The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-06
LynnVille Items.

county, was married TO MISS MARY
A. Hewitt. at the residence of the
brides sister, Mrs. Wolf, near Blu.
lords. Mr.. Hewitt adopted queer
way Of travelling in search of conju-
gal bliss for he came the entire dis
lance, about 100 miles, in an OK
wagon. The happy couple are
cousins; the groom was q widower
of IS and the bride a maiden lady
of AZ. The latter is highly respect.
ed for her goodness of heart and
other excellent qualities.
&c. III. W." wishes to know il
Mr.. ]. E. Carter can marry on
Folks creek. If &C. NJ. W." ever
played "milebright" when boy he
may comprehend the situation.
Santa Claus was about twenty
four hours ahead of time at the
house of Mr.. Tom Joins and left
there something like a doll, but
with more animation, which was
too large for any stocking on the
place so they had to put it in long
dresses
Mrs. j. D. Towner is now in
Huntsville, Ala, looking after her
insurance policies.
Mr.. R D. Wagstaff started south
with a car load of fine mules on the
night of the 30th ult. Most of
these were raised on his own place.
DR.. Johnston will carry a lot of
mules to Alabama for Mr.. II. M.
Flemming, who has two carloads
ready for market now. These
mules have been fed since August
and are 10 fine condition. DR..
Johnston delights as much in mule
trading as he does in dispensing
pills.
Isaac Hutton, whose mysterious
disappearance was noticed two
weeks ago, has notlbeen heard of.
1t is now thought he fell in Rich
land creek and was drowned. His
eyesight was very defective.
Miss Sallie Parton, Of Huntsville,
is visiting relatives here-the fami-
lies OF Mr.. William Evans and
Esq. Devers. on the pike. She is a
charming young lady. William
Davis and family will go to Florida
next week to make their home in
that state. The kind wishes of
many friends accompany them on
their journey. Mr.. E. j. Elliott,
of the 18th district, started from
this place to Weatherford, Texas,
with his family, on the last day OF
the old year. He is an industrious
man and will be missed here.
Mr.. Fulton S. White and bride,
reached here from the home of the
latter on the 30th ult. and are stop
ping with Mr.. Reece Wilson. Their
marriage, it seems, was a romantic
one. Mr.. White advertised in the
Toledo (Ohio) Blade for a lady cor
responder with a view to matrimo
ny and was answered by the lady
who is pow his wife. He never
saw her until he went to Iowa to
lead her to the hymeneal altar.
Capt. R. A. Mitchell! is at home
enjoying the holidays. Mr.. Geo:
S. Tate is so afflicted with sole
eyes that ne has been confined to
his room for several days.
Mr.. w, r. Dickerson owns
place near Mr.. Ed Cox's on which
two tenants live, TO whom twins
were born this year. Mr.. Dicker
son feels inclined to raise the rents
in view Of the prolific character of
the soil. Rob't Grigsby, young
man, received severe internal inju !.
ries last week from attempting TO
lift heavy log, but he is new re-
covering.
Mrs. Hollis has moved into her
new house on place of fifty acres
which she purchased of Esq. Perry.
She is deserving widow and the
neighbors generously assisted in
building her a comfortable home
John Caruthers, of West Point,
Miss, who married Miss Jennie
Yokely here last winter. is with US
now looking for some fine horses
for his livery stable. He bought
and carried off some fine ones last
winter.
Messsrs. Parker and Horn, two
young gentlemen from Dry Creek,
we're here on the 31st, making ar
rangements to board and attend the
Lynnville Academy this year. Sew
eral others are expected from the
same locality and 1 am informed
that more boarders are expected
than at any previous session. The
school will commence on the 9th
Monday in January.
The freezing weather didn't pre-
vent bright and rosy little speci
men of femininity frLm calling at
the house of our friend, Andrew
Boyd, the other day and the happy
father smiles all over his face. Ed
die Tate gave his little friends a
party Thursday night and they en-
joyed the affair amazingly.
Jim Yokely, of Campbellesville,
was here Thursday, making prepar
atoms to go south with some mules.
Miss Lizzie Shields visited Co
lumbia during the holidays. Our
young friend, Harvey Walker, spent
several days in Columbia this week.
He Is winding up the business OF
Mr.. Hugh C. Topp.
Our enterprising smith, Mr.. Tom
Fry, informs US that since July last
he has driven 400 lbs. of horse
shoe nails; put on 400 horse shoes
in which were driven 81 200 nails,
and at no time did he have the as
sistance of more than one workman,
while most of the time he worked
alone. Who can beat that?
Mr.. W. G. Carter has another
horse in q dying condition with
mad staggers. The supposed cause
is too much corn and not enough
''roughness." The only party so
far reported this Christmas was at
Mr.. Jack Hodges. The young
folks gathered in force and stormed
Mr. Hodges dwelling. just as the
couples in the first set were dancing
away vigorously the floor gave way
and put an awkward stop to the
fun. Nobody hurt.
Hannah Gibbs was in Lynnville
Saturday. He said TO an interview
er that he was on his way to Nash