The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-26
Personal.

Mr.. Sledge of Miss, is summer
ing with his friends in Giles.
Col Rogers after several days in
disposition is at his post again in
| Giles College.
At this writing Dr. Sumpter in
forms US that Mr.. John Ezell lin
gers in extreme illness.
Mr.. George n. McGrew is on the
streets again, after several days con
finement with rheumatism.
Mr.. James Sanders, while de
scending hill with gun in hand,
slipped and came near iniuring him
self seriously.
Maj. McCallum is delaying some
time at Elkmont. Shall we see him
at the S. S. Convention on next Fri
day? We hope so?
Mr.. Ed. Jones, son of Hon. T. NJ.
Jones of this place, is out from his
home, st. Louis. on a visit to his
] native Giles. They will come back.
Reader, have you observed the
Burnside growth on the facial sur
face of certain young constabulary
of this bailiwick? 1t sprouts most
prOmisingly.
Gil. Buford promised Horsley
last week at Ewell's, that he would
quit batting with hog suckers 10
inches long, and take to the rotund
"chub."
The Rev. Mr.. Dubose, a young
minister late of S. c., but now serv-
ing Bethany Presbyterian Church in
this county, was in town several
days last week.
Miss Jennie A, blushing blonde
from the country. is spending the
week in town and there is futter-
ing Of hearts among the young men
of Pulaski.
Miss Matte, the lovely daughter
of John Gordon ECO, of the pros
pective firm of GOrdOns IL Ander-
son, Nashville. Tenn, is with her
friends in Pulaski.
We are pleased to learn that Mr..
w. B. Roberts and family, DIR. JnO.
w. Roberts, Capt. 5. +. Kendrick
and j. Roberts jr. now sojOurning
at White Sulphur springs, Ala, are
81 eatly improved in health.
We enjoyed the pleasure ofmeet-
ing DR.. c. ALT. Alternately in the
Pisgah country last week. He has
a magnificent school of 81 scholars.
Teaching seems to be hereditary
in the Alternately family-a gen
Grafton of born teachers.
Our live grocery merchants Glib
son and Foster, have returned from
Louisville and Cincinnati, whittier
they have been to lay in their am
pie stocks.
Will Craig wants to know wheth-
er Gibson laid in any pipes.
We were glad to look into the
bright face Of our young friend Ben.
Harlan Pickard, on Tuesday last.
Ben. was here to meet his relative,
Miss Lou, the charming daughter of
Mrs. Porter of Columbia. They
60 hence to Lawrenceburg.
Our friend w. S. Riddle of the
house of Furman Il Co., Nashville
Tenn, is drying a heavy business
in Giles. For the life of us we
can't see how he is to hold his own
in the face of such sharp cOmpeti-
ton, without putting his card in
the CITIZEN. We shall see.
Mr.. Randolph Neal, formerly of
this place, now a merchant at Mill
vile, Lincoln county, was in Pulas-
| Xxi this week Mr.. Neal ranks a
No. l in this community, in every
aspect of the case.
Mr.. N, will act agent for the
Pulafdi CITIZEN.
Col Fount Wade of Maury, who
/ hales from the section of the county
known as the garden spot" was
stopping a few days since with his
brother, Mr.. L. B. Wade, near Pu-
laski. The Colonel reports a very
minute insect perforating the germ
of the cotton, and causing its de
cadence,
j. Mort Alternately and Mr.. Pat
ric Henry Bass, son and son-in- law
of Mr.. Sterling Alternately, and
citizens of Lauderdale county, West
| Tenn, are in their native Giles for
few weeks with their friends and
relatives,
The hours spent with these and
other gentlemen under the hospita-
BILE roof of their father, passed pleas
antly away,
We note the presence, in his old
home, few days since, of Capt.
Pitts Brown, Treasurer of the De
catur Division of the L. n. d G. s.
r. r. Pitts is confessedly one of
the most popular R. r. men, in all
these parts, and deservedly so. We
knew him and learned TO esteem
his sterling worth, away back in
ante-bellum times, when we broke
/ bread at the same board.
Messrs. John c. Lester, FouRt
SmithsOn and Lewis Dickinson left
on last Friday, for the great Goth am.
| Mr.. S, takes in his route Detroit, the
seat of che great anti bullion con
vention this week. Having'"done''
Detroit, Fount will proceed to New
York, start Lester and Dickinson
home, and return himself by way of
Pugett's sound and Cape Mendo-
elmo on the Pacific coast. Capt.
Frank Gilmore, of the Saxhorn cor
net band, will hold himself in reed
mess, to meet these tourists at the
Depot
Mr.. James Elder, of the large
shoe and boot house Of J d H.
Simkinson, Gin, was here last week
with lot of well packed trunks.
Our young friend J. 5. Hollins,
Of the well-knOwn firm of r. :. Hol-
Inns Il Co., Nashville was also on
hand displaying to our merchants
a full line of samples.
Bob" is az fdjt with our city
and country merchants, and we