The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-14
Editorial LENS

once.
There is toe much small pox in Troy
for the Obion people to hold or attend
court
a car factory is to be established at
Chattanooga by Cleveland (O) com
pany.
again the Indians are committing out,
RACES along the northern borders Of
T,xas
Tennessee contains 27,CO0,OG0 acres Of
land. only about 6,500,OOO of which are
cultivated
The distance from ST. Louis to Calves
ton, Texas, via the Central Railroad is
So f miles
Gen. W 4 Qnarlos was recently unit
ed in marriage to Mrs. Lou Baker at
Clar ksyiI'e
An agricultural map of Tennessee is
now in course of preparation and will
soon be issued.
Kcrr's Constitutional Convention Bill
is likely to pass both Houses of the
General Assembly.
Clerks Of Conrts are to he supplied
with official copies Of the Acts of tie
present General Assembly.
Abraham e Garrett and Edward J.
Go,laday voted not to condemn the con-
duct of either Ames or Brooks.
$2j. 325 has been subscribed by citi>
zens of Nashville toward the Exposition
to be he'd in that city May next
Fears are entertained Of a serious ont
break in Peru. a civil war among 'the
children Of the sun" seems inevitable.
Foster, known as the car-hook mur>
derer, sentenced to be hung, has been re-
prieved by the Governor Of New York.
Fred, Bussey, the weu-known prize
fighter, has located in Memphis. All OF
the "mashers" in the Bluff City are hap
py now.
John n. Glass, local editor of the Tren
ton Gazette, has received the appoint,
ment as cadet to the military academy a
West Point.
A little negro girl, aged three years
was burned to death in Ripley, last W ed,
nesday week, by her clothes accidentally
taking fire
A bill has passed the Lower House 0
the Legislature of Mississippi p~ohibitin.
the running OF freight trains in that State
on Sundays
Texas stands at the head of the list a
a cotton-growing State; also as a potato
raising State, her average yield being 10
bushels per acre.
A. W Hqwkins, having been appointed
. collector Of internal revenue, has re-
signed his position as editor of the Ten
nessee Republican
It is announced that the French arse
nails are now roplenished, and all the ma
teriaI of war lost during the late confic
has been replaced
/ Two men, one white and one black, are
to be hung in Searcy, Ark, on the 18th
Of April next both having been fouad
guilty of murder in first degree.
The strawberry plants and most of tn
small fruit trees about Bartlett have beer
seriously damaged by unfavorabI
weather during the last eight months.
Mrs Kinney, living near San Antonio
Texas, was bitten on the hand by a snak
one day last week and died from the eff,
fects thereof before any remedy coul,
be applied.
Stokes, the murderer of Fisk. con
demned to be hung on the 28th Of las
month, has been granted new trial Tn
chances are ten to one that he escape
the gallows yet
n. B Forrest has been re>electe
President of the Marion, Selma and Men
phis railroad Immediate steps will be TAX
en- to secure funds for the early compile
tion of the road
Bill Atkins, a noted negro burglar, vel
known in Memphis, has been sent to tn
J penitentiary for twenty nine years. Il
thanked Judge Flippiu for passing sen
tence upon him.
The Union City Courier of last Frida
says that work en- the extension Of tf
Mississippi Central road is going on at
, brisk pace. Ii is thought the cars will :
running from jackson to Cairo in twely
months
Mr.. Hamilton, of Bartlett, was tosse
into the air the other day by a COW til
beats the one with the "orumpled horn
: al hollow. He sustained some paint
r bruises AMI was sent to his room f
r several days
Recently, ali the prisoners confined
the Jail al Clebourne, Texas, made the
: escape The Chronicle advises the C9u
ty Court to place keg of powder und
9 the north corner of the structure ar
: blow it out of the county!
{ The robbery of Mr.. GreeIey's chiIdr,
by New York Benevolent Associate
y viii probably prove fatal to the societ
Half the contributors to its resources 81
Il withdraa from all connection with it, ii
d the whole country approves
: The citizens OF Pulaski and Gil
" county generally are just now diseussi
8. new'y projected railroads in r,aan
that admits Of no doubt ofthcir sinoeri
q According to the local paper Gen. r.
= Nicely and Maj ". J. sykes made the
as regular set to speeches last Monday.
10 We are 70 have the exact distance #,
y tie earth to tbe sun after a while, at
to expense to the United States Governue
,y of ore h0adred thousand dollars. Go
ie cress having recently Appropriated q