The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-07-05
LOCAL BREXTTIES.


Hon. Aft Lambeth, Of Middleton, was
in town this week.
Mrs. General Nicely and her daughter,
Miss Fannie, are from town, visiting distant
friends
Our popular and clever sheriff had the
court yard moved last Saturday, and OBJ
tanned fncylot OF excelIcsst hay,
Charley 4Iillcr's two acre field Of wheat
in the north part Of town was tisgcshed last
Friday, and yielded thirty-six e,s1ss1els
Kahn Bros. are preparing to build a
residence on their lot next to J9dge Fen
tress'
Peaches and apples are being brought
TO town to a small extent and i,l@o&bcrries
will soon be very plentiful
Constable Maudlin Of Grand junction,
reports that crops are excellent IN District
No. l. Wheat fine,
Squire J. c. Jackson. Of the Eighteenth
district reports crops looking very well.
Wheat good but injured seine by rust.
Bacon and com plentiful
w. II. Hall, Superintendent of public
instruction, viii take Charge of the public
school for white children in Bolivar next
Monday and have regular summer course.
Our preachers, these hot Sundays, have
compassion on their congregations, and
preach shert sermons, for which they receive
the silent thanks of everybody.
We gladly welcome $ r. Hardy, Of St
Louis, among us. He will spend his vaca-
tion in our midst He is a Bolivar boy,
and is getting on finely ia St, Louis,
Mr.. +. l.. Pledge is keeping in al, excel
lent manner the Stonewall IE.suse, at Grand
Junction. The travelling public are all
pleased with his manageFncnt
Squire J. P, Ferguson, of Hickory
Valley district, reparts that crops in his
section are doing very Provisions plentiful.
Wheat crops excellent
We call special at;cptins, to the inter
csting closing exercises Of AIiss Morriscn's
school, Middleton, as reported by our es-
tccmcd correspondent, Max D'Reily>
Remember the Whitcrille school excr-
ciscs to-day and tomorrow, The Bolivar
Cornet Band will be pTcsoaat; aIse the Clo-
vcr-Port string band Professor Hardin
cordially invites the public,
Mr.. Febiger, second base of the Nicely
club, caught beautiful fly last Friday, if
he did turn one or two sssrnersaults after
wards. He was conceded to be one of the
best players on the ground
The Grand Junction Dramatic Club
gave Il performance last evening, for the
a,cneiit of the Baptist church of that place.
l. Il,
tainmcnt in aid Of the Methodist church of
Grand Junction
Our Hickory Valley correspondent tells
that that cnterprising young farmer, john
AIaston, had a cotton bloom, July l, and lac
sent it to us. May this cotton flower be a fit
emblem of friend Maston's early and COM
pletc success in life.
Last Sunday we saw a very handsome
Hickory Valley young merchant PgyoSsenad-
ing in Bolivar with one of our most inter
csting young ladice, VIII cali uo names,
but will watch his movements, Think ne
has designs.
The brick-work on Mr.. Ramsey's new
store house was finished last week, and the
carpenters work viii doubtless be soon
pushed to completion. Major McNeals
new buildings are going up rapidly, These
new buildings will help tao looks OF town
wonderfully.
Yesterday, in Piney, there was q prize
dance between two young ladies, with a
hundred dollars at stake TO be given the
winning one, Novel amusement. Hope
some of our Piney friends will give us the
full particulars of the contest.
Quite a number of ladies were out to
witness tho match game Of base ball last
Friday. The majority of them seem to fa-
vor the Neclys, and perhaps that had some
thing to do in stimulating the boys of that
club to greater eXertions,
I'VE are indebted to Mrs, A, Moore, OF
sIumboldt, mother-in-l0w OF our townsman,
Il. p Wilkerson for a copy of the Bolivar
Herald, published in Bolivar many years
ago The number before us is dated March
81. 1851, published by John Kicks & Co.
and edited ty Kicks & Brooks.
Boys should not battle too near the
bridge that spans Spring Creek. Complain
is made that each afternoon crowds expose
themselves very near the bridge 50 thai
ladies and gentlemen out riding dare not g
that way. Let the authorities put a stop Il
Ills. Make them go further up the creek
Bishop Lane, colorcd, preached at tn,
rolorcd Methodist church last Sunday. ii,
Is fine preacher. Is well known anC
highly respected by the white people
throughout this section. He exerts an ex
ccIlcnt influence over the colored people
lie has Aourishing church in Bolivar
Ills district embraces Tennessee and othe
State.
We take pleasure in calling public at
,e,tion TO the wooden factory near BOLIVIA
- charge of w. w. & }. II. Jones. Thes
vounc men arc noted for interchangeable in
,Instrv and cxcellenl business character
They are prepared to serve the public il
their line of work, and solicit patronage
Sond vour wool to them. For terms rca,
tbcir advertisement in another column.
The crop report Of the month of Ma,
Of the Memphis Cotton Exchange shows al
.,,-,r,rc decrease in acreage of the staple i
yyo.t Tennessee North Mississippi, an
North Arkansas of one and three-fourth
nor cent. The general morale OF the labo
indicates great improvement. The whca
crop presents an improved average pro-
pcct-a yield Of twcnty-eight percent II
lrease on nine per cent increased acreage
Hog. are in good condition, with an increas
of sixteen per cent.
The wOrsham House,
This is one Of the best hotels IN Memphis
Fair excellent, rooms comfortable, and Oh
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