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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

As will be seen, Newborn, Adams, Nicely,
Hardy, Warren, Fentress and Wellons were
elected by decided majorities, and will no
doubt prove highly satisfactory to our peo-
pie as 81 City Fathers for the present year,
and inasmuch as the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen have been granted more power
by the Legislature they will necessarily have
a large amount of business to transact ];
chief among which will be the building Of
a calabOOse, provisions for a chain, gang, the
repairing of streets and sidewalks and the
question of evaporation taxes, We feel
confident that the new Board will do their
duty and have good reasons to hope for
many i'm provements at their hands.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08
Last Saturday.

The Municipal election last Saturday
passed of quietly, There was IS votes in
all peiled, of which number the negroes
cast only eight. No announcements were
made as to who would be candidates, but
from the following table it will be seen how
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

PERsoNAL-During the Christmas week,
and while we were away from home, our
estimable friend, Ed. Garland, of the Water
Valley Southern Eagle, paid We BULLETIN
visit. We are very sorry that we were
not here to enjoy his excellent company.
By the way, Ed, did you tip the samples p
If you did, here's to you and yourn, and
may you live long and prosper
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

The County Court of Hardeman is mod
ell of honesty, integrity and unanimity, and
cannot be outranked by any similar body in
the Union it is composed of men of expe-
rience who possess sound judgment and
honest principles, and therefore, all its
transactions are stable and meet with hearty
approval from the people. At the reorgani-
cation last Monday the Quorum Justices
j. H. Bills, Chairman, J. B Fawcett and A.
Il. ROse-who have served so long and faith
fully heretofore, were unanimously chosen
to act in the same good old way, which,
of course, they will do and we are all glad
of it. In our next issue we will print-by
the kindness of r. e. Crawford, Deputy
County Court Clerk-a full synopsis of the
proceedings of the January term OF the
Quarterly Court, which viii contain com
plere statement of the financial condition OF
the county, rates of taxation and list of Ju-
rors appointed to serve at the next term OF
the Circuit Court besides other valuable in
formation
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

The Bee urges upon the citizens Of
Brownsville the propriety of organic ing o
fire company Take the Bees advice; it il
as sound as dollar
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

NICE MANA Glasgow, Scotland, tele-
gram of the 3Ist ult says:
William Cook, United States Vice-Consul
for this port, was sentenced to seven years
at hard labor, for forgery.
Send EN- another one of your pets, Mr..
Grant, the Wallace boys know how to dis
pose of ye loyal thieves.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

When Congress meets again, which will
be on next Monday, strong effort will be
made to put Il stop to the mean ranking
privilege
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

design IS the Doctors own, while the work
is being done by Willis & Sloan Who
viii build the next ornament to Bolivar
That's the question
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

F. Farris shot and mortally wounded
Frank Jourdan, at Columbia on the Both ult
The difficulty originated in Farris' testifying
in court that Jourdan played Ku Klux.P
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

AFTER HIA -Ex-Judge Fielding Hurst,
now Revenue Collector for the Columbia
District, is destined to be drought up a
standing for one Of his many tyrannlcal
acts during the war The facts in the case,
as we learn them from the best of authority.
are as follows In the winter of 1868, while
cohorting around with his notorious regi-
ment, the 7th Tennessee, Federal, he came
to Bolivar and demanded of DR.. George
Wood, fifteen or sixteen hundred dollars in
gold, and said if the money was not fur
nished, that he would burn the houses of
Geo. Wood, Robt. H. Wood, ]. H. Bills, r.
P Nicely and J. j. Nicely. Now, it must be
borne in mind that Dr. Wood did not owe
Hurst one cent, but that his son, who was
then over twenty-one years of age, and
doing a mercantile business in this place, or
had been, was endorser on a note for $1,000
which note was held by member of Hurst
regiment, named T. E. Reynolds, who died,
or was killed during the war. Knowing the
desperate character Of Hurst, the unwar.
rantable demand was complied with and he
departed with the money. Mrs. Reynolds
says that her husband never received the
one thousand dollars thus forcibly collected
by Hurst and the Inference is that tbs
doughty Colonel pocketed the coin DR.
Wood has brought suit for the recovery OF
his gold, and will no doubt be able to re
cover it. H NJ Hill, of Bolivar is
counsel for DR.. Wood We suppose the
case will be tried at Columbia
Mr.. Hill is now in Columbia looking af
ter the interest of his client, and we wist
him every success.
o Colonel, o Judge, o United State,
Revenue Collectorl How are you, now
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

Members Of the Constitutional Conven-
ton are assembling at Nashville, and the
Convention viii convene on Monday next,
all poospoo and bully-raging to the contra
~ notwithstanding.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08
Medical.
OR CHzELs AND FEVER.

rElHE proprietor of this celebrated medi-
ciae justly claims for it superiority
over all remedies ever oiTeFedta the public
for the safe, certain, speedy aud permanent
cure Of Ague aud Fever, or ChiIs and Fee
yer, whether of short or Icing stan ling. He
refers to the entire Western and Southern
country to bear him testimony to the truth
of the assertion, that iD no case whatever
will it fail to cure. if the directions are
strictly followed and carried out In a great
many cases single dose has been sufficient
for cure, and whole families have beau
cured by q single bottle, wish a perfeC
restoration of the general health 1t IS,
however, prudent, and in every ease more
kcertain to cure, if its use, Is continued in
smaller doses for week or two after the
disease has been checked, more especially
| in difficult and long standing cases. Usu-
ally, this medicine viii not require any aid
to keep the bowels In go, order; should
the patient, however, require eatharsie
medicine after having taken three or four
doses of the Tonic, single dose of Bali s
! Vegetable Family Pills will be sufficient
/ DIX JOHN BULLS Principal Office;
No. 40 Fifth, Cross street,
Louisville, KY
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08
Municipal.

Thanks to His Honor, Mayor Newhern
and the Aldermen who presided over Our
little city last year, the corporation is
" hunki-do-ri," out of the woods--but not
the mud, and no blame for this--setting up
and all right, with six or seven hundred
dollars to fatten the" new dads on as a
starter. The old board met last Tuesday
night, and after casting up accounts, and
squaring the books, dissolved and resolved
themselves into naught, save as gentlemen
who we all wish to have with US for many
years to come From the following figures
it will be seen that the town treasury is in
healthy condition, Notwithstanding the
fact that vast amount Of work was done
on the streets last year, besides the purehas
ing of a fine mule and cart for the exelu-
sive use of the corporation. We copy from
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08
VILLANow, WALKER COUNTY, GA
June 20, 1866.

Dr. John BulE-Dear Sir: | have re-
Gently given your Form Destroyer several
trials, and find it wonderfully eficacious
1t has not failed in single Instance to have
the wished for effect am doing a pref
large country practice, and daily Sc
some article of the kind. / am free to con-
TESS that know of no remedy recommended
by the ablest authors that is so certain and
speedy III It's effects. On the contrary they
are uncertain in the extreme. My object
in writing to you is to find out upon what
terms can get the medicine directly from
yog. If I can get 1t on easy terms, 1 shall
use a great deal of it | am aware that the
use of,such articles is contrary to the
teachings and practice of great ma ority
of the regular line Of NJ DIS, but | see NJ
just cause or good sense in discarding a
remedy which we know To be efficient, sim
ply because we may be ignorant of its com
biuation. For my part, shall make 1t
rule to use all and any means to alleviat;
suffering humanity which may be abb,
to commandment hesitating because somt
one more ingenious than myself may hav
learned It's effects first and secured the sol
right to secure that knowledge. However
[ am by no means an advocate or supporte
Of the thousands of worthless nostrums tina
! flood the country, that purpOrt to cure a
manner of disease to which human flesh
heir. Please reply soon and inforL' N
of yOnr best terms.
! ! am, sir, most respectfully,
JULIUS 2. CLEMENT, NJ. D. .
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

James Fentress, our representative to the
State Convention, left for Nashville last
W wednesday. /. ofI1 !
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

ONwARD-Bolivar, already the hand
soonest little city in the State Is still tending
upward and onward and now it is our
DR.. j. NJ Mask, of the firm Of Mask & Stat
Ter is having erected on the lot just north of
c. ~ Wellons, large, beautiful and con-
venient residence, one that viii be an orna-
ment to the street en- which it is located.
The house, when completed, will conform
to the shape of the letter II, the north wing
being 1896 feet, containing two rooms the
south wing 1884 feet, containing two
rooms also; the kitchen and pantry, which
are separated from the main building by a
hall 6x18 feet. The main, or
center building joining the two wings, is
As feet front by Is feet deep, which is di-
| vided by hall feet wide leaving parlor on
either side Is feet square to the front aud
rear, is neat portico 6x45 feet; the whole
presenting front of II feet by an average
of 80 feet IN depth, and with all, having an
elevation that will be imposing and attract
I've to the eye. An elegant feature is the
! large windows that will be uniform in
height with the doors throughout, and con-
tain each eight lights of 16x26 inch glass,
making the openings 98x3 #. 3, and pro
vided with blinds As all the stills are on a
! line with the base board, it will be an easy
matter, any time 10 the future, to secure an
easy entrance to balcony, verandah or
conservatory that may be added. While
| spaab inO IF kha SriD6ovvs ma o,oiftad RI
mention that all of the flights will be sus-
pended by weights, thus enabling the en-
terprisingtenant to dispense with old broom
handles and broken sticks for props, and
making them as convenient to open as
doors, besides aaording abundant light The
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08
BULLS
WORM DESTROYER

To my United States and World Wide
Readers
z HAVE received many testimonials from
& professional and medical men, as my
almanacs and various publications have
shown, all of which are genuine The fol-
lowing froFa highly educated and popular
physician IN Ge0Hg7ss, Is certainly one of the
most sensible communications ] have ever
received DR. Clement knows exactly what
he speaks of, and his testimony deserves to
be written in letters OF gold. Hear what
the Doctor says of Butts Form Destroyer :
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08
Public schools.

Recently the Legislature passed an act
repeating the law which established a sys-
tenn of Public Schools in this State The
repeating Act will be found in another col
ann. We herewith append report SUBJ
mitted by Pitser Miller, Deputy County Su-
perintendent of the Public Schools of lIar-
dsman County, and take occasion to remark
that the County Court, with promptncss,
resolved to hold the matter of levying
school tax over until the April term Of the
Quarterly Court, at which time, we suppose
action viii be taken and the question de-
termined whether We are to sustain Public
Schools or not:
To Hon. County Court Of Hardeaan Co
The Legislature has repealed the existing
School Law and left all in the discretion of
your Honorable Body to establish public
schools in your county. The law repealed
was passed March 9Th, 1867, and was very
complicated aud hard to understand The
Superintendent appointed as Superinten-
dent for this County w G. Adams, and he la
bored through 1867 and 1868 to organize the
schools, but he found the construction of
the law so complicated and the people so
lately emerged from the war unwilling or
unable to organize any schools
until the lst January 1889. accepted the
appointment Of Deputy under MIR. Adams
and l urged it on the people to organ
ize and start the schools. I have had fifty
four schools taught since then under the
Free School System; costing about 94O0
dollars. Most of them succes sful schools /;
of course the system was new and some
mistakes and failures were made.
The State Treasury has drawn from this
county 1925 dollars and fifty cents, less
tax collectors commission, 1892 dollars and
thirty-three cents-say seventeen thousand
dollars, and have received from the Treas
urer in return SIS, 953, which, with the money
on hand, will over pay the schools nearly a
i thousand dollars
l am further expecting the sum of II, 500
dollars more from the State Treasury, the
allowance for 1868, 1869
You will be notified to-day that new
law has been passed authorizing your Hon
orable Body to lay tax for free schools,
not to exceed the State and county tax.
think tax of % cents on the 100 dol
lars and % cents on each poll would enable
five months school to be taught every
year in every school house in the county for
all time to come; and by having them taught
two and half months between cultivatine
and gathering TIM, and two and hal
months between gathering and eultivating
time this would enable the scholar and
: teacher to cultivate their crops.
, Public schools are popular everywhere
and think this would be popular if adopted
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

When the uneOllected taxes ana hnes are
paid, and we urge upon all good citizens the
propriety of early settlement, and the Tax
Collector or Town Constable is paid off,
there will still remain five or six hundred
dollars in the treasury, The town consta.
BILE has in his hands 1913 dollars and so cts,
three dollars and fifty cents more than his
stipulated salary, and has only % per cent.
on fines and 10 per cent on taxes coming to
him
As soon as the old Beard adjourned sine
die, the members elect to the new one were
sworn in and Immediately organized by
electing D. J. Newbern, Mayor; L. B. Ad-
ans, Recorder r. s Hardy, Treasurer.
Next in order came the election of Town
Constable, and resulted on the 10th ballot
in the choice of ThOz J. Gardner, rice j. b.
Rufin. Without transacting any other
business the Board adjourned to meet Fri
day night Jan. 7th, at which time the rate
Of corporation taxes was to be fixed, an &C
count Of which we will print next week.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

hIEVEa pa3sl 10 IsI6IFo tueEl5
SAroud them in oblivlnn's gloom,
And let the flowers of Forgiveness,
Wave in beauty Ger their tomb.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-08

December 1863.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-17

MUSICAL CoNvENTION.-The La Sale Music.
al Convention, under the direction of Mr.. II. r.
Palmer, of Chicago, will hold its first session
January Cd, 4th, 9th and 9th, 1871, in Ottawa.
The instructions will consist in Vocal Training,
Articulation, Enumeration, Pronunciation and
the principles Of Musical ocution generally.
There will be three sessions per day, one in the
morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the
evening" Mr. Palmer is known all through the
States az one of the best instructors in vocal mu.
sic. All the singers throughout the country are
cordially invited to attend 1t will be free 70
all, and accommodations for all from abroad will
be furnished. On the last evening there will be
a grand concert wherein all will take part, and
this will be the grandest concer. ever given in
this section of the country. All are requested to
be promptly on hand at the first session on Tuess
day morning January the ID. Mr.. Palmer fur.
nishes all the text books free Of charge. For
further information address Simon Bros, lem.
pie of Music, Ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-17
HOME MATTERS.
PEPPER, SALT AND SPICR.

A lady sends US a package of spice. and "a.
quests us to use it plsntifully. She saws ON,
Pepper and Salt column is 'iust splendid" a.:far
a. it goes. but would be better with more spics.
We take the hint and "accept the amencment..
Bowman, boss Photographers, recently went
to Willis dancing academy and took lesson in
Waiting. The lady who helped him through
asked him how he liked it, Ho replied drvlv.
'Oh, as to the lower part, how to get a fellows
No. Ii boots around, that's all new to me; the
huggng part have understood since was 1o
years old. .... There is some complain about
the sudden heavy increase in gas bills. Whv ia
this thus9 Bat here's another proof of our 90
gacity. Anticipating the thing six months AGO.
we bought pair of pigs and are now using lard.
So, come on with your gas bills .... Ladies, look
out! There is peddler around who visits hou.
ses to sell perfumery. He asks the lady to sam.
pie the goods, gets her to smelling chloroformn.
puts her to sleep, and then ransacks the house.
If peddler comes and says smell - don't %.
One of our lawyers the other day hired four boys
to carry up load of coal for a shilling each.
As they proceeded with the work other BOYS Join.
ed them, so that when the job was done, the
boys filed into his Office regiment, the Office not
large enough to hold them all, each demanding
his shilling. The dismayed attorney flung five
10 cent postals among them and fed but ever
since has been unable TO pass boy in the street
without being dunned for "that shilling."..
Bones, who predicted u severe winter a month
ago on account Of the peculiar structure OF musk.
rat holes, thus far proves false prophet A bet.
ter sign is that of the Connecticut philosopher,
who says, Look out Tor a hard winter when the
fur on the back Of the bumblebee flying due east
points towards the north. 49,. What Greeley
knows about farming threatens to lead to serious
results. A farmer out in Ophir who believes in
the New York IrtJune has been keeping o COW
in an ice house to make her give ice cream An
other finds grating carrots crab trees . fail.
ure. 80. Boys who chop down cherry trees and
then 90 to their parents brandishing their hatch.
ct, and proudly conieS-ing the deed. get whaled
nowadays unmerciiully, and find that playing G.
Washington don't pan ont" as we'll as it
al IN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-17

o., o. & F. r. V. r. R.-Thc bridge across
Fox River at Sheriden, which is the only I'M
finished link in the road from Streator to Au-
rora, aud which was going up SO rapidly as to
promise ITS completion by Christmas, has met
with back-set, which Twill put off the open
ing ride on the road to the middle of January
at least. On Thursday morning of this week
the floating ground ice" IN the river came in
such force as to knock out the scaifoldlug on
which the bridge, which is a Howe truss, was
being put together, precipitating the wood
work of about span and half into the river.
to shore, but Of course the work Of several
weeks is lost by the accinedt.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-17

Republicans comments on the Presidents Mes
sage are trltle ambiguous. 1t says "the
country is not materially disappointed in
President Grants Message. The people Of
the U. s. are by this time pretty we'll acquaint
ed with him. They don't expect to see in bis
writings the clear, rounded sentences of W. L.
Marcy or James X. Polk, or the grand eli.
mscteric @ sentences of the great Expounder,'
&c. In short, Grant being very small pota-
toes, they look for small things, and are not
disappointed This is worse than damning
with faint praise
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-17
The " csIern Rural....TvSo New Branches
Opened.


The Western Rursl....Two New Branches
Opened.
The prosk Gritty of this popular Farm and
Family Weekly is unprecedented, and its sub.
scribers may now DO found in every "nook and
Granny" of the great west. Its plan of two off.
ees aud two separate editions, at Chicago, Ill.,,
and Detroit. Mich, has proved 70 satisfactory to
all concerned, that further extension has been
determined on. Commencing with Jan. /, 1871,
editions will DO published a. Columbus, Ohio.
and at Kansas City, NO. The offices will be
opened ut these places about Dec. 1st. A COM
petent editor and business manager will reside
at each place. Each edition will contain all the
matter of general interest that sppears in either
of the Others, while each will give. also, much
matter, such M markets, etc, Of more particular
importance to the readers of each, "a determined
by their locality and respective circumstances
and needs 1t ia only $500 per year. Examine
il before subscribing for any other agricultural
journal.
Magnificent premiums are given for clubs OF
subscribers from Too 70 7soo Hundred. Clubs
can be raised in every village, school DISTRICT OF
neighborhood. Write for premium list: Speci'
men numbers sent Free Address H. N. r.
LEWIS, publisher, at either Chicago, III, Detroit,
Mich, Columbus, O., or Kansas City, NO.
Single copies for sale and subscriptions receiv'
Cd BY Osmau & Hapemau, Ottsws, Ill.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-17

New LAW FIRM The death of Jul,us
Avery left vacancy in the office of the Hon
Washington Bushnell which it was evident
would be hard to fill yet the heavy business
OF the late firm, and the outside business of
the senior partner in consequence Of holding
the Office OF Attorney General rendered 1t
Indispensable that Mr.. Bushnell should have
a partner. We are pleased to learn that the
place of Mr. Avery is to be filed by one 10
competent TO take it US the Hon. L. +. Bull, of
la salle. Whatever we may have had occa.
sion to say Of Mr. Bull as II candidate for
state senator during the recent political cam.
paign, our regard for truth and Justice never
permitted us to question his eminent abilities
as lawyer or qualities AS high.toned, hon.
orabo gentleman. Mr.. Is. of course at once
takes up his residence in Ottawa. and it gives
us great pleasure to enrol his name among our
leading citizens.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-17

PEORIA DEMoCRAT.-The publisher of the
Peoria Democrat sends us a SD advertisement
and generously offers us an exchange If We
will insert 1t. We have not enjoyed the adj
vantage of an exchange with the Democrat for
several years past, yet have been able to get
up tolerably interesting paper, according to
vest. However, we have no objection to eX-
changing with the Democrat if Do~dall will
agree to pay us the difference in actual value
between our paper and his.