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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

damage, but there is every indication
SI,,;, ~ = tha Weld will be at least As to 80
bushels to the acre, anu IN many sec
tions much larger,
Rye and barley promise we'll these
crops are not extensively grown, but
there is every indication that the supply
will be equal to the demand
Corn is not yet matured IN the north
west. In Alabama, Mississippi, Geor-
gia and some parts of Arkansas and
Tennessee the crop has been harvested
and is more abundant than for many
years. In Illitois, Iowa, Missouri,
Ohio and Indiana the crop is backward,
but unless frosts should occur previous
to the middle of September, there is no
reason to apprehend short crop. In
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan the
backwardness of the crop is such that
there is little hope of more than half a
crop, but rs these states raise but little
corn, the dimihutioh of the crop will
have little influence on the supply.
Potatoes will yield a full crop in all
sections. The Colorado bug is OILY
seen for the most part in the eastern
states. In the west it he's disappeared,
having been almost exterminated by
heavy rains. Some complaints of its
depredatIons come from points east OF
the Ohio.
The reports of the cotton crop are
favorable. The army worm, so destruct-
i've to the plant, has appeared in but
few sections and has been deferred from
active operations by exigencies of the
weather. The cotton produot of Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia and Virginia will be the largest
1,-E.A1aal TTha vzIanA 10 AnruaV+iraor
in even the more northern latitudes, and
in the extreme south picking has COM
menced. Planters are sangUine of a
splendid crop, and as there has been no
trouble with negro laborers, there will
be no danger of loss from incomplete
harvesting.
AS to fruit and vegetables, dispatches
are not very full, but as these products
supply but temporary wants, and there
is no complaint of failure, there will be
probably OnOughs
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

THAT most fnsufferable of all idiots,
the practical joker, does not always
escape on earth the wrath that is laid
up for him. There lived end taught
school in st. James parish, Louisiana,
recently, a man by the name of Bow
den, well-meaning person, bat af-
hicted with that peculiar sense of
humor which is sure to get somebody
or other into trouble sooner or later.
One of his most successful Jokes was
that of displaying advertising bills
printed in imitation of greenbacks, and
Offering to bet hundreds and thousands
of dollars with people who didn't know
that he was fooling. The other day an
offensive smell coming from an out
house led to a search for the cause, and
the corpse of Bowden was found
beneath the floor and under q covering
of corn husks, where it was rapidly
decaying. A Swedish plantation hand,
who had seen him displaying his imita-
tion bills, had mistaken him for a per
son of large and available means, and
had murdered him for his money. The
Swede is now a fugitive, and he feels
doubly the weight of the joke, for he
got no money, and the Governor has
offered 81, 900 for his arrest.
PPoF. DONALDSON, the aeronaut, who
has been travelling in company with
Barnum's Hippodrome, and making bal
loon ascensions after the conclusion of
the afternoon performances, made his
second trip frum Chicago on the 18th,
accompanied by Mr.. Newton S. Grim
wood, arepOrter of the Chicago Journal.
After ascending into the air the balloon
took a northeasterly course, sailing
over the lake in the direction of Mus
kegon, Mich. About seven o'clock in
the evening it was sighted by schooner
about thirty miles northeast of Chicago,
at which time the balloon was skim
ming the surface of the lake. The
schooner followed after it until it was
observed to rise suddenly into the air, |
when the chase was given mp. A very |
severe gale occurred on the lake !
about midnight, and, as no further It'd
ings had been received in Chicago from |
the balloon or its occupants up to the |
morning of the 18th, grave apprehen-
sions were felt for their safety. It was
the opinion of experts that the balloon
could not possibly have reached the
Michigan shore before the storm burst
upon it, and that the aeronauts per-
ished in the lake. 1t is said by some
that the balloon was rotten, patched
up affair.
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TIE GRAVES VOICES.

SINH A. In dreams. aud lost in anxious thought
nv footsteps brought TO this lonely spot
1TS whom belongs the hcd this howery bed
81 The dead
Fnter tbou tn my soul why shouldst thou fear
N0ught but sweet buds and flowers are blooming
whence comes the essence FOR these sweet per-
Prem tornbs.r
See here, o man where sn thy paths must end
However varied be the way they wend-
Listen the dead leaves speak, ay, hear they must
To DUST
Where are the careless hearts that on The earth
Treubled in pain, or beat 50 high in uirthf
Those in whose breasts the aame of hatred smoul-
"Mouldered-n
Where are the mighty who tske life by storm
who cen to heavan's heights Wild wishes form
what croak the ravens Won moss-groWn Wall
- Buried ALL
WHARF are the dear onesn deaths colo sleep living,
To whom love swrrc . memory undstng
what vail yon cypress tres 7oh. hear y tnou HUI
% Forgot.
To soc where these onoe passed did no eye -ravet
Nav no wild lJnriug pierce beyond the graNet
Ig1s Az trees shafe their weird heads one by onei
a. None, none"
The evenfng wind amid tnS ttees Is aienlngs
Fettered in dreams, my saddcoed sou sou A y Alyiuef
The twilight falls, tbe red glow pSissA iAs'-
g lis past"
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Burning Of a Russian Town-20O
Lives Lost.

Lives Lost.
a Petersburg letter to the London
Standard says
The fire which destroyed the town of
Morschansk began about o'clock in
the afternoon IN one of the fauburgs, at
distance Of nearly half a mile from
the town proper, and within a few
hours the whole town, over an extent of
five versts, WGs = prey Of the flames In
all directions, causing them to overlap
all the open squares and even the river.
As ths FIRE grew the wind became q
tempest, and enormous planks and
sheets of iron, torn from the falling
houses, we're hurled as high as the sec
ond story i houses still standing.
Gases of goods allowed to float along
the river were burned on the water.
Some Of the papers of the pubho Offices
have been found at a distance of sixty
yersts fr0ra the town, and the glow of
the fire lighted Cd the horizon to q dis
tanoe of ninety versts. The tire spared
about hundred wooden houses at one
end of the town, but OF the brick build
ings hardly ten have escaped.
All the public edifces, with the excep-
tiOn of the school and several OF the
churches, have been destroyed. The
destruction of property has been entire.
Many of the inhabitants trusted to eel
lars and vaults, but they nearly all fell
in. AS the fire spread, furniture and
ether effects were removed to gardens
and other open spaces, but in vain ; the
flames soon reached them and reduced
all to ashes. Only one of the corn de-
pots was saved.
1t is calculated that 1000 buildings
have been burned, and that the loss
cannot be less than 5000, 900 roubles. |
About 200 lives were lost, and several |
thousand persons were wounded.
SuccOr, in the shape of provisions, |
clothes, and money, was instantly for |
warded from TambOff, Riezan, and other /
places, to the unfortunate citizens of /
Morschansk, literally wandering about /
the woods or sheltering under carts, |
having lost everything, and the number 1
of the homeless and destitute exceeded /
TO, coo. Three days after the fire the /
of the town petitiOned the |
government for loan of 5000, 600 |
roubles, to be redeemed in thirty days.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

A MONSTER TURTLE. hshing
smack, Sylvan Glen, Keeney, master
bas captured q monster animal reSem,
Hing q turtle. of Montauk Point, ana
broneht It into this harbOr. The AMI
mai Is 7 feet long and 2 feet through;
Unlike the ordinary turtle, this animal animal
has no feet, but large fins Prolectlng
on either side, which measures ltes
ana & inches across. The head Is un-
onestionebIy that of turtle, Dut -
crowded with teeth which are Of an
elastic texture. The animal Is Ineapa-
he of drawing in it's head. Its neck Is
ot',,,t foot long. The back Is Jet
bIscF and ridges run horizontally at
eouai distances apart. Its shell Is not
tbiek. and resembles gutta-Percha II
Re- estimated that it weighed from 500 To
1 600 pounds. Old sea captains. who
have traversed the seas for life, shook
their heads and declared they had never
seen its like before. In the evening u
was put on exhibition at the Peqnot
House. and will soon be preserved 70
the benefit Of science.-Net0 Lo'it' "
IeIegFaUl
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The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph Cthus) mean that your sub
scriptior is out or unpaid, and tha'
You are requested to pay ap at once
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced TO adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope You viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such o
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
81 We enter no new names on cur
books without the money IN adv1t &C.
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Crop Reports.

The Chicago Times publishes re-
ports of the condition of the growing
crops and the progress of the harvest,
collected from all portions of the United
States east of the Rocky Mountains.
The dispatcl es comprise reports from
over 900 counties. The Times makes
the following analysis The wet
weather of the past two months has re-
suited in an extraordinary growth of all
kinds of grasses, consequently the hay
crop will be large in all parts of the
west, and as it has been very generally
harvested, and is therefore free from
all danger of damage, there need be no
fear of a scarcity of hay. Wheat has
been harvested in the section lying
south of the 44th degree of latitude.
average in quantity and quality. In
Illinois and Indiana some damage has
been done to the crop by rains, bugs
and other causes, so that the yield will
not probably exceed three-fourths of
the average.
In Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and
Iowa the reports show that the crops
will be largely in excess of last year !;
in the two first named states the depre-
dations of grasshOppers has been in
significant unless some unlocked for
calamity occurs the producers viii re-
alize greater return for their labor than
ever before. In Kentucky, Michigan,
Ohio, Missouri and the eastern states
there Is every prospect of far better
Weld than heretofore, and the produc-
ton will be IN excess of the consump-
ton. The product in these states is
represented as being much superior IN
du lity to that of former years. 1t is
notable for the first time IN II years
the south Will raise sufficient bread
| stuffs for home consumption.
Oats promise an extraordinary large
1 Weld. In some sections the heavy
! rains that have fallen recently have
| lodged the grain somewhat, and tn,
] ohinch bug elsewhere has caused som,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

If there is a manufacturing city on
this continent which might be called
the Manchester of America, il is
Lowell, Mass. There are daily en-
ployed nearly eighteen thousand opera
lives IN the various mills. The capital
stock of the several corporations Is
over SIG, GOO, 900, while the total valua-
ton would foot up six times sixteen
millions. In many instances the origi-
nal stockbo bolders have, perhaps, more
than doubled their investments by mag
nificent dividends and it is a notable
fact that even in these depressed times
the stock of these old and wealthy cor
porations is not for sale st any price.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

A LESSON IN ADJECTTvEs.-"W Well,
my son, you have got into grammar,
have you ?" said a proud sire to his
thickest chip the other night. "Let
me hear you compare some adiectives.
Chip-"All right. Little, less, least;
big, bigger, best NOW, more, most
Proud Sire Hold on, sir; that's not
right; you"
Chip-"Toe, tore, toast; snow, snore,
snort go, gore, gout row, roar, rout /;
Proud Sire" Stop, 1 say; those
adj"
Chip" Drink, drank, drunk chink,
chank, chunk; wink, wank, wunk; think,
thank, thunk-"
Proud Sire-''You Internal little fool!
What IN thunder"
Chip" Good, better, best; wood,
wetter, west bad, wusser, wust ; bile,
biler, bust; sew, sewer, soup; pew,
poor, pup-o-u-e-h oh, geminently,
/ dad Oh-O-O- %
The outraged parent had broken into
! the recitation with bOOt-iaek.
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SAvrNa WHEAT SrHAw.-Some may
consider this q small matter, but when
We consider the various uses, valuable
usea. 70 which wheat straw may be put'
II will not appear 50 inaiGnihoant. IL is
good for provender during WINTER II
viii do finely for mulehing, and can 0e
nsed In various WAYS known 70 practical,
experienced farmers. Properly Pua up;
viii furnish protection Tor cattle Ane
sboeT, daring the severe winter weatler,
and when nothing else can be done 1,ith
n there i, nothing better for manafiny
and enriching the land.-AeDlphts Ao-
peat
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Southern and Northern Cotton Mills

oOubuBIu anu NOIbnSLn OObggN AA4AAos
The st. Louis Republican considers
it fact worth making a note OF, that
while nearly all the New England cotton
mills have been running on short time
for nearly a year, and several of the
largest of them have been compelled to
suspend work entirely, the mills IN the
south have generally been running up
to their full capacity all through the
dull times, and still IN full operation.
II is true these southern mills are not
declaring the 30 and 40 per cent. divi-
dends they declared prior to 1878, but
they are still making a profit and giving
employment to their fun complement of
operatives. The fabrics made at the
southern mills are in steady demand,
while those of the New England mills
are heaped up in unsOld and unstable
stocks-the reason fer the closing last
week of the Atlantic mills at Lawrence,
Mass, whereby I,250 operatives are
thrown out Of employment, being that
the company have a surplus OF goods on
hand which they caBnot dispose of. In
addition to this fact, it is stated that the
Georgia, South CRrolina and Tennessee
goods are driving the northern goods of
the same grade out of the market. They
could not do this unless they are manu-
factured at less eOst-and this IL the
secret Of the whole difference between
the condi t.s3of the mills IN the two
sections.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

THOSE INDIAN ExILEs The trans
portation of the Indian murderers of
the Germaine family is no doubt
fresh in the mines of our readers.
The citizens of St. Augustine, in
Florida, the most venerable of Ameri
can cities, will, no doubt, be delighted
to learn that they are shortly to be
favored with the company of some three
hundred squaws and pappooses, to be
sent at the expense of the government to
Florida to soothe the pa0gs of exile
and imprisonment which now wiring the
manly breasts of tho fifty or sixty
Kiowa and COmanche warriors. Your
ordinary white assassin once caught in
the clutches of the law, is deprived
throughout all his term of punishment
Of tine amenities of family and social
life.
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The modern school girl must hs

The modern school girl must have
oueeT ideas. In a conversation with a
New York reporter at Vassar hop. one
Of them querried, Are you single?" an
Affirmative answer being given. Then
she asked thougktiully, Do editors
ever get rich p The "peneil HEAVIER"
again replied in the Affirmative, and in-
stanced several leading journalists, aud
then added, d" leave for New York to-
morrow, and it win take me three days
to pay my taxes and cut the coupons of
my bonds Z" els it possible !" replied
the miss, " and you 50 Young, too,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

FoR young children New York is at
present one of the deadliest cities at
no time do they thrive there overmuch.
but last weeks mortality among them
was exceptionally great. Under five
years of age they died at the rate of
eighty six per diem, the main trouble
being diarchual disease.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

This is what a bank cashier wrote
to Washington when he wanted reg
istered bonds" 81 may not have ex-
pressed myself properly, not knowing
much about this business of swopplng
bonds, but my intentions are pure and
innocent. wish to have these bonds
in such a condition that when burglars
ONE to my room at midnight, put a
pistol to my head, twist my nose, take
me by the ear, lead me to my hank,
compel me to unlock my safe, 1 can
contemplate the removal of my bonds
with q smile that is child-hke and
bland"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

The plague, or Back Death, has
twaked from its thirty years sleep in the
east, aud Is reported to be spreading
with rapidity in Asia. About eighty
live years ago, it desolated Russia, and
one hundred and fifty years have passed
since 1T ravaged and almost depopu-
jit d sOme parts OF Europe,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

IHE yellow fever is at Pensacola. It
IS unusually early for this dreaded man
'testation. In some of the most de-
Sastating yellow fever seasons the dis
ease has not shown itself on the gulf
co Ist until Sept, m6er.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

The postofiice department has sent
TO the department of justice the names
of thirty-nine mail contractors who are
20 be prosecuted for failure to perform
service after their bids were accepted.
The contracts were relet by the gov
ornment, and the difference between
the amount paid and the bids, for the
thirty-nine routes, was $417, ,OS7. which
IL the amount of damages claimed
against the delinquent bidders.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

A RATHER heroic act is that ef Spain.
dying Of internecine STRUGGLES. To 90
INTO the market for loan of 81, 900, 900
TO indemnity Porto RicaLs for the loss
OF their enaucipated slaves.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

The German minister of finance re-
ports a deficiency in the Budget for this
year Of So 600, 600, and the tax on beer
is to be raised-n proceeding which will
be Immensely unpopular in Germany,
where everybody consumes largely of
the ruby liquid. Such a large deficiency
as 80, 600, 900 would seem singular, with
the millions which have been paid by
France, were it not apparent that Ger
many has been putting all her money
into her armies.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-05

The Boston journal of Chemistry re-
grets that the millers use all their
finest, soundest wheat for fine -four, and
the poorest for Graham or brown bread,
a general name given TO mixtures of
bran and spoiled -four. "What we
need is good, sweet, whole wheat flour
finely ground, and put up secure
ly for family use, and any western mil
Ter who will give his earnest attention
20 furnishing such flour will realize a
fortune speedily; securing the most
nutritive principles the Creator has
stored up for mans food"
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MOSES TTttIl, Esq.
SIR: 1 regret to learn that you have seen
fit to make Objectionable comparisons between
me and the hero of that popular novel by the
eminent author Romeo Grub, ESQ, entitled
. Tho Bounding hummer Of the Big Gulch,
and I feel constrained to call upon you for an
explanation of your objectionable conduct.
Yours, &c, SAMUEL SHARP.
The recipient of this startling letter,
not having read the popular work,
would experience some curiosity to
know what the hero was like, and seek
ing the first book store maze purchase.
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The July returns to the department
OF agriculture shows that the acreage in
corn is about three per cent. greater
than last year. New England has in
creased her acreage about eleven per
cent and the Pacific states about one
per cent. All the great corn growing
regions have increased acreage-Mid-
ele states two per cent, South Atlantic
states three per cent. Gulf states, in
land southern states, twelve per cent,
states north of Ohio seven, west of the
Mississippi fourteen per cent. The
condition of the crop is below an aver
age IN the New England and South At
lantic states. The minimum condition.
eighty-two per cent, being in Rhode
Island, Florida and Alabama are also
below the average, but other Gulf
states and inland southern states are
about the maximum, 10 in Mississippi.
All other states except Missouri, IO3
are below the average, the minimum
eighty-two being in Wisconsin.
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THE substance of Jno. d. Lees con-
fession is that thirty Mormons, with the
assistance of large number of Indians,
decoyed emigrants from their entrench-
ment by a flag of truce; that all were
murdered except seventeen children !;
that the deed was done under orders of
the leaders of the Mormon Church :;
that he took news of the massacre to
Brigham Young, who deplored the
transaction, and said it would bring
disaster upon the Mormon people. The
statement of Lee, so far as known, only
confirms preAious reports in regard to
the massacre.
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,ph A. In dreams. aud lost in anxious thought
III footsteps brought me to this lonely spot.
: whom belongs the field this fiowery bed
The dead -
, 1875-10-05
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

Hthte'f.Attorney Reed who has bcon hbsent several
days. will take hu 1sce IN The Criminal Co1lz. thts
morning.
The jail will he relieved to-day Of twelvs inmates,
who tao tho carly trim tor tho l1ousc Of Correction
an early atxrt Thnrslay.
Tho Committee OIL Public Buildings and Public sor-
vice ntcaard to tava awarded tho contrack for tho
Foundation for tho CourtEIous yesterday morn
lug. hat failed in acquiring quorum. Evidently. u
thu pins hre not yet sol.
Tho Committee On Public Hcryice Of the County
Dnard ts having serious time in nominating tbs
judges for tho coming rtectIon. The o..Ys however,
not yet lcen nbio to cnnplct6 hlH list. It ii now OK
tctc1 TINT tho unnca will be rui1oeted tn-rlnrrow ~
the CANVASS lu tho several wasIA about UmIcte
last evening.
Denncrlassett, whoheare the noosiety lue to being
the tsst gambler convicted and hantencsl to tbs run-
tehtiary from this city, awaiting transportation
10 Toilet. wnA ycsefday enjoying farewell drunk In
tho Euunty Jail lIs was In q cheerful MOOD during
tie eutiru day, and late IN tht.aftrrneon his good
cheer ssencd to siycct QUO Of tlo kssturH Whtthor
they drank FROM tho bpttls not Is not klonn
ANOTHER OFFICIAL sPMEE.
The County Board yesterday accepted Invitation
fo visit tho 4uarreA OF Quincy. The Invitation
extended for tart Ffttuy, but few Of tho
me'u'era were oser.zeaoas IL tho matter, and,
consequence, The start will 10 nadc twenty houra
tarlicr Just Whist tho trip IL tnteed for, except
grand Hvsc, tA not known, from ihs iact Tint tue
board haa already agreed that the Court-]louHo
slhtl be constructed ol Cook Will Cuuuty atone.
There arc knne dist!feres around Quincy, however,
and It may o that tho Board wfshca to compare their
products with otIler establishments With which ttry
a.n Mlter acquainted. There arc some dstlllcrtes.
hrcweries. etc.. ia Vermont too, and also atone
anu doubtless tbs ne1t uxcursiou will be In hat dltec.
GDu,