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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
CUBAN BONDS.

Oae Western Bidder Wants the Whole
Issue at Sixty Per. Cent-Great Rejoicing
at the Junta Headquarters In New York
City.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Cubans at the
Junta headquarters, in New street,
are pleased at information that has
leaked out that all the Cuban bonds
lately put on the market by the revo-
lutionary party havebeen asked for by
one bidder. who offers 60 per cent. in
cash. A favorable confirmation of the
news came from benjamin ]. Guerra,
the treasurer of the Cuban delegation.
and also treasurer of the bond
committee. Mr.. Guerra said:
I'VE have an offer from single bid
der for all the bonds that we have now
on the market, and his offer Is under
consideration. We printed bonds
worth $40, 600, 900, but decided to offer
only 100000 For the bonds now
on the market we have sufficient bids.
These are for all sums, but we have
already one bid for the full amount
This bid came from a western man,
who represents syndicate of capital
lists. He wants all of the So 600, 900
and will pay go per cent. for them.
He is now on his way to New York to
perfect the transaction"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
The ozark cider Case.

Senator Harris has been informed by
Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller
in the case against the Ozark Cider and
Vinegar Company, seizure for the viola
tion Of the internal revenue laws, that
the treasury officials acquit the COM
pany Of all intentional violation of the
law, although the infraction thereof
must be taken cognizance Of by the de-
partment The authorities at Memphis
have sent repor5 on the case TO the
treasury, which has not yet been sub
mitted to Senator Harris, who is trying
to shield the parties from prosecution
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
A Deed of Darkness.

A few nights ago some unknown MIC
creants went to the sawmill of ID. j.
Dismukes, which is located near Cot
tontown, Sumner county, and started
up steam, and left the mill. In a shtr rt
time the fire from the furnace ignited
the building, which soon burned to the
ground. A number of neigh bors,
alarmed by the sound of the whistle
and the falling building, rushed to the
scene, where they succeeded in saving
the greater portion of the lumber
stacked near the mill. This was the
most valuable sawmill in the county,
but has been rendered worthless by the
fire. The mill cost something like
S4, 900, and was not insured. The whole
affair is shrouded in mystery. The mill
had been shut down for several days,
and no work had been done for thirty
six hours.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS
p.seharged the Phy.lolans.

A decision was rendered by Judge
Moon at Chattanooga last week in a
habeas corpus case that is very interest
ing to the medical profession and estab-
fishes a precedent. On February Is
Mrs. Malinda Baker, wife of a con-
tractor living in one of the suburbs,
died under the knife of the surgeons OF
heart failure while under the influence
of chloroform, which had been admin
istered to permit an operation to remove
a malignant growth from the left upper
jaw. Drs. r. J. Trippe and Ii. B. Will
son, the surgeons, were arrested on a
warrant charging them with murder, in
that they were criminally negligent in
administering the chloroform, or their
negligence caused the patient to be
strangled by the flow of blood incident
to the operation. At the preliminary
hearing they were bound over to the
circuit court DR.. Wilson was surren-
dered by his bondsmen 80 that habeas
corpus proceedings could be brought.
Judge Moon, after hearing the evidence,
denounced the case as being without
character in fact, law or morals and dis
charged the defendants and instructed
the attorney general to see that the
case was not brought before the gaand
iuPv
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
The "wherefores and whenccness."


The "WherefOres aud Whenceness."
Naturally of course there was a wom-
an in the case as usual. 1t was the rail
road on one side and old Misses Gar
ner-one of these plain, old, flint-and
steel women-on the other side. And
in the general wind-up if that old lady
| didn't show out ahead of the game she
made the other side more than willin
to take out and quit even.
Now as to the wherefores and the
whenceness thereof-it would seem
like the railroad has been runnin of
its cars so wild and reckless here lately
till they had killed off a whole passle
of Misses Gamers chickens and ducks
and the like of that-which, you under
stand, she lives right there on the bluffs
of gravel cut. She had took her foot
and hand and went up to the station
two or three times and put in her claim
for damages, but the railroad wouldn I
cough up worth a cent. The agent told
her that they didn't pay for nothin
less than a hog, and she would have to
learn her chickens better sense than to
run back and forth across the railroad
tracks.
But finally at last one day last week
heavy loaded freight train run over
the old Iady's turkey hen-"and her
settin on IA eggs''-and mashed her
into thousand odds and ends and scat
tered fragments.
That was one too many for Misses
Garner. She fused and stormed and
cried, and stormed and cried and fused
till she saw that wouldn't even pay her
for her time and trouble, and then she
tore off and pitched out up the road to
the station, with her fly bonnet in one
hand and the feet and tail feathers of
lrer dead turkey hen in the other.
She went up there to see the agent,
and she saw him. She told her terri
bic story in plain United States and
give out some of her strong personal
opinions in regards to the railroads
and the railroad men. But it was also
pluperfect vanity and vexation of spirit.
lie wouldn't pay her continental red
cent for her turkey, to say nothin of the
package on chickens.
81 amt nothin but a pore widder
woman" says the old | ady as she
walked ont through the crowd and
started off on her return back home.
'but bless the heavens, am 16 hands
high and heavy as buckshot. 1 was
livin right there before the railroad
was built, and right there 1 will live
till the last final shower comes and ]
have to go in. But in the mainline I
am jest 16 hands high and heavy as
buckshot!"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
JUMPED THE TRACK.
Fright Accident to a Street Car at De-
troit, Mich.


DETROIT, Mich, May 4-Motor car
IS of the Detroit railway jumped the
track in rounding the curve at the
corner of Parquette avenue and Hast
ings street, at an early hour yesterday
morning, injuring the motorman and
three passengers more or less seri-
ously.
The motorman was unfamiliar with
the route, and the car was running at
rapid rate of speed when it struck
the curve. 1t jumped free of the
tracks, ran 40 feet over the pavement,
jumped the curbstone and crashed into
an iron trolley pole, badly wrecking
the body of the car.
Motorman John Hart and Miss
Martha Winkler. a passenger, were the
most seriously hurt They were re-
moved to Harper hospital, and both
will recover.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
PRISONERS MURDERED

And Reported as Killed In Battle-Mere
Children Among the Victims.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 4.-Rev.
Alberto Diaz, Southern Baptist mis-
sionary expelled from Cuba by Wey
Ter, in a long interview, tells appalling
stories of atrocities being committed
by Spaniards. In the last two weeks
in the rural districts of San Miguel del
Pardron and Minas, Mr.. Diaz says Col.
Fondeville has had more than one
hundred persons butchered, and then
reported them to the outside world as
having been killed in battle. Among
those killed were children 12 and 13
years old. The victims were compelled
to dig their own graves before being
shot
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
And She "Riled the Pot,


Patient and long-sufferin reader
maybe you don't know the old lady Gar
ner. But all them that have scraped
up acquaintance with her can tell you
that she is red-headed and rantanker-
Gus and come from fghtin stock. You
couldn't burn the woods and sift the
ashes and find another one exactly like
her.
From the station she struck a bee
line and burnt the wind for home, and
durin the balance of that day she was
the gonebyest most busiest woman in
the round created world. She dreened
the ash barrel for lye, and raked and
scraped the kitchen for soap grease.
Then she made the necessary mixtry
Cor lye soap, and built a roarin big fire
and billed the pot. She billed it high and
she billed it hot, and she stirred it with
sassafrass stick to make the soap
particular thick and stick.
But that want all-not by whole
tremendous big lot. In the still and sol
emn hours of the night she went forth
and got her old soap gourd and toted
that pot of fresh lye soap down to the
Idl1Odd. &1ud Bic dl01 Z sup biCAN e
She took and poured and smeared that
soap on the steel rails for 200 yards.
When the days work was done, and
when Misses Garner laid her poor old
body down to rest that night you may
know she was weary with the
storms and trials and tribulations of
this vain and feetin world. But
in my own mind have no
doubt but what the last words she
spoke before she fell of to sleep the
sleep of the just were: Sixteen hands
high, and heavy as buchshot."
The next time you go over there TO
the gravel cut if you will stop and look
up and down the railroad you can see
the tremendous heavy grades both ways
Right frequent it comes to pass that
heavy loaded trains run down To stall
and dead stop along there-psrticular
soon after rain when the track is wet
and slick.
But when It comes to maxim things
slippery and slick a little rain water
amt nothin to whole passel Of fresh
soft soap. So consequentialIy that
right when the next freight train come
thunderin down the road it had to stop
over there at the gravel cut BY and by
another one come thunderin up the
road and when it struck the gravel cut
the heavy grade and old Misses Garner's
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
sunday school Conferenee.

Nashville, May 1.-The Tennessee
Conference Annual Sunday School con-
vention began a three-days' session here
today. Most of those in attendance
upon the Epworth League convention
remained over to take part in the pro-
ceedings. Capt. j. w. Irwin of Nc
Minnville was made president of the
convention and T. S. McCord of Pulaski
secretary. Quite number of papers
bearing on Sunday School work were
read and discussed during the day.
John r. Pepper and Judge L. Ii. Estes
of Memphis took a prominent part in
the proceedings. East Tennessee does
not seem to be very largely represented.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
DEATH-sED CONFESSION
James waIdon COnfesses to the Murder
of Paul sprague.


RUsHvILLE, Ind.,. May flames
Walden, a landed farmer living in the
eastern part of the county, on con-
sumptive's death-bed, Saturday, con-
fessed to the murder of Paul Sprague
Is years ago.
The motive of the murderer was
unknown. Sprague was an exemplary
young man and was to have been mar
ried on the day following the night of
his murder.
Walden, who has confessed to the
killing, said he was jealous of
Sprague He was in love with a Miss
Collins a young woman who was to
become the wife of Sprague. Miss
Collins. was prostrated with grief over
the death of her intended husband,
and died in few months after the
murder.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
WALTER DYGERT
Thinks He Has Excellent Grounds for
Damages Againt Spain.

WOODSTOCK, ILL.,, May 4.-Walter
Dygert, the young man from this
county, who was recently released
from Cuban prison, has not arrived
here as yet. His father has received a
letter from Tampa saying he was we'll
and would start for home in few
days. He says he believes he has ex-
cellent grounds for a damage suit
against Spain. and that he is collect
ing evidence for use in the suit. He
will take no active steps, he adds, un-
til he consults with Representative
Hopkins and others instrumental in
securing his release
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
General Grozvonor's Weekly Statement
CT Nc Hinley Delegates.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Gen. Gros-
venor gave out his weekly statement
of Mckinley delegates last night. He
claims the election of 4a5 who are in
structed or pledged to the Ohio candi-
date. He points out that there are
LIS votes still unsolicited, and claims
That Mckinley will have more than
one hundred of that number.
He furthermore states that there arc
unnamed and unclaimed delegates east
of the Allegheny mountains among
the delegates counted for other candi-
dates who win support Mckinley.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
FamIIiar Onotatlnna.

Andy Lucas-Free silver is one Of
them things you hear tell of so durn frc-
quent, and see so durn never.
Aunt Nancy Newton--The more see
Of men the better love dogs.
Blew Scroggins-It is better to play
the hands we hold than draw to others
we know not of.
Bunk Weatherford-There is some
thin wrong with a man when his re-
ligion makes him sorry and his politics
makes him mad RUFUs SANDERS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
Potentates who Never Move.

There are but two European poten-
tates who manage to get along without
change of residence. They are the pope
of Rome and the sultan of Turkey. The
sultan has never left Constantinople
since he agcended the throne in such
tragic circumstances 10 years ago, and
his holiness has remained within tho
precincts since the triple tiara was
placed upon his head.-Chicago News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
NO POLITICAL REFORMS
Until the InsurrectiOn In Cuba is Sup
pressed.

Madrid, May 4.-The Heraldo pub
fishes what purports to be a report of
an interview with Capt.-Gen. Weyler
in Havana. wherein Weyler is alleged
to have expressed the opinion that it
viii require two years to suppress the
rebellion in Cuba, and that it will be
necessary to postpone all political re
forms on that island until the instr
rection is crushed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
NOT SO BAD, AFTER ALL.
Report that the Competitor Had Landed
Her Mon and Munitions Be-
fore Capture.

1oro capture.
TAMPA, Fla, May At is stated on
authority which is considered reli-
able, that the ammunition, guns and
supplies carried by the Competitor
were successfully landed in Cuba and
are now safe in the hands of the in
surgents. 1t is stated that Alfredo Ia
BOrde, who commanded the expedi-
ton, woman and child apd two
men were all the persons found on the
boat when captured. The statement
is made that he had landed his men
and munitions of war and had started
to come back to Key West when he
was overhauled by the Spanish gun
boat. official information is expected
in a day or so which will confirm this
story
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08


ron the spring circuit last week there
around Rocky Creek-me and Mart
Mayo. We pitched in, we did, and had
a fight, which do reckon it was way
yonder the most alloyerest fool fight
that has ever come to pass in all this
pleasant strip of country.
From all the general appearments IL
would seem like Mart hac went to town
that day to a political ratification OF
some sort, and in the mainline he had
climbed up on the outside of more
sperits-of-cats-aigh off and on, than
was comm for his share. At any rates.
when he come along by our house on
his return back home from town he was
tanl1ed up to a ratio of about sixteen
drinks to one spoonful Of brains, and
jest naturally one-sided and spilin for
a fight.
Hitwas now way into the shank of the
evenin, and 1 had went down in the
oats field looking for dewberries and
guinea nests, when old Mart hove in
sight. He was ridin his mule in a swing
in gallop, reelin and roclSin and whoopin
and cussin to beat six bits. He rid out
to the fence and waved his hand for me
and l went on down to see what in the
round created world was the matter
with him.
"Rufe Sanders" says Mart, soon as I
got up in talkin distance, II would love
to have fight. BY gads, do rally want
TO have a fight. Dadburned if amt
jest naturally got TO have flght!" says
Re, in loud voice. And then he lent
way over on his mules neck and shet
one eye to see for certain that there
want more than one of me.
81 am with you, Mart, right or wrong,
and if you need any help you know
right where to send and git it," says /.
''Who is the other man?"
"You!-you dadburned double-jintedy
box-ankled idiot! Your time has
come" says Mart, and with that he
rolled off of his mule and crawled right
on out of his coat.
''But me and you have always been
good friends, Mart" says I, "and so far
as 1 know there amt nothin for us TO
fight about"
THAT don't make a continental durn
bit of difference with me-" says Mart.
II am 40 years old, / weigh 1863 pounds
and 1 use to live in Texas. / want To
fight, and fight I must"
By this time Mart had got his bristles
up and was foamin at the mouth, and
seein that nothin would do him but q
fight, / pulled off and we pitched in.
Naow Mart is whole lot the best man
between us two for common, but OWN
to the sperits he had put under his Sun
day shirt it was six with one and about
half dozen with the other.
So there we had it-up and down
and over and under. 1T was who should
and who shouldn't-which was which
and who was who. Presently Mart he
backed under the shade of some sweet
gum bushes in a jam Of the fence and
called for time.
ut is too burned internal hot and
sweltry to fight this thing out TO
finish this evenin, Rufe," says Mart.
"Spose we rejourn the meetin tenn
porarily?"
AS to me, / was only goin through the
motions to please Mart, and the wealth
er was scandlous hot. So we both laid
down our hands and quit.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
bursting OF q Steam Pipe.

w. p. Faulkner, Robert Glover and
Miss Mamie Young were seriously in
jured by the bursting Of steam pipe in
the woolen mills at Nashville lastweek.
The explosion created a stampede
among the employees and number were
injured in the rush to escape. The
damage to property is slight.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
THREE MORE PRISONERS
From the Competitor ExpedItIon-On,
Drvoured by a Shark.

Devoured by Shark.
HAVANA, May 4.-The steamer Tri-
ton has arrived with three prisoners
from the Competitor expedition, who
were captured on the shore. The
fourth man threw himself in the sea-
The Triton guards fired number of
shots at him, but failed to hit him, and
the passengers saw the swimmer torn
to pieces by sharks. The names of the
men brought are Ramon and Crescen-
clio Gomez and Eusbio Alonzo. They
are now confined in Cabanas prison.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

is a woman's S
will and she
wants to have
her way. And
c consequential o
ly they had a
tremendous big
ruccus and con i
+ II S ion m ent
over at t h {
gravel cut,
three m i | e S
d o w IL below
t h e railroad
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
Crops in DeKalb.

Crops in DeKalb county are all good
except oats. Too much rain has fallen
for them and unless change for the
better comes to the oats, that crop will
be slim this year. A good many farm
ers are not yet done planting corn on
account of so much rain. The fruit crop
is all good but the winesap apple.
There will be more clover cut in this
county this year than ever before. A
good rain fell last week, which will
start the weeds to clinking, but the
farmers have plenty of plows, cultiva-
tors and double shovels, and when the
ground gets dry enough they will mako
the weeds hustle.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
Condition of the state Treasury.

The receipts and disbursements of the
State treasury for the month of April
are as follows: Receipts, S133, ,879. 90
The largest items among the receipts:
Amounts from trustees, $40, 253. %; de-
linquent taxes, SO, 1O4.Os; disburse-
ments, S191, ,67O.O1. The largest items
among the disbursements were interest
on the State debt, s49, 1S4; new peniten-
tiary expenses, S2s, ,s2s. So; main tenance
of convicts, S13, ,995.05. The balance
now in the State treasury is S6O4, ,67O.81.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
The Epworth League Conferene

Nashville, April 3O-The first annual
State conference of the Epworth
Leagues closed tonight. Morning, af-
ternoon and evening sessions were held,
and all were largely attended. Late in
the afternoon about 500 of the leaguers
were shown over the Centennial
grounds. The following officers were
elected: President, John r. Pepper,
Memphis; first vice-president, John c.
Orr, Morristown; third vice-president,
Miss Josephine Pearson, Nashville;
secretary, i. M. Thomas, Chattanooga;
treasurer, Miss Grace Williams, Nash.
vile. Later Mr.. Thomas resigned the
secretaryship and Frank e. McCord OF
Pulaski was selected to the vacancy
and the day was principally taken up
on the reading and discussing of papers,
and tonight the farewell services werc
conducted by Dr.. S. A. Steel.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

station, one day last week. They het
things up so hot and furious and raised
sich a scandlous big fuss over there, till
by gracious the air was blue for miles
around.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
RUFUS SANDERS.
& 7ries from Life in the Rocky
Greek Settlement.
The Old Lady Garner StIIl Lives at
Gravel Cut-"TwO Fools a Fightin,''
and the Weather Scan
dlous Hot.

There is most generally always way
where there is a will-particular if it
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

soft soap was too much for Il, and so
there it was. They couldn't climb over
and they had to stop. They pulled open
boxes and sanded the track free and
heavy and promiscus. But still thc
trains couldn't come across the cut.
Every time the engines snorted the
wheels would slip and run backwards
faster than they run forwards.
At the break of day next morning
there was four trains all jammed up in
a wad over there at the gravel cut, and
in the mainline they had two tail-end
collisions and ditched three loaded cars.
It took two or three railroad bosses
and the bridge gang till 12 o'clock that
day to clear up and clean off the track
and git them trains away from the
gravel cut.
The railroad people then put in and
had old Misses Garner arrested on the
general charge of trespass and pure
meanness, and she likewise also took
out papers of complement on the rail-
road claimin damages for thirteen
chickens, seven ducks and one turkey
hen-'and her settin on fourteen
eggs"
The trial come off before Justice
Doogin. The court maintained that iE
rs big a thing as a railroad couldn't
hold it's own when there was nothin
but one old widow woman at the other
end of the game they ought to take out
and quit. Whereas, he throwed the
costs on the railroad and Misses Garner
went forth oncst more a free woman.
There was some talk around in the
settlement to the extent that the case
would have to go on up higher. But
1 ruther think the railroad is more
than willin to play quits. Yet still at
the same time when they git rale hon
CRY to see the old lady Garner they will
know where to find her. She is right
there at home on the bluffs of the gravel
cut-red-headed and hard to handle
"16 hands high and heavy as buckshot."
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

Collections Made and Prompt Returns.
Money to Loan on Reasonable Terms