The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-01-26
NEWS SUMMARY.


old and highly respected citizen Of
that place. an the Sd day Of Oeto-
Der, 1858.
Count yon Bismarck, the great
Premier of Prussia, is dangerously
i'll and there is only slight hope
ofhis recovery.
Andrew Brentleigh.' who was
sentenced to be hungi in Allen coun-
ty, Ohio, on the 9th inst. and
whose sentence was committed for
eleven weeks from that time, tele-
graphed the Governor that he de-
sired to be hung on the 9th, ac-
cording to his original sentences
A proposition has been made in
the Illinois Legislature giving the
federal authorities exclusive power
upon the subject Of divorce. What
viii become of Chicago without her
perennial crop of diyorces2
Fechter, the great tragedian, re
ceived for sixteen weeks per-
Torrance in New York $4,000 in
gold. Pretty good pay, that.
The House of Representatives
has passed the Senate bill author
ling the Issue of five hundred mil
lions of five per cent bonds, with an
amendment that the total amount
of bonds shall not be increased
The object of this is to pre-
vent the increase of the debt through
exchanging the present six per cent.
4 frightfll and fatal accident oe-
Cured at the Southern Car Works,
New Orleans, a few days ago. a
boy named Nicholas Grow became
entangled in belt Of the main
shaft which bound him so firmly to
the shaft that he could not be ex-
tricated. The shaft turns at the
rate Of 800 strokes per minute, and
he was carried around over 200
times before the machine could be
stopped At each revolution the
boy was thrown against the build
ing and frightfully mangled. After
four hours of intense suffering,
death came to his relief.
Awhile man by the name of Mike
Kelly was choked to death by ne
gro in a disreputable negro-hovel
in Memphis last Thursday night.
Kelly was drunk.
At Waco, Texas, on the 9th inst,
while Mr.. Hoffman, the City Mar
shall of that place, was in a barber
shop being shaved, an unknown
man rode up to the shop on horse
back, dismounted and entering by
the back way, approached Mr., Hof-
man and shot him through the head,
killing him instantly. The muir
derer escaped.
Gen. Frank P. Blair, candidate
for Vice President of the United
States on the Seymour and Blair
ticket in 1868, was elected q. S.
Senator from Missouri on the 18th.
He made a bold and manly speech
of acceptance in which he denouno-
ed the reconstruction policy of Con
gress, its encouragement of SCALA
wags and bummers, and took a
square and unequivocal position in
favor of the Democratic party.
The High Court of Impeachment
of the North Carolina Legislature
has begun its trial of Gov. Holden.
Able counsel has been engaged by
both the State and the Governor
Troops for southern points are
passing through Knoxville. A
battalion of 800 regulars passed I
through on the Goth to Atlanta.
a Mr.. jackson recently killed a
masked marauder in jackson coun-
ty, who ordered him to stop in the
road. The fellow proved to be a
notorious rascal named VIM. DAILY,
who was a while in the Confederate
and afterward deserted to the Fed
eral army.
A conductor ON the Alabama &
Chattanooga Road was knocked
from his train, Saturday, by ruflians
and robbed.
Another horror near Memphis
Esq. Giles, Justice Of the Peace
of Shelby county, while returning
from County Court at Memphis
last week was set upon by a band
of villains a few miles from the city,
who, after robbing him Of all his
money, cut of his nose and about
Of his tongue. They
then garroted him and left him for
dead. Squire Giles crawled to a
house and is now under
medical care and in a very critical /