The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
State News.

and every officer Of the Executive Depart
ment of this State, and every Sheriff hold
ing over under this Constitution, shall With
in twenty days after the ratification Of this
Constitution is proclaimed, take an cath to
support the same and the failure of any
such officer to take such oath shall vacate
his Office" Therefore all officers sworn in
under the Old Constitution are required to
take an oath to support the New
In SheIbyville, on the morning of the 18th
inst, the store of Wilhaite & Bros, was
broken open by negro thieves aud robbed of
dry goods and $40 in money
That Tennessee is a State to emigrate to,
the following figures will show. In 1868
she raised $50, ,34I, ,II2 worth of crops, ex-
elusive of cotton, our leading staple, as
follows; Corn, SOC, ,838 1856; wheat, $II, ,537-
600; rye, $28,00O; oats, $l,8l5,03O; barley,
$37 I7O; buckwheat, $l5 ,52U; potatoes, 1855
600, tobacco, Sc, ,587, ,552; hay, S356,Oy0
Tennessee has ,535 miles Of Railroad open,
the cost of equipment of which is set down
as worth $40 ,9I9,O00
We learn from the Lebanon Herald Of
the 18th that the negro Bill Goodbar who
made a brutal assault upon the lady of
Henry Smith, Esq,-an account Of which
we published last week.-Mrs. been captured
and lodged in jail
From some unknown cause, a dwelling
honse belonging to William HalIum, Lehan-
on, was DESTROYED by fire on the night of
the 18th inst Insured for $4,000.
Andrew johnson has retired to his home
in GreenvilIe, being in easy circumstances,
and has apparently abandoned the political
field
Bhe Gallatin Examine, Of the 9th says
The cut worms were very destructive last
week during the cool weather rendering re-
planting OF corn necessary. The heat of
this week has cut short their operations
Miss Caroline Godsey, the sleeping beau
ty," of Obion county, is travelling on ez-
hib.tion. She and her family are quite
poor, and have determined to make a
Southern tour, receiving such encourage
ment and assistance as the more fortunate
May be willing to give.
She has been asleep for twenty years
The Union City Mail says Of her:
Thirteen times, during the twenty-four
hours she awakes up only to look around
her, murmur few short sentences, eat a
mouthluI, and relapse into the terrible sleep
that cant be broken. Miss Godsey is a living
reality. In statue and years she is wo-
man-twentyen years old; in mental en-
dowment girl Of eight Her hair Is long,
dark and very fine, her cheeks rosy as
health itself, and her complexion rather
dark. She Is q very pretty brunette. We
sincerely trust that her tour through the
South may prove benefucial to her, and that
her condition may at least be ameliorated
The Franklin BecieDo says that some un-
known Autist murdered Captain jerks Of
the Horse Marines in that place one night
last week.
The West Tennessee Vhig OF the 2lst
says;
The Grand Jury report the Madison coun-
ty Jail wholly insecure. The building is
new, and cost the county about $4,000
There is blame belonging somewhere, and in
our opinion, large share of it evidently
lies at the door Of Spence, the builder, who
seemed to take more delight and spend more
time in presiding over Radical meetings.
and attending Radical caucuses, than in the
superintendence of his contract to build an
important public work He no doubt, had
the interest of his friends at heart when
! engaged in its construction.
Last Saturdays Trenton Gazette chroni-
cles
An unusually large crop Of cotton is
growing in this county. The stand was
never better, and the prospect is excellent
for large crop. This, however, we cannot
think is cause for congratuIation to the
planter or the country. Too low an estimate
IS placed by our farmers upon the cereals
as source of profit. Itis certainly un
wise to be compelled to purchase wheat,
! hay aud com, at the expense of their cotton
crop produced with hired labor That corn
Is now worth more than wheat is an auoma-
! ly, and indicates an injudicious system Of
/ farming when we remember that this lati-
/ tude is north of the cotton belt.
The crop of peaches was almost totally
destroyed in this county, by the late frosts;
but there viii be an average apple crop.
Ice CREAu.-One pint and half of milk
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