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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
The CROPS OF 1881.
The Probable American Yield Of Wheat,
Corn, Rye, Cats and Potatoes.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The time will doubtless come in the
countrY's history when crop reports
for the current year will become more
systematic and reliable than now OF
heretofore, and will be made with
nearly as much accuracy as Govern
ment estimates of expenses and in
comes IN this country and England
for each fiscal year. Such facts are
important not only to dealers in grain
and produce, but to farmers them
selves. They are manufacturers in a
certain sense, and willie they cannot
control such results as depend Gil the
changes of temperature and weather
the acreage allowed to any given crop
may very justly be regulated, to a de
gree, by an approximate knowledge o.
what is or has recently been the cur
re1.t acreage, production and d0mand.
These are too portant to the farm
er's success to be always neglected
with impunity, and as local or general
societies in his interests are munipula
ted and agriculture becomes more
systematic the facts will be collected
as needed and used. Farmers are be
coming more observant and the habit
of doing things by guess is slowly pass
ing away. Its to his interest, too, to
have truthful reports, because without
it he is constantly made the dupe OF
spectators, sometimes victimized by q
forced depression of prices far beyond
any natural cause, at others elevated
by hopes which are equally base
less.
Knowing well the interest that must
attach to such reports, the leading
ows-papers Of the country have un-
dertaNing during recent years to col
Iect such facts as were accessible to
their correspondents, and with success
that these have come to lie looked to
as the best obtainablc foreshadowings
of the prices to come. 1t is Il work,
too. which can be greatly fostcred and
promoted by the local press and local
agricultural or statistical societies, and
in time the best work IN that direction
may come from such quarters. At
present the supply of information
comes from various sources, and none
of it is more than approximately &C
curate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

The New York Sun declares
that Conkling will re-cnter poll
tics at the Republican nominating
convention soon to be held in
New York. A number of Districts
are anxious to send him as dele
cute, and some are so resolved
that they will select him, even
II he refuses to accept. An at
tampt will also be made to elect
as many stalwarts TO the cOnven
ton rs possible, and these support
crs Uonkling will lead III person.
Exactly what he vii do, it is i'm
possible to say, but the Sun thinks
he desires to secure control of the
convent ion so as 10 show that his
power and influence have not
waned, 70 nominate his own candi-
dates and to select them and thus
be restored as 1.-The boss" of New
York.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
The Elephant MYTH.

The elephant of our childhood no
longer exists. Like abehemoth and levi
athan and other mythical creatures in
whom we once implicitly believed, he
has been proved to be Pigment of the
Oriental imagination. The authority
upon which we make this unwelcOme
announcement Is no other than Mr..
Sanderson, who has for many years
filed the post of Superintendent of Ele-
plants to the Government of India, and
who stands IN the same relation to these
animals that Sir Joseph Fayrer occupies
toward tigers and venomous snakes. In
lecture recently delivered to the Unit,
ed Service Institution at Simla he
roundly calls the elephant positively
idiotlc in its attempts to escape when
captured, and talks of "its want of or.
iginality and its positive stupidity in
many things" In short, sc In the faoul-
ty of reasoning it IS far below the dog
and many other animals" Nor will Mr,
Sanderson allow the estimates of its
great height. Out of many hundreds
he has measured in Southern India and
Bengal, he has not found one reaching
ten feet st the shoulder. Yet one disil.
fusion more. The elephant-hunters in
both Ceylon and India corroborate Sin
bad's starry that elephants, when they
feel the approach of death, retire to a
solitary and inaccessible valley and there
die in peace. But Mr.. Sanderson,
though he admits that no living man
has come across the corpse of a wild ele-
plant that has died natural death, at
tributes this rather to their extreme
longevity, which he is disposed to place
as high as 200 years. This explanation,
however, seems to us to violate that
rule of scientific hypothesis which re-
CURES that the cause should be adequate
to account for the result. -Pau Mall
Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

1t is stated that the reason the
Gar is away from ST. Petersburg
is because of the plots against his
life there. People Of the higher
class are concerned in these plots.
When husbands, brothers, father
and sisters are exiled to Siberias
desire for vengeance will enter
the breast Of the noble as readily
az that Of the peasant, and deplor
ing new victims only spreads the
danger which it is as unlikely the
present Gear will ultimately escapes
rs his predecessor. "Do justice
or die" is tho sentence that has
gone out again the Cars The
demand is just, nothing is con
tanned in the peoples petition
that is unreasonable; the demand
is just and the penalty appears
certain.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

are growing communities, and the VIZ
gin soils are being 50 rapidly subdued
by the plow that the total falling Off
can have no extraordinary effect on
prices. L is reported, too, that kan.
as viii show an increased prediction
10 Offset, in part at least, pretty sure
falling off in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois
a I'd Iowa. In parts Of the latter State
and Minnesota, spring wheat has suf-
fered severely; but In Nebraska, Wis
consin, Northern Minnesota and Da
K ia, recent favorable weather has
rnucn improved the prospect. Ex-
Congressman j. B. Grinnel, Of Iowa,
who Is an extensive farmer as well as
Il good observer, is reported as saying
confidently that from recent personal
observations he concludes that his
State will show 4 shortage" Of fifteen
million bushels Of wheat this year and
more still Of corn But the Red river
valley OF Central Dakota has increased
its acreage fully 30 per cent, which
viii bring the crop up to about the
usual figure for the territory, though,
as before stated, with u less average
per acre. in twenty-five townships of
Iroquis county, Ills. a Chicago Tribune
correspondent says that wheat IS more
than an average crop.
From Nebraska reports are better
than Illinois. In Harlan county there
Is more wheat than ever. The Doni-
/ phan Index reports that there are SO
many golden grain stacks to be seen
about there that everybody smiles
with satisfaction on seeing them. The
Journal reports can abundant yield
of from twelve to fifteen bushels y
which is hardly so very abundant after
all. Another paper reports the yield
less than appearances indicated, an6
another that weeds and chInch bug,
are driving farmers into abandoning
wheat. Per contra, the Nehams
Granger reports from twenty-five tt
thirty bushels per acre as the yield OF
the farm of james r. Dye, and quail
ty excellent In Buffalo county /,
great difference in results is attributed
to the great difference in the farming
one owner gets from five to sever
bushels acre, another from thirty-five
Another writer reports the farmer
of his section u unanimous in prais
Of the crops and that wheat would
yield from fifteen to twenty bushels pei
acre; another that the wheat crop is
Iurgely a failure, and another that !
3 album dant. In etill another repor
good farming gets a lift again by
tatoment that, side by side with
scrawny, weedy place of corn land i
another field promising sixty bushel
per acre
From Europe reports indicate
rather better crop than usual. 1t !
thought that Russia will haye sur
plus of from fiftY-six to sixty million
bushels. Great Britain will have AZ
average crop, but VIII need to bu
about Que hundred million bushels
t France has considerable old wheat o
hand, and in this country We hav
about fifty million bushels left over
There is, then, no pr spect of an
wheat famine, but not the abundanc
Of several years.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

The Census Bureau has prepar-
ed a report on the subject Of
So Iruer1. cotton factories, which it
will shortly issue. This shows
that the average dividends paid by
cotton mills in theSOuthern States
was 225 per cent. This showing
is certainly splendid, and will be
an invitation to Northern capital
isis to put their money in South
ern factories.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
WHEAT.

The greatest interest in the direc-
ton of crops relates of course to wheat
since that is almost universally a prime
article Of table diet. 1t was believed
Mt FIST the extremely cold winter and
the late spring must have an unfavor-
able effect, and subsequent events
have not entirely dissipated this I'M
preston, although the outcome appears
now to be less serious than was feared.
for winter wheat the deep SHOWS were
favorable, but there is Il less average
winter wheat than many people sup
pose. On the rich and heavy clay
lands of the West and Northwest it is
spring wheat which is chiefly relied on
for a crop, and for this the cool and
wet spring with recent droughts Wa
not favorable. There will, we Judge,
be falling-of' in the yield as compar-
ed with 1879, which year gave the
country its greatest wheat crop, but
the increased acreage will partially
make up for the loss, This IS sub
stantially the report that comes from
Minnesota and Central Dakota and
parts of Iowa and Wisconsin. The
falling of there is principally in low
lands, which high water and cool
weather affected seriously IN some in
stances: but Dakota aud Minnesota
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
The French are talking Of taking

The French are talking Of taking
SEM bold steps with a view 70 abolish
ing their Senate: at the very same
time the English are denouncing
their senate, the House of Lords, as
INSTRUCTORS of enlightened legislation,
and talk of investigating its privileges
a judicious application of the elective
system in both cases should meet the
evil, for our own experience proves
that the plan of a second house of leg
isIation works well. although its delay.
are sometimes trying,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

The st Houis Republican pretends
to have discovered a dynamite brick
factory in St. Lasisy where bricks are
filed with nitro-glycerine and dyna-
Mantle. These are to be conveyed to
England and used in erecting builJ-
ings, which will be then touched off.
blowing building and everybody to
pieces, The Republican denies that
this is joke, and gives names and 10
cations, to prove that it is in earnest
in this story.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

The political horizon of Miss, is
bright for the Democracy. Gen
Lowry, the Nominee Of the party is
man Of unblemished integrity, mark
ed ability. conservative, and deserved
ly popular He has been prominent
in his State for number of years,
but was not seeking the nomination,
which lie has just received. AS is
not unfrequently the case, neither OF
the prominent candidates before the
Convention Gov. Stone, present in
cumbent, nor the aggressive Ethe
Barksdale were fortunate in the race
The friends at Barksdale, Calhoun
and Featherstone, in caucus assem-
bled agreed upon Lowry rs a com
promise man to beat Stone, seeing nc
other means Of overcoming their pow,
crful adversary; the 31st ballot. thelast
the vote stood, Stone, 112, Low.
cry, 126. On motion the latter's
nomination WAS made unanimous.
q. D. Stands, the eloquent orator
from Rankin was nominated for Lieu
teaant Governor on the first ballot.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

ATLANTA, Aug l5.-Many eX-
hihitrre IN he IN ernational Cot
ton Exposition have asked Director
J.anera. I\IIabaiI to take care of
their goods, being unable to take
personal supervision Of their ex-
hibits. A new department has
been created for this purpose and
placed in charge Of a careful aud
experience chief, with n corps of
skilled assistants, who will attend
TO all such exhibits. The expen-
ses of this department, which will
be very light, will be apportioned
among those who recieveIts BEN
efts. Exhibitors who wish to avail
themselves of this arrangement
must make immediate application
20 the Director General.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

At the Lynchburg Va, convention
the Republicans split. The Coalition
wing, fused with the "Readjusters'
and controlled the Convention. The
."Straightouts" made no nominations for
oGicers,-the former nominated Gen.
Wicham for Governor but the gentle
!. man urging peace snd harmony de
e.lDed the nomination. 1t is officially
stated that Blaine, under great pres
sure. advocates a fusion of the Re-
% bsiean party IN Va. with the Read
uster Mahone-1 ameron Iarty.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
Why he Thinks She is lA&ded.

The number of young men Who 60
about with their arms in a sling has
been noticed by all, and a good deal
Of interest is attached to the excuses
they give for their lameness. The
fact Of it is that the new nitro-glyce-
rine belt, which is sold here by firm
here to mothers for their daughters, Is
the cause. There is small cartridge
in the belt, to explode at certain
temperature. 1t is perfectly safe ii
let alone, but ifa warm hand is placed
on the belt, or an arm, it begins t.
warm up and finally explodes. The
girl thinks it is some game the wretch
is playing on her, and he thinks she Ii
loaded, and they separate, one going
one way, the other the other way; and
they never speak to each other again.
The explosion gives the girl the back
ache, and the fellows arm is hurt, anG
the mother, whose object is to break
up the match, is the only one who ha.
any fun. When you see young man
with his arm in sling, or his hanC
done up in a cloth, or a girl with {
porous plaster On her back, you car
make up your mind that the old lady
has been setting her spring gun.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

Nimmo estimates the grand total
Of lumber cut IA the Northwest, in
Gliding the upper Mississippi, Wis
consin, Lake Superior and Sagin
NV districts for last year at 5,G51
595, 000feet, about 2,009,009,000
feet above the average. tt is thus
that the Western forests arc being
cut down.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

Diner Two eoilpinies. ANS VIA giNe
the "pooP & numerical strength Of
1 l6 men-56 from the GFeys, 48 from
ie LIGHT Guards and 81 from the
Porter Zouave Guards. The new
company has b:igat future. It en-
bodies much Of the best material III
Memp lis, and, with good officers and
judicious management will soon G
able to tackle sny company III thu
country. The election Of officers will
be held ira few days.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

Our Chancellors and Circuit Judge.
are the best paid men in the State.
They get 50 500 for three months
tervices. Ia other words, they are
occupied with their courts about three
months in the year. BY enlarging
their circuits and reducing the num-
Der of Judges all this could be RENE
died.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
THREE IN ONE.
Consolidation OF the Crews, Light
Guards aud ZOua1es.

For some time past there has been
talk of consolidating the Bluff City
Crews, Light Guards and Porter
Zouave Guards. The matter was ag-
iiated amd committee OF conference
appointed by each company, butsome-
how Il basis Of agrecment could not be
arrived at. The hitch RAs with the
Porter Zouavcs," who had views on
the future glory of their own Srgani-
cation. Last night, however, they
met sud decided to unite with The
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

Vicksburg, Miss, has subscribed
$1,000 toward the erection of a cot
ton Mill. This is 4 true and unerring
indication that the people Of The. State
are awakening to their best interests
aud determined to develop the wealth
Of the State and advance their condi-
ton by internal improvement-theo on
ly sure foundation for the independ-
ence and stability of q people. With
natural advantages, easy OF access,
surely great future might be wrought
out, for Miss. by wise and determined
effort on the part of her citizens. Tie
South presents an inviting field for
the investment of capital-thc North
has seen this and profting by
Southern misfortunes has
contrived to supply her wants out OF
Northern Golfers. 1t is
now high time that the people Of the
South were realizing their country is
self-sustaining; that all her needs may
be amply satisfied by well directed,
nergctic efforts ut self-improvement.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

The West Tennessee Immigration
convention which met at Jackson
on the 10th, inaugurated a grand
movement. 1t was the exponent Of
of progressive ideas on the develope-
m3nt Of State interests. The people
seem at last to be aroused to a sense
of their duty and are investigating the
subject of Immigration earnestly and
practically. The farm, forum, desk,
were each ably represented. Address
were delivered and papers read by the
lie informed and ablest men in this
section. The speech of Senator Jack
son was eminently practical, instruct
i've and finished. The paper read by
CJl. H. NJ. Polk was received with
marked favor. An Executive com
mittee was appointed, composed Of
men who pl ,dged themselves heartily
and faithfully to the cause Of Immi-
gratiOn Col. Robt. Gates WAS elected
President of the association.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

Lowell, at present the circuit Judge
Of the district over which Clifford pre-
sided is being doomed" for the vacan-
cy on the Supreme Bench by the lead
ing LAWYERS in Massachusetts.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

Roscoo Conkling's nephew has
resigned as clerk Mt the hcadquar-
fers Of the New York Fire Depart
ment.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

Samuel J. Tilden is said to be
lool king. stronger and better, more
hearty onl antagoaistic than ever
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

a Western young lady has given
her pet goat the beautiful title Of
"Oleomargarine, because it will never
come to butt her.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

or the forty Generals furnished
by Texas to the ConfeIeracy thirty
are dead.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
TnsoIvent Notice.

TE7HE undersigned has this day suggested
Il to the Clerk Of the County Court Of
Hardeman county, Tennessee, the insolyen-
cy of the Estate Of / W. Pirile, deceased,
all persons having claims against said
estate, are hereby notified to file the same
duly authenticated according to law, with
said Clerk on or before the 10Th day of
January, 1882, for allowance, or the same
viii be barred in law and equity.
! w PIRTIE, SR.,
7-2I-4t Admir- OF l. w. Pirtle, deed.
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q. W. AEMIsTEAl, Editor & Prop'r
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18

THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1881.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-18
Nan1iiS & Charleston
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GOING EAST,

MEMPHIS, TEsN.-On and after jane l. 1879
lie following passenger schedule viii be operate
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-07-23

Office opens at !. a. m.
Mail going East closes ll:i}' a. m.
Msil going West closes 3:la. p. m.
Nail leaves for Roxboro. Monday.
Wednesday and Friday at Z. a. IN.
Arrives. Tuesday. Thursday and Sat
urlav NJ 3. p. IN.
Mail leaves for Milton. Monday.
"Wednesday and Friday at G. a. m.
Arrives. Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
uriav 1T :. r. IN.
Arrives from Oaks. Tuesday. Thurs
hav and Saturday at o and leaves
same IL - ut ]. !, m.
OFF, kept "p"n on Sunday for de-
livery IT m>ils one hour after the arri-
val Of cscl, '~,iu.
Money Orders Issued from s O'Clock.
\. NJ, to 4 o'clock. 2. m.
II. II. STRAYHORE. p. NJ.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-07-23

EMINENT PHYSICIANS are pre-
scribing that tried and true remedy,
k,dney-Wo for the worst cases of
bi'liousness and constipation, a we'll
as for kidney complaints. There is
scarcely a person to be found that
will not he greatly benefited by q
thorough course Of Kidney-Wort
every Spring. If you feel out OF
sorts and don't know why, try a
package Of Kidney-Wor and you
will feel like a new creature.-Lndi.
annapolis Sentinel.
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A joint discussion between two
prohibition and one anti-prohibition
speakers at the court house Tuesday
night resulted in a little unpleasant
ness. The guilty parties we're tried
Thursday before Mayor Nash and
each fined 81 and costs. All OF
the parties We're colored men. W.
advise all men on both sides of this
great question to keep cool and no,
indulge in personalities, but to dis.
cuss it on its merits, and leave the
result with the voters on the FRS,
Thursday in August.