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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

Thank the Lord that the success of
ne Princeton & Anoks railroad IS not
dependent on what lsanti county may
do or may not do. Nota town IN that
county has voted dollar Of all to
the T 4 4. R. X. AMI it is 6 cling to DE-
BUILT.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

Both Hen and Charlie Jameson are
in town this week seeing the boys and
Strengthening up business affairs. Hen
and Charley are pretty shrewd fellows
but ''they say the Carricks have
euchred them this time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

The articles Of incorporation Of the
Gfant,bursh. Rush City & St. Cloud
railroad are being published in the st.
Paul Daily Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

The ball to be given under the au-
spices Of the Masons and Changers, on
Christmas night. promises to, be a
grand affair; the hall has beeu secured
and the music engaged; the supper
will be at the American House,
sufficient guarantee that it will be a
good one. -. VIII
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

GRACE DAVIS, u soilel dove, con-,
committed suicide, BY taking NOR,
phine, at Kate Campbell's bagpio III
Minneapolis, on Saturday. "a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

Married.: Chisholm. .fiukham-At
the North Star Hotel, Princeton, on
Friday. 9th December, by Scott NJ.
Justice, j. p, MIR. VIM. a. Chisholm
and Miss Iinkham. all of Mile
Laos county. The contracting par
ties had intended entertaining their
many friends at the residence Of the
brides parents in Milo, but the death
Of the brides grandmother made the
celebration Of the nupitals impossible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

Mr.. Joseph A. Ross IS teaching
school, in district No. 4. Joseph love.
to instruct the young. aud he know,
how to do it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

W. y. omirh ii our authorized
agent at S .encer Brook. Those who are
owing Ia can settle with Mr.. Smith, and
those wishing to renew their subscripliops
can do 50 through him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

ONE Of the Du.,..t dimes !!,if,ks
ss'.unbelieytrs Do not s 4. % q.
Of roast turkey o.: l'hansgi,iings day. i
Somebody should remindth rvv,ren1 i.
higet that tins is the 18th century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11
Budd Reeve on Monday evening, at
the Congregational church.

Our dcvil-a wide awake chap, you
bet. says he had a jolly time on Sa-
tdrday night, at a party given By Miss
Ella Morton at the residence Of her
parents. in Wyanytt:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

Two hundred persons have signed
the t:mpera@e rledge III Maine
Rush City Post.
Only .hink. just 200! Well, Robie,
that is news. s.... AZ
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

WAY can't we make arrangements
so as to have Budd Reeve lecture here
on his return from Princeton E,iE.
River Star. 1888
Mr.. Reeve would not care about
featuring to house full Of empty
seats. 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

Slv:RE AcclpENr.-Last Wednes,
day MIR. Bills and his wife and moth
er. Of Santiago. met with quite bad
accident while on their way to Sain,
Cloud. They were riding along on a
load of hay, and had just reached the
fork on the road leading to our neigh.
boring village, when. alas for the frail.
ty Of human works, over went the
hay. and with it the man and women
they were completely buried, and in
stead Of being on top Of the hay the
hay was on top Of them, and had a
mighty strong hold too. Mr.. Bills
finally succeeded III working his way
out. and soon liberated the two ladies
from their perilous position, more dead
than alive. Fortunately, the team did
not take fright 1T the upsetting of the
hay, SO that Bills was enabled to at
!
once proceed to this place with his
wife and mother for me:!ical. treat
ment. Upon examination it was as
certained that Mrs. Bills left arm, had
been broken just above the wri t,
while her mother.in.l lazy had 4 badly
bruised back, sustaining severe if not
fatal injuries thereon We under
stand Bills proposes to institute legal
proceed ngs against the "city" Ct st.
Cloud for some $4,000 dcmages, as the
accident occurred on that ..big'' road
laid out by our neighhors over the
river.-BentQn County Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

~ Al! lcga! advertisements must be paid
for invariably before stf1 lavit Of publica-
ton will be furnished. No deviation from
this rule hereafter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

Charlie Jameson says he is a much.
slandered individual. he thinks if there
was a robbery or murder committed
anywhere within a radius of five miles
OF Elk River it would be saddled no.
on him. Charlie has no business to re.
side in such woc.begone hamlet a.
Elk River; the swamps are now we'll
frozen and he had better 30 to work
and get out his tamarac polls.
Budd Reeve is very highly spoken
Of by the press Of St. Paul and Mime.
apolis; he is chuck full Of fun, and his
lecture on "Roots and other Things"
besides being funny is interesting and
instructive. 1t is not often that the
people Of Princeton and vicinity. on
account of being, so far off railroad
have an opportunity of listening to
lecture; then they should not miss
hearing the man who the Minneanoli.
Tribune styles 1.-THE Mark Twain Of
the North West at the Conerega.
tionalist church. on Monday evening.
Tickets can be had at the Post Of6oe.
from a. ?. Barker. or at this Office,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

sternly. The bell>wether of the flock, lead
in 'em down into the fertile valleys of the
Tennessee" said the tramp, Z" and we always
ride upon rail"
Lexington Va Gazette: On the 10Th
day of January, that being the anniversary
of the birth of General Robert E. Lee, the
tomb beneath the chapel of w. and L. UNI
versity was deliberately and handsomely
decorated with flowers aud evergreens.
The wealth and beauty of the flowers and
evergreehs were only equalled by the exquis-
ite to ste displayed in design and manner of
arrangement. If it were possible, the labor
bestowed upon the decoration at this anni-
The attention OF Lexington's fair daughters
OF change in the fast passing years, but with
gathered strength ever manifests itself in
new tokens of love and admiration.
The Mason (Texas) News Item appeals
to congress to stop the wanton destruction
of buffalo. A gentleman just returned from
hunt states that only in one instance to
thousands killed did he see the carcass utiI-
Ized. The earth was strewn with them
to perish and rot. He says that the most
pitful sight he ever saw was the little moths
erless calves huddled together In groups
scarcely old enough to eat the grass, and re<
been killed, none of them old enough TO take
the lead to go in the way tn herds had gone,
or to water. But there they remain, and
when the little pools of water on the prairies
give out they must certainly perish. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 head of buffalo will
be killed this winter exclusively for their
pelt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Illinois manufactures $205, 900, 900
worth of goods annually.
America sent one million dollars worth
of toys to Europe last year.
The Maine state prison last year paid
$500 less than the expenses.
The first silk fabric woven in America,
in 1900, is still preserved at Salem, Mass.
The Peruvian mines that Henry Meiggs
was tunneling when he died have yielded
five million dollars in silver since their dis
eOvery.
In spite of the ratification of the
reciprocity treaty with the Hawaiian king
dom, the imports of sugar from that country
fell off considerably in the year 1877.
This country imported from Japan,
last year, through the port of San Francisco,
4,1O0 900 pounds of tea. From China we
imported only $4,000 pounds.
The Cleveland Leader has discovered
that the Catholic bishops of the United
States held nine million dollars worth of
property in 1850; in 1870, it says, this had
| increased to sixty million dollars; now it is
one hundred and ten million dollars.
Business is increasing in the trade
mark and label division of the patent Office.
| The number of patents issued during the
past year for registration of trademarks was
| i4I6; of labels, 623- Total receipts, $39, ,192,
| an increase OF SO, 900 over 1876, and $50, 600
| in excess of the cost of maintaining the
division.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

This table shows that the percentage
of business failures in the southern states
has been lower than in any other section
of the country. The western states fol-
low next; then the middle, then the
eastern, and last comes the Pacific slope
states. 1t has not beSn attempted TO be
denied that many failures are fraudulent,
and on the score of probability it is more
likely that where one trader in fifty-eight
failed there will be more dishonesty than
where one in eighty-five fails. With
these figures before us we see that the
south and west have been grossly Sian
dered-that taking those tables as our
guide the south and west live up to their
engagements better than any other por-
ton of the country. As Dun BarlOw's
report says:
Notwithstanding the sOlidity and
wealth of New England, its established
sources of income from its long career of
success, and it's enormous investments
within and without its own borrowers,
its perfect monetary facilities, and other
great advantages, yet all this does not
preserve its traders from failing in num-
bers far greater than in the southern
states-Tuined by war, retarded by mis-
rule, and only just recovering to self
sustaining power of existence"
There is another point deserving of
thought. Failures are more prevalent
in Canada than anywhere else In the
world-one trader in every thirty failed
last year. On the Pacific slope one
trader in every forty-oBe failed. Now
it should not be forgotten that Canada
has the single geld unit of value, and
paper has never defiied California, where
the bulk of the Pacific coast failures
occur. Unless there has been an abnor-
NAL developement of dishonesty in
Canada and California, gold must have
had something to do with these failures.
One thing is certain, whether they are
to be attributed to the single standard
or not, gold has not preserved its yotaries
from great waves of mercantile disaster,
accompanied, we may hope, with small
waves of dishonesty. Let not the east
hereafter say, L am honester than
shou," or pretend that gold will ward of
| the evils of insolvency.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Mercantile.

J., G.. KAESTLE, Grand Junction, boot
and shoe maker. Work done in the latest
style and fit guaranteed.
G. l.. PEELER, Grand Junction, watch
maker and ieweler. Repairing and cleaning
done on short notice and at cheap rates.
Work guaranteed.
WIN, NICK. HALL, Drugs and groceries,
New and tull stock, Goods sold at 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 complete assortment of dry goods,
groceries, etc
COLLINS & Co, druggists have a fun
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.
]. NJ. PREWITT, dealer in dry goods, gro
ceries, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, hardware
school books, etc. Large new stock. Cheap
for cash.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
WAR IN THE EAST.

Admiral Hobart Pasha's feet has ar
rived from Batoum, bringing ten battalions.
Dervish Pssha Is expected shortly. There is
no news yet from the peace pienipotent-
aries. The government has telegraphed its
representatives at the European capitals,
asking for information. The Russians con-
tinue to advance.
The principal cause of delay of the
armistice is stated to be the difficulty about
the military conditions imposed. A Vienna
paper says these include the occupation of
Constantinople.
The relief agent who arrived at. CALI
poll with SIleiman Pasha telegra2hs as fol>
lows: 81 will stop here to relieve seven
thousand refugees in great distress. 1 have
seen vast numbers of refugees all over the
country, dying from cold and hunger. There
is great movement toward the sea. Refu-
gees arrive perfectly destitute, having gen
orally lost half of each family. 1t is ma
ton moving without means of transportation
and without home to go to. Englishmen
cannot imagine the suffering, destitution and
ruin of the last three weeks to an innocent
and industrious people.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Anunnnished nehnfe.

"Dat unfinished debate on de subjeck
ef eddecashun will now arise" said the
president, as the way was clear and
after solemn stiffness Washington Jones
rose up and began:
al doaD't know bout dis bisness.
Seems to be dat cuPd folks ought to be
stuffed up wild eddechashun, same IS
white men, but / doan't see where de
great benefit is to come in. Ise kinder
believer dat bout all want am plenty
% work an free good meals day"
" And I'd like ter add my testimony"
mourDfullv began Thomas Jefferson
Smith: '1 hez boy about fo'teeD years
o. aige. He's gwine to school right along,
same as de best, an not briDgin' in q cent
to help de table. When l menEhun dat
he ought to strop a razor he sticks up
his nose, an when / menshun 'beut
waitin' on the table or gettin' de hang %
de whitewash brush he walks right away.
His stufin in edddecashun but wkar's
de money comm from7 HsW's de taters
an de meat an de Getaway coat TO be
proyided fur? De odder night as / was
punchin' up de stove ] made de renal K
dat wood was rising up in Price. What
did dat boy do but say 70 me 'fFadder,
YOU mean dat de price 20 VOID viii rule
higher, and dat de market will be frmer"
I went all to pieces in a minute. wild
shame dat young niggeT like dat should
know mo- dan de msn who learned him
de spankin' bis'ness an to drink water
from de spout Of de tea pot. De old
woman cried an took on, an she axed
how long it would be befo' dat boy would
DENY dat be ever snelt lime or rubbed
stove blsck on his nose"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
S 200 Per Annum.

the union of the dollarless states that
had attempts to secede. The same guam
tity of currency was spread over a vast
territory aud among millions of money
less people where it had not been used.
The annual increase of population, the
currency remaining the same, is of itself
an elem>nt of contraction. The results
of contraction are before the people.
They are the bankruptcies strewen over
the last twelve years, the prestration of
all industry, the suffering that accompa-
nies hard times. We present state,
ment of the amount of contraction that
has actually taken place. On the e0th
of June, 1864, the amount of paper
money issues outstanding, consisting of
greenbacks, postal currency, treasury
notes, certificates of indebtedness, na-
tional bank notes, state bank notes,
seN n-thirty notes, temporary de-
pOsits for which certificates were
issued, was SLIPS, 81, ,o34 53. In that
year there were but $50 failures in the
country, and the aggregate liabilities
were but So, SIS, 600. We give below the
story of contraction for the last thirteen
years;
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

An exhibition of mole skins at the
recent exposition at Morelia, Mexico, has
led to the establishment of factory in Mex
leo for the manufacture of gloves from mole
skiaS.
A recent return shows that infant
mortality in Holland exceeds that in Eng
land and Wales by 55 per cent. This is what
keeps down the Dutch population. No
cause is assigned.
Russian cotton spinners will obtain, in
time, very important position in the man
ufacturing world. More than $500, GOO
pounds of raw cotton now come yearly to
Russia from central Asia, chiefly by the
Orenburg railroad to Mini Novgorod and
Moscow, from Bokaara and Khiva. Large
quap titles also begin to come from TuTfan,
and of a quality quite equal to any short cot
ton of the United States. Twenty years ago
the arrival IN Russia of a caravan from Asia
was regarded as an extraordinary event
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL.

A new coating for the bottom of iron
ships consists of brown paper attached by
suitable cement. 1t is the invention Of an
English sea captain, and the substance he
proposes to use is preparation of Pdpter-
paoche 1t is stated that weeds end barna-
cles viii not adhere TO paper, and that the
sDeciaI cement bv which the paper is sc
cured, may be applied cold, hardens under
water, is unaffected by comparatively high
temperature, and possesses great tenacity.
Experiments made with view to test this
method show that plate thus protected on
one side has been immersed Tor six months.
with the result that the protected side was
found clean, while the unprotected metal
was covered with rust and shell fish.
According to the germ theory, the
communicable diseases, such as small pox,
cholera, yellow fever, measles, scarlet fever,
typhus and typhoid fevers and diphtherla,
are developed from particles of organic mat>
ter. which, upon introduction into the body,
grow as grain grows when sown III a fertile
field. The analogy to the growth of grain is
insisted on by all expOnents OF the germ
theory The seed having been planted, as 1t
were, in the form of particle OF contaglnm
from without, il multiplies by growth within
the system, and thus occasions the Pheno-
mena belonging to that particular disease OF
which IL is the germ. The vitality OF these
infectious particles is wonderful Sir mos.
Watson, in the Nineteenth Century, men
tions the case OF several physicians VINO
helned unfold a mummy in London IN the
wear 1903; they died shortly afterEard OF a
malignant fev yer, which was sscrlbed to in
fection from the body of the ancient Egyp-
tian.-[New York Sun.
Some notes on the remarkable positions
| in which birds nests have been found are
given in Land and Water. Several years
sgo q red breast built its nest in human
} skull that had been left exposed in bury
| ipo-grouud in the parish OF Dysart, in Fife
| hire. Another established its residence IN
/ an irou tankard that had been thrown away
! sn,o,,,1 +be weeds. A third bird of the sans
/ speciss erected its dOmicile and reared {
| family within fe~ feet Of circular saw il
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

parish of MaTkinch. Still another built its
home in an sEslia bush in greenhouse at
Bailbirnie gardens. Again, says the writer,
We have seen one constructed within the
sleeve OF wOrkmans coat that had been
left hanging on u tree. The workman, on
making the interesting discovery, allowed
his coat to remain on the bough, and the
red-breasts' laborS proved fruitful. We have
seen sparrow's nest inside the cavity of an
iron buffer of railroad wagon, and an OK
eyes nest in a broken beer bottle; while,
not long ago, the nest of thrush was pointed
out to us inside the spout of pump, but the
frequent demand for water caused the
thrush's efforts in nest-building in such a
place 10 be abandoned.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Let Your Neighhors Alone.

No people are such thorough nuisances
as those who are always on the alert for
anything suspicious-alWays ready to
believe the worst of everybody. What
is it to you if your neighbor does bring
home brown paper package and a COW
cred basket? You will-live just as long
if you never know what they contain. It
is none of your business. And il your
flighty neighbOr, Mrs. Lightfoot, indulges
herself in a new bonnet, while her de-
voted husband wears patched boots, you
need not fret about It-he is the only
sufferer, not you. No need of making a
hue and cry over her supposed extrav-
agance. The money did not come out of
your pocket, and consequently il Is none
of your business. What IL the minister
does call on Ann Smith twice a week?
Why exercise your brain about it Sup
pose she has an awful tempeF-and pow
ders her face, as she says she does-her
temper will not trouble you Mind your
own concerns. What difference does it
make to you if bold Maria "cuts out"
modest Mary?
Z" You need not torture Mary by long
stories of what you have heard concern
ing the matter" thought ] would
tell you, my dear. speak for your COED.
Somebody should put you on your guard
against that treacherous girl" As a
natural consequence, modest Mary, her
womanly pride aroused. shrinks into the
background. leaving the field open 10
her victorious rival. So you crush a
good girls heart because you will not
mind your own business. What if they
have three dozen pairs of stockings at
Squire HilPs. Haven't they got q right
to? As long as you do not do the wash
ing it need not trouble you at ali. What
right have you to watch their clothes
line? Employ your time better. 1t
may be perfectly true that dashing Mrs.
Gray signals TO young DIR. Wilde from
her back windows. But who gave you
the privilege of watching lady in her
own house, where, il in any place, her
privacy should be sacred? Her disgrace
is nothing to you it is none of your
business. If We had our way, meddlers
should be punished like any other Offend
eTs against the rights of others.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Mercantile.

r. NJ. HAMMER, wholesale and retail
druggist, keeps constantly on hand oils,
paints, stationery and fancy articles.s East
side of public square.
e. d. MOORE, wholesale and retail drug
gist, keeps full supply of smoking and chew
ng tobacco, oils, paints, soaps, etc. South
ide public square.
GEO. r. INGRAM & CO, family grocers,
Full stock of sugars, meat, -four, teas, coffee,
etc. South side public square.
T. p CAMPBELL manufacturer 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.
RI. LIGHTFORT & CO., watchmakers-
and jewellers, Complete stock on hand. Re-
pairing neatly and cheaply done. Store at
d. J. Wells old stand.
VARIETY SToRE-THOS. A. CLARK, Deal
ear in all kinds of Dry Goods, Groceries,
and Drugs. Highest price paid for all kinds
of Country Produce; also Hides and Furs.
South side Public Square. novl5-215m
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
The RESULT OF CONTRACTION.

The business distress of the country
hiss grown, in recent years, with the con-
tractien n of the currency. As business
misfortune is itself e cause OF business
misfortune, the disasters in business have
increased even more rapidly than the
contraction OF the machinery with which
business is done. The contraction Of the
currency of a country Is properly meas
ured, not merely by indicating the
volume in circulation, but by naming
the volume compared with the PoPula-
ton for whose business it Is the machln-
ery. The volume Of currency country
should have must be determined by still
another circumstance-5he spaTsenesE or
the compaetness of the population The
citv. with its various credit devices, bills
Of exchange, notes, checks, drafts, clear
iug-houses, needs comparatively little
money per capita, while the millions l.
peopIe scattered thinly over an undeveof
oped continent need a much larger sum
per capita. In L is country, after the
close of the war, an element of enormous
contraction was suddenly introduced
our financial system by the addition