The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-03

Brooks Alexander.
Miss Kate jackson of Florence
is here with her college friend, Miss
May Gordon, a week.
DIR. w. S. King of Nashville is
here for a week putting up non-ach-
ing teeth for the eaters.
-Pizaro Grigsby has gone to
Nashville to see his relatives there
and will be gone a week.
Among our congregation Sun
day l noticed that worthy father,
Geo. Williamson of Maury.
Mrs. Haywood of near Corners
vile is spending the summer with
her daughter, Mrs. Esq. John Nc
Laurine.
Maud Story spent week re
Gently visiting his brother John,
who is a successful farmer near
Spring Hill.
Mrs. DIR. J. G.. Core and little
Bessie Lee, her niece, of Thompson
Station, are visiting at Mr.. j. B.
Gray's and will remain for some
time.
The Misses Mollie Carter, Iona
Carter and Lee Tarpley, with Mas
ter Johnny Carter of Weekly creek,
were visiting their cousin Miss Ell
len Davis this week.
DR.. Campbell and family start
for Beaver Dam Springs next Fri
day to be gone two weeks. He is
our new physician and has won on
us wonderfully since he located
here.
An excursion party will get off
here next week to visit friends in
Texas. Mr.. Ed. Mortin and daugh-
ter, Miss Mamie, will go. Numer-
Gus others speak of joining the ex-
cursion.
Mrs. Nat Furgerson returned
from Texas last Thursday after
visit of nearly a year out there
among her children and relatives.
She goes back to her old home
near Cornersville.
j. n. Grigsby, a prominent
candidate for constable, has a new
boy. He indicates by his conduct
that if the people won't elect him he
will raise boys enough to elect him
self after while any way.
Rev. j. C. Caldwell was down
Sunday with his lady and preached
one of his powerful sermons on the
beatitudes or promises of Christ's
sermon on the Mount. He seems
fully restored to his health,
Miss Josie Mitchell has re
turned from her summer trip to
Summertown. She don't give flat
tering account of the entertainment
at that resort, but she seems as vi
vacious as if she had been to Sara
toga.
Mrs. R. Nj. Malone is visiting
her many old friends for a week at
Pleasant Valley and took in the ice
cream supper there last Friday
night. She was delighted with the
entertainment and the cordiality of
her friends there.
Saturday evening d. B. Gar
rett returned from Hot Springs
where he has been about six weeks
with a severe attack of acute rheu-
matism. He was terribly drawn.
He came back erect and apparently
well. Mrs. Garrett met him at
Pulaski.
I don't think our people ever
felt a greater shock than at the
death of that estimable gentleman
and excellent physician, DR.. O. v.
Brown. He was held in universal
esteem by our people and our sym
patty goes out to that good woman,
his wife, and those dear little chill
dren.
Mrs. r. NJ. Malone goes this
week to spend a few weeks with her
sister in Alabama and to recuper-
ate from her arduous duties as mil
liner and mantua maker. Her ex-
quisite taste and skill brought her
services in such great demand
among the ladies that she must
take a rest.
On Thursday and again ON
Sunday night we had the big wash
ing rains Of q year of big washing
rains. We have got moisture
to assure a heavy crop of early
corn. Grass hoppers are making
their appearance in countless mum
bers. Cotton will class exceedingly
poor with all the rain and work.
Miss Jane Thompson, who is
just convalescing from severe
bilious attack, received a telegram
Saturday to attend her brother Law
son Thompson of Columbia, who
had his arm amputated after get
ting it horribly mangled and
crushed, the bone being broke in
four places, in a broomcorn strip
ping machine which he was run
ming.
Mrs. JEFF. Walker gave her
brother, DIR. B. F. Smith, and bride
q reception last Tuesday evening
which was much enjoyed by those
fortunate enough to be there. DIR.
Smith was one of our most deserv-
young men. He went to Texas a
few years since where he has made
a fine reputation as a doctor and
won a lovely young bride. He re-
turns soon to resume his practice.
Prof. Smith Iand lady are Wis
iting his mother at Bigbyyille and
the scenes of his childhood. How
pleasant it is for the prosperous
man the world to visit those sa-
cred scenes of childhood, and above
all, to go to ones own dear moth
err o, that is worth a world of toll.
l envy any man visit to his moth
er. Nothing in this life can equal
her love. never had a friend to
compare with a mother.
Mrs. VIM. Hewitt of Hender-
son county, a sister of Deputy Sher-
iff j. s. Gilbreth, died the night of
Goth ut her son-in-law's, John Hick-
mans, of consumption. In March
she came up here for her health and
was not considered dangerously i'll.
She took worse and died very sud
denly. Her two sons from West
Tennessee had just arrived in tim e
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