The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-05-21

Brownsville States "Our cotton facto,
ry turns out 1000 yards of cloth per day,
and in short time will increase the
amount to 5000.
Secretary Bristow is vigorously fight
ing the whisky ring. " hope he will
prove the one man in the world who
has successfully fought whisky.
Hubbard's Advertiser "The man who
advertises shows not only business tall
ent above his neigh bOrs but he may be
at once reckOned among the independ-
ent, generous and philosophical of the
G immunity.
The propositions of Dr. McKOsh, the
distinguished president of Prince ton, for
a solemn league or covenant of all the
PRESBYTERIAN bodies of the world, is likely
to attract as much attention as did the
calls for the Ecumenical and Pan-Ang
lICan councils. Characteristic by love of
liberty, and possessed of indOmitable
will, the Presbyterians of the world,
united in one body, would make a power
| equal, in intelligence, ut least, to any
other in existence.
| Brownsville States On last monday
| night Hon. A. A. Freeman delivered an
able and eloquent address to an appceciS
! alive audience, in the hall Of the Inde
! pendent Order of Good Templars His
| subject was Self Government" the pos
| session, absence and need of which he
| explained in such an interesting and Ia,
cid manner, that we feel that all who
heard him went away, feeling not only
! iugFrnofoI Int hopofitfaH fhnrohvT AFFar
/ the lecture several new members were
admitted, and we hope to see the Order
| grow to be a power i'll the land.
Somerville FaiGon: Zone day last
week q negro man discovered fourteen
| pelicans in pond on DR.. Thompson s
| place, ten miles east of SOmerVile Hav-
! ing doubIe~barrel shot gun with him,
! he fired one barrel, which resulted in the
death of five of the pelicans and the
wOunding Of another. ihe wounded
| bird is doing we'll and will shortly be
| brought to SOmeryille 1t measures nine
feet from tip to Tip of its wings, and Is
something over five feet high. The head
| of one of these monster birds may be
seen at Christians saloon.
A Lexington dispatch, of May I2ch,
says 1.-THE condition of Gen. John c.
| BrPckinridge has remained unchanged
| during the dav. The surgical operas
ton performed by Drs. Gross and Syse
/ has failed to do any good, and Ia regard
ed as beiog the cause of the General
present critical condition. His mind is
perfectly clear, and be is aware of his
situation, converses with his friends,
and during the evening had the daily pa
pers read to him. His appetite is good
and he has taken nourishment regularly
during the day. His pulse is very fee.
! BILE, which is regarded as an indication
that his death may occur at any mo-
ment
Brownsville States "The browning of
the May Queen at the Central Female
/ School, under the auspices of Mrs Polk.
on last Saturday night, was n complete
/ and happy success. Miss Mary Bell
! Howell was the hOnCred and favored
| one on the occasion, and app Opriately
/ did she fill the role of Queen of the May.
The decorations of the hall were tastes
/ fully arranged, while the representations
| of the different characters figuring in the
/ ceremony were autifuIIy rendered
address by Master Jimmie Phillips the
| Queens Jester, which was one Of the
/ best features of the occasion.
The third general council of the Re,
formed Episcopal Church met in Chica~
on the 18th of May, and will remain in
session about ten vs. About one hun.
dred ministers and lay Deputies were
present DIR. Thompson, of the Reform
ed Dutch Church, of America, assisted
in opening the services. Officers of the
council, including the presiding bishop,
were ele cted for the present year. The
chief business Of the first daylWas to de-
fine the boundaries of the missionary
jurisdiction of Bishop Cheney the ques-
ton of apportioning t3ie country into
missionary districts, each having Its
standing committee, and when practi~
cable n bishop chosen from it's chief rec-
tors Evening session to be devoted to
religious servicge