The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-04-01
CURRENT NEWS.

! Inc Boston Herald says that New
England Republicans are largely in
favor of Grant.
| Ex-Governor Jas. D. Porter has ac-
cepted the presidency of the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis R. R.
The Somerville Falcon dominates
Col. J. ii. Heating, of the appeal as a
delegate to the Convention from this
District.
Mr.. Edison has sold his patent on
the electromagnetic to the Western
Union Telegraph Company for the
sum of 100000.
1t is growing belief that the Ten
nessee delegation to Chicago viii be di-
vided between Grant and Blaine, with
Sherman at the tail end.
Col. Kellar, formerly editor of the
Memphis Avalanehe, is working to
revive the Greenback party, and be
come Its candidate for Governor.
/ In Kansas, the recent county meet
ings send one hundred and forty
eight Blaine and ninety-four Grant
delegates to the State convention.
The Senate of Wisconsin, on the
18th inst, concurred in the Assembly
resolution providing for female suffrage
in Wisconsin by vote of 10 to II.
Gov. Joseph E. Brown has presen-
ted to the Southern Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary, at Louisville KY, $780,
900 for the endowment of a professor
ship.
The Somerville Falcon recently in
tervieved many prominent Democrats
of its section with the following result;
Bayard Is, TiIden 8, Seymour 2, Da-
Wis 1, Hendricks l, Randall 1.
On the 22nd, of June next, ct
Charlotte, N. G. suitable arrange
ments viii be made for the celebration
of the Centennial of the battle of Kings
: Mountain on the 18th of October next.
Elder Morgan, President of the Eas-
tern Mission of the Mormon church,
secretly left Nashville with one hun
, bred and thirty converts and says that
his church has forty missionaries in the
South, propagating its doctrines and
that the membership is steadily in
creasing.
The Chattanooga Commercial oppos-
ses the idea of State Credit Conven-
: ton, and the Nashville american OPP
poses it on the ground that it must
mean either an individual State credit
> party, good for this trip and train only,
3 good or it must tend to n coalition be-
tween the Republicans and Democrats.
The widest excitement prevailed at
Galveston at the welcome intelligence
that the long-looked for steamer City
of Mexico, with Gen. Grant and party
4 on board, was in sight. Crowds flock
I ed to the wharyes, and the waters of
! harbor presented 4 bustling sight, be-
! ing covered with crafts of every de-
S scription.
! Gov. Marks has appointed from
West Tennessee, Judge John L. T.
: Sneed, of Shelby; Col. NJ. T. Polk, Of
r Hardeman; Major j. G. McCabe, OF
: Memphis, as commissioners to meet
similar commissioners from North
j Carolina, Virginia and South Caro-
lima to meet at Charlotte, N. O. to
prepare for the centennial celebration
of the battle of Kings Mountain Oc-
tober 7th.
Senator Bailey from the Committee
n on Education has just reported a bill
of great Importance to the whole coun-
e try and particularly to Tennessee and
: the other Southern States. It dedi-
Gates the proceeds of the sales of one
{ thousand millions acres of public land:
e to educational purposes to be divided
d among the States in the ratio of litter.
: acy.
e The Knoxville Fhig and Chronicle
T in speaking of the alliance of the Re
{ publicans with the Democrats, says:
v ''Not only is it not probable, but it is
o also impossible. The republican party
4 never has been party of reputation,
and never will. The Republicans Of
Tennessee will not, as long as the heav
ems are above the earth, ally them
o selves, for the sake of temporary pow
y er, with crowd-we can not call it s
e party-whOse sole and avowed obiec
: is to smirch the good name of our PROUD
V old State with the inefacable stain O
il Reputation. Never will any man O
X this crowd of political thieves ride int
power on the shoulders of republican
. voters. Better eternal defeat thai
victory gained at such cost.
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