The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-10-01
NO. 2.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Fresh water sponges have been dis
covered in the lake at Chautauqua,
N. Y.
There is a pear tree in Windsor,
n. s., which produces annually two
crops of pears.
A two-legged colt died at Brock
Vile, Va, recently. The owner had
refused fifteen hundred dollars for it
two days before.
Persons who wish to avoid drown
ing are advised by an Eastern physi-
clan to lock the hands behind the back,
fully initiate the lungs and close the
mouth
-Jewelry manufacture in Provi-
dence, r. J., which has been practical
ly dead for five years, is enjoying
boom, the greatest since 1SSl.-ProUt-
de11ce Journal
Carp is used by Hartford, Conn,
to keep the city reservoirs clean. The
fish have completely cleaned one reser-
voir OF vegetable growth. and are now
at work upon a second.
Boys destroyed quantity of water
melons on the farm of William Avery,
near Paris, Ky. Avery's hounds fol-
lowed the trail and chased one of the
. boys up a tree after a run of several
miles.
The time made bv the fast trains
between Chicago and st. Paul is four
teen hours and thirty-tive minutes; the
distance is about four hundred and
fifty-seven miles, making nearly thirty
two miles an hour, including stops
Chicago Journal.
IL am going to do just as planned
to do" said Mrs. Henpcck, 'and I'd
like to see anybody stop me. Where
there's a will there's a way" Tho
trouble with you, " said Henpeck, very,
O; very softly, els that where there's a
will there's a won ~ B3trdette.
"A cage of lions belonging TO
circus at Kingston, Can, fell into
hole and capsized, the lid being
knocked completely out. A fire was
built around the cage in order to
frighten the animals into remaining in
side. and the cage was replaced by the
exertions of two elephants.
Two young men of Augusta, Me-,
who were driving out lately thought 1T
a good joke to scare an old soldier who
was standing out in his yard. They
fired a pistol at him twice, when the
veteran lodged into the house, got
revolver and succeeded in wounding
y
Boston journal.
Mr.. Frank Stockton is credited by
Arlo Bates with sending ponderous
door key TO u friend Just sailing for
Europe with the message: "He says il
is the key TO one of the very best board
ing houses in London. He is sorry he
has forgotten the address; but if you
try the doors until YOU find the one this
fits, you may be sure the place is a cap
ital one. - Chicago Ia3ter ocean.
-Patient-Then you think my finger
will have to be amputated, doctor?
Surgeon-Yes, it will have to come off.
Patient-How much will the job cost?
Surgeon-Fifteen dollars. Patent-Is
that .he best YOU can do, doctorP I'm
a poor man. Surgeon-Yes, fifteen
dollars is the best / can do for one fin
ger, but III cut two of 'em off for
twenty-five dollars.-N. y. Times.
People on board a steamer at Chat
ham, n. b.. heard a splash and saw chair
floating in the water. Next rose above
the waves the head Of man, who re-
marked Don't mind me, / can
swim The spectators, not to be out
done in politeness, fshed him out at
once. He had placed a chair for him
self in such a position that it went
overheard with him when he sat down
on il.
"A brilliant meteor was observed one
night recently at Washington, Me. 1t
first appeared like an electric spark,
illuminating the city in startling
manner. Then a blue ball of fire
appeared, turned red, hared again,
and became extinguished. The phe-
nomenon occupied half minute. Then
the meteor fell, leaving behind it
red track across the sky, which faded
out gradually and was visible for sew
eral minutes after the fall.
George Phillips. of Binghamton,
Solano County, Cal, has just completed
an organ containing four hundred
pipes, the longest being sixteen feet.
All the pipes are made of old newspa-
pers rolled and fastened with a paste
made Of glue and alum. The wood
work was made entirely Of old fence
boards, posts, dry-good5 boxes and the
like. He was two years in building
this instrument, which is said to have
an excellent tone.-Su11 francisco Gull
"A remarkable freak Of Lightning
recently occurred al Plainlield, n. j.
Cornelius ID. Paul lives in West Fourth
street The shutters Of the bay win
dow in the diuing-room Of his large
frame house we're open, and IN the
center Of The window stood a small
stand on which rested a polished old
gold japanese tray. Upon this tray
the lightning imprinted the photograph
of Miss Lillian Paul, young lady
about eighteen years Of age, who had
lust stepped to the table TO remove it.
The case is said 10 be the only one on
record, and will be scientifically inVes-
tigated.-N. J.. SztQ.
"A good joke was played on the
rihemen of Brunswick, Ga, while they
were on drill recently. Colonel Dart put
them through a few cvOlutiOns, and
then read to them a fictitious letter
purDorting to come from Washington
asking him how many men be cOuld
muster to go 10 the Mexican frontier ~
once. Surprise not unmixed with con
sternation superseded the iollitY that
had existed but q moment before. The
bows. however, soon rallied, and almost
TO unit declared that il would be inn
possible for them to ''go to Mexico just
yet, as both their business and incli-
nation c0unseled their remaining in
Brunswick When the hoax was dis
covered, however, there was no little
chagrin among them that they had not
acted differently Chtcag0 Times.
q Long-Lost Relative.