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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-31

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undersigned, members of the Bar of Middle
Tennessee, having had an opportunity to
witness your bearing on the Supreme
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ness for that position and eminent ability
to discharge It's responsible duties, call up
on ySu TO become candidate for election
to the place which you now hold By ap-
nOintrnpnt of tho COvorDo-.
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-1shuIls. Ten
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-12
GOOD SCHOOL


We are glad to learn that Prof J. N.
Hubbard eontemplates remaining in
Bolivar and that it will be his purpose
to build up first class male Academy.
In case he meets with the encourage
ment of our citizens he viii make addi~
tons to his school house and secure the
assistance Of teachers of Acknowledged
merit We hope the Professor will re-
main with as and that lis efforts IN the
noble cause of education may be. CROWN
ed with success. There is no reason
Why Bolivar should not have a first
class male Academy-one bat will sup
ply q want long felt and known to US all.
As a teacher, Prof. Hubbard has few
equals nd no superiors He has taught
in our midst many years and our people
know and appreciate his worth, and now
that they have an opportunity to again
secure his services they certainly will do
SO. From tho following article, which
we copy from the the White County
Record, of June 29th, it viii be seen
that he is held in high estimation By the
citizens of SearcY, and that they are
making strenuous efforts to have him
permanently located in that Furnishing
town:
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Horrible Death.

A horrible accident occurred 'at Don>
mis- Longs pipe foundry, Louisville, on
last Tuesday, which resulted in the death
Of one of the employees, named Vim.
Cain, a young man about nineteen years
of age
In casting pipes, a large flask con
tanning the mold is lowered into a pit
twelve or fifteen feet deep, by means of
a long crane. Young Cain was at the
bottom Of the pit, guidi g the flask as it
descended, and John Cronin was oper>
ating the crane. The hooks which held
the flask had become entangled, and
Cain attempted to straighten them, when
the chain broke, and the block, white
weighed ab out 1000 pounds, fell upon
crushing him in a horrible manner
His right leg was nearly severed from
the body, and there was a ghastly wound
in the groin, and his entire body was cut
and crashed terribly.
Cain was taken to his room at Bells
Tavern, on the Point, where he died in
about one hour after the accident. He
was native Of Ireland, and has no rela-
tives in this country except brother,
who lives in Jacksonville. He had re-
sided in this city about four years.
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New Way to Beat An Injunction


The new Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
roa d, which Col Thomas Scott and the
Pennsylvania Central are now building as
a rival to the Baltimore and Ohio, a
through line from New York and Washe
ingtou: was completed to Baltimore on
Tuesday, June 18th, in novel and chars
aoteristic manner. The opponents Of the
road, having failed in all other exped' ents,
had determined to get out an injunction
on that day topreYent its passage through
Baltimore. Their project becoming
known to the officers of the company, all
handsome 300--were massed from all
along the line, and as soon as court adj
journed Monday, work was begun in ear,
nest in constructing the road and laying
the track through the city. Night set
ting in they were retarded little, but
the moon soon came out and they went on
the same as ever. At12 o'clock nearly
half completed, ana the men, tired and
hungry from their excessive Labor, pitch>
ed into four wagon loads of provisions
that had been brought along with q fine
relish. Work was renewed with Yigor,
and before o'clock Tuesday morning, the
time when it was supposed the injunction
was to have been made, the last spike
was driven. The distance of the track
laid was two miles and across three treets,
Calverton road, Franklin and Townsend,
at the two latter of which double tracks
we're laid. The hands belonging on the
lower section of the road embarked on the
trains for their quarters, and moved off
amid a ehosous of yclls and the screams
Of engine whistles Tom Scott is hard to
beat
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Talk Up Your Town.

Under this head the Gallatin Examiner
Of last week gives the following good ad-
vice and at the same time tells how to
make business in a dull place. The edis
tol says salk up and work mp your town,
and your townsmen and business. Give
encouragement to every useful and cred
table enterprise in your midst, for as
certain as effect follows cause, so certain
will every enterprise of merit repay every
citizen. We cannot live unto ourselves
and we cannot discourage any movement
in behalf ofsthe place without inAicting
upon ourselves a personal injury. If you
see a needed improvement for your town,
demand it, and take it up vigorously until
the whole community is impreginated
with the idea-until the storm Of public
seHtIment completes the work. Don't
stop because some poor mummp, out Of
whom has withered all public spiris and
love of Advancement, mourns out a sep
ulchral whine at won pay" Show to
your live breth en- that it viii pay, and
leave the mummy to his embalmed and
swaddling dust and stupidity, and by and
by you will see the result of your cour~
age and talk in universal improvement,
increased facilities and business, and a
broad, liberal, general public spirit, that
PerVades, and WHITES, and makes beautie
full every place where It enters.
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Shocking Murder

A Cincinnati dispatch, dated 7th in
stantsays:
A shocking tragedy was enacted here
this afternoon, In which a boy twelve
years old, named Frank Sehikk, the son
of a widow, was shot and killed by the
Rev Samuel J. Browne, an aged local
minister Of the Methodist Church, It APP
pears that Mr.. Brown has been for some
time greatly annoyed by boys, who, in
spite Of repeated circumstances, have en-
tered his premises to take MS fruit and
commit other depredations. Today,
number of boys were playing ball outside,
when the ball was thrown into Mr.
Brownies yard, and young Sehikk entered
the premises to recover the ball when
the old man fred at him with slugs, one
of the pieces striking him 10 the breast,
iBhIcting wound from which the boy
died IN tw minutes Browne was ar
rested by two officers and was subsequent
b. released upon giving fifty thousand
dollars bail The terrible affair has
created great excitement in the neighbOr-
hood of the Brighton House, near which
it occurred. A large crowd assembled
tonight In the vicinity Of MT. Brownies
house, which is guarded by a detachment
of police, and there is danger threatened
from their temper that they will take the
law into their own hands should Browne
be found. 1t is a most remarkable case,
and appears hard to account for save upon
the presumption that Browe is not in his
right mind. he is eighty six years old,
one of the oldest citizens, and has been
considered hitherto above repr0ach. For
some time he has been quite childish.
He owns property to the amount of seven
hundred thousand dollars.
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Marrow Gauge.

The following is from the report Of the
committee on the narrow gauge railway
system
"ResOlUed, That, having found three
foot gauge so numcrously represented in
this convention, they recommend that it
be adopted as the standard narrow gauge
by all roads where there is no practical
reasons for adopting less gauge.
lst. Because uniform gauge is very
essential to the final Success of the sys-
TEN; and,
md, Because they believe that if it is
adopted in all narrow gauge roads, that it
viii not be many years before the three
foot standard roads will have thorough
connections North, East, South and
West with better system of enter
change of cars, and a less amount of
t. ahsfer than there is now Oh the 4 foot
s inch Of the North, the 5 foot of the
South and other gauges noS in Opera
ton.
They also recommended the adoption
Of "a inches as the standard dTaw-head
above the rail"
The Memphis and Knoxville Railroad
company adopted tn 3 foot gauge so
strongly recommended by their Engineer
AID we are pleased to see that it is likely
to become the standard narrow gauge of
the country. This uniformity of gauge
will tend to secure uniformity in the
quality and design of iron rails, Inachin-
erv, cars &c, stimulating emulation
among manufacturers and enabling rails
road companies to obtain stock Of better
quality, and to replace wornout engines
or cars on short notice.
We have reliable information, and have
much pleasure in stating it to our reads
ers that the difficulties which have TEN
porarily delayed operations on our rails
road are almost if not entirely removed.
and that the Memphis and Knoxville r,
X. is right side up once more.
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r n TURNER Presida,t
FrightfuI Fall

TIE louisville Ledger of the 9th in
slant furnishes the following account Of
how drunken man met his death:
Between 4 and o clock yesterday af~
ternoon man named John Hennessy,
about twenty six years old, fell between
the timbers Of the Ohio river bridge, and
was dashed to pieces on the rocky beach
below. Hennessy Is, or rather was, a
notorious character, and on Sunday night
got on q spree, for which be was arrested
and locked up. lie was released on bail
Yesterday morning, bis case having been
continued, and straightHay celebrated the
event by getting drunk again.
He was formerly employed ut the
bridge, and late yesterday Afternoon went
to that.place, and while there. raj sed
row with some Of the men at work on.
this side of the canal, an d made an attack
upon Mr.. B. G.. Hodge, the foreman. Mr..
Hodge seeing that the man was drunk,
and knowing him to be desperate man,
firsttried to paeify him and then-ran off
to avoid a difficulty. Supposing that
Hennessy had gone, Mr. Hodge, in
short time, returned to the bridge. and
walked sut TO the draw where the men
were at work.
Shortly afUerward Henuessy discovered
Hodge on the bridge and started in pur-
suit Hodge again retreated and went
out as far as pier No. 10, and crossed to
the other side to avoid bis enraged pur-
suer, thinking that be would certainly not
attempt to cross the track as drunk as he
was. just as the parties came opposite
each other Hennessy climbed over the
railing and started across There is 10
floor between the guard rails, and Hyns
messy attempted to walk one Of the cross
beams, but staggered aud fell between the
timbers and down TO the rocky Ted of the
river below, a distance of seventy five
feet He was Instantly killed By the fall,
and when taken up it was found that h!s
skull was crushed, one arm broken, and
his body fearfully bruised
an inquest was held by Squire ivy
man, and the jury rendered verdict 10
accordance with the above facts.
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Democratic Executive Committee.

By virtue fthe authority given me
as President Of the Democratic State
Convention which met at Nashville on
the ninth of May last, have appointed
The following named gentlemen as the
Democratic State Committee
JNO. c. BURCE, of Davidson.
F.C. DUNNINGTON, of Maury.
THOMAS +. HENRY, of Montgomery
J. W. NEWMAN, of Lincoln.
THOS B. MURRAY, Of Warren.
l. NJ BROOKS, of Knox.
JNO. BLEVINS, Of Hawkins.
w ID. VANDYKE, of Hamilton.
NJ. MAGEVNEY. of Shelby.
J d. PORTER, Of Henry.
j M. COULTER, of Gibson.
June 5. 1872. BENZ. J. LEA.
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ne Can do II.

Having just made valuable aud long
needed additions to orr Office 10, the
shape Of a splerdid Gordon press, new
type, and a complete stock Of paper, cards,
inks, we are now prepared to do any AMI
all kinds Of Job Printing as neat and as
cheap as anybodyin the District. IF you
ID not believe what we say, Cal lanI see,
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Ben ]. Lea.

The Brownsville Bee of last week es-
pouses the cause of Col B. J. Lea, of
Haywood, and urges upon US the actua
necessity of uphOlding the claims of West
Tennessee in naming candidate to reps
resent the State at large in the next Con
gres3 We can say in reply that Hari e.
man endorses the movement and will
choerfully add her voice in t. c mat
ter. Col land his many friends can
rest assured that the BULbETIN has no bet
ter choice and that we will unhesitating-
ly do our utmost IN this the hour of duty
to ourselves and the public generally.
Colonel Lea has the head and heart and
is calculated to fill with distinction the
position to which he is being called. We
hope to see him endorsed by every true
hearted patriot in the State. Middle and
East Tennessee certainly will listen to
the claims Of the Western Division once
n life time
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-12

As succeeded in getting II patent
granted me, on the 10th day Of August,
1870, on Cotton and Hay Presses, ANA
have manufactured and sold tar the two
seasons past, / now feel fully assured that
| can give perfect satisfaction to all who
may want to purchase = Press | will
manu- f;lcture and sell at Bolivar, Tenn
for 5000 cash, and guarantee each Press
to work we'll ! will also sell tFte,
County and Royalty Rights on good
terms.
] claim for my invention over all Other
presses this; that my gripping blocks
used in pressing are cast in solid blocks,
with steel points therein, which grips the
upright iron bar as soon as the power 10
applied, and holds fast AS soon as the
power is taken off the blocks viii slide
down the bar perfectly losse, ready for
renewal of hold, virtue which no other
press has. The steel points mentioned
can be taken out and put in at pleasure
BY any common smith In the country.
The leaver that / use Is the common
straight Ieaver. applied lirect n the grip
ing blocks, which forces the follower
down on the cotton with great foTc5 and
without friction. The working of the
gripping blocks on main bars forms CONS
piete rachel as natural as though they
were cast thereon, rendering il safe from
slipping. My follower is run up and
down by rope and wiadlass, so arranged
as to work very easily.
For further information apply to me,
at Bolivar, Tennessee.
g. w. SWINEBROsD.
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AltachmNnt Notice.
Before D. j. Nes0Jern, J. T.

DeJOTe II. j. Ne2COSTHt J. I.
State Of Tennessee, HardeBaa County.
Z. C. Mcclure Us E. b. Murray
IN this cause the plaintiff hayeiug sued
out an attachment against the Estate Of
defendant on the plea that he is a noni
resident Of the State Of Tennessee and
that ne is about remoy ing his property
privately, and the same having been re-
turned before nae executed By levying on
the property Of defendant, i is thereby
ordered By me that pab lIcation be made
FIR four consecutive weeks 10 the Bolivar
Bulletin, q newspaper published in the
town o. Bolivar, county and State afore-
said, notifying the defendant Z. B Mur>
ray, to appear AID defend this cause be-
fore me at my Office IN Bolivar, Tenn on
Saturday, the 10Th day OF Aurust, 1872.
or this cause will be proceeded with ex-
parte- This, the 10th day Of July, 1872.
Jess. Norment Atty. for plaintiff
D J. NEWBERN, J. Z.
July l2~U4
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Voodoo

The Jackson (2fiss.) Clarion says that
on last Friday night tragedy, more hor-
rible in its details than ever occurred in
that vicinity, was enacted at Howell Sta
tor, seven miles east Of that place The
details as we learn them are as follows:
After dark, upon the night above named,
as the negroes belonging to the Howell
Station " and NJ r. R section gang
wsre loadng around tia depot-aG that
place, there cane to the crowd an aged
colored man, who had 'rece ntIy been ems.
pIoyed on one Of the adjoining plantations
but was then idle, and expressed himself
as looking for work. In his conversation
with the hands he remarked that-he could
cure the bite of a snake and had autidotes
for poison. The cry was raised By. the
negroes, "He is voodoo eonjurer,"
search him, search him" Which was
no sooner said than done They found
few harmless herbs and roots in the old
mans pocket, which confined their suspi-
cions, and they took this old man of Ugh
ty years, tied him hard and fast to the
railroad track, and began beating HIM
''Kill him I" "Kill him cried the Internal
crowd, and the lash came harder and
faster; he screamed with agony, and max
ing, a last desperate effort with ed him
self almost out of the bonds and into
fire of pine knots lying by the track, but
that. effort was his last, for che fire
burned his shirt aud scorchbd his skin
and he made no noise ''See he is a
coWuror5" they said, and again the lash
came down: they continued this for some
time loager, and left him. The next
morning he was found twenty feet from
the track stone dead Whether be was
able to drag himself to the spot or was
dragged there by his murderers is not
known, but the presumption is the latter.
The murderers have been arrested and
confined in Jail at Brandon. n
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.lIAnpEnAx CouxrY. -. !

N HtUFUdIJ u I"I- J
"Tbis viii certify that we have used one
Of G.. w. Swinebroad's Cotton Presses
this whole season, and have packed enc
hundred bales weighing from 450 70 525
pounds. 1t works simple, strong and
easy. w ehave not broke anything this
whole senson The hands packed doWn
a bale in ten minutes, that is the pressing
part, as they usually work. We cheerfully
recommend it 10 any one in need Of a
press to be worked By hand
"WM 4. CARU TIERS.
"COL J. b FRANKLIN"
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aAfnarnls. -. o. 20. Is7I.

Aii. c.. ". Swiasbvead Bolivar, FcaHesssos
"DeGT Si-3e take pleasure in testI-
flying to the efficiency Of your Cotton
Fress We make a 500 pound bale With
four men easily In four miuutes-that Is
the pressing part. The blocks form their
own ratchets, rendering it safe from slip
ping. IL is convenient and simple, aud
easily worked, and VIC can cheerfully re-
commend it TO all in need Of a press to 10
worked by hand
SHARPE & ROBERTS,
"Public GinneTs City Of Memphis.
Other certificates could be given, but
deem the above sufficient for all purposes
Respectfully
@. W. SWINEBBOAD,
Bolivar, Tenn, Feb. %, 1872.
tfeZ3Igi
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Meeting of Citizens of District No 4.
Delegates appointed to a County Con-
rentiOR.

UeHtiOn.
In compliance to previous call, about
one hundred and fifty citizens of district
No 1 Hardeman, County, Tennessee,
met in Convention to-day, July the 9th,
1872, at Cedar Chapel, for the purpose
Of nominating delegates to attend coun.
ty Convention, to be held in Bolivar, the
third Monday in this month, to nominate
suitable candidate to represent this
county in the lower branch of the next
legislative body of the State.
On motion, and by acclimation, Maj.
r. f. Jasmon was called TO the chair and
w. E. Davis appointed secretary. By
request Of the chair, j. w. Wilkes, Esqr.
explained the object Of the meeting.
On motion, a committee was appointed
by the chair to select delegates to the
County Convention. While the com
mittee was out making selection of
delegates the Convention was entsrtain-
ed by desuItory remarks from Z. II. Will
Jams and William Nelson. Col John
Miller being present, was loudly and re-
pestedly called upon for a speech. He
responded in his usual happy and chars
acter sgic style in an half hours speech,
clearly demonstrating why district four
should be represented in tho County
Convention, and why she was entitled
to the representative in the next legisla-
tive body.
These remarks gained the applause and
cull approval of the Convention, which
was doubly INCREASED. He then went in
to an analysis of national politics, show
ing the only hopes the South had o HAYS
ing her shackles and letters removed
was in the election Of Greeley and
Brown. That we should eschew old
party preferences and prejudices lie
also explained the political status of par>
ties of the day the true principles upon
which the government had to be admin
isterod in the future, then wound up by
repeating the noble sentiment of uenders
icks, of Indiana:
Gle turned his back upon the past,
we stand in the present, and look hopes
fully to the future"
The committee on appointment OF
delegates to the County Convention sug-
gested the names OFF. W. wilks, William
Do ty, Z. Il. Williams, and w. T. Ha-
zlewocd, which met the full approval of
the Convention. On mott on, the name
of the chairman, r. F. Jasmon, was ad
ded to the list of delegates by acelima-
ton.
II was then moved and adopted unani>
mously that the Bolivar BULLETIN the only
lire county paper in Tennessee, be fur
nished with copy ofthe proceedings o
this meeting; with the suggest it publish
the same.
The meeting then adjoined sine de.
r. F. JASMON,
" b. DAVIS, Chr m
Soc
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uMrnrnrs. TnNn . Oct. Is. 1871.

This is to certify that have been
using one OF q. w Swinebroad's Cotton
Presses for about ten months, and have
packed six hundred bales Of cotton on it
weighing from $50 to 65f pounds, the
blorks forming a complete Facret on the
bars by the working of the leavers az
natural as thon ssh they were cast thereon,
there being no chance for slipping while
packing the bale Two men will pack .
800 pound bale with ease
"TIIOS. ALEXANDER"
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Coop IF True We find the follow
ing paragraph going the rounds IF the
Press, and sincerely trnst that it con =
tains the truth, and nothing but the
truth
As the habeas corpus clause of the
KuKlux law was not extended, and as no
pretezt exists for sending United States
troops into the Southern States, the War
Department now orders all available men
to the plains, 10 prevent if possible an lns
dian outbreak this season.