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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-06-30

n iNo HIO DA1 DISFUSED OF NJ 7
IA business IN the city of Alexandria, Va, to
Mr.. q. w. YUNDT,
would respectfully return thanks for the nat.
ronagc bestowed upon ME, and ask a continu.
ance OF the same for MIR. Yundt, who will carry
on on INC business under the name Of YUND1'S
EXPRESS.
All parues having claims against me will
please present the same
GEO. w. KNOX,
Proprietor knox's EXPRESS
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23
Thief Caught.

Jackson Wing and Tribune, 18th
inst: "a few days AGO q daring rogue
entered the residence Of Naj. r B
Hurt, of this city, about 6 o'clock a. M,
and stole a valuable watch. The work
was done with neatness and dispatch,
and no traces Of the robber could be
found. On the following night thief
entered the residence Of DR.. Crook, at
Henderson Station, and stole his wife S
watch, and also broke into the store
of. NJ. Hart * Co, and helped himself
to $50 in money and three watches.
Pursuit was instituted, and the thief
who proved to be VIM Lowe, a black
smith by trade, resident Of Lagrange,
Tenn, was everhauled By John Cawth0n
Of Henderson, They found on his per-
son the watch of Major Hurt and the
three belonging to Messrs Crook & Hart,
also the money After his capture
Lowe seemed to be quite depressed, and
requested by-standers to shoot him, and
said his robbery had been "instigatcd by
the devil Very soon thereafter his
request to be shot was literally CONS
piled with, for in attempting to escape
he was wounded by Cawthon, but not
severely so. lie was brought to this
city, committed by magistrate, and
now lies at ease in our Jail
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

read more agricultural books and papers,
and if we can by reading ascertain
better way of doing any kind of farm
work, or make any advances whatever,
in theory or practice, that would benefit
Us, We should be prepared at once to
adopt 1t. If We have a farm of poor soil
to be brought up to q certain standard
let Us study the science Of agriculture
and the means best and most econon>
ieally adapted TO improve it as rapidly as
possible. If we are the fortunate possess
soTs Of soil rich IN all the elements Of
fertility, 1t should be our constant aim
and study to keep 1t so, and see that no
injudicIous system Is pursued in its Gull
tivation, and that its natural fertility re-
mains unimPair5d, but constantly i'm
proved. This applies also to every de
paFtment Of the business, whether it be
in the cultivation Of crops or the rails
ing of stock. A farmers library, books
and papers which are in the reach Of
everybody, swill develop and improve the
mind so that farming will be done on
correct business principles.-Ne1g Eng
land Homestead
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

and even every established truth, whether
in the scientific, religious, political, or
social world, is being re-investigated,
weighed, and accepted or rejected, at the
decision ofindividual or collective minds.
when, in fact, incredibly has taken the
place of faith, and reverence is no longer
considered a virtue, bat weakness, the
press has a most difficult and responsi4
bic mission to perform. This is true,
whether it be considered as a Procreator
or a disseminated Of ideas which may be
sound and wholesome, or Uusound and
injurious, to the progress Of truth and
knowledge Especially is it obligated
te promote the morals Of the youth of
the country. Here is n responsibility
which reaches toto a boundless realm
We do not propose to discuss it, but
simply to say that by the common decree
of society it is considered scarcely a
proper field for the newspaper editor
He is ezpe cted to furnish the current
news Of the day; to give the cndits Of
the maying world startling incidents
and horrible catastrophes are expected at
his hands; murders, robberiss, arson',
abductions and exciting incidents, must
grace the columns Of the newspaper, or,
with many, it is uninteresting and dull.
Has the press created a vicious taste
it cannot now ignore or refuse TO CRAFTY?
|. Or is it simply catering to a widespread
demand for startling incidents and ez>
citing catastrophe, for which it is in no
way responsible? Quien Sabe?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Tho Nashville papers contain the par%
ticulars Of the examination and suspen7
sion Of the Rev. John " Hammer, Sr,
Of the Methodist Church, for immortality.
He was for long years a devoted pastor
and one of the most eloquent diyines in
the State Of Tennessee, and his m.scon-
dence has forever bHghted his life, and
grieved the heart Of many a true and deA
voted friend He was merely suspended
from ministerial duty by the Committee
Of Elders at Murfreesboro, and VIII be
held in allegiance until the meeting of
the Annual Conferences in October next,
at which he VIII be tried. We give be-
low the fEdIDg of the committee
"The committee called in the case of
J. ". Hammer, ST., have investigated the
same with painful and conscientious
diligence, and with painful reference to
their responsibilities to God and His
Church. They have not been unmind
Of the cccentrIcities that have marked the
accused for some years, but which have
not been deemed of suficient gravity and
significance to call for formal discipline
His peculiaritics have been considered
in explanation and mitigation, and are
not without weight IN estimating some
things said and done by him. The
frankness and honesty of confessions
and explanations Before the Commission
duly impressed their minds and hearts
Important evidence was given by the
accused against himself, while he pro-
tested his innocence of certain inten~
items, and would have certain things
explained as quizzing and enigmatical
only. But the Commission could not
escape the conclusion from the evidence
before them that John W Hammer, ST.,
is not only guilty Of what Is improper
and reprehensible in the highest degree
in a Christian man ana minister, but
that his conduct in the affair deserves
the formal verdict: That he as guilty Of
imDorality-in writing a le ter to a
young lady, dated June %, apparently
designed TO corrupt her and to seduea her
from the path Of virtue, and couched in
terms intimating q readiness 70 be the
instr ument Of her ruin"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23
Do Farm rs Read Enough ?

Is it not true that many farmers read
very little, hardly enough Of the news Of
the day to keep posted in regard to the
current events Of our country, to say
nothing OF the foreign news? Further
do they read that which pertains to their
business, trying TO improve the mind
upon the great study Of agriculture ?
This class does not seem to realize how
much education aud Improvement Of the
mind have to do with farming. They
count strong hands ard muscles as the
only requisites for successful farming
They depend altogether too much upon
the weather and circumstances, and too
little on sEiliul, Intelligent manage
mcnt for Success in their business. We
know there are some who viii say this
Is net Tue-that many ignorant, unread
men are quite as successful in tiIling
the soil as those who read. Bat we
think we can point out some the reasons
to show that the same men could do
better II more brain labor were applied
in connection with the labor Of the mus
clcs- In the first place, mind is regarded
as the measure Of tho man in every
other profession and al other business
succeeds in proportion to the active
knowledge ard intelligence the man has
who manages it Why should it not be
so with the farmer Much as we value
bone and muscle, brains are the most
important The body IS but the tool,
the mind Is the hand that works It It
Is to education and progress IN the arts
and sciences that all our enlightened and
civilized countries owe Their greatness.
Tho bay5arous have strength Of body,
and, In many countries, superior soil aud
climate to our own Why bas this c1uu-
try become great and prosperous except
for its its superior culture Of the mind 4?
Intelligence is strength, and whatever
power or influence a people possess must
be developed through tie intelligence Of
that people. But 70 apply It more p-ac>
ticailv to the business Of ftrmiug. we
would say that in 10 industrial. pursuit
is the improvement Of the nina (edu-
cation is the thing which pertains to the
proiessIoE) more i'm portant The de-
sired culture and Information can be
gained only through reading New
AID valuable ideas gained By reading
and study will be as so much capital to
him. 4 reader Is generally man Of
knowledge and culture, and he acts in
proportion 20 his knowledge We should
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23
AGRICULTURE.
VIII Cattle RAISING and Feeding
Pay?

From the Southern a grieuIsuriss.I
Of course the answer to the above
question depends on circumstances. At
the present price of beef in Chicago the
greatest cattle market in the United
States, if Dot in the world, the feeder
cannot expect much more thaa s. per
100 lbs gross, where they must be traas~
ported from 200 to 500 miles BY rail.
The average steer at three years old
viii not weigh over ! 100 lbs gross. That
viii foot up only S55, or FIVE cents per
day for the LOO days he has been fed.
to say nothing about the COW that has
in many instances been kept a whole
year for no other purpose than to raise
calf; or the taxes that have to be raid
about twice on the steer befJ1e he can
be made ready for market, which by the
waysare nc incOnsiderable items Then
one~halF the calves, or more, are heifers,
and arc not as valuable as steers and
then about five per cent Of all the calves
die before maturity then there IS the
item OF salt, which is an Indispensable
one, must also be put in the account.
Then there IS also another item of in
tercs5 on the Investment; first on he
COW and then on her feed, and the labor
caring for her, and after that on the feed
and labor that are required to raise the
calf to be a beef of ! 100 lbs at three
years old. All these items will amount
t. about the one~half price Of the steer,
or $3.50, not to include the grass or
corn fed to the steer, so you have $3.50
for that.
Now let Us see how far that will 90 to-
wards feeding the calf thirty months.
The first six months, if he is permitted
to run in the pasture and take all the
COWS milk, he vii! gain more pounds
per day than at any other period Of his
life, and will weigh on average. 400 lbs,
and is a good little beef without having
been fed any corn. Cat this age is a
good time to dispose Of heifer calves not
| needed for breeding purposes)
| We have, IN this latitude about six
month 5 pasture, and we have to feed
about SIX months Of each year It will
| take two acres of land 20 pasture a COW
| or steer, on the average. Counting Iaai
at So per acre, annual rental, which Is
only $50 per acre at 10 per cent, to say
| nothing Of taxes, and we have the sum Cf
| $lo for pasture alone and then say it
costs the sum Of 5I2 70 keep hin on
straw and hay and stalk pasture That
pays his y y until be IS two and a half
/ years old. Then he must be fed on
corn and hay for the next six months to
| get him fis for market, and that will cost
about $50 more. So, according to oar
figures, the three year old steer, weighs
! ing ] leo pounds, costs $3.50, which Is q
! loss Of So 50.
But this loss might in a measure be
remcdisd by the Introduction of q better
! breed Of cattle that viii weigh 1900 lbs
at three years old, aHd will also bring Sc
! per 100 lbs gross, or $50 It will fake
time to improve the stock Of cattle now
on hand, but We should begin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

The New York Herald says that Mr..
Nordhof's letters from the South dis
close that there is ne Republican party
in those States from which he writes
that the "brains, the influence, the po-
litical weight, all that goes to make up a
live party, are solidiy arrayed against
the Republicans" Yes, that is all true
and unless ignorance and venality can
maintain supremacy over honesty, intei>
ligence and wealth, the corrupt rule of
the Radical party is near its end.
Every vestige of it will be swept away at
the next general election.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

OF all the agencies affecting modern
civilization, outside Of Christianity, none
nave SO potent an iAuence, for good or
evil, as the press, This IS pan ticularly
true in a free country like ours, where
there is no censorship, other than the
qualified one of public opinion. How
Important then that this agent, with Its
allpervadiug influence, should be found
ever promoting sound morals and a
hoalthful state Of society. Why should
not this mighty power be more generally
and persistentIy used to exalt the moral
perfection Of humanity whilst it Is dis
pensing light and knowledge to the
world? This great vehicle of iDfyrma-
ton and dissemination Of ideas, reach-
ing as it does, the old and young at the
Preside OF almost every home in chr
country, is potent for much good or evil
The good resulting from its work can
scarcely be appreciated when considered
only as an educator, dissemination of
knowledge But to say that It's work is
unmixed with evil would be to make
a statement so bod and untrue, that the
most casual reader Of the public prints
would pronounce that tic writer vas
either wanting in common sense. or Ions
esty of purpose. Society has the right
to demand wholesome intellectual food
For households where this daily visitor
enters 10 the onward March Of this
progressive era when the searching in>
vestigation Of intellec. Is sounding every
height and depth Of human knowledge;
when every uudcmonstrated problem.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23
Mysterious

Jackson Sun, 10th inst: about Y
o'clock on Thursday night some one was
heard digging and ch0pping near the
residence f Mr. John H. Freeman, in
North jackson. This morning parties
went to the spot, and under an Film tree
standing in the road, was q large hole
three feet deep, partly filed up and
fresh The hole went down straight
for three feet and then turned under the
body of the tree, where q small cavity
was found, as if jar or box had been
buried thee Evidently some one
was uncarthing hidden treasures, and
there is an impression that It was the
bank money stolen at the time Of Geo
MillCTs murder many years ago.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

An exchange says, A colored girl
about seventeen years of age, living
some miles from Leavenworth, Kansas,
only very recently found out that her
race had been made free. Other peopl c
had been SO sedulously kept away from
her that she had never heard of emau>
eipatiOR. This is too thin Negro news
beats papers or the telegraph, and you
bet when freedom cried OUT every ne
gro in tue United States was duly nos
titled Perhaps this is not true of free
Kansas.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Keely's Meter is all the rage now, and
if what he claims for it be true, he will
revolutionize the world 1t is the great
est discovery of the age Imagine a
train of thirty cars with a small engine
running from Philadelphia to New York,
making a mile per minute, with no other
motive power than the force evolved
from as much cold water as you can
hold in the palm of your hand, We
anxiOusly await the complete demon
stratiOn of the alleged discovery
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Gen. Frank p Blair died in st. Louis
last week, after long and lingering ILL.,
ness 1t seems that for a long time he
was not able to articulate word, the
result of paralysis. 1t was thought that
his health would be restored by a sysN
tenn of TRANSMISSION Of blood from healthy
subjects, under which treatment he
seemed to revive, but q fall in attempt
ing to cross the floor caused his death in
a few hours,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Mrs. Sartoris (Nelly Grant, has given
birth to fine son, and the papers are
noticing the little fellow considerably.
What is the use He Is not to be tie
successor of Ulysses the l. We think he
is to be succeeded by some honest Demr
ocrat, and that man is-well, we wont
say who, as it might injure our influence
in the future. Ereunt Grant, Sartoris,
etc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Beecher is in great favor with his
people, and since the jury could not all
agree to acquit him his Church has
raised his salary from $4,000 to $780,
600. Poor Beecher he can afford to
kiss the ladies, ''hang on the ragged
edge" "endure the fortunes Of the
damned" and y et come up "fre5h for the
Sabbath, for he loses nothing socially,
CT recuniarily with the Plymouth folk.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

There was q bold attempt to rob an
express car at Long Point, ILL.,, on the
Vandalia r. R last week The engi-
neer was killed, and the express messen-
ger was attacked in his car, but refus-
ing to surrender, notwithstanding q
shower of bullets from his assailants, he
held out until relief came and the thieves
were driven off He should be reward
cd for his bravery and fidelity to duty.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23
NEWsPAPER pECIs1oNs1

Any person who takes paper regularly from the
FOsb Ohee-WheLher directed TO is another OF
whe her he has subscribed nois responsible for the
pay
II person orders his paper discontinued he must
pay al arrearages the publisher continue
tuntil payment is made, and collect the whole
Ehether il is taken from the Office not.
P The courts have decided that refusal to tale
papers and periodicals from the Post Once
aud leaving them uneaed for is prma acie evidence
Intentional fraud.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Memphis appeal, l4th inst "Tho
motion to dissolve the injunction en-
joining the organization Of Bell county
has been argued at Brownsville, before
Hon. }. II Livingston, by A. Il. Lam
beth, Of Middleton, who is now in the
city, and quite hopeful OF success, though
His Honor has taken tho matter under
advisement and will not decide It be
fore a week or more
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Rev DR.. Collins, president of the
State Female College, near emphis,
died some days since. DR.. Collins was
one of the most prominent educators in
the South, and was at one time president
of Emory and Henry College, Virginia,
and also of Dickinson College, Pennsyl-
vania.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

We welcome the Whig and Tribune
again to our sanctum in its new dress
and very neat appearance. We have
missed its truly agreeable visits for some
time, but as it has now risen, phoenix
like, from its own ashes, we hail its ap-
pesrance with unfeigned pleasure, and
wish it prosperity without end, and cir
culation without number.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

jackson San, ItGh inst. During one
of the storms last week, Master Hcrmon
Hawkins, Of West Jackson, was severely
shocked by lightning lie was stand
ing in the yard at the time and the bolt
which shocked him must have struck
near by, although ne signs have yet been
discovered. He was quite insensible for
several minutes, but received 10 pcrma-
nent injury. The mystery is that be
should have been struck seuseiass by
lightning and yet no trace Of the bolt be
discovered afterwards anywhere near
the place he was standing when tie
shock was received
There are now fifteen prisoners in
the Madison county jail.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Military companies are being formed
all over she State to join the Tennessee
Brigade to be on hand at the great Phil>
adeIphia Centennial. Good old Harde
man will have a first cllss company
there, one having been organized for
the purpose.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Appeal, 20: Six merchants and six
saloon keepers were arrested yeste rday
for doing business without license. This
looks somewhat ike an exemplifcation
of the old saying, "Six of one and half
a~iCzen Of the other"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23
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For Laundry : Household Use,
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

The Little Rock Gazette has reports
from all parts Of Arkansas, that the crops
are splendid, and that only one or two
more rains are required to insure the
heaviest yield ever known II that State.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

Two men, named Wolfe and CASTILLO,
had a difficulty at Dry Fork farm three
miles from St. James Missouri, Thurs
day, and Wolfe stabbed and killed Cas-
tello.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23
Jackson wants a Military company.

Robt Dale Owen is said to be hopes
lessly insane, and his physicians think
he cannot live longer than few weeks
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

"Fhe siren song of the mosquito is now
heard in the land, SAYS the Dyersburg
Gazette. THE sigh IS there but the wren
is not Appeal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

The heavy rains Of late are making
the Jacksoniaus howl at their city au-
thorities to repair the streets Of that
borough.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-23

One hundred and eighry~three thou
sands pounds bullions went into th ;
bank Of England on balance, Monday
last.