The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-27


week Trouble with her Paramour
the cause assigned.
-eventy-five persons were injured
a railroad wreck on the Chicago, Mi
waukee and st. Paul road, bat strane
TO say, none seriously.
The cost of the late presidents sicI
ness and funeral amount to about abol
$25O,O0O, besides the doctors fees, whic
are estimated at $4,000.
Rev. S. f. Petway died at Blanch,
Lincoln county, last Friday, making tn
seventh death in the Tennessee confer
enee this year. Last year there wei
none.
Mrs. Amanda Davis Bradford, tn
only surviving sister OF Hon. JefIerso
Davis, died on tn 22nd inst. at Ne'
Hope, Ky. She was 81 years old, lack
ing eight days.
Prof King and his companion, tn
aeronauts, landed near Chippewa Falls
Wis, and wandered around in tn
swamps for five days, during which
time they suffered greatly.
The General Conference at Nashvill,
next yetr will be a failure if its success
depends on the southern end of the
Tennessee Conference. we we're utter
" and absolutely ignored in the selec-
ton Of delegates. The writer voted Alb
ernathy straight.
Acting Secretary Shober was quail
fled Monday to act in Secretary BLrch's
place until an election can be had. Sho-
b. Der is a democrat and the party had de-
cided in caucus to advance him, but
Senator Edmunds anticipated the dem
ocrats and moved his election.
To-day is Governors Day at the At
lanta Exposition. and we have received
very pressing invitation to come down
and associate with them. The Exposi
ton is in full blaat with over twenty
acres of floor space entirely filled and
applicants-for space daily rejected.
Other judges are following the exam
pie of the Chicago judge and charging
their iuries that dealing in futures is
gambling and must be suppressed 1t
certainly is gambling, scarcely any OF
the dealers themselves question that
when consulted privately about it, and
it is only matter of time when the
courts shall pronounce against il.
ID. L. Love, who was reported As hav-
ing been killed few weeks since in
connection with the Huntsville scandal,
is certainly slain this time. Jno. T..
Lanier, the husband of the lady ira
duced, followed Love to Greenville,
Miss, AMI perforated his body with
fourteen bullets last Friday. some OF
the best and weaithiest citizens OF
Huntsville are lending Lanier sympa-
thy and aid. lie was acquitted on trial
Tuesday amidst the cheers OF the people.
We have received private assurances
from leading men at various points that
they endorse the CITIZENS attempt to
effect a compromise of factions In the
democratic party, but they do not care
20 he known. 1t has come to that pass
I'm Tennessee where men are afraid OF
their sha ows. There are some who
contend for their views i'm manly,
open way. but most of them are double
faced, seeking the popular idea before
they declare theirs. This is the curse of
Tennessee politics. It is not question
OF 1908, or. 50-4, or 1876, or OC0-O. IL is |
n question OF life and death with the |
party, and the man who hesitates is a
coward, and who opposes is a traitor.
One OF the most brutal proceedings |
ever known was enacted in Louisville |
last week. Il was a dog fight where
"Crib' OF Louisville was pitted against |
"Pilot" of New York for 81 900 a side. |
Crib was whipped by the other dog in /
forty minutes, yet the brutality was al
lowed to continue forty minutes longer,
until tho conquered Crib lay lifeless at
the feet of his antagonist. The bones in
Cribs legs were crushed to piec and |
his body terribly lacerated. The Louis
willie papers are bitter in their denuncis-
tons of the horrible sport" and the
Courier-Journal calls it IAN exhibition
Of brutality thss would dampeu the eyes
OF the devil"
The following notice is taken from
the Franklin Review and journal. Mr..
Witcher is perhaps the most Jealous
Suuday-school man In the conference
and he has the satisfaction now of
knowing that his plans have beenladopt-
ed by the authorities. 1t was his zeal
in this work that procured the call TO
Erin and Cumberland City, where he is
very pleasantly located:
The Rev. VIM. Witcher delivered q
very admirable address on Sunday
schools at the Methodist church last
Sunday night. IL there were a few more
like him the world would soon be atire
with zeal Tor this work. la the old
Itincrant rain, and with heart liter
ally burdened Tor the spiritual and tenn {
poral interests OF the poor, he said hat ,
he could hear the X oans OF poverty ia
this state auy ~ here. This l. tur spirit
hat made the early fathers ot Mctho- /
lism belos Ell OF the people. Instead OF !
bowling about accepting situations ,
md beratiug people who are IN misery
or uot working the primitive father [
broke the hum IL crust with his people e
ind s5 mpaJh 4 J with ANA prayed fur Il
.h-m lh-r U-> ac. re the ,a4ltr GO. !
riches and the love o. lucre Gtd ea.vn
ntO the inuvrmost core OF erythInE j.
human aud sacred. IL is We'll known Of
hat the people OF Teunes~er have
worked Tor decade as no other people
iaVe. ani be- r. refreshing g. Zee au atd- 4
a~ht'urI Methodist preacher come v
dong -nd vf t-w word- 90 c.tafsrt 4
"r iHp l"'" e % fvcomptu,el rre ,
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