The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-02-11
Here and There.

In Memphis they are talking abont build
ing Court House to cost $3.50, GOO
The Mississippi river is on "a big rise"
and nearly bank full.
Imperialists will have majority IN the
French National Assembly, ,---
1t is thought Queen Victoria will be hoot-
ed at by the mob when Parliament opens
Up to the Gth inst. Memphis had received
339 $50 bales of cotton from last year, crop.
: Provisions are enormously high and tbe
suffering is still very great in Paris. Eng
land sends vast quantities of supplies.
Gen. Beauregard is said to be organizing
Confederate forces to aid France, in case Of
a renewal of the war. %
Bonds of the Mississippi Central Railroad
Company are quoted in Memphis as follows:
First mortgage bonds, 76; second mortgage
bonds. g. s1
It is proposed to build a railroad from
jackson to Columbia. Hardeman county is
anxious for the improvement.
Hereafter, Chancery Court viii be held
in Jackson on the 4th Monday IN October
and April of each year. a.s- ss-fT e.8
Col Duncan MeRae has been appointed
clerk of the United States Cireuit and Dis
triet Courts of Memphis, wee Col. A s.
Mitchell, resigned 1ar a-aaz=E ss5
An act of the Legislature, passed january
26. 1871, gives ChancerY Courts power to
grant charters of incorporation. s
It is reported that Bismarck is hboring
under a severe mental excitement, his mind
being so unbalanced as to render him virtu-
ally insane. 81. -rs .--. aa
The net proceeds of the concert for the
Episcopal church amount to $3.50, pretty
sum that speaks volumes for the liberality Of
our people. Jackson Whig and Tribune
An exchange. says: "Half an ounce of
pulverized saltpetre, put in half pint of
sweet oil. Battle the parts affected, and it
is a sure cure for rheumatism" -...
One day last week Col John McGavock,
of Williamson county, lost one hundred and
fifty dollars worth of fine sheep by worthless
dogs, a g. .... ..
The Franklin Review vouches for the fact
that a, young man in that place, one day last
week, on a wager, ate two hundred and
eighty one oysters And he still lives.
.Postmasters who refuse to take mutiIated
--according to = recent decision of the Uni
ted States Court. -...... =. o..
A party of New York gentlemen are said
to have paid S65, 600 for the young tretting-
horse BlackfOrd, in Scott County, KY. He
made, one race in public as three year old,
in which he is said to have scored 2.31.
VIM B. Astor is nearly 7s years of age +;
A. 7. Stewart is 30; Cornelius Vanderbilt,
76; Daniel Drew, "A; Peter Cooper, 70; ;
Geo sc Law, 73 while majority of New
York millionaires ara over 60. as-.
The wheat crop in Williamson county, so
far, has proved almost an entire failure
b9sfittle of the seed sown has come up, and
,kEthe farmers are complaining to no inconsid-
cradle extent. .....
A new brake has been adopted on one of
the English railroads in consequence of the
recent frequency of accidents, which is able
to stop train going thirty miles an hour in
twenty-five seconds.
A grand son of V. L. Mathis, eleven years
of age, living near Clover Greek, South of
MedOn, hung himself last W Wednesday week.
Reports are conflicting as to the cause of
the sad act. Some think it suicide, but Mr..
Mathis believes It to have been accidental
That was somewhat equivocal compli-
ment of the Gallo shoemaker to lady pat
ron with pretty foot but large ankle {:
Madam, you have one beautiful foot, but ze
legs commence too immediately" aH
The.new Minister to England, General
Bob Schenck, is said to be the best poker
player in Ohio. He has been instructed by
Grant that if he cant beat the English Pre-
mier at diplomacy, to try him on little
game of bluff tara s7eag
Dom Piatt says OF Winnie Ream's statue
of Lincoln: 'How long, Lord, how long
is the great National Capitol to be cursed
with these crude denominations of ignor-
ance" he calls for the image.breakers to
come forth.
SomerVille shipped 477O bales of cotton
from September lst to January 25th. The
Falcon estimates the crop of Fayetse at 3d.
900 bales. worth 81, 100000, full .One-half of
which goes to the farmers of the Northwest
for meat and bread. ..... -.-.. ..-..
The Knoxville Press and Herald says it
has the facts for asserting that not less shan
$4,000 is sent every month from East Ten
nessee to the swindlers in New York who
advertise to supply their dupes with eoun-