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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
Col. NJ. w. Guy Declines,

From the following letter, which reach
ed us too late for last weeks paper, it
will be seen that Col NJ w. Guy de-
eIines the nomination rendered him for a
seat IN the next Legislature
10 TIC Totsrs Of Rsrdenlan County,
I sincerely regret the necessity of
having to withdraw my name as the nom
inee of the County Convention, held at
Bolivar on the 9Th day of August last
Owing to the exclusively warm, dry
weather, the enleehled state of my health
and the ordinary infrmities of my ad-
vanced age, feel, in justice to myself,
/ should withdraw my name from the
rublic notice, as a candidate, for a seat
in the Lower Branch of the Legislature
Of the State of T ,nnesssee.
| am confident that | will not have the
phvsical ability to meet my competitor,
and present my claims fairly before the
LEGAL voters of the county, therefore
decline the canvass, hoping that some
one may be elected to represent the
county more ably and efficiently, THAI
it would be in nay power to do am
tfuly thankful 1or The manifestations oil
kindness expressed 10y many friends IN
INV bchalf as their choice for the posi-
tiun
5 pt Sd, 1872 NJ ". GUY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

As / succeeded ia getting patent
granted me, on the 10th daY Of August
1870, on Cuttor and Hay Presses, and
have manufactured and sold iur the two
seasons past, now feel fully assured that
| can give perfect satisfaction to all who
may want to purchase a Press. / will
manu- faeture and sell ut bolivar, Tenn,
for 5000 cash, and guarantee each Press
to work we'll will also eel tate,
County and Royalty Rights on good
terms,
] claim Cnr my invention over all other
presses this that nv giiPing blocks
used in pressing are east in solid blocks,
with steel points therein, which EriP- the
upright iron bar a. soon as the power Is
applied, and holds fast. As soon a the
power is taken off the blocks viii side
down the bar perfectly losse, ready Tor
renewal of hold, q virtue which no other
press has The steel points mentioned
can be taken ont and put IN at pleasure
by any common smith 10 the country
The /, n that use is the comm III
straight leaver, applied lirect t. the grip
ing blocks, which forces the tmlower
down on the cotton with great 'oEcs and
without friction. The working OF the
gripping blocks on main bars forms cons
uiete rachel "a natuFal rs though they
we're 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.
9. w SWINEBROAD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
Notice.

will sell to the highest bidder for
cash at the Court House door in the
town Of Bolivar, on Monday, the 3Oth day
Of September, 1872, the fn. lowing describ
ed Tract of Land in Hardeman county,
Tennessee, in civil district M. 10 on the
waters of Piney CreeA, containing a.
acres which is the remainder OF n tract
of I5G acres after laying off t. >. E. Ben
son seventy-ninc acres, hy commissioners
appointed by Circuit Court of HardemaH
county, at March Term 1872 which -
bounded as follows: Beginning at ;. +.
Bensou's S. T. corner and running 20
poles tn y. + corner Of this tract, thence
south l22 poles thence west 40 poles,
thence north 90 poles, thence west I0I
poles. thence : w corner Of this tract
thence north 43 p poles to Piney Creek
| thence up I'iaey Greek to Mrs. Benson {
5. W. corner thence east to the begin
ming, it being Mrs BensOn's ). E corner
levied on as the property of &. Morri'
son and w. l.. Benson to satisfy an ex-
ecution issued from Circuit Court o
Hardeman county, at July Term, 1872
| j. J. NELLY.
Sept G, 1872. ~. Sheriff
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
NARROW GAUGE.

Editor Bulletin: [ thought in my
travels would write you something cons
corning tlie.Narrdw Gnage railroads; but /
during my stay 81 Colorado Springs
could not fad an oppOrtune time; so
determined to do SO after my return
home. 1 travelled on the Denver 8 Rio /
Grande Rail Road about Eve hundred |
miles, could not help but fall in love
with the Narrow Gauge plan; it is truly
romantic sight to see the little trains
darting like lightning through the gorges
of the mountains, or winding with the
meanderings of some shining stream
across a---feFtiie Prairie~whe Craze
herds of domestic cattle, who have in q.
great measure taken the place of nuns
berless herds of grunting bafaloes. Lits
tie villages are springing up where few
/ years ago icurlcd the smoke of the red
hunters wigwarm. Cor ancestors in
sisted that civilization is the plant of
( Of centuries, but the steam engine has
since refuted that idea, and now rail
roads are pioneers, instead of hunters
aud trappers. The Denver & Rio
Grande r. r. is only halfway complet-
ed, yet It's gross earnings amount 20 more
than one-third of It's actual cost annual
", and it is destined at no distant day to
be one Of the greatost-if not the very
greatest railroads on the Western Con-
FtineDt, and we think from present indi>
cations, Dying perhaps to,the superiority
of the. construction of the Narrow Gauge
Rail Roads. they will gradually become
the more numerous kind r.f.s
l cannot. see why. the people along the
line Of the Memphis 4 Knoxville K K
do not come forward, and put their rail
road through. Thetruth is they seem
blind to the numberless benefits they
would derive from it, ana since it is lait
of through a more populous tract o
country than the Denver & Rio Grande
= railroad and ole too with equally a
many products of expectation. Tht
; mountains containing iron and coal II
p untold quantities, the soil, the best in thu
. world for small grain and the grasses
such being the Circumstances, it does aP
pear to me like It's earnings would eqaa
f those of the d .nver 4 Rio Grande r. X
- at the present time. And now is tn
o time for the people of Hardeman, Fay
= cite and Shelby to make some motto
9 tow ards constructing this much needle
. railroad before other parties come
= and leave US out Of the bargin. 1t
> certain greatly to our interest to {
v right on with this good work before
will be too late If the plans of tn
u rail road were carried cut it would nj
: only enrich the central portions of Mid
|, die and West Tennessee-make the It'll
3 towns of Bolivar and 5, meryille swell
> moder rate sized cities, but add one lii
= !, to the. great connecting chain betwe
In the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
sy would moreover materially benefit Il
re whole State of Tennessee by making t
10 course of trade come directly throu;
+ it, and thus converting it from an NJ
is cultural State into III anufacturing OF
1T E j. w. D.
IN 49, 60 - 1879
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

A special dispatch from Canton, Mo,
dated Friday, says: "A great excitement
occurred on the s. 5 Merrill, the cause
of which was, a colored woman, came on
board and got a secoud>elass ticket, which
and at dinner wanted frst>class meaf
ticket, which was refused, and she was
told that she would get the meal II she
would wait q while. She then went to
the table and sat down, and was politely
asked to leave It, but would not do so.
The Captain and Clerk tried to pull her
away, but she held to the table cloth and
dragged it, dishes and all, to the hoor
They then took her and carried her to the
forward part of the cabin, and on her
way she managed to get her arms loose
and struck the clerk in the face hard
blow. There was great excitement on
board about It.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
N0n-Resident NOtiCc.

In the County Court Of HardcHaaR
County, Tennessee,
William P. fowler, petition to parti-
ton Land, rs. Ida +. fowler.
In this cause, it appearing from the
petition which Is sworn to, tlat Ida r.
fowler the defendant, Is {, nOn-Tes Ident
of the State of Tennessee, and a resident
of the State of Mississippi. 1t Is order
ed that publication be made for four sue>
eossive weeks in the Bolivar Bulletin, a
newspaper published at Bolivar, Tenn
essee, for said Ida f. fowler to appear
ON Monday the 4th day of November,
1872, at County Court, at the Court
House in the town of Bolivar, and plead,
answer or demur to the petition of COM
plainant, or the same will be taken tor
confessed as to her and set for hearing
exPartee. roD,oD-
Sent IOth 1872 & d NJ.
Wood & McNeal Attys for Pc itiOner,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

A RICH, smart hell on earth has beenf
bubling up in Pope county, Ark. for
some time past, and il continually swol-
lowing up in it's bloody vortex some poor
creature in human form. Parties from
Pope county report that on Saturday
civil posse, who had writ for that Pur~
pose, attempted to arrest Deputy Sheriff
Williams on a charge of firing at and at
tempting to kill Harry Poynter, at Dover,
at the time the latter shot and killed the
County Clerk Hickox Williams refused
to be arrested, and was shot and MORALLY
wounded On Sunday night about
twelve clock squad of Sheriff Bodson' 8
militia entered Russellville and set fire
to the Tribune Office Gan .a6ministra-
ton paper,) which was burned to the
ground General Upham was in Russ
sellville ut the time
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
Yerm ont Elections.

The semi>oGfcial re urns from all but
four small towns give Converse forty two
thousand two hundred and twenty two
votes. and Gardener, sixteen thousand six
hundred and tour; COnverse's majority,
twenty-five thousand six hundred and
eighteen. The remaining towns gave in
1870 Republican majority Of one hum
dre6 and ten. The Senate is unanimous =
ly Republican, and the House of Repre-
scntatives stand as follows: Republican,
two hundred and six Democrats, twenty
one. In 1870, the Democrats had two
Senators aud twenty>nine Representa-
tjves.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
Don.t Relieve One word Of Il.

This is what we respectfully request of
you when it is asserted in your pres ence
that NJ. r. Parrish VIII withdraw
from the race for Representative Of
Hardeman County We are on the track
fairly, squarely and honestly, and do not
intend to give mp the chances we have
before US. To do otherwise would be to
go back" on our friends, and as we never
have taken lesson in the eroufsA art
are not likely at this late day, to enter
che school of policy in order that thrift
may follow lawning.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

Ben Lane Posey. writing from Glade
Springs, Virginia, to the Mobile Tribune
says: My els a'Uis at the breakfast table
a few mornings since was--whom do you
think2 A man of small physique, about
one hundred and fifteen pounds, with a
pale, sunburnt, bloodless face, and big
whiskers, and without coat on his back
One of his pecuarities IS that he never
wears coat. He is tremendous little
man in war, in finance, in POlitics-in
anything he takes a hand in. lie bor~
rowed fifteen millions Of dollars not long
ago. lie controls legislatures, and con-
yentions and elections. lie is a railroad
king and gets salary of twentyseight
thousand dollars year, as railroad
president, and his name is General Ma
hone lie goes over all his railroads in
an open hand car, in the hot sun, without
an umbrella, and personally inspects
every water tank and every foot Of the
road His thousands of employees all
fear him more than they fear the devil
/ for he is much quicker IN his puniShme at
than indulgent Old Nick
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

y MEMPHIS, ! ENN VCt' % y" J.
This Is to certify that | have been
using. one Of G. w Swinebroads Cotton
presses for about ten months, and have
hacked six hundred bales of cotton on 1t
weighing from $50 to 65i pounds, the
bio rs forming complete rac.'et on the
bars by the working of the leavers rs
natural rs though they were cast thereon
there being no chance for slipping whIlg
packing the bale. Two men will pack
300 pound bale with case. .
"THOS. ALEXANDER"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
"HAnDExAx County, TENN. !

'This viii certify that we have used one
of g. w. Swincbroad's Cotton Presses
this whole season, and have packed one
hundred bales weighing from 40 to 523
poudds. 1t works simple, strong and
easy. W ehaye not broke anything this
whole season. The haads packed down
a bale in ten MINUTES, that is the pressing
part, as they usually work. +" e cheeriuliy
recommend it to any one in need OF a
press to be worked by hand.
OWN. a. CARU THEIRS.
"COL J. b. FRANKLIN
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

Last Sunday a fire broke out in Mem
phis, destroying property to the amount
of S2SO,00O on which there was $99, 24O,
chiefly in home companies. w. 5. Bruce
4 Co. carriage mandatory, on Monroe
St, was destroyed, together with all the
building fronting cast on Second street
from Monroe to Union. The burnt dis
trict is to be rebuilt Immediately.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
BE On Your Guard

Keep it before the people that Landon
G. Haynes is the choice Of the 9Th Con-
gressionaE Dissvies. that Re is The regular
nominee Of a regular and duly Constituted
conventions OF The Democratic and Con-
servalive masses; that Barbour Lewis is
his acknowledged Radical opponent and
that Col. A. }. Keller, editor Of the .Aca-
15ncbe, is an independent candidate; that
the race is between Haynes and Lewis;
that every vote given TO Keller gees II
elect Lewis-as there is TO possible
chance for him to poll larger vote than
either Haynes or Lewis. No one can
claim that Keller viii get-the radical
vote no one viii assert that ne can nov
hope to carry the conservative vote
hence we say, be on your guard, and see
that no one leads you IF into path
which seitishness marks out, Staird firm
and true. ..'
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
Erpartee.

ErpaTtee
To all whom IL may Concern:
The allowed named petitioners have
this day filed in my Office their petition,
asking that Charter may be granted
for the purpose Of building Rail Road
from Middleton, Tennessee via Bolivar
and Brownsville to junction with the
St. Louis and Cairo Narrow Gauge kail
Road
How, therefore, all persons are here
by notified and required to appear and
show cause If any they have, By plea,
answer or demurrer on or before the lst
Monday in November, 1872, why the
PRAYER of the Petitioners should not be
granted OF the same will be taken for
confessed and set for hearing ezpartee.
Ordered by the undersigned that a copy
of the notice here aigen be published 4
consecutive weeks in the Bolivar Bulletin
a newspaper printed in Bolivar, Tenn
essee.
Bolivar, Tennessee this 9th day of
September, 1872. -
T. b. MCDOWELL,
Clerk & Master.
& f. Fentress, soils for Complainantsi
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
"tVN. 4. ca BU IHENN.
"COL. }. b. FRANkLlN."
aMrururs. TEN. Oes. 20, 1871.

"MEHPHs, Tenn, Oct. 20, 1871.
a,. G. W Svinsbroad Bolivar. Tsansssse:
"Deay .Sir-H take pleasure IN testI'
fying to the efficiency Of your Cotton
Press. We make n 800 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.
nino. It's convenient and simple, and
easily worked, and VIC can cheerfIily To-
commend It % all in need Of press to be
worked by hand ..,
SHARPE & ROBERTS,
'Tublic Ginners City Of Memphis
Other certificates could be given, bat
deem the above sufficient for allPurposes
Respectfully
G. ". SWINEBROAD,
Bolivar, Tenn, Feb. 3, 1872.
IfsggIFI
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

Canterbury Cathedral, erected in the
twelfth and two following centuries, on
the site of the first Christian Church
built in Saxon England, was partially
destroyed by fire on the so instant.
The city of Erie, Penn, was Destroy
cd by fire on the 9th.
The steamship America was destroyed
by fire at Nagaski, Japan, on the 3lst
ult.
The Peoples bank, Nashville has sus'
pended.
A. p. Curry is going to contest the
election Of w. J. p Doyle, Sheriff 0
Shelby county Causo-fraudnlent vot-
ing.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

DIR. G. w. Ward, of Prairie county,
Ark has been arrested and paced n
Jail in default of $4,000 bail lie is &C
cused Of being accessory to the brutal
murder of the woman lately found in
jennings pond, Lauderdale county, IN
this State. The chances are against him.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
The Congressional Contest

The appeal of last Tuesday led off
with the following terse and interesting
article: --f "
Landon c. Haynes left the city yester-
day lie will visit the capitOls and leads
ing towns of Hardeman and Fayetie
counties, IL at list of appointments may
be made and published, extending from
this date to the day Of the election. lie
was nominated that he might carry this
district. This is the task imposed by the
convention, and by the Tarty-Demo-
cratic and Liberal-that wul support him.
He has no right to involve his own with
the fortunes Of candidates representing
other CONTINGENCIES, and Col. Haynes IS
not apt to violate trusts reposed. lie
does not appear al the theatre to night
because he was not invited to share in
this intellectual feast-petU SOuper-to
be dished up by the culioary Keller.
Moreover the illustrious Bourbon, the rel
eognized competitor of Colonel Haynes,
is still swinging around loosely ut Long
Branch. Colonel Haynes docs not pro-
pose to waste ntnmuniti0n on "decoy,
more than andrew johnson did upon
dead ducks" He confines himself pro-
perly to the guard ianship of the interests
IF those whom he represents in the pend
ing contest, and does not choose to In
volve his own with the f.rtunes either OF
partisan friends or foemen. His path oil
duty was mapped out by the convention
that nominated him, and he viii not de-
viate from it.
Col. Haynes was here last Tuesday
and left for Grand Junction on Wednes-
| day, where he was to address the people
Let every one bear in mind that thi:
distinguished Tennessean viii speak II
/ Bolivar to morrow.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

CoumoNERs.- A friend suggests that as
Andrew johnson is call the big COM
moner" a. J. Kellar should be dubbed
the little commence and Judge Barbour
Lewis the commouest. comm oner that
ever did common
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
"ur,lpnrs, rExx Oct. Is, 1871

"This Is to certify that We have acted
as agents for the sale of q w. swine
broad Cotton Press, and from the favor
allie reports received from parties t.
whom we have sold, do not hesitate t.
rec mmend it to any one who may wish
to Purchase . Press 800,
GUY, SIC LEiLAN & co"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

a letter from a correspondent accom-
panying the Indian Investigation commit
tee, states that everything so far indicates
n complete failure Of the peace policy to-
wards the Indians. Even some of the
Quaker agents are calling for troops. At
the recent council held with the Kiowas,
who are the head center of all troubles,
they openly boosted of outrlging two
young girls whom they captured last
spring in Texas after killing their father
and mother, but whom they returned two
weeks ago in horrible condition, eXacting
heavy pecuniary ransom, but did not re
ceiye any. They retain the little brother
of the girls and Grant refuses to issue
them any moro ratiOns until he Is releas-
| ed. At this the council of kiowas de-
manded that the whites should release
| chiefs Sartaria and Big Tree, aud all
! whites should retire from the entire coun
! try between the Rio Grande Rivers IN
return FIR which all government stock
and captives plundered by them should
by given up and peace maintained. This
proposition was rejected and the ounci
| end ed in smoke. During the council the
Kiowas held council, as to their ability
of killing and scalping the Commissioners
and Quaker Indian Agents, Tatem, HoaS
and others, but postponed operation.
grand Council of all tribes has been ar
ranged for the second of September. Tbs
Quaker agents say the patched up peace
now lasts only till spring.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

Seventy pews IN DR.. Stones church,
San Francisco, recently rented for $50,
492. -E1chaRge.
No poor folks need apply at that
shanty.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
TOW. ). BURT,
Deslsr IN
FAMILY SUPPLIES
So,7fb-uE5a D77EoIic CoT7ara

South-Slde PUBIC SQuArSI
Bolivar, Tenn
spectfulIy informs the citizens of Boil
var and the public generally, that be has
in store and for sale, full and complete
stock of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
all OF which will be disposed of at the
very lowest living rates.
Your patronage is solicited and salts
faction guaranteed.
Sept IA, 3m.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

A Chicago telegram of Saturday night
says that the weather for the past three
days has been the hottest of the season,
the Thermometer ranging from ninety'slx
to ninety eight degrees in the shade.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

The attendance on the political gather
ing at Grand junction last Wednesday
was quito slim, owing, no doubt, to the
inclemency Of the weather.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
PATENT COTT.ON PRES 50:
simplicity: strength; Durability.

work IL without any fear Of getting hurt
/ believe it TO be the best baud press IN
use. and that. by covering iU over 50 as to
keep it dry it will last a lifetime.
~ ours truly,
"W. C.. ADAMS
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
Notice.

By virtue Of venditioni exponas to
me directed from Circuit Court at Jolly
term, 1872, will sell TO the highest bid
der for cash at the Court House IN the
town Of Bolivar on Monday, the Both
day of September next, a balance ofthir-
ty>one acres of land In Hardeman eoun-
tv IN civil district No. Z, Il being the
Southwest corner Of eract Of 100 acres,
upon which Jno. Lineberger now lives,
Of which I35 acres was laid oil to the
said Lineberger as a Homestead and che
above balance of 81 acres was ordered
to be sold by said Court as the properly
of said Lineberger to satisfy an execution sio,i.
in favor of j. l. PuIiiam, suTVis .,s
partner Of Humphreys d PuiLiHm- sane
IN legal hours. ~-rETy
Sept ID, 1872 PTS oDei'H
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

louis Sturgeon, who killed John Muir.
ply in Memphis last june, has been ar
rested in Miss ouri and will be brought
back to Memphis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

Acaug of thieves are operating along
and on the Vicksburg and Meridian rail
road.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13

The Democrats of Montana are, at
present exciting oyer the decisive victury
thew have gained in the election Of their
candidate for Congress Martin y aginnis
HIS majority is nearly five hundred Two
years ago the radicals carried the TerrI>
tory by 4I3 majority.
The following gem is By the author of
Mother, my 1 80 out to swim"
80, pa, may 70 out to vote
'Yes, my boy, and freely,
Puton yosr old white hat and coat,
And 90 tor Horce Greeley" -