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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02

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d. J. NEWBERN
Il. B. HURT,
IL NJ. POLK

IL NJ Polk and r. b. Hurt will attend
the above appointments, unless prevents
ed by being called off in the canvass in
The other counties of the Senatorial and
FlOteriai districts.
BoliUar Tenn, Sept %, 1874.
NoTE-Col u. C. Young, Democratic
nominee for Congress, will speak at all
the above mentioned times and places,
excepting Gainesville, Siler's Store, Civil
Hill, leagues Station, Van Buren,, New
Castle and Centsrville.
lie will speak ut Gainesville on Tues
day, October 18th, and at Toms Station
on Wednesday, the 18th of October
Barbour Lewis and other Republican
nom inees are expected to be present.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02
Born In Transitu.

Last weeks GreenUiUe IHtclHgencer
relates this little narrative, which cannot
fail to interest our Tennessee readers ::
"A gentleman from Arkansas, who mar
ried into one of the most prominent fami
lies of this State, was returning with his
wife from the White Sulphur Springs,
but as the train neared Greenville on
Wednesday morning, the sudden illness
of his wife caused them to suddenly quit
the train on reaching Greenville, and to
hurry into the Reeve House at the rail-
road station. DR.. Taylor was sent for in
hurry, and in n hurry visited the sick
chamber, where there was hurrying to
and fro. Our people regret she was not
a boy baby, for had she been boy, and
made as brilliant an orator as the illus
trious grandfather, the late Gen. w. T..
Haskell. our county would have felt
proud when on some big occasion this
might have been grand orator would have
exclaimed: 4 was born IN tTdnsitu, in the
county of Green, and State of Tennessee
The parents are happy over this their
first child, if it is a girl, and we hope the
little innocent will live and grow to as
grand womanhOod as that attained by its
most excellent grandm other.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02
Public Executors

In most Of the States the infliction of
the death penalty before the gaze of the
public is established by Jaw In some
the statutes provide that the proper Off
GERS shall execute the sentence, in case
OF punishment by death, in the prison
or it's enclosure If it is Intended to
make an example Of the offender and to
give an impressive warning to evil doors,
we cannot see but that these ends would
be just as effectualIy attained by infict-
ing the penalty within the prison. To
know that the offender has forfeited his
life for his crime, and that the Sheriff
has executed the behests of the court, it
seems to- us, ought to be warming quite
sufficient in any civilized country. A
public exposure Of the dead body by the
proper Officer would at least be indubita-
bic evidence of the proper enforcement
OF the law, and then we should be rid
of that revolving spectacle of seeing n
prisoner whatever be the nature Of his
crime, swung up, as is to often the
case, amid the jeers aud jests Of the
thoughtless crowds, who most frequently
are attracted to such places. Doubtless
it is intended by the laws Of those States
where public executions prevail that the
spectators Of such exhibitions should be
solemnly impressed with the majesty of
the law and it's irrovocable DEGREES, but
so far as our observation extends the
thoughtful look upon 1T as a most revolt
ing and demoralizing spectacle and the
thoughtless as mere show intended to
crafty tie surviving friends Of the cul'
prit's victim 1t must be admitted that
the tendency of all such scenes as the
putting to death cf a human being in
public is demoralizing to people The
iofuences of such spectacles do not diff
fer in kind, but in degree only, from
those which are extended upon a people
by the prevalence Of war.
OF the vast throng Of people who wit
messed the execution Of Bob Baskin or
Saturday last, certainly the m ore Thought
full ones would welcome the passage of {
law to have the death penalty inflicted il
the presence only of the proper officers
and away from the gaze Of promiscuN
Gus crowd. Upon the same principle
that we wish to keep our children from
coming iu contact with those things tina
are calculated to harden their feeling,
and dull the sensibilities of their better
nature, wo should keep the young
from witnessing public executions O
criminals. To witness such things j
most hurtful to the young and is Of NJ
moral advantage to the old
The law ought of course to be ter
ror to evil doors, and we are not prepar
cd to say that the death penalty shout,
be abolished, but the State should maxi
such provision for it's enforcement a
will vindicate its majesty and at the SAM
time bring as little detriment to pubIi
morals as possible. One Of the frs
steps to this end would be the aboli
ton of public executions and We hop
that the coming legislature Of Tennessee
will take occasion to discuss this sub
iect in all it's bearings and give us a la,
that is more in keeping with an advance
spirit of civilization.
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NOn-Rt.idcnt Notice.

In the County Cosrt Of IIardeman
County, Tennessee
+. NJ. MyFick and wife ct ais az heirs at
law Of Issae II Moore. deceased. peti-
to cell Land. No 964, r. d.
1t appearing from affidavit in this
cause that the defendants Thomas Bailey
and wife. Elizabeth Bailey James Camp.
and wife, Mary Camp, James Farrell
and wife, Eleanora Farrell, w. NJ. Park
and wife Elizabeth +. Park, w. s. Lick y
ey and wife. Susan A. Luekey, John
Norman and " fe, Willie Anne Norman
Issac II. Cross, NJ. r. Cross, VIM. T..
Moore ana +. w. Cross are non-resl
dents Of Tennessee, it is therefore order>
ed that they make their appearance
herein Mt the court house in Bolivar on
or before the first Monday in November
1874 and plead, answer or demur to the
petition IN this cause or the same will
be taken for confessed as 10 them and
set for hearing exparte, and that copy
Of this order be published once a week
for four consecutive weeks in the Bolivar
Bulletin. copy attest
Sep. Is 1874
w. G. DORION. c. AM
Wood d McNeal Sclic't'rs for Petitioners
sept25 Va
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Capt. D. ". steg@

We learned only few days ago that
oar class-rnate and friend, Capt D. w.
Steger, died at Iuka, Miss ou.tbe Goth
of August The deceased was the eldest
son of the late Prof jno. J. Steger, of
Marshall county, aud was himself sue
eessful and popular teacher lie com =
manded a company in the Itch Missis-
sippi Regiment, and lost the use of one
arm by wound, received at Gettysburg.
lie had recently married. his cousin, Miss
Fannie Tepe, daughter Of the Rev j. K.
Douglass. He died at the age Of thirty
SIX Peace to his ashes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02

The Milan Exchange says it is under
stood that at least two Of the parties
summoned before the grand jury Of
Gibson county, have turned States evil
dence. One of these that journal states,
is Radical and a supporter of Grant
and Dave Num-.
/" As to the politics and antecedents Of
all persons connected with the Gibson
county Jail breaking, by presentment of
the grand jury or otherwise, we cannot
speak positively, but we do know that
there is no class, taken as a class, as free
from suspicion as the ex-COnfederate
soldiers The record made by these
men since the war, is as grand as that
made by them during the var A good
soldier necessarily makes a good citizen.
When be lays down his arms, his habit
OF obedience to authority, his contempt
of The mere prowler or robber cling to
him wherever be goes, and the hard
Sighting, hard working soldier is very
apt to become a law-abiding hard worL-
ing citizen. = Wing d Tribune
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A He althy Individual

The follow ing is the last written by
the late Artem US Ward
"Ontil quite recent We been q healthy
individual m nearly sixty, and yit
I've got muscle into my arm which
don't make my hsts resemble the tread of
canary bird, when they fy about and hit
man. Only a few weeks ago | was
exhibiting in East ShOwhegan, in build
in which had formerly bin ockepied BY
pugYlist-One of those fellars which
hits from the shoulder, and teaches the
manly art of self defens. And he cum
aud sed he was going in free in eonse>
kence of previsly ockepying sed buildin
with large yeller dog | sed, TO be
sure, sir, but not with those yeller dog ,
He sed, Oh, yes | sed. Oh, no lie
sed, DO you want to be ground to pow>
der 2 | sed, Yes, do, if there is a
powder grindist handy. Then he struck
me disgusting blow IN my left eve,
which caused the concern to close at
once for repairs; but he didn't hurt me
any more. | went for him energetically
His parents lived near by. and | will sim
ply state that fifteen minutes after | had
gone for him, his mothe> seeiag the pros
| trate form of her son approaching the
house onto a shutter carried by four men,
run out doors and keerfully looked him
over, and sed, My son, you've been fool
ing round a threshing masheen. y gu
went in at the end where they put the
grain in, come out with the straw, then
got up in the thingumajig and let the
horses tired upon you, didn't you, my
son ? You can judge by this what a
! disagreesble person / am when I'm
angry"
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Former Federal Officers in the
Fight at New Orleans,

tbs a significant fact, and one which
should be properly noted in the minds OF
the men of the North, that several officers
who had served throughout the whole
war in the Federal army, and who fought
CALAMITY to the end, last Monday were
out IN the peoples ranks fighting the
hordes of the usurpation with as much
bravery as they had shown when opposed
on the field of battle to the boys in gray.
These officers ranked from Colonel down
to nor>commissioned officers. On Mons
day they condescended to use rifles and
muskets, with the rank simply of Ameri-
can citizens and would>be freemen.-N.
0. Picautne
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02
STRANGE ACCIDENT.
Man Crushed on a Cow>catcher by
Bull

Landon Collins, a young man about
twenty-five years of age, thought 20 get
on to his friends in upper East Tennes-
SEE, and concluded to steal a ride on the
freight train Getting within an empty
box car he rode as far as ROgersville juno
ton. The night being cool, he bethought
himself of a warm niche in front Of the
engine, over The cow>caJcher. When the
train stopIei at the Junction, Collins
enscOusced himself in the darkness oil the
niche, and the train drove onward. Rat
thing along at furious pace, an hour
after midnight, the engine ran into a
belated bull, and tossed the great ani-
NAL upon the poor fellow, covering ia
dread of his fate. What his feelings
must have been, as with startling eye
balls, he watched, in the fierce CLEAN
from the headlight, the space between
the engine and the bull momentarily
lessening, can be imagined, perhaps, but
not described. Moments must have
seemed to him an eternity. The en-
gineeT, of course, noted that he had
knocked bull from the track, but was
all unconscious of the battered Collins
clinging desperately to his frail hold in
front of the engine Shipping the train
at Lick Greek, the next station above,
the engineer, while oiling his engine,
heard the poor fellows groans, and looks
ing around was just in time to catch poor
Collins as he fell from the engine. Care
fully lifting him, groaning and weak, the
engineer carried him to HendersOn's,
where he left him in care of relative
Our informant saw Collins yesterday.
Ribs and arms were broken, and face
bait red and body bruised. The physi>
clans have small hope of his recovery
KnOrUiHe Press and Herald
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The Tennessee Republicans, with the
record of fifty thousand majority agains t
them in their last State election on the
Civil Rights Bill, now go before the peo-
pie on a sort of compromise. They are
opposed to the enforcement of mixed
schools; but Mr. Maynard, their candi-
date for Governor, declares himself in
favor of the Senate's Civil Rights bill,
and this will doubtless settle Mr.. May
Dard.-NesC York Herald
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The Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Pro-
gress says Mrs, Carol and Mrs Ford,
twin sisters, living IN South Bethlehem,
each gave birth to twins on Saturday
night The attending physician says
these cousins are almost Of an age
within an hour. These sisters were
married on the same day; their first
children were born in the same month,
their second in the same week, aud their
third in the same hour,
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Lieut.. Col. Fred Graut, son Of the
President, who is attached TO General
Sheridan's staff in Chicago, will be mar
Fied on October 20, to Miss Ida Honore,
daughter Of Il. H. aonOFe Of that city,
and sister Of Mrs. Potter Palmer, the
wife Of ihe Chicago millionaire. The
wedding will take place at the residence
Of NJ Palmer
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Ahead of His Party

Mr. Horace Maynard has ventured
something upon the dark and tempestu~
Gus sea of independent politics, with
which he has heretofore been scarcely
acquainted, by approving and promising
TO support.unequivocall the new Civil
Rights bill The convention which Mons
mated him avoided this issue. He is,
therefore, in advance OF his party, ard
may expect to be accused of treachery
by his party associates. We rejOics that
he has come down from the fence the
event viii show whether he has come
down on the wrong side for political
prefermeDt The suspicion in Washing
ton is that he does not expect 20 be
elected Governor but is making a bold
attempt upon the Republican nomIna-
ton for Vice President in 1875. 81 is
absurd of course, to suppose that Mr..
Maynard has been betrayed by honest
convictions into political suicide -Cki-
cdg0 Tribune
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Hon Horace Maynard has accepted
the nomination Of The Tennessee Repnb
licans for Governor. The difference of
opinion in the Convention with regard
to endorsing the Civil Rights ball APP
pears to have been very decided. The
white delegation evidently thought it in
expedient to demand the passage Of the
bin, and succeeded In Saying 50 N the
third resolution of the adopted platform.
But Maynard sides with the coiered
delegates, and announces his intention t.
do all he can to ret the bill passed
I, Times, Republican.
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sloss,LOng Sensation at Tusoumbia

Sundays AUaLanche contains lengthy
account Of the elopement and marriage
Of Miss Sloss with G. T. Long, who was
shot ID June last by the father of the
young lady for defaming her character.
The father, who is as present member
Of Congress aud an independent candi>
de'e for reelection, had gone out on an
electioneering tour when the girl left
home The mothers suspicious were
soon aroused, and buckling on pair of
SIX shooters she FASTENED to the Office of
r. well known Magistrate, but arrived on
ly in,time to be introduced by that Of
fetal to.her daughter as Mrs Long. The
account of our contemporary closes as
follows
= VERY TOEGu YOUNG NAN.
Mr. Long is man of very good
f4mily, but was Objectionable upon ac-
count Of his associations 1t is only a
few months ago, that in a fight, he had
his lAce from eyebrow to chin laid open
with 4 razor, aud at the same time got
slash across the throat that came very
near resulting in a funeral A few years
ago, while passing from one car to an
other, be missed his footing and fell be-
tween ske cars, caught on a brake, in
which position he was dragged fully
three>quarters Of mile ere he was res
cued All this combined with the Is
buck shot, which his now father-in-law
gave him would 60 to show that Mr..
long Is a very tough man-one who
would prove invaluable in leading forlorn
hopes in battles
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02

Said Detroit lady 20 a small boy whom
she found crying in the street the other
day: "Will you stop crying if viii
give you a penny p mo" said be,
''but If you'll make it two cents Ill
ston IL II kills me "
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02
NEWsPAPER nECIsInNs

Any person whg takes paper regularly from the
Post Ones-whsthsE directed his another
who her he has subscribed nois responsible
pay
II person orders his paper discontinued he mus,
- all arrearages the publisher may continue
until payment is made. and collect the whole amount
Hhether it Is taken from the Office
?? The courts have decided that refusal to tale
papers and periodicals from the Post Once removing
and leaving them uneaed for is prT facie evidence
Intentions fraud.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02

There's a duplicate, on a small scale,
Of the Beecher- Tilton affair developing
in Brownsville Look out for a seRsa-
ton If truce is not effected. Mum .
The word, my boY.-Bse.
What color is it? We mean the "du-
plicate net the boy
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02

A yellow poplar was recently cut On
the farm Of General Dibreh, in White
county. which was seven feet ten inches
in diameter four feet from the groznd
i made IS 600 four inch shingles.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-02
THE HARDEMAN
WOOLLEN MILLS

Are in good running order, and all
work entrusted to us will be promptly
and carefully attended to.
Our Charges for Carding Wool (Nheu
oil is furnished to us) is Ten Cents per
pound on the amount of wool received,
Wool should be thoroughly washed IN
pure water and thoroughly rinsed. We
have a Burr Machine attached. which
will take out ali burrs
Wool Rolls, Shocking Yarns, Jeans,
de kept constantly on hand for sale or
exchange
ALsO, a good supply Of Corn Meal
Address, WOOLLEN MILLS,
BOLIVAR, Tenn
BOLIVAR, Sept l, 1874 (aug1lmD
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Bank Failure for Three Million

New YORK, September 26-The ban king
firm of Townsend d Co., of New Haven,
failed yesterday, with liabilities of near
thr ee million dollars, and its affairs are
in the hands of a. receiver. The cause
Of the failure is the depreciation of
Southern State and railroad bonds, in
which the bank had invested heavily
The greatest sufferers are anon G the
iaboriug classes Rumor says dep0si>
tors will realiz about 40 per cent.
Ycsl " cAicken will come home to
roost." Your people have aided In Res
constructing the South, have crushe d,
crippled and destroyed err have
bought these very bonds at fearful dis
count, have deprecated US in money,
morals and resources, have exagger ared
our mistlkes-civil Righted US to our,
and your own destruct ion. "The great
est sufferers ere among laboring class
es,"-Pity it is that it had not ia len else
where, upon the leaders, liars and poll
ticians We have tried to awaken our
bowels but they wont rumble. They
don't compassionate W orth cent-come
out here and build and maintain these
Railroads aud get your money back.
That is the remedy
Brownlow endorses the radical rlat-
form, and says that it is liable to only
one construction, ie opposition to the
civil Rights Bill but in regard to the
manner of yielding his support he says:
'Of course | shall cordially support
every candidate of the Republican party
for every Office, from the highest to the
lowest, who plans himself squarely
upon this platform of hostility to the
nefarious so~caIled Civil Rights bill
But Maynard does not "plant himself
squarely upon the platform" and we fail
to see how the Parson is going to sup
port the Radical candidate for Governor
who is now fully committed to negro
equality. Brethren ought to dwell to
! gether in unity
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In this easse, it appearing by affidavit
that the defendant Guy smith, is Justly
indebtedto the plaintiff 10 the sum Of
199 dollars aBa interest thereon. and
is a nOn-resident Of the State. so tbat
the ordinary process OF Law cannot be
served On him, and an original attacks.
ment of garnisAement having been execu-
ted and returned before me.
1t Is therefore ordered that publication
be made in the Bolivar Bulletin. news
paper published in the town of Bolivar
Hsrdenan county, Tennessee, for four
successive weeks. commanding the said
Gay smith 20 appear at Iny of6ee in Boil
var, before ne, on Monday, the l9sh day
Of October 1874; and make defense -
said suit against him, or il will be pro--
eeeded with exs Darte. This the lGih dAtF
Of September, 1874
n. ! SERBERN. }: T..
feistt hardeman County. Tenn
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Tennessee.

In this Cause it appearing from the
original petition fed in this court fur
divorce, which is sworn to that the de
PENDANT, John Eastlack is Ion resident
of the State Of Tennessee, So that the
ordinary process of law cannot be served
upon him. Ii il therefore ordered by
the Clerk Of sand court that publication
be made in the Bolivar Bulletin. news
paper published in the town Of Bolivar,
Tennessee, for four consecutive week.,
requiring the said John Eastlack to ap-
pear before the Judge of our said court
at the ccuTt house in the town of Boil
var on the 3 Monday in November
next, and plead, answer or demnr to said
bill or the same will be taken for confess
ed rs to him and be proceeded with ex-
parte. Witness ]. NJ. Richardson clerk
Of our said court at Bolivar
This August 3l-t. 1874
J VI RICHARDSON. &. Il II
Wood & WcNeai ) ,licitors for Comp'lt
sep 4N4