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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31

As I succeeded in getting n patent
granted me, on the 10th 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. ! will
manu- faeture and sell at Bolivar, Tenn,
for 5000 cash, and guarantee each Press
to work we'll l will also sell tste,
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 off the blocks will 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 pat in at pleasure
by any common smith in the country.
The leayer that ! use is the common
straight leaver, applied direct 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 a CONS
piete rachel as natural as though they
were cast thereon, rendering It 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.
G. w. SwINEBROAD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
"scheatiug Round Der Board.

From the following, which was tele~
era pied from New York on the 28th to
the Associated Press, it will be seen that
little "filchiug' has been INDUCED IN by
some of the christian gentlemen who
heretofore have stood quite high in res
pecsable circles:
Yesterday afternoon a special commit
! tee appointed by the General Conference
to investigate the charges against the
Methodist Book Concern held a meeting
at which reports Of subcommittee
were presented. The Chairman of the
sub committee to investigate the affairs Of
the binding departm ent reported that the
accounts were IN a most disgraceful state.
/ In one case there was blunder of $20,-
f, 600 againt the biRdry made in footing up
| a column.
| 1t is said Hoffman concealed this by car.
rying over $1,000 from the previous year
and putting in $40 600, which appears to
have come from nowhere in particular.
| NO statement can be found showing a
! balance sheet has been taken for twenty
! years There are many things in the
/ accounts un explained The reports
/ made to the annual conferences were not
made ON the ledgers, nor did they cor
! respond with the ledgers.
JUDGE Obey,
Chairman Of the sub. Committee of Leath>
or, reported that the question had been
submitted to three master binders as to
the amount of leather required to produce
the amount of finished work turned out
, by the Book Ionceru in twenty one
months, and the average estimated placed
it at more than $2S 600 less than Hoffman
charged the Concern. 1t was also sheTn
! that Hoffman had been in the habit OF
selling the leather of the Concern
There was discrepancy in his pay ac-
/ count
DR.. Carlton, the senior agent, said he
/ had relied on Hoffman's honesty, and con-
: sequently is not responsible.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31

The way they do things in Washington
is illustrated by the fact that there are
now in store $13,OOO,OOO worth Of army
clothing, the care of which cost $50, 600
per year. There are rubber blanket
enough on hard to supply all prospective
demands for 100 years to come; rubber
pouches and artillery jackets for so years
and blouses for forty years. : hese con-
tracts were given nut to favorites, and
show the way the debt grew up, and the
motive of it, Already the government has
received s135 900, 900 for war material
sold. and here is chance for at least
tl4,0O0,000 in quartermaster' stores
alone. The outrage of paying $l5O,0OO a
year to take care of army stores needs no
comment.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
re BAILINe OF MR DAVIS.

Ny Dear Sir: From his capture until
the hour within which he was bailed, Mr.
Jefferson Davis was in military custody
he was then confined as a prisoner of war
tor about two years. From tbs very COM
mencement of this term his counsel d.
rected their efforts to procuring his de-
livery into civil custody, 10 the end that
he might have his trial at once or obtain
liberation upon bail until the government
should think fit to bring on the trial The
council for Mr. Davis, having first sOlic-
tied and obtained the consent of Mr..
Greeley, Mr. Gerret Smith, and Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, offered to give bail in any
sum that might be required, and to pros
cure those three gentlemen to unite in
the bail-boAd This offer was never form
erly accepted but, under the belief that
It was satisfactory, the counsel of Mr..
Davis obtained writ of hG6e0s corpus,
and brought Mr.. Davis before the court
at Richmond Dir. Evarts attended by
appointment, and, on the part Of the gov
eminent, he acqUiesced in bailing Mr..
Davis IN one hundred thousand dollars
Conceiving himself bound 80 to do, the
council IF Mr.. Davis requested the attend
ance of the gentlemen in question. Com
modoTs VanderbilGs attorney acted for
him; the uther two gentlemen appeared
and signed the bond in person. They
had every reason 10 understand and be-
lieye that their attendance was absolutely
necessary to the release Of Mr. Davis The
counsel cfNlr. Davis supposed it to be 50,
and he has now no reason 20 think other
wise. ! am not aware Of any oficious-
ness on the part of Mr.. Greeley in this
business, and never supposed that he did
anything beyond what he considered es.
sential to the liberation IF Mr. Davis 1
am, dear sir, yours truly,
s# In O'g,nN:or,
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n the County Coartof HardepiaH Count
tennessee
Non Resident Notice.

}. II. Grantham, Adm1nistra tor of
Joshua Grantham, decd, rs James A.
Grantham, ct ais.
In this cause it appearing from the
petition which is sworn to that the defen-
dant James A Grantham, --He
and his wife, Rachel e. Herrili, are non
residents of the State of Tennessee,
it is ordered that publication be made
for four successive weeks In the Bolivar
BULLETIN, a newspaper published in
Bolivar, Tennessee, fer said defendants to
be and appear at the Court House in
Bolivar by or within the three first days
of the next July term, 1872, of the County
Court of said County, to. be held at the
Court House in the town of Bolivar, on
Monday the LIST day of July, 1872, aud
plead, answer OF demur TO the petition
in this cause, or the same will be taken
for confessed as to them and set for hear
ing Exparte May II 1872.
w. c. DORION, c. x NJ.
F Fentress, Atty, for Petitioners.
i' 5t11 may lT-4w.
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Abont Our Convention.

7 .Eettor Of Bulletin:
AS the season of politics.is progressing
and the time draws near, when the peo-
pie Of the 9th Congressional District will
be called upon to select man to serve
them in the next National Legislature,
1t may not be out of place at this time for
us to consider this question. 1t ID GER.
tainly the desire and the purpose of our
people TO place npon the ticket q man of
practical wisdom, and ability, common
saeate with the high duties and retpon
sihilisies Of tl,at important trust
Without troubling you, or your readers
with personal preferences, but willing to
abide the will of the people in the con-
vention to be called to nominate our next
Congressman, permit me through your
columns to suggest what appears to be a
matter Of importance, at least TO the
counties of the District There seems to
be in some localities disposition to call
the Congressional Convention at the
same timo and place as that for making
nominations for the State Legislature for
Shelby county. Against this proposition
che people of this Congressional District
ought to protest, as calculated TO en-.
barriss that freedom Of action which is
so much to be desired, and the absence
Of WHICH We have so often deplorod in
our conventions in these contests.
The local elections Of Shelby county
POrtend many complications, and it will
be an impossibility to escape from them
ana their influence upon the action of
Congressional delegates. Now we rural
lists have no particular interests in the
local differences of that county, and we
prefer to exclude them from our consulta-
lions. Besides our election for Congress
does not take place until November
whereas that for the Legislature and
county Offices occur in August, three
months earlier. Our last Congressional
Convention took place in September, why
then should we depart from established
precedent and hold this convention so
much earlier unless decided advantage
is to be gained. Let US do one thing at
time, FIRST dispose of our State Offices,
asd then have time unembarrassed to
consult for the interest Of the District in
Congress. Hardeman county has always
been conservative on this subject and will
certainly demand freedom of action in
this matter. Upton seems through cor
respondent in her county paper to call for
the convention ut Somerville, to which
the Somerville Falcon agrees, and the
people of HardemAn will prefer too that
Somerville, which is centrally located, be
designated for the Congressional ConYen-
ton some time after the August election.
s. FAIR-PLAY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31

The question which is just now puZEl-
ing the wise brains lying under the wigs
of sixteen English Judges is whether a
man who has married the niece Of his
first wife, having second wife living, is
guilty Of bigamy. This legal Conundrum
has been found so difficult to answer that
court lately assembled in the Exche-
quer Chamber, consisting of two Lord
Chief Justices, the Lord Chief Baron, and
thirteen puisne Judges, were unable to
come to a conclusion on the subject, and
have reserved their decision for another
term. The facts are that one Henry AL
len espoused wife, and she dying, he
then espoused a second. Without watt
ing for number two to die, Allen pro>
cecded to espOuse still another wife, who
happened to be O niece of wife number
one. None of these facts are denied.
But according to the English laws of con-
sanguinity man may not marry his wife S
brothers daughter, nor his wife,s sisters
daughter. An act of Parliament provides
that marriages within the prohibited de-
grees shall be not merely void, but void to
all intents and purposes. The defence is
that the third marriage was an illegal one
ami void, and therefore, there being no
marriage, there cCuld be no bigamy. The
case had been reserved from the Assizes
for the decision of the sixteen Judges,
who have as yet been unable to m IKE up
their minds on the subject
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
An international Postal Service

We are informed on good authority
that congress will be shortly invited By
Prince Bismarck to Berlin to discuss the
iesireability ofinstituting system of in
erna ionaI postal arrangements. Prince
: bismarck will lay before the delegates
the following resolutions: l, That al the
States Of Europe, Russia, AID Asia, FUR
key in Asia, Canada, the United States
and Algeria shall form a Postal Union.
2. That throughout this Union there
shall be a uniform postal rate for letters
of four cents per half onnce; and 3; tina,
newspapers, printed matter, patterns, ETC.,
shall be conveyed for two cents per two
ounces. 4. That to ali seountries not in
cluded in the Postal Union, double the
above rates shall be charged s. The
uniform registration fee for all parts of
the world shall be four cents.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
CB. O'UoNoK.
SOME MORE LIoHr on TIE SUBJECT.

From the New Yerk TrhuRe %.
Dear Sir: The manner in which Mr.
Greeley become connected a surety on
the bond given in the case of the United
States of America vs.. Jefferson Davis
is simply this
DespaiIing of causing Mr. Davis to
be manumitted from military impriso-
ment by direct means, OF having him
assured of a speedy trial before a civil
tribunal, his liberation was n subject for
frequent consideration between MIR.
Greeley aud myself chiefly but | had
similar conferences with other gentlemen
of like disposition, including Governor
John A. Andrew, of Massachusetts, now
deceased When it wnS last thought
prudent by the counsel Of Mr. Davis tC
apply for the writ of hQ6eds corpus in his
behalf, the personality Of the proposed
bail was obviously of controlling impOrt'
aBce in the view then aPprehended Of the
circumstances likely to influence it's sue
cess, an opinion the prOpriety Of which
has since disclosed itself ! asked Mr.
Greeley, as srly as the spring of 1866,
to suggest the names of some Northern
gentlemen, conspicuous as Unionists, who
would be inclined to ragard such a re-
quest favOrably, and whose public chara-
cter would vouch that the proceedings en-
their part was kindly meant and directed
by spirit of goodwill and mngnanimity /;
and urged upon him that had reason
to believe his own name might become
desirable to. effect that object. He men
toned the names Of two eminent Union
lists, and after reflection said to me, "lf
you should end that my name is necessary,
you may use it. ! accepted it as trust
as such it was used when II became ALSO
lutely necessary. Mr.. Greeley'6 name
was afterwaFd found to be essential to in
sure the probability of securing the liber-
alton of Mr. Davis, and then the leading
counsel for defense telegraphed to Mr.
Geeeley. 1t was IN compliance with that
solicitation and in fulfIlment of his con
ditional promise, that he came ulti nately
to Richmond, and subscribed the bail
bond IN open court, bringing upon him
self, but not entirely unforeseen, a flood
Of ungeneFOus abuse, to which certainly
20 friend, and | am sure none of the
counsel, would have reoklessly or unnec-
essarily exposed him. A place en- that
bail-bond was not sought by Horace
Greeley; but he was willing to allow the
burden to be put on his shoulders, if 1t
were necessary, to accomplish what he,
and many esteemed a.priEate and national
benefaction. r.---.
Yours, faithfully, GEORGE SHEA.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
Chancery Court.

This Court Judge Fentress presiding,
has been in session since last Monday,
and will probably adjourn to day. His
Honor has been despatching business
quite rapidly, and has disposed Of large
number OF cases. The members of the
Ripley Bar, and the people Of our county
generally are much pleased With Judge
kentress as Chancellor, and are watch>
ing with no little interest the growing
disposition on the part of the people of
the 9Th Congressional District to rob US
Of his services, by awarding him a seat
In Congress. We would be 10th to give
up our Chancellor, but think the peopl,
OF his district exhibit good taste in desir~
ing him for their Congressman. Judge
Fentress Is an able man ard would honor
this position as he has every other that he
has been called upon to I'LL Ripley Id
reTfiSer Esd inst.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31

] b. Adams, Joseph Nelson, and Charles
WellOns, late Partners under the firm
name and style of Adam, Nelson u Co.
rs. -....
Richarl NJ. Fortune & w c. Dorion,
Clerk of the County Court Of uarde
man County, Tenn. -......
It appearing from the Bill fled in this
cause which Is sworn to that the defen-
dant Richard " Fortune is a non resident
of the State of Tennessee, and that an
Injunction has been granted, eHjoining
him from dispOsing of his Gistrlbutive
share in the estate OF his father Richard
NJ. Fortune, Idec d, now in the haRds or yet
to come into the hands Of W G. DoriOn,
Clerk Of the County Court of Hardeman
County, until the further order of our
said court to the contrary. 1t is further
ordered that said Defendant Richard N.
Fortune enter his appearance in this
cause on or before the LIST Monday in
July, 1872, at theiCourt House in Bolivar,
Tennessee, ana plead answer or demur
to complainant's bill or the same will be
taken for confessed and the cause set for
hearing Exparte as to him. And that a
copy Of the above order be published for
-four consecutive weeks in the Bolivar
BULLETIN, a newspaper printed in Boil
var, Tennessee.
T. j.. Mcdowell,
May 18th, 1872 Clerk 4 Master
Hill Il Hardin, solicitors for enm-
plainta [nay Lit
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31

We cali attention to the communica-
ton of "Fairplay," deeming his sugges,
tions in regard to the time of holding a
convention to nominate a candidate to
represent this Distrist in Congress of
more than ordinary Importance. We
cannot see why our people should be in a
hurry about expressing their choice, as
there will be sufficient time after the
scramble for Office in August to accom-
plish all that may be desired in this mat
ter. There is no doubt but what ; Omer-
vile is the most appropriate Place for
holding the Convention, and we have NO
dcsirego to elsewhere. s,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
ImsoIVent NOtice.

Having this day suggested the Insol
decd, to the clerk of the County Court
of Hardeman County, Tennessee, Notice
is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to file the
same properly authenticated, for pro
rata distribution, with said Clerk, on or
before tho llth day of November 1872,
or the same Will be barred both in law
and equity. MAY Ilth 1872
\. X. SIMPSON Admir-,
mayl7-4w. Jno Maxwell decd
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
MEurHls, TEvx., Oct. 20, 1871.

Sir. C.. W Suinebrozd. Bolivar. TeaussSss
Dear Sir-He take pleasure in testI-
fying % the efficiency Of your Cotton
Press. We make 500 pound bale with
four men easily ia four miuutes-thst Is
the pressing part The blocks form their
own ratchets, rendering it safe from slip
ping It Is convenient and simple, and
easily worked, and VIC can cheerful re-
commend it to all ia need Of q press to be
worked by hand
SHARPE & ROBERTS.
"Pubic Ginners City Of Memphis.
Other certificates could be given, but
deem the above sufficient for allpurposes
Respectfully
q. w. SWISEBROAp,
Bolivar, Tenn, Feb. -, 1872
itt-1lTi
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
Charts for Outting Ladies and
Chlidren's Dresses.

perfect Guide, which cannot fail to
fit when the measure * correctly taken :;
so simple, that few minutes are suii
cient to instruct any one in its use 1t
possesses this advantage over other
Charts, it cuts with aquaI exaetness
Plain Waists, Basques and BIouscs. and
an infallable guide for Chilercn's Cloth~
ing No dres5maker should be without
one, and families who make their own
dresses will find it great advantage, as
it cuts oil sizes A copy Of complete in
structions accompany each Chart An
agent wanted in every town to sell these
Charts, to whom liberal inducements are
offered, For terms address
MRS. FANNIE J. SMITH,
may22>2n Bolivar Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
= u n ~ III III q %
No. i0z Nassau Street,
Oh. J. BRADEIELD's
FEMALE REGULATOR

''Woman's Best Friend,
Will bring on the Mcnses when they
have not been established, also when they
have been suppressed from unnatural
causes. will cure Rheumatism and
Neuralgia OF the back and womb. VIII
cure painful Menstruation, and relieve the
head, back and loins of those distressing
pains and aches. Will checA memorial
gia or excessive flow" Will cure
Whites" and falling of the womb, when
1t is the result of relaxation or bad health.
1t is as sure cure IL all the above
diseases as duinine is in chills and fever.
Ladies can cure themselves of all the
above diseases without revealing their
complaints to any person, which is always
morhfying to their pride and modesty.
1t is recommended and used by the best
physicians in their private practice.
For histCiy OF the above disc ases,
certificates of its wonderful cures and di-
reetious, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. MaDgfac-
tured and sold by
BRADFIELD & co,
Atlanta, GA.
Sold by all druggists Price 81 so
re q. '7i-lyl
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31

Fatal ACCIDENT "A man, whose name
we failed 10 learn, working on the farm
of Mr.. Coward, n ar Randolph, met with
a horrible death on Saturday last lie
had been blowing, and on leaving his
work in the evening, he unhitched his
horse from the pillow, and, without remov
ing the gears from the animal, he mount
ed and started for his home. lie had not
proceeded far before his horse became
frightened at some object, and threw him.
In falling, his feet became entangled in
the traces, from which position he WAS
unable to extricate himself, and in this
condition he was dragged over the field
all night. When found in the morning
his lifeless remains were still fastened in
the gears, bruised and mangled in a
shocking manner, having been literally
kicked to pieces by the frightened ami.
NAL - linton Record
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31

This is 10 certify that | have been
using one OF e. w Swinebroad's CnttOn.
"resses for about ten months, end have
packed six hundred bales Of cDtgOn' on it
weighing from $50 to 654 pounds, the
blocks forming complete rachel Gu the
bars by the working of the leagers as'
natural as though they were cast thereon,
there being no chance for slipping while
packing the bale Two men will pack o
500 pound bale with ease
"THOS. ALEXANDER"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31

Horace Greeley was born in Amherst,
New Hampshire, on the Sd of January,
1871 learned the printers trade at PouIt,
ney, Vermont in l826-I830 worked for
few modths at bis trade in Erie, Penn
Fvlvania, and appeared frat in New York
City as journeyman printer IN 1881, and
ten years afterward, April Ia, 1S4I, start
ed the New York Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-31
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS,

Any ressoR who takes paper regularly from che
let oGcs-WAehor directed 70 Ma alother, or
Wnshsr be has subscribed notis responsible for the
RsY.
II ptfroa orders his paper discontinued he must
pay all arrsaraEes Mr. publisher sSntinnsto send
i uAs psymont IL made collect the whole amount
whether u Is taken from the once not.
The have decided that refusal 70 tafe
papers and periodicals from the Post Oes, removing
aat leaving them uncaed for priaA feis evidence Of
tufsutloaai fraud.
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.TIARDEuAS COUxrY, Tenn,

teDIuaTy - Ioi-
This viii certify that we have used ono
Of G.. W. Swinebroads Cotton Presses
this whole season, and have packed one
hundred bales weighing from $50 to SIS
pounds II works simple, strong aud
easy. w ehaye not broke anything this
whole season. The hands packed down
a bale IN ten MINUTES, that is the pressing
part, as they usually work. We cheerfully
recommend it to any one in need Of a
press to be worked by hand.
"WM. a. CARUFHERS
Col J. g. FRANKLIN"