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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
EAST.


The Manchester print mills shut down
Saturday for an indefinite time, owing to low
pnces. Five hundred hands thrown out of
work.
The Merrimac worsted mills at Will
ton, New Hampshire, have been shut down.
The Peabody mills at NewburypOrt will be
shut down on the twenty-seventh inst. The
Ocean mills will continue to run, but at re-
duced wages.
Boys and girls under ten years of age
are not hereafter to be permitted to work in
the factories of Massachusetts,. The law
passed by the Legislature on the subject.h has
gone into effect against the opposition of in
terested parties at Fall River and elsewhere.
1t has already taken many little children
away from factory work.
The manufacturers of Massachusetts
are passing through a serious ordeal just
now. This is particularly true concerning
the wooden manufacturers in the extreme
western part of the state, many of whom
have lately failed altogether or been obliged
to partially or wholly suspend operations
The failure of the Berkshire woelen compa
ny, of Great Darlington. which is announced
te-day, is the latest and one of the largest OF
the many previously announced. The liza
bilites are estimated at not far from $780,.
600, and by the suspension over two nun
dred ha nds will be thrown out of employ
ment. This is the only manufacturing es
tablishment of any Importance in Great Bar
rington. 1t was organized forty years ago
by the late Asa c. and John Russell, apd
the mills are among the finest in the country
The corporation had been under the manage
ment of Farley A. Russell since the death Of
Asa C. Russell, one of the founders. There
have been about dozen failures among tht
Berkshire wooden manufacturers within
| couple Of months, and as many have sus
| pended operations. The mills of the PUNK
| EFT company, in Hinsdale, are among those
| which have been idle for nearly year.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
FOREIGN.

The dominions of Dom Pedro contain
upward of II 200, 900 inhabitants. Gradual
emancipation of slavery is going on, and the
bondsmen now number about 100000.
The population of Ireland, says the
London Times, is not materially decreasing
now. The registrar general reports that al
though the year 1875 had a birth rate below
and a death rate above the last five years
average, yet the births registered exceed the
registered deaths by 4O,439, and that the
number of emigrants who left Irish ports in
the year was but 52,s97, which number is
reduced to 81 1862 if we deduct $50 described
as residents of other countries" who en-
barked at Irish ports. This shows decrease
in the year 1875 of II, 1928 in the population,
leaving it at about $4,000 in all.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

DANIEL DREW has been interviewed in
his retirement, and yielded, under gentle
pressure, the following: "Pve retired
permanently from business this time,
which ought to have done years ago
under different and happier circum-
stances. l never dreamed that the time
would come when l should have to go
into bankruptcy. There never was just
such case as mine ever heard on 'afOre.
No man was ever so rich as l was, worth
at one time eight or ten millions of money,
and then made to lose every dollar of it
in so short a time" Referring to the
late A. 7. Stewart, he said that even
that prompt business man had delayed
his charitable schemes too long, and now
thev would have to be carried out by
some one else, if at all. In allusion to
stewards wealth, he said he never esti-
mated him at over forty millions; but
Vanderbilt was surely worth hundred
millions of money if he owned dollar
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
THE JETTIES.
CONGRATULATIONS at New Orleaus-Iins Of
Steamers to Brazil Proiecfed-BtE
fnErease iE Trade Predicted
hIiIlar nnIhnnds & Co, Circnlar 18th.

steamers to EsrnzII Proiecfed-BIE
1nCrense lE Trade Predicted
Miller, Dolhonde & Co.'s Circular 18th.
We have some interesting and valuable
news to impart to our friends and cor
respondents and which will benefit also
the general interest of this city and those
of the Mississippi valley. Captain Eads'..
jetties are improving daily, and this
week large steamship drawing fourteen
and a half feet of water came through
them (the South Pass) without meeting
any impediments, and before winter,
from present indications, that IOute will
be the favorite and shortest one to and
from the ocean for the port of New
Orleans, and will give all the water
necessary for the largest vessels the
publicnews from Washington to-day is that
parties from New York represent the
feeling there regarding the iettles as
entirely confident Commodore Gar
rison, who has been watching their pro-
gress with a view of placing line of
steamships between New Orleans and
Brazil, has made no halt in his prepara-
tiOns. Dom Pedro has been approached
and there are assurances that his gov
ernment will pay half cf what may be
necessary to carry the mails, and move
ments are a foot to secure a contingent
contract from our government for carry
ing the mail. At present there is ample
tonnage here for cotton, but on account
of insufficient water yet at the mouth of
the river, vessels can not take all the
freight they cafi carry to load deep with,
such as grain and provisions, but in Il
few months our western friends will have
no cause to complain and will be realiz-
ing the full benefits of this port and
market, which must prove, in the near
future, the best in this country tor the
distribution of cotton, provisions, bread
stuffs and western produce generally.
This city will have different railroads
running to Texas within this year-and
with the above all accomplished, New
Orleans will offer the best field for cap
italists and manufacturers, as property
and business will increase materially.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

MR. DONALD G.. MITCHELL, in re-
spending to the toast of " Agriculture"
at the annual dinner of the New Haven
Chamber of commerce, said, among other
things, that agriculture did not lead to
such offenses as Belknap's. He was of
the opinion that Belknap did not spring
from the plow. There had been too
much wOrship-of the golden calf in this
country; it was seen recently in the gap
ing crowds at Mr.. Stewards funeral.
Commerce had an object higher than
that of money making. Kind deeds and
generosity, not spasmodic, but overflow
ing day by day, year after year, give a
better odor to a mans memory than the
following after biers by ex-governors or
gold handles to coffins,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
A Hotel Sunk in the Ouicksands.

Considerable excitement was created
IN East st. Louis yesterday morning, SAYS
the st. Louis Journal, May Z, on the dis
cOvery that the Belleville House, a two
story frame just south the Pittsburgh
railroad and coal company's dyke, near
the southern limits of the city, had dis
appeared in quicksand. The circum-
stances connected with the unusual oc-
currence are about as follows: The house,
which is used as a hotel, was built on
piles, but few days before showed evi
dences of an inclination to sink into the
earth. On Thursday night it sunk about
two feet, but the proprietor, Mr.. F.
Decker, not experimenting anything seri-
Gus, paid very little attention to the
matter. On Friday night the guests
went to bed as usual, but at a late hour
the clerk, Mr.. Geo. Huelner, discovered
that the premises were getting rather
unsettled and gave the alarm. Before
the inmates could realize what was going
on the building had sunk fortv-eigbt
feet, carrying with it ten persons. After
considerable difficulty they were all res
cued, badly frightened but not hurt
The back water from the river soon sur
rounded the place where the house stood
and would very probably have carried il
away, if the gable end, all that is visible
had not been securely fastened with rope:
to terra fr7nd. Mr.. Decker's loss on the
| building is about Sc, 900 and on furni
ture about 81 900; insurance not known
The house was recently purchased by it
present proprietor, and in all probability
it entirely disappeared last night, as very
| little of it was visible at a late hour.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
History of a False Diamond.

A curious object was sold a few days ago
at the auction mart of the Hotel DrOuot,
Paris. It was a false diamond exactly
like the famous Regent. So far, there
was nothing extraordinary in the fact,
many pastes having been made before
in the same model. But the counterfeit
lust sold for 20 francs was twenty-seven
years ago palmed off to an unsoPhis-
ticated dupe as the real Regent for the
triAe of 200, 900 francs. The story Is
worth relating. One day in 1919, a
Frenchman, calling himself the COmte
de Boissat, waited on Prince Torveni, at
Naples. q belong" said he, to one of
the richest families Of France, 50 rich, in
fact, that it recently bought some Of the
crown levels, and among them the cele-
brated Regent diamond, which | hold in
nv hand. Being rather pressed for
money thought 1 would apply TO you
to lend me O,OOO francs on it. The
prince believed the Frenchman, and
lent him the money. Needless to say
the Comte de Boissat" did not turn uF
again. The prince subsequently made z
present of his bad bargain to an actress
who died in Paris the other day, and the
false diamond figured among her effects
that came under the hammer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
NUMBER III.

of the grating over which it stood, and
they began to talk very earnestly.
Things went on all right till, getting ex-
cited, the man on the grating said:
" / tell you, if ever specie payment is
resumed there will be the greatest fall, )"
and then he gave his chair hitch and it
settled back as though its hind legs had
sort of struck in, and it went back so far
that he shot out over the left hand side
and bit his cigar in halves and skinned
his elbow. When he gos up he had for
gotten the thread of his narrative, and
observing, too, the bland appearance of
the bystanders, he suddenly remembered
that he'd got to catch that car, and he
went and caught it.-DetroH Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

Do WE girls trouble ourselves to dress
for each other? No, we do not We Just
sit round in our comfortable wrappers
and loose slippers, and hair all tortured
up for future revelations and beauty.
But just let a gentleman come, and the
way the crimpiDg-pins scatter, and the
toose slippers fly, and the bows and pretty
little trifles 90 on is something wonderful
10 behold.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

NORTH and South Carolina are natur-
ally interested in that clause of the pro-
posed Hawaiian treaty which admits the
rice of the Sandwich Islands free of duty,
as are also Georgia and Louisiana. To
these states the rice crop is of great i'm
portance, and the planters know that if
exposed to free competition they must
seek some other agricultural pursuit. 1t
is claimed that the remission of duty on
HaYaiian rice is merely for the benefit
of the Pacific coast, but, of course, New
England would come along and demand
that the East India article be admitted
free, in her favor. So, it will be seen
that the cry for protection" is not
confined entirely to the manufacturing
interests of the east.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

The physicians say that Commodore
Vanderbilt is rapidly going to pieces, and
cannot live many months. 1t is said that
his business has been arranged with a
view to his death at any moment, and
cannot suffer seriously whenever it shall
take place. But the New York stock
exchange is prepared to be excited by an
announcement of his death, whether
true or false.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

SPANISH moss, which grows so abund-
antly in the southern states, is regarded
as the salvation Of residents of swampy
regions, as it feeds on malariOus elements
in the atmosphere. The moss often
grows twenty or thirty feet long, and so
prolific is it that single oak often car
ries moss-covering of twenty-five tons
at least this is the remarkable state
ment made in regard to it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

OF each million of children born in
England $4,000 die before reaching the
age of five, "a, 900 are carried off during
the five years following, and $4,000 be-
tween ten and fifteen years. Only 634,
O45 attain the age of twenty-five, and
but 421, 115 that of ffty-fve. Out of
the whole 100000 only 2, 1853 reach the
age of ninety-fve, 223 live to be cente-
narians, and only one attains to the
108th year. The latest statistics confirm
the statement that females live longer
than males, and married people longer
than single ones, and it also appears that
ews live longer than Christians.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

THE Boston philanthropists have been
indulging their sympathy for murderers
by getting up a petition to save Piper,
convicted of the murder of the little
girl, Mable Young, last summer, in the
tower of one the churches of that city
but Piper has just made a confession OF
that bloody deed, as we'll as of others in
which he was supposed to have had a
hand. The murder was very atrOcious
one, and Piper asserted for some time
that he was innocent, but subsequently
stated that the girl had been killed by
the trap-door of the belfry falling acci
dentally upon her. He now confessei
that he killed her, actuated by an in
sane desire for blood.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

TIE Paris fashion inventors are deter
mined to make woman's life a burden to
her One OF the journals of that city
says that no glove will be tolerated in
good society this season with less than
twenty buttons, while another declares
that in less than five years knee breeches
and six-inch skirts viii be the fashionable
street dress for ladies.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

ANNOUNCEM OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the name Of a per-
for County Office, s.; state Office, SO Federal
Office, SIS. Invariably in advance.
Religious. Marriage, Birth and Death notices So
HCited, and will be Willingly inserted free Of charge
Obituaries, Masonic and other society notices o
deaths. etc. viii be charged ten cents per line.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

THE LOST FOUND" is the heading
of an item in a New York paper who, no,
ever heard Of anybody losing " iounu!
Probably meant foundry"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

A CHILD being asked what the three
great feasts of the Jews were promptly
replied: " Breakfast, dinner, and sup
perl"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

A NEW cap has been adopted for the
'ofhcers of the navy, and those who have
seen the sample at the navy department
say it will make 4 great commotion in
the service on account of its extraOrdi-
nary shape 1t resembles the Scotch
bonnet of Glengary cap with cape and
eyelet holes behind, and differs from it
only in being of regulation blue cloth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
TIMELY TOPICS.

The St. Louis Globe Democrat, in ref
'erence to the Hot Springs, thinks that
under all the circumstances, the best
thing the government can do is to COM
promise the matter with the present Oc-
cupants OF the land, and if satisfactory
terms osl both sides cannot be arrived at
TO sell, in lets, to the highest bidder.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01

WHAT STOPPED THE ARGUMENT
Two men, with spare time on their
hands, seeing some arm chairs IN front of
a furniture store on the sunny side OF
the street, thought they would sit down
n minute or two and smoke and talk UP
specie payment. So they sat down, and
the man who was on the negative side
,.arefully fixed his chair legs on two bars
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

One inch one insertion... .s a 90
Zach subseQuent tinsertion............-. %
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THE EIECTORAL TOTE.
an Interview with n Member of the senate
Comnitfec en- Rules.

RALErGu, n. g.. Nov. l0.-ln an inter-
view Just had Nth United States Senator Merit
mon, member of the S'nate Committee on
Rules, he states that the twenty second Joint
rule, providing that the electoral vote of any
State shah be set aside upon the objection Of
either House. although reSCin ed ON the part OF
the Senate. may yet be- insisted uuon by some as
continuing In force since the House OF Repre-
sent ,tives. ny whose concurrence this rule was
originally adopted, did not join In Its abroga.
ton. The Republican Senators NAV insist UPON
the recognition Of the twenty second rule as
Btill operative. and proceed to object to re-
peivng the vote Of Louisiana. The Democr tic
House would propaf ly thereupOn object to the
reception OF ONO. The senate then objects to
North Carolina. which the House resents bv OBJ
jecting to PonnsN lvtuia. This process may go
on until the electoral vote 81 every state Is
thrown on. mus making last tuesdays cleo
ton complete nudity The election Of Pres
ldent could not thcn, a. mig 4 be supposed, go
10 the House. since there would be no two
election Of President and Vice President must
then be ordered. IN pursuance Of sections Ia,
las, and li9 OF title =. chapter l., X yised stat
utes Of the lrites States. An important qIes-
lion arises here Who shall occupy the presi-
Dental ONCE IN the interim since the va.
cancy supposed does not come under the four
cases Of removal death, resignation, or In ibil-
named chapter, which authorizes the Presi-
dent OF the senate to act as President. II Is
manifestly q tdSlN ONlSslls. II the rule be re-
farded Ms repealed the counting OF the vote
OF the electoral college Will he regulated solely
bv the provisions OF ,ectiun three of article two
OF the Constitution of the United States. which.
In the absence II nv statute Of Congress made
In pursuance Of ~ "a suoJ set To VARYING and con-
nictine INTERPRETATIONS winch viii readily sug-
gest thems ewes.
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BANANA TRANSIT AND PACIFIC MAIL
california, japan. chla7 Austrnlla, New zealand.


- 10 GLASGOW, BELFAST AMI LONDONDERRY.
From Pier ~. foof OF Canal ST.. y. Il.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Thurs ay, Nov. 10.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, Thursday. Nov. 30.
: loon aud caOln pass e. AT lowest rttcs:
AUSTIN BALDWIN co, Agenls, ~ Broadwiv.
steersga tickets at a. BroAoway, AND at COmpany's
pier. IOOt VI CanAl 81, n II.
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v xy ourRhes ON A x1xrsrER.
Driven from his Pulpit for Voting he Dens-
cratic Ticket.
NON ne Baltimore sassiie, Nov. 10.

NON ns Baltimore 9aseit,, wos. Ia
The Rev. II. II. Robinson, pastor OF the
Orchard Street M. X. Church tooloredl, yesterday
the purpose OF delivering his regular Sunday
morning sermon. A precpDoered plan for his
sjee.!%ent bad, however evidently been ar n;
great excitement Many OF his congregation
rose TO their feet at his entrance, and
will accommodate about Ave hundred persoIrs
fnd was crowded to Its utmost capacity Inc
Sews Of the dmc1lty had osldsnhuy nee 70 an, an
,DetRhborhood, and the street IN front OF tue
church was thtoDged with adusky crowo, eager
80 testify by any lawless act their Devotion 10
tbeir defeated party. Many of them hurled Inn
precations unit for publication against the pas
Tor, and others called upon the police to eject
Onlcer Flannery, who was present. did his
10 IqeR db,nson wthSrsw n' the inter-
est OF peace, and was subsequently escorted
nome by the officer above mentioned. lie after
ward secured the keys Of the caurch and re-
famed them in bis possession with the inteu-
ton OF admitting no ono to the edihce until he
hears from his presldng elder. The police state
that the diriculty originated with white man
living In the neighhorhood, who lie well known
Republican, and who has, by his innammatory
remarks, melted the negroes to this outrage.
Some weeks ago Colorod preacher who nllod
the pulpit for MIR Robinson made use IN his ser
mon OF the EXPRESSION, IL any member OF this
consresation intends voting the Democratic
ticket he ought to he hanged
Al the close Of his remarks Mr.. Robinson
arose aud SAID he did not tuink such an ex Jres-
sion OF opinion suitable one TO emanate from
tho pulpit and he did rot desire a repetition OF
It.. The congregation, which IL l,rgely COM
posed Of an ignorant class OF negroes, became
very much incensed at this very proper sugges-
tion OF their pastor, and requested him to re-
sign the charge. lie refused 10 do So and hence
the trouble Yesterday.
MIR. Robinson Is n man of intelligence and edu
cation, is remarkably popular as preacher
and has since taking charge OF Orchard street
built up the church 30 that II now has congre
ration outnumberug any Coloted church In the
oity He numbers among his friends many OF
the most resi- eCtable and well known citizens oil
Baltimore, and has never used one word OF -
Utical argument III his DulIit. He has two som
who have labored Tor the organization of coloreC
Democratic clubs during the late camp tign, bu
has himself never expressed an opinion politi'
cally uncalled for
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IRON ne isffD' iA' kHtcptNs.
In Tulare CITY, California, last Monday
afternoon Mr.. jacob Michaels had a little
family jar with her husband, In which she shot
him through the left arm, the shot entering his
breast and passing around to the back. where 1t
lodged IL was random shot. made through the
bedroom door 20 scare the husband and induce
him to come forth from his hiding place and
take the tongue-lashing she had In preparation
for him on account Of his drunken ways,hy which
he had SquaudeTcd all her money. Public sym
pathy il with the woman. The man Will get well,
aud 1t Is To- toe hoped that this merrited lesson
viii teach him common sense and obedience in
future.
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An Advance In Cooperation.


The Sovereigns OF Industry OF Massa-
chusess, Vermont, New Hampshire. and Maine
have taken an important step Ia opening gem
eral purchasing agency AT Boston, open to all
the stores, boards Of trade, and cour CHS ~ the
order. The agency - under TIE control of the
New England COO erutive Is ard Il Ira e. a
new oTgtnlzdtion, cOmpo-ei Of delegates from
the cooperative store companies, SOvert igns'
local boards Of traue, and the State councils.
but this was gwen up rs involving TOO much
capitaI anu risk.