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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-14
CURE FOR GROUP

That most dangerous and dreadful
disease, 50 fatal III many cascs, quick
~ cured by Or. DUNCAN's CoI'GI BAL
Fam. For saIe by Il. Y. Hudson
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-14

Seeds for the Children's Garden. -
Joseph Harris, Rochester, \ y,
offers to send seeds to the children
at % per cent. less than catalogue
rates. His seeds are the very best. We
have used them and eau recommend
ttem- Catalogue fer 1884 free.
Send for it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-14

5G Dearborn Ave, Chicago, Nov. >.
have been a great sufferer froE
avery weak stomach, heartburn, and
dyspepsia in its worst form. Nearly
everything ate gave me distress,
and / could eat but little. ] have
tried everything rec commended, have
taken the prescriptions Of dozen
physicians, but got no relief until I
took Browns Iron Bitters. I feel
none Of the old troubles, and am a
new man. ara getting much
stronger, and feel first-rate. am
\ railroad engineer, and now make
my trips regularly. / can not say
too much in praise Of your wonder
f,I medicine. u. {. MACK.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-14
DYSPEPSIA AND LNDIGESTI0N.

These affections are Troublesome,
make YOU misc able; and arc easily
ard permanently cured by DR. Duh
GAN LIVE AND EIpNEy MEDICINE.
For saie by Il. V. Hudson.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-14

THROUGH SLEEPERS

-BETW EES-
Memphis and Nash ville, Columbus and Nashville
81: Louis and Nashville, Mckenzie and Nashville
Nashville and Louisvills, Nashville and Chatte-
nooga and Nashville ana Atlanta, condecting With
Slacpers to FIorids points
Station Agent Or Address
A Y S tsphens, P: A. Dallas, F-xss.
Jas: Speed, Agent, Memphis, Tennessee;
", p. M'reh, T. a Nashville, Tennessee.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-14

By thorough and rapid
assimilation with the blood.
it reaches every part of the
system, healing, purifying
and strengthening. Com
mencing at the foundation
it builds up and restores lost
health-in no other way can
lasting benefit be obtained.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-14

THURSDAY. FEBRUARY, II. 1884.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-14
TheSecret

of the universal success Il
Browns Iron Bitters is sim.
ply this: It is the best Iron
preparation ever made; IS
compounded on thoroughly
scientific, chemical and
medicinal principles, and
does just what is claimed for
it-no more and no less.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
THE WIDOWS CLAIM.

EAGLE CITY July 27.-The widow"
of the Cgur d'Alene gold district is
Mrs. A. M. Edgington. She is about
40 years of age. Her husband was an
old-timer ON the Comstock, and died
some property. She had the mining
fever little more violently than he
did, and after his death she began
business for herself, but almost inva.
riably without success. She finally
met Pr.tchard. the discoverer of the
C9ur d'Alene district, and, having
confidence in him. let him have at va
rious times considerable sums. He,
too, had i'll success, and finally, on re-
turning to her for more money, she
was forced to inform him that bel
supply had been exhausted. He ex'
pressed his gratitude for what she had
done, and promised most solemnly
that if his luck ever changed he would
not forget her.
Before the snow showed any signs
of melting Mrs. Ellington, accompanied
by two adventurous young women
made the perilous trip from the rail
road to the mining ground, and was
royalty received, but the men who
held her claim laughed when she told
hem that she expected them to vacatt
it. The claim has turned out to bt
one of the few valuable ones in thu
district, and the men who took forci
BILE poss ession of it will not leave il
until ordered off by some court of com
petent jurisdiction.
The widow has made several at
tempts to effect C. mpromise, but tn,
men will not listen to her. Many
jokes at the expense Of the parties tt
the controversy are in circulation
The men are universally referred to a.
the widows boys or the orphans
Probably protracted litigation viii
grow out of the dispute, which. up tx
the present time, has been of a friend
ly nature, though great wealth is in
yOlUnd
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28


orbade the mate to say ANYTHING
about his Illness in the journal. On
the 18th he went on deck, talked much
to himself, said aloud many incoherent
things, aud was seeking after some of
the sailors whom ne believed to be in
hiding. He went early to bed and
slept all night. On the 18th of June
he felt much better and spoke sanely-
THE CAPTAINS HALLUCINATIoN.
He said to the mates that his nerves
were excited, that in hearing the least
noise he believed somebody was speak
ing TO him and he answered. In the
course of the day he ate and drank
with the mates, made his observations
and calculations on the chart and
gave several orders. Toward evening
the wind blew harder and the captain
| ordered the taking in of some sails in
I correct manner. When Mr.. Wig
,'-ers stood on deck at about 8 o'clock
Ia the evening the captain was on the
attn deck and was surprisingly quiet.
Sudden, he asked the first mate what
the crew wanted on the half deck.
The man told him theEeep was
nobody therIa,, but he disputed
the fact and CON-. ended that he had
heard distinctly ttlh, .nSy anVepueu "
throw him overboa. ri. 10 appease
him the mate called the A'uen OUT, tne
captain counted them anu asked II
any one of them had anything against
him. He heard them, he said, very
often grumble and talk of throw1ne
him overheard. He then dismissed
the men-who, of course, had all de-
MED his statement, and went to bed.
Mr.. Wiggers turned in at eight
O'Clock, but shortly after nine o'clock
he was aroused by the report
of a shot and a cry. Jumping
out of his cabin he met the boy Wer-
tien, who told him that the captain had
called him and then fired at him
Mate Wiggers ran to the captains
cabin, but when he opened the door
the captain pointed revolver at him
saying that he would fire at any one
trying to come in. Mr.. Wigger;
closed the door. but reopened it al
/, once carefully and saw broken glass
~ ing about. The captain was in hi
hed,. Nom, where the mate could Sc,
fire. a,,1 out of which thick smoke
was cfsa, ng. He returned quickly
alarming b. e crew, took couple O
| mats as sbie,ls against the revolve
bullets and wenI again to the cabin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
fail to make a large and powerful

fall TO make large dnu powerful
horse.
When one is lucky to possess a
mare shat is fruitful, and Known to
furnish her colts with plentiful cup
ply Of milk, she should be used fo,'
Breeding purposes exclusively, and
she will ply handsome pi oft, for her
colts will make fapid growth, sell at
a high price and be larger at two
years than other colts not SO fsrSu-
nate at 3 years of age. Such mare
should not be sold, no matter how i'm
perfect she may appear in form, nor
how seemingly incapable she may be.
IF she possesses a large udder, and
gives 3 fair quantity of milk, she will
raise her colts without difficulty and
| with but Little care from her owner.
Although we have defended the pro-
life mare, we must not forget that
while the dam supplies the necessary
materials for rapid growth, the form
color snd characteristics are largely
influenced By TIE sire. If colt is
worth raising it should bs well bred
This depends upon the kind CT horse
desired. For the farm a cross with
the large breeds is the best. Some OBJ
ject to such a cross as being too VIC
lent, but the claim IS not sustained
The union of the large breeds witt
our native mares gives horse witt
the light bone and activity of the ma
tives combined with the strength. siZ
and intelligence of the larger kinds
If the colt is bred with view to i'm
prOvement, his value will be doubled
y good well-bred 2-year-old colt vii
sell at price ranging anywhere from
$3.50 to $500, and up to that age tn
cost of raising him will be but SINAI
sum, but an inferior colt will COS
fully as mitch and sell for only one
half the amount.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28

THE trotting record has been lower
ed 1871 seconds in the last forty
years and just ten seconds in the last
twenty-five years, and this time covers
period in which the most remarkable
speed has been attained. In 1850
Flora Temples 2:194 was considered
very fast, and a few years prior, to
that 2::25H was a big achievement.
Dexter brought the record down to
2:174, and Goldsmith Maid lowered it
to 2:l4. Rarus dropped three quarters
of a second on the Maid, and st. Julien
was crowned king of the turf for trot-
ting a mile in 2:114. Maud S. made
2:los4 and subsequently 2:1O4, when
Jay-Eye-See cut under her time and
made mile in 2:10. On the next day
Maud s. reduced the record to 2:O9a4,
where it remains, thCu;b ~ Eye-See
has made two Intellectual attempts to
beat that time. That he is competent
to do this is generally believed, for at
Belmont park, recently, hemade three
quarters of a mile in the unpreeedent-
ed time of 1859, and but for most
untimely break it was believed he
would have covered the mile in 2:oS.
1t is claimed that Maud s. has shown
a speed that will. if pressed enable her
to make 2:07, and there can be no
doubt that with supt rior breeding and
training the record will be brought
down to two minutes and under.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
The King of Spiders

From the Gentleman's Magazine.
The king of spiders on the pampas
is not mygole, but lycosa OF extra
ordinary size, light gray in color, with
a black ring around its middle. 1t is
active and swift, and irritable to such
a degree that one can scarcely help
thinking that in this species ma
ture has overshot her mark. When
a person passes near .one-say
within three or four yards Of its
lurking place-it starts up and gives
chase, and Will often follow for a dis
lance of thirty or forty yards. l came
once very nearly being bitten by one
of these savage creatures. Riding at
an easy trot over the dry grass. sud-
denly observed a spider pursuing me,
leaping swiftly along and keeping up
with my beast. l aimed blow with
my whip and the point of the lash
struck the ground close to it when 1t
instantly leaped upon and ran up
the lash, and was actually
within three or four inches from my
hand when 1 flung the whip from me.
The gauchos have very quaint ballad
which tells that the city of CordoYa
wrs once invaded by an army of mon
strous spiders, and that the townspeo-
pie went out with beating drum and
flags flying to repe1 their invasion, and
after firing several volleys they were
forced to turn and fly for their liyes
| have no doubt that sudden great
increase of the man-chasing spiders
in year exceptionally favorable to
them, suggested this table to some
rhyming satirist Of the town.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
The Result of a Family QUA, 81.

NEW ORLEANS, August TO- = A
shooting affray, in which one man was
killed and another seriously wounded,
took place last night about o'clock
on st. Mary street, near Laurel, in the
fourth district. 1t grew out of a feud
of several months standing between
families, one that of Emanuel Levi,
living at 140 st. Mary street, and the
family of O'Hara, living at 100 st.
Mary street. Mrs. Levi owed the
O'Hara's S. borrowed money. and sew
eral quarrels have already taken place
on the subject, the parties, although
respectable, having already been in
the recorders court for quarreling
about it. Tonight John and Michael
OHara, two young men, with their
two sisters and another young girl,
were walking past the Levi house,
when an alteration arose with the
Levi family, who were seated on the
gallery. The O'Hara's and Alphonse
Levi, all young men under %, drew
pistols and began to fire. In the
course of few minutes John O'Hara
fell fatally shot through the liver, and
Michael was disabled by ball through
the left arm from Lewis pistol. Levi
was unhurt. The O'Hara's are cotton
clerks and Levi is employed in store
as shipping clerk. The Levi family,
consisting of the. father, mother and
son, were arrested and locked up.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
indigenous Leprosy.

From the Medical Review.
Isolated cases of leproSy have been
observed in Charleston and its vicinity
for many years, the present beng the
la est of a series of twenty that have
uten brought to my notice during the
past twenty-five years. This COM
prses only those cases that have my
self seen or which have been described
to me by physicians familiar with the
disease. Although common among
the whites, it is by no
means confined to that
race, one of the patients being full
blooded negro and several Of them
mulattoes. OF the above cases four
were Jews. In meme of the cases was
the disease hereditary, although il
one instance a mother and her daugh-
ter were affected at the same time. In
all these cases except the enc just
mentioned there was not the
slightest evidence of contagion, mol
has it ever been deemed nee
eSsary in isolate those affected
with the disease, When well enough
they walk about the streets of the
city, attracting but little attention, as
the people know from experience that
in this country they run no risk OF
contracting the disease by coming in
contact with those affected with it
AS isolated cases of lepro5y have been
obServed on the coast of South Caro-
lima for nearly forty years without
any apparent increase in the number
of cases, it may safely be inferred that
there is but little danger that the dis.
ease will ever become epidemic in this
cpptiOT1
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Perfection for cows and heifers. go.

IO1N1o Of 1dE UEhSE JILL.
The points desirable in the female
are generally SO with the male, but
must, of course, be. attended by that
masculine character which is INSOFAR
able from strong and vigorous con-
sGitution. Even certain degree of
coarseness is admissible; but, then, it
must be so exclusively of masculine
description as never to be discovered
in the females of his get.
In contradistinction to the COW, the
head of the bull may lie shorter, the
frontal bone broader, and the occipital
fiat and stronger, that it may receive
and sustain the horn; and this latter
may be excused if a little heavy at the
base, so its upward form, its quality
and color be right. Neither is the
looSeness of the skin attached to and
depending from the under jaw to be
deemed other than feature of the
sex, provided it is not extended be-
You'd the bone, but leaves the gulIet
and throat clean and free from dew
lap. The upper portion of the neck
should be full and muscular; for it is
an Indication of strength. power and
constitution. The spine should be
strong, the bones of the loin long and
broad, and the whole muscular sys
TEN wide, and thoroughly developed
over the entire frame.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
POINTS ON THE JERSEY COW.

Purity of Breed-On both parents side re-
puted for producing rich, yellow butter =.
Head-Small, fine and tapering; eye full and
lively; face lean and of a smoky color;
muZzle fine and encircled with white: horns
polished, little crumpled, tipped with
black; ears small and OF an orange color
Back-Straight from the witherS to the set
ting OF the tail; chest deep and nearly on
Hide-Thin. movable, but not to loose, well
covered with soft hair of good color $500.
Barrel-HOoped and deep, well ribbed home
(having but little space between the ribs
and hips); tail fine, hanging two inches be-
low the mock NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Legs-Fore legs straight and fine, thighs full
and long, close together when viewed
from behind; hind legs short, and bones
rather fine, hooks SMALL hind legs II t to
:, cross in walking
squarely placed, being wide apart, with
veins large and swelling. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
ELECTRIC MOTORS.
From the New York Tribune,

From the New York Tribune,
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor,
recently expressed his views Freely 10
Tribune reporter in regard t. Inc
electro-dynamfc motor, Tor which
Stephen d. Field, a nephew of Cyrus
w. Field, some time ago obtained q
patent. The claims of the latter to
priority Of invention over the motors
of Mr.. Edison and DR.. Siemens were
recently allowed by the patent Off ce'
decision. Mr.. Field has complained
that, having been pooling his
PATENTS with those of Mr.. Edi-
son in the Electric railway company,
of the United States, Mr.. Edison,
when asked To allow him 10 take out
| his paints and close out the concern,
gave him no satisfaction, and Mr..
Field has declared that If his hands
were nog thus TIED he would at once
apply the motor to the Forty-second
street Branch OF the New York ele-
stated riilroad, OF which the company
yad offered to allow the e1 pertinent to
he made. Concerning This Mr.. Edison
| bald F.:
CDR. Field tried an experiment. con-
corning the use of electricity as
| motor with an elevator, and he calls
that applying the motor TO raIlrL ao
and says 1t will go up and down, y @. 7
viii go along on a track. have built
a railroad three miles long
Mt MeDlo Park, on which
Ii ran at the rate of forty.twoi
! miles an hour with my electric motor,
| and carried six OF eight freight cars.
| 1t is real. practical thing. l could
| not go on with it because had no
I time. i had too many other things to
| attend to, especially in connection
! with electrical lighting. Fields peo-
pie were afraid they would lose their
| patents. and wanted to consolidate
with me. The practical parts of the
| invention are mine. I consolidated
with them, and since then they have
done nothing. If 1 had been separate
from them in this matter / would
have appealed the case, and would
have won it, but as we were con-
so,idated, / do not need to do
so: and now, because did not de-
fend the case, he wants to withdraw
his patents from the pool. l am not
willing to let him withdraw aft r
having put my invention in and allow
ed hiln to get his decision. He couldn't
have rot it on any such nonsense as
running AN elevator. l am willing
he should apply it to the elevated rail-
road. II he wants to do so he can
have all the profits so far as L aU< II
cernei. 1 guess all the others interN
ested would consent to have 1T intro
duced in this way. l am keeping
pretty busy. 1 am going INTO original
experimenting again. I'll get out a
new crop of inventions during the
next year in the electrical line"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Ancient Paris DisunDear;nr


Philadelphia Press: Spots which
we're once part of ancient Paris are
disappearing every year before the
5emolishiDg pickaxe. From a hygi-
eneic and sanitary point of view, these
rlics can not be regretted, but the
anti, Iuarian or artist may be allowed
to sigh as he sees picturesque corners
replaced " broad streets of stone
houses in thS bastard Italian style OF
architecture. Another relic OF
ancient Paris s about to be
done away with, through the
opening of a street on the side Oh the
Impasse du Pont-aux-R A chea. Ihe
place, some centuries ago. was a mar.
row passage, beginning in ne Tue
Notre Dame de Nazareth, and lorlh
ing a continuation of the Rus ot
Pont-auX-Biches. 1t derived its nah,
from a bridge over a sewer, and an
inn, Of which the sign was two biches
or dogs. There were no doors or win
dows in this passage, which was about
200 feet long and very narrow; it was
blocked up by barrows and trucks
and often unfortunate wretches who
were without shelter made it
| refIlpe
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
WHY a Pubiisher Failed.

Says the editor OF the Denison (Tex.)
Democrat: "There is a man at pres
ent living in Denison who thought he
could run newspaper. His idea was
to adopt the sensational style, sohe let
out. and in week his partner dis
solved with him, bur still he kept
on, and in two weeks he had
been whipped twice. had locked
himself up in his room once, had
been put in the cslstoost three times,
and paid over 500 10 fms. be saw
this would not pay, and 20 NE dropped
down to the CO. servative WI he, and
all his old customers qett leading
the paper. Then he published an
ti-prohibition article, and the
churches and temperance peoplb
sat down on him. Ghsn he let q
temperance article go into bis pa
per, and the whiskey men at once;
refused him credit for drinks. Then
he tried blank verse. ana his ex-
changes all published hiia as a fool.
Then he wrote a poem, and his wife
threatened to leave him. He then
went in on obituaries, and the rela-
tives of the party deceased mobbed
him. Then he did nothing for two
weeks, and his advertisers all with
drew their cards. That man was
ourSelf se
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
The Derhronement of Moloch.

The veto of the franchise bill by the
house of lords has raised the question
among English people as to the pro
priety of the centured existence of this
toplfotical political body. The L ing
Parliament forever settled the ques-
ton as to the divine rights of kings,
and the feudal control of England de-
volved upon an hereditary aristocra-
cy. Now the lords, through a long
series of generations, have abused
their power until it is tottering. and
at any time it may not be surprising
to hear that another Cromwell has led
a successful revolution against its
really worthless existence. Even now
it appears the battle is begun. For
more than a generation the fires of re-
sentiment have BEEN burning
against the constituted power
of these lords, and public spir-
it appears to be absolutely
ripe for successful rebellion against
them. The House of Lords has been
correctly termed ga trumpery," it is
worthless relic of the barbarious and
autocratic past. These lords for years
past have been wise enough not to
antagonize great popular reforms, and
while thus quiescut they have been
tolerated; but, now, when they deny
the right of enlarged franchise, some
what commensurate with the liberal |
age in which we live, they take step
absolutely destructive to their exis-
,ence. Popular freedom has strong
hold in Europe, and emancipation of
he masses from the useless and friv-
,lous institutions that stand in its
way is coming not only in England,
MT in Germany and in Russia. Lib
rty it is said shrieked when Kossiusko
ell, but the proud goddess has recov-
red from her discomfort, AID she Is |