The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-28

past week was an exposure of Foster.
the celebrated spirtualist and medium,
who processes to be able to establish
postal communications with the spirit
world. In accordance with his an
nouncement Mr.. S. B. Gates, well
known, honorable and reliable citizen,
called upon Foster and proposed to
test his ability to place him in cores
pondence with departed friends. But
in giving him the names of the persons
from whom he wished to hear, he wrote
down chose of parties whom he knew
to be living, one of whom he had left
but few hours before st his place ef
business. In every case Foster brought
him messages frOa them as from the
dead and departed, and at the end
asked Gates if he was satisfied. Gates
replied, Il am entirely satisfied, Foster;
satisfied that you are a fraud" and
then made himself known to him and
exposed the trick he had played upon
him. Foster was somewhat crestfallen,
but attempted to explain that the
spirits knew of the trick and had kept it
up through him, but Gates told him
that was entirely too thin and wouldn't
do. Foster theninsisted upon making
other tests, and Gates agreed, but the
result was the same, and the visitor
left fully satisfied that whilst Foster
might possess considerable power as .
mind-reader, and some accomplish
ments of an inferior order as juggler,
his pretensions as Spiritualist were the
vereist humbug. In spite ofthis ex-
posture, however, the mail from the
spirit land continues to arrive daily,
under control of Postmaster General
Foster; and postage on communications
from any part of that unknown country,
above or below, hot or cold, only
three dollars
Amongst the business failures men
/ toned In a recent letter were the
houses of NJ. Fuld and Julius Behr &
! Co. The prOprietors of these estab-
lishments have since been arrested at
thei Instance of some of their eastern ere
ditom upon the charge of fraudulent
transactions of serious nature. The
trials will come offin the United States
Court, and the parties are all under
/ heavy bail to answer.
The depravity of human nature was
sadly exemplifed in case which Oc-
CURED here few days ago. One Ford
Il heartless rufian, miscalled q man,
through the comivance of another
miscreant by the name of Willard, who
was magistrate in this city some years
since, succeeded i'll entrapping a re-
pectable young girl, poor and unpro-
tected, into a mock marriage. The
/ license used was an old one which had
been obtained years ago for other par
ties over whose names those of Ford
and his innocent victim were written
By means of this license, and the rep
presentation of Ford, in whose honor
1 the young girl confided, mockery
of the marriage rite was consummat-
ed and the evil designs of the scoun
drel accomplished. Ford left fol
Texas Immediately after, and efforts
are now being made to secure him,
but his accomplice in the dastardly
crime has been arrested and will doubt
less suffer the penalty of the law, which
i'll this case is not sufficiently severe
being as am informed only an i'm
prisonment of twelve months.
| In the case of Eddins upon trial in
the United States Court for alleged
ballot-box stuffing at Bartlett in this
county at the presidential election Of
1876, the jury have failed to agree.
The anniversary of the birth of the
great and good Washington, whose
name should be honored by the Ameri.
can people to the end of time, would
have passed by entirely unnoticed in
this community, but for the announce
ment of its arrival in the papers, and
/ it's celebration in other more patriotic
/ localities Here there was not even Il
! ball in commemorItion of it.
The excitement incident to the
municipal election has scarcely subsid
ed, and yet the office-seeking fever has
broken out again i'll our midst. And
this time it will become epidemic and
spread over the entire state. The next
election is nearly six months off
I x August)-yet so very anxious are
some of our office-seeking patriots
that they are "taking time by the fore
lock" and have already announced
themselves, perhaps they can tell
that "the first shall be last, and it
may turn out in this case that though
first in the field they may be last in
the race.
We have to record nineteen deaths,
three divorces and twenty-three mar
riages last week.
In the weather here for the past
week we have had all the variations of
spring, summer and winter, and each
has striven for the mastery. The week
opened with two beautiful summer
days, succeeded by heavy rains with
the accompaniment of thunder storm;
then followed cloudy and gloomy
spell, and to-day it is cold with ind:
cations of snow.
Anticipating the rush of crowds to
witness our Mardi Gras, gamblers,
pickpockets and thieves are begin n ng
to arrive, but our chief of Police is
making vigilant efforts to rid the city
of them and avows his intention of
forcing them to leave or arresting every
one who remains. He will use every
means in his power to prevent depre-
dations upon the visitors, but would
take this occasion to advise the read
ers of the BULLETIN and all others who
may come to Memphis at Mardi Gras,
to leave watches, and valuable jewel
ry at heme, and not to carry large
sums of money around with them
while here.
And now, with your permission, 1
viii bid farewell to the patrons of the
RIuLErTS as this ia probably the last