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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20
Arrest Of a selma Man.

Meridian Mercury, of Sunday:
Yesterda,, upon requisition of the
Governor of Alabama, Sheriff Hender-
son caused the arrest of Cornelius
Quartermus, of Selma, Alabama. He
once lived here some dozen years ago,
and made his temperance here about
three weeks ago. He appeared to
have no business here, but did return
and visited the saloons and stood
around in crowds very much like q
dead-beat. We learn that there are
eight criminal charges against him in
Dallas county. One is abandonment
of a young wife and four children
and living in adultery with a mulattO
wench whom he brought here with
him and who is now confined in our
Jail with him. Her name is Alice
English, and we hear an intimation
that she is connected with the crimi-
nal history Of Selma. What we hear
intimated is, she was accessory to the
murder Of an elderly gentleman who
had been her benefactOr and was then
her lover. Quartermus was jailer for
Dallas county and made her acquaint-
ance as his prisoner. She is repre-
sented 20 be very beautiful. The
crimes of Quartermus probably make
a tangled web. Officers from Ala
hama are expected to arrive tonight
to take away the prisoners.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20
The Oneen,s Wreath.

With regard to the Queens wreath,
a little incident occurred which was
of great comfort to a sick lady here, a
German woman in humble life. The
arrival of the Presidents cortege from
Long Branch, with the mufiled music
Of the drums, and all the solemn
paraphernahia Of woe, gave her a re-
lapse, as it passed directly by her
window. Her husband was among
the multitude who went to the Capt
toI next morning to view the remains,
and he picked for his wife a half
loosened flower from the royal wreath,
thinking it partially oI ened tube
rose. lie put it in wafer by her bed
side, and il biOssomed out, disclosing
the form of a dove in the center. II
seemed miraculous to her, as she did
not know there was such a flower
(the flower Of the Holy Spirit). She
began to mend from the moment she
saw it, calling il the Christ flower
sent from the dead Presidents bier to
heal her. It would take less than thai
to form miracle story of in super
stitiOus countries.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20
Poisoned.

A Hannibal, Missouri, special says
that while the family Of Hiram West
fall were seated at the breakfast table
Yesterday morning they were sud-
denly attacked with sickness and com
menced vomiting. The persons at the
table were Mr.. Westfall, his wife, a
young lady and a hired man. Their
symptoms became more violent, and
death seemed certain to most Of them.
Mr.. Westfall, whose attack seemed to
be the lightest, got on a horse and
summoned physicians, who immedi-
ately suspected the cause to be eating
of poisonous food. The doctors have
been In attendance upon the family all
day. Mrs. Westfall died last evening,
and the hired man is not expected to
live. A dish of oatmeal which had been
prepared by a coiOred servant with
whom there lad previously been
trouble, is thought TO have been pOis-
oned with arsenic. This servant, up
on seeing the effect of her work, left
the house, bat has since been arrested
/ She tells contradictory stories of thC
affair, and the evidence ali points tC
her guilt. The WestfalIs are highly
/ respectable people.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20
Too Much Lnek.

Simon Silverman. of Indian Bay,
Ark, who claims to be the holder of
half the ticket which drew the $4,000
prize in the Louisiana lottery some
time ago, is paying dearly for his luck.
The payment of the ticket was stopped
by Mrs. Clark, who lives near Indian
Bay, and claims that Silverman got
the ticket from her by fraud. Silver
man went down 10 New Orleans and
entered suit in one of the courts for
the amount of the ticket ($l5, ,0OO), and
went back to his former home. Last
Tuesday night he was shot at by some
unknown person while riding along
the road on his way to Helena, ami
fell from his horse. His companion
rode on to the nearest house, got as
sistance, and returned to the place
Silverman was found lying senseless
in the road. His hat and the pomme
of his saddle were full of bullet holes
but his skin was intact. 1t is said
that he has been warned to leave thC
| country or be killed
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

MEMPHIS AUaIdncbe: The Kansas
City and Southern, the old Memphis
railroad, the from Mountain, and
the Helena railroad, have effected a
consolidation with a view of building
a line from Kansas City to Helena.
This project has no connection with
the Memphis and Kansas City rail-
road, which is now completed to
Springfield, Missouri, and on which
work is in propress for the construc-
tion of the remainder of the line from
Springfield to Memphis, a distance of
225 miles, which will be finished be-
fore January, 1882
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20
A Mormon Conference.

Salt Lake Tribune: Another vast
concOurse of shOck-headed, bad
smelling, salivated Latter-Day Saints,
gathered at the Tabernacle yesterday
to listen to the tvs ddlesOme discOurses
of the apostles and hear the accounts
and statistics read. The first thing
which impresses, and almost nauseates
the visitor to the Tabernacle, is the
oVerpOwering effiuvium which arises
from the rReking mass of OdOrOus hu-
manity. There is no mistaking the
smell of a Mormon Conference. In
spite of the fact that the building is
one of the best ventilated in America,
it still lacks the architectural requi-
sites necessary to carry away the
scents which arise from this mex
haustible repository of vuglar OdOl s..
It is the stencil which comes from the
Iow-bred, the low-lived and the un-
washed. Some of the saints that
come to the conference are arrayed in
the same old shirts in which they
worked all summer in the fields, and
some haven't evidently changed their
socks since the Mot'in Mew'd massacre.
Yet, when the stupid apostles face this
fetid crowd, they preach about the
purity of their souls, the cleanliness
of their lives and Christian love and
charity, when the principal thing
which they need is a sermon on soap
and water.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

The st. Paul Pioneer Press refuses
TO uphold the Republicans of Mime
sofa in their repudiation doctrines,
and neglects no opportunity of pro-
claiming its opposition. In speaking
OF General Richard NJ. johnson, the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
it closes a brief but fiattering sketch
with the statement that "the General
is proud of appearing as head of a
ticket with a platform anti-repudiat-
ing as its support"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

OF Indian railroad laborers, a Mexi-
can letter to the Chicago Times says
that they toll INCREASINGLY, but ac-
complish little. On shOveline, it
would take six Of them to equal one
white man. It is a new kind of work
for the Indians and strains his weak
est part. The muscle Of the arms are
not developed. An Indian is strong
in his back and legs, and when il
comes TO carrying a heavy load, a
white competitor is nowhere. Diff
Guilty has been experienced in famil-
iarizing the Indians with the wheel
/ borrow.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

MEMPHIS Appeal: Frenchmen never
maturalized who were floating around
Memphis during the war are now,
more than ever, prosecuting their
claims against the Government for
their property destroyed during the
war by the Federal authorities. Proof
of their claims are taken by a Com
missioner here and forwarded to
Washington, where their claims are
presented
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

The Inspector of Weights and Meas
ures in Paris has an ingenious way of
furnishing the unfortunate dealer
found with light weights or short
measures. In addition to the fine or
imprisonment imposed the offenders
door is placarded with a copy of the
sentence. While the placard remains
the dealers business is necessarily
confined to customers who cannot
read
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

A private telegram from Fort Smith
states that Governor McCurtain, Of
the Choctaw Nation, has granted
Randall, the Chief Engineer of the
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad,
the right TO run through the country.
This settles the matter of the right to
build, so far as the Choctaw are con-
cerned. The force Of laboreFs on the
Boston Mountain tunnel, and between
Van Buren and the tunnel, has again
been doubled. The Fort Smith and
St. Louis and San Francisco roads
will build joint bridge across the
Arkansas neaa Van Buren.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

Or the Washington Stars statement
''that the Star Reuters, in their un-
dertaking to crush out all inquiry
into their operations by coarse abuse
of the government officials concerned
in the investigation, have taken a
bigger contract than they can carry
out" the Boston Post says:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

cross-eyed expression or shape. It is
the intention Of her father to take her
to New York at no distant day to let
some Of the celebrated physicians see
this wonderful phenomenon. The girl
herself is a very bright, pretty girl,
but timid-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

There are two gay old printers in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. One of
them Is 19 and the other so, aud the
most OF their lives has been spent at
the eases" in the art preservative
of all arts. a few days since they de-
cided to go off on little sociable ex-
cnrsion, and took drive in company,
the horse used on the occasion being
70 years Old, the harness twenty years
old and the buggy forty years.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

George Sand The time Is coming
when we shall say as little of God as
possible, never dispute about Him,
force no one TO pray to Him, but
leave worship to the sanctuary OF
private conscience; and this we shall
do when we are truly religious.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

SENATOR DAVID DAVIS, of Illinois,
has been chosen president pro tenn of
the Senate, by vote of 36 to "a. The
Republicans gave their full vote to
him.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20

A man in New York restaurant re-
Gently opened 1000 oysters in twelve
hours.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20
Terms of Advertising.

One square of eight lines, $50 for the
first insertion, and IS cents for each subse-
quent insertion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Another change or two in the Senate Will make
Malone Of no account, and then his partners in
the present bargain will turn him adrift with the
same pleasure with which they have now sought
his aid.- Philadelphia Times (Fnd) March l5
Malone declares that he owes nothing to the
Democratic party that has done $50 much injury
to his section" The injury he refers TO probably
was the refusal Of the Democrats Of Virginia to
allow him to carry through his program Of re-
pudiation. Harrisburg Patriot tDem)
Mahone's vote is desirable, ndevery honorable
m cans should be used to secure 1t. But 1t should
be obtained by some other process than open pur.
chase man who can be bought for few Of.
tices would bring neither profit nor honor to the
party that bought him,-AlbGnv Evening Journal
[Repl
We apprehend that the Silver Conference VIII
prove failure. The reason Is France and the
rest of the nations troubled about silver do not
contemplate leaving the ratio of lS11 silver to l
gold. They mean to urge upon us theincrease Of
the valuation OF silver from our l6 to 10 their
151S to 1-Or three per cent We cannot consent
to that. onr bonds issued since July IA, 1870 are
payable In the 4126 silver dollar and in no other
silver dollar. II the Latin Union will not come
TO one ratio there will be nothing done. -Cincin-
natl Commercial (Rep)
The Republican majority in the Senate is MAIN
tanned by the vote Of an ex.rebel brigadier and
an outspoken advocate Of repudiatiOn. Upon
that vote tests Republican supremacy and to se-
cure that vote the exIebel repudiationist has
been promised the patronage Of Virginia and the
right to name some OF the most important officers
Of the Senate Cleveland Plain LcaIer (Dem)
The Republicans in The Senate are already be.
ginning to worry themEelvea over the Malone
business. The reputation Senator will be ao'
corded the privilege Of naming the sergeantat-.
Arms, and Of course will name some ex Coniedea
ate. When this happens the Republicans fear
the Democrats will be Just mean enough tonomi'
nate Union soldier and make an uncomfortable
contrast The idea is such smart one that very
likely the Democrats won't think of it, PhtlOdeE
phia Times (F0d)
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24
FOREIGN NEWS.

Count Herbert Bismark eloped a few weeks ago
with Princess Elizabeth Of Carolath Beuthen,,who
has daughter IA years old. Prince Bismark, the
father, don't like 1t; and the injured husband has
left the Upper House and gone home to his es
tates in siesIa.
The authorities at St. Petersburg discovered q
heavily charged mine under the street opposite
the residence Of the new Emperor and also pass.
ing under therstreet leading to the riding school
from whence the Gear was returning when asSas.
sinated. Ei1ht more arrests have been made and
additional quantities Of explosives have been
discovered,
Thirty persons arc in prison In Ireland now
under The provisions Of the Coercion act, and it
is evident more will be imprisoned, Among
those imprisoned last week were P. ]. Sheridan
merchant Of Tubbercurry, Sligo, and one OF
those W no were tried with Parnell recently, and
oQuinn, one Of the Secretaries Of the League.
Russakof, the person arrested on the charge Of
being an acComplice In the assassination of the
Gear, has recognized one Of the bodies Of those
killed as his aCcOmplice. In the house where
Russskof lived proclamation has been found
announcing that the Gear had been assassnated
by two persons. The male occupant Of the house
shot himself dead when he saw the police ap.
preaching. A woman who lived with him was
arrested; also person who was seen to enter the
house, but the latter was not captured until he
had fred six shots and wouB ded threepolicemen.
The last census bulletin shows the Noreign.b born
persons In the United States to be 6,677 $50, and
native born 48,475 5O6, and 1880 foreign.born to
every 100000 native In Pennsylvania there are
5S7593 foreign-born to $685. 25S natlveborn OF l5,
900 foreign born to 100000 native slight de.
crease in ioreign.born population in the last de-
oada
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24
A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IN
PERU,

Francisco Garcia CaIderOn Chosen to Set the
Conquered Republic on Its Feet Again.
The Lima correspondent of the Star and Her.
aid, writing on February % nd and "a 4th, says:
"PIerola is still in Jauja, which he terms the
capital OF the Republic. The Chillan representa-
tives will have nothing to do with him and are
giving support to movement for the purpose o.
establishing a provisional government. At the
invitation of General La Cotera and Seniors
Fuentes, Yivero and Mariategn, about thirty per.
Sons met at General La Coteras house, on the 18th
instant After some debate the position of provi
siolal President was offered to General La Puerta
who was President at the time of the iPierola
revolution in December, 1879. General La Puerta,
however, has refused to accept office, pleading i'll
health. At another meeting held on the 2lst, for
the purpose OF continuing the discussion with re-
gard to the organization Of a provisional govern
melt about one hundred and fifty Of the princi'
pal men of the capital were present. After long
discussion resolutions were unanimously ad0pted
That the time had arrived for the formation Of
provisional government, represented by single
individual. That the Constitution OF 1860 should
be adopted and COnerees convened within fifteen
days after an armistce is concluded An election
by ballot for he purpose Of nominating prOvi
sOnsl President was Immediately held, and DR..
Francisco Garcia CalderOn received lOl votes,
Senior DenegHi g. tce-Admiral MOntero g. and
DR.. Arenas l. DR.. Calderon was thus almost unan'
imously nominated. Dr. CalderOn delivered an
address to the pOpulaCe saying he relied on the
assistance and co operation of all Peruvians 10
aid in the inauguration Of new epoch for Peru
-one which shall be founded on honesty, toll
and order,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24
ON THEIR WAY TO MANITOBA DE-
TANNED AT CHICAGO BY THE
SNOW BLOCKADE.

Chicago, March 2O.-An excursion party from
Canada, got up by the Grand Trunk Railroad, and
having Manitoba for their destination, has been
snow.bound at the Union Stock Yards near this
city, since last night, The party comprises seven
hundred and fifty passengers, requiring twenty
coaches for their accommodation and sixty FIVE
cars for stock, freight and baggage, the whole d.
vided into three sections. The excursionists are
a very intelligent class Of people. They were last
night deprived Of fuel water and light. They
started from Montreal last Wednesday afternoon,
and but for delay OF twenty-iour hours at Point
Edwards, consumed by the Customs officers ex.
amining their staff, they would now be In st.
Paul instead Of at the Slock-Yards. Mr.. COlqu.
houn, one Of the leading men VI the party, has
bought $50 acres Of land In Rockford, Manitoba,
partly from the Hudson Bay Company, and partly
from tho half breeds. He is taking with him
some fine horses, prize bulls fancy pigs and
chickens, st, Bernard dogs and Ayrshire COWS,
all imported from England. The other passengers
are we'll provided for farmiHg and stock raising,
and are all accompanied by their families. Last
night they were short OF water, aud this morning
had to wash themselves In snow and prepare
their morning meal with snOwWater. For fuel
they tore down some fences, and a supply of OIL
was furnished them to light the cars. 1t is ex,
peCted about fourteen thousand more persons
will be transported from Canada TO Dakota and
Manitoba this year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24
FRANCE TO BE REPRESENTED AT
YORKTOWN.

Paric, March 21.- Gen. Noyes American Minis
ter, day handed President Grevy an autograph
letter from exPresident Hayes, inviting the
French Government and tople to send repre-
sentative to the centennial celebration of the
surrender Of CORVALLIS at Yorktown, Mr.. Moves
said he fulfilled this mission with satisfaction
The American people cherished grateful remem'
brance of the participation of France in the es.
tablishment of American Independence. The
celebration of a common victory would lose
mrch of its interest and lustre If the sister Re.
public wss not represented.
President GreVy i'll reply expressed his gratih
cation and thanked the American Government
for its recognition Of the part the French took in
the work OF American independence havingshared
the labor and would also share the It oiciDg. He
dwelt on the marvellous deVelopm ert Of the
United States during the century of independ-
ence, and conluded by declaring France would
be represented at the celebration.
General NOyes thanked the President and said
the representatives of France would be the guests
OF the United States Government. General Noyes
will send special invitation to Oscar de LaFay.
ette and the men bers CT his family to visit he
centenary
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24
SUICIDE SOLVED.

The Fear of Losing His Military Reputation Was
WHAT Drove General Upton to Self.DestruCtiOn
His Last Letters.
San Francisco, March 21st.-At the Coroners
inquest on the remains of General Upton, the fol-
lowing letter and portion Of letter, giving un'
doubted proof of the cause Of self.destruction'
were read. ITO Adjutant General, United States
Army-sir: In my effort to 1evise the ia cites so
that they might apply to companies over 200
strong, I discovered that the double column and
the deployment by number, when compared with
the French method, was failure, The fOurs too
l was forced to admit" Here there is an abrupt
termination The letter to his sister is as follows
"Presidio, March 13th.-Dear Sara-Since writing
to you last Sunday l have been In no little dis.
tress over the revision. 1t has seemed to me that
l must give up my system and lose my military
reputation. God only knows how 1t will eventu.
ally end, but trust He will lead me to sacrifice
myself rather than perpetuRte method which
might in the future cost single man his life.
Which ever way 1t may turn out, know shall
have your SYM mpathy, and may our Heavenly
Father bless and Keep you and cur precious faith
er and mother l need all your prayers, for l
would keep my integrity. Friday went over to
Oakland to luncheon. The city is tlat and has
beautiful lawns strewn with flowers. don't feel
like writing more. Only let me feel that have
your love and sympathy. With fervent ki3s for
you all, ever your affectionate brother.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24
FAITALEss WIFE
Shot to Death in the Streets Of Stanton, MlchI.
Rau.

Shot to Death in the Streets Of Stanton MlChI.
gan.
Detroit March 19.-Franklin Upright, a lum-
ber man, shot his wife on the street of Stanton,
Michigan, yesterday afternoon. He married her
at WILLIAMSON three years ago, she being then
16 years old, the daughter Of a blacksmith. Last
winter he went to work in lumber camp near
Stanton, and she took service as waiter at no
tel in a neighboring village, About two week
ago he claims that she confessed TO having i'm
proper relations with leading merchant Of the
village. He endeavored to have the man prose.
Cuted by the State, but the Prosecuting Attorney
said the evidence was not sufficient. Upright
then made, through third party, demand on
the merchant to settle for consideration, but
the latter scohed at the demand and denounced
It as blackmail. Upright then directed his wife
to board at IA certain place, and returned to his
work, but says that he was not able RfterWard to
find her until to-day, when he discovered her at
the Stanton House, where she had been stopping
had quarrel with her threatening to kill her
but agreed to spare her II she would behave
herself. After he left her, he cav her go out Of
the hotel and into billiard saloon, and come out
again In the main street He pursued, and she
fed, going ups hight OF stairs and dowL into an
alley where he caught her, and, In spite OF her
appeal not 10 kill her, empted the entire contents
OF his revolver into her head and body. Leaving
her lying in the snow he went TO a saloon and
was drinking glass Of cider when arrested. The
woman died a few hours after the shooting.