The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-07
LOCAL ITEMS.
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Tie town walks are being repaired
They sadly need il
The Baptist Fair at the Junction
last week vas succe,s.
The comet, whore did it come
from, and where is it going?
Esquire Rose gathered a full
grown cotton boil on the 29tE of June.
"A protractcl meeting is to com
mcncc this week NJ. the Baptist church.
There yas great public picnic
at the Pocahoutas sulphur spring yes
terday.
The Valley and LaGrange base
ball clubs have a tilt tomorrow at
.LaGrangc.
Rev. DR.. Lee will preach at St.
James church next Sunday morning
and evening.
Quarterly court convened this
week, and the proceedings will appear
in our next issue.
-Robt. J. Pirtle, Of Clover-Port,
reports excellent crops in his section.
aud so they seem all over the county.
-Rememer that the person bring
ing the first watermelon to the Bull
LErIN this season gets a years sub
scription free. Here's your chance.
-Rcv. Mr., Meek, of Purdy, Il
Campbellite, preached in the Meth
odist church last Sunday afternoon.
A most Interesting religious meet
ing has. been in progress for week at
the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
The good people of New Castle
have apicnic and knights of Honor
and school celebration Tomorrow.
We are requested by the ladies
of Pocahontas to thank Mr.. Jonathan
Joyner for a lot Of large and delicious
1vltcrmcIons sent them. They say he
Is catch for some lair one.
We deeply sympathizo with w.
c. Cason, of Montezuma, and J.
Joyner, Of Pocahontas, son Of each
having suddenly fed from home. See
notice.
1t is rumored that Rev. Dir.
Ready viii be called as Mr.. Parks
successor. Rev. DIR. Ready is serving
several churches in the southern part
of Hurdeman and Fayette counties.
lie isa scholar and a gifted preacher.
-Hardeman county Is now entitled
TO her halfycarIy school amount from
the State treasury, S1,06Ls4. So re-
ports Comptroller Nolan.
We heartily congratulate Mr..
Louis J. Brooks. of the West Tenncs-
sec Wing, on his marriage with Miss
Laura Blemker,. of Evansville, Ind.
N. j, Powell, white, and /. NJ.
Murray, coId, haze been appointed by
Governor Hawkins census takers for
lIardcman county.
The eighth lecture of the course
at St. james Hall, will be delivered
tomorrow fFriday) evening. Subject
and lecture announced by poster.
The New Castle picnic tomorrow
Is free to all, and everybody is invited
to attend. \ big time is expected.
The people of IIardeman, in
meeting assembled, very properly
adopted resolutions expressive of their
feelings on the attempted assassination
of President Garfield.
-rhc base ball match last Monday
between the Blues and Reds, of Boil
var, resultedin victory tor the for
mer by a score of 81 to Is. The Blues
will go to Hickory Valley next week,
to eontcst with the club at that place.
Rev. VIM. c. GRAY, the recent
rector of St James church, Bolivar,
has just received the honorary degree
of Doctor of Divinity from Kenyon
College, in Ohio, one of the best col
lcges in the West. and his Alma
Mater
-Dout make chicken salad in Il
brass kettle unless you want to fare
like the thiry-fve people at a picnic
IN Decatur Ga, last week, who got
badly poisoned by that means. But
fortunately they had taken n doctor
with them. 1t is always well to have
doctor about when you get poisoned,
or drowrea, or sunstiuck, orgo to a
,.-rn5r