The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-29
News Boiled Down

persons.
Don Piatt has severed his connec
ton with the Washington Capital,
: and will, with his cousin, the poet.
John James Piatt, shortly begin
the publication of literary week
| ly at Cincinnati.
Thomas Mann, a school teacher
OF the third district of Davidson
county, was struck by lightning
during the storm Sunday afternoon
and instantly killed, as was also the
horse he was riding.
The terrible storm which swept
over so many widely separated sec
tions of the country on the 18th
inst, killed over three hundred per-
sons and destroyed twenty million
dollars worth OF property.
Judge Connally F. Trigg, United
States District Judge, died at his
residence in Bristol, Tenn, Sun
day afternoon last. He had been
in feeble health for some time and
his death was not unexpected.
Mr.. o. A. Francis, a conductor
on the Nashville and Chattanooga
road, living in West Nashville, took
corrosive sublimate by mistake
Saturday and died half an hour az
terward. He was one of the oldest
conductors on the road.
Considerable excitement has been
caused by the discovery OF a vein of
silver in Dickson county, Tenn.
The ore has been assayed and pro-
nounced to be very rich. A COM
pany has been organized with cap
ital of $4,000 to develop the vein.
Monday last was the sixty first
anniversary of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows in Americ a,
and it was appropriately celebra-
ted in all The principal cities. The
first lodge Of the order in America
was organized April &c, 1919 in
Baltimore.
After a bitter struggle between
the friends of Grant and Blame the |
Georgia Republican convention
elected an uninstructed delegation
to Chicago. This is a victory for
Blaine as it is known that a major
ity of the delegates favor his pre-
tensions.
Within the past six months more
than 1000 white people have emf
grated from the neighborhood of
greensboro, n. g., to Indiana and ,
he Northwest. More than that
lumber of colored people have gone
nto Georgia and other southern
tates from North Carolina.
The heaviest shock of earth :
uake ever felt at San Francisco !
occurred several days ago. The mo- !
ion was vertical. No damage is +
eported, although buildings rocked f
D that the motion was plainly visi- +
lie. The Nevada block apparent a
swayed foot out of perpendic- b
lar. =
The Presbyterian church at a
Tenn, was blown down by Ct
lie storm Sunday afternoon. The
lilding is a complete wreck and C,
one of Its contents were saved ex- 81
spt the bible. The congregation, t.
hlch is a poor one, appeals for n
clip to their brethren throughout 81
10 state. o.,
At the meeting of the Nashville az
aclng Association last Saturday az
lie centennial stake for all ages, b.
ash of one mile and one-eight,h d,
as won by Dryer Brothers bay al
orse, Bramble. by Bonnie Scot W
nd. Time, :5S. Bramble's jockey, W
.cLaughlin, carried off t1e centen- ia
ial spurs lie
DR.. Standiford must have come Sc
1T of the big combin alton pretty 81
ell fixed, as seven or eight per tn
its were issued to him one day &C
last week tor the erection OF at
lildings in Louisville. Knowing ry
hen one has got enough is good sa
1rse sense, and quitting in time is WI
I the same piece. nj
The annual sale of thoroughbreds I'll
Belle Meade, the famous breed WI W,
g farm of Gen. w. G. Harding Gu
ar Nashville, took place last week. az
wenty-four yearlings by Bonnie VI
,otland and John Morgan sold ~
r $S,565, and several colts and fl OF
IS were purchased by horse fan ~
srs from Louisville and New 10
'rk at prices ranging from $685. 1 ,h
$46O. IN
nv, wi
The argument of the question of tb
e liability of the railroads of pa
for the payment of the tn
nds issued by the state in aid of RI.
cir construction, with accrued sal
-erest, began in Nashville Tues NJ,
y, In the United States Circuit W.
urt, before Judge Whitney, of an,
'troit, Mich. A large number of St.
inent lawyers from this and 9TH ON
states, representing the bond hv
lders and the various railroad oio
npanies, were present. 90
Charles De Young, one of the edi- col
s of the San Francisco, Zeal. tou
was shot and instantly ma
led in his own office Friday last mu
l. NJ. Kalloch, son of Mayor ito
.lloch, OF that city. 1t will be he
rendered that. De Young at tro
ked and came very near killing mr.
elder Kalloch for slandering his mes
ther in public speech in San ter
ancisco during the municipal can ito
IS last fall. The present tragedy fro
w out of that affair. not
The largest cotton transaction CAP
r made in Nashville was effected he
Messrs. George j. Goodrich & Ne
g., who purchased for Messrs. B. see
wgass d Co., of Liverpool, a VOL
md lot of 1000 bales at an esti ing
ted value of 100000. Last ken
TX they shipped to the same cor the
pendent, and to Messrs. l.. Ro- swe
helm IL Sons, Liverpool, 2,27O
es. making a total shipment In
hin the past ten days, amounting -
'alue to about $256,00O. L
| man named Boyd having adj 80,
t,sed that he would jump from po,i
suspension bridge over the an,
nberland at Nashville SATURDAY. :,