The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-17

prominent PostofIices in the south an6
west.
TIE New York World thinks that " il
sn average yield is obtained frem the
CROPS planted throughout the south thi,
spring. it should place the people OF
that section in a sounder financial con.
dition than they have enjoyed since
reconstruction began"
A GLASS bottle containing a small
rattlesnake, neatly done up in strong
paper wrapper, and addressed TO "The
Grand Duke Alexis, st. Petersburg.
Russia, " was received at the dead-letter
Office as unavailable material. The
package had come safely through the
mails from Yellville, Ark.
To have ones. sugar whitened with
the bones of compatriots, is novel and
perhaps economical way of doing things.
but such seems to be the practice
IN France. They have formed { factory
Tor the manufacture OF animal charcoal
at Metz, which is supplied with bones
from the adjacent battle fields. This
product is used in refining sugar.
The experience of New York bust
ness Inen goes 90 indicate that iron
shutters increase the danger of loss
from FIRE rather than decrease it. This
rs attributed partly to the fact that fire
IN houses SO furnished is seldom or
never discovered so soon as in otherp.
and partly to the great difficulty that
hremen experience in forcing iron shut
ters open.
MEN are often blamed on account of
their politics, but scientists have dis
covered that politics is often matter
OF temperament. Octave Fuellet, in
Oamors." says; "In politics we take
our principles from temperament the
bilious are demagogues the sanguine.
democrats; the nervous, aristocrats.
One both nervous and sanguine NAV
take choice be may be an aristocrat in
regard to himself and democrat in re-
lations to Others"
The total number Of Sunday-schools
in the United States is given at 6s, 2O9
teachers and officers, 74O, 979; Sunday
school scholars, 5, ,6S7, 367; total Sunday
school membership, embracing teachers,
officers and scholars, 6,579, ,346. In
Canada the number of schools is 4. 4.4O1
teachers and officers 4, 4O1 teachers
and officers, 35,745, Sunday-school
scholars, 271 1881 total Sunday-school
membership, 397, ,126.
THE production of beet root sugar in
Europe, says an exchange, has increased
with amazing rapidity during the past
ten years. The flow of the article, and
the syrup extracted from it, into Erg.
land, has become SO abundant that the
sugar refuers have protested against
the further free introduction OF the
aTtiole into the country. It is stated
that France, Belgium and Holland are
manufacturing such immense quanti-
ties OF beet sugar that they are under
selling England in her own markets.
CAPT. CHAs. N. BRooKETT, special
agent OF the treasury department,
captured in New York awhile lace dress
valued at $40. 900, a white lace shawl
worth $1,000, and other laces valued at
$4,000, at pawn shop, where they had
been pawned for $3.50. The dress and
laces formerly belonged to the Empress
Eugenie, and were among the richest in
the world. They were sold at the
time of the sale of her diamonds and
iewelry in England. and were smuggled
into this country, by Joseph Horachs.
in October, 1873.
THE thief who stole the package of
bills from tue treasury department q
few days ago remains undiscovered.
Gen. Spinner seems worn out with anxi-
ely. Charges have been made that sew
eral banks which sent packages Of money
20 the treasury have been reported
short in their Iemittances, and the banks
have been required to make up the
deficits. Treasury officers say that
such discoveries have been rare and the
evidence is conclusive that the banks
had made a miscount.
The Black Hills country is to be
thrown open TO the miners. The In
dians have declined to be removed to the
Indian territory, but an arrangements has
been made by which the present treaty
IS to be snnulled by paying the Indians
S25. 900, and they are to have the priv
llege Of hunting and fishing in part of
the Black Hills region. Some of the
chiefs do not like the arrangement very
much, but as they cannot very well
help themselves they will have to take
the SO, 900 offered to them and surrender
their land. To buy a whole countrv
iull oi gold mines, as the Black Hills
country Is represented to be. for s25 900
Is certainly very geod bargain.
TIE following is an Off sial statement
Of the amount and various issues of
government currency outstanding the
first Of the present month, including
shinplas'ers:
0id demand notes.. ............... 1.T9a "A
Legal tender notts series ls7t. IS 7Ss' SIS O0
Legal tender notes. Issue. ...... 3qTsa.gas M
Legh tender not series Of 1850. 29l, ,5s5 O22 20
Iwo-ycar notes Of 1868. .. ........... QI sO0 O0
Two-yoar coupon notes Of lSdS..... 81 q0O al
Compound interest notes. .......... 9ss An ~
fracuonal currency. hrst issue. ssSS.654 IA
Era't1onol currency, sccsnd issue. 31feOSt is
Fractional currency, tbird issue-..... SAa'Oss "a
uftl ISSUE hr series. --.--..-.-- lass, 500 81
Pouch issue, second usries........ 2ts7. tTq "a
a FOURTH ISSUE thii d serira.......... Ts 5ee8 sd
h4i'a ISSUE 10 ? {, ,8q6 40
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