The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
News, Sayin gs and Doings.

News, Sayings and Doings,
A Swede Sabbath School has been es
at Water Valley.
Wages of the officers and employees of
the \. O., St l. & Chicago railroad
company have been cut down ten per
cent
The cotton crop of 1873 was t 235 900 |
bales The crop of 1874 is set down at
3 ,0O0,0 Oo-a fair estimate, all things con
sidered
Recently Ex-President Davis has had
returned to him from the War Departs
ment his private papers, etc, taken from
him when captured by the Federal sol
diers
A tornado swept over Charleston, S
c., on Tuesday of last week. Two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars will re-
pair the damages.
Somerville is now connected with the
outside world Ly telegraph The line
from that place to Moscow being COM
pleted.
The scholastic population of Fayette
county is as follows:
CnlOred ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 5908
White .......-....... .......... 2S09
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SIG
NI,.,; ~ . - o.,- =, 6 ,I,,,,L1-- ID
three or four others confined in the Per,
ry county Jail made good their escape
one day last week They cut out while
the jaiIor and his family we're attending
church,
The story of the Black Hills is one
of the romances of the past 1t created
momentary ferment-popular excite
ment leaped eagerly to meet it, but like
the many delusions, we have had of late,
it has passed away, leaving only the
memory of bright dreams behind it
There is no gold in the Black Hills
Marshal Levan, aged IS, son of the
Sheriff of Grundv county, while drunk.
cut his brother Il j Levan with knife,
killing him almost instantly. The mur>
derer was arrested and is now in jail
The horrible deed was perpefra,ed at the
family residence and in the presence of
Mrs Levan.
Andrew johnson is canvassing and
making speeches in all the important
towns aud cities in Middle Tennessee and
says that he will make up a list of ap-
pointments for West Tennessee at an
early day "Hurrah for auld Andy !"
as the Miekeys said at Memphis when
Phil Glenn told him to throw dirt
"He's coming down low-he's coming
among the people"
Hon VIM Mcfarland, brother of
Judge Mcfarland OF the Supreme Court,
was nominated for Congress by the De-
mocracy Of the First District at Greenville
on the LIST instant He is a strong can
didate and is likely to win.
Porter is not wearing OUT much
Union and american.
Down here in this portion of the
State every body likes Pcrter-.in fact
they intend to go for Porter straight,
and want no half. an half about it!
Col. d. NJ. Wisdom has leased the
Jackson Wing and Tribune to Jno. 7.
Hogan, Marcus J. Wright and N. l.
yesey for two years. We wish the new
firm great success and prosperity.
The wife of Samuel A. Ray, farmer
living near Gal Grove, Lauderdale counl
ty didn't think there was any danger in
handling coal oil, and endeavored to
kindle a fire by pouring the fluid iLto
a stove As a matter of course ter
rible explosion followed and Mr.. Ray is
now a widower The poor woman was
most horribly burned and only lived two
or three hours afterwards.
Eighteen years ago, when only three
years old, Joseph, son of Rev. James
Campbell of Winchester, in this State,
lost both his eyes by an accident. He
was placed in the hands of careful
/ IGdCueES anu Is uON liuCipdE VI INC
Normal Blind School Of London, En-
gland. Recently he visited his aged
parents it did their hearts good to see
into what learned and wonderful man
he had grown, Professor Joseph Camp
bell, once the blind boy Of Tennessee,
occupies a high position in England
and he is known to all Europe as a
musician of wonderful power and skill.
The decent Republicans of the State
especially those in East Tennessee, are
( exhibiting strong SYMPTOMS Of displeas
ure with Horace Maynard's course on
! the Civil Rights Bill and are disposed tc
kick out of the political traces. They
will side neither with Horace or the
Democrats but are setting up an inde-
pendent party of their own. For once
the radicals of Tennessee are at log
/ gerheads. Let EN- logg
Gubernatorlal Canvass.