The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-27
STATE NEWS.


ern portion Of the 18th district,
gave a splendid barbecue and picnic
uear Jones' spring last Tuesday.
Arrangements were made to feed
400 people, about half that mum Der
were present. The day was ex-
cessively hot, but the eating and
dancing went on all the same, and
every body was happy. Over forty
dollars was realized for the Con-
federate monumental fund. Jack
son Dispatch.
One day last week a negro wo-
man was aiding In letting down a
curbing into a well on Mr.. Clifton, S
farm near Braden, by means of a
rope which she held in her hand.
The rope attached to the WIN lass
which bore the weight of the curbin
broke. and the whole thing went
with lightning speed to the bottom
The sudden fall jerked the woman
in also, and she to went to the bot
tom. Its said there was hardly a
whole bone left in her body.-Iip~
ton Record.
While O.fice- Holleman was
returning from Henderson KY.
Wednesday night with Tom Ste wart
in custody, Tom jumped from car
window whlle the tram was in mo-
ton, about two miles beyond Guth-
RE. He was handcuffed and shack
led at the time. Mr.. Holleman
went back TO the place and search
was made for the prisoner but with>
out avail. He offers S25 for Toms
safe delivery in Guthrie or Hopkins
YiIle.-Clarksville Chronicle
Sunday last as Mr.. Ben Locke
attempted to lead young filly over
brahcn. the animal gave a plunge
striking nim in the breast with her
head. Mi Locke was knocked in
sensible an, lay so for a while, but
sood recovered. He was on the
streets Monday, though complaining
of being sore. -TiptOn Record.
Gen Cheatham, accom- panied by
his wife, went up to Crisp's Springs
on Mon day, to remain a week, IN
hope that a change would be BEN
efciaI, Although he is able to be
up, his condition has not improved
much the past week or two, but his
friends are still hopeful of his early
oration.-Tullahoma Guardian.
Col, Williams said in his speech
that we buried the Republican party
two years ago in a shallow grave
and they soon scratched out, hut in
with Bob Taylor as
bearer we would bury them
head foremost and so deep that the
more they scratched the nearer home
they would get.-Obion Democrat,
Bob Taylor is called the young
men, candidate, and the rousing en-
thusiasm for him among the young
Democrats, as well as his own youth,
justifes this distinctive appellation
But Bob is equally the candidate of
all the seven ages, from the merry
school-bOy to the lean and sllppered |
pantalOon. Bob is a sweepstake. |
No man will feel that he is too old,
too white-haired or too baldheaded |
to rally to the support of the ''Moun-
tain Boy" Everybody is for Bob |
and everybodys pap.-American,
A serious accident occurred at the |
base ball grounds near Harper's Meet |
ing House, east of this place, last
in which VIM. Hall had |
his leg broken between his knee and |
ankle. Mr.. Hall and Ben Duck |
worth ran together while both were
attempting to catch the ball
LyDchburg Falcon.
Bill Brandon ana a man named |
Cliff got into difficulty at Wheel
ng, on Ree!foot Lake. Saturday
,vening. Brandon stabbed Cliff
i've times with a knife, the most
serious of which was in the back, the
Knife penetrating the kidneys. 1t is
bought that Cliff is not seriously
lurt.-Obion Democrat.
Union City is on a lively boom.
here is no town in the State to be
TO it. One by one East.
IN manufacturers are locating here.
And her growth is steady and
The ira Yelling men say
hatrur little city Is far ahead af her
ister towns in this section. There
5 at time of the year that depres
ION no business that characterizes
Their towns. Over 500 men are en-
aged in manufacturing pursuits.
his fact, coupled with the farming
lterests which surrounds it makes
InronuEItybid falr to be the larges t
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