The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-12-21
LYNNvILLE.


Miss May Gordon is spending
a week in Columbia with her numer
Gus friends and college mates there
Mrs. Thos. Barkesdale of Co
lumbia, niece of Hon. z. NJ. Bugg,
is spending a week at her uncle's
hospitable home.
Mrs. John Evans, who acct
dentally fell last February, fractur
ing her hip, is yet unable to walk
and her suffering has made her ex-
ceedlngly weak.
Misses Maggie and Susie Gray
of Franklin, sisters of Mr.. j. B.
Gray and Mrs. Dansbee, came Satur-
day ana will lend their presence to
Lynnville to make the holidays at
tractiye.
Mr.. VIM. Wheeler Of Dade CO.,
Mo-, is here with his family visit
ing their uncles, N. F. & A. S.
Compton. He has an ingenious
patent broom, the right of which
he is selling.
-ReY. c. Foster Williams will
preach at the Presbyterian church
the 5th Sunday in December. The
Presbyterian churches at Culleoka,
Lynnville and Buford's are all now
without pastors.
Rev. Mr.. Woods closed his
passionate at Buford's last Sunday
and will go to Dechard and War
trace to the church Of his childhood.
The church at Buford's did all they
could to retain him.
Mrs. VIM. Smith spent several
days visiting her old home at Camp
bellsville the past week and took in
the closing exercise of that flourish
ing academy, which We learn has
closed a very successful year.
Mrs. W. H. West has a cow
that has presented herself for matin
and vesper milkings for the past six
years and without fail, let, or
hindrance, and mostly filed a pail
each milking. She is a 1ileh COW?
Miss Sallie Cayce, Messrs. Henry
and Charles Smith and Brown Tate
attended the Hop at FrankliA Fri
day evening. They brought home
with them Saturday Miss Dana
Hicks, who is a guest Of Miss
Cayce-
Miss Virginia Higdon, one OF
Lynnville's most estimable ladies,
was married Thursday morning to
Mr.. J. S. Brewer of Lawrenceburg,
Rev. G.. w. Campbell officiating at
the altar. After the congratula-
tions of the brides numerous
friends the bride and groom i'm
mediabely started for Lawrenceburg,
their home.
The wife of our esteemed old
friend Hon R. NJ. Bugg has been a
sufferer for some six weeks with a
painful dislocstion Of the wrist.
She stepped on a board and slipped
and fell. dislocating her wrist. She
heroically reduced the dislocstion
herself, but the strain on the tendons
was such that it refuses to heal and
is exceedingly painful.
There are occasionally items
that in my opinion ought to be given
to the public that / am sometimes
requested by interested parties, who
are excessively modest or otherwise,
to suppress. 1 have no desire to
wound the feelings of any one and at
any time / will take it as favor if
those interested in any occurrence
will indicate it when they do not
desire its publicity.
"A very sad accident occurred
near here last week. Mrs. VIM.
DuneVant left her little three-year-
old sitting in chair before the fire
and little sister with hcr; in few
minutes she returned to find the
little one had fallen into the fire.
Her little sister had pulled her out,
but her clothes were burning
Medical aid was had at once but no
hope is entertained for the child.
The splendid dwelling of c. II.
Witt was burned Saturday evening.
The fire originated in the kitchen
where they were drying out lard.
They saved most of the furniture,
bedding, DC. Mr.. John Fry rendered
the family his house at Old Lynn
vile and they are in comfortable
quarters there. The losses of Mr..
Witt foot up pretty heaTily-per-
haps 8, 700 or more, without insur-
ance. LINN.