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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
THE DREADED CONSUMPTION
CAN Be Cure.

7. A. Slocum, NJ. c. the Great
Chemist and Scientist, Will Send
Free, to the Afflicted, Three
Bottles of His Newly Discov.
cred Remedies to Cure
Consumption and all
Lung Troubles
Confident that he has discovered
reliable cure for consumption and all
bronchial, throat and lung diseases,
general decline and weakness, loss of
flesh and all conditions of wasting,
and to make its great merits known,
he will send, free, three bottles to
any reader of the BULLETIN who
may be suffering.
Already this new scientific course Of medicine"
hss permanently cured thousands Of apparently
hopeless cases.
which he owes TO humanity-to donate his infAlli-
bic cure.
He has proved the dreaded consumption to be
durable disease beyond any doubt, aud has on hle
In his American aud European laboratories testi-
mOnals Of experience from those benefited and
rurId, in all parts Of the world.
Don't delay until it is too late. Consumption,
Address 7. A. Slccum, VI. e., 9s Pine street, New
York, and when writing the doctor, please W.
express and postofice address, and also mentio0
reading this article in the BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
THANKED BY THEIR SOVEREIGN
For Their Part in the Celebration of the
Queens Jubilee Services.

For Their Part in the Celebration of the
Queens Jubilee Services.
NEW YORK, July 26.-Through the
British consulate here, Queen Victoria
has sent-her thanks to all her subjects
in this country who celebrated her iu-
bilee. Jubilee services were held in
the Church of st. John the Evangelist
in this city, and the rector, Rev. Dr.
DeCosta, has received the following
letter:
SIR: Lhave the honor to inform you that
have to-day received a dispatch from the mar
that he has been commanded to express the
respect and attachment displayed towards her
majesty on the occasion of the special com
memorative service held in New York on June
20 last to celebrate the sjxtisth anniversary Of
her majesty's accession to the throne
As I am given 70 understand that the speci al
services at St. Johns church on the day in ques-
tion were conceived and carried out by your
self, il gives M much pleasure to convey to
you her majesty'S gracious message and at
the same time would ask you to impart the
same 10 all those whose participation il the
services contributed TO make them so great
success A. PERCY BENNETT,
Acting Consul-GeneraL
DR.. DeCosta read the letter contain
ing the queens thanks to his congre-
CATION at the morning and evening SER
vices at st. John yesterday.
The new Odd EalIopySs hail AT Hanna
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Flood of BurrIaries.

Chattanooga, July %. There has been
q perfect carnival of burglaries in this
city during the past week. On the 10th
instant there were only ten prisoners in
the county. This afternoon there were
forty-four, and every one for burglary
and larceny. and all but half dozen are
negroes. In nearly all the cases there
has been confession, all OF these will
be conviction, making forty-four con-
victs sure from the next term of the
Circuit Court, most of whom will go to
the penjtentizry. The like has never
hseis laorn hefnEs Tor the sane period
el tlfsfis
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
A QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE
Referred to and Decided by the Attorney
General.


WASHINGTON, July 26.-An echo of
the coronation ceremony which led to
SO much correspondence on such sub
jects as diplomatic uniforms, court
procedure and matters of precedence
in official ceremonies, is found in an
opinion just rendered by the attorney
general touching the respective rights
of volunteer and regular army and
navy officers to wear the uniform of
the highest rank which they attained
during the rebellion.
Col John +. McCook, who repre-
sented the United States army, and
Capt. q. H. Wadleigh, the representa-
tives of the United States navy at the
coronation, had some difficulty over the
question of precedence growing out of
the fact that McCOok claimed the lead
by virtue of his high volunteer rank as
shown by his uniform. Minister Breclx-
inridge sustained the army officer and
the state department was obliged to
call upon the war and navy depart
ment for their construction of the
statute granting officers the right to
bear the rank and wear the uniform of
their highest volunteer rank.
The direct issue was presented in
recent application of James T. Farrell.
brevet major of United States volun-
teers and late captain of the Fl fth New
York heavy artillery. The two de-
partments were unable to agree upon
the matter, and it was sent to the at
torney-general. The latter has de-
cided that only ex-officers may wear
such uniform and bear such rank. In
other words, no officer ut present on
the army rolls can wear the uniform
of the volunteer rank, but persons
who were honorably mustered out of
the volunteer service, and who have
no army connection now, may wear it
on occasions of ceremony.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
HAS Hnd Seventy wives.

Living on the reservation in the Salts
canyon. Oregon, is tall, erect, bright
eyed and long-haired Indian who has
a wonderful matrimonial history. He
is Chief Tanawasha, brother of Chief
Moses, and in appearance is a typical
member of his race. Tanawasha is 70
years old, but shows no sign of break
ing down, although ne claims to have
had 20 wives, and his present spouse
is a woman of but % years.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30

heave a long, deep sigh. and shake his
head and say:
Poor Jake! He's dead."s
ell,things went on aboutt hat way fer
something like two hours, till finally a.
last old man Hiram got sick and tired of
hearin the same thing over and over
and over. BY and by another man come
up sighin and sobbin and cryin like
as if his heart would break, and re-
marked in conclusion that poor Jake
was dead. And that was jest about one
too many for the old man.
"Of course pore Jake is dead" says
old man Hiram. ANY blame fool
any native born idiot-couid look at
him and see that. He died most tre-
mendious sad and orful death. He is
dead. He is very dead. He is jest as
dead as they ever make 'em. But who
in the h-ll is disputin of it?"
And that's what makes me tell you
what do in regards to the hot weather
and hard times. We are more than
probable to have hot weather about this
time of year, and we most in generally
always have some hot weather along in
the summer. But who in the thunder
is disputin of it?
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30

exercise. Way back there in my youth
full CROWN days-when l was forever
healthy and forever hungry-if all the
men and women in the discovered world
had come and told me that boy could
eat enough to kill him / never would
of thought it. But, white people, I'll
be everlastingly whangdoodled if 1
don't know it now.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
No Proof of Trusts.

Some weeks ago Criminal Judge An
derson of Nashville, in special charge
to the grand jury, instructed that an in
vestigation be made of the alleged COM
bine and trust, formed for the control
of the local wheat market. Last week
the grand jury reported and returned
the indictments prepared against the
mill men mo true bills," tho jury hav-
ing failed to discover proof of combine
and trust.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
1org Long. weary Dey.

Gus-What's the matter. Jack2 You
look all worn ont.
Jack--I,ve been visiting . young
couple with their first baby Ynllcw
Kid Magazine.
nnhnAsnn sHanAT aUbY u
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Silver Cave in virginia.

The people of Roanoke county, Va,
about five miles north of Roanoke, are
very much excited over the reported
discovery of cave on Tinker mountain,
which is claimed to be very rich in sill
vor ore
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
who Is "Disputin of It,"

Hot weather and hard times. That is
about the onlyest news you can here
in this pleasant strip of country now
adays. The people talk some about the
crops and the weather, the big meetins
and religious outpourins, but mostly
about the sweltry hot weather and
felonious hard times. Which that puts
me in mind of a story.
Did you ever hear tell of the time
when Jake Ballentine got struck and
killed by hghtnin? That was years and
years ago down there in the Panther
creek settlement. One day Jake was
plowin down in his new ground. A
thunderin big storm come up, and he
let loose and run under tree to keep
out of the rain. About that time a
streak of lightnin struck the tree and
run down to the ground. l never did
hear anybody say whether it was blue
streak or a greasy streak. But any
how, when the dust settled and the
smoke cleared away Jake Ballentine had
throwed his hand to the pack and went
the way of all human flesh. The news
spread fast and furious and the neigh
bors come pilin in to see the sad and
awful sight.
Now it come to pass in the main time
that old man Hiram Lucas was about
the first man on the grounds. He was
on his return back home from town, and
"tanked up" you understand, to about
rs cents in the dollar. He stood there
by the shattered remains of Jake Bal
Ientine. and saw the neighbors come
and go.
One man would come up with long,
sad face and SCHENECTADY voice, and
say:
Poor Jake! He's dead"
Then another would come along and
gaze at the dead body. and then bgesh
away the tears end sayi
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30

weak pint was right
down there imme-
diately under the
brew band of MY
breeches. Now, to
tell the unwashed
truth, / do love to
e a t tremendous
well. And | do love
to see other people
eat, and eat like
they enioyed the
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Crave of LincoIn.s Mother.

Gov. Mount, of Indiana, intends to
give attention to the grave OF Lincoln's
mother in that state as soon as Possib bic.
81 have been at the grave, he says.
"and it was in very neglected condi-
tion-weeds growing over it and the
half acre in which it is situated having
a weird. uninviting look.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Chattanooga.s Sew Curio.

Mrs. Wah Gong, the first Chinese
woman to reach Chattanooga, arrived in
that city few days ago and created
nnikA a stir.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Got His Man.

S. G. Wooten, sheriff of Bladen coun-
ty, N. c., went to Guthrie, Okla, with
requisition for J. j. P erry for muir
der, got his man and left with him for
that state at once.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
The Ford Divorce Case.

Rev. Sam Small, the father of Mrs.
Loretta Ford, has, he says, employed
United States Senator George w. Dan
lei to defend that lady in the divorce
suit which her husband has brought
against her at Richmond, Va.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
A Victim of Heat.

Mrs. A. J. Mcdaniel, aged IA, a pi-
eneer, died at her home in Hopkins
vile, Ky. She was prostrated by the
heat while working in her garden.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30

A plot was discovered the other day
1T Griffin, Ga, involving an attack on
the jail and the lynching of all the in
mates accused of capital crimes.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Insurance Companies Indicted.

The grand jury at Meridian, Miss,
has indicted 80 fire insurance compa-
MES doing business in the county as
conspirators in trust organization for
the maintenance of rates.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
OctogenarIan Drops Dead.

Rev. John L. Smith, aged so years, a
wealthy retired Baptist minister,
dropped deaa at Danville. KY, leaYlDg
/ family Of grove eallareu,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Brown Richmond Libel Suit.

John Ell. Brown, of Rural Retreat,
Va, has entered suit for $40, 900 dam
ages against w. A. Richmond. of the
same town, for alleged libel. The suit
grew out of a letter which Richmond
wrote to banker rejecting on his
business standing.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Illicit stIu Raided.

A 1oo-gallon illicit distillery was
raided in Polk county, Tenn. and de-
stroyed. After an exchange of shots
one man named Mathes was caught.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
stranRer's Mysterious Death.

A stranger, believed to be Henry
Pohl, of Nashville, Tenn, was found
dead under peculiar circumstances at
clearinghouse in Hopkinsville. An
empty morphine bottle was found in
his possession, but no papers by which
he could be identified.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
I3 WEEKS S1.OO

THE POLICE GAZETTE viii be mailed. secure
w wrapped, rs any address In the United States
THsEE So sIss. On Tcerigf 6 one lAlLLSR.
All leiiaFs. g8cagy oFl=T&, dEaiiss etc, must "
RddFEsss5 70 he PIePrietoss . -
tFa<slis 4 ssFs, D. 7, AyBA Aks T. Ivy
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Watson Gallo Rutler Down.

In the current number of the peoples
party paper Thomas e. Watson calls
on Senator Marion Butler to resign the
national craftsmanship of the peoples
party.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
rhe Little New Grnre.

They tell me there is now a little
new grave at the old Liberty church
graveyard down there in the Flat
Woods, where they had soft singin and
slow walkin one day last week for Dick
Hanson's boy Tobe. What was ailin
Tobe. you reckon? He didn't have the
fever, nor the breakin out, nor the
usual summer complaint. He didn't
have any reglar human disease. He had
jest simply bit in and dug his own little
grave with his own teeth, as it were.
On Sunday-which was likewise the
Fourth of July-Dick Hanson come up
from the Flat Woods to see me and
brung his boy Tobe along with him.
The women folks put in they did and
fixed up a most salubrious good dinner.
Man, sir, there was kitchen physic on
the dinner table that day the very ap-
pearments of which would put razor
edge on your teeth and make the salt
water back up in your mouth. And
there was a gracious plenty of it. Me
and Dick and the rest of us-exceptin
Tcbe-all ct hearty and quit and felt
whole Passel better. But my me my!
1t was a sight and a show to see that
boy wade in and clinch up around few
sections of plain American grub. He
was more than welcome to everything
in sight, but yet still l wondered in
my soul how he would ever manage to
take it home with him.
Now presently after dinner the boy
Tobe curled up on the floor and went
to rollin and gruntin considerable. And
by this time it was plain as daylight to
me that the onlyest way to move all
that grub to the Flat Woods would be
for Dick to put it in his one-horse
wagon and haul it down there. They
had come up to pass the day and night
with US, but under the general cir
cumference of the calamity lowed it
would suit me a whole lot better if
take the boy and The grub and go Cd
back to the Flat Woods and hold eau
Gus with the family doctor.
"You know 1 wouldn't say it if I
didn't think it, Dick, but your boy is a
gone goslin," says I. He never can
come across with his load. The dinner
which he got on the outside of to-day
would kill any livin human in the Gre
ated world. If you was to take the
grub which that boy ct and put it in
croker sack / have some rale serious
doubts if he could pick it up and put it
on his back and tote it. He is tired now
and sleepy too. I amt no doctor, and
we are too scandalous busy with the
crops right now to have any funeral
professions from our house. You bet
ter put that grub in your wagon, Dick,
and haul it down to the Flat Woods.
The boy is bound to die"
So consequentially Dick took Tobe
and the grub in his wagon and returned
back home. And then the next news we
got they had built little pile of fresh
dirt over there at old Liberty grave
ward and sung a song:
"Safe from the worlds temptations,
Safe from all doubts and tears
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
LITTLE SHORT ONES
Run ing ketchos from Lilo Out
Among the Folks.
The Grave which Tobe Hanson Dug
with His Teeth-COI. sandy Wick.
entOn Gets 'OG'-Free SiI-
ver Question.

My good old grandmother use to tell
mo when l was boy that my mainest
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
sou rHERN eLEANINGS.
Clalms IIe I. Ambldextrous.

Ex-Marshal Morris has been arrested
for the murder of Joseph Sprinz, in
Midwife, Ga. The crime was a par
ticulariy 6cndish one. Sprinz' head
being crushed in several places, and all
facts seeming to indicate that he was
killed by blow from the rear. 1t
seems that expert detectives has es-
tablished indisputable proof that
Sprinz was slain by a left-handed man.
Morris is thus afflicted, though he as
serts he is ambidextrons. For months
the detectives have been shadowing
Morris. uncertain of this fact, until one
night recently. Detective Jones fol-
lowed him into a restaurant, taking
witnesses with him and establishing
beyond a doubt that Morris is left
handed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Dick Tate's Insurance.

The heirs of Kentucky's defaulting
and missing ex-state treasurer, Dick
Tate, are suing for his life insurance
aggregating $12, 900, under the statute
providing that seven years absence
presumes death unless the absentee
can be proven to be alive.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Commercial Hotel,
Grand Junction, Tenn.
D. N. MCKENZIE. .PT0pE

First class service. Travelling
men receive special attention. Por.
tiers meet all trains. Rates reason
able. Public patronage solicited.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Killed by Bees.

While John and Theodore Richards,
aged respectively seven and nine years.
sons of farmer near Frog island, not
far from Henderson, KY, were in the
woods searching for stray cows, they
discovered beehive. They attempted
to take the honey and the bees
swarmed over their bodies. The
youngest boy, John, fell exhausted
when in sight of home and he was
dead before succor arrived. Theodore,
still covered with bees, managed to
reach home, but it is doubtful whether
he can recover, his head and face hav-
ing swelled to enormous proportions.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
For Polsonlng Chlldren.

Rachel and Antonio Nelson, grand
mother and father of three children,
varying from IS months to IL years.
have been arrested at Edisto, s. c.. on
the charge of poisoning them. They
died few hours after eating bread
said to have been made and given them
by Hanna Nelson, their mother.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Tennessee Iron Development.

1t has been definitely decided to de-
velop the rich vein of pyrites of iron
recently discovered in Carter county,
Tenn. Philadelphia and Chicago cap
italists are interested. Orders have
been placed for machinery, and an ad-
ditional force of $50 men will be put to
work in the mines within the next
three months. The promoters expect
to ship 1,5OO tons day, and over $780,
600 will be invested. This is the great
est deposit of pyrites capable of being
worked in the United States.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Makinr MoonsnIne Llquor.

Deputy United States ais raided
an illicit distillery in the mountains
of Polk county last week. captur-
ing George Mathes, one of the three
men connected with the plant. The
still was situated in narrow cove and
was operated by man named "Bud"
Dill, with Mathes and another man as
helpers. The officers bore down upon
the still just as run was being made,
but in passing Dill's house, few hun
dred yards from the distillery, Dill's
7-year-old son saw the officers, and out
running them gave the alarm. The
three men fed, but Mathes fell and was
captured, the other two escaping. The
still was one of the largest evor dis
covered in Polk county. 1t was de-
stroyed by the officers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
EyanCelist HIcks Shot.

Rev. w. M. Hicks, an evangelist, was
shot in Weakley county, Tenn, at his
home, between Gleason and Palmers-
vile, by young man named Neely,
who escaped. Hicks was acquitted a
few days ago of charge Of larceny of
suit of clothes, the Judge charging
the offense to be breach Of trust.
NeeIy was witness against Hicks,
who accused him ofswearing falsely.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
A TerrihIa charce.

A seven-year-old son of George An
derson, Of Tuscaloosa county. Ala.
charges that on a recent trip through
the state his father and brother, Wes-
ley, aged Is, killed the wife of the old
man, chopping her head off with an
AK. The boy says he can take the Off
GERS to where the body was buried.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Tried to Defraud Insurance Companies.


When placed under arrest at Knox
Vile last week, Walter E. Waldrop made
a statement which clears the mystery of
the supposed drowning of Lee Brazle-
ton recently. Waldrop says that after
they had forged several checks and OBJ
tanned money on them, Brazleton bought
a new suit of clothes, and they together
went to the river bank, where the old
suit was left, just as if the owner had
gone in the water bathing. Waldrop
rushed back to the city and reported the
drowning of Brazleton. Instead of go-
ing into the water he sneaked down the
river bank and took the train at the first
station for Alaska, where Waldrop was
to join him after securing So, 500 life in
surance carried by Brazleton.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30

The new Odd Fellows hall AZ Hanna
Ind, was dedicated Friday,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-30
Poor Jake! He's dead"

And another one would come up and
heave long, deep sigh. and shake his
head and say:
Poor Jake! He's dead"s
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1897-06-04
Universal Postal Congress.

The Universal Postal Congress held
another full session Saturday, and dis
posed of several important measures.
The congress raised the limit of value
to be allowed and payable on parcels
sent by post to 1000 francs $4,000, in
stead of 500 francs, as at present An
official statement was given out Satur-
day reciting that the principal modifi-
cations made by this congress of the
convention signed in Vienna in 1891,
and which will be replaced on Jan. l,
1898. by the treaty just agreed upon,
are as follows: 1. The taxes on terri
torial and maritime transit are to be
gradually lessened every two years, and
the abatement of these expenses will be
considerably simplifed. 2. Interna-
tional postal cards not prepaid will pay
a double tax, in place of assessing let
ter postage rates, thus reducing the fee
for letters not. prepaid from 10c to 40.
8. Samples of merchandise are allowed
in exchanges with countries in the
union up to $50 grammes, in place of
$50 grammes, as heretofore.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1897-06-04

Senator Davis gave notice Saturday
of amendments he proposes offering to
the tariff bill increasing the rates on
tow and hemp. These changes include
an increase on unhackled fax to II
cents per pound; on hacked fax or
dress line to cents per pound; on
retted far tows to I cents per pound;
on hemp S25 per ton; tow of hemp not
carded, cent per pound; carded, II
cents per pound, dressed line of hemp
81 cents per ton. Most of the amend
ments provide for the restoration of
the house rates, but the proposed
change OF unhackled fax would make
the rate half cent higher than the
house figure and three-fourths of q
cent higher than that Of the senate
bill.