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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-06
nnRE FENTRFss

From The Ripley Aelgs, Aug D, 1872 ]
The people, including with remarkable
unanimity the legal profession, of this
Chsncery Division are earnest IN +heir
expressions of regret at the resignation
of Chancellor FenEress. Admired and
respected as be was before his elevation
to ONCE, he has since rapidly added TO his
reputation In all that pertains to good
by the urbanity of his manners, the faith
fuiness of his Investigations and the in
teLigenee and frmGess of his decisions.
Whenever an officer fulflls properly the
public duties to which he has been as-
signed, the people are sure to find it out
no matter how slightly versed they may
be in the kind of knowledge IN which he
must be so profound. The unanimous
verdict of the people In bis district is that
Judge FentFess has fully justified the
confidence they reposed in him, and their
regret at his resignation is more sins
Gere than is ordinarily the case when ex>
pressions of similar kind are called
forth When he assumed the duties OF
Chancellor the doekets Of the several
courts in the district were encountered
with chronic cases, scarcely one of which
now remains to impede the flow OF the
channels of justice.
Referring TO this subject the jackson
Wing and Tribune of last week says;
Judge Fentress retires to private life
temporarily, for we are satisfied that an
appreeiative public viii call him to yet
higher fields Of usefulness and distines
ton. No man has ever quit the Bench
Ia Tennessee followed by SO lsany un~
bought and voluntary evidences of popa-
lar support and endorsement, and no
man OF his years has more enviable re-
putation TO guard in his self-enforeed re-
tirement. His future career can barely
be mere Respondent than his past, nor
can dame fortune lead him along much
brighter paths than those be has already
trOdden"
Below viii be found the brief but ex-
pressive resolutions In regard TO the res
signatiOn of Chancellor Fentress, adopted
at recent meeting of the Bar of Rip@
ley:
At meeting of the Bar, held at Rip
ley, Tenn, Aug. 18th, 1872, the following
proceedings were had
ResolUed, That it is with profound re
greet we have been apprized of the resigna-
tion Of the Hon. Jane Fentress, as Chan
cellor of the 10th Chancery Division of
the State of Tennessee. That in Judge
Fentress we have ever found the affable,
christian gentlemen, the enlightened,
just and upright Judge, and that in his
wi thdrawl from the Bench the Judiciary
of the State has lost bright and shining
ornament In whatsoever field OF labor
he may be called by duty or interest, in
the future, the most cordial and earnest
good wishes of this bar will ever attend
him
Resolvcd, That c. H Conner, Esq be
requested to forward copy of these reso-
lutions to Judge Fentress, and that w.
D. WilkersOn, Esq, be directed to re-
quest the Chaneery Court, at its next
term, to allow the same to be spread upon
the minutes of said Court.
10 G. MARLEY, Chairman.
c. 81. CONNER, Secretary.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-06

As I succeeded in getting patent
granted me, on TIE 18th day Of August,
1870, on Cotton and Hay Presses, and
have manufactured and sold Tor the two
seasons past, now feel fully assured that
| can give perfect satisfaction to all who
may want to purchase = Press. ! viii
manufacture and sell at Bolivar, Tenn i,
for 5000 cash. and guarantee each Press
to work we'll. l will also sell 'tate,
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 is
applied, and holds fast. As soon as the
power is taken of 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 ia the country.
The ID II that | use is the common
straight Ieaver, applied lirect to the grip
ing blocks, which forces the follower
down on the cotton with great force and
without friction The working Of the
gripping blocks on main bars forms cons
piete rachel IS natural as though they
were cast thereon, rendering il safe from
slipping. Ny follower is run up and
down by rope and windlass, so arranged
as to work very easily.
For further information apply TO me,
at Bolivar, Tennessee.
6. w. SWINEBROAD
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This Is For You.

Enasmuch as Col Falkuer and his
co-labor0rs have just completed the first
narrow gauge railway ever built in the
South-the Middleton and Ripley road,
243 miles long, which grand achievement
was accomplished in the short space of
ten months-we now call the attention
of our people to the importance of a
careful look into the bearing which this
new aud successful enterprise is destined
to have, Take map; look at the hne
Of which we speak, and see if there is
not something real, something solid in
the proposition to take up and push
ahead the proposition made by us some
time ago to make Q connection with north
Mississippi by building similar road to
that just completed from Middleton
through Bolivar to Denmark, in Madi>
son county, distance of about twenty
eight miles, at which point connection
will be made with the road now being
built from thence to Brownsville, where
another close and direct connection can
be made with the road now being built
northward to the Mississippi river. This
eap-the one from Denmark to Middle
ton Uia Bolivar-is only about % miles,
as stated above, is the only one to pro-
vide for, and'it does seem to US that if it
were filed up that it would be of great
and durable prosperity to large portion
of the people Of Hardeman. We are
aprised of the fact that the narrow gauge
road now building between Cairo and
ST. Louis will be completed by the first
Of next January, and that this company
as we'll as those referred to above will
assist in a substantial manner in filing
up the gap between Denmark and Mid
dleton, thus forming continuous r.
line road, Of three feet gauge from the
Tombigbee valley to St Louis. 1t will
be bourne in mind that number of our
most enterprising and wealthy citizens
held a meeting some months since look
ing to che perfection of charter for n
marrow gauge road from Denmark to
Middleton and that committee was ap-
pointed for the purpose of aseertaing the
feelings of the people along the proposed
route in regard thereto. Now we learn
that the project has been deemed feast
bic and that an application for a charter
has been drawn up and there is no doubt
but what the prayer Of the petitioners
win be granted whenever presented to
Chancellor Livingstone. In view of
these facts we ask fhs people to give this
subject close attention, fer we have no
fears but what, if a road is constructed
from Middleton via Bolivar to Denmark
that it will, with the connections surely
to be made, be of inestimable worth to
the whole country through which it pass
ca.
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Couldn't Fight All the Greeley Men

CSAAAA AS AZ 3A4A SAC 0AOOACy 4ACh
in Town
We CLEAN from the Louisville Led
ger the following particulars of lit
tie uupleasantness which occurred in that
city last Monday, the day pre- ceeding the
assembling Of the straight outs" or Col
B.anton Duncan's party:
About half rast / o'clock this alter
noon al exciting affair occurred at the
Gait House Colonel Blanton Duncan,
Chairman, &c, had driven there n his
stylish carriage, and entered the hall.
he became engaged in conversation with
several gentlemen, among them General
Gustav, of the United States army, who
iOcularly remarked Colonel l under>
stand you have set your price that you
are going of to the highest bidder" To
this Col. Duncan replied; General Gus
tar, you must not make such a remark.
do not allow any one to say such
things to me"
DR.. James NJ Keller, an ex-Confeder-
ate surgeon, of this city, and strong
Greeley man, who was in the party or
knot that had gathered, said: 81 have
heard that you said that you were going
to sell out to the highest bidder TO
this Colonel Duncan replied: "Whoever
said so told id lie" DR.. Keller said
81 am responsible for part of the states
ment and you must retract the id lie. "
Colonel Duncan replied that 1.-THE state
ment was a id lie, and that he would
not retract."
At this Keller struck him, and a scnf-
he ensued. Friends rushed in immedi~
ately and separated them. The widest
excitement prevailed, and the friends of
each seemed disposed to take a hand.
Bob WoolIey said that part of Duncan s
remarks referred to him He stepped
back and placed his hand behind him
and called Duncan whitehead son of a
BIB.
Duncan was surrounded by his friends,
and did not or could not make any at
tempt to get at Woolley. KelleFs
friends hurried him into an ante room.
Woolley was also taken away and the
excitement Quilted down. A few minus
ties afterward Keller got into a buggy
with DR.. Yandell, and rode away from
the hotel Col Duncan remained at the
hotel for some little time afterward
There were no marks eff Keller's blow
on his face, and he (Duncan) says that
he warded it of with his arm. When
asked if the matter would end there. Col
Duncan replied that it would, so far as
he was concerned, that he had not been
hurt and that he could not fight all the
Greeley men in town.
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Notice.

BY virtue of venditi nj exponas to
me directed from the Circuit Court of
Hardeman county, issued 18th August,
1872, will sell to the highest bidder
for cash, at the Court House door in the
Town of Bolivar, on Monday, the 30th
day of September next, two town lots,
situated in the Town of POcahontas; No.
Is and Il, bounded as follows Begin
ming at A Bamsey's 5. e. corner, run
ming south % feet; thence west so feet;
thence north % feet; thence east 80 feet
TO the beginning; also the residence on
and lot on which Phil HulcOmb now
lives; bounded south b. the lands Of
Henly Stone, north by lot of Garrett d
Co., and fronting on PocahOntas & Rip
ley road or Centre street; levied on as
property of Phil HOlcomb to satisfy
debts of Shortridge & Co.
j. J. NELLY.
Sept ., 1872. pGs6 herifE
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Highway Robbery.

The stations on the Mobile and Ohio
railroad between this place aud Kenton,
says the Trenton Gazette Of the 24th ult 4,
have been Infested for several years with
a band Of rufians, thieves and murdeTers
that have hitherto bafiled detection. On
last Friday, as Keaton, s. s. and William
Bottoms committed the crime Of high
way robbery upon an Irish peddler,
named Henlon. The Bottoms purchased
Henlon's horse for 500, and after treat
ing him to mean whisky several times
induced him to 60 home with them
While on the way and in the darkness of
the night the Bottoms robbed henlon
of his persona! effects. He, however,
had left most of his money at Kenton.
Henlon made his appearance in KentOn
early next morning ia sad plight ard
reported the above facts to the citizens
who had the desperadoes arrested and
tried, and sent to jail at Union City. 1t
is now believed that the Bottoms are
the perpetrators Of foul murder com
mitted at Dyer Station some years ago.
We understand the crime of highway
robbery 70 be punishable with death
If so, the country may be rid of these
outlaws
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-06
United States Collectors Sale.

NOtieois hereby given that viii sell
at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash, on Monday, September 2Sd,
1872, at Dr. l. NJ Bray's place, ia Haf-
deman county. Tennessee, the following
described property (2063) two hundred
six and half acres of land, lay and
being in rage one y, section four az,
tenth (lo) surveyors district, Hardeman
county, Tennessee, and registered in
Book 81, - pages 402 and 413, in Regis
ter's Office at Bolivar, Hardeman county,
Tennessee, to satisfy q United States tax
assessed by the United States Assessor
or the May list, 1871, amounting to
(S25,OO) twenty-fV dollars, with all
costs and penalties against J. K. Siler &
Brother, of Harde.aan county, Tennes-
see, unless said tax, with all COS Is aud
penalties are paid before day of sale. Sale
within legal hours.
R. F. PATTERSON,
Sth District, Collector.
Sept Sd, 1872.
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Going to Stick.

From several of our friends we learn
that ar report is being raised around that
II. r. Parrish is not going to stick to the
race for a seat in the Lower House of
the next General Assembly. What a
whopper We are on the track, and
are willing to bet our old roller mold
that the gentleman who can shove us of
is not "in these diggins" Mind that.
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Horror, Horror.


The Topeka, Kansas. Commonwealth
of the 1st instant has the following
startling Indian news from Colorado
e. II. Stanley, of Fort LarneI, arrived
in this city last evening from Denver.
He reports that on Monday last govern-
ment train consisting of thirty six mule
teams, loaded with army supplies for Fort
Lyon, was proceeding along Dry Greek,
between Carson city and Fort Lyon, Col
oradO, under command of Steve Bryan,
wagUn-mas er, and while in the valley of
DTy Greek the train was mired IN the
sand While there detained band of
two hundred ATapahO warriors, under
command Of their chief, Little Raven,
made an attack which equals in outrage
and ferOcity any annals oflndian massa>
ere. The wagons were burned and ali
the contents that could be carried off
were taken The mules were run of and
fifteen men belonging to the train were
left wounded or dead on the bloody field.
Mr.. Bryan was skinned alive, from head
to foot, by the savages. Besides these
fifteen men were missing. They are
supposed to have been carried into capt.
witty. The train was under escort of Lieut.
Mcfarland of the Sixth United States
cavalry, with one hundred men, but be-
ing nine miles in the rear at the time OF
the massacre, no protection could be of
fered MIR Stanley was with the escort,
and when it arrived at the terrible scene
the savages were just retiring over the
hill beyond, whirling their tomahawks
and shouting in mad glee over their i'll
gotten gains.
What terrible state Of affairs OF
course Grant should be reelected Presi
dent, for be is so kind and eoHsiderats.
Lo, the poor Indian. has friend IN o. S.
q
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A GALA DAY.-Ye yesterday one week
ago, the 9th ult,, was glorious time at
Ripley, Miss, made so in honor of the COM
pIetion Of the Middleton 81 Ripley mar,
row gauge railway. From the surround
ing country, and even from distant coun>
tles and States, the people assembled by
thousands, who, after being RECALLED by
impressive aud instructive speeches
were conducted to well-provided tables
where all enjoyed good things for the
inner man to their hearts content Col
Falkner, the energetic aud far seeing
President Of this new railroad may Justly
feel proud Of the victory he has won and
his name and fame viii certainly be
handed down to posterity clothed with
imperishablo renown as one of the bene-
factors Of the country which now claims
him as its most enterprising citizen.
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Here's Your Mule"-over the Left


About the time Of the Baltimore Com
yention, says the Knoxville Press and
Herald, It was Announced from Wash
ingtOn that Gen Gidson J. Pillow, of
this State, had declared for Grant. At
the Greeley and Brown ratification meet
ing at Nashville, while Col. GolladaV
was speaking, a jealous friend of Gen.
Pillow, whose feelings had been much
disturbed by the newspaper announces
ment Of Gen. Pillows detection. made
his way to the stand, tugged Col. Cola
day by the tail of the coat, whispered in
his ear and begged him as a friend of
Gen. Pillow and, by authority, to an
nounce that Gen. Pillow was not for
Grant Being thus assured, Col Cola.
day made the announcement and the con.
tradiction was duly reported by the pa
pers and here Is what befell General
tIlleW IN consequence. of having too
many oficious friends:
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun says it is rBmored that
when General Pillow fled his claim for
Two hundred mules taken by Union
soldiers while he was in the Confederate
service, he Informed 3 member of the
cabinet that he espoused the cause Of
Grant and Wilson and that upon that
statement his claim was promised to be
paid. The Cabinet officer gave the in
formation to newspaper correspondent,
who the next day published that the
Ton tedrate General was one of the latest
additions to the Grant party A few days
alter, while a prominent Greeley man
was making speech in the South, he
said he was authorized by Gen. Pillow to
say that he was not, as reported, for
Grant bnt still for Greeley. When the
Cabinet officer heard Of this, he referred
the claim, which he had previously said
was good one and should be paid, to
the Attorney General for a decision.
The decision was to the effect that the
claim could not be paid as the property
was seized in State which attempted to
withdraw from the Union, and belonged
to party net loyal TO the government
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-06
Notice.

BY virtue Of venditioni exponas to
me directed from Circuit Court ut July
term, 1872, will sell to the highest bid
der for cash at the Court House in the
town Of Bolivar on Monday, the 30th
day of September next balance Of thir>
ty~Oue acres of land IN Hardeman coun>
~ in civil district No. Z, it being the
southwest corner of tract of I66 acres,
upon which Jho. Lineberger now lives,
of which IS acres was laid off to the
said Lineberger as a Homestead, and the
above balance of 81 acres was ordered
to be sold by said Court as the property
of said Lineberger to satisfy an execution
in favor of j. L. Pulliam, surviving
partner of Humphreys 81 i'ulliam. Sale
IN legal hours.
j. J. NELLY,
Sept Sd, 1872 pfS6 Sheriff.
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By virtue of a venditioRi exponas to
me directed from the Circuit Court of
Hardeman county at July term, 1872,
viii sell to the highest bidder for cash
at the Court House door in the Town of
Bolivar, on Monday the Seth day of
September, 1872, the undivided half in
terest in lot No. 898 in the Town OF
Grand junction, fronting on the Central
Rail Road, bounded on the south by
Monroe st, it being the corner lot, % #.
front by $50 back, levied on as the props
erty of James Bagley to satisfy an execu~
ton in favor of Ewing & Co Sale in
legal hours. J. j. NELLY,
Sept. Sd, 1872 pfS6 Sheriff
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Nonresident Notice.
Ln tie County Court Of Hardeman
County, Tennessee.
Needham J. Powell, ct as VS. Needham
Ingram ct ais
Petition 80 Sell Land for
Division.
mo. S9l. RD1
(No. 89l. r. d.

1t appearing from the petition IL this
cause, which is sworn 70, that Virginius
&mmons, Matte Ammons, } N. Sanders
and wife Nancy Sanders, William T. I.
Powell, w. ID. Ward and wife Nancy
Ward, William Knight and wife Su an
knight, Henry Ingram and wife Annie
lBgIam, defendants 20 said petition, are
ncn-residents Of the State of Tennessee,
and residents Of the State Of Arkansas;
that jimmie Ammons, Michael McKinne
and wife Sarah MeKinne, William Flow
ers, Zechariah Flowers, -- KicIrhond
and wife Jane Richmond, John I Ing.
ram, Joseph Ingram, \eedham Dabney,
defendants, are nOn-residents Of the
st te of Tennessee, and are residents of
the State Of Mississippi; that Bryant
Simpson, n defendant, is a nonresident
of the State of Tennessee, and a resident
of the State of Texas; and that the chill
drsn of Needham Flowers, deed, and the
children of Elizabeth Albright, decd.
and the children Of William Ingram,
deed, are also defendants to said petit
ton, and their names, number and resi-
dence is unknown and cannot be ascer-
tanned, after diligent inquiry. 1t is
therefore ordered that said defendants
enter their appearance herein at the
Court House IL the town Of Bolivar at
County Court, on or before the first Mon
day in October, 1872 and plead, answer
or demur to eomplainants' petition OF
the same will be taken for confessed as
TO them and Get for heariBg expartee;
aud that copy Of this order be publish>
ed once a week for four successive weeks
in the BoLIFAR BULLETIN.
W. G. DORION,
This 9Th, Sept 1872. G.. d NJ
Wood q NicNeaI, Soils. for Compliments.
1t pr SO
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VaIne of Railroads.

A writer of considerable repute has
calculated that, upon the average, every
500 miles of railroad adds Sl20,O0O.0OO
yearly to the national wealth, which is
enough to pay the interested the national
debt. If We call the addition, however,
but half of this writers estimate, or $780,
100000 per annGm, IT gives a sufficient
idea of this constant source of national
wealth for ell practical purposes. Our
railroads, in fact, constitute the surest
index Of cur material progress.
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Cure for Cancer
Editor Bolipar B,.lletin

Editor BoliUGr Bulletin:
l wish to tell how cured my Cancer
last summer, without Pain or money.
Eight years ago, a Cancer came on my
nose. It grew slow for several years,
the last two years it grew very fast it
became frightful; it had began to eat out
my left eye. had paid hundreds of
dollars, and tried doctors far and near,
without finding relief Last summer, l
drank wild tea, putting the tea crowns on
my Cancer every night, as a practice,
and in six weeks my Cancer was cured
am now 90 years old. gave this
remedy to several persons who had Can
GERS and know of two who have been cur.
ed since. believe wild tea grows over
the country generally, always on high
land.
CHARLES YARDLEY,
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CONE IN.

Don't forget that the aspirants for Sem
atoriul and Pictorial honors viii address
the people at this place tomorrow. The
candidates for Representative have been
invited to join in and take hand-and
its likely they will do 90, provided the
first mentioned gentlemen do not occupy
ali the time and go over too much ground.
o., 4,
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CHARLES YARDLEY,
Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug 1872.

The steamship Bienville, which Left
New York for AspinwalI on the 10th of
August last was destroyed By Ere on the
18th Of the same month When far out on
the ocean. BY this terrible calamity
thiTty-fve or forty persons persisted.
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BOLIVAR FEMALE ACADEMY

Professor J. W. GRAHAM, Of Nash
vile, with full corps Of Teachers, viii
open this School on
Monday, September ID, zS52.
- Professor Graham is a teacher
of large experience and comes to Us
recommended by leading men Of Nash
vile.
No Sectarian Instruction Of pupils in
this School.
No particular Church has any control
Of IL
Professor Graham and his assistants
viii strive TO educate their pupils, with
out attempting 70 take the religious inS
strucsiOn Of any pupil out Of the hands
of her parents.
ZtlitioN for a Session Of Fire Months:
Primary Grade......Sl2 50
Grammar Grade 49,. 16 90
Academic. 1890. 20 90
Music.-................. . 90
Incidental Fee....... 90
JAMES FENTRESS, Prest-
L. B. ADAMS, Scty.
a. A. COLEMAN,
ALEX. RAMSEY,
D.. EEWBERN,
Aar 23Im Trustees.