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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
WEST.

st. Louis wants another big bridge
sdoEn at Carondelet,
Michael Reese, of San Francisco, sues
the California Pacific road for seventeen
Eoillion dollars.
Gen. Howard has left Washington
for Oregon to take command of the depart
ment recently under Gen. Davis.
The auditor of Illinois pronounces
the Atlantic and Pacific insurance company
bankrupt. Assets $500, 600, liabilities S447, 999
Ohio conviets must resume the zebra
stripes discarded a few years ago. It was
found difficult to capture those who escaped
in plain clothes.
"A dispatch from Fort Carey says the
lord Gordon Gordon shot and killed himsolf
Saturday night to escape arrest on warrant
from Toronto, on the charge of embezzling
jewelry at Glasgow, Scotland -r-
The executive committee of the state
grange has issued an address to the grangers
Of Wisconsin. 1t warns them that an attempt
viii be made in the next legislature to secure
the repeal of the railroad law, and urs es them
to resist the effort
Adjptant-C General Baker, OF Iowa,
writes to commissioner Burdett OF the general
land Office, representing there is great suffer
ing among homestead settlers in the north
western counties Of the state, owing to the
visitation Of grassnoppers.
special from Seneca, Kansas says +:
During heavy thunder storm fifteen miles
west of this city, two men named John o.
Huddleson and Edwsrd Roscoe were killed by
lightning. Mrs. Huddleson severely
burned Five others in the wagon escaped
uuhurt They had abandoned their homes on
account of the grasshoppers.
s...-.. tOl Stanton iuah orriva.i ar Ia
from the agencies, reports that numbers of
Indians are coming from the north, who say
that Stabber, prominent Indian in the dis
turbanees of last spring at the agencies, and
several others, are killed by Custar's men who
axe returning. There seems to be much feel
ing in consequence among the Indians coming
in, and at the agencies. The Indians report
the death Of twenty-one Indians. wounded in
the late fight.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

Capt. David White, closely connected
with steamboat interests on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers died at Keoi1uk, Iowa, re-
Gently.
The redemption division of the treas
ury department has now seventy clerks en-
ployed in the business of counting and assort-
ing the notes sent by the banks for redemr-
ton In a few days, banks will regularly re-
/ ceive returns from their remittances to the
treasury for redemption.
Capt Beall, just from Fort Worth,
brings information that the Indians have cap
tured two mail stages, one going and one
coming between Fort Hill and Wichita. There
were only three passengers, all Of whom with
the drivers, were killed and scalped.
The secretary OF the treasury has di-
rected the assistant treasurer at New York to
/ sell gold the present month as follows: One
million five hundred thousand dollars on the
first and third Thursdays, and one million dol
lars on the second and fourth Thursdays each,
making in all five million dollars.
/ The public debt statement shows a
reduction during June of 81, ,282, 1866, coin in
treasury 81, 113, ,21O; currency SIG, ,913, ,232 /;
! coin certificates S33, 469, 900, special deposits
/ of legal tender for redemption of certificates
/ of deposits S55, $50, coo. Total expenditures
of government for fiscal year, ending June
| 80, 1874, were $2S7, ,133, ,s73.
The secretary of the treasury. the
general and the secretary of the
interior have approved of the plans for the new
/ postofice and custom-house at Cincinnati,
/ and have directed supervising architect Null
/ let to proceed with the work. The cost of the
I I,;l5irry il Iin,ifad IN - zoo OOO
The payments made from the treasu-
~ department. during July were as follows :
| Civil and miscellaneous, 81, ,665. .672; war, S3,-
l78, 936; navy, s2,728, 40; interior, pensions
! and Indians. 81, ,94S.49O. Total, SIC, sic, ,375.
The above is exclusive of payments on ac-
count Of principal and interest of the public
debt
Capt. Jas. B. Eads, chief engineer of
the Illinois and ST. Louis bridge, has gone to
Europe to thoroughly examine the jetties at
the mouth OF the Danube, Rhine and other
rivers having deltas also the different canals
on the continent so that he may have addi-
| tionaI and accurate information respecting
their practical workings, to lay before congress
next winter in favor OF his plan for jetting the
mouth OF the Mississippi.
The secretary of the treasury Is pre-
/ paring a formal demand on the several Pacific
railroads embraced in the act Of last June,
+ requiring the payment OF five per cent. OF the
net earnings Of the companies to tue govern
I ment imposed by act of July 1st, 1862 II
the demand is not complied with within sixty
days, the secretary viii notify the attorney
general, who viii institute legal proceed
ings against the roads for the Delinquent
taxes.
The secretary of the treasury has no
titled inspector-tsaneral Snith, of the bureau
Of steamboat inspection service. that his res
ignation would be accepted. The cause OF
this step was on account Of expenditures fol
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
Caution to Ladies Going Abroad.

A recent decision made by the French
court, the TribuneI de Ia Seine, holds
that marriages solemnized at the resi-
dence of a foreign minister, resident In
France, are not marriages at all. By a
fiction of international law, the resi-
dence of an ambassador or minister Is
considered for certain purposes part of
the territory Of the country he repre-
sents, but this apple only to diplomatic
acts. It does not extend to civil acts
affecting the citizens of the country to
whom the ambassador is accredited. A
marriage contract at minister's resi-
dence between q French subject aud
foreigner has no existence, on account
of the incompetency of the foreign Off
cial who solemnized it. This decision
viii naturally cause some uneasiness to
our American friends that have married
French wives or husbands at our minis
ter's residence in Paris, and who wish
for many reasons to have the contract
legal IN both countries.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
AUGUST LILIES.
a" Holding a lily in his hand
For Daarb'a aDr7lucia Hon -

/ EOE OeaLu aHHualCl&ttUIs
What time the white day lilies lift their faces
Sereney splendid to the August sun,
And crimsOn-streaked petunias Oyerrun
With lavish color all the garden-spaees;
When purpling grapes upon the trellis cluster,
And blOOmy plums drop ripely frOIa their hold,
And peaches turn to globes Of honeyed gold,
And pears grow sleek with mellow gloss and luster;
When translucent hazs the sunshine follows
And wells the fervent sky in dreamy light,
Involves in mist the luminous moUntain-heigbt,
And fills with violet shade the mountain hoIlows;
When the still nights their dewy sweets surrender,
When stars recede, and on her throne serene
The full moon sits a solitary queen,
And floods the land and sea with silver spIendor-
Then comes again, in shadowy completeness,
A face that faded once when lilies came;
A face the Whftest lilies could not shame
For lack of any lovely grace or sweetness.
Nine years ago, in silent desolatioB,
I,;f watched s the 1f fading OF that perfect face
The awful Angel of Annunciation.
The August sun had set in all its glory,
And when the pomp Of clouds had trailed away,
And gold and flames had melted into gray,
read the ending Of loves sweetest story
The balIny night came dewy-soft and Silly,
With light winds trembling over beds of bloom;
Above the silence and the sceLted gloom
felt the waving Of the mystic lily.
And OIL I saw, as one sees in vision,
Where, spel-bound, one may neither cry nor
Its dreary shadow stealing over her,
And darkening lips and eyes with slow precision.
Nine years ago. But still the memory thrills me;
And the wild sorrow and this yearning pain
Come back to wiring my quickened soul again,
And the same sense of desolat1on fills me,
Whenever, through the summer darkness signing,
Some wandering wind has brought suddenly
The scent of lilies. as 1t came to me
That night in August when my love lay dying.
L--.L-M-L-.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
/sJti NEWS OF THR WEEK.
EAsT.

-
During the first seven months of the
present year "a, s5S Immigrants were entered
at New York, a falling of of los, $50 compared
es with the corresponding period of 1873.
The main reservoir which supplies
Trenton, Nd. withlwater, gave way last week
and sent about thirty million gallons of water
over the city and down Pennington avenue
With mighty rush, filing the cellars of most
OF tie houses for quarter of a mile -
The chief of police of Philadelphia
has issued proclamation stating that the
police forego any claim to the whole or part
Of the twenty thousand dollars reward,
offered by the Mayor for information
that will lead to the arrest and conviction
a Of tae abductors of Charley Ross. The chief
invites communications otherwise from per-
sons who may have the needed information.
A Washington dispatch gives as the
reason Why the secretary Of the treasury lin
tied the call for dve-twenty bonds to twenty
five Millions that not only the call of the first
inst, but subsequent calls likely to bring
in well executed counterfeit $40 bonds known
tohave been extensively sold in Europe and
it is proposed to subject all received to the
closest scrutiny.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
A RIVER HORROR.

An Ohio MatI-BOat Burned TO the
! Waters Edge--Over Twenty Lives
Lost.
The operator at Aurora, Ind, reports
that the steamer Pat Rogers burned on
! the 9Th inst, one mile below Aurora.
About twenty lives were lost. Several
bales CT cotton which formed part of
| the cargo, caught FIRE, it Is supposed
from sparks from the chimneys, and the
boat burned to the waters edge, boat
and cargo, the latter consistingof cattle,
sheep and hogs, total loss. The pas
senger register and all books were lost.
The boat was valued at S60,090, and
insured in Cincinnati, for $32, 600 and
Louisville for So. 600. The value of the
cargo is not ascertained.
THE ENGINEERS STORY.
Mr.. Holmes, the engineer gives the
following account of the burning: {" It
was just about O'clock when just op-
posite Loughery Greek, that flows into
the Ohio river, two miles below Aurora,
that I noticed a bris ht light in some
bales of cotton in the after part OF the
boRt. hastened to the spot and found
the cotton burning rapidly and beyond
any possibility of Immediately extin-
gushing it. hastened to the hurri-
cane deck and gave the alarm to the
pilot that she boat was burning and told
him to run ashore. The pilot at once
turned the boats head to the shore and
Immediately she became unmanageable.
The pilot states that he could turn the
wheel but the steamer would not an
swer to her helm. He thinks
THE TILLER ROPE HAD BEEN CUT.
From this fact it is thought the fire
was the work of an incendiary. Anoth-
er theory is. that one of the deck pas
sengers, while smoking, dropped sparks
from his pipe into cotton. When the
boat became unmanageable she drifted
on to a sand bar, and there grounded.
The flames, instead of spreading along
the lower deck at once, shot up to the
cabin and pilot house, an then swept
across the hurricane deck. The pas
sengers were all aroused and the boats
lowered, and many were carried to the
shore, but others, in their fright, Jump
ed into the water, and those who were
not drowned reached a safe landing place
after drifting long time with the cur
rent. There were nearly a hundred
people on board, but what proportion
Of this number were actually lost is not
known, as. many reported missing have
been seen by some on the shore after
the disaster.
The latest intelligence says the per
sons perished are near thirty III number.
What an italian BPfgand's Head is
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
LOOK!


The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription Is out OF unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to 8 strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of guch s
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
g We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
SOUTH.


Atlanta ladies propose to organize a
female industrial school,
Elbert county, Ga, has produced
about 90, 600 bushels OF wheat this year.
The village Of Montgomery, KY, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire last week
Loss, $4,000; very little insurance.
The public library of Kentucky has
just purchased for S25 900 the splendid col
lection Of minerals and fossils OF the late
a-sa Prof. Troost, of Tennessee, probably the
most extensive and valuable of the kind in
tae country.
The caterpillar is reported to have ap-
peared in Barbour and Henry counties, Ala
bama, and it is thought they viii destroy the
cotton by the 9oth of August, There are SINH
lar reports from Dale county
The transfer and sale of the east Ten
nessee iron and coal company to A. L. Max
well, John J. McKennon, Ed. NJ. Grant, and
Mesars Duncan sherman, & Co., Of New
York city, for S4S0, 900, was perfected few
days since. This transfer covers all the cap
ital stock Of the company and also their min
eral lands etc
The steam tow-boat Samuel Roberts
blew up last week in the Guyandatte W. Va
shoals, Ohio river. Dudly Holland watch
man, was killed, Samuel Fitch was dangerously
SCALED. Dave Williamson, pilot, was seriously
hurt. Capt. DeWof, clerk, Healy DeWolf
mate, Charles Anderson first engineer Jacob
Iunker, steward, J. W. Thompson, second
cook, and George Conine all injured
not dangerously.
The steamer Henry Ames with full
cargo from st. Louis for New Orleans, struck
snag last week near Waterproof and sank in
twenty-five feet Of water. Only three lives
arc known to have been lost. The Ames had
about 200 tons of assorted merchandise
The value of the boat and cargo is estimated
at $4,000. The boat was owned and insured
in st. Louis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
What an italian BFigand's Head is
Worth.


Ia the northern provinces and In Sici-
~ brigandage Is as foUrishing as in
the olden times; the police are either
partisans Of malefactOrrs or are impO-
tent against their organized forces, and
the poor find it their interest to protect
the brigands who never molest them
and frighten away the proprietors and
farmers from inspecting too closely
their crops and stables. Rarely IS a
murderer or brigand captured. Forty
FIVE escaped from Casenga last month,
and the ringleaders are still at large.
Botta, the chief of police at Parma I:
Fiana, mayor of Orviete the inspector
of the nlacinGt0 in Sardinia, have been
assassinated, and the assassins are un-
discovered. The government sends the
military, who find themselves isolated
| IN the midst of hostile or timid pOpu-
lation without aid or information from
the civil functionaries. A large reward
hGs.iust been offered for the most noted
Sicilian brigands by the new Prefect of
| PaIermo-Jos Vicenzo CaprarO, Pin
cenzo Rocca, Angelo Rinaldi, Gloaehi-
no di Pasquale, Antonio Leone, $1,000
per head for Antonio Lombardi, 81, COO
/ for Loreuzo Lampiasi, surnamed the
/ King; for Salvatore VellOrina and
Giuseppe Lomonte, $400 per head. But
such measures are useless. No one
dares to betray the law-defying chief
tains, still less to venture into their
domains, we'll knowing that a spy's life
would not be worth an hours purchase.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14

experiments OF boilers, ETC., at Sandy Hook,
n. Y, and Pittsburg, Pa, the secretary hold
ing that 10 good has been accomplished by
such experiments, and besides, four other
members of the board to examine into the
causes of boiler explosions disagreed with
Gen. Smith as to the manner of making these
experiments. The appropriation for expert
ments was over one hundred thousand dol
lars, of which sixty thousand have been ex-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
HydrOphObia.

'sJohn Paul." who has had diversi-
fed experiences with dogs, writes from
his home 70 the Tribune. He mentions
that be was once bitten on the ear by a
canine, since which time he appears to
have suffered much, not from the bite,
but from Mrs. Paul. He says, "She
begged that would send for the doctor
at once, and have my ear cut off. de-
claring that if did not she should not
have a moments peace. Arbitrarily,
perhaps brutalIy, I declined 10 crafty
her. In consequence I have not vet
had the bliss of knowing what it is to
bound gayly through life with leather
ear. Il may be that the experience is
still destined 70 be mine, however, fox
since this mad dog excitement reached
its present height Mrs. Paul frequentiy
asks me if I feel no symptoms. I can
not scratch the back Of my head without
her slacing a bucket of water before
me 70 see if I show any signs of boil
ing"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14

CAPT. CAULFIELD, who kills tigers
for the Madras government, extracted
from two living cobras eight grains of
their poison, which he placed on a beef
bait, which was eaten by a tiger but
the tiger did not suffer from the meat.
Capt. Caulfeld knows now what he
might have known before, that some
pOisons which are deadly if injected In.
TO a wound becomes harmless In the
stomach. where they are apparently de
composed and digested.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14
The Relations Between France and
the Carlistss


A letter from Madrid, published in
the Journal des Debats, contains some
passages of strong interest az the pres
ent moment. Speaking of the prOba-
bly, early resumption of hostilities IN
northern Spain, the writer says:
The struggle viii be severe, for If the
liberal army is receiving re-enfOrce-
ments, the carlists, thanks to the assist
ance they openly draw from the south
ern provinces of France, become daily
more formidable. It is wearisOme to
return necessarily to the same topic.
but it is our duty to affirm the fact
that the French government, in spite
Of its probable good intentions, neither
prevents nor restricts the succors sup
piled to the carlists on our frontier, and
TO which we have SO often called atten-
ton. a carlist newspaper published at
Bayonne IN both Spanish and French
not only propagates the most untrust-
worthy news SO long as 1t IS favorable
information on all that concerns the in
surrectional movement-the gums that
are expected, the ammunition which
has successfully passed the frontier,
the horses and mules procured or eZ-
pected everything, In short, that BELTS
its profession of Carlist Monlteur. At
DhhOIuEg A15ls buELG aLLC f5uBlAC NeAA @
houses containing clio. hes and stores OF
all kinds for the carlists. In the south,
Lizarraga and q formidable staff which
| escorted him, with great quantity Of
| baggage. were able to promenade as
easily in our TOW ms and on our high
/ roads as if they had been the offensive
/ cavaIcade Of an Olympic circus. With
| respect to Dorregary's last pFcclama-
1 ton, the general must feel it necessary
/ to exuse his cruelty, for he had a good
number cf soldiers and officers shot 7;
I among Others two German officers.
| This last rigorous act Is by some con-
sidered an act of gratitude 20 France
/ for all the sacrifices she has imposed on
! herself IN favor of the carlist ipsurrec-
/ ton.
A YOUNG WOMAN at Trenton, who was
sleeping with her feet hanging ont OF
| the chamber window, was struck by
lightning and almost torn to pieces.
The other Trenton women h We taken
/ their feet in.
On, the skeeter, the beautiful skee-
( ter, filing the air with melodious me-
ire Uuder our bat. and tickling oul
Eosc, taking q bite through a hole IN
our clothes IN through the window,
opening the door, filing our chamber
and singing the sweeter, ever is found
Z the untlring muskeeter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14

A YOUNG WOMAN at Trenton, who was
sleeping with her feet hanging ont of
the chamber window, was struck by
lightning and almost torn to pieces.
The other Trenton women b We taken
their feet in.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14

AN Ohio MatI-BOat Burned TO the
Waters Edge--Over Twenty Lives
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-14

{" Certainly, young lady he pleas
antly replied. I stop here myself. You
seem to be burdened with packages.
Allow me to take some OF them out OF
the car for you
''She did not reply IN words but she
threw back her head and Ioc ked intense
ly disousted that he should offer to
touch her things. He evidently tried
to suppress a smile as he turned around
and crossed over to the young carpen-
ter. On account of your Aunt Ruth's
Iameness we sat quietly IN our seats,
waiting for the other passengers TO 60
out, before I helped her out. So had
nothing to do but observe what was go
ing on around me. The young lady's
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28
The Place and the Manner.

Philadelphia claims that it is the proper
place for the celebration. We stated the
other day our views on this subject. There
are so many places that had part In initia!iE g
the rebellion of 10 that We thought it best
to please all by compromising on Washing
ton city as the capitalof the nation,
As TO the manner Of the celebration,
Philadelphia proposes a great expenditure
and big show of arts from all nations, and,
of course, great deal Of trading. II tue
| day is to be celebrated, it would be shame
to divert the public attention from the Oh
jects Of the celebration to the business OF
trading and picking pockets. The prlnci.
pies enunciated on the 4th Of July, 1776,
were sacred. Let not the public devotion
to them tf there is or may beany) be msrred
and vexed BY buying, swapping, and cheat.
ing. AS Mr. Senator THURMAN said in the
Senate OH Thursday, the idea Of helping an
exhibition is entirely destructive ofa proper
celebration of American independence, and
Congress cannot do worse thing than to
put its hands into the Treasury and take out
money for such purpose. Oh, yes, If there
are things sacred left US to be celebrated. let
the day devoted to them be not degraded to
the sordld purposes Of trade and money
making.
Yc &c not IN he :,!s:::.a--..ai susl:ess, BIZ