The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-02
SOUTHERX NEWS ITEMS.
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One can 90 from Nashville TO NJ

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One can go from Nashville to Mem
| his in ten hours and fifty minutes.
The matrimonial fever has broken
out in Richmond. 5dz-s s9f svre e.
An ingenious mechanic Of Memphis
has secured q patent for a stalk cutter
and puller. 1t Will cut in one day rs
much as a dozen or tBenty hands. ~
"A Maryland. farmer refused the use
of b is horse for q funeral, and the in.
dignant friends Of the deceased tarfed
and featheEed him. z-5sasz-aa
The Rome Daily saws the thousand
cinnamon 6hO are working on, the
Chattan60ga FailFoad in Alabama do
not give satisfactiOn,g @ and the expert
ment is not likely to be erepeatedin that
A premium Of a pure SILVER cup was
awarded. at. tlTP mississippi State Fair
to Miss Mamie Compton, daughter of
Dr--Wi illiand NJ. Compton,, for a calico
patcl-Wofk, 9Hilt made j5ys her when
nine years old.
Mr.. George w. Palmer, near Salt
vile, Va, has fourteen cows, which,
during the past year, added twenty
nine calves to the general stock, thir-
teen Of the number having eacll con
tributed two, ald the other one three.
We find .iHTthe Atlanta New Era an
advertisement by Madison Bell, Comp
trOller General Of Georgia, notifying
owners of wild lands7 that the same
will be sold within sixty days, unless
taxes due thereon for 1868 are sooner
paid, or satisfactory evidence shown.
that they have been paid -.g+.--g g..
\ little child of Mr.. p. Bolton, who
lives few miles from -HawkinsvfIIe,
fNanVrCria Il ~, 1 al,
ing received on the 1lth. 1t seems that
tub of water was being carried out of
the room where the child was, and as it
was being lifted over its head the bot
tom fell out, and the scalding water
was poured over the child. '- -i h
In Staunten, Va, on the 18th, Geo.
w. Smiley and Joseph N. Black chad
some angry words az the house of a sis
ter of the latter =NvheFe both boarded, :,
when Smiley ordered Black out of the
house. In attempting to enforce the
order, Smiley stabbed Black twice in
the abdomen aud otherwise wOunding
him in the head. Black died in Il few
minutes and Smiley escaped,
y little child of Mr. p. Bolton, Who
Iiyes.a few miles from RawkinsViIIe,
-eteOrgia, died on the 18th from a scald-
ing received on the IItll.@ e It seems
out Of the room where the child was.
and as it was being lifted over its head
the bottom fell out, and the ascafding,
water was poured over the child. -
Among the curiosities exhibited at
the late agricultural fair at Dalton. Ga,
was a piece Of wood taken from the
house in which Christopher Columbus,
the discOYerer Of America, lived, also a
pin -cushiOn made from q piece Of dress
worn by Mrs. President Madison on
the occasion of the reception of Gen.
Lafayette at the White House.
The State Survivors Association, of
South Carolina, met in Columbia on.
Thursday last. Gen. KeFsLaw presid-
ed. There was a large attendance
from nearly all the counties of the
State. A solemn and beautiful tribute,
presented by Gen. Kershaw, in memo
riam Of Gen. Robert Z. Lee, was adop-
ted in silince by the vote Of all rising
Gen. John :. Preston delivered an eIO-
quent address before the association
on Thursday evening. a gathering
around the festive board took place at
a late hour.
The family of Gen. eehave selected
Col. Charles Marshall, of Baltimore
to write a full biography of the great
chieftain, and will turn over to him
ample material, including that collect
ed by Gen. Lee himself, and has notes
and letters of his campaigns. Col.
Marshall will also prepare the bio
graphical sketch for the forthcoming
Lee Memorial, which the faculty of
Washington and Lee University are
pushing forward to completion. To
his high literary attainments Col. Mar
shall adds the rare qualification OF
having been Gen. Lees private secre-
tary during the wax. ...- -.--.-.... ....