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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

IN the United States Senate on the
9th, the bill to relieve ships from compuI-
! sorry pilot fees was reported for passage.
/ Inc Foreign Affairs Committee recon-
mended the adoption Of the resolution to
1 terminate the fisheries treaty. The Tariff
1 bill was further considered. The Naval bill
/ was reported. In the House the conference
report on the Military Academy bill was
agreed to. The Coinage Committee reported
against disseminating silver coinage. The
metal schedule Of the Tariff bin was further
considered.
/ THE business failures in the United
States and Canada for the seven DAYS ended
on the Sth were 30, reduction Of thirty, as
compared with the seven days previous.
| In speech at banquet given him
at Washington, D. c., the other night in
honor of his sixly-third birthday, General
Sherman reiterated his belief that the law
OF compulsory retirement at the age Of six
ty-four years was a wise one, and that he
never wished an exception made in his
OwuCaSe.
THE Western Nail Association, in
session at Pittsburgh, Pa, a few days ago,
decided that when the mills started it would
be only for q three weeks run.
Tue Irish members of the British
Parliament the other day decided to hold
caucus. There was some talk OF resigning
in body.
AT Washington, D. c., the Secretary
OF the Massachusetts, Federation Of Trade
and Labor Unions testified before the SEN
ate Committee on Education and Labor the
other day that he believed the mill oper-
atives of New England the worst off Of all
wage workers.
FOURTEEN Socialists were arrested
in Spain few days ago charged with muir
derinC peasant.
The execution of Milton J. Yarberrv.
for the murder of Charles Campbell last
year, occurred at Albuquerque, n. NJ, on
the 9jh.
MONTENEGRO has again announced a
rupture of diplomatic relations with Tur-
key, because the latter failed to agree to a
&c sion Of territory.
The Colorado Legislature the other
day appropriated S2I 200 for the entert ain
ment OF the Grand Army Of the Republic,
10 hold a national encampment at Denver
during The coming summer. The City Of
Denver would donate $4,000 more.
THE Maine House Of Representative
a few days ago ordered The prohibItory
amendment to engros,ment by a vote OF I04
to 81. An attempt to except cider failed.
SEVEN men were killed by a boiler
explosion on the oh at the tile factory in
Tayloryiue, III.
ITwas stated on the 8th that more than
15O bodies had been stolen from Montreal,
(Cana.l graveyard this winter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15

| fully disappointed, was so sure Of the
| valentine or the turkey for auntie.
| " Is your Auntie May marriedP' he
asked, bending over to look nj mo.
- Auntie hasn' anybody but just me,
/ II that IS what you mean" | said. "She
/ don like men any more like boys. -
" Little May" said he. as if he'd Just
thought of il, "suppose you take
me home with you and give me TO your
aunt for valentine"
oh, She d rather have turkey"
said |, ste ping back little He acted
so funny that / was almost afraid OF
him. When | said that he laughed as
| though IT would be SO funny TO lake her
a turkey, but then no wasn't hungry
and couldn't know Just how nice 10
would be
"Well Wen take the turkey, too,
and You sha have nice supper after
wards if you'll do rs want you to- he
said.
/ was getting SO hungry that I'd have
done most anything for some supper, 80
! took him home with me. and up all
those lots of steps, stra ghtto our room.
/ opened the door and called ont
Aunie May, I've brought YOU
valentine and a turkey
Aunue turned around, and when she
saw the big man she put ont her hands
and said
Oh, Robertp'
Then ho walked right over to her and
took her in his arms and kissed her lots
OF times. 1t was SO funny, but then Le
was her valentine, and l SUI pose D [ was
all right Attcr while they called me
over TO them, and aun c looked so
pretty with The sparkle in her ewes.
This is Mr.. Archer, May" she said;
but he took me upon his knee and
whispered in my ear:
"lOu are not to call me Mr.. Archer.
but nclc Robert"
"WelI, here we are in great house
forty times too b for Us, and Uncle
Robert is the splcndidcst man hat ever
was, and Auntic May is the beautinlcst
lady, and they is both going to give mo
lots OF money for my valentines next
year -R0Sa HdrtUicb 1h,rDc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15
WIT AND WISDOM.

Oliver Wendell Holmes says that
| there is nothing in the world tenderer
than the pity that a kind d-hearted young
girl has for a young man who feels
lonely. Oliver should have felt of the
young mans head before making this
statement Chicago TrjbatHe.
Little Willie Cunningham has been
quite i'll for some time, and sleepless
and suffering. The other night Sin
the still, small hours" he suddenly re-
peated his prayer, and then said
"Grandmamma, ask God not to let the
night be so longr r'-LouisrjHe Courier.
No one in the world but an Irish
man can make bull funny. In n Dub
lin paper some time since was a bio
graphical notice Of Robespierre, VIII ch
concluded as follows This eytraOrdi-
nary man left no children behind him,
except his brother, who was killed at the
same time. -
-, oh, yes" said the contented man,
Il am Just as we'll satisfied that my horse
isn't as fast as some. When | owned
trotter that could get away with any
thing on the road, ! was in front all the
time, and didn't half enjoy myself.
Now am behind most of the time, and
see all the fun. '-LOlOeU Citizen
Not long since Lily, little girl OF
five years, after saying her evening
prayers, began to indulge in an original
petition Of her own, var ing it accord
ing to her moods. She was aware that
she had not been particularly gooi on a
certain day, and her evening prayers
were thus supplemented 81 prav the
Lord to make Lily q good little girl, and
if at first you don't succeed, try. try
again"
"A gentleman of our acquaintance
tells US The following good tory, which
goes to show that the average Austin
boy has what Mrs. Partington would call
a "iudicious mind. He, the boy,
wanted to go in swimming. but, my
son. rejOined the anxious parent, "it
was only this morning that YOU were
complaining of pain in your stomach"
That so, pa; but know how to swim
on my back. "-TerGs Sitting2
"A Chester County paper has found
an old lad of seventy-fve who, duri
the last summer and tall, made a patch
work qu It cont ming 500 pieces.
These lady quiIt-m kcrs are getting
tiresomc. An old woman o ninety-four,
residing right here in this town,
made a quilt since the 18th Of October
last cont tining 10, OS4 321, 600 pieces
and she is tot lly blind and has no
h nds. But we don consider the feat
remarkable enough to make an item
about it. t--PattadelIhiG Press.
The Horticultural Society had dis
cussiOn Saturday upon the raising OF
melons, and not a speaker mentioned
the good old story, although most of
them were boys once. and therefore
must have known all about it. Yes,
those were happy times ng syne, when
you crawled on your hands and feet
through the melon patch, the soft silver
light Of the moon illuminating your way
TO the luscious fruit. which you seized
with heart-throbbiDg Joy and bore away
to your waiting mates, who with ready
knives plunged into its emerald rind, to
find-'A squash, by thunderI'-B0s-I
ton ZrGgScrtDt.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15
Tricks for Money Making.

The glove AMI ring trick, recently
mott ed rs the latest variation upon the
old pocket-book Dir pping trek. has be-
come quite popular There are scores
OF young men practicng il up town on
every fine ay, in the ueighborhOod Of
the principal drY-guods store Women
are generally the victims. They have
either not read about the innocent look
ing little game or have forgotten IL, so.
/ when they see n decently dressed. 20
! lite and smooth-spoken young man
! pick up kid glove, which some lady
has ev IDENTIFY Just dropped, and pluck
handsome ring from one Of it's ngcrs,
they envy his luck, and when he offers
to sell it cheaply because he needs
money more than rings, they gladly
enter into his little trip. When at
hCme afterward they are informed that
the ring is worth only about half "a cent,
they are too much ashamed o. their fol
ly to admit that they gave TWO dollars
for IT, and just Jay that they found il;
and the dty will never be cold enough
for them TO complain to the police about
it. So the young sw ndlcr is safe.
Another rather neat trick that tho
shOp-kcepers are just beginni 2 90 sus-
pcct IS almost mOnopolizCd by Young
fellow familiarly known by his ass0ci-
ates as "Sheency" IL re luires a pecul-
lar skill in palming coin or Tipping it
into coat sleeve Entering u store,
he asks in the polileet manner tho favor
OF silver change will do for
iiye-dollar or ten-dollar bill generally
the latter. The store-keeper aBuoyed
by his accumu at on o. silver, aud see
ing that the bill is perfectly good glad
ly makes the exchange The Young
man counts his change over under the
store-keepcr' nose, and In he act o do
ing 50 causes one Of the dollars to dis
appear The store-kecper sees that his
change is short, apologies, makes it
good, an the young man accepts
another coin and the apology with
courteous grncc, and goes away. That
evening the shop keeper wonders why
his cash will not come out right A
few nights since "ShCcucy," " somewhat
cxhilarated. was explaining tho ick TO
some of his associates i'm Sixth avcnue
saloon, and showing them how neatly
he could work il. They galed upon tho
demonstration Of his skin with admir-
ing envy. so absorbed that neither be
nor they noticed a stranger Orcrlooling
the proceedings, n tall, gOod-loosing
young man, who was about with a
friend cin@ the sights % SO'' broke
in the stranger, You're the chap who
played that game on me, are your /
thought ! knew your face" Shccucy
protested that he did not remember
him, and asked where h did bus ness.
I'm the rubber store on Broadway. u
little below Fulton street" was the re-
ply. Sheeney assured him il was "a mis-
take, rs he had not yet worked that
part Of Broadway. "No mistake
about it, ins sted the young man. ~
know you now. But it's too long past
to growl about N y SIM.
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GRIMES AND cAsrAr.rrra-

NINE men were arrested in New York
City, The other day, who had for months
past amused themselves by sending false
alarms OF fire. In the confusion that cnsued
they would commit various robbcries ana
lhefts. Several Of the prisoners confessed.
&. A PASSENGER train on the Buffalo,
New York & Philadelphia Road plunged
into a creek near HjuSdale, N. y. on the
9th and several passengers were said to have
been Killed. A passenger and freight train
on the y. & NJ. Road coilided near Kirk
wood, O., on the same day and four men
were killed. The collision was said to have
been caused by a misunderstanding OF or
orders
MAN was found starved to death at
Loughrea, County Galway. Ireland, the
other day, and at the inquiry OF the Poor
Law Guardian il was said that the case was
only one Of many.
a DOZEN persons were killed bv the
Jterailment OF "A train in Hungary "A few days
ago. Six ears were thrown down a noun
tain side.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, tho Eagle
Hotel a thrce->torv frame structure. buiIt
1888, was destroyed by ere the other
morning. The inmates barely escaped with
their lives. Some Of The girls were Sick with
measles. and were carried out in their nig ht-
ielothes, and others walked in their bare feet
through snow TO a place of safety.
The body of John Kenney, the con-
Wet who committed suicide at New York
the other day, was refused interment in
consecrated ground in the Catholic Gene
terry.
In the conspiracy examination at
Dublin, Ireland, the other day, a sensation
was caused by the production OF books OF
the Republican Brotherhood, with records
Of purchases Of arms, etc. Testimony was
produced duplicating three persons in the
recent assault on Juror Field.
The explosion of two tanks of kero-
sene at La Porte, Ind, recently, caused a lar
which was plainly felt at Elkhart, forty miles
distant, and Buchanan, twenty eight miles
away.
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Caught In a Rear Tran.

About n week ago n resident Of An
tome street, Who has a fine wood pile nt
the ack Of his lot. discoyc ed that -ome
person was helping himself in The most
i eral manner. stead of loading a
stick with powder. or Of posting m
self TO watch. he set a large be r-trap
where he thought it would do the most
good. Nothing came Of it the first
II ght, but soon after N dnigbt of the
second great nos was heard at tho
wood pile, and he citizen Ouscd out Of
bed 10 find that he had a victim. II
was r colored man about forty years
old, and he was taking on in the most
energetic manner Nothing was .aid
until the Jaws Of the trap were sprung
back and his leg pulled out Then ho
sat down on a log aud cOolly obscr cd.
II reckon you is kinder Gurus TO
know how / cum TO DO cOtchld iu dat
trap?"
well, yes"
HAS you bin m;ssin' any wood"'
About half a cord" +"
Well dat wood was tooken by my
mex doah naybur. an 10 went agin
h IS cOnsci nee SD much dat be aNcd mo
to bring back what he hadn't burned.
3 tOted il ober heah on de sled, an was
piln' il back when dat b ar-trap jumped
for me and gin me sch shock dat /
speck7 TO iremblc for hull week
"Well. you can 20. but next time
YOU come you may find springgun
de e.cnding the wOOd-pilc.
- Dar won be no mex time, sab.
Think YOU u find il cheaper 10 buy
YOU. wood"
Looks dat way, sab oOks zhclly
dat way. though tink III hole on til !
know whether on has de only ar-trap
n dis ward, or whether dar am sort
o PLAGUE craze an cherry family am
stockin up 70 cotch nigger. '-DetrOH
Free Press.
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PERSONAL AND PoITTICAr.

HUNGARIAN medical students 1T Paris,
France, were unexpectedly ordered home
for service in the Austrian army recently.
AUCKLAND COLvIN, formerly English
Comptroller General, has been appointed
financial adviser to the Khedive Of Egypt.
GEORGE MCWILLIANs, who died at
Fond du Lac, Wis, few days ago, was a
member Of the first Territorial Legislature
of Wisconsin.
BILL was reported favorably in the
Massachusetts Legislature the other day to
+ limita days work of strcet-ca conductors
and drivers to twelve hours.
,-- "A PROPOSITION to submit a prohibi-
tion amendment 20 The Constitution to a
sNotc OF the people was defeated in the West
Virginia State Senate few days ago.
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Six Hundred Knives Lost.

Passengers on the Peninsula and Oriental
steamer Maway were placed in a strange
predicament recently. An Indian knife-cleaner
on board got drunk. tied all the table-kuives
upward of six hundred in number roInd his
waist, and jumped overheard. The snip WIS
stoFFel and turned round, but all efforts to
resCue the unfortunate man with the much
needed taJle-kuiyes were unavailiug, and the
passengers were compelled TO eat with PEN
knives and ether substitutes until the vessel
reached Alexandria--Pdndmd star and Her
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Georgia Cotton Crop.

The following extracts were taken from
the recent report Of the Georgia AgricuI-
tural Bureau:
Inc yield of cotton compared to that of
iasC year IS reported, in North Georgia. 9S
IN Middle Georgia l0l in South west Georgia,
lO4 II East Georgia, lOl; and in Southeast
Georgia, los. The average yield of the whole
State compared to that Of last year is re
ported at lO2, figure which Is lower than the
estimates reached from other standpOtnts,
while the estimate of an average production
per acre of $50 pounds lint cotton is no doubt
excessive.
The quality of the lint, compared to that
produced last ycar,is reported in North GeOr-
gla IO6, Middle Georgia lib, in Southwest
Georgia lo5, in East Georgia lO5, in Southeast
Georgia l0I; the average quality for the whole
State los.
The average Weld in lint cotton per acre in
North g eoTgta this year isrepOTted 22I pounds,
IN Middle Georgia 1856 pounds, in Southwest
Georgia l6l pounds, in East Georgia 1876
pounds, in Southeast Georgia I76 pounds, and
in the whole StatR LOO nnnnds
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Youths Department.
NY VALENTINI

I'll tell you OF a little mad
I've ChO sen for my Valentino:
She is not very wise or stai 4,
And numbers years from s nvru to nine
But truth looks from her eyes Of blue,
And oh. her voice has music in IL:
I'm speaking only strictly true;
You'd surely think twas lark or linnct.
She always does just what she should,
Without fuss or DO her;
So nice, SO loving AMI 50 good,
You scarce could nnd another
And 50 for my sweet Valentino
L choose this little darling maid
NV dearest daughter seven to nine,
Who Is moi very wise or staid.
Elizabeth 4 Ddris, 0t our Lite ones.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15

THE business of canning fruits and vegeta
lies has grown to enor1 GUS proportions
over 81, OO0, ,00) cans Of Tomatoes we're acked
last year, making one for every man, woman,
and child in the country. Nearly half Of this
work was done in Maryland and Virginia The
wholesale price for three-pound cans ranged
from four to five cents each.-N J. Sun.
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The managers Of Lincoln Institute.
Philadelphia. have offered to throw
open their doors for the education OF
Indian children. The institution has
been used as a soldiers orphan school
EhliadeLphiG Press.
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SINCE the Milwaukee fire patents for nine
teen new life-saving inventions for use at
hotel fires have been applied for at Washing
ton.-ChicagO Journal
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Special rates givea on application.
sB-Au business letters must be addressed 70
GEORGE w. ARMISTEAD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15

GOLD shippers say that the average loss by
abrasion on a shipment Of a million OF gold TO
Europe is about two hundred dollars.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

one square OF eight lines, 81 80 for the hrst
tlise FtloHl, 'and 7S eents for each subseQuent
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15

"A block of buildings in Philadelphia
IS Insured for S27, 500, 600, or at the rate
of IS, 600, 600 per acre.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-29
FORT WORTH.

quick Worh-The Courtright Matter-A
Petition IN the Premlses-schuhl Afa,r
Fort WORTH, June 2s.-[Special. IA
committee of citizens went out this after
noon and in three hours raised the si 600
necessary to buy the site for the railroad
hospital. '"' '"'
A petition to Governor Ireland was draft.
by County Attorney Pendleton to-day, re-
questing the governor not to
grant any extradition papers
Tor :, Courtright, who Is wanted
AZ Albuquerque for the killing OF two Mex.
leans. The papers set forth the fact that at
the time Of the killing, Courtright wss an a
peace ofhcer, aiding the sheriff In arresting
the ruffisns; that fair trial cannot be had
At present, owing to the disturbed state of
the country and Courtright's great services
TO law and order during the "hurrahU days
OF Fort Worth. The petition
Is signed by Representative Cham-
6ers, Sheriff Maddox, District
Sierk Hartsted, City Attorney Swayne.
County Judge Beckman, H. NJ. Furman
and others. Three rangers were in the city
last night to arrest Courtright, but yigilant
friends, who watch all trains, notified him
OF their arrival, when he was Quickly In a
place OF safety. The entire communitv
would warmly applaud Governor Ireland
should he deny the Mexican judges re-.
The Hebrew element here is greatly e..
cited over the Rabbi Schuhl matter. And
are now divided into the for and apainst
ties. -'"'''
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WACO.

commencement Exercises Of the uu,va..
hty ovcr-A Dallas Hoy Deltyvrn IN. Val.
cdictory-Presidsnt Paramorc Exr.c,.e
u'%lnAi Nots'-Novsl Raos-.'wii Ruin
WACO, June 2s. - Especial. I - To-day
closed the commencement srsrc,,o. :.
Waco university. Following Are fhs sr.S q
uates ior this year: Males. p Hi,Sns-
Hrand View; X. X. Force, Dallas. IsdiaS
Lter cochran, Ella Chochrsn. Hallis Rurd
ninrleson;, Lula Lee Ledruin. All N
waco; Florence Gordon, Was.hscb,s ,s y,
NO, M9ll's .. Daniel, Mansfield; Jessie i,es
The valedictory, delivered by Mr.. X X
snd vi,e, y. Uas, was particularly excellent
a grand concert by the musical depart.
nnent is now IN progress at the opera. hnnss
which closes the exercises, Aou'0
The Alumni association meets IN -
ana IN the afternoon the statue of Dr. 4
cemetery. oaAwooo
A special over the Texas & st. Lou,. rail.
way is expected tonight. brinpinv pee,
uent faramore and other offic}ais ~ A.
road, road coming through direct from " p;ns ;ns
Bluff, Arkansas. Ao"i rine
Dan shinn. charged with bis bro,h.,
John, with the murder of Georrs s'vv' W
smith, two weeks ago, was brousSt n
to-dsy from Decatur, where he va can
.uLed .n, ana put In Jail. He has applied for or
Juuss Austin. one Of the lynchers n,
SIoe = .hs. Austin, has also applied ior writ Of
-! Alex ,s Harris, one Of the negroes indicted
lor the lynching Of Gabs Austin, was . to.
day convicted Of murder in The firss a.. a.
gree e.. and !. i,s sentenced to twelve years. ''
NIL n'E sos dollars forfeit was to-day put up BY
saddle horse against James Drske's bsy -, ~,
: saSn ,S5ty.mile race, to be run during july. 10,
JACK Norton was bonded to-day for saOO
To- ,or attempting to rape Rose Stewart nisSt &
,,; a petition is in circulation asking the
o,ty council 70 rescind the permit. s.ion ion
granted the street railway to run The i' trscI
up Franklin street TO the Missouri psn;So
depot, on the ground that II will ruin hs ths
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vsru began TO tell, and they gradually Gran,
up TO the iales until at the mile thew wsrs
Sow and bow, both crews pulling about
.orty strokes TO the minute. From hsrs
.o tne nnish, the long steady stroke of Usr.
ysIu gave them commanding lead A,
.ne mile and . half Harvard pulling "a
vas length ahead, Yale pulling 10: nj The
.wo miles, Harvard was good two lengths
20 20 tne mont, pulling. in fine form. Yale
sn"asn rSn, pulling In ierky strokes, was in
,ho h'o'm; slowly dropping astern,
HsrvsrS ,ne TWO and halt miles
and gradually increasing Inc Anssu ,saS
At three miles award vas ."Ssn Sau
,wensths ahead, pulling 81 strokes a minute
nMe, ~, AT the commencement Harvard
Was pulling 80 TO Ysle's Il, ana at the he.
ginning OF the last half mile Harvard had
zen lengths to her credit. From here IN The
u ~nisn ccth crews spurted, Harvard pullins
.. ana Yale Is strokes per minute. bnt ali
suorts on the part Of Yale were futile, bnt
instead OF gaining on her rivs, she cradnsllv
Was wss losing ground, Harvard Crossing ths
Tne Eae winner rom fifteen to twenty lengths.
a,,, sne nr.t mile the race was most
ss..,ang, =, out aiter Harvard headed Yale
ceded as ended. After the race thsrs -.
muoh condemnation Of Yale's isrky strors
ws,s wa.e iii u was | generally conceded the crew
were well able to keep It up, il Il safs to
announce that never again will n hs Al.
senipted. For the Harvard man oniv nr.i.s
u nead ON every side, and that IN two
weeks practice stroke was found cspshls
.. carrying them to victory was Z ernuins
surprise. The conclusion is that Nos and
IN aies boat were evidently "pumpsd "
setting IN the morning was s to 4 on YALE.
~, W.. IN she afternoon changed to . to on