The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-14
LOCAL NOTES.
This section Il needing rain badly

Miss LelIis Redd is visiting at White
vile.
Miss Maggie Coleman has been quite
sick but is convaleseing.
Miss Minnie Warren Is home from visit
Of several days a. Medon.
Mrs. samI Kahn and child are summer
in at WaulSeaha, Wis.
Mr.. F. II. Mayo. of Jackson, is very sick
at the Bolivar uoteL
Miss Hin, of st. Louis, is visiting Miss
Irene MeNeal, Of this place.
Several ladies and gentlemen from Boil
var took in the picnic at Grand Junction
yesterday,
Rev. C. d. HIlIiard will be absent next
week assisting in the meeting near Hick-
DRY Valley.
The NhiteviIle country was blessed with
good rain on Wednesday evening; the frat
they have had for four weeks.
Cotton in the western portion of the coun-
Corn is not 80 good az il was last year.
A party Of gentlemen went fishing in the
lakes near Bolivar one day tins week and
g uEht l52 fine fish.
Mr. Thoa Polk is building commodious
business house at New Castle. Mr.. J. =
Baker Of Bolivar is doing the work.
An interesting protracted meeting wa
held at Middleburg week before last by Rev.
r. Y. Blackwell, assisted by Rev. c. D
IIilliard.
We have received the catalogue Of the
Twentieth annual FAIR % be held At Union
City on the 9th 70 the 10th Of October incI.-
siye.
\ gentleman in Bolivar this week from
McNairy county stated that in one grave
yard on the Mobile & Ohio railroad Their,
re 40 new graves the result q hLx.
The ladies Of Bolivar will have an ice
cream supper in the court house yard on I
Friday night for the benefit of the Y ". {.
A. The public should give them liberal
patronage.
WI iteville boasts Of Biographical
Iyceum. The young ladies AMI gentlemen
take deep intcres, in. its sNercis,s, which
very improving.
Mr.. John R-Atkins fell from his null.
near Middleton on Sunday night last,
and drocnted his hip. lie received prompt
a,,I =. ,-,t tf,,.- ~
An effort was made one day this week By
unknown parties to enter the express oiIic'
while Mr.. Darlington, the agent, wAs at din
ner They did not succeed IN getting in the
room.
Mrs. w &. Keady.ieft Saturday to be at
the bed side Of her father who is st th'
point ii death at hip home near Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania She will be absen, sewers
weeks.
Gen. J. J. Dupuv. who was reported a.
gone 10 New Mexico last week, did not e
off from somcrville, as he expected. II
WAS detained on account OF parties who
were exp ected to accompany hI.n being un-
able ~ leave.
Protracted mectings will commence in
Bolivar on the first sunday an September.
Rev e. d. billiard, the pastor will be assis
{ 4 by Rev ). II. Collins formerly OF Ia,
N nphis conference, but late Of California
Miss Fannie Bailey, an accomplished
young lady OF Collierville, Tran.. passed
through Bolivar, Tuesday, enroute for Union
City, where she goes GA a vI=it. One u the
heaus Ct Bolivar had business in Jackson
that day.
4. The Brook. e. tt r is on OF the b st
inventions that we have seen. Ii is che d, ,
d 40 not get out ot repair, and does ii,
" rk OF twenty dollar machine See il
: n buy it, it Will give Satisfaction
Rev. +. b. Mcneil preached to fae O. n
~ CATIONS at tile Baptist church Sunday
mor ing and night. lie preached 10 til.
( 'lured people ia the evening. Mr. Nc
Ne.i is a Jealous worker am. il greatly be-
7 we'd by his congregation here, and d gh /,
es ,vmej by all who know him.
Rev. c. D. HnIiard assisted by Rev. X.
As lhAatAWFiAl va anu NhArNAAb = HIS ia
c.oss an Interesting ProtracS, 4 meeting ~
NeS tile in this county. There were 81
conversion, Is acccssions 10 tn church, and
many more interested, who resolved to
oh ngs their lves. The me, ting continued
ten days.
Messrs NoAaulty & Dro., and OarEr Polk
have about finished their large business
houses st Hickory Valley, and they are
among the finest aud best bu Il store houses
ia West TcnneSse e. AIcAnulty 4 Br. will
occupy their bailding and Messrs. Scot, &
May will occupy the Polk house. The
b.,ilding- were. "a, up BY J. O. Mc'nbe, q
J~ckron.
The excursion train for the railroad pie
NE At Grand Junetiun Yesterday. pass, d
about 3 a. IA. There were eight ca-s and
they loaded rs lrng as there wac standing
room. The engine was decorated With
evergreen, and the ia r. N sat three men
b." i * hags. The popular Cairo band WAS
aboard and made some ine music willie the
train was standing at thu stat en- The p.c-
ME Il a union affair given hv th,. T. q, th..