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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11

THE new club house Of the Verein
Freundschaft, rich German Society Of
New York City, was opened the other
night 10 cost $3.50 600 and has a ball room
13Ox62 feet
MICHAEL CROW, IA plasterer, was stabbed
20 death at New York on the lst during an
alteration with his brother-in law, and
died soon after Crows nssailant was ar
rested. This was the first murder Of the
new year and tho criminal stands a good
chance of being the first to suffer death by
electricity.
GovEHNoR HILL was iuaugurated for
third term at Albany, ~ ", on the 1st.
In his message he denounced the use of
money in elections. So
FoR the year 1888 the exports of gold
from New York were So, $40, All, and the
imports were S5,94i, ,S69 "a net loss Of S26, %
426, l02. In 1887 the exports were SO, ASS, 800
and the imports SSs,G42, 450, a net gain Of
S82, 1888 $50,
JOHN A. MACKAY, the comedian, mys-
teriously disappeared from New York re-
Gently. lie left note indicating that he
had wandered OF in a ne OF insanity.
THE New Hampshire Constitutional con-
vention assembled at Concord, n. H., on
the 2d and organized.
Two young men named Erb and
Schroeder were blown to pieces near
SUmmertown, Pa, recently by the explo-
sion Of half a bucket OF dynamite.
THE dies for 1883, numbering about 500,
were destroyed at the Philadelphia mint
ON tho 2d.
THE American Steel Barge Company, OF
Buffalo, n. Y, has filed a certificate of in
corporation. The capital stock is $500 O00
Two boys broke through the ice on
GIeason's pond, at South birmingham
Mass, while skating the other day, as did
Al ~ hsaH. h, hot fae
ance, and three-Charles aud Fred St.
Peters aud Johnny Ryau--were drowned.
They were between ten and fourteen years
old.
A QUANTITY Of dynamite was exploded
on the tracks Of the Philadelphia s Read
ing railroad at Mahuuoy Plaine, Pa, the
other night and four dwellings were
partly wrecked and the town badly shaken
up. The explosive is supposed TO have
been placed ON the trucks by train wreck
ors. No one was injured.
TIRE stables OF the paving and health
departments OF Boston were burned on the
"a. Ten thousand bushels of grain and
seventy tons Of hay were destroyed The
buildings cost $4,000. Two firemen were
hEyt by falling tmbers.
Tax iron cross hFs experimental with
by the Peunsy lvauia railroad near Jersey
City, n. J., have proved failures.
JOHN WALTER, a submarine diver Of
Philadelphia, while az work on the bottom
Of a vessel recently Cos the air line en-
tangled about his feet and when finally
rescued was almost dead.
TIE Friend electric sugar rennin z pro-
cess 20 operate which a company was
formed in New York, Is said 70 have been
a huge svindIe. Tbs "secret," so care
fully hidden, was merely a blind to sell
stock, Tor TO. pound of raw sugar was
ever refined.
The granite monument 90 Clusters Mich
igan cavalry brigade at Gettysburg Pa,
has been finished. lt is twelve feet square
az the base nnd 70 tv six feet high.
REv. FJFI.DuR ISRAEL. pastor OF the
First Unitarian Church. of Salem, Mass.
committed suicide recently. His mind
was unbalanced.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
OKLAHOMA.
Troops Under Orders to ExpeI Intruders-
Foolish Invasion

Troops Under Orders to ExpeI Intruders-
A Abolish Invasion.
PURCELL. I. T., Jan. 5.-The Oklahoma
invasion is coming to climax and ex-
citement is intense. Springer City, Okla
homa, town of about {, 900 inhabitants, is
under martial law. The mayor and city
treasurer have gone, and the United States
troops are ordering all citizens out. This
city is overrun with fugitives from the
promised land"
Late Thursday night the troops stationed
in the Territory received orders to remove
all settlers who are now locating claims in
the vicinity of Oklahoma City, Purcell and
Springer. Reinforcements from Fort
Reno are expected to join troop B, United
States cavalry, near Oklahoma City, and
move on the settlers in the morning.
As might be supposed those who have
gone into the Territory to take unlawful
possession of claims are of the reckless
kind, and, therefore, trouble of a serious
nature is apprehended at any moment. A
collision between the soldiers and invaders
is hourly expected and there may be
bloodshed.
The invaders have acted very foolishly
in making their move at this time. The
Springer bill is pending and even if they
were permitted to remain they would gain
no rights in the event of its passage.
They are evidently a set of Adventures
who do not understand the legal status of
the matter and will come to grief with only
their trouble for their pains. OF all the
raids into Oklahoma this latest one is the
most foolish and inexcusable. -
GOVERNMENT PREPARATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The authorities
at the War Department discredit the
rumOrs of an attempted invasion cf Okla
homa by "boomers," " but say significantly
that preparation has been made to repulse
and punish all efforts in that direction.
The commanders of United States troops
located in and about Oklahoma are fully
instructed concerning the course to be
pursued, and are on the alert although no
reports have been received at the War
Department indicating in the slightest
any incursion of "boomers." The depart
ment officials say, however, that they
would be greatly relieved if Congress, at
the present session, would settle the Okla
homa issue, and either throw open the
lands to settlement and provide a Terri
torial Government, OF pass such laws as
would definitely determine the question
of title. Troops are kept in the field at
great discomfort and expense and it is not
an agreeable duty to the army to be on
war footing against citizens and would be
settlers, endeavoring to Oassertrights which
the Government expressly denies and or
ders the military authorities to repel by
force of arms.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
BISMARCK SICK.
The German Chancellor Indisposed-Lives
Lost in Italy and Spain-Earthqualke in
Costa Rfea-Fte

The German Chancellor IndispOsed-Lives
Lost in Italy and Spain Earthquake in
Costa Rfea-Etc.
BERLIN, Jan. 4,-Great anxiety is felt
over the condition of Prince Bismarck's
health, Much excitement is evinced in
this city over the report that the Chancel-
lor IS worse. Five thousand kilograms Of
inquiry and sympathy have been received
at Freiderichsruhe. The attending ply
sicians have ordered implicit rest for their
patient, and he will not come to Berlin for
some time. Count Herbert Bismarck will
remain for the present with his father.
Lieutenant Wissman, who is now en-
ployed solely by the Government, will or
ganize the colonial troops in East Africa.
PASSENGERS PERISH.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. At SaluAi-
tichi, near Tifis, in Georgia, a train be-
came blocked in an immense snowdrift,
and before aid could be sent fourteen pas
sengers perished from the intense cold and
many were badly frostbitten, The party
which started out to rescue the impeTiled
passengers lost their way and died in the
snow
CAUSED SENSATION.
QUEBEC, Jan. 4.-The annuIing of the
election to the local house of Hon. James
McShane and disqualification for personal
bribery by the court of review have caused
a great sensation here, and especially
among the Irish Catholics, who recognized
him as their mouthpiece.
EARTHQUAKES.
SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua, Jan. A.
San Jose, Costa Rica, was the scene on the
night of December % and the morning of
December 80 of a series of earthquake
shocks of great severity. At AIajuela
eight persons were killed and many were
injured.
TWENTY SEVEN KILLED.
MADRID, Jan. Am explosion of fire
damp has occurred in a colliery in the
province of Ovieda. Twenty seven per-
sons were killed and many were injured.
TWELVE KILLED.
ROME, Jan. 4.-The floods have done
much damage. In one house, which col
lapsed, twelve persons were killed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
FOREIGNERS WARNED.
The Edmunds Panama Resolution II
ported Back FavOrabIy.

The Edmunds Panama Resolution Re-
ported Back Favorab1y.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-Mr. Sherman,
from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
reported back to the Senate to-day favor
ably Mr.. Edmunds' joint resolution as &C
the Panama canal as follows:
ResOLUed, That the Government OF the United
States win look with serious concern and disap
proval on any connection OF any European Gov
ernment with the construction. or control OF
any ship canal across the isthmus of Darienf OF
across Central America, and must regard ans
such connection or. e8htFel as injurious TO the
just rights and interests of1he United States
and as a menace to their welfare.
ResOkBed, That the President be authorized
to communicate this expression of the views Of
Congress to the Government OF the countries OF
Europe.
The resolution was placed on the calen-
dar and Mr.. Sherman gave notice that he
would Tomorrow ask for its consideration
and he hoped it would receive the unani-
nous approval of the Senate.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
1T WAS DISTRESSING
The Mortal Agony of Mr.. and HKT
BIushy's First Separation.

The Mortal Agony of Mr.. and Mrs.
1Iushy's First Separation.
It was by the merest accident that
happened to hear the following dis
tressing conversation between young
Mr.. and Mrs. Mushy. They had just
returned from their wedding tour. and
were about to undergo the mortal
agony of their first separation, for
Mushy was going back to his Office
desk, there to remain for four long,
weary, dreadful hours.
@How shall 1 ever live a t0hoIe half
day without you, dearie?n whispered
Mrs. Mushy.
''You won't miss me much, will you,
darlingP"
MSS youP o Horacer'
Ever and ever so much? ?''
Every moment will seem an ags!"
"My darling!'
''And you will come home just as
soon as ever you can, dearie?"
''You bnot0 that will"
80 Horace! I'm so gladr'
''Glad you are my own dear little
wifeyP"
"Yes, darling"
I'm thousand. thousand times
gladr'
you old darling!"
"But now l really must gol"
90 Horace!"
There, there! The little girly mustnt
cry"
II just can't help it, Horace. It's so
hard to see you go! Why must we eUer
be separated for a single boWr? 1t is Too
cruelr'
but I'll be back so soon. Be a
brave little woman!"
80 Horace! / cGnt!"
but you must. I'm not worth cry
ing for"
''Yes you are, too"
'Indeed I'm not Birdie"
Indeed, you are!"
"Well, well, sweetheart, I'm of
now. just one more kiss.
He took dozen, and gasped out:
Just one more. ~
I've a mind to keep tight hold OF
you, and not let you go at ALL" she
whispered.
What would you do with ugly old
me around all the timer"
"rd be the bapptest s0onsGH in all the
wide aOorld!"
"NoPn
II aCougd!"
you don't love me that muchP"
"LoUe you? . Horace!n
you little precious!''
You dear old boy!'
He took another, and another, and
few more. She also seemed to be help
ing herself to a bountiful supply.
Then he said:
Goodbye, darling, "---"Is it time
for you to really Indeed it Is.
Goodbye, Birdie. - ''Go-o-o-d-bye--
precious!-Are you sure your watch
isn't too ?"-"Oh, it's just right.
Goodbye, wifey, dear. ''-''B ''Bye-bye.
darling. Come home just the minute
you can. Yes, indeed; I'll run all
the way. ''--'sYou dear fellowl Good
byer'--s' Goodbye. Throw me
kiss" "Bye-bye, my treasure boyr'
The door bangs and hear him go
down the steps, and think the agony
is ended. But the next moment the
door opens, his head pops in, and he
says:
Just one moro kiss; couldn't go
without it" He doesn't go without II
and good many others beside, and
gasps: ''Now l am Off!'
Then he goes out to the corner, walk
ing backward half the way, and aut-
tering his handkerchief catch sight
of dainty little bit Of cambric waving
from a window below my room, and l
drop into chair in all the querulous-
ness and cynicism of my old bachelor
hood and say:
well, hope to goodness it will
last; but just don't believe it will. II
/ felt sure it would, - don't know
but I'd get married myself "-ZeHas
Dane, i11 Puck.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
Abuse of Police Powers.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 4-GeorEe McFadden,
the partner of Prentice Tiller, the express
rObber. was before Judge Noonan, day,
in a city appeal case. He was fined $3.50
by Judge Cady, for drawing q revolver on
Detectives McGrath and Connors when
they attempted to arrest a crook named
Reilley in his saloon. Judge NoOnan dis
charged McFadden, holding that he had
not resisted the officers in a discharge Of
duty, but in a usurpatiOn of power, and
that he was justified in protecting Reilley
from them. The officers did not want
Reilley for any crime and did not suspect
him of any particular offense, but merely
wanted to arrest him ON general principles.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
Tncn On Ifnnnr.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 4.-Governor Luce
was inaugurated at two O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. A considerable portion of his
address was devoted to the temperance
question, upon which he said in part:
Believing that the sentiment of a larger
portion of the State is ripe and ready for
it. 1 commend TO your consideration the
passage of a local option law if one can be
devised free from constitutional objections.
If our Constitution prohibits US from Sc
curing an efficient law for localities, it
does not prohibit a general proh bitory
law, and If we are denied other oppor-
tunitjes, no doubt IN the future this course
will be resOrted to -
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11

CHICAGO Jan, fl. T. Brooks, general
solicitor of the Pennsylvania railroad,
lives in Salem. o., in the county adjoining
that in which Congressman Mckinley
lives. Talking Of him yesterday he said:
'fMr. Mckinley dined with me several
weeks ago before the Speakership contest
had developed 10 any great extent He
seemed to me TO be in a passive attitude
regarding the matter and not disposed 20
make hot fight for it. He can not afford
to run the risk OF making enemies and he
can not avoid making them IL he is chosen
Speaker. There IS bigger game for him in
the future. II he waits there Is no Office in
the country 50 great that he may not have
it"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
Trouble Feared.

MACON, No, Jan. 5.-Thursday a large
number Of miners from Huntsville, Renick
and other mining towns III this vicinity
visited the mines Of the Kansas & Texas
Coal Company at Mayheld, three miles
west of ExcellO, in this county, where the
200 miners were working for 80 cents ton
and making from = to S3 a day. The
price paid was less thaa elsewhere. The
delegation was composed of members Of
the Miners Federation, whose leaders
had determined tnat men should not work
at Excello for 50 cents a ton. A conferences
was first held, at which the Exceiio miners
expressed themselves as perfectly satisfied
with the wages paid and refused 10 quit
work.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-Hon. James g..
Blaine arrived in Washington yesterday
afternoon, He came from New York Mr..
Blaine submitted to a brief interview last
evening. He said he had come here on no
political business. He had come to ar
range with builders to put up house on
some property near Dupont circle. He
will build this house to rent. He said he
would be here for a few days, and that
when he left it would be to 60 to Indian
apolis to call on Mr.. Harrison.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11

DURING the year isSS. forty vessels Of
~ SIS tons. wholly or partially owned in
st. John, n. b. were swept out Of ex-
istence. Their value is estimated at $780,,
GOO
Mr.. GLADSTONE deuies the London
Tablets story that he favors international
arbitration 20 fix the status of the Pope's
temporal sovereignty.
rT eclipse of the sun January 1, was
observed generally under favorable
conditions.
TuE Republicans of all shades of Paris
have decided % unite on a candidate 10
oppose General Boulaugcr.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
The Easiest 70 Walk.

Admiring Young Lady (tO Actor)-
What line OF acting do you most pro-
fer to follow, Mr.. Poser?
ActOr-A straight line, as much an
possible, miss.
Admiring Young Lady-A straight
linel J don't quite understand, Mr.
Poser.
Actor (who had often counted ties)
Its the shortest distance between
two points, you know. w.--Detro& fres
Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11

Fourteen doctors and a squad Of
medical students made a descent on
the schools OF Portland, Ore, and
vaccinated the unsuspectiug pupils
Five hundred and thirty were disposed
Of IN a single day.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11

The printers would ike copy r ight.
too. II would save them a good deal
Of trouble.-BosE0H Post.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
Preparing the Soil for Seeding.

The depth to which the plow should
be run depends on tho character Of the
soil and the kind of crop to be grown.
Wheat and beans require a deeper range
of feeding area than barley. The stiff
est and poorest soils generally need
more working than good land. Another
point to be kept in view is this, CONTRA
dictory as the statement may seem: that
while tillage loosens a stiff soil, it has
the opposite effect on naturally light
and porous soil This arises from the
fact that sandy soil, by being frequently
stirred, becomes finer and finer in it's
grains or particles, which renders its
density greater and porosity less. The
harrows and clod crusher will have an
important part to play in the farm oper-
ations Of the next few months. Any
roughness on the surface must be thor
oughly wrought down. It is impossible
to cover the seed satisfactorily with the
soil in lumpy masses, while much of the
plant feeding ingredients are thus locked
up. The advantages of fine tilth are
manifold, but the principal of these are
% that it increases the absorbent and re-
tentive powers of the soil, and (2) that it
renders the inert materials, organic and
Inorganic, convertible into soluble plant
food.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
Potatoes for Seed.

The selection of seed is very impor-
tant matter Whether one imports fresh
seed from another farm and district or
continues to use home grown potatoes,
a selection of the healthiest tubers must
be made. No crop benefits more from a
frequent change of seed than potatoes,
and this is all the more commendable Oh
account Of the increasing liability to dis
ease
The use of new seed will do much to
prevent loss in this way, while it invari-
ably results in substantially increasing
the crop. An English authority claims
that the seed ought to come from an
earlier climate to a later, but of infinitely
greater Importance is it that they como
from a sharp, warm soil to a heavier and
colder Such change will in all likeli-
hood hasten the maturing of the tubers,
though it's effect in this way will depend
largely upon the exposure of the land in
which they are grown. With a southern
exposure the old seed might attain ma
turity earlier than new from an earlier
climate under different circumstances.
A southern exposure will, in nine cases
out of every ten, bring the crop to ma
turity ten days earlier than any other.
The preparation of sets for this years
crop should not be put off till the hour
of planting After being cut, if cut at
all, they should be spread out on the
barn floor or similar place several weeks
before being planted. The object of this
is to allow them to dry and form an arti-
fetal skin over the wound. This pre-
vents the juice of the potato from escap-
ing or being drawn out by the earth.
They should on no account be laid aside
in heap or thick pile. They are liable
to heat and lose fertility when stored in
this fashion; no doubt many of the dis
appointing blanks SO often to be seen in
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
Wire Worms.

w 1IG w OImS.
Prominent among farm pests are wire
worms, which occur in all parts of our
country. There is scarcely cultivated
plant that is not more or less infested by
them. and. working, as they do, beneath
the surface of the ground, they are ex-
tremely difficult to reach and destroy.
The noxious wire worms are slender
grubs of yellowish white color and un-
usually hard bodies. The form and
density of their bodies suggest their COM
mon name The body consists of the
head and twelve segments The head is
distinct and extended horizo&tally but
with no neck Wire worms are the larvae
of click beetles, and the members of this
family are easily recognized by the form
of their bodies and by peculiar habit
that has given them the popular names
or click beetles, swapping bugs and skip
jacks.
Without going into the details Of ex-
periments made at the Cornell University
station by Professor Comstock, it is suf-
ficient to say that the most feasible
method of preventing the ravages of the
worms was found to be III trapping and
poisoning the beetles before they had
laid their eggs rather than in attempting
to destroy the larvae after they are par
TALLY grown. Fresh clover and sweet
ened cornmeal dough were the most at
tractive bats. The best results in poison
ing were with small punches of freshly
cut clover dipped in solution Of Paris
green and covered with boards to pre-
vent the drying out of the clover. Such
poisoned bats can easily be distributed
once or twice a week in the early part of
summer, and it is recommended that,
where troublesome, these pests be fought
in that way.
Other experiments demonstrated that
the beetles fly both by day and by night
but are most active in the night time;
also that although they fly readily, they
seek their food chiefly by running over
the surface of the ground. Experience
at the station and the testimony of writer's
on the subject show that these wire
worms are much more likely to do seri-
GUS injury in land that has remained in
grass q number of years, and upon low
grounds of peaty quality and black
color.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
Agricultural Colleges.

Georgia is to have an agricultural ex-
pertinent station. with Commissioner j.
T. Henderson at the head Of it.
~ bill has been introduced into the
New York legislature which appropriates
100000 to establish schools for teaching
the art and practice of dairying, includ-
ing the best modes Of making butter and
cheese. The schools are to be in charge
of the dairy commissioners Of the state;
skilled professors and tutors are to be
employed. The art OF raising poultry is
to be included
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
A Good Wagon Jack.

The following description and illustra-
ton of a wagon jack is contributed by
Ohio Farmer. To make one like the
model take two pieces q inches wide
and feet inches long, and two pieces
Of the Same width, q feet long, Make
the handle or lever Of tough wood The
notched piece is made out of board
four inches wide, and cut to the desired
height of jack, which is determined by
the wagon or vehicle, Cover the notches
with hoop iron, to preserve them from
bruising and mashing. Five bolts are
needed
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
RcneHvs Her Youth.

Mrs. Phmbe ChesIey, Peterson, Clay Co.
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story
the truth of which is vouched for by the resi-
dents oftlle town Il am 73 years old, have
been troubled with kidney complaint and
lameness tOrma years; could not dress
myself without help. Now am free from
all pain and soreness and am able to do all
my own hOusework. owe my thanks to
Electric Btters for having renewt myyouth
and removed completely all disease and
pain" Try bottle. 80 cts and 81. ut w. A..
Allen & Co.'s. 4
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03

the potato crop are attributable to mis-
management of this sort. Many growers
sprinkle a little gypsum over the sets
that are spread out in waiting for seed
ing time for the express purpose of en-
couraging the healing up of the wound
where the potato has been cut.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
A SATISFACTORY WAGON JACK.

The cut shows just how to make this
jack which will raise wheel with
heavy load on wagon if necessary, It
is wide at the base, SO that a wagon cam
not move forward or backward while it
is in use. Make it of seasoned elm, if
practicable, paint it, and keep it under
E:OVor