The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-17
JACKSON.



There was a light snow faI! here
a gain OH the 18th, but it melted as
fast as itfell.
1t is rumored that there is going
to be a wedding in high life here
before many months.
1t was rumored on the streets one
day last week that II. B. Claltin & Co.
had failed for sixty zailIIon. 1t is
not true, however.
Jackson must be a fae field for
the discrimination Of literary works,
music, etc. If the number Of travel
ing DO, K agents IS a criterian,
Mr.. j. SamueIs saloon keeper on
market street made an assignment to-
day TO R. H. Hopper tor benefit of
his creditors. Liabilities SO, 800.
Mr.. A. Cunningham has sold his
"hoIe in the wall" saloon on Lafayette
street to Mr. Henry Saith formerly
freight conductor on L &. r. r.
G. II, Hudson saloon keeper OH
main street made an assignment on
last FRIDAY to A. d. Dagger. Liza
bilities seven to eight hundred.
The Ice factory company have
bought the machinery OF the Hum
boldt wooden mills, and Will soon erect
buildings i'll this city and as soon as
practicable start the mills in opera
ton.
Fair weather on last Sunday,
brought out our people and all the
churches were well filled. This is
the century year Of the organized
methodist church in the United States.
Mrs. Humphrey Allan, a prima
donna with the Boston Opera Com
pany sang to a delighted audience at
Kings Opera House on Saturday
night.
Messrs Conger q Langford will
soon put up another building on the
site Of the present Star Mills, and
they intend to make it first class in
every particular.
The Cumberland Telephone COM
pany, under the popular manage
ment Of Mr.. J. II. Bard, has about !
eighty-live subscribers in this city. |
We hope ere long to be connected |
with Bolivar by this WONDERFUL ard |
inestimable invent II.
Two book agents for Young Ladies
Journal and "Bab9n Bells" promis-
ing to give free to every subscriber a
four dollar Bible, spent a week at q
boarding house in jackson and then
the town leaving their bills
unpaid. Lookout for free gospel dis
trIbutors One called himself J. G, |
Carleton.
On Tuesday 18th, the County Court
for Madison county, acting under the
Of Col. McWhirter, appro-
Driated two hundred and fifty 90 lars
10 defray the expenses of placing on
exhibition the resources Of Madison
county at the New Orleans Exp ST
ion which takes place next winter
Committe viii be appointed to attend
o the matter. Will several other
counties in West Tennessee follow
uit?
A couple of Texas COW boys with
side arms,' landed at our town last
Sunday boarded a hack and ordered
t driven to place where they would
flourish like the green bay tree. The
madam of the rancho refused admit
ance. They visited a second place
With like result. The chief Of police
vas called in and he cared for the
Boys during the night. Monday
they left ''side arms" and
oMe mon icy with the recorder and
'eturned to Texas wiser men.
Jackson has over q hundred bust
ness houses, an ice factory. cotton
seed oil mill, pottery, foundry FIST
class merchant mill, planning mill, two
carriage manufactures, four livery
stables, two banks, four hotels, nine
churches, white, four colored churches
and high schools, several cotton ware
houses, opera house and two immense
shops. Cotton com press
company, aud United States Gus
tom house, street railway, and two
wooden mills soon to be built, besides
a male and female college and high |
school. j.
JACKsoS, Tenn, Jan, 10Th, 1884.
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