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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-24
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THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

r-oD5 suirits disappearance uf weakness. languoIs
ai.nCbofy. increase and hardness OF Leeh Ail0 mus
cles &c increases appetite improves, relish TOT
eructatlCns vyHtfTt ras Fc5Nl oil
ffoT calm nd undisturbsd sleep awaken iIesA anu
vigorous. .-,+v rfotrl,cs the skin
it - iiea THY. the urine changed from rs TT
EsAS -, eArauCe 70 CeHr sherry OF hTilt
blq al 81, .-ss r eely from the bladder through q
l,clsf pain o. sCEdtng, little OF no seliaia
40 pain or e5i,,tt of qusntity and Frequency Of
kerne sl harEes (tt aiicta tllsI Wy
t6 -sfefnfv, of perTnsnerA' cure IN siti H.,
sIbjbifsd IN fba Eecreting 4 'laIll-, anu
ney restor - - -, white the eyes and the sNsI
thu saffr1n ap1ear5~se Of the sAiil o-"lie i -
lively and healthy colo'- - liberated lungs
tuberces realize crest beeIA ON the IunEs air
freely the tough phlegm n.1ctus ad diunishinC
ces bronchi or =ndQipe, thro6t Or n a. ~ strength
If Ire fe1usncv of cough general inca 81 rssfE and
throughout the system. stoppaEe o. ankles, legs
Shoulders etc: OF cold and cil cough on
suffocaton. hard breathing ana TaroN distress
living down or arising IN the morning: AL tbese
ing symptoms gEaduaily and sT Is is
taken new signs OF returning health VII speA -
blood improves strength and purity olss 49,
Tnnfsh and aIl foreign and Impure oe'os1s hl,lsl
tumors cancers, hard Jumps. etc DE 49,
sores Eyphitc Sores chronic skin diseases .siaIN'
s. In cases where the system has been snliyhted a
AIer--lrv Quicksilver, Corrosive SublmG e. tine pIlo
nal Constituent in tfEa advertised Sarsspariiiasr hHsooa
~ IN soe ~ases with Hyd Of POTASH have HccuunuiaJ
81 srd lerornr deposited in sthe- bones, joints et
contor4ions white syeItnEs vHricose veins ETC ~
SARSAPARIIlLikN will resolve away t99sses ~
POsits and eXtsrpninate the virus o. 1Ae U-7S' 'N
system
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-24

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-24

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COTTON! COTTON!

a NE-TEBISCi from nursery pin 10 a steam
AN engine, we can buy for you very low.
We hare n circular uf iHfsTcst n al S0rekecBers- For
terms. etc. write To- Great Southern PuFehas-
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-24

0nEFyET and Morphine habit absolutetely and
tfLEEttFt peeilly cured Painless no publicity.
III tstSSl Z nd stamp Tor particulars. DR.. Carl
- - IA on. ~ Washington St. EhicaFC. III
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
A Man Killed by a Mouse.

An extraordinary occurrence was
brought to light at an inquest held on
the body of man in South London. In
workroom, where many young girls
were at work, mouse suddenly made
its appearance on a table, causing, Of
course, considerable commotion and q
general stampede. The intruder was
seized by young man Who happened
to be present, but the mouse slipped
out of his hand, and running up his
sleeve, came out between his waistcoat
and shirt at the Leck The unfortunate
man had his mouth open, and the
mouse, looking out for some convenient
place of concealment, entered the mans
mouth, and he. in his fright and sur
prise, swallowed it. That mouse can
exist for considerable time without
much air, has long been popular be-
lief, and was unfortunately proved to be
fact in the present instance, for the
mouse began to tear and bite inside the
mans throat and chest, and the result
was that the he died in short time
in horrible agony.
Several witnesses corroborated the
above facts, and medical testimony as
to the cause of death having been CIV
en-, verdict of accidental death was re-
turned.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
ReatituleS-P0liticaI and Social.

/. Blessed is the man that holds no
Office and wants none, for he shall not
be disappointed.
@ Blessed Is the man unfit to hold
office, for he is sure to want one.
3. Blessed are all those who seek af-
ter office, for they shall be called loaf
ers.
4. Blessed are those that are men,
bers of the Legislature, for they shall
be caressed by the offic. seekers, and
receive dead head tickets on all the
railroads.
S. Blessed is he who is President of
the United States, for he shall receive
many gifts.
6. Blessed are the poor who have no
money, for they will have no friends,
and will not be importuned to lend.
7. Blessed are the poor members of
the church, for they viii receive but
few visits from the partor.
o. DltSStu is bUS Ilbu WHO lOoS uOt
want to marry, for no one will have
him.
g. Blessed is the man who marries an
orphan, for he shall have no motheri-n-
law.
10. Blessed are all the women that
are unmarried, for they will have much
fun in courting the men during leap
year.
IL. Blessed is the man who has an
axe to grind, for he is sure to find some
body to turn the grindstone.
-. Blessed are all those who hunger
and thirst after office, for they shall be
| flled-in horn.-Ec.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
Senator AlcOrn'S Acres.

Col. T.. J. Du Pree, of Memphis,
wrote letter to the New York World
not long since, descriptive of Hon. j.
L. Alcorn's plantations. We make
some interesting extracts:
"To-day rode with Senator Alcorn,
of Mississippi, over his Jamestown es-
tates. These are in the lowlands of
Coahoma county, fourteen miles east of
the Mississippi river, and elevated four
or five feet above its. flood tide. The
Senator has bought one adjacent tract
after another until his Jonestown plan
tation consists of twelve thousand acres,
and few miles further east lies anoth-
er OF eight thousand acres. Swan Lake,
nine miles in length and three hundred
yards wide, abounding in trout, and in
fall and winter foeked with countless
water fowl, defines the northwestern
side of the broad cotton and corn fields.
Along the whole northern front of the
estate there is plank fence seventeen
miles in length. At intervals of mile
or less there are collected from four to
a dozen white cottages. Each has two
rooms, fourteen feet square, and an
open piazza along the whole ten feet
wide. OF these cottages there are
about two hundred and fifty on the es-
tate, occupied by about eleven hundred
negloes. Negroes are eminently gre
garious, and therefore whenever the
Senator would have dense forest swept
away, he erects a few of these comfort
able cottages in it's midst. The houses
are left open to trespassers, and home
less nomadic blacks are soon ensconced
within. They must need have bread
and bacon, and soon appear at the Of
fee of Mr.. Jones, the Senator'S .foct0-
tum. A contact is made, the negroes
are paid for their labor in food and
money, and trees are 'deadened, and
the dense underground is swept away
and within a brief period cotton and
corn grow luxuriantly about the conger,
les of white cottages not long before
hidden in the foliage Of the matted
vines and among great towering oak
and cypress trees. =. :
plantations aie adding annually to
the expanding Jamestown estate. 1t
thus happens that Senator Alcorn pays
one ninth of all the taxes of the rich
county of Coahoma, and if he lives ten
years and no unforeseen calamity be-
falls, he will own, on his own terms,
the broadest and richest and best cult
waited estates i'll America. 'Sandhill-
ers' and poor whites from the upland
districts pick his cotton at seventy five
cents per hundred pounds. The pick
ing of bale worth 500 (as prepared for
markeD thus costs $12, and its whole
production not more than S23. In no
process and mode of agriculture is there
broader margin for profit
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
piriy in Texas,

There is a saloon-kteper in this town
who is very conscientious in his observ-
ance of the Christian Sabbath. Yes
terday morning two exquisite y dress
ed young gentlemen dropped into this
identical saloon, ell route to church.
Possibly in anticipation of a dry SER
mon, they called for liquid refresh
ments, which having disposed of, one
of them said, "Gimme the die, l want
TO shake"
But the barkeeper sighed, and said;
"You can't desecrate the Sabbath with
my dice as long as 1 yearn for bliss
full future beyond the grave.
"Why, ole fel, responded one of the
youths, II only wanted to shake with
Tom to see who will have to furnish the
quarter when the plate is passed
around. "
"That's horse of another color, y"
was the mollifed reply rs the dice-box
was produced 81 thought you wanted
to gambol on Sundays, and I'll be
hanged if you can come that game on
me as long as l have got a soul to save.
San ARtonia Herald.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
The Next Cotton TI-n~

We have reason 10 hope, though
scarcely dare believe, that there will
be decreased cotton production this
year. The planters seen to be 80 in
fatuated with the staple that nothing
can prevent them from planting it in
excess. However, their experience
during the season just coming to a
close, has been SO severe that many will
be checked by disinclination to repeat
so profitless an experiment, while g.
large number are totally disabled TO .
operations, even on a small scale. In
this connection, we give the reasons of
of a leading cotton factor, of New Or
leans, why we should look for short
crop:
l. Too much rain to properly prepare
the ground.
q The partial efforts in that direc-
ton DESTROYED by storm and frost, and
the heavy foss on past seasons planting
operations.
3. The compulsory withdrawal, for
lack of means, OF class, (small plant
ers) who contribute largely to the pro-
duction of cotton, and consequent re-
duction of acreage.
4. The demoralizing and disorganiz-
ing influence of political campaign.
5. The fact that load already heav-
ier than anticipated can not be increas-
ed without disastrous results.
These are formulated from a combi-
nation of facts. set forth by him at
considerable length and with great
force of statement, but after all, with
favorable season, propitious as last
year, the crop of 1867 may be the
largest ever grown, and if 50, the price
will fall so low that Egyptian and In
dian cotton will be driven entirely out
of the markets of the world. This must
react on the price of labor tor produc-
ing American cotton aud tho labo-er
must work for about what he did in
slavery, that is, food, clothes and med
ical attendance Then whatever fuC-
tuations there may be in the price of
cotton. labor wages, in the. ordinary
course of events, never will rise again.
Thus time and the law of compensa-
ton, which is as inevitable in its ope-
rations, will bring about an equaliza-
ton. and in spite of immense crops,
cotton will prove remunerative. 1t
cannot be said that there can be an
over-supply of cotton, while half the
world go nnked All that can be pro-
duced can be consumed if the price
of the manufactured article is low
enough, and we believe the industries
of the South have begun career of di-
versifcation, which, with monopoly
of cotton production will make her
rich and independent. But for imme-
diate relief, we want small cotton and
"a large bread crop. This season is GER
tan to entail great financial distress
among all classes of our people,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
"0ld Hickory

The following story, which tells how
Gen. Jackson got the title of "Old
Hickory" is related by Capt. VIM. Al
len, who messed with him during the
Creek war:
During the campaign the soldiers
were moving rapidly to surprise the In
dams, and were without tents. A cold
March rain came on, mingled with sleet,
which lasted several days. Gen. Jack
son got a severe cold, but did not COM
plain, as he tried to sleep in a muddy
bottom among his half-frozen soldiers.
Capt. Allen and his brother John cut
down a stout hickory tree, peeled the
bark off, and made covering for the
General, who was with difficulty per-
suaded to crawl into it. The next
morning drunken citizen entered the
camp, and seeing the tent, kicked it
over. As Jackson crawled from the ru-
ins, the topper cried:
"Hello, Old Hickory! come out Of
your bark, and ;ine us in a drink.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
Ingenious Trick.

An ingenious hummer has invented
new way of getting his liquor. He
puts two pint bottles in his pocket, one
full of water, the other empty. Then
he goes into saloon and asks for a
pint of gin, handing out the empty bot
tie. When lie gets the gin he puts the
bottle in his pocket and tells the bar
keeper to "hang it up" Barkeepel
naturally objects, and demands the cash
or gin. Bummer reluctantly hands him
the bottle of water and goes out NUT.
tering about "some people being SC
confounded particular.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
The I.elper in Death.

1t was not little curious that almost
the only printed page found in the far
off Polar seas when the relics of Sir
John Franklin were discovered, was a
leaf from "rodds Students Manual"
with this dialogue upon it;
".Are you afraid to die!'
"No."
"No! Why, does the uncertainty OF
another state give you no concern?
because God has said, Fear not;
when thou passeth through the waters,
T will he with thee ("
The poor victim perhaps treasured
the page, read aud re-read it, and gazed
at it until the mists of death crept by.
He was not found, but the page told
those who were searching, how one
man at least had died.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
TO YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS.

l COPY, ONE YEAR, R,..............$ DO
6 COPIES, ONE YEAR, ~ w
To the party sending US five names and
ten dollars, we will send the paper one
year free.
We have concluded to offer a few pre-
miums to those who would send US club
But in no case will the premiums
or papers be sent unless the money accom-
panies each club of subscribers. The sill
yer plate we offer as premiums Ia manu-
factured by Reed & Barton, New York,
and is first-class.
To the party sending US four yearly sub
scribers and $500 we will send child's
cup. gold lined and finely engraved,
Price 1910.
For fve subscribers and $1,000 we will
give one half-dozen easpoons-beau autiful
design; extra heavy plated, latest style.
Price, $500.
For six subscribers and $500 we will
give six elegant napkin rings. Price $500.
For six Subscribers and $1,000 We will
give child's set-knife, fork and spoon, i'll
fine morocco case, satin-lined. \ beauti-
full birthday present for a child. 1t will
be easy for several relatives or friends to
form club and secure this premium.
Price $500.
For eight subscribers and $1,000 we
will give one half-dozen tablespoons or
forks. Price 5000.
For twelve subscribers and $24,00 we
will give butter dish-globe shaped
handsomely engraved, with knife-rest.
Price, $3.50.
For seventeen subscribers and S34 90
we will give cake basket. A new and very
popular pattern. Price, $3.50.
For nineteen subscribers and $500 we
will give an ice pitcher. An exceedingly
beautiful design, fitted with the new seam
less lining, ivy decoration. Price, $3.50.
For thirty subscribers and $4,000 we
will give beautiful communion set-five
pieces, viz. two plates, two cups, one tank
ard. Price, $4,000.
For fifty subscribers and $4,000 we will
give a $1,000 sewing machine, of any
make.
For ninety subscribers and $4,000 we
will give an elegant parlor organ, new and
Grst-class. Price, $1,000.
Parties who attempt to get up clubs can
send us the subscribers they receive from
week to week, with $500 for each name,
and they can select any premium in the
list they choose after the requisite number
Of subscribers has been received at this
office.
Money caa be sent in Registered Letters
at our risk.
Address all communications to
r. II. HENRY,
Editor BRooKHAvEN LEDGER,
Brookhaven, Miss.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18

times In excess of the interest accruing
from any increased cost of good tools
SO reasoning, gold, or undoubted
promises to pay gold, gradually came
once more into use as money on the
island.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
Chr 8roosl'ascu 2edser.
Advertising Rates.

One square, first insertion. $3.50; each
subsequent insertion - cents.
One square one year, S15; two S1uarOg
one year, $25.
one-tourth column one year So; one.
half column one year $l0O.
One column one yeaI $1Sc.
Local Notices twenty cents line.
The space occupied by square is one
inch.
Marriage notices and deaths. not ex
ceeding six lines, published free. All
over six lipes charged for at regular adj
vertising rates.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18

IT is remarkable how virtuous and
generously disposed every one is at a
play. We uniformly applaud what is
right and condemn what is wong, when
it costs us nothing but the sentiment.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18

ANY work, no matter how humble,
that a man honors by efficient labor will
be found important enough to secure
respect for himself and credit for his
name.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18
Six Months EoK'
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SUBSCRIBE 1T ONCE,

In order to place THE LEDGER within
the reach Of all, we have concluded t"
offer it until alter the Presidential elec-
ton for the small sum Of ONE DOLLAR.
The Fail Campaign viii be one of unusai
interest, and every voter in the State
should subscribe for some reliable news
paper. No Campaign subscribers will
be received on credit The cash must
accompany every subscribers name.
Bring in your dollar and get the cheap
stpaper in the State.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18

LETTERS directed to Horace Greeley
are still received frequently at the Iri,
bune Office. They may reach him
eventually by way of the dead letter
Office, however.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-05-18

WE should never play with favor; we
cannot too closely embrace it when it is
real. nor fly too far from it when it is
false.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-18
ALEXANDRIA,

THE CASE OF r. j. UNDERwooD.-Mr, F..
j. Underwood, whose arrest 10 this CITY
some three weeks ago on capias issued in
the suit OF VIM. NJ. McVeish against him,
we published, having given the bail re,
qulred, and subsequently returned aud an
swered all the interrogat ories prononnde5 IN
him and disclosed his property In Virginia
The capias was This morning dismissed, and
40 order entered, in the corporation court,
releasing him from his bond and discharyir Q
his bail Sentinel, lTih
REMOVED Rev. f j. Willis. OF the Broad
Gus Female Institute of Winchester close 4
that institution last week, and trans ferr, d
his boarding pupils to Clarksburg. w. Va.
The reverend gentleman was formerly pastor
OF the Baptist Church in this city.-fGazette,
l7Lh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-18
GEORGETOWN

THE ANNUAL lFEBRUARY) ENTERTAIN
MENT OF the Georgetown seminary Miss s..
a. Llpscomb, principally took place last
evening. at the school house on Stoddard
street. The opening march, by Misses Shu :
lar and Myers, was well executed. The in
strumental performances OF the Misses saw
yer were also very fine. The select readings
were, If possible, an Improvement on the
music. what Old Mrs. Ember said" rem
dered in an excellent manner by Misses Earle
and Platter, In costume, was the browning
event OF the evening. "The Struggle for the
Mastery" by Miss Scligh, was well selected
and finely read. The Schoolmaster and
his Guest" by Miss Miller; sHow Katie
Knocked at the Door of Heaven" by Miss
CragiD; 1.-The Moneyless Man, by Miss e.
Sawyer; and Aunt Hepzibah's Story told
by Misses Myers and Addison, were all un-
exceptionally well rendered
The POTOMAC WATER will be shut Off at
O'Clock this evening from the upper portion
or Georgetown, Known as the high service
for the purpose OF connecting the new mains
with the pump-house and high-service reser-
yoir. The work Will be completed during
the night.
ILL-The many friends Of Jenkin Thomas
esq, will regret 10 learn that he is again sui
ferirg severely with the rheumatism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-18
THE COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURr-JtttGe Cu7tteT.
To-day, Null, Banks q Co. against Kts-
kadden, verdict for plaintiff; S3, 4i.96. Will
son & Co. against Castleman; on trial.
CRIMINAL CoURT-JI0iJe Noe ATfIlY.
To-day, Charles Greele6f, profanity; judg-
ment below affirmed (S5 aud costs.) Valen-
Tine GreeSer, open on Sunday; nolle pros.
Moses Anderson, carrying concealed wea-
ponS; guilty; fined $50 and costs John
Brown, crueliy 10 animals; not guilty.
Police COURT-JMt9e SSlen.
To-day, Richard Pope, Morris Guliek and
Frank Smith, violation OF hack law; 50 each
Dan1 Connolly, carrying concealed weapons:
forfeited collateral. a lso forfeited collateral
Tor firing pistol I'm the street. John Baker
forfeited collateral for unlicensed wagon.
VIM. Proctor, cursiBg; So. VIM. Johnson,
loud; IS. Fanny Bruce, throwing missi les
IN the street; 81. Blue Mason, charged with
being prostitute and vagrant; sent down,
Henry Bruce, Gorge Washington aud VIM.
Brown forfeited collateral. Fanny Bruce,
assault on Margaret johnson; 800. John
Brown. larceny OF car coupling from the
railroad company; $40. Henry Jones' lar.
ceDy OF two eggs from one y brams; IS.