The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Ex-senator Conkling's complaint is
| chronic malaria.
With the exception of Washington
! Arthur is the tallest and largest pres
! ident iii the list.
Nearly all the Southern cities a
| subscribing to the fund for the reH
! of the Michigan sufferers.
Leading street car men of Philadel-
! phia are examining the cable system
of Chicago, with view to its adOp-
ton in the former city.
Bishop Simpson is to be formally
received by the Methodist clergy in
Philadelphia upon his return to
/ America fortnight hence.
Miss Edwina Booth, daughter of
Mr.. Edwin Booth, is, it is reporteCs
engaged to marry Mr.. Downing Vaux,
son of the well known architect.
Whisky, water and a grain of
| strychnine was the compound put up
by Baltimore druggist and labeled:
''Found At Last-Golden Stomach
| Tonic"
Colored women at Anderson, S. c.,
have formed a union, and will not
work for less than So q month. Who
ever violates the agreement Will be
logged by the others.
Here is a straw from the Chicago
! journal: at is worthy of remark
that there has not been solitary case
of murder in the State of Illinois
since the lynching at Bloomington
two weeks ago."
Economy is wealth. A Philadel
phia lady who found a baby in
basket on her doorstep took the infant
to the station house, but saved the
basket to carry home her marketing.
! -ChTOnicLe-H HerGtd.
The man who advertised for confed-
crate bonds in New York is being
| flooded with them from all parts OF
| the south. SOutherners apparently
understand their wOrthlessness.
The Texas Valley, Rio Grande 81
Montezuma Prairie Railroad is the
| title of Western Railroad only seven
miles long, and its only conductor is
a Professor and Bachelor of Arts.
An Iowa father has spent the best
part of a year, 500 in money, and
made four trips to Washington to Sc
cure his son a 5000 clerkship in one of
the departments. The boy must be
an unbearable nuisance around home.
'eWhat would you take for a sore
throat p asked j. of his friend ii.
"As YOU are not likely to get any
thing" replied H., "I'd advise you to
give it away for nothing, and be glad
to get rid ofit.-PhIddcfphiu Sunday
Item.
A truthful editor Says an ex-
change: $50 much space is today
given to editorial matter that large
amount of interesting reading is
crowded out" The editor is frank,
at all events, and should be honored
accordingly.
A Frenchman learning the English
| language complained of the irregu-
| laritv Of the verb "to CO." the present
tense of which some wag had written
out for him as follows: 81 go; thou
startest; he departs; we lay track you
cut sticks; thou absquatulate or ske-
| daddle."
Literary: Wanted-A story of a
burglary or ghosts in which the night
is not very dark without and the wind
does not blow in fitful gusts and the
old oak in the front Of the house does
not groan dismally. On receipt of
such we agree to return the manu-
script.-LOtCeU Citizen.
The next man who gets out a die
tionary should not neglect to put in a
few lines that will rhyme with Oc-
| tober, for the benefit Of fall poets.
| The dictionaries now in the market
| are very deficient in this respect.
''Knocked ober" is about the best the
poet can do at present.-NOTTtStoag1
| Herald.
Said Mrs. Smith, who had come to
spend the day, TO little Edith: "Are
you glad to see nie again, Edith z"
Edith-'Yes, m'm, and mamma's
/ glad, too ~
Mrs. Smith-'1s she Z"
Edith-"Yes, MIN; she said she
! hoped you'd come to-day, and have II
over with"
Memphis AUdLaRche: Gen. Chal
mers is in our city sick at the resi-
dence of his friend, Mr.. Turley. lie
4 has been speaking every day ana
sometimes twice a day and it proved
/ too much for him. He will not be ht
for duty in a week, and may be COM
PEELED to give up the remainder Of hls
/ appointments.
Indiana has developed the model
Juror. lie nau not HedIu VI Vi iSt1- v
the case at issue; does not take any
neysnauer: does not know the name
| of the President of the United States;
does not know anything about the
saUctitv of an oath but knows that an
oath is good thing to use when the
hogs get into the garden; does not
know how old he is, and doesn't
/ care.
Harper's Weekly urges that action
be taken at the next session OF the
New York Legislature for the pur-
chase of the grounds on the American
side around Niagara Fails for an in-
ternational park. The project, which
was first broached some years ago,
has been twice before the New YORK
LEGISLATURE. Once the measure passed
the House, but did not reach vote In
the Senate.