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House for Sale.

a1e MY DWELLING HOUSE
LIZ Al.a iors ~ ". IL ~ ~ .. Il
Btren, dwelling house has SIX comfort
able rooms. with Kitchen attached thereto,
and crib and stable on the lots. Are conve
niently and pleasantly situated near the rail
road depot. For terms OF sale. which will be
very liberal apply to the und rsigned.
ELIZABETH j. MCCAIN.
March 90, 1877 If.
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hNr 4 telegram from Jefferson, Tex
as, says that tho Grand Jury has found a
true bill against Rothschild for the mur-
der of Bessie Moore.
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bs- The inflated wind-bag OF the
Dar1ancllc Arkansian has got something
cross ways. The big ], McGuirc is a
whale among minnoWs.
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Van Buren, Grange, P. H.

VAN BUREN GRANGE. No. 3S. p. # II. Reg
nlar meeti rs first Saturday of each
month at 8 o'clock. A. NJ, at Lemley's Hall,
miles east of Van Buren,. Ark. Patrons ia
good standing are fraternally invited.
HENRY SHIBLEY. W. NJ.
NJ. I. WEST, Secretary.
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NJ. ". DRrwntY.

Dks- The whole stock and trade Of the
citizens of Alma, that are trying to re-
move the county-scat to that place, is the
abuse and denunciations of the business
men and citizens, generally Of Van Blu
!cn. A long communication, in the last
issue, signed Granger" is tissue Of
Misrepresentation, exaggerations, and
unjust insinuations, from beginning to
.cnd. IIan Buren Press.
nc nurfvr W vWon s.. s.s s,.-,.es..s
ous-stinking liar, and he knew that whom
he was penning the above that he was
willfnlly and malioiously elandering the
enviahle reputation Of tho good citizens
Of Alma.-Alma Herald.
As but tep Of tho citizens OF Van Bu-
'ren see the Alma Herald, wc copy the
above from its last issue, that our people
may judge for themselves what manner
Of man presidcs over the journal that
reprssents the interests, and is presumed
to speak the sentiments cfthe people of
that town. And we are willing TO stake
our reputation on the decision Of every
Intelligent man that reads the communi-
cation of" Granger" that what we say
above, ia truc. Knowing the author, as
we now do, arc more thoroughly consinc-
ed the communication was the cmana-
ton of a contemplate, malicious and
depraved mind. Whom the Gods
would destroy they first make mad, and
,he realization OF the course pursued by
certain citizens of Alma toward oul
town, will be fully verified in this old bu,
truthful quotation.
The Van Buren press., 1877-05-08

~ James Brogan, of Fort Smith, an
cx-poiiccman, WAS thrown from his
horSc, on "Wednesday morning last and
liIl.al
The Van Buren press., 1877-05-08

DsS- President Hayes has issued
Proclamation calling Congress together
on the 9th of October next
The Van Buren press., 1877-05-08

ItS~ Bro. Gaulding, Of the Arladcl.
phia Standard, is luxuriating in straw
berries and cream.
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WATER
For Everybody.

l. Nell-Augur from the United States
Well -Augur Company. of st Louis Mo-. j.
prepared to bore wells from 10 to $50 ect
deep In clay. slate or qnicksand. and will
guarantee satisfaction, | am. also, agent for
the sale OF said Augur and Machinery, and
invite parties to come here and see the Au-
CUR operate, j. A. LOCkii ART.
Van Buren,, Ark. Jan. 30 1877
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
sheep and Glover.

At tbs state fair recently held in RO-
chester, \. Y, very instructive discus
siOns took place by farmers in the even
ing of each day of the exhibition. One
Of these is thus reported:
We can afford more sheep than we
keep also, and we can afford to keep them
better than we do. Now sheep carries
away with him about six to ten per cent
of the nitrogen of the food he eats, and
We must get such animals as will pay for
extra feed-bran, Oilcake, etc, greatly
enriching the manure, so as to make up
in this way to the land, and more than
make up, the loss of the nitrogen carried
off in eating ordinary feed. Thus we
can make the land richer by feeding the
clover to sheep than by blowing it under
We can buy sheen at Buffalo at four or
five cents pound IN the autumn, feed
through winter, and sell them at seven
Dr eight cents in the spring. There il,
! however, and increasing difficulty in OBJ
tanning the right kind of sheep, and
eventually We shall probably be COM
PEELED to raise them for ourselves, but Il
we do, let them be better than we can
/ buy. At present, a three year wether
weighing about ninety pounds costs four
dollars. The speaker admiTes pure bred
animals, but he also admires good, useful
| crosses, not COtswOlds on SOuthdowns.
| For the common farmers of New York,
he would recommend a cross of pure
! COtswOid rams on ewes of MerinO blood
such eros as he shows at the fair. Mr..
| Harris here gave a description of these
sheep, and added that we can raise the
/ best sheep in the world right here, aud
may even come to export mutton in
large quantities, which will be vastly
moro profitable, if properly managed,
than sending away our corn and meal.
Mr.. Brewer, of Tompkins, thought
that on clay sOils-not on sand--plowing
under green clover is highly advan-
tageous-quite rs good a way to keep up
/ the fertility as TO use animal manure
He has got good crops for thirty six years
/ from very poor land without manure, by
/ blowing under clover once in three years
/ the rotation is oats, clover. wheat, and
the last crop yields is to - bushels per
/ acre this year. OF oats he gets 50 to 30
( bushels
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
Ene,. Wo,1h Rememher1nE.

Carrots for horses, experiments have
shown, are most beneficial when fed in
conjunction with oats. Alone, they are
less nutritious than oats alone, but when
fed together in the proportion of, say
two quarts OF oats and two of sliced car
rots to a mess, the result will be more
satisfactory than if either were fed sepa-
rately.
\ new enemy to grain has lately been
discovered in a CagO of barley discharged
at Amsterdam. 1t is a small, microscopic
maggot, of an unknown species, and
besides the injury it inflicted on the
grain, it's presence there produced serious
illness and peculiar eruption o. all who
came IN contact anywhere with the cargo.
To facilitate the parturitiOn of cows
the administration of a few handfuls OF
linseed with their drink for three or four
weeks before their calving, is strongly
recommended by a writer in tho Land
r5't6, German agricultural paper. In
over thirty years practice he mas always
Iound it to act benefcially, and, moEe'
over, 1t increases the secretion of milk
decreases Inflammation and constipation
and forms certain remedy BIZ retention
of after-birth.
10 drain depression in a field, where
clayey or haTd-pan subsOil prevents the
sinking OF rainwater, and the lay of the
! land Is unfavorable for ordinary methods
Uf drainage, first dig a hole as if for a vel
through the imPervious stratum at The
| bottom of the hollow, fill it up to tn,
b-im with refuse stones, remove tn,
| CXCavated earth so as to allow the surfac
water free access to the pit, and standin!
water will never injure the grass or grain
! crop in that part of the field.
J Defective seed corn is a great aggreva
/ ton TO the farmer in the spring. /
| causes delay in replanting, or occasion
serious loss in the crop if replanting /
| omitted. This Is the time to avoid tn
| difficulty by storing up a full supply O
! sound seed. Select perfect, welI-formet
/ cara, and store them safely in dry place
and the trouble alluded to will be Obvi
ated.
Dahlia roots should be stored in a Gel
lar free from frost or damp, but not >
warm as to shriVel them up. Wher
potatoes keep well, they will be safe fror
III uTy. They should not, however, b
lifted from the ground until thei
branches are blackened by the frost, an
a dry day should be selected for tn
work. Dig them early in the forenoon
l.: them dry few hours in the sun an
pack them in boxes. If covered wit
Dry sand they will keep perfectly.
4 Connecticut river farmer pIowe
under a rank growth of clover, and the
planted winter wheat which harveste
twenty-seven and a half bushels to IL
acre. a neighbOr whose land adiOine
the above plat, planted the same kind {
seed, but without fertilizing with Glove
and obtained n fair crop Of wheat. stra
that contained no grain.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
OTHELI.0.
An Extraordinary Performance at Edwin
AdamA' ReuRHf

And now came the great attraction of
the performance, the third act of
"'!OthellO." with the following extraor-
binary cast:
Othello Sothern
1ago...... ........... MIR, WI. orenee
Cassie Mr.. II. Crisp
DeSdemona
Emilia........... ........... Mrs John Drew
Everybody, including the actors On
the stage apparently, was on the tiptoe
Of expectation Nobody knew what was
going to happen. Would Mr.. Sothern
lisp and limp a Ia "Dundreary ?" or
scOwl and grunt Ia FitzaltamOunt ?"
Would Florence "gag ?" Or would
little Lolita pull up DesdemOnas"
skirts and break out into dance and song?
That's the sort of thing most people ex-
Pected, and before half dozen words had
! passed between Cassie and DesdemCna
| there was many litter and many a sup
/ pressed roar, as the comicality of the sit
uatiOn struck the OnlOOkeIs. Miss Lolita
| herself could not conceal her enjoyment
of the fun, and did not attempt to resist
! the temptation to increase it. She
waved her arms in melodramatic style,
! bowed spasmodically, and kicked her
! long unaCCustomed skirts about in a most
/
| peared, magnifcently attired as OthellO.
! with face duly darkened, and striding
about with tragic aspect, frowniDg more
| terribly than does the crushed tUagediar
| The audience thought it immensely
funny and refused to believe that SOtherr
was serious. But he vas. And so was
| Florence, who made most amiable and
lOvable Iago. Both continued to speak
their lines in the approved manner, until
almost COnqueTing the visibility of thu
audience, Mr.. SOthern gave a genuine
specimen of his ability as a tragic actor
1t was curious to watch how the terrible
jealousy of the Moor OveTcame all though
of the absurdity OF Mr., SOthern's assump
ton of the character in the minds of tn
spectators. The house grew still and be
gan to grow critical-no mean tribute t
Mr.. S0thern's skill. But Lolita cam
again, and there was no more seriousness
Evidently Mr.. FIOreGCe's greatest eff0r
was to keep his cOuntenance. He n
longer did more than to speak his lines
, but Mr.. Sothern seemed to grow WCr
and more serious, until his seriousness
was precisely the seriousness of Fitzalte
mount or any other Crushed Tragedian.
5 Just as the scene was closing Lolita ha
i succeeded in destroying every particle Q
r ! gravity IN the mouse, anu as Lhey wen
? off the house was in a roar. Recalled
: they plunged into burlesque, and as tina
l was evidently expected of them every
: body was satisfied. On a second reca
: before the curtain Mr.. Sothern, on beha
; of the managing committee, returne
D thanks for the support given and e.
D | pressed his belief that the sum melted fl
Mr.. Edwin Adams would amount I
e $4,000, whereupOn there was grea
e cheering.-W y, World.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
Ten Rrneck and Parole.

For forty years past there has been
nearly every year some great contest be-
tween the east and west or the north
and south, and in every notable case
that | remember the western and
southern horses have had to go from
home, not to neutral ground but to the
very camps of their enemies, and the
long journey was nearly always q fatal
handicap. These contests in nearly every
instance have been between horses
owned in Kentucky and ''Kentucky
horses bred for sale" or, what is nearly
the same thing, of pure Kentucky blood.
These races, to my mind, only show one
thing, and that is that a horse that has
travelled a thousand miles to d new
country is in no condition to run against
one that has been there a year or more
AMI got thoroughly acclimated. Your
correspondent will doubtless say that
Baltimore was neutral ground, and Ten
Brock and Parole and OChiltree met
there on equal terms. Such is plainly
not the case, however, as from Lexington
to Baltimore is about three times as far
as from New York to the same place,
and it taxes quite four times as long to
make the journey. Add this to the fact
that Ten Brock was in the stud all the
summer and only hastily put into train
ing for the fall racing, and any one
whose ears are not so long that facts as
sumo different shape before they reach
the head will admit that Paroles superb
ority over Ten Brock bas by no means
been established. Nor has he yet shown
himself a better horse than Tom OChil-
tree, who appears To have been too much
out of condition to stand the pace at
which the recent race was rum heU-
tscEiGgl IN the ~ y. iPOrd.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
The Diary Of a Siege.

One of the most remarkable episodes
Of the present war-which, however, has
not as vet received all the attention it
deaerves-is the defence of the Fort of
Bayazid in Armenia by Russian gar
risOn, 5000 strong, against a Turkish
army numbering 5000 men. The Mos
COW Gazette gives the following interest
ing extracts from the private Journal of
one of the officers of the garrison
June 10.-The enemy has blOckaded US
on all sides, and intercepted the aque-
ducts. Our Cistern and a few bags of
biscuits is all we live on. At night, by
the light of the burning town beneath US,
we saw the atrocities perpretrated by the
Kurds on the helpless Inhabitants. 1t
was horrible beyond description. WO~
men and children were thrust alive into
the flames and carried about the streets
on Iances, Horribly mutilated and shrek
ing with anguish. The sight was 50 sick
ening that one of our officers was quite
Overcome by it and had an attack of brain
ever that night. June 1S.--General
assaults of the Turkish forces, which we
succeeded in repulsing towards nightfall
Our ratiOns have been reduced to half I
| pound of biscuit and one glass of water
| per diem. June 20.-A parliamentary
| came with a summons for us to surrender.
! Our commander answered that, being so
| much stronger, the Turks could we'll try
| and take the citadel by storm. : = 4
| June 26.--Our ration has been further
| diminished to a quarter Of a pound q
| biscuit and two spOOntuls OF stagnant,
rotten water. We suffer terribly from
| hunger and thirst. After a days hard
| fighting | am utterly PROSTATE and
scarcely able to write these few words.
~ ! ! ,s,.-l,4
we have been exposed to a terrible can
nOnade. On the 10Th a general assault,
which we repulsed, followed by repeated
! iniunctions to surrender, to which our
| answer was the same IS before. July /.
Our ration to-day is One-eighth pound
biscuit and one spoonful of water. Star
walton is approaching rapidly. l have
! seen some of our men cut slices OF flesh
| from the half-putrifed carcass of a horse
and eat them. July 4.-AgaIn sums
mons to surrender, this time written in
| Russian by Pole in the Turkish service,
| Col KOmarof. OF course our answer
! remained unaltered. July I've have
! repulsed one more assault. It is the last
! one. We can not hold out much longer.
! Mines are laid out to blow up the citadel
| and the garrison. 1t is better so than to
starye. July l0.--The cannon! Never
| has any music sounded so sweet to our
| ears. 1t is Gen. TergukassOff, who comes
! to save us am 50 weak that / feel utterly
unable to write or move a finger. But
| we are saved" After the siege had been
raised there remained of the garrison
! about 1000 men, who were mostly SO
utterly worn out that they had to be
carried out of the citadel. The name OF
the gallant commander tof this equally
gallant garrison is Capt. StOckvitch.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
when 20 Rave Cow. Come In.


There Is quite a diversity Of opinion
in regard to the best time 10 have cows
drop their calves 50 as to return the
greatest measure of profit, and it depends
very much on the persons themselves
whether spring, summer fall or winter
he the best time, and on the ages of the
animals, the way they are fed, and the
food given. Experience in this matter
has demonstrated to is that the best
time to have young heller drop her
fret calf is late in the spring, so she can
have the benefit of plenty of sweet,
nutritious grass after her calf has been
taken away, to steadily and naturally in
crease her flow Of milk, and thereby lay
the foundation Of a good mixer. II she
comes in profit in the winter, when she
has to subsist for the most part on dry
feed as do many hundreds of our farmers
cows, she will not improve as she should
and would on grass. AS it Is the most
critical period in the life of a good dairy
COW, when she drops her first calf, if it
be desired to have really fiTst-class
animal, we think there should be no
question about which is the best time
for her to calve, for II Is when she can
get plenty of natural, JUICY food.
We like to have our heifers from
twentv~four to thirty months old when
they drop their first calves, for much
earlier than this is apt to dwarf them in
statue as we'll as in other desirable quail
tiles, while, if left longer than that the
owner loses much time that is unnec'
essary. We speak from experience,
though there may be many who may,
and no doubt do, differ with us on this
"a well as many more subjects.
In regard to mature cows, those which
have had their second or third calf, the
time of year for having them drop their
calves is not so important q point as ii
undoubtedly is with young and immature
dairy stock, for il is reasonable 70 suppose
that those first mentioned have become
established and are not 80 apt to be
injured though we shall always advocate
good feeding, liberal in quantity, and o.
the best and most desirable quality.
In either a milk or butter dairy, the
products Of that dairy command higher
nrices during the winter than during the
Farm summer months; and they should
do SO. for the cost Of producing thi,
SITTER and milk, consequent on the
Increased labor and expense in feeding, Is
inch more in winter than in summer
yben they have the benefit of plenty Of
E0T IF there is plenty of good feed on hand
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
a Revival la Farming.

That revival is going on in all that
relates to agricultural interests is plain
enough to the most ordinary comprehen-
sion. The success OF the farming occu-
patton, but especially its reliance for a
man, Is on almost all tongues. The great
crop OF the present year have come for.
ward to prove the value of this occupation
as 1t never has before been demonstrated
IN this country. Men are at leased con-
WINGED that agriculture is at the bottom
II our national prosperity. They com.
prebend in an entirely new way how
branches of business depend on it, But
tor this years crops, we might still have
waited, rs we have been waiting for the
last four years, for a start in trade ano
manufactures. ANY person can now see
that it would have boen impossible to dc
| anything whatever if farming had moi
put it's long and powerful lever under
and pried the country out of the rut il
which it was set.--lfass. PlougHmaa.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
/ SISTERS DEVOTION.
EIeaEtrcudiHE AccideHt-TUO Young
ladies FrighifuIIy HanRIed by Ma
chiuery-ShOckInE DetaiIEs


Never have we been called upon to
chronicle 4 more heartrending accident
nor one which has enlisted q more gem
eral and genuine sympathy with the
afflicted family than that which occurred
at the Union mills on last Friday after
noon. Misses Blackford, Misses Bourne
and Charlie Bourne composed party at
Mr.. Claiborne RutherfOrd's on that day.
In the morning some of the company at
tended the protracted meeting in progress
at East Hickman, but they all met at the
dinner. table, when one of the young
ladies proposed to 90 to the tiOuring-mlil,
stating that she had never seen one
working. Consequently the party named
above, with Miss Julia and Miss Annie
Rutherford, went down to Steele Il Bro
naugh's mill, and Captain Steele, with
his usual urbanity, was showing them
round. They had been looking at the
bOlting-clOths, and passed over some
! shipstuff. Miss Annie Rutherford shook
| it, when it caught in a mitTe cOg-wheel,
about one foot from the floor, which
drew it into the machinery, and there
| was a similar wheel about three feet
| higher, in which her left arm was caught
| and was taken clean off, together with the
| flesh and bone of her breast. CIiHgiDg TO
the shaft, her skirt fast in the bottom
wheels, she was whirled round at the rate
of thiTty-tOur revolutions per minute.
| Frantic with excitement, Miss Julia
| Rutherford rushed to her sisters assist
ance. Charley Bourne did his best to
| keep her from the danger she was expos
ing herself to, and at the same time doing
his utmost to extricate Annie but Julia
persisted that she could not stand By and
| u, y,1o nj
her arms around her, she had her right
arm cut off by the same wheel. Armies
clothes were so twisted that it was ina
possible to pub her away until the engine
was stopped by Captain Steele, which
took about one minute to do, and Mr..
Samuel GOsney, perceiVing there was
something wrong, instantly lowered the
stones. The scene now baffied description,
There were cOgs filed with flesh and
bones. Az arm lying on the floor, the
glove still on the hand two lovely girls
PROSTATE in their blood, and Charley
Bourne with his left thumb cut off, from
which he was suffering intensely and wa,
threatend with loCkjaw, but he is row
probably out of danger. Mr.. Jane:
Bronaugh, jr., took Julia home in a buggy
5 and Mr.. Steele fixed Annie on a b0arc
: and presented her to her distressed
t parents. Thus the company who, a few
f minutes before, were happy and joyous
= were plunged into inexpressible grief b,
/ | a shocking and deplOTable accident. Drs
: Jasper, Welch and Skiluan have beel
= interchangeable in their attendance on tn
f sufferers, and at last accounts they wer
: improving. Miss Annie did not rail-,
5 from the effects of the shock for forty
: eight hours, but since reaction has take
f place fully, she bids as fair to recover a
Y Miss Julia, whose arm was amputatc
}, on Saturday.--JesaImiPe (Ky,) Journal
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
The GeIada.

Several living specimens OF this ex-
tremely rare Abyssinian monkey first
described by DR.. Ruppell i'll 1885, have
quite recently reached this country for
the first time, and are being exhibited at
the Alexandra park. The exact affinities
of the species have never been fully
determined, different biologists placing it,
some with the MaCaqUcs, others with the
Balloons. 1t is peculiar in that the male
is covered with very lengthy hair, like
that of the Wandered, while the female
is a much more ordinary looking monkey.
In the male, also, there is a bare spot IN
shape like an inverted 7, upon the
breast, which is of q bright-Pink color,
becoming red, and expanded into n
Inverted heart shaped patch upon excite
ment. The tail is long and like that Of q
lion, having a buzhy tuft at the extFem-
ity. The color is a sOoty dark-gray
brown, verging upon black; the hands
and feet are black; the nails are powerful
and long. The size Of the male Is about
that of a ChimPanzse four years old.
The eyes are close together, and the
snout prolonged. The living animal has
a habit of everting the whole upper lip
when irrItated, and thus exposing its
formidable array of teeth.