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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13


Miss Pet Mckay, highly esteemed and
beautiful young lady, of Quincy, Illinois,
aged eighteen, left the fremont House
about o'clock Thursday afternoon, walked
out on the railroad bridge which crosses the
Mississippi, pinned her cloak to one of the
braces Of the bridge, and Ieaped into the
river She foated sometime, but finally
sunk, and her body had not been found at
the latest advices. Before jumping into
the river she wrote a note and pinned it to
her cloak, in which she said: The finder
of this cloak and hat 1 hope will be kind
enough to take this to my mother at the
fremont House. Tell her that my body
lies in the Mississippi ] did not drown
myself for shame, nor for love. / am yet
as pure as the beautiful snow. Thank the
Lord, l have no sin Of that kind to answer
for No friends have l. Everybody hates
me. My friends are enemies. Indeed, this
is cold dreary world to live in; so good
bye, mother, sister, and brothers, for l am
going to the land where sin and sorrow
come no more. P A. Mckay" The
mother of Miss Mckay is a widow. She
moved from Dayton, Ohio, about one year
since She has two sons, news agents en-
the c. B., and IT, w railroads, who have
supported their mother and sisters.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13
a Narrow Escape.

Last evening about dark Mrs S. L. Wood
son in reflling lamp with what is known
as coal OIL in the hall of her house at sc
Madison street. spilled few drops of the
fluid on the table. Then putting down the
can near the lamp she applied lighted
taper to the wick. a ciuder fell on the oil
which was lying around loose and set it on
fire. A colored girl who was superintend-
ing the operation, with great presence Of
mind sprang forward to put out the blaze
and upset the can of oil In a second the
whole mass Of oil burst into a flame, which
enveloped Mrs Woodson and leaped to the
ceiling, a hight of fifteen feet. The servant
girl then retired in good order. Mr.. Wood
son and some friends happened to be in the
next room and came promntly to the i'm
perilled lady's assistance. BY liberal and
prompt use of blankets the flames were
soon extinguished when it was found that
Mrs Woodson was more frightened than in
iured, and that the volunteer fire department
was more frightened than she was 1t was
remarkable escape, for if help had not
been Immediately at hand the result must
have been altogether different. This should
be a warning to all who handle burning
fluids arelessly.-Memphis Ledger, 9Th
inst.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

The Supreme Court, sitting at Washing
ton, promulgated the following decisions on
the first inst:
In the Supreme Court, in case No. IO6,
Furman & Green, ct al, plaintiff in error
VS.. the Clerk Of Davidson County, Tennes
see, Justice Davis delivered the opinion re
versing the decree of the court below, and
holding that the State was bound to receive
in payment for taxes the bills of the State
Bank Of Tennessee created By the LegisIa-
ture Of 1888, Notwithstanding the repeal Of
the acs, so far as their guaranty was con
cerned, by the reconstructed Legislature Of
1865.
In the case of Thornton Us. Smith & Hiey,
the court decided that a promisory note Civ
en- in payment for property purchased at
Montgomery, Alabama, in 1864, when the
authority of the United States was excluded
from that part of the State, and the only
currency in use was Confederate Treasury
and the United States Courts possess power
to enforce the same. The Court also ruled
that contracts stipulating for payment in
that currency cannot be regarded as made
IS in aid Of foreign invasion in the one case,
or of domestic insurrection in the other.
They have no necessary relation to the hos
tile governments, whether invading or In
surgents They are transactions in the or
dinary course Of civil society, and though
they may Indirectly or remotely promote the
ends of the unlawful government, are with
ogt blame, except when proved to have been
entered into with actual intent TO further the
invasion or insurl ection.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

A most estimable lady, who for many
years has ornamented society by her grace
ard accomplishments, in New Orleans, has
been deserted by her husband, an x-Colonel
of the Union army. The New Orleans
Times says: Quite recently he invited the
lady and her chill rem out to walk, and stop
ping casually on a cornor, asked them to
wait there a few moments until he rejoined
them Much to the surprise of all an hour
passed without his returning Fearing
some calamity, the lady started home.
There, to her horror, the servants informed
her the man had put her trunks in an ex-
press wagon and started off The house had
been stripped of every article of value.
Plate, jewelry, and even the casket contain
ing her diamonds, were gone. a note curtly
informed the distracted woman her deceiver
had suddenly been called away, and now the
fact is developed that he has a wife and
four children in the North"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13
St. James Church. Bolivar, Tenn.

rsrvioes every Sunday all the Holy Days by the
RECTOR w. G. GRAY.
Tee hour opening Sunday School isl. So o'clock
Morning Service on Sunday ys......-.-........ l0}z
hvsninE Service Sundays s.--.............. do II
'n Holy DAys........ -....'5a a ii anu ~ T ii
Services twice each day during Lent.
From to y A. NJ. and from 10 p. n. the Rector
be found in his study at the Of the Church.
Co The seats Of this Church ALL FREE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13
Gibson County

We clip the folIowingI items from the
Trenton Gazette of the 9th inst
Last week marked new era in the his
tory Of Gibson county. The fair Of our a
and ~ Society was a complete success in
every respect. The weather was pleasant,
and the immense crowds that daily attended
the exhibition was an evidence that all were
we'll entertained The exhibition of the
skill and industry Of our women, gave aa
earnest Of their determination to make
themselves useful and genuine heipmeets,
and afforded proof that they had not yet de-
generated into mere creatures of useless Orn-
ament, but are fit to lie the mothers Of the
rulers Of this geodly land. The exhibition
Of blooded stock. of every kind, surpassed
the expectation of every one; and the me-
chanical department was more than credit
able. When we consider the destruction of
our property, and the terrible blow to our
progress, inflicted by the late war, the sue
cess Of this our first fair, has surpassed even
our hopes, and assures US there is life in
the old land yet
The residence Of our friend and towns
man, Mr. Jno. S Thomas, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire last week No insurance
1t was occupied by Mr.. Cheatham. The fire
is traceable to the pipe of negro woman.
lntolerable
There are thirty-two candidates for Office
in Gibson.
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Total.

In estimating the increased political pow
er of the West we must add to these the Pa
cifc States. which in 1910 were not, which
now have only five members of Congre IS,
but which after 1870, will probably have
seven or eight, making in all SO members
west of Pittsburgh and north of Cairo. The
change between the period named in the
representative strength of New England
and the other Eastern or Atlantic States
combined will be substantially as follows:
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Licking County (Ohio) Infrmary, near
Granville, was burned on Friday, and ten of
the unfortunates with it. The victims names
are Carroll, b. j. Morton, William Van
Dyne, Gus Criner, Samuel Clark, John Nc
Manus, Frank Martin, Julia Morgan and
Mrs. Rostover The fire originated from the
furnace
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

A brilliant meteor passed over Dayton, Ohio,
about three o'clock on Wednesday morning
going northeast 1t had a large, long train,
and gave out rumbling sound and sulphur
Gus smell At the same hour an enormous
meteor passed east over Forrest Station on
the Michigan and Dayton Railroad. 1t
resembled a locomotive headlight with a
long train. It gave out a booming roar that
shook the houses and broke windows, wax
ing people with heavy explosions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

Two ships-the StrathspeY and Franklin,
Thayer-bound from San Francisco for
England, with cargoes of wheat, were struck
by cyclones in September. The Strathspey
went down, but the crew were rescued by a.
bark after exposure in an open boat for sew
en- days The Thayer put into Honolulu,
leaking badly and with her cargo ruined
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

a KNoTTY QUEsTIoN-Th Siamese Twins
came into the city per the Louisville train.
After teking their seats in an omnibus they
were called upon by the agent for their fare
Having convinced himself that they were
really the Siamese Twins he was puzzled to
know whether they were to be considered
one man or two, and, consequently, whether
he should require them to pay one OF two
fares. He argued the matter in this wise :
The Siamese Twins are brothers conjoint-
y; they are married, and have wives who
are sisters, and have separate children, re-
lated to each other by closer kinship than
aunt and uncle" After ruminating a short
while to assure himself that he was correct
in his conclusions he finally remarked:
" Well, l guess VlI have to charge you
double fare, my Siamese friends, and ac-
cordingly collected the stamps
Banner.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

The question of the constitutonality of
the Legal-tender Act is before the Supreme
Court, and decision is expected, in Decem-
ber 1t was only partially decided last win
ter. In the Yerger case the Court has de-
cided that it has jurisdiction, and when the
writ Of Habeas corpus is called for it viii be
granted.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

In any issue, therefore, in which the en-
tire New England and Middle States, iuclud-
ing Delaware and Maryland, might be ar
rayed on one side, and the Western and Pa
cifc States on the other, the latter would
prevail by majority of seven votes. In
any issue wherein Kentucky, Tennessee and
the Southwestern States are united with the
Western and Pacific, as for instance in the
removal of the capital, the improvement of
the Mississippi, the Development Of mining
resources, the equitable national adjustment
OF taxation, and the ike, the majority would
be larger.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

The eight-hour Law is sought to be avoid
ed by Government contractors, and the Ia
borers are not disposed to submit, and the
matter will shortly be tested in the Courts
The National Labor Congress, which will
soon meet, viii have something to say on
the subject.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

Minister Mcmahon has arrived in Wash
ington. He says that most Of the alIega-
tons against Lopez are untrue. They are
being investigated by the State Department
aud a Congressional Committee
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The man who had his attention first
turned to matrimony by the beautiful man
ner in which girl handled broom, now
says it was nothing to the way she handled
it a little while after he married her
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

The South Bend, (Tnd.) Register relates
horrible accident which occurred at
Rolling Prairie on Monday last. a num-
Der of hands were engaged in threshing
wheat at the farm of Mr.. Brown, the
machine being set in the barn. John
Nichols was stationed in the barn loft to
pitch sheaves down to the feeder. While
engaged in his duties he made a misstep and
fell headlong from the loft, his head striking
the cylinder, which was running at fnll
speed. He was instantly drawn into the
machine, head first, and in less time than it
takes to tell it, his head and the upper por-
ton of his body were reduced to shape
less, unacceptable mass by the teeth of
the cylinder The sight it is said, by those
who witnessed it, to have been almost sick
ening one.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

Madame X, an avaricious dame of Paris,
not long since, had an oak staircase torn
down, a segment of solid wall, ruined a cav
ern excavated beneath the floor, and spent
finally $50, to get a fve-franc piece which
her careless grandchiId had dropped into
chink-and didn't find it after all
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13
Memphis & Charleston
RAILROAD.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT AND LEAVE MEMPHIS AS
FOLLOWS; r.

TRAINS ARhIN Il Al AM 1-i-1A - 'AA--A- 49,
DEPART
ur,-o,,-, BJeil-D.11y- .......I2 45 p IN u 40 P m
S,brCTSSb Fxnress -. ...........II 10, II 3 90 m
l,ornth Accommodate u-DAlLN-eA-
Sunday. at...-....--..-.-. W ." -
Grand Junction Accommodation, daily
Express connects Grand Junction with morning tram
an th Central Railroad for Holly Springs Water
Valley Grenads Jackson, Neksburg, Miss Ne" orleans
La. etc. ,v.- nrob;,o Al, s+o
At Decatur for CoIumbs, Nashville LoiYsuliis -Oln-
einnati, etc. A1ob.u,o C.or
AT Chattanooga. all places in Eastern AiADana'
Eia North and South Carolina, Virginia "''aDihs'o' W
more, Philadelphia, New York etc. -, .-.;z,. g.
Through Grand Junction with trains 4OF
Bolivar and Jackson, Tenn. r.,.-.A;. nr.sL
At Decatur Athens Pulaski. Ala, Columbia NASH
Al Chattanooga mail trains for ame points as
Express Trains
Baggage checked through.
corner NJ ain and South Court street
w j. ROSS, Gent Superintendent.
A. A. BARNES, GenI Ticket Agent. oet'
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

man named Elias Schwartz was ar
rested in New York, one day last week,
with over one thousand dollars worth of
human hair, manufactured into various
shapes, in his possession. 1t is believed to
have been smuggled.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

'' Well, my boy" said the teacher, q what
do you know p E" Heat expands, cold con-
tracts" was the answer. Very good; now
give me an example In summer the
days are long; in winter the days are short
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Parson Hezekiah Crabtree, in some of h

Parson Hezekiah Crabtree, in some of his
camp-meeting sermons, used the following
eloquent historical event:
"Wasn't thar Moses, the strongest man
in the world, struck dead by a thunderbolt
in the hands of Sampson, on the top of
Mount Ararat, for Staying an Egyptian at
the foot of the Pyramid of Jehovah, IN
hthans, on the banks of the river Jordan
in the land Of Egypt?''
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Baptist Church.
Elder DAY breaches every third Saturday Che Inontl
Mississippi Central R. Z.

GEO N. AGENT BOLIVIAN
Trains pass Bolivar as follows:
MAIL TRAIs, ,South-l032 N orth, ~ p II
Soutfl2i2 ORTIZ 81 A II
Freight train, South-lOIO Ia ID, 'gg5O p NJ
Nail train day. H Express tram runs
every dav-MONEAYS EXCEPTED. IA
Connection by southwark bound Mail and E
sress trains Junction with trains the M e. X
the trains going north at aekson Ien win
trains the NJ o. r. X
The above schedule took effect Mag %, 1868
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

Virginia papers mention with gratitude
the return of wild game to her forests
even the birds having been driven away dur
ing the war
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NO l6
FemedY for EEog ChOIera.

frequently see in your paper accounts of
the ravages of hog cholera, and have in
tended for some time to send you for publ
cation a specific remedy for that disease
1t was discovered by Mr.. McFee, of this
(McLean) county, and there has not been a
single instance known of failing to cure.
Take the plygHuna pranctatataina, or com
mon smartweed, of which there are two
varieties, the large and the small variety
alone; make strong decoction by boiling;
add this to the slop, and get the hcgs to
drink all you can. The effect is almost
magical; your hog improves, sheds off, and
fattens beyond expression.
It is fine thing to give hogs that have no
cholera, to make them improve faster.
w Fulton, NJ D.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

Mr. Carlyle, the celebrated English states.
man, in recent conversation with noted
American citizen of great literary attain
ment, said:
AS sure as the Lord reigns, America is
rushing down to hell with desperate velocity.
The scum of the world has got possession
of your country, and nothing else can save
you from the devils clutches"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

Ella Yates took the premium at the Dan
vile, Virginia, fair, as the best female pis-
tol-shot. 1t is pleasant to know that she is
not one of those women who want their
rights.
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Presbyterian Church.

nday School A. NJ
Bible Glass on Tuesdays. at p NJ
Prayer NJ Letting Thursdays, p NJ
Services every Sabbath. at IOJa A. II. and = NJ
Seats all FREE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13
A Negro Skinned Alive.

We hardly know how to keep up with the
times. says the Hillsboro, Virginia Recorder.
Z horrible outrage is now related to US as
having been perpetrated by negro upon
the person of a young white girl in Catham
County, week before last. AS told to u.s. we
can but sicken at the black villainy Of the
Ohense and shudder to think Of the awful
punishment that followed. Ii there be in
the account we give any incorrectness, we
hope to be informed, and we will be quick
in placing it before our readers 1t was told
US as follows: The young white girl had
been over to a neigh Dor s-about three miles
of-and was returning when intercepted in
the road by a negro man who dragged her
into the woods. lie carried out his hellish
purpose and tied her to a tree There he
kept her all night. The next day he brought
her something to eat He told her he would
be back at night. But in the evening her
friends, who were on the hunt, found her
and she told them what the negro had said.
They placed a guard in ambush and caught
him when he came. They asked the girl
what they should do with him, and she said,
skin him alive And they Skjnncd him"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

Il young boy at Richmond bet "two bits +"
that he could lie down on the track bed and
let the train pass over him, and the train did,
though the boy was minus his head and cash
by the operation
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

California has developed new industry.
1t ships bales of chapparel leaves to China,
where they are boxed up and sent back as.
tea
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13
STATE EsAAK OF TExNEssEE.

Of the Supreme Court
OE sBe United States Notes OF
eEae state Bank Good for TAX
es.-E5eCiSEOER ia Regard TO Com
tracts Made Under Confederate
Authority.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

a boy named Robert Niles, 13 years old,
after hard fight, killed panther, in Doug
las county, Oregon, in September, measur-
ing ten feet from tip to tip.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Services as follos Sabbath in each month, by
Dr. A. A MooREMAN Fourth Sabbath in each month iJ
NM. NJ. AoRMESr-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

"Thats the rock on which we split, said
n waggish husband to his wife when she
asked him to rock the cradle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

MAGISTRATES. CONsTABLES
District III Prewtt and NJ w Prewitt.....S l. Prewitt
do IA II Rose and Spinks..........n constable
DO Sd Polk and Thomas Boy a Hogue
do 4..J w Wilkes and W NJ Iohuson.....J NJ AIcLee
De 5M Campbell and p T Jones........... I T AIyer
&C II Anderson, } II Bills, G II Dorion b Itufdn
de 7..B UsseTy and Lemuel Cay. constable
de sR Carter James VI Fields. Z C Duncan, jr
DC I'D Il liam .1 1'eulord Lhouhas
de 10 p NJ Crawford and d a Ferguson.J Nc Alister
de u...H r Doris and A II Thornton "A Nelms
de I2.W r Howell and Richard Taley.... constable
Isl Mitchell and 4 " Fitts.--..... NJ Hatch
do IL - Faucet Wiley Fort. II Doris
do I5..W MurdougI and 7 w Tate.....Jas. Murdoush
do 10. James Lowery and G ueCIendon. D c Lowery
do l7.C HcCommon and D I Thompson ... constable
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

Dr. F. White, of Aurora, Ill, was found
dead in his room at the Everett House,
St Louis, Sunday evening, having com
mitted suicide by taking morphine. He
left note addressed to a prominent Mason
there requesting that his body should be
sent to his father, John B. White, at Aurora
From the fact that when he arrived at the
hotel on Saturday evening he inquired for
the Masonic Board Of Relief, it is inferred
pecuniary distress induced him to commit
suicide
A young girl, named Miller, lost her life
the other day at Cleveland, by the explosion
OF a kerosene can while attempting to ig-
mite the fire by pouring oil on it. When
viii such carelessness end2
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

A negro shot and killed Levi C. Story, the
Sheriff of Clinton County, Kentucky, on
Friday last The negro was afterward killed
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13
Methodist Church.

MCLlUu1SJ OuuIII'
Services every Sabbath at IOJz A. NJ and p. H. by
he Rev. S. b. SURRAT
SABBATH SCHOOL at So A. n.
Singing for Sabbath Scholars every Sunday evening
at 2ls o'clock Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night
Choir meeting every Friday night Regular Church meet
nR first Wednesday night in each month. Young Mems
pr1yer meeting every Menday night
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

a Pittsburg man who don't beat his wife
is behind the times, and don't attract much
notice.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-13

The election of Hamilton as Governor of
Texas is considered certain Davis, the Rad
icaI candidate, has refused to stamp the
State with Hamilton,
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County Officers.
Federal Officers.
Corporation officers.
81 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Announcing the name Of
person for County Once, 50, state Federal $40.

C. A wOoDsoN ..........Assess0r Of Internal ReveI
JAS. PYBASs ........... Post Mas
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Chinese girls are numbered instead Of
being named, it being considered cheaper.