The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-14

day this week, some OF the largest
and finest stra wberries we ever saw.
They were just a shade smaller than
a guinea egg, and perfectly luscious.
He has a great quantity of them.
John Boyd, the eOlored barber of
Toone, when arraigned in jackson
last week, ou she charge of stealing
the money buried in fhe yard of
Mr.. w. F. Fuller, plead guilty, and
was seLt 10 Jail to await his trial in
the Circuit Court.
Mr.. w. v. Shinault, of Hickory
Valley, reports that the rain on
Thursday night, of last week, did
considerable damage to the farmers
in his section. Many of them have
had to plant portions of their cotton
crop over:
The Republicans in Convention
on Saturday last adopted a resOlu-
ton denouncing Louis Murray, an a
candidate for Register and instruct.
ed the republicans of Hardeman
County to cast their votes against
him.
Mr.. Austin Miller, Chairman of
the Asylum Building Committee, at
tended meeting Ofsaid Committee
in Nashville this week. Gov. Bate
examined and approved the plan for
the building which had been adopted
by the Committee. The Architect
will have the Specifications ready in
about four weeks, when the Com
mittee will be prepared to receive
bids for the work.
We understand that the Bolivar
and Somerville road, in the western
portion Of this county, is in a dread
full fix. Complaints are made that,
in places, 1t is extremely dangerous.
This should be looked into by the
Read Commissioners in that district,
and if the complaints are we'll found
ed, the road should be made safe.
Nothing is worth more to q cOmmu-
NIFTY than good roads.
The few white republicans of This
county were Conpicious on account
Of their absence from the convention
which met at the court house on last
The colored wing of the
party had full sway: Not a white
republican was to be seen. Wonder
if the fact that the grand old party
has no Offices to dispense, at this
time, had anything to do with their
absenceS
The survivors ofGen. r. p. Neely's
company in the Cherokee war, had
their annual reunion at this place
on Monday last and were given an
excellent dinner by the General.
r. III, Walton, Isaiah Macon, and
Buck Roberts, we're the only mem
bers present besides Gen. Nicely.
They had a pleasant meeting and
all enjoyed it very much. There
are three other members of the COM
pany, in this county, who were not
present. They are VIM. Porter, J.
B. league and VIM. Mills.
The Bolivar Bulletin has bound
less ambition. The Insane Asy>
lum recently located at Bolivar is
to lie a magnificent structure $50
feet in leng h, four stories high with
three story wings, capable of &C.
cOmodating $50 patients. Last |
week the Bulletin was booming q |
and county Agricultural |
Fair and now it wants a Bank. The
rapid and solid improvement of
and the adjacent country,
illustrates the value of a wide awake /
progressive country newspaper.
-McNary Review.
Another of the old land marks
has passed away: Mr.. Boyd Sim
mons, an old and highly respected |
citizens of this county, died at the
Of Mr.. S. III. Clinton, his
On Tuesday night, the
18th inst, in the 10Th year of mis- |
age. Thirty three years ago, the
deceased moved to this county from
North Carolina and has lived here !
eyer since. He was a quiet, honest,
honorable gentleman, and leaves
4 host of friends and relatives here |
who mourn his demise. He has been
N a lew state of health for several
and his death was not a sur
Prise,
Judge Jno. L. T. Sneed, while
on his way to jackson, on Tuesday |
asst, stopped over and spent that |
evening and night with his friends |
here. He has always been a great |
favorite with the people of this
with whom he lived mGaY |
years, in his younger days, and they |
are always delighted to see him. |
His name has been frequently men
toned in connection with the United |
States Senate, by the press of the
state. No people in Tennessee
would be more delighted to see him |
occupying a seat in the United |
States Senate than the people of |
his county.