davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
MISCEELANERUN.

Masked men boarded the Z. and P.
train near Big SP.;rss, and at the pistol
Soint got away with $4,000. a reward of
$40 600 is offered for the robbers. The pas
sengers in the coaches were also visited and
relieved of their cash and valuables. The
plunder taken from the passengers is stated
to be 81, 300 in cash, four gold watches and
a ticket to Chicago.
James Newby, a negro newsboy, who
went abroad from New London, Conn, with
Moody and Sankey, studied for the church
of England ministry at London, passed an
examination before the bishops, which
prompted the bishop of London to say, al
would to God all our clergymen were like
this young man." Newly has since sailed
for Africa to be assistant to Bishop Crowther.
An artesian well, sunk by D. B.
Lowell in Nevada, on Eel river island, at
the depth of one hundred and twenty feet,
struck current of gas which, when ignited,
sent up a fame jet thirty-six feet high. A
strong wind failed to blow it out, and an
eight hOurs's rain did not extinguish it. In
the night newspaper could be read by its
light one hundred feet away.
American beef is seeking other chan
nels of transportation to Europe. A line of
steamers is now in operation between Mar
America, for the purpose of carrying frozen
fresh meat There are two methods of re-
ducing the temperature on these steamers.
One by the evaporation of ammonia, the
other by the ventilation of ether. By the
former process the temperature can be made
so low that the meat becomes sheeted with
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
The Barataria Canal.

There is q company formed under
charter of Louisiana, to make a ship
canal from a point opposite New Orleans
to a deep sea port. A survey has been
made, the project is pronounced feasible,
the engineers estimate is only a million,
and the projectors expect to induce capi-
tai by the prospect of returns The
elements of the project may be briefly
d. The excavation through such a
country is easily made, and a succession
of bayous and lakes has left com
paratively a small part to do. The
liver and sea currents will keep open a
channel of any needed depth, if sep
Grated from the river deposit of earth.
We remark that any project of making
the river open a deep channel, which
does not relieve it of the river deposit,
can only be temporary. The canal will
be a channel relieved from the river
mud. The extreme difference in height
of river and tides is about twelve feet.
When the river is low the high tides
would discharge the canal into the rivere
But one lock is required, which is at tn
river, and of bTrt small lift. Thus when
this canal is once opened, the channel
will be kept clear by river current and
tides The use of it can begin before II
is completed to full depth, as the ex.
cavation will be done by steam dredges
1t is so feasible that the wonder is it was
not done before.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
Mercantile.

J. G. KAESTLE, Grand Junction, boot
and shoe maker. Work done in the latest
style and a fit guaranteed.
G. L. PEELER, Grand Junction, watch
maker and jeweler. Repairing and cleaning
done on short notice and at cheap rates.
Work guaranteed.
VIM, NICK. HALL Drugs and groceries,
New and iull stock, Goods sold ut Memphis
prices.
w. w. HAWKINS, dealer in all kinds of
dry goods and genreal merchandise. New
and complete stock.
IRWIN & MAULDIN keeps constantly on
hand a complete assortment of dry goods,
groceries, etc,
COLLINS & Co, druggists, have a full
stock of drugs oils, paints, lamps, glass, etc.
STINSON. WELLS & co, manufacturers
of glass monuments, Orders solicited. Work
Guaranteed. Office opposite depot.
DIR. a. J. ADAMS, proprietor of the cele-
brated Asland Flour Mills Orders solicited
and promptly filed.
DENNIS FLANNERY, proprietor of the
National Saloon. Full supply of fine liquors,
Opposite StOnewall House.
J. NJ. PREWITT, dealer in dry goods, gro,
ceries, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, hard ware
school books, etc. Large new stock. Cheap
for cash.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27

Edmund de ROthschild is about to
marry Mile. Adelaide de ROthschild, the
daughter of Baron Willy de Rothschild, OF
Frankfort. Edmund de ROthschild's father,
Baron James de Rothschild. married his own
niece, Bette, the daughter of Baron Solomon
de ROtaschild. Her brothers daughter mar
ried Baron Willy de RothEchild, and now her
son is going to marry Baron WHY'S daugh-
ter. This system of iptermarriage IS likely
to give the family more money than brains,
There is a tempest in a teapot at Salt
Lake city, caused by the public knowledge
OF the fact that John W. Young intends TO be
sealed to a Miss Cobb, veluptuons looking
girl of sixteen, a stepdaughter of is-father,
and granddaughter of Mrs Augustus L.CObb,
one of Brigham's mistresses, known IN Nor
mondom the woman who desired to be
sealed to Jesus Christ. The contemplated
ceremony has caused John w. YoUng's wife
to desert him and return to her father, Mr..
Canfield, who is a railroad engineer, living
in Philadelphia.
1t would seem that the Nez Perces de-
mon is hardly of SO somber a hue as he is gen
orally painted: a letter from Montana gives
an unexpected example of their clemency.
a council of five debated for some time on
the question of the release of several prison
ers in their possession, and at last, by a ma
jority of one, decided to let them go. Fear
ing that they would regret their decision
White Bird the chief, said to the trembling
captives: "You go quick--go by this trail
don't stop to camp or eat or water your pO>
nies-don't 90 up the river-hurry to the Hot
Springs and join your people there-get
away-hurrvp' He then gave them some
bread and matches and guided them mile
from the camp.
Ralph Waldo Emerson twenty years
ago addressed a literary society at Middle
bury, Vermont, during commencement, and
when he ended, the president called upon a
clergyman to conclude the service with
PRAYER. A Massachusetts, minister answered
the request as follows: "We beseech thee,
o Lord, to deliver us from ever hearing any
more such transcendental nonsense as that
we have just listened to from this sacred,
desk" After the benediction Mr.. Emerson
asked his next neighbor the name of the
officiating clergyman, and, when falteringly
answered, with gentle simplicity, remarked ::
''He seemed a very conscientious, plain
spoken man" and went his peaceful way.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
WARRINGTON.

Both houses of congress are nearly
ready for occupancy. The ventilation of
both has been materially improved.
There is not the slightest apprehension
felt by the department of state OF any serious
difficulty with the Diaz government, which
is only toe anxious to maintain friendly
relations with US:
Thirty temporary clerks were dropped
from the treasury department last week, and
fifty more will be discharged at the end of
this month.
The freedmen's bureau commissioners
say they have enough to pay a 10 per cent.
divided to depOsitors, but not enough to pay
dividend of 20per cent. If they could pay
a dividend of 20 per cent, they would imme-
diately declare 1t, but it is extremely doubt
full if the declaration Of a 10 per cent. divi-
dend would be judicious. This they say Is
well known to all except the smaller de-
positors.
The secretary of the interior has given
a decision that when a homestead claimants
, land has become valueless for farming pur-
poses by reason of overflow or bacSwater of
a river, he viii be allowed to make another
entry, with credit for fees and commissions,
In the event of new entry, he will be re-
! quired to show compliance with the law, as
/ though he had made no previous entry.
/ Special revenue agents of the internal
revenue bureau have been engaged in ex-
aminatiOns In various parts of the Union,
particularly in the southern states, to ascer
( tain and report as 10 the locality and condi
tiou of titles. values, etc, of the large amount
/ of real estate which kas been acquired by
| the government through violations of the
revenue laws by owners of the property
! The aggregate value of this real estate is sci
1 at high figures, and the object of this inves
/ tigation is to enable the government tc
ascertain its value and condition. prepare
tory to offering it for sale.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
S 200 Per Annum.
other. These were the only killed on the

other. These were the only killed on the
Tennessee.
FEDERAL CALAMITY AND COURTESY.
We fought until we could fight no
longer, until we could move no more.
All did their duty, in an almost hopeless
situation. UnfaIteringly and bravely; and
when at last the token Of surrender was
hoisted, no accusing conscience was
whispering d" we could have done better"
With Capt. Johnston, the commander of
the Tennessee, and one or two others, l
was taken on board the - Ossipee."
There the warm-heaTted courtesy and
kindness of Capt. Leroy, his executive
officer, Lieut.. John y. Howell, and, in
deed, of all his officers, touched US most
deeply. For myself, could hardly real
ize these were the men we had just been
in contact with.
There were ten men killed and sixteen
wounded in the confederate squadron.
Admiral Farragut's official report shows
nearly as many killed and wounded as
composed the entire force opposed to
him.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
THE GRAND REPUBLIC.
Details of the Grandeur and Capacity of
the Lost Steamer.


the Lost Steamer.
The loss by fire of that pride and won
der of the western waters-the steamer
Grand Republic-the grandest craft that
ever piled the Mississippi, continues to
be a leading topic of interest among our
people.
The magnificent vessel will never be
likely to have her counterpart in point
of grandeur, size and elegance for a gen.
Grafton, and perhaps never again as long
as the western rivers are naYigated. The
cause and incidents of her destruction
will, therefore, be a matter of interest
to the people here, where the fine vessel
may be considered to have partially be-
longed, as she was destined to be a New
Orleans and Memphis packet during the
cotton carrying season.
A man named John Prather, who was
the boats watchman, reports that about
halfpast IL O'Clock, last Wednesday
night, he was on the lower deck of the
Grand Republic, and smelling smoke, he
went up stairs, and found that it was
rolling through the panels and flooring
of the bridal chamber in the ladies' cabin,
from whence the flames speedily broke
through. In less than ten minutes the
whole cabin and upper works were one
mass of furious flames, and to keep from
being roasted alive he had to get ashore
as rapidly as possible, losing a trunk full
of clothes. The engineer and carpenter,
also, lost their baggage. The vessel was
totally destroyed, and the wreck sunk in
a very brief space Of time. There had
been no fire on the boat, except under
the nigger boiler, and this had ali been
put out before dark. The watchman
had no knowledge OF any fire being about
the ladies' cabin, and he could not give
any reason as to how it originated there.
The boats seven new steel boilers had
been tested during the day. She had
lust come off the docks and was to have
started south on the 9th day OF October
The gorgeous vessel was fitted out with
| all modern improvements and inventions
| fire alarms, soundings and speaking
| trumpets, wire tiller ropes, wire bel
cords and complete steering outfit. 1t il
! estimated by experts that this nOnparei
steamer could not be duplicated in ever
! these times of depression and cheapnes;
| for $3.50, 900. The original cost of tht
/ first boat was over 100000, and tht
various alterations to machinery anC
| hull, together with the new hull de
! stroyed, was in all over half a million
dollars. To such a public spirited com
mander as is Capt. Thorwegan, VIII,
solely owned the splendid craft, the los
falls heavily, and the sympathy of larg
number of friends is extended him.
| Memphis AUaLdnche.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
A Nice Notice for Brigham.

He was, after all, but sam Slick,w
a blasphemous mission" His ambi
ton, however, went beyond cozening
farmers wives out of dollars aud cents,
He lied Ell grand and deceived by the
wholesale; and it can scarcely fail to be
reckon among the curiOsities of Amer
Jean civilization in the nineteenth CEN
tury that this cunning, brazen knave,
whose fate in a preceding age would
probably have been TO be in the pillorv
~ whipped at the carts tail, or who, had
me even attained the ephemeral splendor
Of John Of Leyden, would possibly have
ended as miserably as the Anabaptist did
should have risen to be governor Of a ter
ritorv ffiIiated TO the American union 9.
should, after being deposed from federal
Office, have remained the prophet. the
chief priest, and the leader Of a large
prosperous and, TO a certain extent, civil
le 3 community; and should have died
q i4st in his bed, wealthy, unchanged,
anssourged, Uutarred and ieathered nav
on the contrsry beloved and revered by
the people on whose credulty ne had
traded, and by speculating On whose in
dustry he had enriched himself.-London
Telegraph.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27

third, of the appreciation in the value of the
currency, that is, in the purchasing power of
the dollar. He spoke at some length of the
effect Of each of these causes, and in refer
ence to the last, said that however desirable
return to a sound basis for our currency
might be, it could not be denied that it'was
a severe operation upon the people or gov
ernments in debt, and that experience showed
that we were reaching the specie basis as
fast as a just regard to the interest of the
country weuld permit and that to force
resumption was neither just or polite. He
feared that forced resumption could not be
maintained, but thought that without arbi~
trary measures resumption would take place
in comparatively short time and would be
maintained. He explained the acts of con-
gress remOnetizinE silver, and advocated the
reconciliation of the dollar of our fathers
as an act of simple justice as well as of good
policy,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
WHEN THE MTSTs HAVE CLEARED
AWAY.

When the mists have rolled in spIendOr
From the beauty of the hills,
And the sunshine, warm and tender,
Falls in kisses on the rills,
We may read Loves shining letter
In the rainbow Of the spray:
We shall know each other better
When the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to walk alone,
In the daTnlng Of the morning,
when the mists nave cleared away.
If we err IN human blindness,
And forget that we ars dust.
II we miss the law of kindness,
When we struggle TO be Just,
Snowy winds Of peace shall cover
All the pains that cloud our day,
When the weary watch is over,
And the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
When the silvery mis- s have yelled us
From the faces Of our own,
OFT We deem their love has failed us,
And We tread our path alone;
We should see them near and truly,
We would trust them day by Gay,
Neither love or blame uudUly,
If the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning,
When the Bists have cleared away.
When the aists have risen above us,
As our Father knows His own,
Face to face with those that love US,
We shall know as we are known;
Love beyond the orient meadows
Floats the golden fringe Of daY;
Heart to heart we bide the shsdews,
Till the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to walk alone,
When the day OF light is dSwniDg,
And the mists have cleared a way.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27

The following is a short synopsis of
Senator Thurman's speech, on the 22d in
the Ohio campaign, at Marion. Great in
terest was manifested, and a large audience
of representative democrats and many re-
publicans were in attendance. Senator
Thurman spoke two hours: First, relative
to the disputed presidential election, Mr..
Thurman claimed the fair and undoubted
election of Samuel J. Tilden to the presi>
dency; that the count by the returning
boards of Louisiana and Florida was fraudu-
lent, and the methods by which the final re-
suits were arrived at III those states were
clearly illegal under the law which created
the returning boards, to say nothing of the
unconstitutiOnality of the act itself He
claimed that the electoral commission, in
refusing to hear the evidence of want of
Jurisdiction in the returns of Louisiana and
Florida, were clearly in error. He warned
the people OF the dangers OF tclosely-contested
elections if such proceedings did not receive
their severe and immediate condemnation,
Second, Senator Thurman claimed that the
pohcy OF PRESIDENT Hayes was precisely that
which he (the senatOr) had cOntended for
during the past ten years. He contrasted
this policy with the speeches of reDubiican
partisans last year, and drew the verv natu-
raj conclusion that the democracy were
| right, as the result IN the south had proved.
| Third, he showed the necessity of reform in
| the administration of the government, and
called up the speech of Hon. John Sherman
| in evidence, showing by his speech that an
array of relatives had fed on the government
| for years, drawing pay for no services what
4 ever to the amount of nearly two millions Of
| dollars, in portion of the customs service
and treasury departments, and claimed that
this indicated the extravaganza in all the
/ departments Of the government and that
reform II the fullest sense of the word could
only be secured by 2 complete change of the
administration, and In all departments and
! subordinate pos tiOns, by placing men who
had no interest in concealing or covering W
! the wrong-doIngs OF the past. In reference
to the depression OF business and the scant
employment OF labor, the senator said that
| without referring TO the destruction OF prop
erty in the civil war, and the peculiar cir
/ cumstaDces TO which the war gave rise, ther,
were three great causes that deserved notice
First, the effect OF improved labor savin,
machinery; second, Of exorbitant taxation
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
Sage Maternal COunseIs.

L" Eliza" said a fond mother to her
offspring on Saturday, as that offspring
was about going forth in tow of a young
man who worsbips the very sidewalk she
walks, "ElIza, 90 to the bread box and
eat a good big crust of bread before you
90 out" 'FWhy, maw," replied the
bIushing girl, I" dont't feel the least bit
hungry. We've only just had tea"
81 know it, but you will be hungry be-
fore you get back, and when AdOlphus
takes you into a restaurant you'll eat ice
cream, and sponge-cake and ham sand
wiches, and oysters enough to scare him
out of a years growth. You silly girls
don't think of this, but we experienced
women do. / was once young and giddy
myself, and but for sixty-fye cents worth
of maccaroons-a cake for which / have
ever since entertained the most profound
contempt-your paw would have been a
congressman, with an aquiline nose and
Hyperion's curls. Beware how you sit
down on the budding fame Of Cupid. OF
course, Adolphus will spend the money
YOU save him on billiards and things, but
that makes no difference. When he asks
YOU to go in and have some oysters, even
If YOU are hungry, don't. Say you do not
approve of girls wasting the money OF
their future husbands on idle trlhes, When
it might be applied toward furnishing q
house. Point out that for the cost OF sn
oyster stew you might purchase a couple
of towels; now that tOweling Is so cheap,
and that a saddle-rock roast Is the equiv
aIent Of a silver fork-Plated, Of course,
but not easily distinguished from solid
siIyer-or a glass sugar bowl. This always
takes the young men; 1t sets them to
thinking of housekeeping and matrimOny
it makes them believe that you are the
incarnation of economy, and would make
an excellent wife; and so they often say
things which give you a hold over them
or are effective before a jury" Eliza
| treasured up these sagaciOus cOunsels o
! the authOress of her being, and acted
upon them with such earnestness an'
| effect that when she came home she wa
an engaged woman Chicago Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
THE WAR

Chefvet Pasha, the leader in the Bull
garian massacres, has been sent to command
Osman Pasha's reserves at Orkanich, and
guard his communications; probably, also,
with the view of keeping an eye on Servia.
The battle reported at Duborik, in
which the Russians were said to have been
defeated, must have been, if 1t all, at a vii
lsge five miles northwest of Vatza, on the
Rahova road. Reports say Osman Pasha has
a fortified position almost impregnabIe, nat
uraliy, at Vatza. on which he will retire if
driven from PIevna. Anyhow, the Rouma-
nian attempt to cut his communication seems
to have failed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27

Theodore Thomas considers Beethoven
the boss composer.
James Gordon Bennett is on his way
home and may be expected shortly.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines has at last
got tired of trying 10 compromise with the
holders Of her property IN New Orleans, and
is now going for them 10 the full extent OF
the law.
Alexander IT. Stephens is at Catoosa
Springs, Georgia, He win make the Jour
ney to Washington by easy stages, visiting
friends on the way. He viii find the cars
easier than stages.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
Mercantile.

r. NJ. HAMMER, wholesale and retail
druggist, keeps constantly on hand oils,
paints, stationery and fancy articles. East
side of public square.
E. d. MOORE, wholesale and retail drug
gist, keeps full supply Of smoking and chew
ing tobacco, oils, paints, soaps, etc. South
side public square.
GEO. r. INGRAM & CO, family grocers.
Full stock of sugars, meat, -four, teas, coffee,
etc. South side public square.
T. p. CAMPBELL mauuf8c 8cturer of bots
and shoes, makes gents low-quartered
shoes a specially. Repairing neatly done.
Over Moore & Tate's.
w. II. CARUTH, machinist, opposite Boil
ivar foundry, dealer in side and harrows.
Repairing done.
R. /. LIGHTFORT & Co, watchmakers
and jewellers, Complete stock on hand. Re-
pairing neatly and cheaply done. Store at
ID. j. Wells old stand.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27
BOLIVAR.
Professional.

"a FRANCIS FENTRESS, Attorney at Law,
and Solicitor in Chancery. Office north side
public square.
DRIP. 7. JONES. Office in rear of DIR. E.
D. MOOre's drug store. Calls answered at
Office.
DIR. J. J. NEELY, JR. Office over Har-
kiDs d Durrett's, where orders for his services
will receive prompt attention.
DIR. D. c. DAY. Office at the old Metho-
dist church
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-27

WHILE the emperors of Germany
and Austria were visiting at Ischi, 4
lady desired to present the former with a
costly bouquet, but her courace failed
her at the last moment. and she begged
an officer in Prussian uniform TO perform
the office for her. He at once complied,
give Emperor William the present, aud
returned TO express his maies.y's thanks
TO the fair donor, WE0 wae rtther sur
prised to see lhis Prussi8n staff officer
enter the empt ro.s carriage and take -
seat beside him. On asEiug who he was,
she discovered that it was the emperor uf
Austria 80 PrJssian uniform