The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-07
Lynnville.

Messrs Cline d Johnston bought
walnut log of Ed Cox, which we
think is hard to beat. 1t measured
five feet across the stump and fifty
six feet to the fork. 1t took six
big horses to pull eight feet of the
butt.
Our steam mill commenced oper.
atoms Saturday. Large quantities
of grain came in to test its grind
ing qualities. After tackling one
grist the pump fixtures got wrong
and many hungry man had to go
home without any show for bread
on Sunday. The mill was all right,
though, Monday.
Cotton came in freely this week
and sold for 90 a 10c. Several
wagons were here from above Guile
Okla, loaded with the staple. This
looks as if our market has a good
reputation abroad.
Mr.. Dan Willsford and his moth
er will start to Texas, on the 18th
inst, to be absent about a month.
Mrs. w. Is over seventy years of age
and we think the trip is quite a
serious undertaking for one of her
age. Maternal love, stronger than
the love of life, pIomptst he journey
and we trust she may sustain the
fatigue of travel and reach her be-
loved children without injury.
We have always been blessed with
health, but this year malarial and
typhoid fevers prevailed to an I'M
usual extent; yet the mortality was
remarkably light. A careful and
accurate examination of our physi-
clans, books, and of other sources
of Information, revealed the fact
that for twelve months past the
10Th district, with a population Of
1900, has had only % deaths. This
would give the remarkable average
age of lis years, which is a showing
of longevity and health that cannot
be equalled in the United States.
The fact is, we have more centena
rams than any district in the state
three in all, with many more en-
joying a fair prospect of reaching
that age. Still, death comes among
US occasionally. This week we re-
cord with unfeigned sorrow the
death of Mrs. Solomon Davis, who
expired on the morning of October
1st, with typhoid-pneumonia, after
brief illness. Rev. w. A. Turner,
of Olivet, conducted the funeral
services. Mrs. Davis was 68 years of
age and died within a mile OF where
she was born land Ihave heard it said
that in 81 this long life she never
made an enemy. The christian
graces were all happily blended in
her character, and her devotion to
family and friends was steadfast,
unselfish and unfaultering. She
is now reaping her reward in the
mansions of the blest. Her father,
Merry Carter, settled here in 1908
and she experienced in her girlhood
many of the discomforts and priva.
tons of pioneer life, but these only
developed to a higher degree the
shining traits of her character.
Mrs. Francis Smith has been sick
for the past week, but is some bet
ter now.
Mrs. Wilson, who was lparalyzed,
is very low, with but little hope of
her recovery, we fear.
Miss Annie Montgomery visited
her Pulaski friends last week and
attended the fair.
Gen. Whitthorne was here Satur-
day night and enjoyed the hospital
ity of Capt. r. A. Mitchell. We
are proud of the "Little Admiral
and will give him a rousing vote.
Lynnville has no charity for inter-
lopers and independents" and we
hope this election will forever sill
ence that sort of toolishness. You
may couLt Lynnviile straight on
the regular ticket. LYNN.