The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-07-18
Editorial Items.

Crops in Wayne county are moderately
fair. The same can be said for Lawrence
county.
Henderson county has made a levy of
20 cents on the 500 for public school
purposes.
1t is proposed to hold a Farmers State
Convention at Nashville on the 18th of
September next.
General a. B. Bradford, of Mexican
war fame, died in Concordia, Mississippi,
last week
The Supreme Court of Mississippi has
rendered a decision in favor of the cons
stitutionality of the civil rights law
The official report of the Agricultural
Bureau, just issued, shows an increase of
the cotton acreage OYER last year of near
! " twelve per cent.
Bus ore man in Memphis, out Of the
hundreds there who purchased tickets in
the great Louiiville-kentucky-Lotte
humbug drew a prize, and that was of
the sardine order Sold again
from September l, 1872, to June 80,
1873, 1920 bales Of cotton were shipped
from Ripley, Miss, over Faulkner's nar>
row gauge railroad
E. ii, Alexander. Senator elect from
the counties Of l'jppah Union and Ben
ton, Miss, has resigned, and F. 4. Wolf
is candidate 10 fiji the vacancy.
james Mullins, late member Of Con-
gress and formerly representative from
Bedford county in the State Legislature
died in Shelbyville, few days since
The editor of the Lexington Reporfe5
says that '.ye local. of TIE Whig aHo
tribune is dignifed ANIMAL Robert
that's rather rough, is it not? Hold your
FIRE and don'S shoot until you can see the
white of the Reporter mans eye.
An attractive young woman, started {
barbershop in Kansas town the other day
All the wives in town seemed moved by
common impulse to present their hus'
bands with some little love token BY
remarkable coincidence they all select
ed razors, mugs and brushes.
Bonner has expended over half mil
lion in advertising. He has paid 50 ,OOI
for a single advertisement and $4,000
) for a weeks advertising. He is wortl
more than 100000 A clear case 0
cause and effect
, While cotton blooms are scarcely to b.
seen in this region, the new crop of cot
ton is being sold in Brownsville, Texas
e This is a forceible reminder of the grea
/ extent CT our country.
The leading members of the Democra
: tic party in \ ississiPpi are adverse t
, making any nominations or the putin
! forward of a ticket for the NoYembe
2 elections.
Adyices from the Northwestern State
are Of a very encouraging character, an
indicate that the yield of most kinds {
grain, and especially that Of wheat, wi
be considerably above the average pro
duct
Last Sunday week, at Shiloh Church
near Hopkinsville, KY, Mrs Emily Over
, wife Of respected citizen of ChristIa
county, died at the alter while in the &C
Of partakiug communion.
We read that there are in Chicago
\ new hotel, the Great Pacific, 50 flights 0
a stairs, SO miles of wire, 999 Windows
and 1910 doors
Daniel Boone's rifle, shot pouch, pow
der horn, hunting knife, and a section {
beech log on which he cut his nam
and the date, IVA, are in the publ
library at Louisville, Ky. The woodc
P, stopper of the powder horn still bear, til
marks Of his teeth.
) The crops in Lauderdale county prom
+ isc an average yield. Speaking of whea
e the Ripley Ne10s says:
p The wheat crop in the county h,
about all been harvested, and KNOWN
ones think that if ground and made In
y bread there would probably be buiscu
around for our people, but We doubt it.