The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-26
SOUTHERN oLEAM Ncs.
A Narrow Escape.

SOUTHERN GLEANNGs.
Marrow Escape.
ISL Murdaugh had a thrilling ex
perience with a rattlesnake near Bar.
tow, Fla. He and two companions
were riding on their bicycles, when
Murdaugh saw a monster RATHER in
front of him. He drove his bicycle
over the snake, but the reptile man
aged to Irvine itself about the spolxes
of the rear wheel, and proceeded to
strike Murdaugh in the back with
every revolution of the wheel. MUIR
daugh's Mortified companions screamed
to him. and the rider, shrieking 81 am
bitten tumbled off the wheel
In faint. His companions
came up and found that the
snake had been striking the broad
leather belt which Murdaugh wore
about his body. The snakes last
stroke had been SO powerful that it
could not withdraw its fangs from the
belt, and the reptile was found thrash
ing its tail about Murdaugh's legs.
The snake was killed and Murdaugh
revived, but he was deathly sick from
fright for several hours. The snake
was six feet in length and had
sixteen rattles and the usual button.
Its fangs were nearly an inch long,
and but for the leather belt Murdaugh
would have been killed.
Georgia Convict shoots Himself.
Porter Stocks. convict in the peni-
tertiary camp at Mineola, Ga, walked
in the room of the camp physician the
other night, picked up pistol and
shot himself, infiicting fatal wound.
Stocks was prominent young Allan
tanian and went to the penitentiary
for five years in 1892 for killing ALI.
Gasson, his intimate friend. Just be-
fore shooting himself Stocks handed
his watch to DR.. Howell, the camp
physician. ''Good-by," said Stocks.
He walked out on the porch and fired
at his own heart. His father says that
he had petition ready to present to
the governor asking for his sons par
don. Some of the strongest influences
in the state were behind the applica-
ton for pardon. No cause is assigned
for his desire to suicide. Stocks
father was once the wealthiest coal
dealer in Atlanta, but spent all he had
to save his sons life.
Carved His Antagonist.
The other night, during an excursion
on a steam launch, made on the Mobile
river by number of society people
from Mobile, two young men, Roman
Boyd and r. L Heusts, had dispute
as to the attentions Boyd was paying
one of the young ladies of the party.
Heusts slapped Boyd's face. On the
return to the city the matter was
taken up again, and a fight ensued.
Boyd used his penlznife, cutting Huests
in the face, neck, arm, abdomen and
thigh, in all twelve wounds, two Of
which are serious. The young men
are all well connected and much in
tereSt is taken in the affair.
Rich Alabama Gold Strike.
The find of the richest gold vein ON
record in Alabama is reported from
Cleburne county. It is located about
5 miles from Hefin, in the direction. of
Arbacoochee, and about 25 miles east
of Admission, on the property of w. G.
Milligan, w. A. Neal and d. B.
Vaughan, of Hef1in, and is being
worked by Messrs. F. j. Tom and
Berry Hilton. Two tons of ore were
blasted up, and it was so rich with the
yellow metal as to be worth at least
one dollar per pound. One man gath
cred during the day 900 pennyweights
in nuggets, which are worth $500
Hammond Wiltshire.
Judge E. S. Hammond, of the United |
States district court, western district |
of Tennessee, was married at st. Mary's |
Episcopal church, Memphis, Tenn, to |
Mrs. Margaret Wiltshire. The cere-
mony was performed by Rt. Rev. T. f. |
Gailor. assistant bishop of Tennessee.
United States District Judge Charles |
ID. Clark, of Chattanooga, acted as |
best man, and the bride was given |
away by Senator Walthall, of Missis-
sippi The bride is handsome, on the |
sunny side of 40, and has achieved |
reputation as teacher of elocution. |
Into the Far South.
Official announcement is made of the |
extension of the Jacksonville, st. Au-
gustine & Indian River railroad from |
its present terminus at West Palm |
Beach to Miami, Fla, a distance Of 20 |
miles. This will be the southermost |
point of any railroad in the United |
States. 1t will give all-rail communi-
cation to within 14O miles of Key West,
and about 14o miles from the Bahama
islands. A steamship line between
these points is an early proba bility.
An entirely new section of country
will be opened
Georgia Watermelon for Mckinley.
Gov. Mckinley of Ohio a few days
ago received from C. w. Arnold, of
Albany, Ca, freight collect, a water
melon weighing eighty-seven pounds
and measuring three feet in length.
The governor paid $3.50 freight and
sent the melon home.
Alexander Carr Declared Sane.
Alexander Carr, who shot and killed
Capt. III. o. King in the streets of At.
lanta, Ga, because of debt, was pro-
nOunced sane by jury summoned to
piss upon his mental condition. This
mans that Carr must hang, unless the
gosernor interferes.
Death of Albert Roberts.
Hon. Albert Roberts, at one time ed
itor IF the Nashville Tenn Repub-
lican Banner and Nashville American,
and consul to Hamilton. Ont, under
the fir9t Cleveland administration, died
a few days ago, after a short illness.
Struck by Lightning.
w. T. Wood, who resided on Stone
river, rutherford county, Tenn, was
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