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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
PROVED BY ITS WORKS.
A Vindication of the State Board Of
Health,
Brownsville Bee. 18th.

BroWnsNille Bee, 18Th
For reasons satisfactory to us,
this paper has not seen proper to
join in what seems to be a pretty
general and bitter complaint against
the State Board of Health, touching
the scope and extent of its legiti-
mate powers and authority. 1t is a
body created by law and acting
under the authority of law; and in
our judgment its creation and estab-
lishment was a wise conception of
our Lawmakers. The history and
experience OF the very recent past,
fraught with the terrors of desola-
ting epidemics, demanded some
well-defined plan, some systematic
effort, by which to prevent the in
PRODUCTION and spread of the yellow
fever and arrest, as far as pos
sible, its ravages; and, therefore,
under these circumstances the State
Board of Health was created, and
granted certain powers with which
to execute the purposes of its crea
tion-and organization. The du-
ties and responsibilities of the
board are of very grave character,
upon the proper performances of
which vast interests depend. The
past few months have proven, pretty
cOnclusively, that it holds in the
hollow of its hand the health of the
State, as far as epidemic diseases
and their further propagation are
concerned. Brownsville to-day is
indebted for its continued exemp-
ton and freedom from diseases of
an epidemic character to the strict
quarantine laws as enforced by
this same much abused State Board
of Health. And when we recall the
rapid spread throughout our sec
ton of the fever during last year,
and the suffering and sorrows that
marked its GesolaCing track, we will
be slow to condemn any seeming
severity of the Board in the enforce
ment of the powers and authority
delegated to it under the laws of
Tennessee. Far better it is for it
to transcend its legitimate powers
than not to come up to their proper
performance. We applaud DR..
Plunket for his energetic enforce
ment Of the laws controlling the
Board of Health; for the vigor with
which he continues to enforce them,
despite public dissatisfaction and
upbraiding. He is right. He ap-
preciates the responsibilities of his
position and recognizes the emer-
gency that requires their prompt
and faithful performance. We are
no doctor, nor the son of one, yet
we can safely predict the continu
ance of that freedom from an cpl
demic that we have enjoyed up to
the present so long as the State
Board of Health discharges it's du-
ties with the same fidelity that has
marked its history for the past two
months.
All honor and praise to the Ten
hesse State Board of Health.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
Theft and Death.

A Courier J ournal dispatch from
Memphis 18th says: "Dr, Collins,
National Quarantine Inspector,
found occasion to burn a negro
shanty and contents down at the
Arnold place, eight miles south, on
the Horn Lake road, to day. Since
the first member of the Arnold fam
i.y was stricken down with the fe-
yer a general system of robbing the
premises has been carried on until
every article of value has disap-
peared. All but one member of the
Arnold family, little child, which
is now in the Howard Orphan Asy
lum, have died, and search was
made to day for the stolen goods.
DR.. Collins made the first discovery
in shanty in rear of the farm,
where several articles of bedding
were found in possession of an old
negro woman who lay in the last
agonies of malignant attack of the
fever, evidently contracted by con
tact with the infected clothing she
had purlolned. The poor old ne
gress was Immediately moved to the
Arnold house and fire set to her
shanty and contents, to prevent the
spread of the infection to the neigh
bors, consisting of several families
of negroes and whites living in a
radius of half a mile of the plague
stricken cabin. DR.. Collins states
that the negroes il the nelghbor-
hood we're SO afraid of the sick wo-
man that they positively refused to
assist in moving her until b threat
ened them with arrest and punish
ment. They manifested great sur
prise when told that the old woman
was still alive, as they thought she
was dead long ago, they having kept
away from her house since she was
first Frustrated. Further search for
the stolen goods discovered articles
in nearly every negro cabin in the
leighborhood, and as none of the
had been disinfected, fresh
outbreaks of the disease ia the
leighborhood are expected.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
Twenty-Five Years in a Hog Pen

Henderson News: Twenty one
years ago a man by the name of
Mccormick, who lives two and a
half miles southeast of Saltillo,
Hardin county, became insane, and
instead of sending him to an asy-
lum, his family built a pen 8x1O
feet and imprisoned the man in it.
The pen is situated about thirty
feet from the dwelling, epd has
neither door, window or floor. His
provisions are pushed through the
cracks in the logs. His bed con-
sists OF four or five logs extending
across the pen at the back end, and
the bed clothing consists of one
quilt. From the appearance of the
Upside of the pen, any one would
come to the conclusion that the
chickens roasted over the old mans
head. He has been living in this
manner twenty one years, and we
are of the opinion that it has been
that period since he has washed
himself, and his toe nails are about
one inch and a half long. The old
gentleman has property enough to
support him in some respectable
asylum, but other parties are reap
ing the benefits of the same, and he
is imprisoned in an old hog pen.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
The Kiss of Death.

A Memphis dispatch of the Goth
relates the following sad incident:
Mr.. Jake Kohlburg, a Howard Wis
itor, tonight related to your cores
pendent an incident connected with
Mrs. Minnie Wilkes death, which
occurred this afternoon at 5 O'Clock.
Just previous to dissolution she had
several attacks of black vomit, and
during the intervals called upon
her husband to kiss her. Regard
less of the danger that attended her
request her husband time and again
his kiss upon her. He
was warned of the risk he ran. but
he was faithful to her in death as
he had been in lie. She died with
her arms around his neck, One
hour afterwards MIR. Wilkie was
stricken with a most malignant
case, although he had a severe at
tack last year. A later dispatch
says that hir. Wilkie died on
the 2Sth
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
Sheriff s Sale.

DY VIRTUE of an execution in my hands
ID issued to me from the Circuit court of
Giles county IN favor of Gilbert, Parks & Co.
against l NJ Lasseter, viii sell to the high =
est bidder for cash, at the court house door in
the town of Pulaski, Tenn,
On Saturday, Oct'r 18th, 1879,
an undivided remainder interest in lot of
land lying in the 7th civil district of Giles
county, and in that portion of the town of
Pulaski known as East Hill, and bounded as
follows: Beginning at a stake in the corner
of Madison and Patterson steets, running
thence with the south margin of Madison
street esZ degrees W, chains, IS links;
thence S deg W, Chains, Is links to a
stake; thence south sS1l dogs E, 8 chains, Is
links to a stake in the west margin of Pat
terson street; thence l deg E, chains and
As links to the beginning, and containing
2 5-IO0 acres, and being the same lot of
ground in which Mrs. Eliz'th Lasseter holds
a life estate, the interest of NJ. Lasseter in
remainder he'll levied upon being to whole
remainder interest as II is to AZ, levied upon
as the property of said |. NJ. Lasseter, ana
will be sold to satisfy said execution.
49,. II. ARROWSMITH, Sheriff.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

Elk President Grant landed at San
Francisco on Saturday evening last
after an absence of over two years,
and was given magnificent recep-
ton. The city was illuminated with
electric lights and hung with the
flags of all nations. Great enthusi-
asm WAS manifested along the line
of procession, cheer after cheer
rent the air, steam whistles scream
ed. a thousand cannons belched
forth their thunders, and the bells
were rung throughout the city. At
ten o'clock he passed under the
triumphSl arch into the Palace Ho-
tel to the psrlors prepared for his
reception, and until g late hour re-
ceived his friends and admirers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
PROCLAMATION
BY
s. MARKS.
Governor of the State of Tennessee.

To Azl Whom These Presents May Conoern-
Greetiug:
WHEREAS, 1t has been made known to
w me that certain William Dougla
charged with having committed foul and
atrocious Murder, on the oath day of August,
1879, upon the body of Samuel Kerr. late of
our county of Giles, has fed from justice and
is now running at large:
Now, therefore, I, Albert S. Marks, Gov
ernor as aforesaid, oy virtue of the power
and authority in me vested, do hereby offer
a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, to
any person or persons who may apprehend
and prosecute to conviction the said William
Douglass in order that Justice in that behalf
may be had and executed.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal of the
State to be affixed, at Nashville, on the Sd
day of Sept, 1879. ALBERT S. MARKS.
By the Governor:
CHAs. N. GIBRs, Sec'y of State.
DEsoRIPTIoS-Red kinky hair, low fore
head, blue eyes, freckly face, about 25 years
old, about feet inches high, weighs about
$50 pounds. When standing, he stands a
little stopped.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
NThat Convention.

what is it to be?'' is the ques
ton now under discussion among
the black Thursday papers in re
gard to the October convention in
Nashville. The Franklin Review
wants to honey fuggle Democrats
into it, while the New Era, Savage's
organ, is bitterly opposed, for fear
the Democrats will out-wit and out
general them in diyiding the spoils.
One writer. however, explains, Sag
Col. Sarge Says" it is to be neither
Democratic nor Republican, white
nor black, but organized without
regard to race or color. Of course
this was to be anticipated. Savage
can lsy claim to no other progeny
than mongrel aRd his bastard con-
vention is not expected to be any
thing else GAINESVILLE Leaf.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

New York Herald: The Republi-
can leaders do not mean to surren-
der the authority they held for
twenty years if they can help it;
that is only human nature; and all
their actions show their vigorous
grasp and ardent love of political
pred dominance. We do not blame
them for being human, but they
ought to be careful not to alarm
the country with such sinister
threats as are involved in the rea-
sons they give for insisting on
Grant. There is profound
and just belief among Americans
that we owed the rebellion to the
INSCRIPTIONS love of power and pc
litical performance which had
grown up among the Democratic
leaders, and if these had been &C
customed at more frequent inter-
walls to a period of minority, we
might have been spared a bloody
and a costly war. But sensible
people do not forget that the Re-
publicans have in their turn had a
long lease of possession in Wash
iEgton. The country has not fail
ed to observe the naughty, intoler-
ant, domineering spirit of the Re
publican leaders at the capital dur
ing the last winter and spring, and
will. not be safe-it will be very I'M
safe indeed-for these to go any
further in showing the American
people that they are seeking excus
es for resisting the popular will If
that should next year elect to de-
pose them, and in preparing the
way and the means for an act of
usurpation. If it once gets into
the heads Of the voters they will
sweep the republicans from power,
and they ought to do so. We can
not afford to keep servants in the
house who refuse to go out, and be
gin to baricade them selves inside.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

A Washington dispatch says
Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, who
has been experimenting the inves
tigation of the Freedman's Bank
suspension, has gone to Cleveland
for a brief vacation. He reports
that he has already discovered evil
dence sufficient to fasten the guilt
of the embezzlement of the banks
funds on men who were once prom
inent in this community. He
thinks, however, that it will be a
difficult matter to proceed against
the criminals because of the inter
vention of the statutes of limita-
ton
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
FOR SALE.

T OFFER for sale my large Brick Dwelling
4 House, situated near the depot, in Pulaski.
The House Is lifted fora boarding house. Z
rooms upstairs and Gouble suit of rooms
down stairs, with q store-Toom suited for
grocery business or merchandise. 1t can be
made to do good business. There are two
vacant lots adjoining which will be sold at
the same time. The above property will be
cold to the highest bidder, at the coul house
door in Pulaski, on
Saturday, 18th October, 1879,
unless sooner sold privately. Terms, one
third cash, balance in and IL months with
notes and approved security. Title good,
and any information can be had OF Rose d
Tinnon. Possession given at any time after
sale. sepl1-td P. DINKIN.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

The returns of the Department Of
Agriculture make most encOurag-
ing exhibit of the condition of the
crops in this country. The general
average is ninety three per cent.
Europe on the other hand, on ac-
count of the extremely wet weather
that has prevailed in many portions
for some time time, will fall short
in her crops at least one-third.
This state of affairs gives promise
of prosperity to our farmers and
shippers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
Mysterious Disappearance from
Huntingdon.

From the Huntingdon indicator :
No doubt many of our readers re-
member an old gentleman named
Skein, who resided IN the twenty
third district of this county, and
who was noted for nothing in par
ticular, save his RICHNESS with re-
gard to money matters and deyo-
tion to the Methodist Church,
South. Some months ago this gen
tleman left here, ostensibly to visit
relatives in some of the Mi Idle Ten
nessee counties. and since that time
neither family or friends here have
heard one word from him. His
wife and children worked on through
the weary days of summer, hoping
that each mail would bring some
tidings from the father, but none
came, and some days ago, just as
the blades of corn were turning
brown and the bolls of cotton be
ginning to burst, the patient wife,
whose mind had been so long top
ping because Of her husbands
unexplained absence, broke down
completely, and became insane.
The first intimation the neighbors
had of mental alteration was when
she invited them to visit her house
on a certain day, and when they
had assembled, gravely informed
them that she would die in a few
hours and had called them in as
witnesses. Since then che has been
growing more violent, until few
days ago her brother, Mr.. j H.
New, highly respected citizen of
the Ninth district, came and carried
her to his home. 1t is not known
that Mr.. Skein ever had either out
side or domestic troubles sufficient
to cause such conduct on his part,
and many of his friends fear that
he has been foully dealt with.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

In regard to the assertion which
has recently been made that the
sun never sets on American soil the
Scientific American says that tLis
is boasting too much; that we have
really four hours darkness every
night, as when the lingering rays Of
the sun are kissing the hills of our
furthest AIeutian island good night
they are saluting the hill tops of
Ireland with a good morning, while
the breadth of the Atlantic lies be-
tween us and daylight.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

The latter part of last week, a
man by the name of Moonly, living
near the Henderson and Decatur
line, from some cause became often
ded at his wife, and in his rage
struck at her with chair. The
demon missed his wife, bus struck
one of their little children, killing
it instantly. The blow was so Sc
we're that one of the child's eyeballs
bursted from its socket. No arrest
has yet been made Henderson
County News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
GAsa!''y ss!' d Town Property
At LynnVille Station.

Bailey Davis IL Co. VS.. D. J Ingram.
DURSUA ANT to a decree of the Chancery
Court of Giles county, Tenn essee, III the
above cause, will sell,
On Thursday, Oct'r 10th, 1879,
at public sale to the highest bidder, on
credit Ct 6, y and is months, with interest,
and free from the equity of redemption, the
Store House and Lot near the depot, now oc-
cupied by John j. Garrett. Also lot upon
which there are situated one two-story and
one one-story frame dwellings, which are
also occupied by SAID Garrett as dwellings,.
This is desirable property, and parties
seeking investments will do well to examine
this property. Purchasers will be required
te execute notes with approved security, and
leins will be retained upon the property for
the payment of the purchase money. Sale at
1114 O'Clock A. NJ, j. B. STACY, c. & N.
sep25-4t
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. IL Nearly
forty years ago a German of good
manners and some money came to
a Mr. FechRr's near this city, and
applied for lodging. he refused to
give any name, saying that he de
sired TO remain unknown. He lived
with these people, kind, inoffensive
and honest, without ever lifting the
MYSTERY of his life. Yesterday he
took an old army musket and delib
erately blew his brains out. No
cause Is assigned, except that in
talking with a little girl a few days
since, he said: Uncle Henry is
getting too old TO live" The Cor
oner's jury was unable to discover
what his name was.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

Col. Brewer, Auditor of Alabama,
said in recent decoration, in allud
ing to the result of a general negro
exodus: White labor would no
longer come in competition with
the black labor; there would be no
vast hordes OF unskilled laborers to
butcher the lands and wreck the
homestead, there would be no
squalor, and but little idleness; few
er crimes and more intelligence.
White cottages would begin to tleck
the landscape as the torrent OF i'm
migration came pouring in; tillage
would be more thorough and its
implements more perfect; schools
and churches would be sustained as
the population thickened, and our
children educated at home as the
standard of education was adj
vanced, Nn3 rs the marshes were
drained.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
HlSOLIR1lt Notice.

HAVING suggested to the County Court of
IL Giles county the insolvency OF the estate
of Jerre Parker, decd, notice is hereby given
to all persons holding claims against the
same to file them duly authenticated with
the clerk of said court on or before the 25th
day of Feb'y, 1880, for pro rata payment, or
they will be forever barred.
sep4-4t% j. NJ, PARKER Ad,mr
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
IalsOLrealf NOfice-

HAVING suggested to the County Court
II of Giles county the insolvency of the es-
tate of j W McKissack, decd, notice is here
by given to all persons holding claims
against the same to file them duly authenti-
Gated with the clerk OF said court on or be-
foi the ! 5th day of December, 1879, for pro
rata payment or they will be barred.
seplS At - :, q. ROLAND, Admir-.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
An Alabama woman has origipa.

An Alabama woman has origina-
ted a novel industry which may
prove to oe an important and useful
one. She strips the down of the
feathers of turkeys and other fowls
from their quilts and Eeaves It into
q thick, soft cloth, which can be
died any desirable color, and out of
,-%tah most beautiful and ccmforta
hlo o,ool,s o-hues; etc, can be mads.
Her inability to buy = 'e"' SN'A
saque led her to make the exp.
ments.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

The greenbackers of New York
met in State convention at Utica
last week, and stultifed themselves
by selecting the President of a Ma
tlonal bank for their Chairman.
The session appears TO have been
about as harmonious as a convoca-
ton OF cats OF the masculine
gender.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25
LAND FOR SALE.

I OFFER for sale Ito acres of Rich Land
L lying on the railroad and adjoining my
farm. 1t is well watered and timbered. and
is under good fence, and has a small tene-
meut house, There are IS or so acres in
cultivation. Price down to hard pan.
CLIFTON ROBES
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

Hon. Jefferson Davis declines to
be a candidate for u. S. Senator
from Mississippi. He assigns good
reasons therefor, writes like a states
man and acts like patriot and sen
aiblp ma
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

The Dyersburg Gazette sensibly
remarks that the failure OF the State
to adjust its debt falls heavier upon
poor, honest, hard working men
than upon any others. Men of
money do not need credit; poor
men do. The destruction of conf
dence and the loss of credit which
is the result of reputation, Injuries
every poor man in the land who Ia
bors for living, by depriving him
OF employment or by reducing the
wages Of labor Gallatin Exam'r.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

Granbury (Tex.) Vidette: There
has been discovered somewhere
along che line of Palo Pinto and
Hood counties a cave which con-
tains large quantities of alum in an
almost pure state.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

While Ingersoll's intidel howlers
were permitted TO rage in Ohio last
week, Elder Ellis camp meeting,
devoted to the service of God, was
broken up by a mob. Where are
the ''trupesT'-I Courier, Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

The leading Mormons 60 not oc-
cupy 8 sanity position. Several of
them are in the penetentiary. All
of them ought to be there. The
confession by one of the lead
ers of opinion that hundred NO
men are anxious to marry one man
because they are moved by an in
spiratIon of the the Holy Ghost
sounds like an emanation from the
devil.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

1t is costing so much to make a
city of Washington that it strikes
the Detroit News that it would be
much cheaper to move the capital
to some town already made.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

The merchants of New York say
that the business season just now
opening has every promise of being
the the most prosperous one for
years. Money is plenty and coun-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

The Knoxville Dispatch has
heard of a movement, said to have
originated at Nashville, to bring
forward Gen. Hancock for Presi
dent, and Ex-Governor John G..
Brown for Vice President.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

There are three political disas-
tiers OF which the American people
need have no further apprehension
IA first term of Sherman, a second
term of Hayes, and third term OF
Grant Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-25

One wing" of the democratic
party of AassachI sets has nomina-
ted Beast Butler for Governor. In
our opinion that wing ought to be
clipped and the nominees neck
pulled