The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05

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venerable friend, Gen. r. p. Nicely
who has been confined to his room
for several days with a severe cold
is improving.
If you need horse or jack bills
consult the BULLETIN for prices be
fore placing your order. We hav'
a number of cuts from which to sc
lect. Our prices are the lowest.
Mr.. n. J. Hadley, formerly o
this county, but now of Covington
visited his brother, Mr.. ]. S. Had
ley of this place the present week
While here he gave the BULLETIN {
call.
Mr.. 7. III. Irby, who has been
clerking for Savage & Emerson foi
several years past, accepted a posi-
ton on February LIST, with G. T.
Ingram d Co. Mr.. Irby is a first
class business man and popular.
The total amount of taxes paid
by the Illinois Central, Memphis
and Charleston, Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis and Middleton
and Ripley Railroads to Hardeman
County, for county purposes only,
is over So, COO per annum.
Buy your Drugs, Wall Pa
per, etc., at Hudson's.
The public school opened Mon
day morning with the most fatter-
ing attendance. With the corps of
teachers employed and such wide
awake directors to superintend af-
fairs, there it no reason why the pu-
pills should not progress rapidly.
We understand that the live
and progressive firm of Lipsky Bros.
will open up a branch store at
Whiteville next week. The Messrs.
are clever gentlemen, and
will make quite an addition to the
Gown of Notwithstanding
Journal.
P. +. Wilkinson g Sons have full
stock of Shoes, Clothing, ETC., cheap.
The Peabody Hotel of
Memphis, Tenn, is the only
first class hotel in the bust
ness portion of the city. tits
run now on the European
and American plans, and all
meals are reduced to
Scots. each.
News was received here last
week of great loss sustained by
Mr.. Gainey, of Indianapolis, son-in-
law of Mr.. Hulse, in the destruction
of his residence by fire the early
part of the week. Not a vestige of
or furniture was saved. The
family barely escaped. A defective
iue did the mischief.
"A recent issue of Velasco(Tex.)
World contains a notice of the death
Of Mrs. Moore, wife of Milton Moore,
nephew of our townsman, DR.. T. E,
Moore. The World states that Mrs.
Moore was a member of one of the
oldest and best known families of
Texas, and was highly esteemed for
her many noble traits of character.
P. F. Wilkinson & Sons sell Dry
Goods cheap.
Mr.. r. L. n uckolls, of the 14th
recently purchased of Mr..
J. L. Gibson a white oak tree, fif-
teen feet in circumference, for which
he paid one dollar. Mr.. Nuckolls
felled the tree, worked it into cross
ties, cord wood, etc., and realized
from the sale of same $1,000
handsome profit on his investment.
The initial number of the "Bol-
war Observer" will soon make its
The paper will be is
sued monthly and will be printed
from the job rooms of the BULLE-
TIN. 1t will be devoted to religious
matters principally. Rev. D. NJ.
McIver, the popular pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of Bolivar, will
be its editor. The subscription
price is 25 cents per annum- Rates
of advertising in the "Observer"
will be made known upon application
to its editor. The BULLETIN wish
es the new enterprise the very best
of success and hopes that it will &C
complish much good.
w. j. Cox has just received
a full line of School Books,
Tablets, etc.
The old and tried Peabody
Hotel of Memphis, Tenn, is