The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-31

of Nat Huddleston, Esq, of the
18th District, died last Thurs
day of pneumonia At the time of
her death, drs. Huddleston was
about 60 Yeas of age. She was the
mother of five children, all of
whom are grown and married. Mrs.
Huddleston was the daughter of the
late Jacob Shelton, and "a sister of
Mr.. Jasper Shelton, a prominent
citizen of our county. She was a
true, noble woman, and leaves a
score of friends who will long re-
member her many acts of kindness.
Her remains were buried at Mount
Gillead, McNairy County, Satur-
day. The BULLETIN extends sincere
sympathy to the 6ereaved husband
and children.
For some time past, the mer-
chants of Whiteville have been 4 e
victims of an organized band of
thieves. Numerous articles, of
more or less value, have been taken
from their stores. Many efforts
were made to detect the guilty par
ties, all of which proved unsuccess-
full. Last week, a clue was obtain
ed, and a number of negroes were
and tried before Esquire I.
G. Stuart. Sufficient evidence was
found against the following parties
to cause them to be bound over to
Circuit Court: Orange Franklin,
M. Franklin, Bud Whitehorn and
Jesse Hull. They were brought to
Bolivar Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff
J. B. Foote and placed in Jail.
A large lot of SchoolBooks,
Tablets, Pens, Inks, ETC., at
Hudson's.
Mr.. w. B. Summons announ-
ces himself in this weeks issue of
the BULLETIN az a candidate for re-
election to the office of Sheriff of
County. Mr.. Sammons
was elected at the July term, 1895,
of the county court to fill out the
term of @. III. Joyner, re-
signed. During his short term of
office, he has been confronted with
grave and important duties. On all
occasions, he has discharged those
duties with credit to himself and
with satisfaction to the public. He
is thoroughly familiar with the re-
quirements of the position to which
he aspires for reelection, and prom
Uses a faithful discharge of same.
Tuesday morning, about 10
o'clock, the Western Hospital was
to be on fire. Prompt
action on the part of the engineer
and his assistant, some of the at
tendants and few of the patients,
prevented what promised to be a Sc
rious confagration. The principal
damage done was the burning of
tower, about % feet high, at the
western end of the center building.
The floor of the Amusement Hall
was also slightly injured by falling
sparks. The total loss will amount
to a few hundred dollars, fully COW
cred by insurance. The cause of
the fire was a defective fue. During
the excitement, it was found neces-
sary to remove some of the female
patients from the building.
We direct attention to the an
nouncement of Mr.. Julius Crawford
for County Court Clerk, of Harde-
man County, published elsewhere
in to-day's BULLETIN. At the Jan
uary term, 1895, Of the County
Court, Mr.. Crawford was elected to
fill this office until the next regular
election, which will occur on
Thursday, August 9th, 1896. Du-
ring his term of Office, he has dis
charged his duties with entire salts
faction to the public. There is no
more painstaking, faithful and
courteous official in Hardeman
County than Julius Crawford. He
stands upon his record, invites
careful scrutiny of same and solicits
the support of his fellow citizens.
New Crop Garden Seeds
at Hudson's. Landreth's
Ferry's and Other. kinds.
On last Sunday night, after the
sermon, Rev. J. M. Clark announc-
ed that he had received a formal
call from the Presbyterian Church
at Denton, Texas, and had notified
that church of his acceptance. He
also stated that he had requested a
meeting of Presbytery on the 18th