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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-20

at bottom prices, for cash. Choice lot OF Cigars
and Tobacco, cheap, for cash. Groceries ex-
changed for country produce at cash prices.
jan29 UULTS n co
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-20

TWEsHIP PLATs tor sale At the. IsTkLLI-
oHNCkR Office.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-20
HULTS co.
Groceries and Provisions

LAYING purchased the Grocery store OF H.
IL Macy, and rep, enished our stock, We are
now prepared 10 accommodate the citizens of
Lexington and vicinity with tirst-class
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-20
CLowDsLEY. wOTAwA f. co,
Carriage Makers

MAIN ST., LEXINGTON, [opp. Baptist Ch).
THANKFUL for past favors, would announce
i to the public that they are prepared to man
uiacture all kinds OF
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-20
SATURDAY, JUNE 18th. 1876.
TRUSTEES SALE.

for the purposes OF said trust. .
GEORGES s. RATHBUN, Trustee.
Lexington April 18th. 1876. apr,5td
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-20
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

By C.. b. DANIEL, ID. C.. mAy6-5w
Graves 4 Wood, Attorneys for plsintid.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

held by the savings banks, and it is a
rule with these institutions never to
lean on any piece Of property, ex-
ceeding One-half the assessed value of
the property, therefore the security for
the payment Of the loans that bear this
rate cf interest ID frst-class-giit edged,
in fact. Still In the face of these Of
fetal facts, the hard money (hard times)
men iterate and reiterate the false state
ment that money is abundant and cheap.
The truth is, that money is cheap ID
those who do not want it, but exceed
ingly hard to get for business purposes,
and at high rates of interest even upon
unquestioned authority.
The condition Of the manufacturing
and mechanical Industries of Rhode
Island and all New England, Is most de
plorable. Aany of the largest and
strongest firms have failed-all are los
ing money, A vicious financial policy
has so impoverished the people that they
can no longer purchase and consume
the production OF the mills and factorje 5
with skilled labor commanding less than
dollar a day. With corn bringing to
the Western farmer from % to 30 cents
bushel, what her state of affairs can
be expected Where can the consum
ers get money to buy goods? Many Of
our shTewdest manufacturers ara begin
ming to see that contraction "com,
ing down to hard pan" to u "specie
basis, is mighty disagreeable and ex-
ceedingly slow; that the times and the
prospects are harder the longer we per
slst IN that line of policy.-Ex.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

on your bonds, and we are unable to paw
any such Increase now, and will pos
lively decline to levy any higher tax be
the consequences what they may
Then, Mr.. BOndhOlder, you must hold
On until we recnperate u little from the
ravdges OF the war and get our families
at Least, on a meat and bread footing.
Those credit saviours may call this
reputation and bad faith, clre not, for
every man of ordinary Intelligence,
knows that if we were willing, we are
wholly unable t. bear double rate of
taxation now, for the accom- odation of
the holders Of those fraudulent bonds.
The men who are always prating about
| the good faith and credit Of the State,
and never making and provision to pro
/ tect 1t, and who are always squirting re-
/ pudIatlOn at til e tax paying people of his
/ own State because they are unable to
meet fraudulent obligation, and who
| have not the manliuess to advocate an
| increase In taxation sufficieTt to accomp-
/ fishing what they preach, should be re
/ gaTded as an moons i5tent and impracti-
! cable set of demagOgues, and unfit to be
trusted with the solution of so important
question.
Reputation forzoOth There never
was a COTpOTaps guard of men in Ten
| nessee, who desired TO see THAR State
repudiate the payment of her fair and
honest obligations. If there are any re
pudiationists in Tennessee, they are tn esq
credit saviours who are always pTomis-
ing and never making any provision to
pay.
But this rambling letter is growing too
long and | must close
Respec fully yours, &c
Jos. L. ROssON.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
NEXT SATURDAY.

That will be field day in Hardeman.
The County Convention will meet to
nominate a candidate for the Legislature.
The Districts will be largely represented.
Let one of our ablest men be chosen.
The graVest public questions that could
possibly engage the attention of the
people are awaiting solution. The next
Legislature must be composed of true
statesmanlike material. Personal ambi-
ton should be held in allegiance at such a
time "a this when affairs os State de,
mand the most unselfsh devotion on the
part of our representative men. Know
no man to his individual promotion, but
seek alone the public good in the choice
you shall make.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
THEY NEED oUININE,

Local elections to-day throughout the
State. In some sections the Republicans
are regularly organized, while in others, as
in Hardeman, they are not as a body
taking active part in tho support of
any particular candidate. This is emf
nenty wise. In all seriousness, is is
enough to have State and Federal af
fairs besmeared in the mire of partisan
politics without intermeddling with
local Offices and deciding the WORTH
ness of candidates at tn doubtful bid
ding of party exactions.
The miasma generated in the cess
pool of corrupt political organisms is al
ready abroad in the land diseasing the
public mind. Some men have lived so
long IN the low. damp bottom land of
base-born ambition, that when elections
come around, they appear gangrened
with selfshness, and have periodic at
tacks of Ofice-sseking billiousness. Such
creatures are pests to society. In times
of quiet they stink away FROM public
notice and feast upon concealed venom
and when election time approaches theJ
emerge from their retreats and plot and
plan to the discontinue of good men,
and to the qualification of their own
corrupt designs. These men need
strong Spanish-hY blisters in the shape
of an emphatic condemnation at the
polls. Ballot-medioine is q fine anti
septic. 1t is quinine to demagogues.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
County Convention.

A Convention of the Democratic voters
of Hardeman county will assemble in
Bolivar on Saturday, the 5th day of Au-
gust next, for the purpose of nominating
candidate for the Legislature, and for Sc
Letting delegates to attend the FIcaterial
Senatorial, Congressional and State Con-
ventions. A county executive committee
will also be appointed to serve for the
neNt two years. j. III. HUBBARD,
Chairman Executive Committee.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
GREBNBACKs AND WHISKY

are bad Geutenants, especially in election
times. Now, fellow citizens, you are
called on to-day to choose men to man
age your county affairs. Look around
Have you tried and true mea already
serving you, as tho Sc who value good
government, you should re-elect them
Have you incompetents in Office, then
in Justice to these officials themselves,
and to society, invite them by your bal
lot to seek other Employment
Since the war, the people have drifted
among breakers in the selection of men to
fill Offices. So loose have been their views
as to official fitness, that men of worth
have been eibowed aside, and the race,
as general thing, has been left to bus
mess mediocrity and doubtful character
AS a result, it is too often the case that
tho purse serves as the best heavy artil
cry that office seekers can employ to
crrry an election. T he Greenback now
struts forth upon the hustiags as head
captain, with mean whisky as his
handy subaItern. The idea that the
mighty political engine, a freeman's
ballot, ia at the mercy of such agencies,
is enough to make patriots tremble for
the preservation of Republican govern
ment. 1t is time that voters should
awake to a consciousness of the drift
of modern elections, and be firm to re-
sist the Vaccinations of corrupt mem.
Let virtue and intelligence as sert
the majesty of their GOd-giVen influence,
and bid purohasable incomptency hide
it's brazen front
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION

At a meeting of the Democratic Exeeu-
tuve Committee of the Tenth Congress
sional District of Tennessee, held at the
office of the Chairman, in Memphis, July
%, 1876, it was resolved that Conven-
ton of Delegates, to nominate o DEMO
cratic candidate fer the 10th Congress
from said District, be held at Memphis
OF Thursday, September 7, 1876.
It was resolved and the Committee
respectfully recommend that the basis
of representation in said Convention be
one delegate for every 100 votes cast for
Hon. Jas. D. Porter for Governor at his
election in November, 1874, in the coun-
ties Of Hardeman, Fayette and Shelby,
and the Democratic Executive Commit
tees of said counties are respectfully re-
queSted to see to the proper apportionment
and election or appointment of their re.
spectiye Delegates.
NJ. D. l.. STEWART,
Chairman.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
An Able Reinforcement of the
Reform Movement.

Mr.. Park Goodwin, one Of the most
distinguished members of the Fifth
Avenue Conference, writes a long and
able letter to the Tribune, showing why
Independent voters should support Til
den. He concludes as follows:
"And now, appealing to every in
partial member of the Conference to
dismiss his ancient party animosities
and prejudices, ask him to consider
the words of our address describing the
political situation, as I have just quoted
them; ask him to consider the demands
it made of the Conventions and charac-
ter of candidate it presented as a
sine qua ron; and then say which of
the parties has most nearly met the re-
quirements. The Republican party
which Is responsible for the great: r
part of the widespread decentralization,
Is substantially unchanged. 1t will be
for the next four years what It has been
for the past eleven years. A candidate
chosen expressly for his neutral qualities
will not direct its tendencies or infusa
VigOr or consistency into It's councils.
Its leadership will continue to be, as
heretofore, IN the hands of its Biaines, its
COnklings, its MOrtions, it's Camerons
It's Logans, and It's KeIloys. On the
contrary, the Democratic party, abjuring
its former errors, and rising to the full
demands of the situation, puts itself into
essentially new hands. Its standard
bearer, a sagacious, prudent, most &C
com plished statesman, Injured to man
agement, and fresh from desperate CON
ficts with the enemies of pure govern
ment, has lifted it to a higher plane of
faith, and will also lift it to higher
plane Of practice. But he must be gus
tained by good men everywhere p no
sympath;se in his objects lie has
/ brought Us the reinforcement of mighty
organ cation ready to adopt our cause
and fight our battle; can we turn it
away? Can we, sinking back into the
| blindness of mere partisan feeling
negl ect this glorious opportunity,
which puts an over whelming vote at oul
dispos al, for the rescue of the Govern
ment? do not see how there can be
| two answers; but be that as it may,
who have for many years stood by this
noble man, and been the eyewitness o
his gallant fights with the beasts q
| Ephesus," would be recreant to the la
Dor and aspirations of my whole life not
to lend him my heartiest support.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

tive of location. Hardeman has in the
past given the State men of pronounced
worth, and she is still full handed to
meet any similar draft that the present
or future may make. We have personal
ly no ak to grind and are ax-grinders for
no one. 81, sister Haywood, send cut
your pet son in the sunlight. We pine
to see the comely oandiiato-chilI.
Don't let him be furbelowed too much.
Plain Tennessee plaid ia more in demand
tlan thin, gauzy stuff Name your
best man; you have many true men who
deserve to be honored
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

Dorsey Thomas is politically sick.
We hope he may in his peregrinations
over the State find green herb to nib
BILE that will cure his stomach ache.
Had he staid at home IN the fold of the
old Democracy, his diet would have
condueed to health, but now, in his way
ward Independency, he is liable to find
that a change in drink will give him a
deep-seated case of rapid political
cholera-morbus. The undertaken is wait
ing for him down the road. Let HIM
have his checks ready.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
Pole to be Raised.

The Central TiIden and Hendricks
Club of Rardeman Will erect, on Sat
urday, near the Court House Tildsn
and Hendricks presidential pole. Let
every Civil District ba largely represent
ed. Be on hand to see the Reform banaer
foat out in the Southern sky as an
omen of better day for our radical
ridden country.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
How Money Is Plenty and Cheap
in the East.

1t is so often stated in the press and
by hard money advocates that money Is
over abu ndant, and in proof of the as
sertion they quote money at 2 to 4 per
cent, and mo demand, that many are at
a loss to understand why this Is so.
They know that when they try to Dor
row and offer unexceptionable security
that they are charged 7 or per cent in
New England, and in the West m one
dreams of getting it for less than 10 por
cent and often have to pay much more.
1t is true that when parties with govern
ment bonds or other security just as
good, or better than money wish m one 2
on cali or for any short time they can
get it 10 the Eastern money centers at
very low rates. This class borrow but
very little aad mostly for speculative pur,
poses There can be no money borrow
ed by legitimate business men on good
personal or real security at anything
ike the rates quoted. To prove this
true | will give the rates that are paid
bv the people of Massachusetts, upon
mortgages as given 10 the Seventh An
uuaI Report Of the Bureau Of Statistics
of Labor" a public document of 392
pages issued by the State.
Of the whole number of working PEG
pie who own houses there will be seer
BY referring to pages pa and 225 0.
said report, that over As per cent. o.
their homes are mortgaged The aver
age for males is s., 1911, and for fe
males is I,869,74 That the loves
rate of interest paid Is in Wore ester
county, which averages 90 per cent
The highest is Barnstable, being a.
per cent, next coming Norfork, Middle
sex and Suffolk, the average for which
is 7.6, rs and IS per cent. respectively
and the average for the whole state i
IA per cent. These mortgages are mainly
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

Hon. James NJ Ashley known as "the
great impeacher" in the case of Presi-
dent johnson, announces that he sup
ports Tilden. In former days he was
one of the foremost aud most active Re
publicans in Northern OHIO. One after
another of the Grant satellites are max
departure from the orbit of Radical
ism and swinging in the circle of Re
form. Ashley has been a great sinner,
but we forgive him if in his latter
days he square his life by the rule OF
Democratic consistency.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
Ratification Meeting.

Next Saturday the Democracy of Harde,
man will have a rousing jolljfcutio q
meeting in Bolivar over the nomination
of Tilden d Hendricks. Come one,
come all, man women and children, and
let the welkin ring with loud shout
for Reform and down with Rl1icalism.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

Giant radicalism is a putres cent
gro 9Th. It is the spewed political spawn
cf the worst isms that ever cursed the
civilization Of any age Ranounco it.
Denouuce 1t.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

NJ NJ. Bright, Esq, of Jackson will b.
supportd by "Many voters" for the Senate
in the District compo sed of Hardeman
and lMadi son. So says the jackson Dis
patch Of July 81.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

Belknap, by vote of 81 to %, has
bsen found innocent Just as we though
a Republican Senate would deciLe
This is reform within the party" Get
thee behind me Satan"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

We hope to see each Civil District
represented next Saturday at the meeting
# the Central Club. Send on q full
delegation of your hest men.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

There have been nine Presidents Of
the United States whose names end ed
with an n" Next year there will be
ten Wen wait, Til-den.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
Orranizal OrganizaI

Organization is TiIdenism Yes, let
the Democrats IN each Civil District or
ganize Tilden Club to coo perate with
the Central one organized at Bolivar.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

A Tilden Pole will be erectedSaturday
by the Central Democratic Club of this
county.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

TIE ROAD TO HEALrH.- Cleanse the
stomach, bowels and blood from all the
acrid. corrupt and offensive accumula-
tions and you remove the cause of most
disea ses, and thus preserve good health ,
and, also, save large doctors bills. Tho
most effectual and reliable remedy for
this purpose is Simmons Liver Regula-
tor, purely vegetable. The trial Of one
bottle or package will prove to the patient
the virtue of this medicine.
Hepatine discovered in southern NJ
bia, cures all diseases Of the liver. For
sale at HAMMER KINGS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03

A machine with STRAIGHT NEEDLE practically SELF
SETTING. THE WORK RUNS BACK FROM TIE OPERA
It has takeup preventing the thread TANGLIN
OR BREAKING If should off the The
machine backwards theew be tangHng breaking narng
the thread 1t will from tissue the heaviest
leather without change tension machine
little mechanical ability the part of the OPERATOR
porance of its
RUNNING VERY EASILY
to be not lost sight Of is health preserver
destroyer Fewer needles broken than
the needle bar with side draft and a
bar will not be wanted every few the
with other machines especially if in the hands Of
lures The feed positive The points all sides of the
needle. Sold reasonable and fully warranted Agsnta
wanted in every county Tennessee, Mississippi Alabama.
Fol- agencies ETC., address
WHEELER & WILSON MFG CO.
North Fifth Street. st. Louis
Or 46 North Street Memphis Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
DEPARTMENTAL:
STRAIGHT NEEDLE.


Work Runs Back From the Operator,
aOOes Not Oil the Thread or Goods.
It is the Simplest and Easiest to Handle
and Runs Easily, Quietly
and Rapidly.
It is the most Durable and best made Ma
chine in the World.
The Under Tension may be Varied at will
while the Machine is in Operation.
THE No. 8 HAS ALL THE DESIRABLE
POINTS that can be claimed for other
Machines, while the inventor has
avoided the Objectionable fea-
lures connected with every
other system now
III use.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

Alex. Wilson will spoak at the
following places on the dates given !;
each meeting to commence at !
o'clock p. NJ:
At the Town Hall, Wyoming Thursday Oct, 26
" School House, iennieton, Friday, Get. ~
g School House, Moscow, Saturday Oct. 2s
ALEX. WILSON AND DIR. J. II. VIVIAN
Jacksons School House, waIdwsc eek Monday, Oct 30
ALEX, WILSON AND j. r. JONES
At Town Hall, Miflin, Tuesday. October 81
" Wickhamss s H.. Dodgevile Friday Nov Sd
Holly Head, Dodgevile Saturday, Nov, 4th
ALEX. WILSON AND 9. SPENsLEY
At Town Hall, Linden, Thursday, November ID
2. ALLEN JR. AND C. SPENSLEY
At Dunn's School aouse Mineral Point Town on
Nov. 9th
At Tregonings School House, Laxey-Town Of
Linden-Nov 4th,
DIR. w. II. BRISBANE
At Ruggles' School Mouse, Ridgway, November Cd
Al West Blue Mounds November 3d.
Local committees will please make
the necessary arrangements for the
above meetings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
The PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The attention Of the pub lie is called to the
appended statistics of the pub lie schools. The
figures here given indicate AS fully AS any brief
statement can, the condition of the schools
during The first month of The year just begun.
AS the schools are the property of The commu
nifty, existing by reason of its counlenancc and
support, and administering to lis necessities.
it is hoped that interest in their welfare viii
prompt the public to careful examination OF
every statement which exhibits their condition
and degree of efficiency. stalls teal report
of the Kind here given, will be published at
the close Of each month for the Information Of
those who avail themselves of no better means
for ascertaining the condition of the schools.
But the publication OF these figures is not dc.
signed TO justify the Inference that any ade-
quate notion OF the actual condition OF things
is to be obtained by the perusal of published
ieInents alone. Nothing less than per-
sonal inspection of the daily work done in the
different departments combined with an exam
mrion of these statistics, can furnish The
basis for correct estimate of the value OF that
work. An examination Of this kind, the pub.
lie are cordially invited TO institute. All de-
partmenjs OF the schools are open To visitors
III all times. Visits of such frequency and
length as 10 insure a correct judgment are
thosc most desired by The teachers, and the
only ones that can be OF value To the public
Ony such can reveal the most serious detects,
III discover the highest merits. An evil, the
remedy for which Is earnestly sought, and
which can be retncded only by cooperation
oi parents with teachers, Is shown il The item
"Whule number of days lost by tie absence
IF pupils' Ii would be unnecessary even
were there room IN this place, To msert the
many cugent arguments IN inv"r OF reguia y
of attendance. Enough of them are patcns 10
ali 10 indicate ihe ncccssi of strenuous
efforts on The part Of parents to insure such Al
telddn.e. As he nun give .his ! EN- Il
argc, and, as n consequence, the resolution
Paid perseverance required % resist inclination
% which So Iarge number OF the pupi VI eld
d, were Of more than ordinary strength. II II
bought that those who were neither absent nor
Lardy deserve special notice, hence their names
Ire inserted;
The standing Of pupils in classes is indicated
W report card, winch are given To them AL the
close Of cacl mon h 10 be taken hoIn; tur the
Information Vl parents. Their attendance Il
solicited 10 all The iigure, placed uppu be cards,
and they are requested To return the card 10
The teachers at cr snch inspection, with heir
own sim Al tIfeS affixed.