The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-02-05
DEPOT DOTS.

A charge of 25 cents per day is
now made on all baggage that re
mains in the depot over "a hours.
Mr.. Nick Townsend, the city
transfer man, who was confined to
his bed by sickness for several days,
/ is out again.
The railroad authorities buy
nearly all the tallow used on the n
and D. division at this place. We
saw over 1000 pounds at the depot
last Thursday.
A freight train was wrecked be
tween this place and Columbia Fri
day night and several box cars
ditched. Passenger trains we're
seriously delayed In consequence.
If any of our citizens wish to at
tt nd Mardi Gras at New Orleans,
they can procure tickets from Agent
Dunn at $23.50 for the round trip,
by making immediate application.
Conductor Dick Braden, who
succeeded Mr.. Dillehay, is making
himself q-ite popular along the
line by his gentlemaHly department
and courteous treatment of passen-
gers.
Edgefeld's handsome mayor, S
NJ. Wene, who is also stock claim
agent for the N. and d. division,
paid the depot boys n visit Friday
light and received a hilarious well
come.
A good deal of cotton has been
coming in for the time of year, and
the shipments at the depot were
larger from the 18th to the 31st of
January than during the last two
weeks of December.
Fifty-one cotton planters, con-
signed to A. D Bull d Co., Elkton,
for the use of Mr.. Neill Hollis,
were received here last week by
express from Nashville. They will
answer a valuable purpose in econ
omizing labor.
Another freight train was thrown
from the track, and ditched between
Pulaski and Columbia Monday Of
ternoon. The accident was caused
by the locomotive running afoul OF
some telegraph poles that had fallen
across the track.
The telegraph wires were down be-
tween this place and Columbia Mon
day, cutting of communication with
Nashville. This was caused by the
IA
weighing them down until the poles
were overthrown.
The railroad, telegraph operator
at this place has been notified that
in the future all applications for
passes, freight train permits, or 9TH
er transactions by wire, not ezcla
sively on railroad business, must be
sent by the Western Union line, the
sender to pay regular rates for the
same.
The engine on the south-bound
Accommodates broke down, near
Wales, on the 18th ult., delaying
the train several hours. The Acci
dent was caused by the engineer
suddenly reversing the engine to
avoid running over some horses on
the track, breaking the glands in
the cylinder.
Mr.. John Rogers, q brakeman on
a freight train, while coupling cars
at the depot Friday last, was
caught between two cars and seri-
ously injured. His body was bad
ly bruised and his left leg slightly
fractured. Drs. Sumpter and Gil
more were called in and rendered
all the assistance in their power.
The injured man was sent to his
home in Nashville on the night
train.
We were shown q bale of cotton
at the depot the other day that had
been graded "strict low middling"
and sold to Pulaski buyer for III
cents, on the strength of sample
taken from the outside of the bale;
but which, up,n investigation
turned out to be strict-very
strict-dog tail. This was a clear
case of false packing, and the
seller, so we are informed, is open
to indictment.
The statement in last weeks CIT
IzEN that the Pulaski Accommmo
dation would commence running
February l, was an error, as it is
quite probable, when the L. and N.
road assumes control of the Mobile
and Montgomery, that they will run
two through passenger trains to
New Orleans daily, carrying palace
cars and sieepers; their object being
TO throw all New Orleans business
via this route, instead of via Milan,