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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn.
FEBRUARY, 18th 1881,


EDITOR BULLETIN: Knowing that
many OF your readers are emigrantS
from the cod North State" and won, d
b. pleased TO hear tr IN the Mother
State, write to give sketch Of what
saw and lelrd while there OH re-
cent visit. To one passing over the
Rail Roads, the "Old North State
appears like n new country compared
with Hardeman County. The insight
ly washes of West Tennessee, give it Il
forlorn appearance; no su h unSightly
views are to be seen in North Carolina.
Tie land which was abandoned II years
since as too poor for cultivation, has
either been reclaimed by the use of fer
tilizers, or is now thickly set with pines.
This redeeming feature is source OF
comfort and is the boast of the land
lords Of North Carolina. Land that
was abandoned thirty years ago is be
ing reclaimed |, and yielding large crops
by the application of 200 pounds OF
chemical guano, often as much as 800
pounds of lint cotton per acre. This
old field pine land is said to be pre-
ferable to the virgin forest land. There
are no sprouts to contend with, an
the stumps soon rot, furnishing a lite
that seems to have an affinity for the
guano. Since the people have discov-
cred how large a cop of cotton or to-
bacco can be raised upon these lands
by the application of chemical guano
they have begun to believe there is 70
better country than the cold North
State" Real estate is in demand.
Land which would not sell for SO per
acre u years ago, will now sell + $50
per acre. Lands which were con,id-
cred worthless several years ago arc
now in demand. I heard of many
large yields per acre, and of a few
very large yields per horse. l heard
Of crops Welding more than twenty
bales per horse last yea the crop CON
sisted entirely of cotton. The farm
ers used a large quantity of guano last
year, but are making preparations to
use large quantity this year. They
consider 81 per acre for guano the best
investment they can make. The in
vestment yields SOD per cent or more,
and make the cotton grow off rapidly
and open early. The people exhibit
considerable pride in the arrangement
Of their dwellings, barns ETC., In this
respect North Carolina is ahead of
West Tennessee. There are more
neat new buildings to be seen in pass
ing along the road than are to be seen
in West Tennessee. The virgin soil
of West Tennessee is beyond all doubt
better than the virgin soil of North
Carolina. But West Tennessee IS
growing poor, while North Carolina is
steadily improving. 1t is high time
the land lords of West Tennessee had
begun to recuperate theip worn lands.
If it is not done soon it will be the
poorest land of the nation. "Hurrah
for the Old North State forever" says
]. w. MoRRIs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
LOCAL ITEMS.
Clear and cold.

Clear and cold.
Mr.. John Campbell is no better
-Washington's birthday on the
22nG.
st. Valentines day was not very
generally observed here.
The bottoms of the roads have
gone down. never to rise again.
Read our clubbing announce
ment with the CHICAGO WEEKLY.
We are glad to report Gen. Neely's
condition is improving. He is in Nash
vile.
The proclamation of the Sublime
o ro. chief of the Carnival at Mem
phis, has reached us.
While Bolivar loses to-day anoth-
er star from her social armament, yet
her loss is anOther's gam and Somer-
vile rejoices.
The Euphcmian Society has ap.
pointed the committee for public duties
at their approaching anniversary, 22nd
o. March, at the Henderson Institute
$500 pays for both the CHICAGO
WEEKLY News and the BOLIVAR
BULLETIN for one year, postage paid.
Send subscriptions to this office.
r. H. Yancey, w. C. Bunton,
Z. d. Steger, T. Hobson, j. w. Bailey,
and Peter Higgason all of Somerville
are in town on important business.
We learn with regret of the death
of M. n. s. Bishop of Cedar Chapel,
which occurred OH Monday. He was a
leading christian and a prominent and
useful citizen in that section
The Toons station telegraph ope.
rator --- Burchett is in Jail in,
Bolivar. charged with stealing a suit
of clothes from Anderson & Bradford.
store.
Rev. w. q Ready ofLaGrangC
will preach at the Presbyterian Church
Saturday night, and also Sabbath
morning and night. Mr.. Ready i.
one Of the best preachers of his churcl
in the State.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will give an oyster aud meal
supper in the 2acant office next to Mr.
Frank Fentress's Office on tomorrow
night for the benefit of their church
All are invited.
Prof Price has forty scholar
at the junction. His wife assists hin
in teaching. The citizens thereare de
termined to let tine professor see an,
feel that they appreciate good teache
and mean to keep him as long as the
can. Well. they have one of the bes
teachers in the State aud they shoul
lie satisfied.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
The Reason

Why, l. w. Harpcr's Nelson Coun-
ty Whisky is preferred above all other
Brands is because it is the most regu-
lar and most perfect Product, incon-
testably ever made. A long expert
ence in the manufacture of the Harper
the large Capital of the DistilIer
which enables him to hold his Whisky
until it has fully matured, together
with the fact that the Whisky is
bought by and shipped to us. direct
from the Distillery accounts for the
unvarying satisfaction it has given
those best educated to a fine Wits
Ky.
Moore & Harvey, Agents. Bolivar.
D. j. Jones, Agent, ICONS.
Baird & Bro. Agents, Hickory Val
lev.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
SHERLFFS SALE.
n the Circuit Court of Hardeman County,
Tenn.

In the Circuit Court of Hsrdeman County
No. $1,000 No. 1891.
Martin Moore Martin Moore
D. w. Parran and TIE. Upsl,aw and
w I Arn,istead x Fl Polk. ". TArmietead
pY VIRTUE Il two separate writs OF
- venditioni ex ponas in the above causes,
to me dircctt d, from the Hon. Circuit Court
OF IIardeman county, Tenn, 1T The NoyS m
Der term thereof. 1880, I will sell TO the
highest bidder, Tor cash. at the Courthouse
door, IN the town of Bolivar, on
SATURDAY, MARCH y, 1881,
the following described real estate, to-wi 4:
\ lot living in IIardemSn county, Term,
IN Folks addition to the town of Bolivar
west of the Mississippi Central railro. d
depot, and adjoining the depot groun, 5,
bang the lot in the pla Of said Polk ad, /
ton wh:ch J es r hest south in the V
rmed by the depot land and Jones strt ct,
own as lot No. -, on said plan, levied
on the pronerty of ID. w Parran; also an
undivided interest of one-hulf belonging to
W. /. Armistead in tract of $50 acres of
land, the other half of which belongs to /.
Bills purchased by said Bills and ARMS
tead OF Z. II. Wood, cx'r of J. II. Bill ,,
deceased, and described as f Hows, to-Wi
Being u portion OF 236 acres conveyed ] y
trustees of the East Tennessee Universi Y
toJ. II. Bills, and all OF Il acres conveyed 10y
\. Miller to said Bills, being a part of
grant %, l23 to East Tennessee University
in Tenth Surveyors district, range and 8,
section i, beginning at q stake, the north
cost corner Of 200 acres conveyed by the
trustees East Tennessee University to w.
Nuckolls, on L. Willoughby's south boun-
dairy line, runs east with the same 544 poleF
Ia Il sweet gum, the northwest corner Of
100 acres. sold by }. H. Bills to T. O. Pat
rick; then. south with Patrick's west boun-
Diary line 100 poles to his southwest corner,
then east With Patrick'S south boundary
line 100 poles to a stake, Holly and Red
Oak pointers; then south % poles, passing
the northeast corner of Al acres sold by
Miller to Bills; then with east boundary OF
said A acres south 10, east 81 poles To
southeast corner of said II acres; th,n ives;
1874 poles, passing the southwest corner OF
said II acres, in all 1861 poles to VIM
Nuskolls' southeast corner; then north 224i
poles to the beginning
Levied on as the property of w. It. Arm
lstead. W. ~. FARLEY, Sheriff
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
PERSONAL.
= .-Mf. ALI. Lambeth has returned
frsm Nashville.

Mr.. ALI. Lambeth has returned
frem Nashville.
Mr., d. A. Putnam, travelling
agent for Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic, New
Haven Conn, was in the city Satur-
day, in the interest of his House. He
has given the agency to DIR. Z. D.
Moore, Druggist. for this place. See
advertisement second page.
Mr.. Frank Williams was in
GAINESVILLE Monday attending to some
law business
Gen. Dupuy left for Somerville yes
terday, to hold court there on Monday
next.
Prof. Taylor was in the city yester-
day on a visit t. friends.
Miss Irene Williams, one of Rolivar's
most popular bellies, will be married
at the Episcopal Church this morning
at Ii O'clock. to Mr. Richard Yanoey
of SomervilIe. Full particulars next
week.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
Special Locals.
2-3-5t

Wood taken in payment for Bull
letin subscription. Bring it on.
w. 7. Armistead is selling canned
goods cheaper than any one.
W. T. Armistead pays II cents a
bushel for Cotton Seed.
l have large lot of cotton Seed
Meal for sale which is the best COW
food s1.00 per hundred.
TAKE YOUR HIpEs, BEEswAX, and
TALON, to w. T. Armistead. He
viii pay more than any one else III!
Furs, Hides, Beeswax, and tallow
can be sold at the highest price to w.
T.. Armistead.
Parties des ring to lay in their years
supplies can buy their coffee cheap at
rmistead's.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
UNCLE JOSH
On the War Path--He Digs mp the TOM
ahawK and Registers Vow TO Scalp
the Next Nan Who Asks Him
'sWhHt Made You Walk
So Fast 20



BOLIVAR, Tenn, !
February II, 1881. !
MIR. EDrToR; l don't care how hk
quisitive an editor may be, provided
he will be satisfied with an answer to
his own question; for it is eminently
right and proper that he should seek
light and knowledge on different sub
jccts. l would not mind it if some
thirty-fve or forty tongues had Lot
G t to wagging on the same subject.
L your issue of last week yoa ask
''what made Uncle Josh walk so fast
from the depot? Ask him Wei,
they did ask me. Up to pm. Sun
day evening thirty-nine individuals
had asked me, and it was always 1.-THE
same thing over again" The follow
ing is the classification as to sex and
color of those whose tongues YOU
loOsed: Males (white), 28II; coIored,
10!; total, 80. Perhaps you would
like to know low obtain these frac-
tions. Well, very necessarily and
very naturally, One of each class
was only one half of an individual.
Now to the question asked by you
and echoed by 50 many others. 1t is
likely-yes, little more than likely
lat my speed was an exemplifcation Of
the text: "The wicked flee when no
man pursueth. JOSH.
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il.
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they are held responsible. Notice
should always be given, on removal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
DISSOLUTION.
SALISBURY, Tenn,

SALISBURY, Tenn, !
January 9th, 1881.
WE, the undersigned members of the firm
Of Reaves s: Bro, merchants at Salisbury,
Tenn, have this day dissolved partnership
by mutual consent, q. W. Reaves selling
his interest in the business to his partner,
J. J. Reaves. AL the debts of the firm
will be paid by ]. J. Reaves, and all per
sons indebted to the firm will please pay to
said J. J. Reaves. g
We heartily thank the public for the lib
eral patronage given 10 the firm, and hope
it may be extended to our successor, j. j.
Reavcs. ID. REAYEs, -
2-3-5 CIV. REATEs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
81. James Hall.

Second Session cd QUARTER,
1851, begins at o'clock
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9th.
Thorough instruction in all de
partments, and kindly care be-
slowed on pupils entrusted to US.
Pupils, old and new, are re-
quested to be in their places the
first day to organize classes.
Apply to Rev. J. n. Lee, d. D.,
Rector. 2 , If
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
SHERIFFS SHE.
In the Circuit Court of Hardeman COUNT,
Tenn.
No. 1882.
J. y. Wilson,

J. y. Wilson,
W.
\. J, Gambol.
pY VIRTUE OF writ OF vcnditioni e--
- panas in the above cause, to me d =
reeted from the Hon, Circuit Court of Ha =
deman count, Tenn, at the Noyenh r
t.rm. 1880, l will sell to the highest bid, r
fDr cash, at the Courthouse door in the town
of Bolivar, on
SATURDAY, MARCH y, 1881,
tie following described real estate to-wit:
There being ma personal proper y Of de
PENDANT to be found in my county, upon
which this Fl Fa can be levied, | have lev
led the same upon the following dcscr.b d
tract of lnnd situated in range 1, section 5
of the Tenth Surveyors district and in tn
Fourth Civil district of Iardeman county,
Tenn, and bounded on the north by 4. J .
Gambol's home tract, on the east by Il e
lands of james T Hund,ey, on the south Y
Il tract of land sold by +. brown to Char v
Harris, cold; on the west by Robert .
Ruddel'1 lands, containing % acres, mor>
or less, and is the same Ian conveyed by
james T. Hundlcy TO the said 4. J. Gambol
in the wear 1869 or 1870.
Levied upon as the property of defendant
y. J. GaInbol, to satisfy this Fl Ia on this
18th day of August. 1880.
2-l7-4t W. w. FARLEY, Sheriff.
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Fine Photographs
AT 50 PER DOZEN.
3. OPPENHEtAIER.
REWARD.

1 lost black leather pocket book
$4,000 for which will give
the finder who returns. me the book
and comforts twenty dollars.
VIM. D. Newsome.
WhitevIlle, Tenn, Feb. Sth, 1881.
10 tt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
Fine Photographs
AT 50 PER DOZEN. :.
B. OPPENHEDIER.
NOTICE.

1 keep on hand frst-class meat
beef and pork, and sell at low marke$
rates. Call. joe Bright (coPd) IS
my butcher. j. B. SPRAY.
Bolivar, Feb. 10.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
WANTS.

To hire two Young white men, to
work on farm. VIII give good wages
for hands that come we'll recommends
ed. JOSEPH A. NUNNALLY,
Four miles north Of Bolivar.
! d 1t
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
MEMPHIS.

BOLIVAR.
COTTON-Middling II LowMiddling 1917
HIDES-Cireen to cents Dryl2 TO f5ctss
BUTTER-2j cents, Eggs 30 cents, Chickens 25ct.
TURkEYS-e0 to IS cents.
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Wood taken in pay for BULLETIN
subscription.
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FROM THE FRENCH OF DuFREsNEr.

Next dav, Phillis. most unwisely. Thought
With flock and watchdog would have
The kiss which the inconstant shepherd
On Lissettc bestowed for naught.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-26
NOTICE OF
TAX SALE.
For Delinquent Taxes or 1873
1877. 1876. 1875. 1871
1873 aud 1872.

nv Sirtus &c aFaknsify vested in mo ~
Net Na lol ~ Hae tseasal NsFahly Ut
The state et Louisiana. 10 iafaryV ths roIs
krttan ~ hltmRgut raves II tSs-. aasl
pr,or wars, ! have syitsd anil will a.rtr
Toe sale ta th bHa srd highest htIhsr. At
The duor at thr Court louise. ou sNTtW.
DAY, tn sad ,ty ~ Apl,Ils t-sG, anil
continue sail salms ou MONDAY the TIA.
anil from tay to tty until erup,ste,I. the
Property sbrserilr,i IN thu fpltavtn- lat.
for tho amnuat Ut state, Parish anil WI
nieipal Taxes, clue thervuu. and e,st., fges.
penalties anil Interest due thertou. ta ,afg
of sale, vii he Rbird w the taxes tttr.
SAINT. y. RNlNts>.
Sheriff anil w o''iCip TaN taitectW
Shsrlfls Ulirr F,b al sal
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-17
FORT WORTH.

Correspondence Of the Herald.
FoKr Worm, November 1.-THE Even
ing News did not appear yesterday, owing
TO the Office being re-rsofed.
Clouds. Geld rain and deep mud make
these truly ''the melancholy days"
The Building and Loan association is
meeting with such favor another association
il in prospect Of establishment. This asso-
citation il for the erection OfhOuses 10 be let.
Twenty emigrsnts with twelve wagons
and household goods, from Arkansas,
passed through town yesterday, en- route 70
Erath county.
Fffteen Italian e-igrants arrived here
yesterday, and expect 20 make this city
their home.
A division Of the proposed cornet band
Is interfering with its establishment.
Reports of a greater acreage Of wheat
being sOwn come from far and Dear.
- besgar who ralked on crutches and 81
Eibited a placard, He who giveth 70 the
poor lendefh % the Lord, = while plying his
calling here Wa vi 4 BY an oficer 70 con
sider Himself undet arrest The charge was
enhezzlemeut in Ellis county. He denied
bling the man and asked f0r time 70 get
BIS clothing. This fax0r beng granted be
dia.ppeared ard las been s0ughf for IN
vain - Is lesi ysral day.
Judge ~ u. Heckham amer confinement
frrtr0 1871 sickness Is On the streets
this aftesr-on f5rtl'e>--si tifce--.
The ga - riock 81 the buil1ing and
Loan as-1-=afiJn il fast being teEen-
The Naricat h0rse thleres a-rcsied -
Sherman for stealinr horses rom tlIis
peirhb1rll15d were Tiste1 ~ Ny jazz
Pint. Of liis cry. sisrety- lseye q
~. He hat 71..r returned ard r-r,rrts tnat
de rherrr ~. : ID 0r1fi-s ref1st - rlrt ur
he tlievsM 81 u thsIn 49,. e, 0 ~.
HFroTsA ~
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-17
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LATEST TELEGRAMS CONDENSED.

At Cincinnati, last Thursday, Mr.. Fred
A. Scmidt was married to Miss Tetedaux
a granddaughter of Matthew Clifford.
A recent dispatch says that Guiteau has
invited an unknown Indiana lady to attend
his trial and that she will remain there in
cognito during the trial.
Frank Boothe, of Concord township, OF
Ohio, has mysteriously disappeared from
his home, leaving wife and two children
in destitute circumstances.
George Watkins, q youth who recently
finished a term for robbing the mail, has
been sentenced at Finlay, Ohio, to one year
in the penitentiary for burglary.
At Lafayette, Indiana, Albert Foster, a
colored youth, who murdered an old man
named Quinlan, a couple of months ago,
has been sentenced to the penitentiary for
life
Jerome Haddlet, freight conductor on
the New York, Pennsylvania Il Ohio rail
road, has been almost fatally wounded by
being caught between the bumpers OF the
engine and q car, at Urbana, Ohio.
Near GAINESVILLE, Ohio, in neighboring
village, prominent physician recently
made an ''unprofessional" call on neigh
boris wife and was fired out of the house by
her sister sans pants, sans coat, and the scan-
dial is thetalk of the town.
A grand wedding took place at Cincin-
natl, on the 10th instant, the contracting
parties being Miss Rose Eichberg, daughter
of Fred Eichberg, Esq, and Mr.. Fred Laza-
nus, of Columbus, Ohio. The parents of
the bride were her attendants, while the
mother of the groom was his.
In Dayton, Ohio, man by the name of
Patrick Mcqueen has been ascertained to
be the party who murdered his wife some
twenty-one years ago, near the old canal
boatsmen quarters. II seems that he shot
her Tor having been untrue TO hun through
handsome young lrishman, who lived
with them.
J. A. Goalder, who was a short time ago
appointed postmaster at shackelfords,
King and Queen county, Virginia, has de-
clined the office, for the reason, as he says,
that all the inhabitants of Shackelford were
"funders," and as he was q "readjuster"
they would not lease him house TO open
the mails in.
Building has been going on in Paris OF
late, almost as actively as in New York.
Spacious mansions are rising beyond the
park of Monceau, near the Trocadero.
Very high rents are asked, but doubts are
expressed as TO whether persons disposed TO
pay them will be forthcoming, and mean
while there is dearth Of house accommo-
dstion of a humber sort. The masons,
carpenters, etc, are loudly demanding
higher pay. They declare that all this
building proves the wealth Of the country,
and assert that they ought TO share in II.
On the other hand, many well-informed
persons aver that this building boom is sim
ply due TO a plethora Of capital in the hands
of persons who are afraid TO sink il in invest
ments which might be more seriously af-
fected by political convulsion, whereas a
house, even If empty for awhile, may pay
again in time.
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rSMrMonlAx.
ELpos HAYWOOD.
ron TIM DALLAS HERALD.

There's q strangely solemn though, comes to mo
Oft of late,
IL is that God Is will, and that Ile word Is fatc
Then mother. cease to mlrmur nj the hand Of
One divine,
Though In His crown Jewel lie wears thou
clGim'st once Us thine
We have laid him away in his cnsket, given him
back to dust;
Though his body sleeps In the graveyard MS
souls with God we trust
Then let his pale form cease to haunt me- Ike
ghost, OF inanimate bust,
For his spirit Is treasured in heaven, away from
the moth and rust.
have ever tried this problems vast meaning to
see,
But they tell me am mortal, and can no wiser
be
have never understood it, I confess 1t with a
sigh,
cannot see the reason, why the young and
happy die.
stood around his graveside, saw him lower'd
meath the sod;
+ While the funeral Grafton, sadly whispered
r. "Given back to God"
We may not see the justice in his being snatehed
away,
But this little mortal substance will bloom again
some day
If It blossom with the roses that deck the hill
and VALE.
May breathe its sweetest incense, through some
messenger gale;
May Gull its fairest flowers; with tender
LOVING hnnd
And wear them till these elements shall mingle
with the sand.
I have often heard the sad story that nothing
on earth will stay
The buds that open with morning must die at
close of day;
The sun may beam his brightest, to welcome the
newyear in
But ere the years declining, twill sicken from
sorrows din.
Then, Eldon dear, may heavenly blessings for
ever be thine
In the arms of Jesus-He' Il keep you, thou beau
tful branch of the vine,
Where its warm life blood will strengthen and
reanmate the clay,
Where never cloud will darkcn the light OF
eternal day.
May the light of thy angel countenance beam
ever adown on mine,
Like the guiding star of Bethlehem, to lead poor
mortal kind;
And III steer my lonely life-boat straightfor the
other shore,
Where they tell me, weary pilgrims cease from
trouble evermore.
IT'S hard to yield up such treasures to mystic
riOus beyond,
Yet this lesson is taught from childhood that
life is eternity's bond.
Though life we may love, and its joys we may
wed,
Alas something plaintively whispers, that life
by death is fed"
BY Sst*A