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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-27
MONEY LETTERS STOPPED IN THE MAILS.

Postmaster GOps of Jersey City. yesterday re-
ceived "a letter from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN RET,
crence to the Chichester Rife Company OF that
city, directing him to-. return all regis,
tered letters to the senders plainly marked
Fraudulent" and to inform the rcmItiGIs
of all money orders to the company or W..
\. Pickett ts treasurer. that the payment thereof
has been forbidden, and the money Will be returned
unon the presentation of q duplicate order. Inc
Chichester Rife Company was organized last
December at Jersey City under the gen.
cral law Of the State. Its certificate Oh
incorporation, filed the Office OF inc
Clerk of the County Of Hudson places It's captal at
600 divided into 100 shares OF the par value oI
800 each. The subscriptions to the stock were as
follows: Warren n Pickett, OF this city, inc treas,
urer 90 shares :; Il. z. Cattle, of Jersey City, and
Charles f. Monsell, of Brooklyn, % shares each.
Offices were opened at No. 81 M0ntEOmery-st. Inc
company advertised very extensively IN the relig-
ions weekly newspapers Offering to send n good
ride by express for 81 90 and SO 90 each. Its adj
vertisenent was wOrded so as to make the reader
believe that he could get fine rife for his money.
The rifle was merely q long DaTTcllcu reVOFer
with movable stock screwed OH the handle.
The company did very heavy business until last
week, when Postmaster GOpsill refused 10 pay
money orders to Mr. Pickett or to give him
the registered letters addressed to the company,
and wrote to the POstmaster-Gencral for
Instructions This action was taken on
account Of the large number of letters
received by Postmaster GOpsll, Mayor Iausslg ana
many Others from persons who claimed that they
had forwarded money to the company for rifles and
had not received them Chief of Police Murphy
also received number of letters advising him to
close the offices of the concern as 1t was fraudulent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-27
Announcements I

TAnnouncementsl
EVERY FAMILY
should take pains test the great utility Of JAMES PY1
PEARLISE In the Kitchen and Launory.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
FARM FOR SALE.

offer for sale n Prairie Farm
consisting Of so acrcs-sixty-iivc
acres under pillow, balance under
pasture and hay; we'll fenced; n
good well, house, and granary.
Land is comparatively new and is
under II prime state of cultivation,
and is situated in n pleasant
ncighborhood; good road running
by the farm; within easy distance
oftwo school houses, and churches
of various denominations; also
within y miles Of where the G.
& N. w. Il. II, depot is located
ut Ridgcway.
For terms apply on the prem
iscs, two miles south Of the new
Catholic church in Ridgcway.
Tnos. Il. RYAN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
Olive Logan on Advertising.

| suppose you don't know
what sort Of a pen ! am writing
to Won with; | don't suppose
you care what kind of u pen !
am writing to you with; yet the
pen | am writing to you with is
an epitome of all that has ever
been printed, spoken or sung
regarding mercantile communi'
ty. Observe the following facts:
In Paris, recently, ! saw n
friend who had just come over,
use a penlpeculiarlycons
designed with special reference
to those untidy persons who,
wnen lney write. NOW my friend
Is u man whoes hands are az
lilies, with finger nails like rose
buds In tint; noticeable hands,
even remarkable; considering
that he is all elderly man and
who occasionally helps with
the lighter work on his farm in
Nebraska Catch him linking
his fingersl why, whert did you
get that nice pen 7" | asked him
with n vista OF blissfull eXemp.
tiou from an uninked middle
finger opeuing upon my joyous,
expectant mind. !" In OMAHA"
he answered. /" | used to ink
my fingers before | got it." He
did. He linked his fingersl That
was enought for me. | got the
name OF the merchant from
whom he got the pen, the price
OF it, and inclosiDg the mony, l
sent from Paris To Omaha for
that pen. BY the last steamer it
came to me. There had been u
delay. The siationer ut Omaha
was ont of them, but he sent up
to Sioux City to the man who
advertises them for another lot.
And here is WHARF the laugh
comes in, SO prepare to pucker.
The pensare an English inven-
ton, and tons of them can be
bought in London, if desired,
AT the stationer's next door |
could have got what | had sent
for to Sioux City. But how
could ! have known that ii
dealt with the man that adver-
ised.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
Abraham Lincoln's Opinion Of
Gen. Hancock.

A correspondent OF the Ian
caster Intelligencer gives the
following anecdote, as told him
by Mr.. James McDougal, a
prominent Republican OF Bal.
timore: When Mr.. Lincoln
issued his Emancipation Proc
lamation i believe that was
the occasion--a deputation OF
citizens from Baltimore went
on to Washington to congrat-
ulate him. Mr.. McDougal was
one OF the number.
Take seats, boys, take seats!"
exclaimed Mr.. Lincoln, as he
rang the bell for chairs to be
brought in.
The visitors sat down and
spent nearly an hour in CONVEX
sation.
Presently the subject of Cen
erals came up, and various
opinions were expressed as to
who was the ablest officer on
our side. When a great many
opinions had been given, MIR.
Lincoln said:
"Gentlemen, in my Judgment
you have not sruck the right
man yet"
And of course all were
anxious to hear him name the
man, and asked him to dol 80.
He said i:
alt is Gen. Hancock. F"
The countenances OF his
visitors expressed theirsurprise,
and one of them ventured to
say that he feared Hancock was
too rash.
Eyes" said Mr.. Lincoln,
$50 some OF the older Generals
have said 10 me, and ! have
said to them that have watch
ed Gen. Hancock's conduct
very carefully. and have found
that when he goes into actor
he achieves his purpose and
comes out with n smaller lis
OF casualties than any OF them
Bold he is, but not rash. w ~
gentleman, do you know wha
his record was at West Point
And Mr.. Lincoln went to hi
book shelf, and taking dowT
an army register showed thu
position in which Hancock hao
r-.a~..sS ..-.>a hLm.. G,J. IN Iu'
most distinguished that hat
ever graduated at the Military
Academy. Continuing to speak
OF him in the highest terms, h
further said:
~ tell you, gentlemen, tina
il his life and strength ar,
spared, | believe that Gen
Hancock is destined to be one
OF the most distinguished mer
OF the age. Why, when | &c
down in the morning to oper
my mail-and | arise at 4
o. Clock declare that ! do il
in fear and trembling, lest |
may hear that Hancock has
been killed or wounded
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27

Gen. Hancock is emphatically
the candidate Of the people. A
laboring man, whose attention
had been called to some radical
attempt to SANDER the General,
unconsciously voiced the senti /.
meut of the masses by his reply:
81 don't believe the newspapers:
but do believe Gen. Hancock
This implicit contidence,l his
perfect trust, in the man, is Il
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27

The feeling that n thoroughly
honest man occupies the presi-
dental chair has often, amidst
grave emergencies, been n tow
er of stcngth to the American
people, Thank God they have
never yet had reason to doubt
the persoal integrity OF any one
Of the occupants OF tina White
House. Forney's Progress.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
Teachers Institute.

The auAual institute for Iowa County viii
be held a. nOdgcytllo beginning August ESD
aud continuing two wreeks. Prof. ID. heGtegsr
viii have charge, assisted ny Pref J. ".
Livingston.
An examination Tor those In attendance will
he held ON the last Two dsyss The questions 10 be
taken from tho regular instltute work.
The people of podgeville have kindly eon-
scented 10 entertain the teachers on the sam
tctms a. last year. W. A. JONES,
County superintendent
MInctNl Point July ~ lssl ~ "a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27

proofs OF his popularity which
everywhere manifests itself
among those who, for want Of a
better nrme, are called "the
working classes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
Notice.

Notice Ia hereby given that my wife, Mrs.
Chrittianis Mitchell has. without any just
caupe, lett my bed and hoard. ard that pftes
this date will not be responsible for any debts
Of ner contracting. JOHN MITCH X Ill
Dated August I, 1850, Ia
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
w est and East.

Insist upon ticket agents ceiling ton tickets
via this road. Examine your tickets and refuse
to buy II they do not readovct the Chicago ana
Notthw estern Railway.
you Wish the best ira cling Accommodations
yon viii buy your tickets this route AND
WILL TAkE NONE 9TH X.
All ticket agents can sell tickets and check
usual baggage free by this line
For informal ion, folders, maps, etc not oh
tsincd al home ticket office, address ny ssens
OF the company. or
MARVIN hUGBlTT, ". II. sTESNErr.
Gen MrLA.ct, Gen' pnrs Agent,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
FARM
Suitable for Stock and Grain Raising.
FOR SALE.

Tho undc rrigned will cell ON very reasonable
forms hls farm, situated two miles east OF the
city II Mineral Point consisting as acrcs--
700 under cultivation and the remainder timber
aud pasture land. Comfortable houas and
good bsrns on he place. For further infurma.
ton inquire on the farm
J. L REARnsLEl.
August ~, lSSo--iu
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
pLArrEvrLLE DIVISION.
Illinois Central Il. r.

The emily route running through cars between
Warren and Chicago. The only route 70 81
Louis, Cairo, ana tho South, and 10
Dubuque, Sioux Oity. Omaha and west
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20

Farmers have been in a rush to
get over their cotton while the
weather was good. Trey are about
over now and are ready for a good
gentle rain. Crops of all kinds,
except wheat, are looking well. The
wheat crop in this vicinity will be
almost a complete failure. The
blades are severed with rust and
the stalks are filed with eggs OF the
Hessian fly. The fruit prospect,
especially peaches, is better than it
has been for years.
Some of our citizens have been
to the Centennial and come back
full of the sights. Others will 90
this week.
Last Saturday was a great big
day at our sister village, Gourds-
vile, that being the day ON which
the innumerable candidates OF
Limestone were to address the dear
people upon the all important ques-
| ton of who should hold the county
| offices for the next term. A great
crowd assembled. Speech making,
hand shaking and John Barleycorn
were freely INDUCED in till late in
the evening, when all hands Joined
in a real old fashioned knockdown
and dragout fight. Pistols, knives,
rocks, clubs and fence rails were
actively and promiscuously used.
Alter the smoke OF battle cleared
away the infirmary corps reported
no one dead on the field, but two
or three shot and a great number
of black eyes and bleeding heads.
Several of the wounded came to our
village for surgical aid. Alabama
candidates think more of US than
our own candidates. Some OF them
come over often and spend the night
with US, especially certain wild
over.
The spring session of the Insti
tute closes on Thursday, June Sd,
with an exami alton and address by
Judge John V. Wright in the day
and an exhibition at night.
Bro. w. D. Cherry holds a sacra-
meetal meeting here next Saturday
and Sunday.
Ed. Butord, of Pulaski, came |
down last week and sold Mr.. Ike
Smith a mower and rake.
Mr.. j. Y. Lucas and lady have
gone on a visit to Waterloo, Ala.
Mrs. John Crazy is spending sew
eral days here with relatives and |
friends. Mrs. DR.. Meadows has
been at Prospect attending her sick
father for two weeks.
Cur friend Labsn w. Is, among
other things, a great hunter. Not
long since he says he killed an
opossum that weighed forty pounds
and a coon that was as large as q
salt barrel PETER.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20
THE ATLANTA HORROR.
But a Step from Mirth to Sad
ness, from Gaiety to the
Grave

ATLANTA, GA, May II. Special
to the St. LOUIS Globe Democrat
"The most unfortunate catastro.
phe that ever happened IN Atlantis
occurred at Degieve's opera-house
about three o'clock Tuesday after
noon. A company of amateurs
composed of ladies and gentlemen
of Atlanta, after having rendered
Paradise and the Peri at the theatre
last night, were to give a matinee
this afternoon. The audience had
assembled, and the play was about
to begin. A servant girl lighted
the gas in a dressing-room crowded
with young ladies, that they might
burn cork to blacken their eye
brows. They were all dressed in
tarlatan, and had wings represent
ing angels. The wings were made
of cotton and were attached to
their shoulders. One young lady
in turning around near the gas jet
had caused one of her wings to ig-
mite, and in a moment she was en-
veloped in flames. In another mo-
ment the clothes of three or four
others were burning. The ladies
rushed from the room in confusion
amid screams and cries fo= help.
Some jumped from the platform
outside the dressing room down
upon the stage in the midst of 9TH
ers, and the panic became general
Young men who were taking part
in the performance rushed to the
rescue, but many of the unfortu-
nate young girls ran pell nell
about the stage and among the
scenery, while some run over the
young men. Thus one of them,
Miss Maggie Chapman, daughter
of a prominent druggist who is
now Of Apalachicola, Florida,
where there is no telegraph Office,
ran over young man and was
terribly burned in the face and
about the upper portion of her
body. She inhaled the flames,
and from this and the burns it is
extremely doubtful if she will sur
vive through tonight. Mrs. Abbie
Hammond, formerly of Baltimore,
was also badly burned, bus not so
seriously. Miss Katie Mayrant,
formerly of Charleston, was run
over by a fleeing lady afire, and
rolled down the stage entrance
steps, and then rushed out into the
street enveloped la flames. A
gentleman named Hill seized her
while another placed his hand
over he" mouth, and a third
snatched off her clothing, thus
saving her life. Miss Minnie Bal
lamy was also badly burned on the
neck and shoulders. Several gen.
tlemen, in attempting to extinguish
the flames, were badly burned
about the hands and arms. Dur
ing the excitement a young man
went in front OF the curtain and
dismissed the audience, telling
them the performance could not
then proceed, but would take place
in few days. The sad affair has
cast deep gloom over the entire
city. Five young ladies were bad
ly burned. All of them are of the
best families.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20
LaWrenceburg.

According to previous call q
Democratic convention assembled
in the circuit court room on Satur.
day last, May 10. On motion, W.
p. II. Turner was called to the
chair and briefly stated the object
of the meeting, viz: The appoint
ment of delegates to the state con
vention at Nashville, June Sth,
when delegates TO the National
Democratic Convention at Cincin
natl would be appointed and at
which time a nomination for Gov
ernor would be made.
H. B. oowell was, on motion, made
secretary OF the convention. On
motion, a committee of five were APP
pointed to draft resolutions ex-
pressive of the sense of the meeting.
Pending the report of the com
mittee, the COT vention was ad
dressed by Col Joe Sowell. W. T.
Nixon, S. A. Carroll, Jno. T. Allen
and others. Their speeches were
well timed, with no pampering to
the low-tax and reputation ele
ment The resolutions of the coIu
mittee had the true Democratic
ring about them. Among others
they reaffirm their devotion to the
party as set forth in the st. Louis
platform and pledged themselves to
support the CHOICE of the Cincin
natl convention. They also ex-
pressed their preference for Judge
Nixon for Governor just compli-
ment to one of the most public
spirited men in the state, and one
that Lawrence county owes all the
hUnors she can bestow upon him.
The closing exercises of Miss
Burgess music class at the resi-
ience of DR.. Spottswood on last
Friday night, was most gratifying |
20 all present, and most fsttering to /
he fair young teacher She intend
ID it as mrsical soiree, which ali I
Ter patrons were expected 10 attend
md see what progress their chill
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20
THE PULASKI CITIZEN

dren had made. One fond parent
said in my presence that he could
not have been mere gratiied un der
any circumstances than he was
with the progress his daughter had
made. No encomiums that we
could pay Miss Burgess would do
justice to her accomplishments, and
her devotion to her duties would
recommend her to any community
that can appreciate talents of the
highest order and everything that
is commendable in a perfect lady.
She left yesterday to join Prot.
Jones' school in their trip to the
Centennial. She will be sadly
missed in the sunday school and at
church, where her clear soprano
voice. rich with the soul Of music
could be heard above everyone else.
But above all will she be missed in
the social circle, where her winsome
ways, her attractive face and be-
witching music make her at once a
general favorite. Her music is a
positive necrOmancy that seems to
belong to the ideal region that
Eastern fancy has peopled with
genll and fairies. We but echo the
sentiments of her many friends,
when we wish for her early return.
Our town will be well represented
at the Centennial this week. DR.. p.
w. Spottswood left here yesterday;
his little daughter Anna, and Ada
Neal accompanied him. Mrs. Will
liam Parks and son, Will and w. L.
Nixon and his charming sister, Miss
Minnie, started this morning. ii.
B. Sowell and sister will leave III
the morning. There are a good
many others who will go up during
the week. Mrs. Dilahunty left
yesterday for Athens, Ala, to pay
her friend, Mrs. S. o. Nelson, visit
She will be away some time. Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Rose and Miss Shi-
vers from Hardeman CO., West Ten
nessee, have spent the last week in
the Burg. Mrs. James McCallum
aud Miss Tennie Rose came over
with them. Miss Shivers rs
queenly brunette, with laughing
eye that made several of our beaux
feel like going westward. We sin
cerely hope that this party enjoyed
their trip Two of our most inter
esting young ladies, Misses Belle
and Florence Rose, eft with them.
Afte' ih,y see the Centennial, Miss
Belle goes TO West Tennessee, and
Miss Florence will stop in Pulaski
to continue her music under the
tntorage of Mrs. McKissack. We
can but poorly spare them and will
bless the circumstances that con
spire to bring them back.
We have just learned with much
regret that the little baby boy of
our friends, Capt. and Mrs. j. b.
Murphy, is in very critical condi
tior. May he soon recover.
May 18th, 80 X.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20
4 Diseased Liver,

Duncan's Liver and Kidney Medicine
is a cure for all diseases having theil
origin in a diseased state of the Kidney
or Liver, such as sicA headache, dyspep-
STA, swimming in the head, loss of appe-
tite, bad taste in the mouth, heartburn
tenderness or fullness over the region OF
the stomach, cramp collie, costiveness,
palpitation of the heart, pain in the back
sides and limbs, and all diseases pecul-
lar to females. We can say to our
friends that the above medicine is just
what it is represented TO be, and is pro-
nouneed by every one who has used it
far superior to any Liver Medicine they
have ever used. We know it gives bet
ter satisfaction than any we have ever
sold. Knowing it to be purely vegeta-
bic, we can recommend it to our suffer-
ing friends. Price 70 cents. For sale
by all druggists. For sale by Grigsby
q Anderson, south side square, Pulaski
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20

MACON, GA, MHrcn 81, 1879.
From having been intimate for number
ofyears with the proprIetors of Swift's Sy-
philitic Specific l lave known much of Its
manufacture and its use. There are men IN
the community-well known citizens-who
were victims in early life to Syphilis, the
most terrible curse that ever afflicted the hu-
man family, and who have taken the S. S.
medicine and are now, to all appearances,
and in their own belief. and as free from
faint of disease As the first man, fresh from
the hands of his Maker. Delicacy OF course
forbids their public recommendations Of this
medicine, but | am allowed to refer the
skeptic privately to those who will endorse
everything that can be said in it's favor.
Being professionally much opposed to en-
dorsing or recommending nostrums OF iecret
remedies, it is with hesitation ] attach my
name to this article; but l know whereof |
speak when say that our science has not
yet made public combination equal tO this
for the purpose indicated The greatest
boon the government could bestow on hun
dreds of thousands of it's citizens would be
to purchase this receipt of its proprietors,
and make it public for the benefit of the
present and al coming generations.
T. L. MASSENBU kG, Pr g.
Prepared only by the SWIFT SPECIFIC
COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga.
VIM. Litterer Il Co., Nashville, Wholesale
Agents. q"
Sold at Lacey & sumpter's Corner Drug
Store. Call for a copy Of young Mems
Friend" ap22-ly
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20
Sing ular State of Trade

The present condition of trade is in many
respects remarkable. At this season when
country produce is usually in demand and
tending upward we find it dull and weak.
Corn is worth less than when gathered last
fall. Bacon and Lard are also dull. Wheat
is not active.
Field seeds, if you will remember, tum
bled gracefully downward, leaving specula-
tors in the lurch. Iron is falling quite as
fast as it rose last summer and fall. This
state of things is difficult to account for at
this time unless on the general principle of
action produces reaction.
Last fall grades reached price above their
value too high to be sustained Now reac-
ton comes on and carries them below their
value. What will come next is of course
mere speculation, but reasoning from the
same principle they will come back to q
proper level with our increased prosperity,
and then we will enjoy better times than
either the flush of last year or the present
depression.
Cotton wheat Los. corn Sc lard bacon
sides s, shoulders s, hams s, soighum 25,
butter IL to is, eggs, contrary to former ex-
Penenee or their season. are scarce and in
demand, s,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20

At the Cincinnati Conference a
brother introduced q resolution
that no man should be elected to
the episcopacy who uses tobacco"
1t didn't pass, and then the pious
brother borrowed ''chaw" from a
colored brother near and sat down
to squirt at the bright figures on
tho now Garnet