The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-12-30
Lynnville Items.


Prof. Bodenhamer spent Christ
mas with friends at Old Lynnville
Miss Lucy Compton, of Polk's
creek, is visiting relatives at Camp
BELLS Station.
DIR. Williamson was here profes
sionally Thursday, to see Mrs. t
r. E. Boatright, who is very sick
The saw mill owned by John Ey.
ans was sold last week to parties
who will move it to Little Shoa
creek.
Britt Wilsford, who left here s
young man in 1S41, for Texas, is
back on visit. He still loves ole
Giles.
w. T. Elsey who has lived al
Mrs. DR.. Walkers house this year
will move to Lincoln county mex
week.
Miss Clara Bodenhamer, the fan
principal of Brick Church Acade
my, is spending the holidays at OLD
Lynnville.
Miss India Grigsby, art teacher
at Lynnville Academy, is spending
the holidays with friends in Nash
vile.
Mrs. William Smith spent severa
days at Campbellsville, her old
home, last week, and assisted in ar,
ranging the Christmas tree there
Our mule men will commence to
ship south next week. About zoo
fat mules are held here for sale in
January next, if the market is good
Geo. w. Carter, of Bohemian, is
spending Christmas with relatives
here and visiting some of our young
ladies, if rumor is to be believed.
Mr.. w. G. Carter has fine young
horse Henry Mambrino) in a dy
ing condition with mad staggers.
All remedies have failed, and he is
given out.
General Clifton, of Weakley's
creek, was visiting on Folks creek
Christmas day. He is suspected of
trying to turn the right wing of
Folks branch.
The printer last week made me
say "Brice West got off to Texas
with some hounds" 1 wrote "with
some hands"-to help him make
cotton, / meant.
Your readers will be surprised
to hear that our deputy sheriff
has found time to go to work. 1
am told he hauled 8 saw logs to
mill the day before Christmas.
Mrs. "A. M. V. Compton, who has
been quite sick with pneumonia for
two weeks, is now convalescing.
The family will move to Marshall
county as soon as she RECEIVERS.
Alex Digger, who went to Texas
three years ago, returned last week,
having been sick most of the time
since his departure. He will make
his home at his fathers, in Maury
county.
Several said they recognized the
thin man on your last weeks sup
plement as Mr.. S., of the CITIZEN.
while others declared it resembled
Mr.. Taliaferro, of the Herald.
Which of the two was it?
Mr.. William H. Robinson, of
Falls, was here two or
three days last week. looking after
the renting of his Elk Ridge place.
He is one of the proprietors of the
Marcella Falls FIGURING Mills.
Young Mcknight, we mentioned
Iast week as being deranged, became
a raving maniac and attempted to
kill some members OF his family.
de was heavily ironed aud carried
to the asylum at Nashville Friday.
Mrs. Tom Brown, OF Dallas, Tex
as, who has been visiting her moth
sr, Mrs. James Wilson, for three
months past, left for home last
tuesday. Mrs. Wilson, who is
paralyzed, was reported much worse
/ day or so thereafter.
F. F. Carter, of Henry county, is
visiting relatives in this vicinity
and possibly a young lady he saw
when here before. He reports a sew
IN inch snow in Henry county re
Gently. that lay on the ground for
,hree weeks. Cotton picking and
wheat sowing were retarded, of
course.
James X. Evans, of Weakley
is here visiting the
friends and scenes of his childhood.
He was one of my schoolboys 10
years ago, and it affords me pleas
1re to put him on record IS a young
nan of much promise. l hope he
will honor the name of his illustri-
ous namesake.
Mr.. j. p. Boyd lost a valuable
mule last week with tetanus, or
lock jaw. All the known remedies
utterly failed to do 1t any good.
Mr.. Boyd has been peculiarly un-
fortunate with his stock. Two
years ago he lost six or eight valua
bic animals, their death being
caused by 'sneeze-weed" in the hay.
Miss Fannie Evans was united in
marriage to Mr.. w. w. Follis, at
the residence of the BRIDES father,
Capt. r. G. Evans, 10. Wilson, esq,
tying the silken knot. They have
the Congratulations of many friends.
Esq'r Wilson is so exceedingly
popular with the marrying folks
that he was sent for to 60 to Mar
shall county last week, to buckle q
loving couple together.
Allow me to call attention to one
one of the most unmitigated frauds l
ever knew an intelligent public to
be the victims OF. l refer to the
daubs sold to the public
schools as "outline maps" (out-ly-
ing would be better, at the outra-
geous price of $45 per set. Their
execution is a disgrace to the art of
nap-drawing, while the style and
inish would have been considered
poor 100 years ago. / regard them
IS utterly worthless, and think the
price paid for them is so much
money thrown away on a base
swindle.
l enjoyed the hospitality of the
Justly popular Montgomery House
Christmas day, and partook of a
glorious dinner, which left me with
! paunch like an alderman. The
generous board was spread with vi
ands calculated to produce ecstatic