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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
NIISCELLANEOTS.

The senate committee on territories
has agreed to report bill establishing the
territory of Pembina.
The nomination of Richard II. Dana,
jr., of Massachusetts,, for minister to England
was rejected by the senate.
Full returns of the election in Rhode
Island for governor give Leppen, republican,
1857; Howard, prohibition, 6,385; Beach,
democrat, 1902.
The house committee on military af-
fairs has unanimously adopted a report trans
ferring the Indian bureau from the interior
department to the war department.
The house committee on public lands
has agreed upon the bill granting to the
territories of Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and
Montana two townships of land, of seventy
two sections each, for the purposes of coIlec-
ton.
The order issued from the war depart
ment, transferring army headquarters from
st. Louis to Washington, has been amended
so as to direct the adjutant-generaI and in
spectOrgeneral to report to the general of
the army.
An order " by the president was is
sued on the 9TH as follows: "The headquar-
ters of the army are hereby re-established,
and hereafter, in time of peace, shall be at
Washington city, and all orders and instruc-
tions relative to military operations or affect
ing the military control and discipline of the
army, issued by the president through the
secretary of war, shall be promulgated through
the general of the army"
As it passed the house, the bill restOr-
ing to the pension list those southern veter-
ans of the war of 1912 whose names were
dropped from the rolls during the late un-
pleasantness, does not allow them any ar
rearages of pay, and they begin to draw
pensions again only from the date of the
passage of the bill. 1t appears, however,
that the widows of those who have died in
the interim will be entitled to arrearages
from May 1, 1865.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
FOREIGN

The yellow fever is increasing at Rio
Janeiro.
Thirty-twO lives were lost by the ferry
boat disaster at Aberdeen, Scotland.
Sir Henry Halford has resigned the
captaincy of the English national rifle team.
Ten thousand persons are estimated
to he in arms against the Mexican govern
ment.
A Liverpool dispatch says that it is
rumorod that great Sheffield house is about
to remove to the United States.
The London Daily News severely con-
demns the action of the United States senate
in rejecting the nomination of Dana.
Mr.. Home, prominent spiritualist,
died suddenly last week, while travelling on
a railroad from st. Petersburg to Berlin.
Nine of the crew and twenty passen-
gers of the ocean steamer Agrigente were
drowned recently by that steamer coming in
collision with the English steamer Hilton
| Castle in the Mediterranean.
The king of Abyssinia sent ENJOYS to
Egypt asking for peace, but afterwards made
impossible demands for treaty of commerce
/ before the treaty of peace was signed, and
/ for payment of war expenses.
Hostilities having ceased in Abyssinia,
! and negotiations for peace with the envoy OF
King Kassa being in progress, Prince Hassan
commanding the Egyptian forces, has re
ceived orders to return to Egypt.
The second report of the result o' the
investigation into the dynamite explosion at
Bremen Haven, some months ago, is con
cluded. 1t mentions that the three cases OF
/ furs shipped at Halifax in the missing steamer
City OF Boston, by James Thomas, were in
sured.
A dispatch from Paris has the follow
ing: ola Republique Francaise says the
majority of the assembly intends to put al
end to the clerical agitation and confne tn,
priest to his proper sphere-his church-anC
will infexibly IePress any encroachments
whether open or in disguise"
The Russian press severely criticize
Disraeli's remarks in the debate on the roya
| titles bill, that " the Russian conquest o
Tartary is well known throughout India, anC
/ the queens assumption of the title of EN-
/ press of India would be received as a sign o
our determination to maintain our IndiaI
/ empire"
! a vast quantity of melted gold anC
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
The MaIIet and the Speaker.

a Washington .letter to the Boston
Herald says: The little mallet with
which the presiding officer in the house
punctuates its proceedings IS a fatal in
strument in the hands of Cox. 1t Is
curious to note the power of weakness
which comes out in the handling of the
gavel To use it promptly, at the right
time and sparingly, is the secret of sue
cess in the chair. The slightest intem-
perance with the gavel vitiates quickly
the power of any presiding officer. Mr..
Kerr understands this, and never an
noys the house by frantic hammering.
Mr.. COx's way is to keep up a petty
pounding, which would give a blind per
son in the gallery the impression that
somebody was putting down carpets be-
low. Kerr's gentle and deliberate, but
emphatic and forcible manner, would al
most enable him to dispense with the
gavel in the ordinary proceedings OF the
house When there is disorder, Kerr
does not Jump up and pound and blUs-
teTingly add to the confusion, but he
sits quietly in the chair, tells the house,
in a pleasant tone of remOnstranCe, that
there is 50 much confusion in the hall
that it is impossible to 90 on with the
business of the house." and remains 81
lent until members have settled into
their seats and the confusion Is dlmln-
ished, so that any members voice can be
heard across the hall. A prominent
member of the house insinuated TO me,
the other day ,ithat Mr.. Kerr was better
speaker even than Blaine; that Mr.
Blaine excited the house by his rapid
manner and his energy of Utterance, tre-
quently aTOusing antagOnIsms, and add,
ing heat to the debate The house feared
Mr. Blaine; it respects Mr.. Kerr, and
his speakership is thus far more success
full than many of his own friends thought
it could be.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

INDIANS IN TIE DOMINION OF CAN
ADA.-The total number of Indians in
the Dominion is returned at 81 $40. OF
these $4,000 (roughly speaking) are in
Ontario, ii 900 in Quebec, $4,000 in
Manitoba and the southwest territories,
5000 in Rupert's land, and 81, 900 III
British Columbia; Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick each containing less than
1000, while Prince Edward's island only
contains 3O2 These figures, especially
those relating to the unsettled and semi
nomadic tribes of the northwest, can
only be taken as somewhat approximate
ing truth. With regard to these later,
no attempt can be made to compare their
past numbers, for all such statistics must
necessarily be of little value. But III
the more settled provinces some approach
to accuracy may be reasonably looked
for, and so we find that among the Onta-
rio tribes the increase during the past
year is noted as 200, and the decrease as
AZ; in Quebec the increase is % and the
decrease 12S; in Nova Scotia the in
crease is 16 and the decrease 4 in New
Brunswick the increase is 24 and the de-
crease 35.-T0T0RtO 1faii.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
ATHREAD OF SONa.

It only broken chord of song
That sang itself, the livelOng day,
Over and over in my heart,
And always in the same sweet way
Always beginning low and soft,
Live tendeTly spOkCn " Love, cOOd-night!' 90
And ending in glad and JOYOUS strains,
Like a morning psalm when the world is bright
And the hours Of the day were woven in
By the mystic thread Of the haunting song,
That somewhere out of the vanished past,
Sent forth its witChery clear and strong;
Something akin TO the song of birds
When the sky is flushed with the coming dawn,
Yet sad as the thoughtful hour which comes
When the last red light of the day is gone.
Beautiful echo that drifted back
From the far-Of shore of the long ago,
Over the wide and rugged waste,
Where never the winds of gladneSS blow,
Bringing tho OdOT of wildwood flowers;
The laughing song of the mountain TilI;
The green, glad fields where the cOwslips grow,
And the gleam OF waters calm and still.
Sitting alone in the twilight still,
Whose mantle covers the earth with gray,
My heart is touched and my eyes grow dim,
As the glow of the sunset fades away,
And feel the presence of unseen guests,
That out of the shadOwy regions thTOnE,
And know they have crossed from the farther
shore
On the slender thread of the sweet old song
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

HINTS FOR 4 UEIvERsAL LANGUAGE.
The other day young man much given
10 the use of slang of the day called on the
prosecuting attorney and announced the
that he wanted n warrant for the arrest
Of a saloon-keeper who had assaulted
him, and this Is the way he made his
want known Look a here, ! want a
warrant for a feller % g What didhe do
to you ?'' asked the attorney. lie hred
me out" SO Fired you out! " hat %
you mean by that % "Oh wen.
he stood me on my head" Do
you mean to say that he stood you
on your head how did he do 1t 2, ' lie
didn't exactly do that, but he eleVate,,i.
me. Kinder raised me and slid me on o.,
NV ear" What did he do that Tor
" WHY, I asked him for drink am
when 1 told him to chalk it in his lle4n; al;
and that when I came rOund again i
kick il out, he told me to pull do"i' my
vest. / told him to comp ms Us mar, anu anu
he inst then boosted me" He obtained
a warrant far assault and battery.-'oa"
Francisco Cal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

HEALTH INFLUENCEs.-Muc has
been written on the value of trees as
purifiers of the air and as promoting the
health of the community where they
crow, and it has been lately proved by
careful analysis that flowers produce no
detrimental influences whatever in
rooms, as was once supposed. But there
Is another influence of an exceedingly
favorable character, which has been
overlooked. Pleasing excitement Is one
of the very best promoters of health.
We have known delightful mountain
ramble to do more for the health than a
month of medicine. We have known
the lives of florists who were advanced
in years actually prolonged by their en-
ioyment of flowers. Beautiful scenery
and magnificent landscapes have a strong
sanitary influence on those who are de
lighted by them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

ALITTLE boy, when picking the drum
stick of chicken, swallowed one of the
tendons which are so numerous in the
legs of a fowl, and was very nearly
choked The tendon was, however, ex
tracted with great difficulty from the
little fellows throat, when he exclaimed,
q" Oh, mamma, it wasn't the cbickabid-
dy's fault; 1t was because cook forgot to
take of it's garters !"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

THE reports from the Black Hills are
encouraging. The entire population has
left off digging for gold and gone to spec
ulating in town sites. Gold mining is an
uncertain and demoralizing pursuit, but
specializing in real estate is one of the
solid industries of the country.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
TIMELY TOPICS.

MILANEsE botanists assert that Europe
can not claim to have done anything for
America gratis, when the latter gave her
the sunflower, tobacco, potatoes, jalaP,
red pepper, tomatoes, quinine. noand
corn, not to mention cotton, petroleum
and either things.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
Rmriph Alive.

A Fort Madison OOwa) correspondent
of the Burlington Hawkeye relates the
following extraordinary occurrence: "We
notice an account in tO-day's Hawkeye
of Il sad accident which occurred in this
city on the 10Th instant, in which a Ger
man named Stephen POllmeyer lost his
life by the caving in of a well thirty feet
deep. The article was correct as far as
the writer knew, as no one at the time it
was written had any idea that the acci-
dent would result in anything but instant
death. Such, however, was not the case,
the circumstances of the affair being as
follows: Two men were engaged in clean
ing the well, when the man below (said
Stephen POllmeyer) called to his COM
Tade to draw him out as the we'll was
about to cave, but before he could be
drawn out the sides cavGd, covering him
up. A force of men were at once put to
work to extriCate the mangled Gas they
supposedly body of the unfortunate man.
| They worked steadily in wind and rain
until midnight, when one of the work
men, merely out of curiosity, called Poll
meyer by name, when what was his sur
prise TO hear, as he supposed, a voice from
| the grave answer him. At two o'clock
in the morning the buried man made the
| following remark: i am alive; for Gods
sake help me OUT Shortly afterward,
upon lifting a large stone they discovered
| the head of the dead-alive man. But he
was so completely wedged in that they
| did not get him out until five o'clock,
| after having been buried for eighteen
| hours. He was perfectly conscious, and
related the following story: Seeing the
wall about to cave in, supposed my
! time had come, and shortly after | found
myself in total darkness, with a large
| stone resting against one cheek, and one
| over my head, forming complete arch.
| | could breathe without any trouble, but
| could not move. / think fresh air must
have reached me along the rope, which
| I had hold of at the time Of the accident.
| I could distinctly hear the men at work
| above me endeayOTing to extricate me.
! | came very nearly suffocating the last
| half hour, as the men working above me
| packed the earth so tightly that it was
almost impossible for me 10 breathe.
| feel very sore and stiff, but think | will
be around again in few days. 1 will
not attempt to describe my feelings while
/ was buried alive thirty feet deep
| Upon finding that the man was alive,
! a physician was called, who prescribed
for him, and at last accounts he was doing
well. Truly this seems like a miracle" F"
IN England they tell how Sankey
walked up to a grenadier, and taking
him affectionately by the belt, said
80 Young man, l likewise am a soldier, a
| soldier of heaven" g Old 'un," returned
the grenadier, " you're long way from
your barracks, anyhow" Well, there
was a rough young man, whom Sankey
saw staring around at the close of the
meeting, and kindly asked, Young
man, are you looking for salvation p
''No," was the reply, 9 am locking for
| Sal Jackson. Let us sing a hymn
said Sankey.
IF you would pass for more than your
value, say little. 1t is easier to losk wise
than to talk wise.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
RATES OF ADKERTISLNG.

ANNOUNCEMENT nnouncing the of a per-
son for County Office, - State Office SO Federal
Office, Sl5. Invariably in advance.
Religious. Marriage, Birth and Death notices
hcited and will be willingly inserted free Of charge
Obituaries, Masonic and other society notices Q
deaths. etc, will be charged ten cents per line.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

The only way for an editor to get a
dead-head ticket to the Centennial ex-
hibitiOn is for him to. have his photo
graph taken, to be gummed on his ticket
This is in order to enable the door-keeper
to see that the editor who presents the
ticket is the one to whom it vas given,
not some friend to whom he has lent
his privilege.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

NIAGARA, Ont, responds to the Ken
tucky meat shower, by reporting a rain
OfgoOse-eggs, with the explanation that
they probably fell from a flock of wild
geese which had become bewildered in a
storm and were unable to reach their
usual laying place.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
EAST.

The New Jersey legislature has de-
feated the bill to tax church and educational
property. Vote, AZ to 10.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

FROM the effects of the sultan's pecu-
liar financial policy, the Turkish treasury
has been SO thoroughly exhausted that
the government has not been able even
to furnish hospital supplies for the troops
operating against the rebels in Herzego-
vinia. The mortality in consequence has
been terrific. A surgeon in the service
reports that the losses of the force in the
field, mainly from disease imPerfectly
treated, have not been less than 10000
men.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

THE London Times has an editorial
on the subject of the adventures of
the survivors of the emigrant ship
StrathmOre, which concludes as follows {:
"The vessel which at length arrived to
rescue them was a United States whaler,
on her course to the South Sea fisheries
Her captain, we are told, gave up the
chance of the vessels profit for the sake
of the poor creaturesh he found at Crozett's s,
and who needed an amount of care they
could not have received if he had taken
them with him. We are sure the Eng
lish nation will judge as it deserves the
sacrifice to which Capt. Clifford sub
mitted, and will not fail to do honor,
and something more than bare honor, to
the deed and to the man."
A REMARKABLE case was decided in
the New York supreme court recently.
Josephine Ash brought suit, through her
guardian, against Henry Astor, one of
the well known Astor family, for $40, 900
damages for assault, alleging that, in
1869, Astor violently pushed plaintiff,
then only four years old, from chair,
causing such internal injuries as to Grip
ple her for life. Her father testified that
the girls backbone was around her hips
and that she was compelled to go around
the house on all fours; and that she is
now unable to walk or care for herself in
any way; and that Mr.. AstOr made him
promise not to tell anybody, saying he
would put $4,000 in the bank for the
child, which he never did. The jury
found a verdict for plaintiff for the full
amount claimed, and the court added
81 900 for costs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

The immense shower of flies which fell
on the snow of Ontario last month is sup
posed to have originated in the same way
as the Kentucky fall of meat These
flies are said to be about three times as
large as the ordinary mosquitoes, and are
thought to have been waited from the
West Indies. 1t is probably the first
time that Eolus ever undertook to
whistle Shoe Fly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
HOUSE.

In the house, April Sd, bill amenda-
tory of the pension law for the war of 1872
was passed. 1t directs the restoration to the
pension rolls of pensioners stricken off on
account of the rebellion, this restoration to
date from May l, 1865. The Impeachment
managers nominated in congress Saturday
were elected, except that Lapham was sub
stituted for Wheeler. Mr.. Lynde offered a
resolution which was adopted, calling on the
secretary of the treasury for information in
regard to payments of money to newspaper
editors or correspondents, aside from the
publication of legal notices, by United States
attorneys, revenue agents, supervisors etc.
connected with the whisky prosecution in
st. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee; to what
party, for what newspaper and for what par
ticular purpose.
In the house, on the 4th, the senate
bill giving the consent of the United States
to the county of Dubuque, Iowa, to construct
county buildings on Washington square, in
Dubuque, passed. Mr.. Schletcher reported
a bill to provide for the protection of the
Texas frontier on the lower Rio Grande 1t
authorizes and requires the president to
station and keep on the Rio Grande river,
from its mouth to the northern boundary of
the state of Tamanylippa above Laredo two
regiments of cavalry in addition to the in
fantry for garrison duty, and to keep each
troop up TO the full strength OF one thousand
men. The bill was made the special order
for the twentieth of April, and from day to
day until disposed of. Mr.. Knott reported
bin to amend section 1O4i of the revised
statutes so as to provide that no person shall
| be prosecuted, tried or punished for any
offense, except against the internal revenue,
unless indicted within three years after such
offenSe has been or NAV be committed. After
| discussion the bill passed. The impeachment
/ managers presented themselves at the bar of
! the house, and reported through Mr.. Lord,
| chairman, that articles OF Impeachment
| against Gen. Belknap had been exhibited
and read TO the senate; and that the presid.
/ ing officer had said that the senate would
| take order in the premises, due notice OF
/ which would be given to the house Of repre-
] sentatiyes. Mr.. Durham, from the committee
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

IF you would pass for more than your,
value, say little. 1t is easier to lock wise
than to talk wise.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20

THE people of Georgia do not believe
in newspaper quarrels. The grand jury
of Polk county, at its recent session,
made the following report to the court
after returning several indictments:
we also feel it our duty to censure the
course and conduct of our two newspa-
pers toward each other, and urgently re-
quest the two editors to cease wrangling
about themselves and branch off into
agricultural articles, or others that will
tend to develop the interests and welfare
of our country"
THE religious press of Europe are re-
ioicing over news that the Turks have
permitted TIE Christians to place bells in
the church of the Holy Sepulchrea at Jeru-
salem, recalling the fact that no bells
have been heard in that church since the
great Saladin entered the city in 1887.
For several centuries past the use of
church belishas been prescribed through
out the Ottoman empire, ON the ground
that they afforded an easy means of arous-
ing and exciting the people for revolu-
tionary purposes.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-22
Election Of Delegates to the Republican
state Convention.

state Convention.
The election yesterday of delegates to the
Republican State Convention in the parish
of Orleans passed of very quietly. There
was in sCme instances an earnest generous
rivalry, but in no case did any serious diff
Guilty occur. The following is the result, SO
far as could be obtained up to the hour of
going to press:
First ward-Thomas w. Wickbam, J. C.
Miller. Conte testants-Joseph Harris, Law
renee Scott.
Second ward-E. w. Stansbury. Seby
Cheevers, George D. Geddes.
Third ward-George Devezin. W. L..
Evans, J. w. Quinn, p. Creagh, +. c. An
tome, w. G. Elliott, G. +. Ladd.
Fourth ward-Raphael St Amant, Charles
P. Vlgers, A. b. Sloanaker.
Fifth ward-Octave Rey, Jules Lanabere,
Victor Gerodias. o. p. Fernandez.
Sixth wards. 3. Packard, Charles Ber-
geron, Gabriel Alcina.
Seventh ward-John Barrow. C. W..
Boothby, Samuel Free man, F. E. Dumas,
A. Montfort, F. Richard.
Eighth ward-K. A. Bray.
Ninth ward-lsham N!cholas, w. c. Kin
sella.
Tenth ward-Thomas Boswell, r. Bridges.
COntestants-P. B. S. Pinchb back, Z. Gar
dette.
Eleventh ward-H. c. Dibble, E. Will
liams, Z. NJ. Tostrick.
Twelfth ward-Paul Bruce, A. Anderson.
Thirteenth ward-A. Deioie, j. B. E.
Laiche.
Fourteenth ward-H. Powell.
Fifteenth ward-Andrew Dumont, 4. j
Redmond, A. Johnson, A. Bradley.
Sixteenth ward-John T. Claiborne, RENE
Hawkins.
Seventeenth ward-T. B. Stamps.