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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-12

Total increase Of earn.
ings on the Richmond
and Danville railroad.
The earnings from
freights on the North
Carolina railroad have
increased ..............
The earnings from pas
scngers have decreas-
ed. o.
The earnings
from mails,
express,and
mlscellane-
Gus have de-
creased..... 1,OO0 DO
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-12

Leaving 4 total net In
crease Of earnings Oh
oil Ifnac pf
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-12

turskpEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COL
CASHIERS OFFICE,
EIcIINoSD, VA, December 5, 1879.
~-oTIcE-THE MEETING OF THE
~ S'rGF;KHO, DERS OF THE CNESAPEAkE
HSD dI1o RAILWAY COMPANY WIN ee I,fo head
NJ rhc Office OF The company, IN the CITY .. IS
mond Va. on TUESDAY the I'm oi oan""i 1'Ao'"'
AT l2 O'Clock noon. ,,rpprr f,,sh,ar
de Gid J.uAhhE ! =, -aD.--0 e-----
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-12

Total earnings.
Expenses of mainte-
nance and oDeralion.
Total net earnings Of
North Carolina rail-
ii
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-12

S 63,2l4 33
44,734 90
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

A glass of milk at bed time will often
answer we'll as hypnotic in nervous per.
sons afflicted with insomnia.
Kerosene oil has been kuown for one
thousand two hundred years to exist in
Japan, and now it is being refined and
manufactured there on large scale.
The daily motion of the great Swiss
glacier. the Mere de Glace, is from seven to
thirty-six inches, depending upon the sea-
son and the point OF measurement. The
motion of its tributary glaciers is less rapid.
An epidemic caused by poisonous face
powder has recently prevailed in London.
and many died. The powder was shown,
on chemical analysis, to contain twenty-five
per cent. of arsenic.
At the New York State Inebriate
Asylum, various remedies are given as tenn
porary substitutes for alSoholc stjmulant.
Among the most relis5le of them is pre-
scription containing diluted phosphoric
scid and the elixir of calisaya bark.
A writer to the London Lancet, speak
ing of the effects of cold and warm baths,
says: "The ultimate result of hot and cold
baths, II their temperature be moderate, is
about the same, the difference belDg, to use
the words of Braun, tnat cold refreshes by
stimulating the functions, heat by physically
facilitating them; and in this lies the
important practical difference between the
cold water system and the thermal method
of treatment.
Texas has produced a new medicine,
which from its intoxic4nt qualities, may
yet be used Rs tipple 1t is derived from
a bean growing on a plant known as the
sophorG specLo8d. Prof. n. @. Wood, of the
University of Pennsylvania, has discovered
in it a new alkaloid, which he proposes tc
call SOphOrid. Half of one bean, it is said
will produce a delicious exhilaration fol
lowed by sleep lasting one or two DAYS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
FOREIGN NEWS I1EMS.

While in the vatican, Plus TX. saw
a change in every throne in Europe save the
English.
A resident of Paris has sued the citv
for obstructing his view of heaven by tele.
graph wires.
There is no immediate prospect of a
cessation of the distress in China. Large
quantities OF grain are being conveyed into
the famine districts.
G. w. Smalley writes that the hotel
keepers at Paris have raised prices 75 pey
cent, and are "plundering their guests
with extrsvagant prices.
Dispatches from London say that the
Lancashire cotton mill owners are arranging
to bring operatives from the United States
in view of the continued lockout
The famine in India is elowly dying
out everywhere the survivors are recover
lug health and strength, and the small quan-
titles of food imported show that the people
have a suficieney OF grain
English Catholics are reported to be
very desirous that Pope Leo should adopt
Jerusalem as his permanent home. in which
case they would purchase him territory
enough for suitable principally and render
him Independent.
According to recent estimates wine i.
/ annually consumed as follows, per head
| Spain, $50 liters; France rs; Italy, IO9
/ Portugal. 1OS; Greece. 81; Austria. IS
Switzerland, IS; Great Britain, s; Russia
4; Prussia, 4; Sweden, 2; Norway, X. The
/ liter is little less than a quart.
DR.. Muirhead, a young Englishmap
! has succeeded in applying the duplex system
/ of teiegraphy to the ocean cables. and Eht
| direct United States Cable company have
| been working it for some weeks past. Tht
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
GRAND JUNCTION.

A Salt well has been discovered in
Anderson county, Tennessee.
Tennessee has received . 900 Northern
settlers within the last ten months.
The Pensacola Advance says the
orange planting mania is increasing in
Florida.
The first colered Baptist church in
Nashville is said to be the finest churcb
e1ihee ever erected by colored people in the
south.
A member of the Central Baptist
church, in Nashville, has been expelled for
allowing his child to be baptized by Catho-
lie priest.
The New Orleans managers OF the
Morgan railroad assert that the road will be
built through to Texas in the shortest DOS.
sihle time.
They have located Captain Kidd's
treasure near Key West, Florida, and there
is considerable excitement over il in the
neighbOrhoOd.
The Atlanta judge to whom was re-
ferred the legality of the ordinance against
opening barber shops on Sunday has decided
that shaving is q moral necessity.
The rapid increase of population in
Texas may be seen from the popular vote at
the state elec lions. In 1866 the total vote
for governor was GO, ,6S2; in 1870, 1884: in
1873, Ss, ,361 in 1875, les, ,1S7. The vote this
! year will probably reach 25O,O6O.
| Mississippi has no public debt except
/ a small amount in funds which are held at
| home and are worth their face in gold.
Stale tax is very low and county taxes are
reasonably so. The court iockets, civil and
criminal, are cleaner than ever before.
Gen. Benjamin E. L. Bonneville died
in New Orleans few days ago. He was
| the Oldest living graduate of West Point.
I He served with distinction in the Florida
and Mexican wars. His career furnished
Irving with the material for his 'Bonneville's
| Adventures"
1t is stated that several pushing men
have organized for the purpose of manufac
turing iron cotton ties at the old rolling mil
in north Memphis. The capacity OF the
works viii be from forty thousand 20 fft1
thousand bundles OF ties per annum. O.
about One>third Of The number annually sold
in that city.
San Antonio Herald The farmer
about Benham, encouraged by an offer of II
Frische, made by circular, TO pay cash 70
beans, planted the crop extensively. Frischi
went back on his promise, and piles of tina
vegetable, large enough to excite the envy o
Boston, now rot on the wayside and IN tn,
fields.
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ALL SORTS.

Solomon temple is generally supposed
to have been of vast dimensions. The sc
count given in the bible, however, shows
that in size 1t did not exceed many private
houses of the present time. Length sixty
cubits, breadth twenty cubits, height thirty
cubits- The porch was twenty cubits long,
and ten cubits broad. The eubit of the
Jews was about twentY.two inches in length.
The United States consumes annually
between six and seven hundred thousand
long tons of cane sugar, less than I3 per
cent. of which is of home prod daetiOn. The
leading sources of foreign supply are Cuba,
450 600 tons Spanish possessions, $4,000;
Porto Rico, $4,000; French Islands, 220OO
Brazil, $4,000; Dutch East Indies. IL GOO:
British West Iudies. 10000; British Guiana,
1U, 600; Sandwich Islands, 10000. Twenty
one other countries supply less than as many
thousand tons in all. In 1862 our home
product was 19i 600 tons it fell to 5000 tons
in 1855, then slowly rose to 1890 tons in
1871. The crop of 1876 was AZ ,000 tons.
During the twenty years ending June
seth, 1876, the United States imported over
100000 tons of coffee, less than 100, ,00e tons
OF which were re exported. During the
year ending June 305h, 1877, we imported
800 100000 pounds of coffee, three -fourths of
which came from Brazil. For the twenty
years mentioned our consumption of coffee
averaged 300 O00. .0C0 pounds year. During
tho last five years of the period it was S00,-
100000 pounds. Latterly, the relative
amount brought from Brazil has declined,
owing to the greater increase in the amount
imported from other countries. Last year
our coffee account with Brazil exceeded the
sum of our exports thither by more than
= a 600 GOO
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

hOOoE.
In the house on the 18th, after concur
ring in the senate amendments to various
district bills, the senate substitute for the
bill repeating the resumption act was
reached, and NJ. Fort moved to concur in
the senate amendments. The senate amend
ments were finally nOn-eoneurred in for
want OF the necessary two-thirds majority
40 to 1850 that the bill fails. The amend
ments were to make the greenbacks receiv-
able for four per cent. bonds and for customs
duties. The vote was taken after much up
roar and excitement, and was mixed one
both as to politics and localities. At noon
the parliamentary day of Monday closed by
adjOurnment, and that of Tuesday began.
The senate resolution extending the time for
the final adjournment until Wednesday, at
six O'Clock in the afternoon, was eoncurred
in. Adjourned.
In the house on the 18th, Mr.. Ewing
moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill
to retire national bank notes and substitute
treasury notes for them reiected-yeas 100,
nays l14. The result was q eeted with ap-
plause on the republican side......Mr. Cox
On. \. moved 20 suspend the rules and pass
the bill to fix the pay OF letter carriers.
Agreed to-yeas 140, nays 55. The bill pro-
vldes that in all cities containing a popula-
ton of 75,o00 or over there shall be two
classes of letter carriers-the first class to
have a salary of $1,000, and the second class
$4,000 there shall be but one class of carriers
whose salary shall be $3.50 that a third
class may be established on application of
the postmaster, TO be called auxiliary letter
carriers, and to receive $400 per annum, and
that the letteTscarrier system NAV be estab>
lished in cities of 90, 900 m A message was
received from the senate that that body had
adopted a resolution for further extension
of the session to ! o'clock Thursday morn
ing, and it was concurred in. Adjourned
The house on the 20th assembled at
$50 a. u. with very few members present
Mr.. Clymer offered the customary resolution
for the appointment of a committee of three
to wait on the president and inform him
that the two houses were ready to adjourn
fhe had no further communication to make
to them. Agreed to ......A At 6:52 a message
from the president announced his approval
of the sundry civil service bill m Mr. CIy-
mer announced that together with Messrs.
Willis (Ky.) and Conger he had waited on
the president, and that the president had
stated that he had no further communication
to make to ecngress......Theh hour of O'Clock
having arrived the speaker said Gentle~
men of the house of representatives-The
srduOus labOrs of the session are closed.
Let US hope under the providence of God
that they will insure to the solid welfare and
happiness of the people. Expressing fervent
hope that each and every one of you may
have safe journey to your respective homes
it only remains for the speaker in pursuance
of the resolution of the two houses for ed,
journment of the forty-fifth congress, to de
clare that this house stands adjourned with>
6av
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27

a large colony of Germans has settled
in Tyler county, Texas, where theY are puts
ting In a farm of 10000 acres under one
fence. The residences Of the colonists are
1plit toge her IN town plat as in Germany.
Ihey have with them doctors, merchants,
black ksniths, etc, and are perfectly indie
pendent
Tennessee now has FIVE military and
TWO artillery com psnies The Chickasaw
Guards and Memphis Light Guards, of Mem
Ph1s; Porter Rifles, of Nashville: Sumner
Guards, Of GaIlatin; Knoxville Rifles, of
Memphis, and Burns Light Artillery, of
Nashville.
Atlanta Constitution The peniten
tisry system of Georgia appears to be an
easy road to reform. According to the
OglethOrpe Echo, the convicts on Aiexan~
der's farm are allowed to gamble One of
the conViets, horse-thief named MeCord
won all the money of his fellow prisoners in
weeks time and then broke the guard a
wheel of fortune should be introduced for
the amusement of these fetigued villains.
Galveston News The true irwardness
OF the invasion of Mexico by Gen Mackenzie
is the defeating of the revolutionlsts by the
United States troops. Now that the Diaz
forces have more than they can attend to in
hghting Escobedo, it stands to reason that
they could not offer any resistance to the
United States troops il they were to cross
over after Indian raiders yet Gen. Mac
kenEie's force is the most formidable one
that ever invaded Mexico ia time of peace.
1t does not number less than 500 cavalry,
and Is amply supplied with Gatlings and
artillery, which is of course not intended for
hghting fugitive Kiekapoos, but it is ex.
pected to Overawe the forces of Escobedo,
which are for the most part mounted on
stolen Texas horses.
Gen. w. Y. @. Hume, at the unveil-
ing of the confederate monument in Men,
phis Let the dead past bury its dead. We
failed to establish the confederaoy; let us
discharge our duty to our noble dead, and
to pOsterily, by cultivating sentiments Of
love for the union, frateTnal regard for all
people. Our interests are identical We
are Americans all. To day true confeder.
ate soldier, at the invitation of our patriotic
President, r. B. Hayes, sits at the council
board OF the nation. This is noble chale
ienge to US. Let us accept it, and enter
upon this rivalry of fraternal regard for
every American citizen because he is an
American. Let us show to the old world an
example of forty million people. spread over
this broad continent, living in perpetual
peace and harmony, with no rivalry except
that found in the pursuit of truth, intelIi-
gence, integretv and Christian morality.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
GRAND JUNCTION.
Hotels.
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 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 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.
MESSRS. STINsON & CO., manufacturers
of glass monuments, Orders solicited. Work
Guaranteed. Office opposite depot. -a--a
DENNIS FLANNERY, proprietor of the
National Saloon. Full supply Of fine liquors.
Opposite Stonewan House.
JIM 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, 1878-06-27
MISCEILANEOIIS.

Peter COOper's lifelong business rules
have been few and simple-to avoid debt
and idleaess.
South Carolina supplies nearly half
the rice produced in this country. Georgia
is next, or nearly seven million pounds
ahead Of Louisiana. Nearly all our rice
comes from these three states.
The mining and manufacturing OF
the phosphate rock in South Carolina has be-
come one of the leading aud most important
industries of the state. From small begin
nings, the shipment and manufacture had
risen in nine wears to the large amount of
1855 tons in 1S77-7s, of which 1895
were shipped to foreign ports, 81, 1876 tons
coastwise, and II, ,6S6 tons consumed by home
manufacturers
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
Dogs on Errands Of Mercy.

The suggestion of the Wchr Zeitung is
that a race ofdOgs should be attached to
armies in their campaigns, or at least to
the corps of ambulance service attend
ing upon them, and that after every bat
tie the dogsin question should be sent
forth to range over the field of battle in
search of those wretched wounded col
diers who have not been killed outright,
but who have hidden themselves in
some refuge, and after figuring in the
list of missing" men too often perish
miserably before any relief can fnd
them out. It seems that the idea of
employing dogs in this way is by no
means q new one, but was brought for
ward two years ago at Dresden, where
some dogs qualified for this purpose were
shown in an exhibition. Since that time
experiments have been made by means
OF crossing the st. Bernard with other
races with a view to obtaining the most
suitsble breed, and q very satisfactory
result is said to have been arrived at by
the German fanciers. The precise mode
of employing the animals en- their BEN
efcent mission is described in the vi
epna paper, which explains that the dog
"a furnished with q leather cellar and
plate, having marked upon it his num-
Der and the division of the army TO
which ne is attached, and the Geneva
Gross To this collar is suspended .
small lesthern bag, containing pencil
and slip of paper, and even q little Ian
tern in case of bis being sent out at
night. The wounded man, on being
Iound, opens the bag and writes hii
name if be can upon the paper, together
with the nAture of bis injuries, and on
the return of the animal 70 the ambu'
lance assistance Is sent under his guid
anee to the spot where the sufferer L
concealed. Land and Water
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27

superintendent of the Cable company says
Ii works perfectly and has doubled the ca
Pacity of the cable.
A German inventor has found a new
use for asbestos, in the shape Of leaves for
banknOte album These albums are said
to protect bank notes or other valuable doe
uments to such an extent, that If they are
laid between the leaves and the album is
closed firmly they even remain legible after
being burnt to eiRders.
The German telegraph Cffice is rapidly
tions are already provided with this instru-
ment, torty-one others will have it IN few
weeks, and one hundred and eleven more
before the end of the year; thus there will
be then total of two hundred and twenty
telephone stations in Germany.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
Mercantile.

r. NJ. HAMMER, wholesale and retail
druggist, keeps constantly on hand oils,
paints. stationery and fancy articles. South
side of public square
g. d. MOORE, wholesale and retail drug
gist, keeps full supply of smoking and chew.
side public square.
GEO. 7. INGRAM & CO., family groeers,
Full stock of sugars, meat, flour, teas, coffee,
etc. West Ire public square.
r. p. CAMPBELL manufacturer of bots
and shoes, makes gents low-quartered
shoes a specially. Repairing neatly done.
Over Moore q Tate's.
w. H. CARUTH, machinist, opposite Boil
ivar foundry, dealer in side and harrOws.
Repairing done.
r. L. LIGHTFORT & CO., watchmakers
and jewellers, Complete stock on hand. Re-
pairing neatly and cheaply done. Store in
McNeaps Block.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
SALISBURY.
Mercantile.

WRIGHT & burden have full stock
of dry goods, groceries and general mer-
chandise.
J.H. sAENoNER has 4 full and assorted
stock of drugs, paints, oils, fancy articles, etc
OR. s. CLARK & BRO, cash dealers in dry
goods and groceries.
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Mercantile.

3 K. P. LAMBETH has large and as
sorte stock of dry goods, ETC., which he
offers very cheap for cash. Call and exam
inc his new arrival of merchandise.
s. c. WILSON, wholesale and retail drug
gist, dealer in drugs, paints, oils, soap and
fancy articles.
A. ]. BARRUM. dealer in drugs, oils,
tints, glass and fancy art cles, wholesale
and retail.
f. G. BARTLIFF, wholesale and retail
dealer in fine wines, liquors, groceries, etc.
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HaFdGnan County Directory.
judicial.

CHANCERY COURT.-Chancello l.. J.
Livingston Clerk and Master, James Fem
tress, jr.
CIRCUIT COUR Judge, T. j. Flippin
Clerk. ]. NJ. Richardson; Attorney General,
J. J. Dupuy.
COUNTY COURT. = Chairman, A. H.
Rose; Clerk, w. c. DOriOn; Register, r.
F. Ammons; Sheriff, w. w. Farley; Depu-
ties, w J. Blair, w. G. Crawford, JEFF. Hud-
son; Surveyor, C. c. Mcdaniel; Standard
Keeper. T. A. Parran.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
SI.5O Per Annum.
FACTS AND FANCIEs.
Owed 10 Spring.

SPRING sprang. it's beautfy sprung.
nd Eil1-vinget arblsrs are Uhaagiing Ehang
Z he soft south bFes zs are breezjng brcze.
That thaWe up the ice with remarkable thee
o betterest time of all times that have timsi
I'll IN yme thee a rbRmlet Of tendsrest rhome
Ana tell thee how Oft in my iOnginEs I've lung
To waicome thy csmipg. o, beautiful sprung
Symboiicai season exquisitest sqUozsi
All nature, upEtaingin geefullest giSzs,
Ide opens its thrOat-lstch 70 EhoOp and % Bhoa4
Exuberant pleasure and gratsfu1est grorts
The b!Ithe little riv1lets run TO the seas
The little buds swell on the bushes snd trees
The geese are screaming their scTummtest scram,
And the frogs tbBt were dreaming aTe drumming .
dram.
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MIDDLETON.
Professional.

DRS. NEELY & &ALEXAN offers their
professional services to the public. Calls
prSmptly attended to.
DR.. J. d. SASSER offers his professional
services to the public. All orders left at his
office promptly answered.
A. NJ. LAMBETH, ESQ, Attorney at law
and Solicitor in Chancery.
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Hotels and saloons.

CITY SALOON. ]. P. Smith & Co., pro-
Prietors. Best liquors kept constantly on
hand. South side public square,
TEMPEST SALOON, P. W. Austin, pro-
prietor. Has on hand pure liquors, fine
cigars. South side public square,
GEN SALOON, A. s. Osburn, proprietor
Full stock of fue wines and other liquors,
South side public square,
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BOLIVAR.
Professional.

FRANCIS FENTRESS, Attorney at Law,
aud Solicitor in Chaneery. Office north side
public square.
DIR, ]. ]. NEELY, Jr. Once on Market
street. in McNeai Block. Orders will receive
prompt attention.
DIR d. C.DAY. Once at his residence,
near Black Hotel.
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T0ON's STATION.
Mercantile.

ANDERSON & BRADFORD keep con-
stantly on hand a full assortment OF dry
goods groceries, etc. Great bargains to
be had for cash.
7. J. .RUFFIN, dealer in family supplies,
hats, caps, boots and shoes Libers terms
offered to buyers.
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IT is the work of 3 philosopher u be
every day subduing his passions and
laying aside hispTejudices.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
PoCoHoNTAs.
Mercantile.

IRWIN, MCFARLAND & co. have large
and well appointed saw mill. An orders
hlled at short notice and upon reasonable
terms.
J. P SMITH keeps constantly on hand a
full line of desirable dry goods, groceries.
ETC.. Sells very cheap for cash Call and
get bargains