The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-06
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spiralis produced by eating fresh
pork.
A special arbitration court will
meet In Nashville on the first Mon
day in June to try causes on the
docket of the supreme court.
Charles O'Conor, the eminent
New York lawyer is in Nashville,
and will make an argument in the
case of the boadho!ders against the
. railroads.
The convention of the Southern
Baptist Church of the United States
met at Lexington, KY, yesterday.
over 700 delegates, representing
every state and territory in the Un
ion, are present.
The authorities of Nashville are
determined to have an orderly city
during their centennial. The gamb-
ling houses have already been raid
ed, and now the demi monde will be
ordered to skip.
The oil mill at Little Rock is the
largest institution of the kind in
the world. 1t turns out daily $50
barrels of oil, fifty barrels soap
stock and $50 oil cakes, requiring
100 tons of cotton seed.
Murfreesboro society was In quite
a futter last week over the marriage
of Mr.. Edgar z. Smith and Miss
Ella Childress. The bride is a sis
ter of Mrs. John G.. Brown, of Pu-
laskl, and a niece of Mrs. James X.
Polk.
Mrs. Houston, living at Austin,
Texas, in a fit of insanity, attempt
ed to murder her three children
Monday by driving knitting-nee-
dies into their brain through their
ears. One was killed and two 9th
ers were seriously injured.
Postmaster Genera! Key, who has
accepted the appointment of Dis
trlct Judge for Eastern and Middle
Tennessee, will not leave the cabi-
net before June Ist. 1t is thought
Mr.. James, the present postmaster
at New York, will be his successor.
MIR. Middleton who has been clerk
OF the United States supreme court
for over twenty years died last
week. His deputy, Mr.. James Nc
Kenney, was Immediately appointed
TO fill tie vacancy. The office is
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 a !
year.
The Louisville and Nashville |
railroad will sell tickets to the Cen
tennial Exposition at cents per
mile for the round trip to parties Of
five. This rate will continue to
within eight days of the close of
the Exposition. Upon application,
rates even lower than this will be
given to schools visiting the city in
a body.
New Haven CONN Register,
April 23d: "The people of Stony
creek and Guilford are much gita-
ted over peculiar freak of nature
which occurred yesterday afternoon.
At midday, when the sky was per
fectly clear and the sun shining
brightly, there came long and
loud report which seemed to be di
rectly overhead, and sounded like
a heavy clap of thunder. No thun-
der clouds were visible and no 9th
er report was heard. 1t was at {
irst supposed to be the report of
blast, but investigation proved that
his was not the case"
At meeting of the directors of
he Memphis and Charleston rail
Dad, held at Huntsville on Wed
lesday, Il was directed to pay one j
million two hundred and ninety six
thousand dollars, falling due Nav
st, in cash. The report shows '
hat the business of the road during
he past seven months has been j
simply enormous. Sixty miles of
teel rail have been laid and paid
or, and yet the business for this !
period shows a clean cash balance
If one hundred and seventy thou j
Iand dollars. The rumor that Col.
:. w. Cole was to be placed in a I
general managerial capacity over
he road still lacks confirmation. j
Twin babies were born to a wo-
nan living in Maysville, KY, last
Thursday, one of whom is black !
nd the other white. The medi- \
al men are very much puzzled over J
he case. One contends that the +
Moons changes were the cause, and
hat one was conceived in the light E
md the other in the dark of our r
,reat lunar satellite. No logical a
olution of the enigma has yet been .
rrived at, however, and in all prob ?
bilIty none ever will be. They have q
AIMED the children after the two ),
in Kentucky's cause p
sle6re. The white one has been
hristened Green, the black one
Iargis. j
A desperate afFray took place in
wayne county, KY, Thursday last. .
/. man named Powell, who was u
illness to the killing last fall, of u
Lutchison, by Phillips, had been L
lreatened by Philips in order to
eep from testifying. Powell re- NJ
lsed to leave the country or &C
spt a bride. Thursday night, a d,
arty of 6 or masked men attack W
/ Powelps house, and broke in the as
DOR with rail, when Powell struck Al
lree of them down with an axe, and n,
RS. Powell was shot in the arm. ri
he maskers retreated, but again
turned, Powell fired and killed
Ie leader, who proved to be John CT
i'll Smith. The others ran off.
rs. Powell pulled the handker- u
lief from one mans face and says as
was Phillips. Powell has obtain al
warrants for the arrest of three OF
en-, who are now in Jail. its
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