.
| Collier, who was "a at his death, was
the father of large family, one of
whom, N. G. Collier, is one of the terri
torial justices of New Mexico. Among
his descendants are twenty-five living
grandchildren.
Broke His Neck.
| At Memphis, Tenn, Ira Orr secured
i the first work he had had for several
months, and two hours later he was
dead. Orr was from Nashville, and Sc
cured job cleaning out well. He
was down in the well, when a piece of
curbing fell and broke his neck. A
letter was found in Orr's pocket, ad-
dressed to his wife and children, and it
closed by recommending them to Gods
keeping.
Woman Burglar Killed.
A colored burglar who was shot by
| Constable Ben Roberts, near Waverly,
Union county, Ky, while attempting
to escape from custody,and who proved
to be disguised female, died from the
wounds inflicted by the officer. Over
80, 900 worth of stolen goods were re-
covered from the cabin occupied by the
assumed Jim McEvans, who was iden-
/ titled as Sallie Field, a 23-year-old ne
| gress
Miraculous Escape from Death.
At Atkins, Ark, while j. f. Dodson
was engaged in cleaning out well, the
rock wall gave way, entombing him 40
feet from the surface. IT required a
| force of men seven hours to remove the
cement, stone and dirt. Dodson was
rescued alive, although he had been in
water waist deep and entombed under
1 the mass of dirt for more than seven
/ hours.
Fired by Negro Tramp.
| A negro tramp, who camped in G. u.
Alverson's gin and sawmill at Eden,
| Ala, set fire to the place and fed. The
| entire gin and mill, consisting of saw
mill planingmill, gin and gristmill
were destroyed, besides thirteen bales
of cotton, 1000 barrels of cotton seed
and all the machinery. The loss is es-
/ timated at S5 900; no insurance.
Murdered and Thrown in the Creek.
! Mr.. Chris Gibbs, one of the wealth.
est residents of Towns county, Ca,
was found murdered the other night.
/ His skull had been crushed in and two
/ shots fired into his body, after which
j it was thrown into Brasstom creek.
where it was found. There is no clew
to the perpetrators of the crime.
/ Three Kinds OF Poison.
Harry L. Cotton, young business
man of Vicksburg, Miss, committed
/ suicide at his rooms by taking enor-
nous doses of morphine, chloroforna
/ and laudanum. He was addicted to the
use of opium, was out of employment
and had been disappointed in love
affair.
/ Taught Lesson.
/ Albert Kreton, of near BRENNAN,
| Tex, abused a daughter of one Of his
tenants, who was digging post holes.
She struck him over the head with y
/ spade, and he lies in precarious con-
| dition.
/ why lie Wanted TO Die.
/ Lawrence Tandy, aged II, OF Louis
4 vile, Ky, attempted to commit sui
/ eide at Lexington because his father
would not give him money to squander.
/ Rentucky's Arbor Day.
Gov Brown Of Kentucky has appoint
/ ad <f,varnIl her q as ArhOr Dav lie he