The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

Brownsville Bee, 4th There we're as
signments made by several Of orr leading
citizens this week, which caused quite stir
and furry in our community. Messrs. II.
L. Taylor and Jas. D. Read are among the
number.
Last Sunday morning Rev. s B. Love
preached at the Methodist church, in the
absence Of the Elder, Rev. A. II. Thomas,
who is seriously Ill at his residence near
Memphis. Rev Mr. Cochrane Of the Pres
byterian church, preached at night, and the
Holy Communion was administered.
Mr.. Thompson assisted by Mr.. Abram
Lambert, have thus far threshed seven thou
sand bushels of wheat, and much more to
thrcsh. DR.. Thompson had one hundred
and nincty-eight bushels threshed from six
acres, or an average Of thirty-tllree bushels
to the acre.
The eolored boys, not to be outdone by
their white brethren, have taken to base
ball, and last Saturday there was a match
game between the Depot club and the Town
club, resulting in the complete discontinue
of the Town boys by a score OF - to %.
The Depot club has nobby uniformed
shirts trimmed with white, white pants and
striped stockings.
Messrs. Nelson & Sadler have opened
frst-cIass Family Grocery at the old Metho-
dist church. These gentlemen have both
capital and enterprise and intend to sell
goods as low as any store in town. They
are reliable business men and are worthy
large trade. They have Mr. P. F. Willlin-
son with them as salesman. He can draw
a large custom, for he is well known and
highly esteemed throughout the county.
The members Of the Baptist church at
Grand Junction will give a Dramatic Enter
tainment Tuesday evening, the 18th inst, at
the Stonewan House. Admittance, so
cents, children % cents. We hope the pub
lie will literally patronize this entertain
ment, as it is given solely in the interest of
the church. The performers are thoroughly
practiced, and will render the evening I'M
usually interesting.
Services were held in the Presbyterian
church last Sunday, for the first time since
the interior was renovated and remodeled.
The partition wall just inside the door has
been removed, and its place is a graceful
arch. The walls have been painted color
very pleasing to the eye and all the pews
have been revanished. Altogether, the
church is wonderfully improved in appear
ance. The ladies Of the Presbyterian church
deserve the need of praise, for they raised
the money necessary to pay for the improve
ment
The "Trce OF Heaven" or "Ailantus," is
pronounced by the medical profession ex-
ceedingly poisonous The authorities at
Richmond, Va, had them cut down and
destroyed in that city There are many of
them in this town and county and for the
benefit Of our people we publish the follow
ing from the Nashville 1mcrjcan: 4 very
severe case of poisoning by living near an
ailantus tree was reported in New Haven
last week At a meeting of the Board of
Health, of that city, Prof Brewer stated
that an acquaintance had informed him of
very severe case of ailantus tree poisoning
in Boston Highlands. The victim was a
lady of thirty, and she had been so severely
affected as to have both eyes closed Her
physician had given It as his opinion that
if the exposure had been of long duration
she could not have lived. She has now been
removed to a safe place for the summer.
She felt the first effects of poisoning when
the tree was in flower. The Professor also
stated that he had seen in one of the Cali
fornia newspapers an account of poisoning
by the poison oak.
The clerk stated that he had been in
formed that one of the female employees at
the factory of the B. Shoninger Organ
Company, on Chestnut street had been so
badly affected by two ailantus trees opposite
the shop that she had been compelled to
leave work. She had been made sick, but
to what extent he was unable to say. The
trees were in flower when she suffered
Those present thought the sickness was the
sickness of many persons affected by allan
tus trees-headache, nausea, etc.