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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-04-16

ia % Preston county 90 execute on the
9th dav Of February. 1850, the sentence
OF death under the Judgment Of said
cou Z, pronounced on the DIST Of October,
1869, as i'm such order directed by law.
The prisoner again filed his petition for
writ OF error 10 the Supreme Court,
which was granted 10y said Court in De-
cember, 1870
The Supreme Court by its opinion,
filed December, 1850, quashed the writ
OF error because improvidently awarded,
and dismiSsed his petition. the sumo
having been barred by the statute Of
Limitation, passed 1877.
The supreme Court ion Us opinion.
uses the following language = III tine
statute then existing properly fcb"r-
the granting OF the writ. the writ should
be refused. aud the prisoner must look
to
EXECUTIVE cLEMENCY OR LEGISLATIVE
INTERVENTION
for relief against manifest error.
"And con,e queutly ttat notwilh-
standing thero are manifest errors i'm
the record, this Court cannot consider
and relieve against them, bu, must hold
that tho writ of error " 8 improvidontly
awarded because not petiu,ncd for
within the tno required by the stat
ute"
I am therefore justified i'm my view OF
tho case by the Judgment of the supreme
Court OF this State.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-04-16
Our Prediction for the Future.

June l5-Sortheasterly gales, pre-
coded by heavy froste aud snow the
street-ca will run during the early
part Of the day.
June 20-Inorsasiug clouduess,
followed by light snow; winds from
all directions.
July 4-Severe thunder storm in
the morning; rain at noon The
Thermometer will jump around like
a French dancing master; northwest
winds at 2 P. NJ one Of the heaviest
snow falls of the season Goal will
begin to advance.
July Is Colder; all railroads
blockadedi river frozan tight and
all business entirely suspended.
July 29-Still colder; thermome-
ter 70 degrees below freezing point /;
several de tbs from exposure may
be expected coal $82 per ton and
still advancing,
August l5-IutenseIy cold; snow
in the Chicago streets Is and 90 feet
deep; ice selling at 10 cents per
ton; coal 1925 per ton; business
houses closed and people moving
South; all hopes Of summer days
blasted.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-04-16

The United States Senate has pretty
strong representation Of Biblo names.
Tnoro will be- eleven Johns. seven
Jamosos, three Thom1-cs and three Mat
ihows. making twouty-four in aIl who
boar Tho names of tho apostles two
Joycphs, throo Beuilmins and one
Zebulon are representatives Of tho sons
OF Jac"b and one fn, three Sumuels,
Quo David and ono Daniel make up tho
list of thirty.six scriptural names.
Justin and ON Ambrose, however are
thrown boz To- prevent tho carly church.
from being forgotten.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
A MOTHERS PASSION.

When the angry passion gathering in my
mothers face see,
And she leads me to the bed-rooin-gently
lays me on her knee
Then know that / viii catch ii, and my
flesh in fancy itches,
As listen to the patter of the shingle on
my brecches.
Every tinkle OF the sIingle has an echo and
a sting
And thousand burning fancics into active
being spring,
And Il thousand bees and hornets meath my
coat-tail seem to swarm,
As listen tothe patter Of the shingIe, Oh,
so warm!
In a splntter comes my father, whom l
thought away bad gone.
To survey the situation and to make her lay
it on
To see her bending DER me as listen to the
strain
Played Ty her AMI by the shingle TO a wild
anil weird refrain.
In sudden iaterD,ission, which appears
my only cbauce,
I say, Strike gently, mother, or you'll split
my Sunday pants"
She stops a moment, draws her breath, the
shingle holds alolt,
And says, 81 had not thought Of that, my
son--just take them off"
Holy Moses! and the angels! cast your pity
ing glances down,
And thou, Q family doctor! get a good soft
pouItice, on!
And may l with fools and ounces everlast-
ingly comIhingle @
II I ever say another word when my mother
wields the shipgle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
THE HON. .MR. LOT OF sODOm.
BY D. !. MOODY.

Now if we let the Lord choose foi
us, he will choose better than we can
for ourselves. But Lot wanted to
choose for himself. I will venture to
say, when he left Abraham, if you had
talked to him about going to Sodom,
he would have said O, no! Go down
to Sodom? Doyou think would take
my children down into Sodom-into
that great city with all its temptations:
Not Z" But he pitched his tent to
ward Sodom-he looked toward the
city-and 1T was not long before hi:
business took him there. He went dowr
there perhaps to sell his cattle, and
f und q good market. Some Of tht
leadmg men wanted him to go dowr
there. He could make a great deal O
money-could make it faster. Wher
man pitches his tent before Sodom
aud loops in, it won't be l ing befor,
he gets in there, tent and all.
His business took him there. "Bua
mess must be attended to-a maj
mustattend to his business, you know.
''But then II will be ruin to your fam
ily." 80, well! I am going to &C
money. and then get out Of it. Whe
/ I get enough to retire, will NOV
back, and live on the plains of a Abri
ham. But I must attend to my bus
ness fhst" Many a man puts h
business before his family. Busine
must be attended to, let the cous
/ quenees be what they Will
In the sight of the world. Lot vi
one Of the most successful busine
men Of all Seldom. II you had gol
in there q little while before destru
S ton came upon it, and inquired abe
the place and is leaiing men, th
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24

would have told you that Lot. the
nephew of Abraham, was una Of the
most successful men in all Sndnm.
He held Office. We find him sittiEa
at the gate, and that is sign that hs
WAS an officer. Perhaps they mado
him a judge-a good, high sounding
name, Judge Lot" Itis a good .itle.
The world honored him-Sodcm hon
o ed him; they liked him very well.
Then he would have reasoned in tins
way: Don't you see, have got au
influence by coming down here. lie
was a man of great influence in the
sight Of the world-immense influence.
They would have told you that he was
one Of the most influential men in all
SodOm. He owned, peFIiays;-tlie best
c'raer lots, and he may have had his
name on them If they had had Il
Congress in those days he would have
been a very popular man to send To
congress. he would have been "The
Hon. Mr. Lot, of Sodom." He was a
man the world delighted to honor;f or
it delights to honor that kind of man
"A man of great influenced But
want to call your attention to one
thing-he was there twenty years and
never got convert. That is a man
Of influenced" Look around, and see
where The worldly Christians are.
How many souls are they winning 10
Jesus Christ? Are they the men that
are building up Christ's Kingdom?
l tell you, those men are doing
more to tear it down than any other
class.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
See Here.

The Park Quill says: 1t is an impo-
sition ON any well-bred girl for her low
er to keep her up later than half-past
ten O'Clock, when you have the oppor-
tunity of seeing her often. If you al
ways leave with the oish in her heart
that you had stayed longer, you gain
so much. Never run the risk of wea-
rying her with your presence. Be
just as earnest.and straightforward as
in your honorable dealing with men.
Impress your friends with the WORTH
ness and seriousness of your love, SO
that vulgar and senseless bantering viii
appear to them as such. Love in re
ligion-the sup,emest happiness; weal
it manfully and proudly, but holly
Woo a woman bravely. If there i
anything humiliating to woman, it i
to have a lover whom she wishes t;
honor, weak and vapid, ever yielding
and half afraid of her. She longs t
tell him to ''act like n mani" The maj
who cOneeals or denies his love, for fea
of being laughed at, is a coward. I
love that has no element of divinity il
it is not love. but passion, which Of il
self has nothing ennObEng. That wa
a beautiful inscription on an engag;
ment ring: Each for the other an
both fer God.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24

At this juncture the boy, who had
perched himselfupon my kncss, looked
very earnestly in my face and said:
Divinity shaped the end of your
nose mighty Gurus" I'm certain that
wished somebody would spank the
young rascal. We talked of hills,
mountains, wales and cataracts-I be-
lieve I said waterfalls, when the boy
spoke up and said: "Why, sisters got
a trunk full of 'em up stairs--pap says
they are made out of horse hair"
This revelation struck terror into
me and bushes into the checks of my
fair companion.
1t began to be very apparent to me
that l must be very guarded in what I
said, lest said boy might slip in his re-
marks in uncalIed for places; in fact
turned my conversation to him. l told
him he ought to go home with me, and
see what nice chickens we ] a in the
country. Unluckily, l mentioned Il
yoke of calves my brother owned. The
word calves ruined all. The little fel-
low looked up and said: Sisters got a
d,zen of 'em, but she don't wear 'em
only when she goes up in town o windy
days"
Leave the room, you unmnnnerly
little wretch exclaimed Emily, "leaYe
Immediately"
Il know what you want me to leave
the room for" replied he, YOU can't
foil me-you want to set in that mans
lap and kiss him. like you did Bill Sim
mons the other day-you can't fool me,
I'll jes tell you. Gimme some candy
like he did, then I'll go. You think
because you've got the Grecian Bend
that you're smart. Guess I know a
thing or two. I'm mad at you any
how, cause pap would bought me
top yesterday, if it hadn't been-for
your gettin' them curls, doggone yer!
You needn't turn so red in the face,
cause can't see it for the paint.
There amt no use in winkin' at me
with that glass eye O yourn. cause I
amt goin' out o here, now, that's what
the matter with the purps. I don't care
if YOU are twenty-eight years old, yop.
amt no boss o mine. you old fool.
That is all of the story that John
related. He says he don't know how
he got out of the scrape.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
SOUTH CAROLINA
Legislation on DHelIiHg; Temperance;
The Sabbath; Carrying Con-
ccaled Weapons;
Divorce.
Feom the New York obscrvcr.J

EtOiu titt new AOfk OoecIFcI.
Although duelling has pervailed ia
the State from time to time immemo-
rial, and in the recent past, it has not
done 50 with the approval of the body
of the people. Their representatives
in the late Legislature we're aware of
this, and during the late session passed
law disfranchising ali who participate
in duel, and dislualifying them for
any Office, and pronouncing the person
who kills his adversary guilty of MUIR
der, snd liable to It's penalties.
It was further enacted that opposi-
ton to duelling be incorporated in the
oath administered to State and County
officials.
On the subject Of temperance it was
enacted that fine of one hundred
dollars in addition to the municipal
license be required of the liquor dealer
and that no license be granted outside
Of incorporated towns and villages
From the discussion Of this subject the
fiends of the cause Of temperance
were excited to hope that the prohibi-
ton now enjoyed by few towns Will
soon be shared by many.
Carrying concealed weapons has been
a prolific source of evil, and it was en-
acted that any persons found guilty
of this crime should be punished with
fine and imprisonment.
The Sabbath law passed two years
ago, as it applied to railroads, forbade
the running of any trains on any road.
An effort was made to so amend this
law as to allow freight trains to reach
their destination. In support Of this
amendment the specious argument was
adduced, that in the operation of the
present law, valuable articles were
often exposed to great dang.r by be-
ing stopped at out-ofthe-way stations.
Such sophistry was met by a prompt
rejection of the amendment.
The Divorce law has been of the
most stringent character, allowing sep
aration for no cause whatever. An
artfully arranged amendment to this
important law was also offered. Those
however, who regarded the sacred re
lation of husband and wife in its true
light were unwilling to allow any tam
pering with the law ms it is, and this
amendment was rejected by a good
majority.
Thus we see that there is an expo
dieDcy in these and in all of the prin-
ciples of Gospel morality that is fore
ing them on the attention Of thoug' t
. fuI Legislators. The day will come
when all lawmakers will study the
gospel, and in applying its principles
find solution of all the vexed ques-
tions that arise in securing just and
good government.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
FOUR SONS IN PRISON.
4 Mothers Grief at Finding Her BE.
loved Boys wearing the Striped
Suits Of COnvicts.

One Of thessaddest scenes ever wit
messed in the Missouri penitentiary
transpired one day last week. 4 moth
er met four of her sons wearing the
striped suits as convicts within its
walls, Their names and crimes, as
recorded ON the penitentiary rolls, :
James Greenwade, aged thirty years,
ten years for robbery; received Both
November last. Luther Greenwadc,
aged 26; se+en years for robbery ond
larcency. Henry Greenwade, aged
20 years; ten years for robbery and
Larceny.
The father and mother of these men
live in Jefferson, near Mount Sterling.
Ky, keep hotel there, aud are tol
erably well to do in life. Four or FIVE
years ago the elder brother came to
Missouri and bought farm near But
Ter, in Bates county. The younger
brothers followed soon after, and the
four lived together on the place, the
oldest being married Neighbors look
ed upon them as people of means, and
respectable. For two or three years
all sorts of devilment vas perpetrated
in and about Butler.
Persons were waylaid and robbed by
masked men. Mails were rifed, bur
glaries committed and hogs stolen.
At length suspicion centered on the
Greenwades, and they were watched
by officers and citizens, and at last
caught "'lead to rights" Mail pouches
cut open and rifled, were found in the
cellar, and other stolen property on
their premises. Conviction was easy
and they were landed in the peniten-
tiarY.
AT the time stated the mother hear
ing her sons were in trouble, posted in
haste to Bates county, only to learn
that they had all been convicted Of
crimes and takes to the State prison.
With her daughter inlaw and the lat
ier's two children she reached Jefferson
City and at once proceeded to the pen
itentiary. The meeting with her sons
was terribly affecting. and it is assert
ed Deputy Warden Bradbury, for
once in his life, gave way to the melt
ing mood.
my God" she exclaimed, ''that {
mother should live to see four Of her
beloved boys in such place
The officials were kind and tender
to the afflicted ones but they had at
last to use force in separating the moth
er from her sons, and induced her to
leave them after a visit Of three cr four
hours.
Mrs. Greenwade is woman of not
over 80 years in appearance, well man
nered. strong minded, and intelligent;
but that fc rsul realization was more
than her mothers heart could bear un-
moved, and she gave vent to her
shame and sorrow in a manner more
affecting than was ever before witness
ed within the prison walls, She left
for her Kentucky home taking her
daughter-in-Iaw and the children with
her.
There is one more son; who will
doubtless never disgrace his name, for
he is a minister of the gospel in good
stqnding. One of the convicts is in
the prison hospital.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
a GOOD IDEA.

Butler, Indiana, has a Union Tenn
perance Sunday School every Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock. Each
church holds its regular Sunday
School in the morning. The afternoon
school is devoted entirely to temper
ance teachings, and is largely atten-
ded bylall denominations As Tenn
perance is the handmade Of Religion
we think the temperance meetingi
should go with the Sunday school,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
How John Got into an Unpleasant Situation


John Smith-yop've heard of him
is very baslful; is too bashful, In truth
He was born and raised in the country.
His father gave him very good edu-
cation, and allowed him Il plenty of
money. But John, with all other at
tainments, never could accustom HIM
self to the society Of females, not be-
cause he did not like the girls, but be-
cause his shy nature would not permit
him to associate with the fair sex. 1t
once happened, pot very long ago eth
:, that Johns father had some very
important business to transact in the
city. He also had some very impor-
tant affairs to attend to at home, which
demanded lis personal attention, and
not possessing the power Of ubiquity,
he delegated his s,n John to transact
that in the city.
John, being thus commissioned, inn
NE lately proceeded to the residence of
of his fathers old friend, whom he
found TO be a very nice old gentleman
with beautiful daughter, and gold
spectacles.
John was ushered into the parlor(a new
thing for him) and motioned to a seat
on sofa, another new thing.
But we mnst use his own language:
took my seat and made observations.
Everything was fnei Fine carpets,
fine sofas, fine tables, fine curtains, fine
books, fine everything, and especially
fine young lady, who was dressed in
fine satin, aud who had fine curls, and
had fine appearance generally.
After chatting with the old gentle.
man, few minutes, he took down his
hat, told me to make myself at home
for an hour or two, and left-left me
alone with his daughter and a small
mischievous boy, the young iadyi
brother didn't relish the situation
at all. The idea of my keeping city
belle engaged in conversation for two
hours; perditionl Silence reigne2 il
the parlor for a short time, youmay BET
1 amused myself as much as poss;bl,
with the boy-that is, I loaned hin
knife and watch and key and watched
him cut holes in the carpet with on,
and spoilt the other. 1 don't know
what l would have dol had it no
been f. that boyle was SO good t.
attract attention, you know.
It's true he asked some question
; occasionally, such as "Are you goini
to court sister EmiIy?' bat sue
things must be expected.
Miss Emily, thinking no doubt
that to be a good hostess she must ell
gage her guests in conversation
asked me how 1 liked country life, ct,
She said that it must be a beautifl
f sight to see the laborers, male and f
male romping on the new mown hay d
): New Years day; that she always di
think she'd like to spend a Christina
in the country, a nut gathering wit
Il the lads and lasses; that it always ws
a mystery to her how they got eggs c
5 the trees without breaking them.
+ In return thought, to keep up N
] part of the conversation it was nece
+ sarp for me to quote Oetry and til
{. like, which I did. Among other qu
at tations. I unfortunafelv reDeated Fl
at
in wellknown lines of Shakespeare:
There's divinity that shapes our ends,
81 E0ugl-hex them As we will
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
Hoarth and Home,

The parental IIEARTH, that rallying
place of tho affections. 1t was the policy
If the good old gentleman to make his
children feel that HOME was the happicst
place in the world and value this
delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest
gifts parent an bestow -WAsHINGToN
IRVING.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24

a cress-eyed passenger got off the
train at the depot the other day,
whipped out Of his pocket piece of
chalk, and marked good sized white
cross on one of the elegant coaches.
He then asked the way to the pump"
and filled himself with water. When
the old gentleman had shufiled back
to the train some one asked him why
he had put the chalk mark on thecar.
MY wife told me, said he, met 20
cit of the train at all, for fear I might
git in the wrong keefs. / fhought
II pnt mark on the train - should
know Il was &c r sht oGe
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
Is Dying Painful?

Our own observation fully accords
with the opinion expressed by physl-
clan in the New York Evening Post,
that in all ordinary cases there is lit
tie physical pain in dying. A previ-
Gus correspondent had said that, ''as a
physical fact, in ninety-nine cases out
of hundred, the act of death is suf
tering and agony which only those
familiar with it can understand To
which the physician replies:
81 beg leave, as a physician, to OBJ
ject very decidedly to this statement.
Since 1 began my novitiate on the
battle fields of the South, I have been
frequent observer Of the, passing out
of my fellow-beings, in army and navy
in large hospitals and military
and in private life, and hence cannot
help feeling that what l have seer
must be fair sample of the method
of dying peculiar to our race.
''rhe result of these sad observa
tions, covering eighteen years, is, tha
the vast majority Of persons do no
find death suffering and agony
Many suffer more in the various i'll
nesses from which they recover thar
most do in the article of death. A
very large proportion become uncon
scious, and hence pass away withou
distress to themselves; while as regard
those who retain good measure o
intelligence till life is extinct, l hav
been greatly surprised. considering m,
early religious teaching, to discern il
them an almost general Indifference t.
their fate.
II have always supposed that, i
spite. of apparent mental lueidity, di:
ease clouds the intellect SO that apath.
becomes the ordinary state or the dy
ing. OF the few deaths 1 have see
that mere onlookers might call hoFr
BILE, there was good reason to believ
the patients unconscious"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-24
Ayers
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Sores aKlemnatism. Neuralgia, Pain in
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NNeakn eSs, Sterility, Leucerrhtea. arising
from internal liberation. and teIine
disease, Syphilitic and Mcrcurial dis
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This Sarsaparillai is a combination of
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The reputation it enjoys is derived
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/ prominent physicians all over the coun-
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/ OF its usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues have
! accumulated, and are constantly being
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