The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-17

Miss Mary Lou White is spend
ing week with her cousin Miss
May Gordon.
Mrs. j. G. Johnston came home
Saturday after q protracted visit
to her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Witt,
below Pulaski.
Misses Florence and Pearl Bull
ard of Columbia returned home
Saturday after spending 3 week
with their uncle VIM. Gill, esq.
Jim Whitis is on a visit of a
week or so to relatives at Franklin
and Nashville; when he returns he
expect to take charge of Col. Brown
Tate's plantation at Carriers creek.
j. B. Bray has determined to
locate his planning mill at Lynn
vile and will enlarge his capacity
so as to supply the increased de
mand for dressed building material.
pr. R. F. Smith went down to
Shelby Iron Works, Ala, last week
prospecting. He came back with
conviction he could do better in
Texas where he will return Sept.
LIST,
Charles Hoffman and Miss
Nancy Still were married at Mt.
Olivet last Tuesday night and have
taken rooms at the Montgomery
House, Charley IS a very excel
lent painter.
John Hindman died the night
of the 18th of abdominal dropsy af-
ter a protracted illness. He was
long constable of the 18th district
and leaves a large family and many
friends to mourn his death.
will S. Shields is located here
and is finishing up his education in
telegraphy. He had charge of the
business for the narrow guage at
Columbia since it opened business.
He is a good business man.
Saturday night some thieves
broke into Mr.. Carriers smoke
house and stole eight pieces of ba-
con. Deputy Sheriff Gilbreth is on
scent of the thieves but to this
writing nothing is made public.
Miss SalIie Cayce Of Franklin
is here prospecting for q class in
art in the Academy. She comes
highly recommended and shows
some beautiful specimens of her
art. We hope she will succeed.
One more voter added to that
innumerable host, the Smiths. This
one is domiciled with the father,
our young friend C. V. Smith, and
will have Aug. 10th as his anniver-
sary. Charles receives the con
gratglations of numerous friends
with broad smile.
Mrs. j. B. Mccall and her
mother Mrs. Beatty visited her aunt
at Lagrange, KY, last week. Mrs.
Mccall was taken suddenly i'll on
her arrival there and telegraphed
for Mr.. Mccall, who went to her
at once. Late advice is that she
is convalescing.
The boys say that Brown Tate
and Charles Smith can scent an
ice cream supper twenty miles
away. At least it so happens they
are always there. They took in an
elegant affair at Culleoka last week,
at which l am not at liberty to tell
how much cream the young gentle
men eat.
There was a Russell preacher
from Maury met Russell preacher
of Giles here Saturday and Owen
Smith who witnessed the enthusi-
asm of their meeting is of opinion
that neither had met a man ofhis
kind since the campaign opened and
is rather inclined to think they
said as much, Priests without q
people.
Prof Smith and others were tell
ing of the huge potatoes that had
come under their observation this
year. r. n. Blanton of the Spot
ford place who was present report
ed that he used a six inch cooking
stove and that the potatoes were so
large they would not go in the
vessels, practically rendering them
worthless.
Eddie Gordon and lady OF
Franklin were down at the reunion
of his grand father, Maj. John Cor
don, and is spending a week here
with his father, Capt. a. r. Gordon
Eddie is quite a successful young
farmer. We learn he raised 300O
bushels of wheat and averaged %
bushels per acre. Quite a good
showing for Giles boy.
Joe Goldman certainly has the
champion brood SOW. She was the
| Gift of Miss Anna Robinson &c
years ago when a small pig 10 Mrs
G.. Since she has been the moth
or of II filters of pigs-Mr. G.
thinks not less than 140-all of
which have been extra fine. One
pig weighed 444 pounds Two lit
tiers were II pigs each. If one had
her progeny all in n pen they would
be worth a good plantatian.
H. J. Townsend of HillsborC
and z. w. Shoemaker Of Moulton
Ala, spent q week here visiting
their relatives and friends. Mr.
Townsend did business here in Y:
and 3 and by his upright course
made friends Of us all He unfor
tunately got a big stock Of goods
and store burnt at Gibsonville anC
returned to Alabama against our ar
gent protest. Mr.. S. is an energetic
young planter and stock raiser o
the Moulton valley. He was de
lighted with our fine stock-espe
cially the pretty girls.
DIR. II. T. Campbell and fami
ly returned Saturday from Beave
, Dam Springs where he had beer
two weeks. What he saw on th,
trip made him think more Of Lynn
vile than ever. LYNN.