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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22
TIE INSANE AsYLUM.

We notice that other towns in
West Tennessee are appointing com
mittccs and making arrangements to
have the committee appointed by the
last legislature 10 locate the asylum
for the insane for West Tennessee;
to visit them with a view Of securing
It's location at their respective places,
and rs yet nothing has been done by
the people Of Bolivar. We are on one
Of the hest lines Of railroad in West
Tennessee, running through the CEN
ter of that section from north TO south
and have as pure water, and in as
great abundance, and as healthy a
locality as there Is in West Tennessee.
Don't wait, but let the people Of
Bolivar meet at once and take steps to
have the committee visit this place.
1t is unnecessary to expatiate upon
the suitableness OF this place, as the
committee is composed ofable and cx-
perienced gentlemen ana they can see
for themselves when they come. But
they will not come, in all probability,
unless we invite them and evince at
least, a willingness to have that insti~
tuition located here.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22

Tbs Supreme Court at jackson, on
last Saturday, Judge Cook dissent
ing, delivered On opinion sustaining a
a contract between a Building and
loan Association and one Of its mem
bers, by which tie member was
required to pay rate Of interest,
exceeding the lawful rate for money
loaned the member by Che association
to construct building upon lot ct
ground on which the association held
a mortgage. We haze only seen a
synopsis of the decision as reported IN
the newspapers, but are unable to I'M
derstand how a building ASSOCIATION
can be permitted to evade the laws
of the state Upon the subject Of usury,
by loaning its money to individual
members of the association at a
greater rate of interest than that pre-
scmbed by Ian for ordinary mortais.
We suppose there is some good reason
for the distinction but confess we are
too obtuse to appreciate it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22
THE EXTRA SESSION.

Gov. Bate has issued call for the
legislature to meet in extra session
on Monday next. The call embraces
twelve different subjects and among
them may be mentioned the follow
ing;
/. To provide revenue for the stale
and counties, and to amend the rev.
enue laws 50 as to protect the state
against fraud in the collection of
revenues.
.. To provide for the payment Of
tho current expenses Of the state and
for the interest nnon its public debt.
8. To PIE, ent the importation and
spread Of pleuro-pneumonia.
1. To re-dislrict the state into judi
cial circuits and chanccry divisions.
.. To preserve the purity Of cleo
lions and prevent Illegal voting in
cities and towns having a voting
population exceeding 1000-common-
ly known as the registration law.
The other subjects of legislation are
either Of local character OF ofminor
importance. We regard the matter
of redlstricung the state as one of the
most important which will come
before this session OF the legislature.
The number Of circuit Judges ami
chancel,ors should be cut down ono-
half and the two offices consolidated.
In this way at least $4,000 can be
saved to the state year by year.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22
The Tenneaaoe Historical Society.

III 1918 a few gentlemen of Nash
vile and vicinity organized and pro-
cured charter for the Tennessee
Historical Society for the collection
and preservation of material relating
to the early history of Tennessee, as
we'll as all matters and articles cast
ing light on the very interesting and
difficult study Of its prehistoric
period. A large amount of valuable
matter had been collected, when the
war broke out and disorganized the
society, scattered its relics and des-
troyed much of its valuable material
Unappreciative and ignorant officials
during the year or two subsequent did
more damage.
In 1867 few Of the most infuen.
tai gentlemen of Tennessee who had
been members Of this society reol !.
ganized it and attempted to gather up
the scattered treasures. DIR. j. q. M
Ramsey, the venerable historian, was
elected president John NJ. Lea and
james D. Porter, vice-presidents,
and Arson Nelson. secretary, This
continued until the death of Pr.
Ramsey, when John NJ. Lea was
made president. At the annual
meeting, yesterday, the same officers
We're reelected, adding Albert I.
McNeaI as second vice-presIdent
This is a state organization and not
a private one. Its collections and i'm
mense amount of invaluable material
reverts to the state i'll case of the dis
solution of the society, In most of
the states these societies are furnished
fitting rooms and accommodations at
the expense of the state and annual
made for their man
tenance and increase.
Tennessee is full of matter of his
torical and rrehistoricaI value. and
has been the storehouse from which
the Smithsonian Institution and vari
Gus state museums have drawn car
load after carload of relics and articles
OF value. Money has been appropri-
ated with a lavish hand for the pur-
pose Of robbiDg Tennessee of these
things, and some of the museums and
societies have for years kept men in
the state tor the purpose of collecting
and forwarding these relics, while our
own society has had to depend on vol
untary work and the state pride Of
private citizens to offset all that moueY
and labor and has been obliged to
stand quietly AMI see lis most valu~
abe treasures Carried away to enrich
other localities.
Despite all these drawbacks tie
Tennessee Historical Society has ac-
,umuIuted an enormous amount Of
of great value, most of which |
} shut up and prcked away out of
each for want Of place to arrange
md exhibit it. The trustees Of the
" atkins Institute have given to this
tate institution one of the finest
,ooms in the building, where, when
displayed, our citizens viii
&c astonished to see the amount Of IN
eresting and valuable material the
ociety IS possessed Of. But the state
las persistently refused to assist them
n the smallest degree, and IFS society
las no funds with which to purchase
r put up cases, shelving or other pre-
arations for placing these treasures
here the public can have the benefit
f them. The rooms are ready for
heir occupancy, bnt they are waiting
ptil some means can be devised to
rocure the requisite money.--Nash-
lie Union.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22
The bill Of Mr. Manson, inlroduo

The bill Of Mr. Manson, introduced
at the last session Of the legislature,
cutting down the number ofjudges TO
eighteen and providing for the holding
of both The circuit and chancoly courts
by one judge, IS a good one and
should be enacted into a law at the
extra session We suggest, however,
that il be amended so rs to authorize
the taking UP OF the chanceyy docket
alter the circuit court business IS
With and the jnries disoharg-
ed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22

Ex-se crctary Of State Frederick T.
died at bis residence, at
$50 p. M Wednesday. He had been
in public life many years and held
many positions Of honor and trust uu-
der the United States government and
the State Of New Jersey.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22

1t is now understood that the re-
publicans will attend the extra session
of the legislature, but viii fhbuster on
the registration bill. No doubt they
would Ike to force still another session
SO as to gets little more mileage and
per diem. Extra ALVIN showed tho
fondness Of The republicans for extra
sessions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22

a bill 10 re-district the state into
judicial circuits and chancery divisions
should be introduced as soon as the
legislature meets in extra session and
not postponed until the last Of the SEES
SION. The most important matters
should be attended to first.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22

The registration I'LL, which passed
the last house, should be amend d 50
MS to provide for the registration Of
persons who become Of age after the
closing OF the regis ration and before
the day Of election. Such cases were
mot provided for in that iii.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22

We call attention to communica-
zion signed "F," in this issue, upon
the importance Of improving our cat
tie. This IS a matter Of importance
and we think the suggestions made
good ones; and our people would do
W II to act on them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22
FRIDAY, MAY %, 1855.

Illinois "have went rong,' and The
United States Senate viii be annoyed
with tho ranting of john A. Logan
for another six years.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22

The West Tennessee colored Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical Fair Asso-
citation was organized = Trenton last
Saturday. They have decided to
hold a fair nexr October, but have
not vet agreed on the town to hold it
io
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-22

8 Come to our store and see somethir
we have to cure Catarrh, Asthma, ct
No medicine to take. No nasal DOUGH
1t is wonderful. Come and see 1t. "
don't ask you to buy it but to con
AID see what il is.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21
A SWEDISH GODIvA.

The I'd of February in Sweden is con-
sidered the midwinter day. In the era
of Paganism it was a great festival in
honor Of the heroine Goa or Cola, deifed
under the name of Disa, to whom the
whole month was consecrated besides.
The legend of Goa is very curious.
1t states that at one time, when the
country was visited by frightful famine,
the Thing, or National Assembly, de-
cided that, in order to alleviate the gen.
eral distress, it would be necessary to put
to death part of the population, especi-
ally the old and infirm. Goa alone dared
to protest loudly, and claimed to be able
to propose means of remedying the
dearth, which would prove more etfica-
cious as well as more human. The King
ordered the execution of the decree to be
postponed; but in the interim, desiring
to test the sagacity Of the young girl, and
to confound her audacity, he sent her
word he would only receive her on condi-
ton that she would come to his dwelling
neither on foot nor on horseback, nor in q
vehicle, neither dressed nor undressed
neither in the course Of year nor during
any particular month, neither by day mol
| by night
Goa solved the enigma. She came tc
the Kings house on sledge drawn by {
goat, holding on to one side of the sledge
with one leg resting on the pole of thu
sledge the other on the goat. She wore
fishing net only in lieu of garments, ant
she came exactly at the epoch Of the sol
stice, when the month is still undeter
mined at the time of full moon, bu
while it was yet twilight. Being per
mitted to speak, she advised that the oil
and infrm, in lieu of being exterminated
should be merely sent to the still unpeo
pied parts of the country, where the
would be able to obtain the means of e,
istence, without being any burden to tn
, community. The King liked the advice
and as the adviser charmed him by he
beauty and her wit, he took her for h
wife. La Figaro, Jan. g.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21
THE TAX ROLL BILL.

The Carson Appeal says the effect OF
the tax roll bill will be that the record of
the taxes paid in the county will be
dragged from the inner recesses of the
Assessors Office and spread before the
people. 1t will result in some startling
revelations now and then. For instance,
if man holds your note for $4,000 and
is charging you one and half per cent. a
month on the loan, and you find that he
is paying no taxes on that money, and a
dozen other men who are being bled by
the money shark finds out the same
thing you will feel like going before a
Board Of Equalization and compel that
man to pay taxes on your money as you
do on your real estate.
1t will bring right out, squarely in the
light, horde of tax dodgers who think
nothing of committing perjury for $40,
and show them up. 1t will drive to
cover numbers of men who 60 straw bail,
and swear they are worth this or that
sum, when they do not pay taxes on one
quarter the amount. Straw bondsmer
will be in the same boat.
| All honest taxpayers are calling for thu
passage of that bill. Why? Because, i
this bill passes, and tax dodgers no longe
dare to put in false returns of property
it will reduce the rate of taxation in ever,
county in the State from 90 to 40 pc
cent.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21
NOTICE.
Land Office at Eureka, Nevada,

December 20, 1884.
HrOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ following named settler has hled notice
Of his intention to make final proof In support
of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the District Judge of Lincoln county. at
1895. VIZ; Homestead application No. 133,
Ebsn. Chaffee, for the Il OF NE \ and Sc \ Of
MEX and NE 4 of Sc \ section !, Town
ship 9, South Range, GO East, NJ. d. NJ. he names
the following witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon, and cultivation of, said land,
viz. j. v, Kelley, of Phoebe, Nevada; ]. O.
Henderson, of Phoebe. Nevada; John shier. OF
Phoebe, Nevada; W. Culverwell, OF Phoebe,
Nevada.
de27.5t +. H. HlNCkLEI, hsRistsr'
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

There has never been but one Soc 'alist
in North Carolina so far as the p sople
know. About the time that this + allow
began claiming that every one shoul di.
vitle up and that the world owed h i'm a
living, he was missed from society and
hasn't been heard Of since.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21
ASSESSOR McFAppRN gives notice that

ASSESSOR McFADDRN gives notice that
the tax on the proceeds Of mines, for the
quarter ending December 81, 1884, is
now due and payable. tH.
The litigants for ownership of the mill
and tailings in Condor Canyon have annie
ably adjusted their difficulties.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

A Paris Judge refused to hear case
against wife who had thrown her hus.
band out of window and broken his
leg, but advised her to open gymna-
SUM in which other wives could train.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

A physician says it is not heal thy to
walk unless one has some object to- walk
for. A man who started out few days
ago on collecting tour, and ret urned
home with the outskirts of his Goa mu.
tilated and piece bitten out Of hi mself
by chunky. headed dog, says some' Zines
it is not healthy to walk even when one
has an object to walk for.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

The fve.year-old son Of a family the
other day stood watching his baby
brother, who was making great noise
over having his face washed. The little
fellow at length exclaimed to the baby:
"You think you have lots Of trouble,
but you don't know anything about it.
Wait till you're big enough to get a
lickin', and then you'll see, won't he,
mammal"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

A strong.minded female Of the blue.
stocking persuasion has discovers ] that
mell first wore petticoats. Will some.
body now pry open ancient history and
ascertain who was the first wo, nan to
we az breeches
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

The plant of happiness cannot thri We
without the air of cheerfuliaess.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

The Mormons are using telephones to
good advantage now in preventing service
of court papers. The United States
Marshal's office is deficient in the mum.
Der and efficiency of its deputies. The
officers do their travelling by rail, The
raiload offices are all manned by Nor
mons, and when a deputy leaves on any
train every Bishop along the line is no.
titled The officer is met at the station
where he gets off by from one to four
horsemen, and the whole town is warned
by these men before the officer has time
to serve single paper. Those who sus-
pect they are wanted hide, and the re-
mainder of the inhabitants, from wee
tots of children to toothless old women,
eer the officer through town.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

TRAIN ROBBERS. --Harwood; Texas,
Feb. lG.-Two men got on the passenger
train of the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio road at Luling about 10
o'clock tonight and when the train was
about half way between Luling and Har.
wood the passengers in the first-class
coach were surprised on beholding their
two supposed fellow. passengers standing
in the center of the car with handker-
chiefs over the lower portion of their
faces. With revolvers in their hands,
they quickly demanded cash from the
passengers in this coach, avoiding all
jewelry. They made no attempt to &c
through the remainder Of the train, but
jumped from the train while in motion.
1t was done so quietly and quickly that
the passengers in the other cars and the
conductor knew nothing of the robbery
at the time. They secured about $500
| in cash,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

Last week Nick Copsey left Lower
Lake for his ranch in Jerusalem Valley,
Lake county, CAL, having his Winches-
ter rifle with him. In a short time his
horse returned riderles,s and with blood
on the saddle. A search was made and
the body was found OH the trail leading
to his house, shot thr ough with rifle
ball. 1t is supposed that his death was
caused by the acciden tai discharge of his
rifle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

A country editor "who has been there
himself" thus describes his class 1.-THE
country editor is a man who reads the
newspapers, writes on any subject, sticks
type, folds papers, makes up mails, runs
errands, saws wood, works in the gar
den, is blamed for thousands of things
he never thought of, works hard all day,
helps people into office who forget all
about it afterwurd, and very frequently
gets cheated out of half his earnings He
puffs and does more to build up the town
than any one else, and the miser and
fogy are benefited; yet they will not
take his paper, but will borrow it, read
it, and cuss the fool of an editor"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

PLAcERs IN WAsHoE COUNTY. A
party of prospectors intend prospecting
this spring in the vicinity of the old n.y..
draulic diggings in Washoe county near
Marlett's mill at the head of Pleasant
Valley, eight miles back of Franktown.
1t is said that 20 years ago 100000 in
coarse gold was taken out of the ravine,
and that there is still mountain of gold
there that will pay to wash. Several
gold bearing quartz lodges have also been
found in that district but have never
been thoroughly prospected.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21


A DIscoURAGING OUTLooK.-A letter
from Butte, Montana, says the HALEY
Times, states that the outlook there was
never so discouraging as at present. The
recent drop in the prices of copper has
rendered mining Improbable, and the
Alice has already been closed down and
others will soon follow. In the mean
time negotiations are going on between
the railroad and steamship companies,
with view of obtaining the lowest pos
sible rates of freight to England. Miners
wages will probably be reduced, and
everybody is anxious at the prospect.
FATAL Horse DISEASE. The Elko
Independent says a strange fatality ap.
peared amongst the horses of Joseph
Smith, of Ruby Valley, recently. The
horses would lie down quietly, without O
struggle, and apparently without pain,
and die in the course of very few hours
Within the space of five days, Mr.. Smith
lost thirteen head, aggregating in value
1000, in this singular and unaccountable
manner.
THE WEATHER. Charels w
McKim, Portland, KY, states "Fol
twenty years l have suffered with rheu
matism. During the bad weather m,
suffering was terrible. l was about tt
give up Some one suggested the appli
cation of St. Jacobs Oil. | tried it an,
its relief was rapid, In half an hour
the pains"
DURING the week D. c. Clark receive
large lot of extra fine hams and bacor
superior to any meat of the kind eve
brought to the Phoebe market.
THE shaft at the Mendha mine wi
reach the depth for which the contrae
was let by next Tuesday.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

There is lots of kicking on the Com.
stock about the Militia bill just passed
by the Legislature. Nearly all say that
the bill was blow against the different
trades unions, and in a community like
this, where the militia was composed
almost entirely of miners, it was not
right to compel the men to take an oath
to fight their own comrades and relatives
in case of riot or strike by the miners
if wages were cut down by the managers
of mines. Further than this argument
nothing was advanced by the opponents
of the bill.-[Virginia Enterprise.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-21

The New RIVER MINES. "A Sacra-
mento correspondent of the Bodie Free
Press writes as follows A great deal
has been written and said about the
Trinity county called the New Riverl
mines. l have made it a point to find
out all could about them, for the bene-
fit of your readers, and the result of my
investigation has been about this. There
have been great many locations made
and the most of them pay small profit.
but as yet there has been nothing found
that would indicate richness and perma.
nence. But all agree that it is a good
country to prospect in. So is Mono
county. So is Esmeralda county, New.
My advice is to stay close to home anc
do your prospecting. Distance lends en-
chantment to the view.