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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
Mysterious Epidemic in Georgia.

Atlanta Constitutions
YORKvILLE, GA, Sept. For the
past month there has been fearful
disease raging in Polk, Paulding and
HARRISON counties. The physicians
are bafed, and the people are dying
with unusual rapjdity in this fam 9usly
healthy section. I have asked several
physicians what this disease is, and
they all say they do not know. One
thing is certain-it is fearfully fatal,
and seems to continue to spread. One
very strange circumstance is that it :
tacks young men alone. But one old
man has yet died. Over fifty young
men in the full flush Of manhood and
strength have fallen victims to the ter
rible disease 1t appears to be a sort
epidemic typhoid fever, but has several
symptoms different from those Of rcgu-
lar typhoid fever. As | write Clarke
White is being buried, and | saw his
corpse. He suffered terribly, and just
before he died the blood oozed out Of
his mouth and ears. His tongue turn
ed very black and swelled terribly.
The disease is fearfully fatal l know
one prominent physician wio had %
cases and not one recovered, though
all received the most careful treatment.
The people here are Justly terrified at
the ravages of this fearful malady.
God knows what it is. but it is causing
sorrowin many households and spread
ing fear throughout the neighborhocd
from which | write. Physicians hope
that the approaching cool weather viii
check it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
Republican Fears.
Courier Journal.

Courier Journal.
The Republican leaders are just
now pretending to he very much fright
cned and apprehensive lest
First-The Southern leaders will
overthrow the Government.
Second-The Southern leaders will
re-enslave the negroes.
Third-The Southern leaders Will pay
the former slave owners out of the
United States Treasury the full value
of the slave and other property de
stroyed by the war.
Fourth-The Northern people will
also be reduced to slavery by the
Southern whites.
Fifth-All the ex-Confederate sol
diers will be heavily pensioned, and
the Union pensioners will be cut out OF
the register.
Sixth-Jefferson Davis will be made
President of the United States.
Seventh-A select squad of Con-
tolerate Brigadiers will proceed to
burn up all the school-Louses and
churches in the country.
Eighth-The Confederate Briga-
diers will proceed to destroy all further
vestiges Of civilization III the United
States.
Ninth-The late rebel flag will take
the place of the stars and stripes.
Tenth The NATION will be de
stroyed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18

The result Of Conkling's great victo-
~ ut Saratoga proves that his esca-
pade at Narragansett Pier has not in
the least hurt him among the God fear
ing Puritans Of the north. 1t seems to
have helped him. The applause on
his appearance upon the platform was
deafening. The crowded chamber
echoed and reverberated with the
shouts Of his adherents. In musical
tones and in dramatic attitudenizings
the imperial Roscoe tickled the ears Of
groundlings. With an outstretched
arm he laid Sherman low upon the
earth. With one fell swoop he slaugh-
tered the unctuous Wheeler, the man
milliner Curtis, the solemn farce and
fraud Evarts, and the renegade Fen
ton. With a whoop and hurrah on
the first ballot he caused Cornell to be
nominated for Governor
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Alexander Stephens on the Money
Power What he said in Reply to
Questions Of an Interviewer.

What, in your opinion, will be the
great political questions of the Presi-
Dental campaign
money. It IS the question that
viii not down The personal qualities
Of the two candidates will probably
divert public attention a little, but
only for little while. It is the one
vital subject for the nations considera-
ton. The next big question viii be
taxation. The present system IS rad :
CALI wrong, for it does not bear equal
" upon the rich and the poor A man
worth 800, 600 does not in many
cases pay as much taxes as a man who
earns 81 per day. This is a crying
shame. x
\ x X x
''You spoke about taxation as being
the other great question. What form
Will it assume ?"
''Well it win come up as an abuse
that ought to be remedied. Our people
are burdened with the most unjust and
unequal system Of taxation Of any
question with which | am acquainted.
1t is now question between tax-pay-
ers and tax-consumers. I am for no
class legislation, understand; but I am
for equal taxation. Why there is a
colored tenant on my farm that pays
this government more tax on the lit
tie medicine and whisky he consumes,
and the tobacco he smokes in his pipe
at night when his days work is done
| say he pays more tax than many
people who are Worth 100000, living
abroad and drawing their interest.
Why, out Of tobacco and whisky
nearly one third of the revenues Of the
country are collected. Two products
Onlyl Virginia has paid enough tax
since 1866 to have liquidated and dis
charged the whole of her State debt,
which is upward ofS44, 900, 900. There
is a great talk about the revival Of bus
mess, but l hear nothing Of it from
the masses Of people in the South or
elsewhere. The general account given
to me by hundreds Of visitors from all
parts of the country Is general prostra-
ton and the dying out Of industries.
1t reminds me Of the old story | made
use Of in my speech in Atlanta. In
1874 great cycl. ne swept over Jas
per county My friends house, barns,
stables and cattle were whisked away
into pieces and turned upside down.
He sent an old darkey out to survey
the result. He went mile or two in
each direction, and found that the
country had been actually devastated,
SO he came back aud reported: "Ole
marster, de only consolation l can give
you is dat it pears to be Il very gener-
al thing sab" The illustration in this
country is only too applicable"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
4 Word to Mothers.

You have children; you have 4 strong and
enduring love for them; no one else feels as
you feel; 10 this love we appeal. Nothing
gives you so much JOY as to look upon your
child rosy and blooming with health. You
know that most Of the sickness of childhood
is caused by WORMS; they make the check
to pale; the rose to fade; they call the physi-
clan to the bedside; they dig the graves of
children; they ring your fond and loving
hearts with anguish. But grieve no more,
PABKER'S SANTONINE WORM LOZ-
ENGES will save your child. They cxpel
the worms from the stomach completely,
give health and vigor to the child, lustre to
the eye and color to the cheek. Thousands
Of mothers all over the land to-day arc using
PARKER'S SANTONINE WORM LOZ-
For sale by all druggists, mar6'ly
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
The Grant Reception.

SAN FRAECIsco, Sep. "a Exten-
sive preparations are being made for
the reception of Gen. Grant. The
steamer the City Of Sakio, on which
he is to arrive, will be met outside the
heads by & yatch squadron and steam
ers, with the reception committee and
distinguished citizens on board Sa-
lutes will be fred from the forts and
the city decorated in honor Of the oe-
casion. The details Of the programme
have not yet been arranged.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
4 Mass Convention at Nashville October
23d, 1879.

We are warranted in announcing
that mass meeting of Democrats will
be held in Nashville on the 23rd of
October, 1879, for consultation and
exchange of views. We are further
warranted in saying that it is not the
design of this meeting, as has been in
timated, to create or encourage a split
or division in the. Democratic party,
but on the contrary TO prevent, if pos
sible, any occurrence Of the kind. 1t
i proposed that the meeting shall be
composed of those Democrats, regard
less Of former differences, who are will
ing to accept and abide the decision of
the people on the 9TH Of August upon
Il question that has heretofore divided
us, and who are willing in future to
work in harmony for the success of the
Democratic party. In view Of the
great interests at stakein 1880, and in
view of the attitude assumed by some
of the extreme elements IN the State,
and because Of the present deranged
discipline of the party, it is deemed
absolutely essential that this meeting
shall be held All Democrats in Ten
nessee, therefore, regardless of former
disagreements about local questions,
who desire the unity, harmony and
success of the party, are most cordial
ly invited and expected to be present.
The newspapers Of the State are re-
spectfully requested to make announce
ment of the meeting. Franklin Re
view and Journal, Sept. II.
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Whore Mr.. Reecher Never Goes.

Saratoga Correspondence n. Y. sun.
Ii is an odd fact that bat few bridal
parties come to Saratoga. The effects
Of the waters are not only unromantic
they discourage amatory feeling
Love letters may come to Saratoga
they are never written here, while
novels and fiirtations are at 4 discount
If they will only take the water, emo
tional people can safely depend upon
this Spa TO keep them out of mischief.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18

Who knows but that the row in
New York viii destroy both Tilden
and Tammany. The latter organiza-
ton existed for corruption, and for
evil only. Purified and reformed, it
had still been a source of division and
neasiness, a clog on the Democracy
of the State.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
Fresh Colored Exodus.
Cincinnati Commercial.

Cincinnati Commercial
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-Promi-
nent colored men just arrived from
the South report that all attempts to
dissuade the blacks from going West
and North this fall are futile, and that
nothing remains but to let them go
and give the matter practical test.
They report that the exodus viii set in
in dead earnest the latter part ofOcto-
her. and that two where one Went this
spring will GO this fall. The move
mont however, will not be confined
70 Kansas, but all Western States will
receive acccssiOns.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18

In Central Africa a large number
of Jewish negroes has been discovered.
Nearly every family possesses the law
ofMoses on parchment. They trace
their origin to the first captivity, when
some of the Hebrews fled TO the desert
and intermarried with the natives.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18

The past six years are regarded as
years Of general depression, yet within
that eriod about 7 ,000,O 900 souls have
been added to the population Of this
country, and there have been con-
structed II ,564 miles of railroad.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
Manhood ! HaV Lost, Hsg Restored.

Just published, new edition OF DR.. Culverwell's
Celebrated Essay the radical cure (without med
icinel of SpermatOrrhoea Seminal Weakness
Involuntary Seminal Losses, lmpOtency, Mental and
Physical Incapacity. Impediments to Marriage, etc.
also consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induced BIZ
sclf-indulgencc or sexual extravaganza.
30 Price, in 4 sealed envelope, only six cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay
clearly demonstrates from thirty years successful
practice, that the alarming consequences OF self
abuse may be radically cured without the danger
of Internal medicine the application of
the knife pointing out mode Of cure at once
simple, cert n and ef1ectual by means Of which
every sufferer, no matter what his condition may
bemay cure himself cheaply, privately & radically
This Lecture should be in the hands of every
youth and every man in tho land.
sent free under seal, in plain envelope, to any
address. Address the Publishers,
THE CILNEAiW ELL MEDICAL CO.,
sep1l Il Ann St, New York P. 0. Box $50
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
RAILROAD LINE.

TRAIN No. . connects at Humboldt and Milan for
the West also points South the c. St. l.. & n. .
nv: at Mckenzie with n C. ESt l. R'v: at Guth-
RE with st. l.. e S. f. R'y; at Lebanon Junction
with Knoxville and Richmond Branches at Cincin-
natl Junction with l.. C. 4 r VI. R'y North and
East; 1T Louisville with o. & n. Ry and J. VI. & 1.
r. II. North, East and West
TSAIS y. / has daily direct connection from Lit
tie Rock and all points in Texas connects at AcKin-
zie with \. c. 4 st. l. R'y; runs from Mckenzie to
Louisville, dIiiy except Sunday, and connects at
Guthrie South; at Nashville from Chattanooga and
the Southeast, at Cincinnati Junction with Lou,
CHM. Lex. X. X, North and East; ut Louisville
with O. 4 NJ. and J. NJ. & L. Ry North, East and
West.
TRAIN no. 10 has connection from Mobile aud
connects at Louisville with morning trains on l. c.
& L. o. q VI. and J. NJ. & I. R'ds.
For information about rates and Tickets to all
points, and Emigrant rates to Florida, Arkansas
Texas and Kansas etc. Address
C. P. ATNIORE, G. p. & T. A.,
Jan Louisville Kentucky.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18

The Democrats were badly and dis
astrously defeated in California. The
returns show that If the Democrats
and Workingmen had united their
forces they would have swept the
State.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
FERRIS "a ApYERTIsINq.

Special rates given on application.
- fcraO.Et cards, when admissible, charged
do 'hie r4fes.
Local notices charged 10 cents line for first in
serion and 10 cents line for subsequent insertions.
The pay for yearly and half-yearly advertise
ments Is due quarterly and those inserted Tor less
than three months must be paid for when their time
.,.rc.
VI trriaSes AMI deaths announced free
Obituery notices over eight lines charged for
q .crtiscmcnts.
A5-AIl letters on bu. in - ,uusihe dressed to
q. W. ARMISTEAD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
Attachment Notice.
State of Tennessee, Hardeman Go.
Levin Savage
=. attachment W. B. Rainey, Adm
- for debt
w. A. Keyser.

In this cause it appearing by affidavit that
the deft w. A. Keyser, sjustly indebted
to W. B. Rainey, administrators of Levin
Savage, decd. by notes and is a non-resi-
dent OF the State of Tennessee so that the
ordinary process Of law cannot be served on
him, and an original attachment having
been returned before me, levied on land be-
longing to the said defendant. 1t is therefore
ordered that publication be made in the
Bolivar Bulletin a newspaper published in
the town OF Bolivar, Tenn. for four success
sive weeks, requiring the defendant w. \.
Keyser to appear before me at my office in
Bolivar, Tenn, on the 3rd day OF Nov. 1879,
and make defense to said suit against him
or the same will BE- proceeded with ex pIrte,
This Sept 4th, 1863 J. K. p. CLIFF. p.
sep1I-4t Hardeman county, Tenn.
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NOTICE

I am prepared to clean, dye, repair. rem
ovate and make new secondhand cloth ng #
gentlemen. Greese entirely removed. Terms
cheap Satisfaction guaranteed. Gail to see
me a; my office in rear of DIR. Hammer
drug store. w. \ BOWMAN.
auCI7-tf
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PROSPECTUS


2=C2LPEL0ET=
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six months, ....-.-.................5O -
HS-Payable in advance.
TIE mission Of the "IIUMORIsF" is
to cdify and please. Original contri-
buttons and choice selections will
furnish literary entertainment of rare
and varied excellence. Its worth shall
be lis passport to the homes Of the
people, and each monthly visit shall
be an additional pleasure and profit
TO every reader, Unpretentious. we
hail tie public and edgeunremitting
effort to win and hold public conf
dencc.
FIRST ISSUE WILL BE Get. 1st.
We want one or two good agents ia each and
every county. We viii pay them larger
salary than any other paper in the South.
p1 " rite Tor special terms. Address
The Southern Humorist,"
Bolivar, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18

Maine has not helped the Republi-
cans much. They are still in a manor
ity on the popular vote, and that they
have carried the Legislature.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
RENTED UNTIL PAID FOR.

These Organs are now offered purchasers by
monthly instalImeuts of from s. to $40, viii be
rented until the rent pays for them From one to
three wears time given for payment
Special reduction giyca 10 churches schools and
pastors Agents wanted everywhere. Organs sent
on trial to any part Of the South. We pay freight
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
OVER 1oO, OOO MADE & soLD
WINNERS OF HIGHEST HONORS AT
ALL WORLDS EXHIBITIONS FOR
TWELVE YEARS PAST,

Endorsed by Franz, List, Theodore Thomas Ole
Bull Gets halk. Strauss, Warren, Morgan and over
one thousand eminent musicians OF Europe and
America The testimony as 10 the immense superb
Ority of these Instruments al all others is
emphatic, overwhelming and isdispUtabe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
WHOLESALE DEPOT.

For the more convenient supply OF southern
trade Southern y holesalc Depot has been estab-
ls,ted Atlanta Ga, from which dealers churches
teachers and the retail trade can be supplied AT \.
y. aud Baston factory rates For illustrated clta-
iosues price lists aad fun information, address
LUDDEN & BATES, Savannah, Ca.
sEahuf.sctarer'i Wholesale Agents.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-12-16

Hon. +. C.. Harrington of Fryeburg,
gave the returns for county officers from
oxford County q careful examination
Monday evening, at the Council Cham
Der. He finds errors that if not corrected
by the Council, viii elect the whole board
of Republican county officers. The town
clerks of Buckfeld and Brownfeld omit
20 state in the returns the name Of the
town from which they came. The town
of Hebron gives Henry c. Walker, can
didate for Commissioner, seventy-two
votes, instead of Henry G. Walker. The
returns from the town Of Canton are
a,tested by deputy clerk. Whether
this is a duty that cannot be entrusted
10 another is a question not yet settled.
There are other errors Of bad character,
but these suffice TO show the truth Of our
remarks concerning the selection Of town
officers.
Mr. Bisbee informs US, that in addition
70 the above informality Of the return
from Buckfeld, the warrant for town
meeting was defective, in that one mem
Der of the board Of Selectmen signed the
names of his associates to the instrument,
without special authority. In Water
ford, the ballot box was carried from the
town hall TO the road, where ballot was
received by the town officers. While the
Republicans of Oxford County would not
suggest the propriety of dePriving town
of It's vote on account of such informal
tiles. they propose that defects IN this
fusion County shall be treated the same
as they are in Counties that have Re-
publican majority. Therefore, Mr.. Bis
bee. as attorney for our candidates, mas
served written notice upon Governor Gar
celon, notifying him of these defects, and
asking for hearing in the matter If
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-12-16
OXFORD COUNTY LOCALS.

BETHEL, Dec. lO.-During the last two
months, Moses A. Mason has made pleas
ure excursion of five thousand miles into
California, Arizona and other Western
States. lie arrived home on the evening
OF Dec. Sth, much enlvened in spirit and
invigorated in body by the exhilarating in
huences of his long trip. On the evening
of Dec. 9Th his friends and neighbors un-
tremendously took possession of his spa
cious house in his Providential absence. \
delegation was sent to inform him that his
presence was wanted at home. He was
very happily surprised at the unexpected
and cordial reception received Of his
nelghbors, and his friends were highly
pleased with his stories about western life.
G.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-12-16

prevalence of good feeling, to press its
claims for continuance in power by the
specious argument, sour policy has made
the good times" That is true, at pres
ent; but ours will be the condemnation
when another panic ensues, as 1t was
during the hard years from 1873. Our
policy, now we have made greenbacks as
good as gold, is to call them in, for two
reasons:
lst. They are in no sense necessary to'
the transaction of the business Of the
country. Therefore they are an element
of danger. not only to the political party
in power, but to the people at large, by
continually threatening an imitation of the
currency, and all the evils which follow
initiation.
%. They are an Indebtedness Of the
nation running without interest, and
therefore they should be paid. They rep
resent debt of honor, which should be
Immediately cancelled, because the gov
eminent Is now able to do 50.
The Republican party will do well "a
advocate not only the repeal of the legal
tender clause, but to insist upon the I'M
mediate retirement Of our political cur
rency. 1, Will not pay to attempt to take
advantage of this new era 50 long as the
creenback j. in existence The party
which gave it birth viii yet be strangled
bv this unnatural child (the rag baby,
if it does not give it deep grave and an
immediate burial.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-12-16

Our SENSITIVE STATE DEPARTMENT.
The Governor and Council allege that
they were not asked in a respectful man
ner for the privilege of viewing legisla-
tive returns, and hence they declined to
exhibit them. This department Of State
which is so particular about its digni-
", does not court respectful treatment
by its own conduct. Last week, James
S. Wright, esq, Clerk of Courts for this
county, was in attendance upon the man
damus hearing. Having some spare
time. he visited the State House, to cX-
anime our County returns. \ member
of the Council was set to watch him
while thus engaged During the view,
this policeman wished 70 retire, for some
purpose. so he turned to another member
of the Council and said Here, YOU
watch this fellow while l am out, and see
that he does not steal any Of the returns.
Our people are continually treated to such
insults while examining the returns, and
it is natural that they should not be
ovcr-politc, in return.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-12-16

GRANT AND A MAINE WOMAN. AT the
Chicago banquet, Gen. Horace w. Porter,
formerly of Grants staff, and one of the
best "after-dinner' speech makers in the
country. gave rich flow of anecdotes,
among them being one of a trip that Grant
made shortly after the war, through Maine.
When at stop at small town, tall,
gaunt woman came into the car out OF
breath, and, putting her arms akimbo and
surveying the General through her glasses,
said: "Well, now, I've run nigh unto a
mile list to get a look at the man that lets
the wimmen do all the talkin'."