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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
A Warming to Investors in Government
lands

One day last week deed was brought to tht
Recorders Office here to be rec T led, which
was exc cuted in 1864 Turing au these years
tie holder has ha no record tie to hs firm,
and, had the original owner been SO disposed.
could have sold it again, and had tho second
purchaser recorded his deed he would have
held the legal title. There are thousands OF
like Instances in this and o her States. Every
hold of "A decd of real estate should make
sure that il is on record In the I'm tod States
Land Office here are nearly 3Nf0) Govern
mental patents of land. which should be in
possession of the owners OF the land, aud on
record in the proper county. Some Of the en-
tries which they represent are thirty aud forty
years old. 1t is not generally known, or this
would not be the case; the holder of this land
has no evidence Of title to his lan1 whn'ever,
and should he die no conveyance cou'd be
made, and there would b. trouble in settling
the estate. All he hoI s is the certificate
Of purchase from the Register an Receiver
of the Land Office, VIII ch, if he will read, only
shows that he has paid so much money for
certain quantity of land-a simple receipt for
money. IT gives no title, and guarantees
nothing. If he has sold the land on tho bas
of such certificate he has done so W thou legal
right or tie. 1t is welLknown that in th
rush for Government land twenty-five ye 'rs
ago mistakes we're liable to Cccur and did oc-
cur. In many instance, ccrtificntcs anl
patents were duplicated In several instances
Wnen parties received their patents tt de-
scr bed an entirely different tract of land from
the certificate. In one instance a per on, who,
after waiting many years, came here to get
his patent or Iced, found t was for tract diff
ferent from that described in his certificate
He had sold the land and given warranty
deed. Tho land scribcd i'll the patent had
already been taken by another purchaser who
received certificate for the same lan1,
had got his patent and sold il again. The first
purchaser having dis o. cred the con lictinR
title, sought to correct il, when ne discovcrci
his mis- axe, and that a certificate OF purchase
was not a decd by Large ma ority, Ii cost
him good m of money 10 settle tn his
grantee. Proba' ly 5000 holders Of Govern
ment land in this State are in the same nx. and
it is only by surrendering their certificates at
the land office that errors, if any exist. cIn bo
correct ID. This is true of all purchases OF
Government land in any state And here
arises another difficulty. If the original pur
chaser has died, and it is discovered tsat a
wrong tract has been decided or patent d. a
new patent or deed can not issue, for Ian can
not be conveyed to a dead man. Hence, every
holder of Government land, whether the orig
inal purchas or not, should know that the
Government patent is of record. / and sharks
exist everywhere, and they VIII cause trouble
when least expected -Des MOiHcs (Id.) SpeciI
to st. Louis GtObe-DcmOcTdt.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
CONDENSED TELEGRANS.

In the United States Senate on the
ID conference report on the District of CO.
lumbia bill was agreed to and a new confer
ence on the Postal bill was ordered. A reso-
luton was adopted for a committee to in
quire into the condition of the Sioux Indi-
ans. Conference report on the Army bill
was agreed 20. The House refused to con-
eur in amendments to the Sundry Civil bill.
Several bills passed under the Pound rule.
The FrOst-Sessinghaus contest was cOnsid-
cred and SeSsinghaus seated.
THE suffering at the flood-swept city
Of Shawneetown, H., was increasing on the
I'd. Only thirty houses were habitable and
malarial fevers and other sickness were
frightfulIy prevalent.
AT Helena, Ark, on the I'd they were
expecting greater flood than that Of last
year, which was the greatest ever known.
Damage in Southeast Missouri it was said
would exceed that of last year, the water
being foot higher than then. At Vicks-
burg a more hopeful view was taken OF the
prospect.
JAMES WILSON, of Tama County,
Iowa, has resigned his position of Railway
Commissioner to contest the election to
Congress from the Fifth District.
A NEW disease among horses has be-
come epidemic i'm the lumber camps OF Mich
igan. 1t resembles glanders.
THE coinage at the various United
States Aliuts for February were 81, ,54S, $50,
Of which -, 100000 were standard silver
dollars.
HANK Monk, the Nevada stage-driyer,
has gone to join Horace Greeley, who gave
him a national reputation as 4 daredevil on
the mountain slopes.
DURING a debate in Congress on the
1st Senator Anthony said it would cost SGO,
900 TO print the pension list furnished the
Senate.
A GENERAL suspension of the Pitts
burgh, Pa, glass factories was threatened
on the ID.
THE Governor of Pennsylvania has
asked for an investigation Of charges of tax
dodgiug against the Standard Oil Company
in that State.
MASKED burglars robbed the houses
Of Farmers Bixler and Wihenbach, near
Strasburg, o., recently, by gagging and
binding the daughter in each house and
making her tell where the valuables and
money were kept. They got several thou
sand dollars in the first and $4,000 in the
second.
A SNEAK thief stole $71,0OO worth of
bonds from the Guarantee Trust Deposit
Company OF Philadelphia on the ID.
SING LUM, a Chinese murderer un-
der sentence OF death in San Francisco, Cal,
got ahead Of the hangman on the 2d by COM
mitting suide,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
Young Immigrants.

Miss Louise Slater, aged three years, ana
Master Willie Slater, aged five, came all alone
across the broad Allan ic as stccrage pass IN
gers on the steamer Lake NJ chgan, which ar
rived from / Yerpo)4 the other day. They en-
Joy the distinction Of being tho very youngest
children who ever landed "a Castle Garden un-
accompanied by their parents or guard ans
They are as rosy-chec cked and -althy pair Of
infants as one would wish to see, and as they
trOtted about the rotunia hand I'm hand thoy
looked altogether comfortable and happy.
They were warmly nj neatly dressed, and it
was plain to be seen that some one had cared
for them during the long and stormy voyage.
The rep rter had his suspicious concerning n
m )therly-looking woman who watched
the children with smiling eyes. 'Lor T.,
sir" she said, ''ihe bab es were well looked
after. 1 didn't do more nor the rest,
Every man and woman i'll the ship felt kindly
toward 'em and they couldn't have had better
care if their own mother was with efn.
Iheyr dear little ones aud / have grown as
fond of 'Cm as my own" When Slater and
his wife, The parents of the little travellers
came to this city from England six months agO
they were poor and left he chi lren In Il
charitable institution in Liverpool, until they
had made a home for them, aud slved enough
money to pay their passage The mother was
sent for and WIS ovCrioycd to meet her Ii tie
one. Master win e du ing n short stay in the
rotunda, developed astonish ng industry and
ingenuity in &c ting into m schief. He turned
a water faucet and nearly flooded Castle Gar
den, burned his fingers with a hot poker,
pulled the yellow in of big German boy,
pinched Swedish baby until it howled, upset
an inkstand over some official records and
tripped up an Irishman with IA hooked cane
" e. ATIp.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The Montana Legislature has passed
a vote OF thanks to Governor Crosby, Gen
Cral Sheridan, and Senator Vest for their
efforts 10 protect Yellowstone Park.
BARON NORDENSKJOLD, the Swedish
explorer, has notified the Dutch Minister at
Stockholm that he intends to claim the re-
ward OF p, 900 guilders offered by Holland
in 1896 for the discovery OF the Northeast
Passage.
THE widow of Ex-Governor Marshall
Jewell died suddenly, at New York on the
26th, Of heart disease.
AMONG the inmates of the National
Military Asylum at Milwaukee, Wis, is
Robert Vincent, once High Sheriff OF Cork,
Ireland, and prominent as a soldier in the
days OF O'Counen.
ABILL has been reported favorably
inthc Pennsylvania Legislature TO remove
the executive business and legislative sos-
sions TO Philadelphia.
1N a recent interview between Presi-
dent Grevy and MIR. Gladstone there was an
effort made TO terminal, the high tension
relations existing between France and En-
gland on the Egyptian question. Negotia
lions would probably be reopened on
basiS more favorable TO France
In the British House of Commons, in
moving an amendment to the address to the
throne the other day, Parnell claimed that
the noSver Of arrest in Ireland was abused,
the judges were unit to try political causes,
freedom Of speech did not exist, and the
Government could not rule ireland without
the sympathy OF the people.
THE Michigan Republican State Con-
vention convened at East Saginaw on the
2Sth and nominated the following candi-
da,es: For Justice Of the Supreme
Court, long term, Austin Blair; for short
term, Thomas J. O'Brien for Regent OF the
University, full term, Harry b. Hutchins:
for Regent, short term James c. Jones.
The recent elections in Ontario,
Cana, resulted in a victory for the Mowat
reform administration.
THE Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatves has defeated-l27 to 60-the bill
10 give women the right to vote at town
meetings. The vote in the Texas House on
the prohihitory amendment TO the Consti-
tuition was % against, 33 for, with Il absent.
The Maine House has passed the bill restor-
ing the death penalty.
SENATOR ORvILLE II. PLATr. of
Connecticut, has been eIcc:ed a member OF
the Republican National Committee. in place
OF the late Marshall Jewell
THOMAS w. PALMER, of Detroit.
was elected United States Senator on the
eighty first ballot by the Michigan Legisla-
iure on the Isl
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
One square OF eight lines, 81. 20 for the lUsa
insertion, and IS cents for each aubseqnent
FACTS AND FIGURES.


The first tclcgraphic instrument
was successfully operated by y r. a..
Morse, the inventor. in IS 3, though tho
utility was not demonstrated TO the
world until 1912. n J. Hcrdid.
An Chic family of six weigh n ton
an average Of IN poun Is each. Tho
fathers weight is ISO ouuds Cha
mothers 2S6; the Oldest 3O7 and The
weight diminishcs to the Youngest VINO
weighs III pounds
The deposit of salt Just discovered
in the Wyomn Valley undcrtcS
tract fifteen M les long and twoor three
vide. IT has depth Of from LOO TO
1900 feet. The vein at Warsaw is
seventy feet thick.-M T. sim. #..
"A ruby of five carats is worth twi
as much as diamond of the same size.
and one of ten carats three times as
much rs n diamond of a corresp andiny
size. A per.cct ruby is the rarest of all
stones. - chicago Inter ocean.
Foreigners smile at our little army
of 1000 men, but they would look very
serious if we should call out tie Tc-
serves. Inc sam has 6, ,797,o 90 B Citi-
zen soldiers TO call upon in case of au
emergency. - -SbriRgFc II (HaSs.) Union.
Massachusetts has had twenty five
State Trcasurers, and OF the 1893, OS6-
OH which have passed through their
hands on V $2l.0OO was ever lost, ani
that as long ago 1908, by q dc!aultcr
who bore the appropriate name of Skin
ner. ..
Persons who tell of the marvellous
speed of railway trains should bear in
mind that an engine moving at the rH o
of sixty miles an hour passes over
eighty-eight feet of ground each sec.
Ond. A horse trotting ut a speed of
21O covers more than forty 1cut per
second.
"A New York firm offered prizes t1
those Of its customers who should come
the nearest i'm estimating the number of
peas in glass Jar exposed i'm its store
The guesses varied from l.f0Jto LOCO
600. The exact number was 4l,41',
and the first prize was given to n man
who set the number at A., as.
The Pennsylvania state Board OF
Agriculture estimates the wheat crop Z, I
he state at 22.42F, 600 bushels, from
/. 496, ,0O) acres. Returns from fifty
nine counties report an increase, vary
ing from two per cent. in Schuylkili 10
foitv per cent in Lancaster over the
yield of 1881, while a decrease OF from
one 10 ten per cent. is shown in seven
Somebody has figured il ou' that
the aggregate cost OF the pictures in tho
private galleries Of New York City is ut
least 5000 600 w II. Vanderbilt
heads the list with $1,000, 900, and then
comes Mrs. A. +. Stewart, 500, 600;
Mrs. Catherine l.. VOL @, $50, 600, AMI
August Belmont, $3.50, 900. These gal
lcries are filed almost entirely with tho
works OF fore gn artists.
Fifteen corporations are engaged in
the manufacture of cotton goods in
Maine. with a capital of SO, $40, 600.
and fourteen in the manufacture of
wooden goods, with n capital of ~, lZi,-
600. About rs per cent. of the
wcOlen and 33 per cent of the cotton
operatives are Americans. The wcaycrs
average from S3s TO Sl2 per month. tho
spinners about 81. 40 per day, on n gen.
eral run of II hours per day.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
MTGCFIIANEOUR.

JOHN CRAWFORD, Auditor of Arkan-
sas, finding his accounts short, has handed
the President Of the Senate a mortgage on
his real estate, running two years.
THERE was little change in the flood
reports on the 2Gth. Backwater in the
Lower Mississippi regions was still causing
much damage, and fresh break in the levee
two miles above Greenville, Ark, had
flooded several plantations.
A NEW pest-house has been estab-
lished at Leadville, Colo, and the public
schools have been closed on account OF
smallpox.
ANOTHER great plot has been un-
earthed in Brussels by the discovery of
compromising documents. From the dis
covery arrests were expected to be made in
Berlin, Vienna, st. Petersburg and Paris,
A CIRCULAR has been issued by ex-
Secretary Window. John w. Gambler. and
others, announcing their acceptance as trus-
tees of a new Stock Exchange in New York.
A large number OF applications for mem
bership have already been made. 1t is pro-
posed to sell five hundred seats at $1,000
each, and commence business May 1.
INrORMERs in seven Spanish towns
exposed the workings OF a reasonable So
cietv, with funds and secret tribunals re-
Gently, and the authorities made over five
hundred arrests.
A LEPER sent from Honolulu to Phil
adeIphia, Pa, some months since, for treat
mcnt by an eminent surgeon, has been re-
turned uncurcd.
THE man Hayes, who jumped from a
train in Indiana the other day and could not
be found, fell in an over1owed creek, was
washed ashore by the freshet, picked up by
farmers and sent on to St. Louis. He was
crazed from the effects OF an injury to his
head.
MARY DANIELS, claiming 100000
from the Central Hudson Railroad for in
juries received in the Spuyten Duyvil IN.
" disaster. has settled for $40, 600, the
largest sum ever paid by that company for
personal injuries.
A LARGE meeting of citizens was held
in Cincinnati, o., the other day to discuss
a bill proposing to create a street and sani-
tary commission for two years and place
million dollars at its disposal. The vote
was practically unanimous in favor Of the
measure.
TIE First National Bank of Union
Mills, Union City, Pa, has closed its doors.
1t is believed the depositoTs will be naid in
fun.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
Expiring Bank Charters.

WASHINGTON, D. G., February b
Tomorrow the charters Of more han 800
National Banks in various parts Of the coun-
try expire. Nearly all the banks first estab
lished went into operation on February q,
1853, and their charter peffod Of twenty years
has terminated All but five have been ex-
amined by special agents and viii go wish
out delay, under new charters, but with the
same organization. The others will do the
same as soon as the examiners report upon
them. Sot one has given notice that II pre-
ferred 8close up business. From this time
bank charters viii be constantly expiring,
but on no day so many as TO morrow.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08

The fact that there is nothing on the coin to
indicate its value except the ''V" on the re-
verse was soon ''madc note or by coun-
terfeiters, who at once commenced gliding the
pieces with gold and palming them OF on un-
susp citing parties for ive-dollar gold pieces,
and he7oe the Government authorities have
ceased tn further mintinI OF the new nickcls
There being "a limited number Of the new
pieces in circulation in different sections Of
the country lively demand has sprung up
for them by coin hunters, and they are al
ready commanding premium OF from one
hundred to four hundred per cent over their
face value.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
The New Five Cent Ple,e.

At the time, a few weeks ago, the coinage Of
III new nickel was eguu at the Philadc'phi
Mint the Chicago DGtY Hord'd secured an /
published cuts showing 10Th faces Of the new
coin AT that time it was thought this new
hve-cent piccs would soon become familiar -
al by being generally and libCrdlIyd's nbute
throughout the country, but its further coin
age has been stopped for reasons which W ID
appear below. The cuts, as published in the
JIeUdLI are 4 . 70 lows:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08

A BROOKLYN clearinghouse keeper has
brought suit Of thirteen thousand dollars
for forty-seven years board furnished an old
bachelor who died recently with a fortune OF
e270,O00. He left her legacy Of five thou
sand dollars, and directions that she should
charge him eight dollars week for the time
he bad lived and roomed with her after de-
ducting eight do lars a month for the rent Of
the house which belonged to him. He in
tended to marry her. but put it of, until be
Cied, concluding to paT for his Own board in
stead Of for hers.-BrOOklga N " EagLe
THE late Samuel Wfletts, Of New York,
who left an estIte valued at IS, OJ0OOJ, be-
queathed s-54), 900 for educational and chars
table purposes
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
The New Comet.


PriVa Q scientific o Vitions Of the new
Swift comet which was discovered on Friday
night last at Rochester, N. Y, were made at
the private observatory OF George Gildor-
sleeve in this city last evening. The result
was highly satisfactory. The position Of tho
comet was found To be approximately in right
ascension 23h. c3m-, aud dcclinatiOn, north, %
deg. JOm. The position Is northwest by west,
ard near the hOrizO just after twilight. The
central condensation Of the comet was almost
stella, and 1t was surrounded by a large
mass Of haze. The TAFT was about tn rty
m nutes long, but very faint. The comet Is
very bright in the telescope, and on dark
sky, away from the twilight, could he seen by
the naked eye. Its motion since its discovery
has been eastward eleven degrees and north
ward half degree, a probable Indication that
1t has been around the sun ard IS going on
into space One may, therefore, get nearer
view as 1t passes tn Garth but, II II is stiH on
It's way toward the sun there will probably be
a more brilliant splay. More observation is
needed before anything definite be said.
The geutlemen engaged IN making the observa-
tion last evening have also been watching the
course of the large comet OF last autumn,
which is stlll visible in the telescope. u was
seen last night almost due south. at an clcva-
ton Of about thirty-hvc degrees above the
horizon, appearing as a faint brush Of light in
he BdUtmOre, Nd, tFeb 27) SpcctD
0 Chicago Inter Ccedn-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08

A CURIOUS case, the first Of its kind ever
lried IN Boston o., indeed, In Suffolk County,
snlivened the routine OF the Supreme Court
4 few days ago. It was the trial of an action
Tor damages brought az inst William A.
Young, saloon keeper Of Chsriestown By
Isaiah G. Knowles, 10 whose minor son the
defendant had sold liquor. The Jury. after
being out about an hour, brought IN q YER
uct OF 800 for the plaintiff. -Bostoa Post.
A BIN containing 1000 bushels Of cotton
seed at Lancaster, Tex, exploded recently
rom the generation of gases. The report
,ould be heard two miles. and was terrific
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
A DASH FOR LIBERTY.

MutinOus Convicts Apply the Torch to the
Missouri Penitentiary-A Bold Plan of
Escape Frustrated by Determined
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-25

The North american ReUieU for
November, by the liveliness and the
sterling worth OF the articles it con-
tains, satisfies the requirements Of
the most exacting reader. Senator
II. j. Anthony writes OF Limited
Suffrage In Rhode Island" giving in
cidentaily a highly interesting sketch
OF the early constitutional history OF
that little Commonwealth, and set
ting forth the considerations which
influenced its people In restricting
the exercise Of the electoral prerog.
alive. DR.. Norvin Green, President
OF the Western Union Company, In
MI article entitled"The Governments
and the Telegraph" cites the provi--
sions OF the Federal Constitution and
the determinations Of the Supreme
Court which appear to dcbar the
General Government from assuming
the management Of the telegraph
lines; and presents statistics design
ed to prove that the service In this
country Is both cheaper and more
efficient than in any OF the countries
Of Europe where the government
OWu lIlG tiiiiS. AH5 IsSN. LAWN ~
Utter brings out from oblivion the
record Of certain alleged atrocious
crimes OF "John Brown Of Osawato
ME-" There are two scientific ar
ticles, namely, "Solar Physics" by
Professor Balfour Stewart, and
Modern Explosives" by Gen. John
Newton. w. H. Mallock contributes
conversations with q Solitary" an
imaginary passage-at-arms between
a Radical and u Conservative, in
which the two opposing theories Of
government and society are advo-
Gated with rare spirit and ingenuity
OF argument. In Suggestions In
regard to the Public SERVICE" Green
b. Raum offers certain facts going to
prove that the clerks and other en-
ployes OF the government depart
mcnt ut Washington, even before
tho pasraga Of the Civil Service act,
were in the main both faithful and
efficient. Finally, "Dr. Hammond's
Estimate Of Women, is reviewed by
Mrs. Lille Devercux Blake, Miss
Nina Morals, Mrs. Sara A. Under
wood and DIR. Clemence s. Lozier.
Fifty cents copy; S. q year. Pub
lishcd at 80 Lafayette Place, and
sold by newsdealers generally.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-25

Wall street News.
Some day the Senate committee
on labor will have Russell Sage be-
fore it in the witness box, and the
examination will lead off with:
Lets see-ah-Mr. Sage, you were
the poor son of poor farmer up in
New Hampshire?"
Il was"
Had to study your books by the
light of II corncob iire?'
II did"
"Nent barefoot in winter aud rag
ged in summer, and up to your 18th
year you never had fifty cents to
your name?"
| Correct, sir"
AT the age of 10 you began to
speculate? You traded n So watch
for $50 colt, and in course Of time
worked up the colt into SO sheep
pelts and brindled steer?"
Exactly, sir"
you are worth millions?"
YES, II few"
All made by selling tinware from
Il peddler's wagon, and removing
corns and waits at ten cents re
moser'
Every dollar sir"
"That will do, Mr.. Sage. You an,
Mr.. Gould aud the other boys hav
thrown IL heap Of light on this labo
question, and our gratitude il I'm
bounded"