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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24

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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CATTLE Foe SALE
WANTED.
STRYED.

A man and wife to do general house ami
"A farm work No children. Enquire OF
4. f.. Kelsey +. H FlSLEN
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24

SoHS DAVIS.
Junction City, July l3, 1874.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24

Ottawa is most emphaticalIy q
temperance town, and straight
and open drinks can't be had foI
love or money--Ottavs Republi.
can.
Have you any black deorr:"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
be recognized and answered as they de
a Ger Load Of six worms Eggs,


One of the most valuable consignments
that ever passed across the continent"
arrived in Chicago on Christmas day.
One freight car contained goods whose
value exceeded 100000 The enor-
NOUS cost would be in itself a circum.
stance worthy Of note. but the peculiar
character of the goods gives to the affair
an additional interest. The consign-
ment was a car load OF silk worms eggs,
en- route for france. They were pur-
chased in Yokohama by the French Gov
eminent and arrived in San Francisco
Dee. Is. Only three days were lost in
transferring them to the freight car,
and Dec. Is the precious packages com
menced their trans continent journey
In this country very few are familiar
with the silkworm, and can have no idea
of the appearance of the eggs. Ia Eng
land, where the climate is less subject to
extremes of temperature, the silk-worm
is as common pet as the canary. Boys
and girls all boast box OF thriving silk.
worms, and take as much pride in wind
ing off the golden thread from the cocoon
as the youth of this country in the pos.
session of marbles and such toys The
silk.wOrm's egg is about one quarter the
size of pins head, and the reader may
gain an idea Of the number of eggs now
on their way to Paris, when he learns
that on this one car there are nine and
q half tons of eggs.
The eggs are packed in leaves, layer
upon layer, and placed in air tight tin
boxes, which are in turn covered with
mating. The car is kept at tempeIa-
ture below the freezing point, and no
light is admitted. The mating covered
boxes are piled on either side. There
is nothing to be seen there but mating,
ard the appearance OF The boxes is GER
tainly not indicative of the value of their
contents This is the first attempt yet
made to import silkworms via the Uni
ted States, and if human foresight. savails
anything there is every reason TO look
| for euceeSs
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR.
Important Letter of Constructions
from the State Superintendent.

The following letter from the State SUI
perintendent to one of the county super.
intendents, which we copy from the
Nashville Banner, settles definitely and
satisfactorily two or three questions of
Importance to superintendents and dis
trict directors:
''James II. Goodwin, County Superin-
tendent Lincoln County
"DEAR SIR-Y our inquiry involves the
question, What is the scholastic year in
Tennessee The school law nowhere
expressly declares the beginning and the
ending of the scholastic year, yet the in
dication of the year, by nee. ssary inn
plication, is sufficiently plain without
such declaration Subsection twelve of
section seven, which defines the duties of
the State superintendent, provides that he
shall annually submit TO the governor, on
or before the fifteenth day of December, a
detailed report of his official proceedings
for the gear ending the thirty first day Of
august preceediRg, thus making the
scholastic year close with the thirty first
CT August, and begins necessarily, with
the first of September. The first entire
scolastic year, therefore, under our pre-
sent law, began with the first day Of
September, and closes with the thirty
first day of next August The fftieth
section of the law, about which you in
| quire, provides that 'all sums of money
| derived from State or county funds, which
are unexpended an any year, in any pub'
| lie school distric, shall 80 into the hands
of She county trustee, for re division the
nert gear Inasmuch as school 'expendi-
ture' for the gear ending the thirty, frs
dag of August will necessarily consti'
tute principle item IN the report of the
State superintendent, it clearly follows
that by the term ''year" in the fiftiett
section, the scholastic, and not the cdLen
ddT year, was meant Hence the provi-
sions the fftieth section, in regard to G
're-division" of unexpended moneys, will
not Apply, until after the thirty-frst OIL
| August, 1874 All school moneys tha
may have accrued to a district, under the
former law, belong exclusively to such
district, and cannot be subjected to re-
division among the other districts under
the provisions of the fiftieth section o
the law The former law allowed dis
trict to retain its money unexpended
The present law provides differently, but
does not and could not impair the rights
of districts acquired under the former
law. Very respectfully.
JOHN NJ. FLEMING, State Sup't"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
Interest of Bolivar in the MK.R.R

Many of our citizens may not appre>
ciate the benefit which our town has
derived from railroads and what she win
gain by the building of the Memphis &
Knoxville Rail Road. In 1854 the value
of Town lots in Hardeman county was
$I5s, 096; in 1872 the value of Town
Lots in our County was 1919, 355.
Most of this increase was in Bolivar, and
was the result, in the main, of the builds
ing of the Mississippi Central and of the
Memphis d Charleston Roads. Madison
county had in Town lots IN 1854,
s45l AL, and she had in 1872, 81, 298
I45, Most of this increase vas in jack
son and was because the Miss. Central
and Mobile & Ohio united at jackson
and furnished them competing roads.
Hardeman has gained SAL ,259 and
Madison has gained $S46,7O4
Give Bolivar a cross road leading from
Memphis into Middle Tennessee, con-
Meeting there with the Iron, Limestone
Marble and Coal of that country and
there is no reason why Bolivar may not
within the next ten years, exceed Jack
son in wealth and population. Whether
this viii be so depends upon ourselves.
Bow important it is that every man
in this community should encourage and
aid in the speedy construction of the
u & Z. Railroad.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
.gALUTATORY.

H0k4A4O = n O4l L
On the first day Of January became
connected with this paper as one of its
editors and pToprietors. assume the
duties Of the position, responsible alike
to the public and to myself, with some
misgiving as to my ability to attain any
great degree Of success in fisid to mo
so new. have no promises to make to
the public other than that l shall labor
necessarily to increase the usefulness of
the Bulletin, and to make it a journal in
which every citizen of the county can
take just pride. shall prefer rather
SO be judged by what l hope to accom-
plish, than by any pledges might make
in advance. While | may not be able to
command success, / shall at least try to
deserve it. / earnestly solicit the cooper
alton of every citizen Of the county who
desires to see good newspaper sustain
ed at the county seat, In connection with
my experienced associate | hope to be
able, by a proper division of labor to
command the very best facilities for at
tanning the more important items of news
from ali quarters, but more especially
those items which may be of peculiar in
terest TO our own people.
So lar as / am concerned, shall in~
deavor TO advocate those measures only
which l believe will rebound to the best
interests of the State, or community as
the case may be. hope never to be so
held by party fealty as not to express my
honest convictions through the columns of
the Bulletin. If we do not have less of
demagogism and more ofreal patriotism
less Of cant and more of genuine moraliS
ty,--it will not be from any thing contri-
buted to these columns by me. THIEVES
To THE REAR-HoNEsT MEN FOR OFFICE" is
fair enunciation of one of the cordinal
principles of my politics, and as such
will be strictly adhered to.
AS professional teacher OF much ex-
perience l shall take an especial interest
in the educational Advancement of the
State, and particularly in that of our
county and town. 1 shall advocate the
policy, that it is best to secure the best
talent and pay for it.
The Bulletin will continue to encourage
our people to become more seifsustain>
ing, by cultivating variety of those
crops suited TO our soil and climate, and
by building up in our midst such manu-,
featuring enterprises as will not only give
employment to our working men, but
lower the prices of many articles now
purchased abroad, and at the same time
retain the money at home.
Recognizing the fact that even onest
minds may differ as to the best means OF
accomplishing the same object, the Bull
letin will have decent respect for the
opinions of others, and those who differ
from us shall never have occasion to com
plain of not having had an impartial
hearing.
With the gentlemen Of the press hope
to be Or terms of the most agreeable
friendship and neighbOrly comfy. re-
speetfully ask of them the kindness, for
bearance and courtesy usually extended
to novitiate.
J. n. HUBBARD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
NEW ADVERTIsEMENTs.
NONRESIDENT Notice.

No 563, R. D. John Lensburg rs Adam
J. Neil, Original InjWnctioR biz. Ia
the Chancery Court of Hardeman coun~
ty, Tennessee.
In this cause, it appearing from the
bill of complaint of John Lensburg,
which is sworn to, that Adam J. Neil,
defendant in the above stated cause, Is
a nonresident of the State of Tennessee,
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made as to him for four successive
weeks in a newspaper printed IN the
towa of Bolivar, Tennessee, called the
Bolivar Bulletin" commanding the
said Adam j. Neil to appear on or before
the 1st Monday in January next, (it being
a rule day of said Court and plead, an
swer or denur to complainant's hill or
the same will be taken for confessed as
to him and set for hearing exparte.
VI. II. PIRTLE, G. & NJ.
Per James Fentrcss, Jr., d. G. q NJ.
This. December lst. 1878
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
PROBATE COURT SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE
In the Town Of Bolivar, Tenn,

No. III r. DIN the Probate Court Of
Shelby County, Tennessee. Napoleon
Hill, Administrator, ETC., VS. Edward
Il. Dorion ct al.
by virtue of an interloeutory decree
II for sale entered in the above cause,
] viii sell, to the highest bidder, at pubs
lie auction, III front of the Court House
door, in the town of Bolivar, Hardeman
county, Tennessee,
On Saturday, January 10th, 1874,
within legal hours, the following de-
scribed real estate, to-wit, situate, lying
and being in the town of Bolivar, Har-
deman county, Tennessee, and described
as follows: Beginning at a stake the
northeast corner of Thomas Il. Smith =
lot, bought of Lewis Jonson, from thence
east twelve and one-half poles to stake
the northwest corner of G. Graces lUr,
thence south to said Grace's southwest
corner, tn ence east with his line to with
in fifty feet of the center of the nj. C..
d I. X. K. thence IN a southwest di-
rectiOn parallel to and within fifty feet
of the center of said r r. to point due
east of the southeast corner of said
Thomas K. Smiths lot, thence west to
the said east corner, thence north to the
beginning containing about four acres
more or less, upon which there is a
dwelling house, said property to be sold
however. subject to the dover and home'
stead interest of Mrs Ellen Dorion. wid'
ow of Charles H. Dorion, deceased
TERMS OF SALE
One third cash, balance in SIX aud twelve
months, with interest from day of sale
purchaser executing notes with sufhcien
security, lien being retained to secure
the deferred payments
MES REILLY, Clerk,
Charles {. Bullock Sol. for Csmprt-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
TO the Public,

Articles which appear elsewhere in
form the readers Of the BOLIVAR BULLE-
TIN that q change in its management has
occurred, w. T. McCarley going out, and
Captain ]. NJ. Hubbard coming in.
The unde- signed, who founded the pa
per in 1865, and chung to it through sun
shine, shadow and storm, will remain at
his post, and with the aid of Captain
Hubbard, strive to make the paper more
acceptable to the public and its support,
ers than it ever was. We do not pro
pose, here in Bolivar. to print a q" Lon
don Times" New York Sun, or a
Littelrs Lining Age, but we do propose tC
print a decent, respectable country
journal, and ask for it the support o.
ibis people. In the future, as in the
past, it viii be our pleasure to pursue s
consistent Democratic course, taking
good care to lash the guilty and defend
the right. Here Is our permanent abode
and here, by an answering line o
duty, we wish to gain an honest supper
by honest labor.
Respectfully.
M, II. PARRISH.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
Business Change.

w. I. McCarIey having retired from
the BOLIyAR BULLErIE Office, this is to
notify ali parties indebted to said Office
70 come forward and make settlement, as
the business which accumulated under
the firm name Of Parrish & McCariey
must be closed.
Either party is authorised to receive
and settle accounts.
NJ. r. PARRISH,
w. T. MCCARTNEY.
Jan. LIST, 1874.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
Public Installation and
Masonic Ranuuet.

Notice is hereby given that officers of
Clinton Lodge No. 81, Bolivar Chapter
No. 81, and Bolivar Council No Is, Free
and Accepted Masons, will be pnblieally
installed in the court house on Saturday,
(St. Johns Day. Recember 9th, 1873, at
2 o'clock p. NJ Grafton by Rev w. c.
Gray. All f. A. Ms. and the public gen.
orally are invited to attend.
On the same day, at Z clock P. NJ, a
Masonic Banquet viii be given, to which
all the Ladies are invited. Tickets for
Gentlemen, One Dollar each
By order Of the Lodge.
j. II. POLK, See'y.
Dec. 5, 1873. I'd
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

We find in the editorial columns of
the Western Methodist of late date the
following highly favorable notice of the
Hon. John S. Kerr:
We notice that our distinguished fell
low citizen, Col John 5. Kerr, is referred
to in the Journals OF the State as proba
able candidate for Governor of Tenness>
ee. We have nothing to do with politics
but it affords US pleasure to express our
high opinion, not only of the abilities of
Col Kerr, bat of his excellent character.
A gentleman of great moral and social
worth, and of invincible integrity, we es.
TEEN him as one Of the pillars and orna-
ments of our city, and well worthy OF
the confidence of the Stste We have
long known Col Kerr as a man of large
intellectual capacity aud elevated socia |
position, whose excellencies of character
qualify him for any civil station to which
he might be called by the people. II
moral purity, indomitable energy, and
intellectual gifts, are requisite in the
chair of state, We are quite sure that
Col Kerr is one of the right men, and
too few there are for that chair.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
Take Nnt,na

Ply Act of Congress, after the LIST day
of July, 1873, subscribers to ali weekly
papers must pay twenty cents postage per
annum, no matter if the subscriber does
live 10 the county where the paper is
printed. Let each patron ofthe BOLIVAR
BULLETIa make a note of this.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
NTWspaPER nFCTsTovs.

Any person who takes paper regularly from the
Post Oeee-wkeher dirostsd 20 his another or
whe he has subscribed notis responsible for the
gay
II person orders his pape5 discontinued he must
All arrearages the publisher may 20 nd
a ani payment Is made collect The whole amount
Whether IL Is taken from the once or not.
> Tha have decided refusal nezs-
papers ad periodicals from the Post Ose removing
and leaving them uHcalec for is pra cie evidence
Entoutsonaf fraud.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
Shall we help Spain to Conquer the
Cubans?

Il is officially given out through the
correspondent of the Associated Press in
Washington that one of the subjects to
which Gen. Cushing will give his atten-
ton as Minister to Spain will be the
political and administrative reform in
Cuba, as the best means calculated to
restore peace to that island and promote
its prosperity; and among thsss re-
forms is included the abolition of slavery
in the Antilles"
But suppose the Cubans, obstinate
and besotted in their desire for political
independence and their unwillingness
to be governed from Europe, should fol-
low the example of our foIefathers, and
refuse to make peace with the mother
country upon any conditions except the
severance of all connection between
them. What then? Shall we allow
them to go on fighting, desolating the
island, and interfering with commerce ?
Or shall we join in subjugating them
and in restoring the authority of Spain
in the island by force of arms ? And if
not, why not7
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

We pity the Sorrows of our friend
Lewis Glass, local editor of the Trenton
Gazette Some hard-hearted wretch
stole his ovcrcoat
Why's the foot of a-Dyer county girl
Ike the letter ? Because it is the end
of beauty Stale GazetIe.
Aud why is the head of Haraeman
county girl like the letter b? Bee luse
il is the beginning Of beauty
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

kentucky has finally abolished the
whipping of criminals TIE last man to
be las he'd was cripple, who hobbled to
the post in Lexington on cr1tches.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

The recent State Convention of the
Farmers Association of Illinois adopted
the following preamble and resolution:
Whereas, President Grant was guilty
of using his official position to secure
tbs passage of the infamous salary-grab
law, and did, at the close of his first
term, afix his signature TO the same,
thereby making it the law of the land
therefore,
Resoired, That this convention OF
the farmers of Illinois, with SORROW, but
in all eandor, as 10 duty bound, do de-
prostate such degradation of the exalted
position of President of these United
| States"
This is to the point, and every honest
American will blush when he is CON
poiied to admit that it states the exact
ruth
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

Mrs. Samuel Colt, of Hartford, signs
every check and order used by her re-
volYer foundry, and takes walk through
the establishment twice a week.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

The Protestant Episcopal Convention
of the Diocese of Wisconsin will meet at
Milwaukee ON Feb. l, to chose suc-
cessor 70 the lats Bishop Arimtage.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

The presiding bishop of the Episcopal
church in the United States (who is also
the diocesan of Kentucky has ordered
court of inquiry upon Bishop Cum
Minis, to be composed of two priests and
like number of laymen from each of
the dioceses of Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio
and Tennessee The members of the
court from this diocese, appointed by the
presiding bishop, are Rev, John A. Har-
rison, of jackson, and Rev. James Car
michael, of Memphis, and Messrs. J. F.
Jett, of Upton, aud G. r. Fairbanks,
Of Sewanee.
AS Bishop Cummins has formally re.
nounced and withdrawn from the Pro.
testant Episcopal Church and organized
another, the trial can have no other
| practictical result than putting these
facts on record, in the most formal and
solemn manner. This will be done, and
then time viii solve the other questions
in which Churchmen are interested.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

The total number Of deaths in Mem
phis last week were 25; white, 16; color
ed, g; males, 10; females, IL.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

At one o'clock on Monday morning
of last week fire broke out in the bar.
Der shop under the Eclipse Saloon,
Brownsville, and spread rapidly to the
adjoining buildings on the northwest
side of the public square Eight or nine
houses were destroyed. Damage about
$4,000. Only $1,000 insurance. The
States says:
The Eclipse Saloon with restaurant
and billiard tables, Bulliin & Gordon,
| proprietOrs, was a total loss, supposed
to be $4,000. Joe. Sternberger, undeT~
meath, loss, S., 1000 Moses Felsenthal,
loss $1,000 Jacob Levi, loss. 50, 500.
T. w. Cooper d Co, loss, $4,000. JB
Philips Il Co, loss between 5000 and
$1,000. w. H. Sangster, loss, $4,000.
/ North Sherley, loss, unknown. L. B.
| Leonard, unknown. Z. J. & j. T.. Read
fully covered by insurance. Mrs. Sewer
| loss unknown.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
AS FOLLoWs (:
52934 CAST Gifts amounts .$226, 500
ONE CHANCE IN EVERY NINE

The distribution will be IN public and
will be made under the form and regulations
the San Francisco and Louisville Library Gin Cneerts
under the suporvissn Of committee OF prominent eit
selected By the ticket hoiders-
Reference as to the Integrity of this
enterprise and Of the management Is made 70 the fol-
lOEiaE we'll known citEens-
sam Tibbais. = Toponee J Malsh. Il t;srrish-
embers Of City Council.
Judge Black. Asst o s Assessor. Malsh Green
valid PToPristOrs N ss-1r9lisan Hotel Eussas Moore.
City Harshal, " W Hall, Architset J X eh0e, Con
stable Kupfer. Jew slsr. Capt Howe contractor o
ID RishIDOnd 20. oEansission merehs1ss d = Camp
bell ProFriesor Central Hotel Singleton Creath pro-
erieters Pacific Stables. p Hitch msfchaHs Sandy.
Utah, a G GarFsson, Helena. hSntaRa-
+ We viii also announce that each and
every person buying tiekt eau at any and all tines
examine cur books and al businss Transactions
nectsd with the enterPriss and the drawsg Of pr
zes l bs placed IN the hands % honest and dsater
es5sd IL viii iasGFs fair and impartial distribu-
tiOa.
Good, Responsible Agents Wanted.
Liberal Commission 4iLoseed
B~ Money should be sent by express
or By 6raf aaT solvent bank, BY post ofse money
order OF registered letter. 1t risk For paEoArs
EW MORGAN. Manager.
jan7-mS Lock BOX i55, C0riBls. utzh-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
ours truly,
r. HOE & co

We notice that many of our exchanges
accepted Kirkwood & Beach's proposi~
ton and are doing work for them. Look
out, gentlemen, for we verify believe that
your are "sueked in and likewise de-
ceiyed."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09

The election IN Memphis on the list
instant for Mayor, tax-colleetor, wharf>
master, aldermen and eouncilmen PANIED
out rather contrary to to the expecta,
tiOns of our friends in the appeal Office.
The radical ticket carried the day
Leagues banner went up while Busby's
went down. The total vote was 2720.
Leagues majority over Busby's for
Mayor, CTS. Schapers' over Locke and
Robertson combined for tax collector,
was 1901 Ed. Shaw's over Lightburne
his strongest competitor-for wharf,
master, was 95I. Besides electing this
negro to the position of whaIfmaster,
the people of Memphis, or at least a por-
ton of them, elected five negroes TO the
common council Now, Jeems, DONE
che bile ?