The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-24
SOUTHERN 6LEAMNes.

GrewsOme Find.
A singular occurrence took place at
Opelousas, La, the other morning.
An old colored woman living on the
east side of the town heard some dogs
growing near her house and walked
out to see what it was about. On
drawing near the dogs she discovered
they were gnawing on human arm
and hand. The flesh was nearly all
torn from the bones, but the siDews,
skin and fnger-nails yet remained.
She gave Information Of The fact to
some white gentlemen; who itime-
diately repaired to the spot and exam
ined the limb. They were not able to
identify it. The graves in the Prot
estant cemetery, not very far away,
were examined, but not one was dis
covered to have been disturbed. The
flesh was not so much decomposed as
to warrant the belief that it had long
been buried. Inquiry wBs made to as
certain If anyone had been missed
No discovery has yet been made, and
the matter has excited much curiosity.
The finger-nails were thick, strong,
and plainly showed that the hand was
SA"S Va a. hOAhAhS
Won't Believe he Is p DefauIter.
A very curious state OF affairs is re-
ported from Charlotte, n. c. John 1ol-
land, the cashier of the Merchants and
| Farmers bank, confesses himself for
| ger and a thief, and that during the
| past six or seven years he has stolen
between SIS, 900 and Sl00,Oo0; but the
people of the town refuse to withdraw
their friendship from him. When he
surrendered himself to the jailer that
official refused to lock him up, and in
sisted on his eating at the table with
his own family. The next day large
numbers of the most prominent men in
the place called to tender him assur-
ances of their sympathy and regard,
and when the United States district
attorney arrived and fixed his bail at
| ST., 600, they scrambled over each other
in their anxiety to get their names on
his bond. Holland has been very promi-
nent in church and society, and people
| are at a loss to know what he has done
with the money, as he did not appear
to be living beyond his salary. The
people seem bound to believe in him in
spite of himself.
Married I'm Presence of a Corpse.
Standing by the corpse of man who
had been murdered, Mr.. Louis Dorneclk
and Miss Margaret Gore were married
at Quincy, Fla. A cOroner's inquest
was being held, when proceedings
were interrupted by the entrance of
Mr.. Dorneck and Miss Gore, who beg
ged Coroner Pitman to marry them
Immediately. The coroner had
been showing the jury the
wound in the murdered mans breast,
and his hands were bloody. He
suggested a more appropriate place fer
the ceremony, but Mr.. Dorneck eX-
planned that Miss Cores father was in
pursuit and that delay would be dan
gerous. Accordingly Coroner Pittman
hastily said the words that made the
couple one. As the groom handed the
marriage license to the coroner the
blood on the fingers of the latter made
a stain on the document. The bride
did not seem affected by the morgue-
like surroundings. She is the daugh-
ter of a wealthy cigar manufacturer
and the groom is one of her fathers
employees.
Georgia Gold Strike.
For several months reports of gold
finds in Marshall county, Ala, near
Gadsden, have been made. And now
the largest gold find in the south is re-
ported on Santa creek, 16 miles from
Guntersville. Maj. Hugh Carlisle. of
Guntersville, one of the wealthiest and
best-known citizens of Alabama, verifies
the reports, and says that he knows that
the mines are the largest in the south
ern states. Men are now at work on
3-foot seam, which is yielding from SIS
to SIS per yard. Experts have exam
ined the surrounding land and make
the astonishing statement that under
600 acres there is undoubtedly $14, 0OO,-
900 in gold. So confident of this fact
was one of the experts that he sue
ceeded in organizing syndicate which
offered the owners of the property a
large royalty on the mines, agreeing
to give S. per day for each man worked
in the mines by the syndicate. The
property is owned by dozen farmers
Had Saws In His Shirt Tail.
A transfer of jailers was made at
Memphis, Tenn, a few days ago, and
the new turnkey concluded to search
everyone. John Lang, counterfeiter,
was ordered by the suspicious jailer to
take off his undershirt, and when the
garment was examined four iron saws
were found sewed in its tail.
Killed with n Ball bat.
In a difficulty between two negro
boys, Cornelius Foster and Dave Baker,
aged respectively Is and Is years, at
Meridian, Miss, the former was killed
by the latter with a baseball bat.
Baker was arrested and placed in Jail,
the corners jury returning a verdict
of guilty of murder.
The Judge Slid Down a Post.
The residence of Mrs. Horace Hall,
in Houston, Tex, was destroyed by
fire, with all its contents. There were
several dodgers and none saved any
thing. Judge E. P. Hill had to escape
by sliding down post. Loss, $1,000;
no insurance.
The UnwrItten Law Enforced.
Albert S. Hall, who killed his cousin
at Lexington, KY, was acquitted of
the charge of murder. Hall claimed