The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-05-02
Editorial Items

AhbuFN pIACt t'lAyC AMER III h - u OuIy-
Somerville is afflicted with mad dogs.
Two rapid canjnes were dispatched there
last week
The exemption Of property under the
present bankrupt law in Tennessee is
1900.
Ever since Grants reelection the ma
tional debt has been constantly increas-
ing
Water Valley, Miss, is jubilant over
her prospects for cotton factory. Wish
We could say the same for Bolivar
Miss Bette Van Lew, postmistress at
Richmond Va, used to send flowers to
Grant when he was besieging that city.
The Madison County Tenn } Court
has fixed the county tax 35 cents on the
$40
Money loaned at six per cent interest
doubles itself in eleven years, ten months
and twenty-one days.
The snow storm which swept over the
north. western States during the middle
of last month " as the worst ever known
Many persons persisted.
Crops in upper East Tennessee are re~
ported to be IN excellent condition In
most sections the wheat crops are splen-
did
The earnings of the Mobile Il Ohio
Railroad for the fiscal year just closed
were the largest in the history of the
road, amounting to 1852 5O7 ; Expenses,
81, 93O,2I9, showing a net revenue Of
SI.O22, 286.
The work in the railroad cut at RIP
ley, the highest point on the line between
Memphis and Paducah, Is receiving con-
slant attention When finished, it will
measure forty seven feet in depth
Sportsmen are having plenty of fun
killing deer and turkeys on the bluffs
along the lower Big Hatchie bottom
High water having made the game leave
the low lands
The Governor has agreed upon, and
ordered the bonds necessary for funding.
1t viii take about sixty days to prepare
these bonds, and the funding will there
fore be commenced about the first of
July.
IN. Fleming, Supt Public Schools,
requests the clerks of the several county
courts to report to him at Nashville the
proceedings, at the April terms of their
respective courts, in reference to common
schools
The railroad freights from New York
to Memphis will henceforth b. 81, 90, L.
46, I,2O, and 95; to Nashville, 1877,
I23, l,O3 and 81; to St. Louis, I,28,
%, and 88c; to Chicago, 1900, Use, 60
and 45c; and to Louisville, LOG, CSC, zoe
"a and 48c per 100 pounds
The Methodist Episcopal Church South,
including ministers, has a total member,
ship of 654, I59. being an increase for the
past year of 81 975 Including the China
Mission, there are thirty.six annual con-
ferenees, all Of which, except three, show
an increase.
/ Although about two weeks late the
strawberry crop in and around Bartlett
Is very fine. Indications are favorable
for a good yield Of the delicious fruit in
this section also Who will send US the
first basket2 That's the question
Tie Arizon School Superintendent
writes that he will pay Yankee school
marms s75 to 100 per month and FIND
them husbands within six months. He
will have jam.
The SOmervlle Falcon saws that cater
pliers are to be visited upon the country
again this season. Already the trees il
the woods are almost covered with them
1t is to be feared that they will this tim
do a great amount of damage to the coun
try. We hear of them in every direction
{ The Ripley Nelos wants to know if ad
Vertising pays. Undoubtedly it does, ant
the business man who refuses to emplo
the potent power of printers ink is
glow coach indeed
Free delivery of mail matter is to b
established in every southern city mum
, bering 10000 inhabitants Bolivar no
t having the requisite number of hash eat
ers at present to entitle her to the benefit
Of the new arrangement, may be counte
out for while
Lewis Vaughn, the alleged murderer
Gen. Hindman, Helena, Ark, in 1856
was brought before the Circuit Court
Memphis, recently, on writ of hebea
. corpus. The court, after herring evidenc
decided to remand the prisoner to Jail
await a requisition from the Governor
Arkansas Vaughn says he was hired
do the shooting by parties seeking Re
4 venge on Hindman for the ruin Of
}. young lady.
r Tom Neal, Of the Gazette, tells Il
(, truth when he says to minge wisely an
we'll the sohriety and power Of religion
, culture with the fun and frolic of a chez
;: full family and social life, may not be {
easv art, but the failure to do it has Sc
3 many and many boy to the bad The
is is nothing in the Bible, the Creed, or {
10 Catechism to discourage amusement
ie its SEASON, ard if young people cam
" nave lt WIN tue COMPANY VI C"'oO"'
so their parents, they will have it on q
it ely, and to do anything on the sly, is
ID be in league with the devil
% Major Hodges, the man whom Ora
n pardened out Of the Albany penitentia
We robbed the Treasury Of ten thousands
ct dollars, and the reason why he Is r
- punished IS because of his former hi
standing in Washington society
The Atlantic National Bank, Il Mass
IN. street, New York, is inso!vent 7.
ST. Taintor, the cashier, tainted the couce
est ,-;tb .,,oo,,lot;c, - stc,ly. t;I ba ,-;,