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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Eighteen churches in st. Louis have
salaried choirs ST Louis Post Dispatch.
--Ex-President Hayes has given five
thousand dollars toward the erection of
Methodist Church in Fremont, .. -
GeUeiGHd Ledder.
st Georges Episcopal Church. in
Rutherford place, New York, is open
al day, and on the door is sign read
ing: Come In, Rest and Pray. ~
Y. Tribttne.
In 10 colleges of this country there
are 35, 900 students. OF this number
$4,000 are church members, 1,400 hav-
ing Joined during the past collegiate
year Chicago Herald.
The total number of children of
. school age" which varies in each
State from to 16, is estimated at
6,052, 283; the school rolls for 1882
show membership of 9,781,52 how
ever, and a daily average attendance Of
5,70j, 342. - Chtcngo Jo8rRai
The laying of the foundation % a
new. Methodist Church in Christiania,
Norway, after being talked about for
thirty wears. was recently celebrated
with great pOmp. The British Am
bassadOr, the Norwegian Premier and
other high officials were present.
1.-The Jesuit priests who labor
among the Chinese, says the Hong
Kong correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press, ''adapt themselves so entirely to
the people with whom they have TO do
as to even cultivate pigtails. All the
interior missionaries dress like the ma
tives, and live in essentially the same
kind of houses
At tho fo,,r{b oo,,,oJ ,,,antfr,or e tho
Brooklyn Auxiliary to the McAll Mis-
sion in France it was stated that there
are now 80 stations and 13, 200 sittings
in connection with this mission, which
was begun by Rev. Robert McAll, an
English clergyman, in 1872 The eX-
pense Of the entire work has been only
SCI, 900. The collections of the Brook
lyn branch in 1888 amounted TO
S1,698. Co. ~ \. Examiner.
An old-time clergyman was a very
Shrewd man, and quick at repartee
Once, when preaching in a strange
church, he was annoyed to find the
place so dark, and, beckoning to per
son sitting near the pulpit, he asked
him to open the blinds anu let in more
light. . We expect light from you, ="
said the gentleman. 's'But l must get
it from Heaven first. was the quick re-
ioinder. Piiiadeiphia Press.
There is a strong movement on foot
in England for keeping the churches Of
the Establishment open every day, and
all day long. The Bishop of Carlisle,
in expressing approval of the idea,
says: . should be very glad to see
our churches always open, and with
some possible exceptions, ldonot know
why they might not be so. In towns
the opportunity of retiring into church
for private prayer and a few moments
of solemn quiet would be appreciated
by not a few, and the taste would al
most undoubtedly grow" Many of the
other Bishops including the Archbishop
of Canterbury, have declared iu favor
of the movement.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
The Lasker Resolutions.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. p.
Speaker Carlisle will probably to-day
lay before the House communication
addressed to that body by the Liberal
members of the German Reichstag
thanking the House of Representatives of
the United States for adopting the resolu-
tions making a fitting recognition of the
services and Liberalism of Herr Lasker.
When this communication is laid before
the House, it is quite possible that there
will be an interesting discussion of Bis
marck's recent action. The message of
the German Liberals was brought to this
country by Herr Lasker's brother and
forwarded by him from New York by mail
to Speaker Carlisle. 1t is possible that
the latter, before laying the document
before the House, may await the course of
events in regard to Bismarck's dispatch
returning the Lasker resolution. There
is some question as to whether an un-
official communication from individual
members of a legislative body of for
eign country can properly bereceived and
recognized by one of the branches of
Congress-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
Arrest of an Alleged Murderer.

MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo, Feb. 2.
Chief Detective AIf. w. Burnett, of
Charleston, w Va, came to this city to-
dav and arrested one J. A. Parker, charg-
ed with having committed a murder in
Virginia on December -, 1877. The
murdered mans name was Cough and he
was killed for the money he had in his
possession, about sixty dollars. Immedi-
ately after the murder Parker left the
scene of the tragedy and Detective Bur-
nett traced him to st. Louis, but there
lost trace Of him, and he has eluded the
officers till now.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
slowly Rising.
YIcKsRrRG. MISS. Feh. 2

NICKsBURG, MISS, Feb. 2.
Captain Mulholland, of the steamer
Tributary, which arrived at 4 p. IN.
yesterday from Lake Washington and
Lake Lafayette, which are located in
Washington County, states that the
water is very high at the points men,
toned and rising slowly, but so far
there has been no damage nor any
serious OverfIows. Captain McCOrd of
the steamer Helena, which arrived last
evening, states that Longwood leyee, in
Washington County, Miss, and Illawarra,
in East Carroll Parish, La, were still
holding when his boat passed last
night,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
MISSING DOCUMENTS.
Important Documents Bearing Upon the
Charges Against Governor Murray of
Utah NIysteriotsly NEissing-SOmebOdy to
Get Warmed.

Important Documents Bearing Upon tic
Charges Against Governor Murray of
Utah NIysteriOusly Missing-SOmebOdy to
Get Warmed.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. q.
1t has Just leaked out that important
paper documents in the charge against
Governor Murray have mysteriously dis
appeared. One of the most important
documents among those sent from the
Department of Justice to Springer's
Committee some weeks since was a war
rant issued in Murray's handwriting,
making charges and costs for the sum of
$50 for service and mileage and other
fees for the arrest of man who really
walked into Murray's office and gave him.
self up The offender, the story goes,
lived some hundred miles from Louis
vile. The Postmaster at his place of
residence fancied he had violated the laws
relative to the use of mails for lottery
purposes, and so charged. The man said
to the Postmaster that he was ready to
meet the charges, so they together went
to Louisville, entered Murray's office,
where the charges were made and the de-
Tense entered. Murray, however, it is
said, made out a warrant with all the
charges, amounting to eighty-siX dollars.
This was finally disputed when the facts
came ont, and Murray reduced it twenty
six dollars. This document, however, in
Murry's own handwriting, Mr.. Springer
says he considers the most important of
ali the papers sent him, and this one
is now missing. 1t was, he said, among
the papers when first sent him, but
not among them when sent the second
time from the Department. Inquiries made
by Springer Of the officials at the Depart
ment of Justice show that Governor Muir
I
was probably the only person permitted
to handle these papers since they were in
the hands of the committee the first time.
Mr.. Springer proposes to thoroughly in
vestigate the matter, and will make it
warm for somebody if it appears that the
document is really missing and nobody
but Wilson had access to the document in
the mpanfiIua ...a# .....
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
The timber Culture Act.

" WAsHINsfIUlss d N1i IsD .
There was a brief discussion in the Sen
ate yesterday on the biIIrepealing the tim
berculture act. Although the bill was not
disposed of, it was quite evident that the
repeal bill win be passed. Senator
ingalls, said he was satisfied that the ex-
isting law has been used by land sharks
in the preparation of stupendous and
gigantic frauds. He said that he spoke
the sentiments of the people of Kansas
when he declared it to be their desire that
the law should no longer cucumber the
statute books.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
A Three-Cornered ARRAY Terminating IA
tally.

RICmfOND, VA, Feb. ~.
In an affray at Winston, Esteu Coun-
ty, yesterday, Preston White was
killed, and Henry Witt and his son,
TiIlman, mortally wounded. White and
a companion named Prichell, both
drunk. created a disturbance. Young
Witt while attempting to queil the
fuss was attacked and shot by White
Witt, senior, came to his assistance and
was shot by Prichel. During the scuflle
between young Witt and White, Prichell
attempted to shoot Witt, but shot White
through the head, killing him instantly.
Prichel was arrested,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
MOBILE. ALA, Feb. 27

MOBILE, Ala, Feb. 27.
The special Mardi Gras celebration last
night was one long to be remembered.
because of the elegance of the display.
As usual, the daytime was given over to
the Lord of MisruIe, while at night the
more serious and instructive part of the
exhibition occupied the streets. The En-
perOr's arrival was welcomed by great
crowds of people, and his parade through
the avenues of the city was loudly ap-
plauded.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
CRInTFs AND CAUsUALTTEs.

BURGLARS raIdcd JeWelry store IN
Troy, n. Y, and carried off between 50,
OOl and 81, 900 worth of jewelry early the
morning of the oath.
Oh the morning of the 25th two small
hotels burned in Denver, Col, and four
dodgers were roasted to death. Others es-
capped only by leaping from upper win
dOws.
On the 2Gth false alarm of fire at
the Royal Theater, Montreal, Can, during
a matinee, caused panic. Women tainted
and were trampled on, and several were
badly bruised.
On the 26th dynamite explosion in
a London railway station caused damage
to the amount of $4,000.
Ok the 2Gth two passenger trains col
lided on the Air Line Railway near Louis
VILE, KY. Both engines were destroyed.
ON the morning of the 27th the Gu
nard steamship Cephalonia ran down and
sunk the steamer Glen Island in New York
harbor. Charles Feltz, engineer, and Hen
ry Green, deck hand of the Glen Island,
were drowned.
A FREIGHT train on the Grand Trunk
Railway went through a bridge near Mon
treaI, Can, on the 27th, wrecking seven
cars.
On the 2Sth Cornelius Van Ripper and
his two children were burned to death in a
New York tenoment-hOuse fire. Mrs. Van
Ripper jumped from a third-story window
and was killed.
On the 2sth passenger train collid-
ed with freight near Paris, Ill, resulting
in many severe injuries and some loss Of
life.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
MARDI GRAS.
The Festivities at New Orleans, Galveston.
and HIObiIe-BriIliant and Successful Dis
plays and Interested Spectators.


and AIObiIe-BriIliant and Successful Dis
plays and Interested Spectators.
NEW ORLEANS, LA, Feb. p.
Yesterday was the great day of the car
nival, and from morning until night, and far
into the night, the city was the scene of
extraordinary hustle and activity. Canal
street was particularly 'resorted to,
and it was finally crowded with
people of all sorts, colors- and con-
ditions, from curb to curb, and from
wall to wall, of the entire 225 feet of its
width. The balconies that line both sides
of the street, rising on tiers one above
the other almost Othe roofs of the
houses, were loaded with people, many
of them ladies in brilliant toilets. The
weather was superb, the sky bright, and
the air as warm and balmy as in May in
the Middle States, the thermometer
standing at 40 degrees at two O'Clock in
the afternoon. It is not an eXaggeration
to say that from one of the
Iady-Iaden balconies that overlooked
Canal street there were i'll the range of
vision 50,0O0peOple. About eleven O'Clock
the Enthusiastically COStumed Outriders of
Rex heralded the approach of the great
procession which, assembling the COM
bined strength of four associations, with
their moving scenes and panoramic
views OF their subjects, sacred, heroic,
romantic and humorous, extended for
miles in length, mastering 100 cars of
scenic illustrations, 500 horses and 1000
men. There were fully a score of brass
bands interspersed at intervals in the
moving column.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06

UALNEsION, IEA., FeD., q.
The Mardi Gras celebration drew more
than ten thousand strangers to
Galveston. The feature of the ceIebra-
ton was gorgeous pageant last night by
jewellers of NaXos, representing twenty
striking scenes from the Old Testament.
The streets were brilliantly Illuminated
and packed with maskers of all classes of
society The Opera House and Cotton
Exchange were transformed into hand
sOmely decorated bathrooms and crowded
to their utmost capacity with invited
guests The city was given over to furi-
Gus merry making, but there was COM
'paratively little drunkenness and no dis
turbance.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
Che a8olirar gnlIetiu.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING F.;

One square Of eight lines, $50 for the FIRST
insertion, and Is cents for each subsequept
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06

THE Secretary OF the Interior has de-
cided to recognize Perryman as Chief Of
the Greek Nation.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR gave state din
ner the evening of the % g..
On the 2Sth the remains OF General
Ord arrived in New York from Havana.
OK the evening of the 2sth Lieutenant
Harber was given a 1 audsome reception at
his home in Youngstown, o.
REPoRrs from Washington state that
there is no thought of recalling Minister
Sargent from Berlin.
Ex-GOvERNOR r. ID. HCBBARD, Of
Hartford, Conn. died on the 2Stb.
The Secretary Of the Navy recon-
mends L. III. Gunnell, Medical Director, to
be Surgeon-G eneraI OF the Navy.
THE Republicans of New Jersey viii
hold their State Convention at Trenton
April II.
A wELL-KNOwN surveyor of Denver,
Col, named James r. MiIburn, while sur
veying farm on Fryer Hill, fell into
shaft 200 feet deep. The shaft was hidden
by a snow-drift.
LIEUTENANT RHODES, the hero of the
Gay Head disaster. has asked leave of Sec
rotary FoIger to distribute the $1,000 re-
ceived in testimonials among his shiPmates
He has purchased new uniforms and blank
ats for every man on board.
On the 2sth w. r. Mcdowell, n con-
victed murderer, broke Jail at San Bernar-
dino, Cal, and escaped into Mexico.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06

The Inevitable Result of the Continued
Expectation of Gold Coin and the Hoard
ing of the Precious Metal by Bankers 1T
VIII become n Speculative Commodity
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
Half-NlIIe Race-Tracks.

Yesterday a well-knOwn sporting
man, who knows all about horses. was
cOnversing with friends at the Mayors
Office relative to the respective race
COURSES in the country. He surprised
them by declaring in favor of short
courses. In his opinion some horses
would show to better advantage on 20
half-mile than on a full-mile track. His
argument was that the extra turns
shortened the strain upon one set of
muscles, or kept the muscles in use I'M
dergOing constant change, and thu,
prevented them from losing their flexi-
bi1ity. The length of the stretches also
was reduced, and no yawning gap
dawned upon the vision of the horse and
robbed him of courage. He claimed
that horses trained on the circular
courses of the United States developed
a tendency to faint-heartedness when
shipped to England and started in races
there. When the main part of the
struggle was straight away over undu-
latng sod, the horse became discour-
aged at what looks to him like bound
less sea to be traversed. The familiar
turns were not there to break the view
and change the current of thought with
the muscles, and SO he would not fight
the race to the bitter end. He said that
he could cas- ly understand how some
horses of low, nervous organization, ed
ucated entirely on half-mile tracks
show what is called the white feather
when they strike mile-tracks. The
longer stretches discourage them.
Many of those present were so preju-
diced to mile-tracks as to disagree with
him, but mainly so without a reason
PitSbl7'qh Commercial Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
A Notable Tree.

There is standing on Main street,
near the Catholic Chapel in West
Springfield, a noteworthy tree, which is
doubtless the largest of its kind in New
England, if not in the country. 1t is so
scarce in Massachusetts as seldom TO
have a name, but when named at all by
those who are not botanists is variOusly
called blackberry, nettle tree, and false
elm. Its true name is Celtis Occident
ais. Specimens measuring fifty feet in
height and two feet in diameter are con-
sidered large even in the most favor
able locations in the Southern States.
Two members of the Botanical Society
in this city have just made careful
measurements of this remarkable one
and report to all interested as follows:
Diameter one foot from base, six feet;
diameter four feet from base, four feet
one inch; height, seventy-five feet and
four inches; spread of branches, eighty
three feet. 1t is reported that formerly
a companion of equal size stood on the
other side of the street. A number of
years ago two of these trees, even larg-
er than this one, stood on Main Street
in this city. near Court street. The one
then remaining was measured by Emer-
son in 1888, and found to be four feet
eight inches in diameter, four feet from
the ground. II is to be hoped that the
giant in West Springfield viii be care
,ully acknowledgement (MuSS.)
kHi0H.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Barley water will stop diarrhea in
calves if the disease has not become too
deeply seated.-N Z Herald.
Mrs. Emily Maple wisely remarks
that one way for a farmers wife to
lessen her labor is to stop boarding the
hired men Cincinnati Times.
Eggs at average prices are among
the cheapest and most nutritious articles
of diet Like milk, egg is i complete
food iii itself, containing everything
necessary for the development of per-
feet animal, as is manifest from the
fact that a chick is formed from it Chi
cdgO Journal.
Apple custard pie should be baked
with an under crust only. The filing
is delicious if made of one pint of
sweet milk, one pint of smooth apple
sauce, well sweetened, three eggs; flavor
with lemon or with a little cinnamon.
This will make two small sized pies or
one very large One.-AkbGny IN "
Journal
Hired girls will be treated more and
more as menials in this country. until
it Will be impossible to hire a grI of
any spirit to occupy that position.
And this would be right. If good hired
girls are scarce, it is the fault of en-
ployers, and the public sentiment which
they constantly aid in creating as to
their inferiOrity in social position, Chs
cago Tribune.
We don't insist that young men
shall all stay on the farm, but we do in
sist that the form is par excellence the
place to raise boys. 1t gives them a
chance for health. habits of industry,
economy, an education of the intelle It
that is not lost by n wrecked physical
constitution. Every good farm well
improved and adorned as it should be
is a fortune in itself simply as place
to raise boys.-IoWG Homestead.
The practice Of planting eurrarits
or other small fruits between rows of
peach, pear or apple trees is discour-
aged by many writers. The practice
has much to recommend it, however,
and is, on the whole, desirable. Two
or three different kinds of plants will
not tax a soil so severely as an equal
number of plants of the same kind
This Is especially true if the plants be
very Unlike in character.-Ir Times.
When the ground is frozen, and
especially if covered with snow, fowls
will need an additional supply of food.
Some of it should consist of fruit or
vegetables. Hens are always picking
at grass when running at large, and in
the summer make this no inconsider-
able part of their living. If a cabbage
that has failed to head is hung by
string from the top of the hen-house
within reach of fowls, it will be picked
to pieces. BY this method the cabbage
is kept from the dirt.-PrGirie Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
Engaged.

And 50 I'm fairly engaged at last;
A. the mcshes oil Cupid's net hold fastl
y III i"rrar il, for turn where 1 may,
~ - Iiil| ON my finger seems to say,
"4'H as glitter and flash. You re no longer
your own:
And you'd better Let flirting and folly alone. a"
Now, Belle. do help mo bit, there's a dear,
j. o empty this drawer fun OF relics hCrc-
trophies OF last years season. you see,
Whcn had the jolliest times mt b,
ana no more dreamed than the man in the
That Fred and I would -ahem!-so soon.
He followed me round. as the others did,
as Il99En 1 were put up for the highest
Aud 80 ten the tr:ith, ia learning the art
~ n'rth@, onJ Injuries tridc the heart.
1A At"i N@L, here j. "a pho ograph
VI sut-g you've seen him. Now pray don't
laugh.
n pair Of gloves and some faded flowers,
iteiics OF sweet last summers hours.
q broken fan-Oh, willie broke that.
, "ott ms hCTi, he sad: tit for tat!
And here's a button. I think it came
from the u1itOrm Of young What s-his-name
Those Eloves2- wen. throw them away; wore
Ihem riding with Clark three times or more.
VI course know IL is only right
~ nat should forever put out of sight
IhcSc nice old relics, since never moro
Cah live the same Old jolly times Ger.
But, Iicllc, my dear. now, honest and true,
II ! hud this 'uuguTC ucut' over to do,
J mink ] think between yOu and l.
~ Fred didn't mind, really would try,
Eor the sake OF one more summer of fun,
10 pos pn5" lGc engagement till summer
y TdyDcT's WCeEIH
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
The Classics in Germany.

The struggle between the adherents
of the old classical curriculum and the
representatives of modern culture has
nowhere been carried on with more
bitterness than in Germany. In no
other land have the respective antago-
nists shown more narrOwness and
bigOtTy, or been less inclined to allow
their opponents the possession of COM
mon sense or pure motives.
The representatives of the classics,
intrenched behind a strong wall of
tradition and usage, were from the first
in the enjoyment of all the hOnors and
privileges. They were supported by
the mighty power of a public senti-
ment which had been begOtten at
time when the classics and mathematics
formed the only subjects worthy of
serious study, and had been nOurished
by long line of illustriOus men whose
only Standardization had been a train
ing in Latin, Greek and geometry.
They were upheld by the powerful force
of Government which made the ac-
quisition of such an education the con-
dItion of all its favors. They looked
down, therefore, naturally enough,
with a certain contempt and lOathing
upon those rude materialists who in
sisted that there was something in the
modern world worthy of serious study
The other party, on the contrary.
driven to extremes by the bigotry and
obstinacy of their opponents, were
compelled to make war to the death, by
denying all virtue of any sort to a
classical training. They insisted on
purely modern subjects as opposed to
classics, on a multiplicity of branches
in preference to few, on technical
education for particular callings in
stead of a liberal training for good liv-
ing.-Pr0C +. j. James, tn Popular
Science Monthly.