The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-01
LOCAL NOTES.

The pay-car shelled the shekles here last
Thursday.
Much local news is crowded out this
week.
The McCarley-Parker Islander case will
come up for triad at jackson ia June.
NJ ,asles are in the Clover Greek uelgh-
borhood in this county, we Irwterstand.
Thore have been no f,tal cases, however.
Esquire Womack, of Toone, is the most
gallant magistrate in the county, lie will
explain to the court at its next meeting
how he got his toe mashed.
Wei have just received new stock of sta
tionery and are prepared to execute job
printing on short notice and in the best
style.
We respectfully suggest to the authori-
ties that John NeWbern's dog be restrained
Of his liberty, WiIINIr. Perry look into the
matter and protect adefsrselsss public.
The colored excursion which was to have
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morning hung fire at the depot. Money
was short Shd the "kers" didn't 60.
Rev. Mr.. Hinckle, of St. Luke's church,
Jackson, preached interesting sermons at
St. James Church in Bolivar, Sunday morn
ing and night Rev. w. &, Davenport Oc-
cupied the pulpit of St. Luke's on that day.
We understand that man named John
son forged a note and signed the name of
Nathaniel Huddleston to it, and sold ths
note 10 a Mr.. Gibson, Of this county. We
did not get the particulars nor learn
whether tI,C forger was known in the coun-
~ or not.
There are several very bad holes and
breaks in the levee across the creek bottom
east of town, which could be filled with
very little labor or trouble. We also call
the attention of the proper persons to the
repairs needed on the levee north of Boli-
var.
We call the attention of the public, and
especially young men who want hand
some suit of clothes, to the new card this
week of Robertson & Bolts, jackson. This
house is one of the best in West Tennessee,
and it is pleasure tor'us to endorse it to
our friends IN Bolivar and Hardeman coun-
ty. See the card.
The Democratic County Executive Com.
met at the Court House in Bolivar on Sat-
urday the 26th of April. 1t was decided to
call the County Convention for Saturday,
May Gath. The call is published else
W rere. Every district should be we'll and
fully represented.
During a drive over the road between
Bolivar and Evansville, last week, we
n )ticed considerable remodeling and build
ing of substantial farm houses, to s; Y
nothing of improvements which have been
made We visited the pleasant homes of
DIR Thompson, II. NJ. Mitchell, Nathaniel
HuddIcston, and others, and found every
where genuine hospitality. This section of
the county has many Of the most successful
farmers of West Tennessee, among whom
are the gentlemen named, and others whom
we have not space to mention.
Dudley Jones was arrested near Poca-
hontas, in this county, charged with burn
ing the giu and barn of Mr. Robbins, in
Madison county, and stealing the horse
from Mr.. Newlin, an account of which APP
peared in this paper some weeks ago.
Jones was tried before Esq'rs. Thos. Clark,
of acllson, and f. NJ Wellington, of Pin
son, and was found guilty and bound over
to the next term of court. The bail was
! fixed at 81 ESQ, which he failed to make
to make the bond bat refuses TO do SO, as
lie has before helped him out of trouble.
w. L. Saunders, Secretary and Treasurer
Of the University OF North Carolina, is per.
Jecting a roll of the Confederate armie,
who were students at Chapel Hill between
the dates 1921 and 1864, and publishes q
list Of those from Tennessee, with q re.
quest that the relatives and friends will
notify him at Raleigh, n. c., of the time
of death, and the rank of the student, and
If killed in the service, that the names may
be correctly engraved upon tablets to theil
memory, which are 10 be placed in the new
hall being erected at Chapel Hill. VIZ
give the names of those from Hardemar
county: Gilbert q. Neville, Bolivar, 1858
Montezuma Jones, Bolivar 1874; Marshal
T. Polk, 1925.
Diversity in agriculture has made some
progress in our farming community. Messrt
r. c. Craig & Co., Of Memphis, Tenn, have
done much toward this end. Their sales 70
this season have furnished red clover anc
other grass seeds to SOW twenty thOusAnS
acres. Only think of it! One ten Of hay I,
each acre, WOrthe $40 per ton. (which is
reasonably-low pricel. and the grass crop i
worth, on the plantations, 5000 900 ever,
year. The labor-saving implement, sedg
converted into clover fields, and dlYsrsit
, in agriculture is the plan for the prOspeFi
. ~ of our land Fertilizers add much t
increasing crops. During the summer an
fall months many tens Of valuable plans
food may be saved Ivy scraping mp all th
off, from stable aud Clubhouse lots, an
spreading acid-phosphate and kainit wit
it preparatory to using on fall sowing &
spring planting.
There is rothinS ti,st worries or is so dar
gerous as bad cough, it will keep one awak
, all night and finally results in some ba
Iunc dixease Then don't wait for il ,