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Some Figures on Cotton, Secretary Hatter of the Memphis [eens cotton exchange estimates that this year’s Tennessee cotton crop will he 330,000 bales; Arkansas, 625,000; Mississippi, 1,500,000. The offi ceial figures last year were: Tennessee, 1,275,000; Arkansas, 575,000; Mississippi, 960,000. ESTIMATES FROM GEORGIA. Well-posted cotton men of Atlanta estimate the total cotton crop in the United States at from 8,550,000 to 10, 000,000 bales, while experts at Augus ta, Ga., say it will be between 0,250, 900 bales and 9,500,000. Some at Savannah say it will be between 10. 75,000 and 12,063,000, but the majority say about 9,250,000. An estimate sent out from Columbus, Ga.y says the crop of the state will reach 900,000 bales. Bishop Turner’s Idea. Says a New York dispatch of a re cent date: The steamship Kansas City has arrived here from Savanah, Ga., and among the passengers are twelve negroes, old and young and of both sexes, the advance guard of an African colonization scheme now on foot in several southern states. The plan originated, early this year, in the mind of Bishop Turner, who is now travelling through the south. It was formulated and put into shape by Jere mie Millan, a white man, of Birming ham, Ala., who founded what is known as the International Immigration so ciety. The plan of the society was not new by any means, but this particular scheme seems to have had a large fol lowing from its inception. The society is now said to number 4,000. Four Skeletons Found. It was reported at Francisco, Ala.,a few days since, that four skeletons had been found in a crevice on Cumber land mountain, near the head of Hur ricane creek. The remains were found by some negroes who were chestnut hunting. The skeletons are believed to be those of Mrs. Sarah Bishop, her step-daughter, and two men, stran gers,with whom the women eloped last spring. At that time the enraged hus band and father went in search of the recreants. He remained absent for awhile, but finally returned and re ported that his search had been fruit less. Since then nothing has been heard of the elopers. Bishop has also left that part of the country, and his whereabouts is not not known. An ef fort will be made to develop the facts in the case. Attacked by a Bear. Wombwell’s menagerie, showing at the state fair at Columbia, D. C., had a grizzly bear and a German bear hound and wolf confined in the same cage. Andrew Rudolf Canaz was training the hound to mount and ride the bear. When he entered the cage the bear was ugly and the hound was reluctant to mount. Suddenly the grizzly snapped at the hound and missed him, but caught Canar’s leg. In another instant the man was down and would have been torn to pieces, but the wolf came to the rescue and attacked Brain savagely, in which he was joined by the hound. Together they gave the bear a trouncing, and meantime Canaz was taken from the cage by persons outside. Canaz’s leg was badly lacerated, but he will re cover. A State Senator's Queer Mill. Senator Harris introduced in the Georgia state senate a few days ago a ‘bill to permit a husband, whose wife has been in a lunatic asylum for five years, to get a divorcee for the purpose of marrying again. In committee he acknowledged that the bill was for the benefit of a constituent of his who was a clergyman and who, to use the sena tor’s words, “‘was powerful anxious to marry again, as his wife was of no use to him in the asylum.” The fact that a clergyman should thus want to cease his interest in an unfortunate wife was enough to laugh the bill out, and the introducer was permitted to withdraw it. Died from Hydrophobia. Jim McKay, near Goshen, Pike coun ty, Ala., who was bitten by a rabid dog several weeks since, died the other morning. He became violently af fected, and was in great agony until he died. Water threw him into con vulsions. He fancied someone had put a spell on him and placed frogs in his throat, and agreed to go to Annis to let doctors remove the frogs. They started with him, but he died on the way, foaming at the mouth, and show ing all signs of hydrophobia. When he was bitten, the dog's teeth clinched him by the lips and tore them partial ly off. Eight Tennessee Hangings. Clarence Cox and John Stanley, who brutally murdered Henry Snodderly and his wife, an aged couple in Union county, Tenn, last February, have been sentenced to hang December 22. This makes eight murderers now in the Knox county jail under sentence of death. Baptized in by Waters. Ice of considerable thickness was cut upon the creek at Casky, Ky., for the purpose of baptizing a large number of converts who had recently united with the Casky Baptist church. Want to Try the Dispensary Pine. At the instigation of the Georgia Pro hibition State association the general assembly is being urged to adopt the Tillman method of state dispensaries. Cars and Cotton Burned. Two flat cars and eighty bales of cotton were burned on the Deer Creek branch of the Georgia Pacific railroad in the suburbs of Greenville, Miss. Two Children Uréenue. — The house of Louis Williams, # miles below Natchez, Miss., was burned and two children cremated. Williams and an elder child were badly burned. Burned to Death. Mrs. Tom Lillard, an old lady who lived a few miles from Waco, Tex., was burned to death. “ Her clothing caught fire from the stove. Protest Against Discrimination. Memphis cotton factors are protest ing against what they allege to be dis crimination against Memphis by the railroads. An Early Cold Snap. A cold snap appeared early at Pen sacola, Fla., this fall. It is not often that it freezes there in the middle of November. For “Making” Money. Mack Oakley, « negro, was arrested at Salem, Lee county, Ala. » few days ago, charged with counterfeiting silver, quarters.
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Bolivar Bulletin
Bolivar, Tennessee, US
Fri, Nov 23, 1894
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