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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01

OLIVER OPT1cs. "A young fellow was
in our Office last evening and requested
us to say that the "Oiver Optics +"
would have meeting tonight. Of
course the boys will all know what and
who the Oliver Optics are if we don't.
MNr.--Brigadier General Singerland
informs us that there were "a bars of
Belcher bullion of an aggregate value of
SS8, $40 70, shipped from the Mint to
the Bank of California agency ut Vir-
g:nia City, yesterday.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01

Held FOR PosTAoE.--L tiers addressed
to Mrs. q. w. Hammers, Virginia City.
and to w. s. Spinney, San Francisco.
Cal, care Tubbs / Co.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01

LOOK under the head Of "Born" AMI
you Will discover that the Rosenstock
family has been reinforced to the number
OF one-a gal baby. Joe blushed so
yesterday when he told US of it that We
got alarmed, thinking he was going into
a tit Of apoplexy. We congratulate him
and wish him manv happy returns of the
variations.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01

W:Aaii l;)..lt) ,,n 1,l,lilDl,
jr.. the lofty legged young gentleman
Who presides over Fox newspaper files,
for u copy of Frank Leslie's Weekly for
May 5. 1t contains fearful picture Of
the Colfax massacre and II not less fear
full one OF the MOdoc situation. As its
issue il ut least three days ahead of time,
no are its cartoons quite three degrees
more awful than the scenes they affect
to portray.
PLAZA SrrEEr from Capitol Square
north to Robinson street is becoming
quite an important thoroaghfare. Three
or four new houses have gone up there
lately and Improvement. are still pro-
crossing. Al the town becomes pOpu-
lated in that direction this new street
will increase in importance until. per
haps, it will get to be sort OF Fifth
Avenue to the broadway of Carson st.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01
ARcHIrECrs.-Messrs. Botsford 4 An

Botsford 4 An
dersOn, contractors, builders and PLAN
n-rs. give notice elsewhere, in our paper
Of this morning. that they have opened
IN office ut the Lake Tahoe Lumber
Yard, where they will receive orders
from those in need Of their services.
Mr.. Anderson Of the firm was superin-
tendent Of the construction Of The Univer-
sity of the Pacific at Santa Clara, Cal
aud from the experience OF both Of these
gentlemen in their business. they offer
their services to our citizens confident of
mutual satisfaction.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01

MAY DAY BALL.-A deputation Of
young ladies' accompanied 10y discreet
and gallant young gentleman c'sme into
our office last evening to say that they
would esteem 1t n iavor II We would
make u notice OF the fact that the lads
aud ltsses OF the pubic school would
have party Tonight at N, l. Par
ker's Hail, admission free. THESE
young lolk have secured music for
their dance ami are deter ined and
prepared to have a very jolly time of it.
No supper and no cards.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01

MAY-DAY Is upon lis. Let US nope
that it will usher in a month Of weather
which shall be an improvement on the
miserable season of chilly winds and
Storytelling airs Of the past fortnight or
more. Commonly May Is not !. - merry,
mcr:y month " III this corner OF creation.
1t Is apt to be made up of capricious
days and treacherous nights, alternating
h i spell. aud cold snaps. /; Is IA COM
fort t. think that, let it do Is worst, it
can't be more disa greeable than the
latter half Of April has h, zen. The tes
Invites of th- OCCASION are t. H. rerneni-
ber.d by the Misses Ciapp and B,hcock
OF the Sierra Seminary whose pupils, with
ii party of their friends are going "n a
picnic tn some pl c. III the mountains
Ii the Wind ism; cuIler than II WAS yes
trrd,r III ordinary buff do ROBE and Il
blanket overc,'at for each OF the jewellers
Will De sufficient, with care, to avert the
pneumJ nla.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01
AN ACCIDENT occurred on the Y. L I.
r. H. between IL and II O'Clock yester-

AN ACCIDENT occurred on the Y. {; 7.
r. H. between II and II O'Clock yester-
day which caused much damage to the
locomotive engine - Com>toch and
m IRE o. less wrecked four ore dumps and
four flats The acciden. took place on
the main track, just above the Silver
Switch. The conductor of one down
train notified the conductor ot the train
jas: behind him that he had work st the
Silver Switch but that he (the forward
man, shouldn't I" flag him. Number
one came down to Silver. uucoupied.
ran down the Silver track and left his
detached cars standing on the main
track. Pretty soon down cnne Number
two, running rapidly around the curve
and SIN lshed into the standing cars.
Conductor No. Two forgot his notitica-
ton from No. One, probably. At last ac
counts the engine was astrtddle OF the
track with It's pilots nose III the bank.
OF course this caused long delay, for
it wouldn't do to capsize AL engine over
the bank The delay, as Ne are in
formed, Is more serious dian the damage.
Nobody hurt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07
The jackson Fair and Other Sights
as Seen by Lux

FRIEND PARRIsH Have you heard
about the great Agricultural and Me-
chanical Fair held at Jackson last week
Mop And don't what to hear about it
You don't? Well. that's the very reason
why you should so, here gees to bore
you and your readers Under the charge
Of the General the writer ventured over
on Friday to see the sights. You know
there Is too much to be seen between here
and Jack son to tell about in one dav, but
shere is one great mechanical curiosity on
the road that must not be overlooked 1t
is farm gate Of wonderful construction
situated on the peach orchard farm" 1t
is so made that the more you open it the
less it opens and the more you shut it tine
less it shuts 1t is supposed to be the in
vention Of distinguished railroad official
of this place. For full particulars and
farm rights, apply to our friend George
Br-a-d near by.
At Medon we were boarded by the man
and brother, accompanied by the woman
and sister. Anthony in red topped boots
and shining stove pipe Cynthia in full
dress Of white, cotton gloves, and q huge
tooth brush What pen can describe
their glorious appearance? to say nothing
of Ike in his new grry suit, trimmed with
whisky fringe. But alas for poor Ike
On returning at night, he was so confus~
ed by the excitement Of the day, that he
forgot his geography on the cars and run
his head against something that looked
like an arm with mans fist at the end
of it.
But here we are at the far ground, but
we look in vain for some evidence Of a
mechanical and agricultural fair. Not a
single agricultural implement on exhibi-
bition. Not 4 specimen of the mechani
cal skill of West Tennessee to be seen
None of the products Of the soil, nor any
thing else to indicate a proper pride in
agricultural and mechanical improves
ment. The ladies department. had some
good samples of their skill, bus the male
department was poor indeed There was
in the stock pens some fine specimens Of
shOlc hogs from Kentucky. These hot
house hogs that are forced under glass, as
an advertisement Ct pigs for sale, to in
duce poor devils like you and that new
er had a barrel of corn in our lives, to
invest our money ia them, as if zee could
ever raise a big hog
But if the fair was a failure the unfair
was success. Gambling and swiudIing
in all its forms was openly going on. Ev>
cry device known to rascality, for cheat.
ing the ignorant and unwary, was in full
play Just such another gathering of
knaves and swindlers the writer has
never seen It is TO be hoped, for their
credit, that the managers will never al
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

low such another crew within their en-
closure.
jackson is thriving, through the writer
was advised By an intelligent merchant
that the wagon trade" from Henderson
county had fallen off woefully this fall.
Wonder if the increased number Of wag-
ous seen in Bolivar lately has had any
thing to do with ISL
We soon found that the Menpbis and
Knoxville Railroad was not looked on
with much favor in Jackson in fact from
the way it is ridiculed there it is easy to
see it is feared. But the NJ & K road
has nothing to fear from the opposition of
Jackson. Its hurting" enemies are
nearer home, and the company will have
to fight through many fosiI distinctions
here. Called on our old friend Gates.
Found him as hopeful as boy. Long
may he continue so.
l cannot close without speaking of one
rsdeeming feature in the fair. We allude
to the handsome display made by w. D.
Robinson in the way of furniture. Jack
son needs more of oh men, and Bolivar
needs a great many. Nuff ced. LUX.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07
Matte Jones of Arkansas

The Missouri Republican is RESPONSE
BILE for the following notice of Miss
Matte Jones Of Arkansas
South Haven, Ark, has a progressive
and dangerous wUman-Miss Matte
jones This young girl was lately turn
ed suJ Of a school house where an enter
tainment vas in progress, and was heard
to say as che left that she would burn
he shanty over their heads. In few
minutes the school house was on fire
according TO promise, and the entertain
ment came to q lame and imputent con-
clusion' While the extraordinary spirit
of tnC young woman was under discus 90
on, another passage of her life was laid
open. Her mother had died suddenly
and mvsteriously about six months be
fore, and v IS gathered to the great family
of Joneses. Now Matte Jones has a
brother, a fOurteen-year old boy, y ho
overheard his mother and sister planniu 2
his fathers death when be should return
home from a short trip he was making
into the wilds of Arkansas. They ar
ranged TO season his food with the spice
of futurity, as they were bath tired of
seeing him round. jones was expected
home on a certain day, and On that day
Matte was away and Mrs- Jones was de-
lirious with ague, and the boy was with
his mother Mrs Jones asked her son
to give her some coffee, forgetting in her
delirum that she had made it especially
for her husband She drank thereof and
did lie, the boy not knowing that it
contained the dose Mr.. Jones returned
to find his wife dead, and the boy told
him of the conspiracy. After Matte
attempt to burn the school house The
father and boy told the people what kind
Of q woman Matte Is. And Matte Jones
is still running loose in Arkansas.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

A VLE ISLANDER REFUTED DIR. w L.
Aunsey, one of the most gifted diyines
who ever occupied the Al. f. pulpit any,
where has been slandered most unmerci
fully by the Salcm, Va, Register, and
the article found it's way into many pa
peTs throughout the Union. He was &C
cussd of being a common drunkard, ex~
ceedingly profaue, destituts, and a per-
feet wreck. The Rev gentleman is out
in a long letter, with numerous cert.
Rcates, and fatty rcfutes the Islander. He
says:
am not homeless and houseless
waudsrer" have clothing and friends
and while it is true the only support of
myself and family is derived from what
] can make by a lecture occasionally,
vet l am not 10 state of penury, and
not dependent upon the contributions of
any oHe-neither have | received any
such contributions, nor will !. | am
not fallen" uCither am / insane, but
hope soon 30 be able to resume the regu>
lar work OF the timer ancv. | spent last
week with DR.. A. H. Redford of Nash>
vile, Agent Of the Southern Methodist
Publishing House a. the session Of the
Holston Conference which met at Mari
OF, Virginia. Marion is seventy miles
from JonesborO, Tennessee, where | am
at present residing Both villages are on
the same line Of railroad, and both are
within the boundaries Of the Holston
Conference. If my friends desire any
Information concering me, let them ask
Or. RedCord.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

LIFR IN TIN WEsT,-The following
glimpse of wild western scene comes to
US through the columns Of the Virginia
(Neb,) Chronicle
On Saturday night four pugilishcallv
inclined gentlemen from Albion, all y ell
versed in the manly art Of self-de~
fsnce, drew a line across the principal
highway leading from this city to Gold
Hill, just beyond the divide, peeled cf,
and swore that every man should fight
who stepped his foot over the " dead hne
during the nigHrt-Or ut least until one
of their number should be whipped by
one man CfOr no foul play was aIiOwed)
or all of them shOuld be whipped by
crowd Of paasers The result WAS fifty
nine fights in less than two hours, The
bulls we're successful for a long time,
and put heads on some fifty odd men be-
tore they found their atch-
At last, however, three robust sOns OF
the Emerald Ipls happened that way, and
being attacked, sailed III and gave the
dead liners (all four Of them) an unmer~
ciful beating ard took possession OF the
field. Ascertaining what the suhJugated
enemy had been mp to, the conqupreTs
concluded that they would run the cir
Gus awhile themselves. They had not
long to wait when tTO other Irish giants
came pacing down the hill One of the
new dead-hne guards drew his coat
across the road in front of his passing
cOHntrvmen, and the battle opened at
once with the mott savage ferOcity. In
less tn. n a minute one Of Ehe three con
querers lay scnselcss IN the road, and the
other TWO were heeling il across the hill
toward the bullion silver works, with
tnttercd and bloody shirts streaming in
the wind. When Greek met Gre /,
peace followed, and reigned profound till
morning
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

They have new way of showing the
queer in East Tennessee, and it takes
finely. Near Chattanooga, the other day,
a stranger called on a respectable farmer
feelingly; and asked him if his house had
not been robbed during the war The
farmer replied that it had. 81, said
the stranger, was one Of the marauding
Party that did it, I took a little locket.'
" That locket, said the farmer, bursting
into tears, q" had been worn by my dear,
dear child " Here it IT," replied the
stranger, visibIy affected q am rich:
let me make restitution. Here is $50
for your little son" He gave the farmer
q $50 bill. and received $50 in change.
He then wIung the farmers hand warm
~, and left The farmer has since dried
his tears and loaded his shot gun The
$50 bill was bad.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

HARD TO MANAGR-From the follows
ing article, which we take from the Rips
ley Nelrs Of last week, it seems that
whiskey guzzlers are hard to manage in
Lauderdale
John barleycorn took possession of
the town after the close Of the Fair on
last Wednesday evening, and held high
carnival until n late hour in the night.
One young gentleman who had Imbibed
rather freely tried to ride the sidewalk
with his charger, badly frightening some
ladies who were passing at the time
Several Of LaudeTdale county's guardians
Of the peace attempted his capture, but
after a flourish of howitzers on both
sides, the Job was abandOnded aud he
VAS left in possession Of tho field and
continued to hold it up to the hour
We local strayed homeward in search of
upper. Such things ought not to be
allowed in community where the
majesty Of the law is presumed to be
respected, and if the officers are not able
of themselves to enforce order and obedi-
ence 30 the laws, they ought to find
n hacker in every good citizen. We
hope another such scene may not be
Witnessed in Ripley.
Games of buff similar to the above
would not last long in Bolivar, as our
police officers have long since mastered
the situation.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

Robert Sixbury died on the PSI inst
at the house Of his son, Isaac Slxbury,
in the town Of Leary, jefferson county,
New York, at the age Of 10 years and
: months. MIR Sixbury had acquired
great reputation as a hunter on John
Browns tract, in northern New York,
where he had slain over 2,2OO deer
When past so years of age he met with
AN accident v hich necessitated the ans
putation ofone cf his legs, and he assists
cd the country doctor to perform the
operation without tlinching. The funeral
WAS attended by several Of Mr. Sixbury :
children, aged between 50 and 90 years
The deceased had enjoyed comparatively
good health a. TO the day of his death
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

The question where have all the
squirrels gone to 2 is pretty we'll an
swcred in the following paragraph which
We clip from n late number Of the New
York Sun:
"A the recent meeting of farmers in
San Francisco for the purpose Of devils
ing means to abste the squirrel nuisance,
statements were made 10y farmers in
Contra Costa county showing an average
loss Of 81 per acre in the grain fields by
the ravages Of these little pests-she loss
es of nineteen farmers footing up, in the
aggregate, 81 GU IS
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

SCATTERED -Tennessee's convicts are
pretty we'll scattered over the State An
exchange tells US that the total number
Is 1872, and that they are quartered as
follows In the penitentiery 800 con
victS; at the Sewanee mines, ia; Battle
creek coal mines, At; Vulcan coal mines,
~; on Memphis and Paducah road,
l02; Cumberland and Ohio road, 40 T.;
Hides farm, Williamson county, pick>
ing cotton, Is; Haggard's quarry, three
miles from Nashville, IL.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

MASS MEETING We learn from Nash
vile that steps are being taken by the
officers Of the State Teachers AssociaN
ton, to hold a grand mass meeting of
teachers and County Superintendents on
the 9 h, 10th, llth and 18th of Decem-
Der. Nothing will be left undone to in~
sure the success of the gathering.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

History repeats itself in this quotation
from q newspaper printed one hundred
years ago: az 10 is computed that no less
than one hundred and twenty consider
able merchants, bankers and traders have
been absolutely ruined since June, I772,
ewing to speculation, made bills, and
every species OF deceitful credit"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

Ii is difficult to eradicate the effects Of
early training. A thief will be 4 thief
though he become a Cabinet minister
This Is illustrated in Fiji, where the A %.
tralian adventuFers who organized a roy
al government, and put the crown on the
head of native puppet, are plundering
and Tobbing the unfortunate people.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07
DAY, NOVEMBER 7,I878.
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

ANY person who takes paper regularly from the
Post Omes whether directed 20 his another
Nhe her he has subscribed ROtis responsible for the
~ person orders his paper discontinued he must
hy arrearaEes the publisher may continue lend
90 anil payment is made and collect the whole amount
Shsthsr Il is taken frou the Odise o
D The courts have decided that refusal 10 taFe
papers nd periodicals from the Post Once, removing
and leaving them unoalsd for is prma facie evidence Of
Intentional fraud.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has de
oided that betting on an election is not
gambling, and that judgement rendered
on note given in payment Of such debt
is good and valid
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

Antoninus "ius, not the Roman Ems
peroT, but Louisiana negro Lieutenant
GoverEor, evidently appreciates the stu.
alton. W hen asked to issue reoui
sitlon tor WickLGe, tie defaulter, Anto-
minus replied: We have no use for
Wickliffe We have rsscals enough here
already" This is an urgratefuI remark.
considering that the usurping ofhoiai
owes his elevation to Casey and cUmpanv.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

The Democrats have q majority of six
teen on Joint ballot in the Ohio legisla-
ture. This secures a Democratic United
States Senator in place of radical.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

The Trenton Gazette OF last week saws
there is but one squirrel in Gibson cuun
~, aud thinks that the county court
should offer reward for its scaIpl
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

negro prisoner set fire to the Hum
bOldt calabooSe one night last week
The FIRE was extinguished and he failed
to make his escape
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

1t Is curious historical fact that the
progress of civilization in the West has
caused the power Of one Indian nation
to increase. The Sioux, if not more nu-
merOus than they ever were, have Ger
tainly extended their conquests, and con-
troll larger extent OF territory than be-
fore. The Puncas, Pawnees and Rees
are unable to Withstand them, though at
the dates of Catlin 5 journeyIngs on the
upper Missouri there were several tribes
on that river, that we're rival of the Sioux
The Sioux nation numbers about forty
thousand souls, and can send three
Reconsideration on the war path For>
tunateiyis Is divided into bands which
follow different leaders, so that tue pow
Sr to do mischief is not so great as if all
were united
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

The pews of the Methodist church,
Columbia, have been declared free. Sem
sible to the last
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

A convention was I'D in San Fran
cisco on the 5sh instant for the purpose
of devising some plan to suppress Chinese
immigration Gov. Booth vas della
gate
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

A coal oil lamp exploded in the resi>
dence of Eli hurry, two miles north of
Water Valley, the other night, and came
very near causing the destruction of the
building. There is much truth in the
assertion that coal oil il as dangerous as
powder.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

The yellow fever still fingers in Mem.
phis-seven to twelve deaths per day.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

Sulphato Of lime is decided remedy
for potato rot Try It.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07
Book. Keeping & Commercial Law.


To Young Men Seeking Employment,
the Hszad civ ale uuusaal facilities Tor Eafa
smpIgvmsat fhla Ia alEass bssn Ct ira promi-
feat over thsUsaas seven hundred stud
szts Who have entered sic Lass few yeErt.
hinz Iusrative psBtisBS mainly procured D. cur IN
Eusnss We have EuFpaassd ear former Efforts ana
thaEs c1EsPlstIuE tne
SatsHfaetoriIv. sr ssfund oEa-half eatirs fees
hoard b Ha4 IN us fHiiy Of one Of tbs Prsfss
rsdueed rzsef
JuiylI.-I, THOs n RTCE. Pres.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07
RIRSRLETIDN.

THE partnership heretofore existing be
L tween Us Is this day dissolved by con-
sent August eth, 1873.
JAMES FENTRE%S,
auC3JmI FRANCIS FESTRESS.