The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-03-02
NO 8
LynnviIIe.

regret to know that he is i'm very
poor health from pulmonary compile
cations.
i see some boast of female
shoemakers. The 18th district can
boast of two intelligent ladies who
make the shoes for the family.
IT. J. Walker, brother Of our r.
5. Walker, was here Saturday seek
ing to engage corn to those needing
II, to he shipped from st. Louis
Much corn will be imported.
j. T. Fry, our blacksmith. will
not be able to make a blacksmith
out of the last arrival at his house.
but in about IL years will have To
lay in additional coal oil for court
ing purposes.
DR.. fowler of Columbia lee
tured Sunday in the Presbyterian
church on Sunday schools. He
made a splendid reputation as a
lecturer and is thoroughly alive to
the importance of his subject.
Mrs. j. w. Wilson has been
paralyzed in one side for more than
a year and quite helpless. Recently
the other side became paralyzed ex-
cept one hand. She is quite old
and her recovery cannot be expected.
One of Aspen Hills most charm
ing bellies, Miss jimmie Wilkinson,
is visiting the family Of DR.. w b.
Pepper. She is much admired by
our young men. She will extend
her trip to Guthrie, Ky, where she
has relatives
The floods swept away the sus-
pension bridge invented and con
structed by Esq. Farmer over the
creek at the station. Not to be out
done, he has another one up which
he thinks is ofsuperior construction.
The community owe him thanks.
1t is said some of our men can
not let the children parse a verb in
the future tense--it makes them
deathly sick; and another cannot let
his sweet heart talk of fuchias 1t
reminds them unpleasantly of
futures" which is a disagreeable
subject now and no polite person
will mention it.
Miss Jessie Graham, who has
been visiting Mrs. j. b. Gray, re
turned to her home at Thompson's
station Sunday. She was admired
by all our young men, and most
especially by one who left on the
same train and no doubt will have
business often up that way, if he
cannot induce her TO come back and
make her home among us, which
would be better.
-The-young folks gave hop at
the town hall in honor of Miss
Graham and Miss Wilkinson last
Friday night. 1t was an enjoyable
affair to all concerned. The ladies'
being a little scarce, Chas. Pepper
assumed feminine role and gave
his hand in the dance to Mr. John
Clark, otherwise known as Proper
John. rhe boys said Charles made
a very excellent lady and John a
very gallant beau.
Mrs. DR.. Fry died Tuesday
night Of consumption. She was 30
years of age and left five children.
She was born in Fredericksburg,
Va, and was married to Dr. Fry in
Chattanooga during the war She
was a woman of much culture and
refinement, lady in every sense Of
the word, and was a member Of Che
G. p. church. Her oldest daughter
Miss Lille, is in rather poor health
and will leave this week TO rocuper-
ate with relatives at Chattanooga
The people at Buford's have all
subscribed hauling and work SUN
cient TO pike the road from the old
pike to the station, most every man
giving a week hauling. They will
do the work and not miss it and
will do the community and them
selves a lasting benefit. Now 81
would be in order for Lynnville to
get up like movement TO Old
Lynnville and it could be done with
out anybody being injured thereby,
and there is not a mile of road in
the county more travelled and not a
mile that i, worse Col. Higdon
says that nothing will be done till
some of Prof Campbel's school
children are lost in the mud.
Capt Cline thinks he has found
n bonanza-a bed of gypsum or
land plaster-and he will proceed TO
and work it up as soon
as the spring opens. He is an in
telligent northern man, thoroughly
identified with us. lie claims that
he introduced the first chilled pillow
and steel pitch fork ever used in
this section and if he succeeds in
this gypsum discovery and it is
abundant as he thinks, it will prove
q priceless blessing to this people
for which they would feel grateful
70 Capt Cline. / think clover and
plaster are to be the restorcrs Of
this country and their value is not
yet appreciated.
During the hop Friday night,
while Mr.. Wagstaif was away from
Smith &c Wagsta67s store, burglars
forced the door open and rihed the
money draw of some forty dollars
and two pocket books with valuable
The pocket books and
papers were found next morning in
a lumber pile near by. Three ne
groes were suspected and were ar
rested but a search failed TO find
any of the money. It is laid TO
lot Of negroes that the merchants
and others have partially kept up by
little nickel jobs, which only give
them little bait and they steal for
a living The merchants ought 20
these little jobs and let
these negroes go % work in the
fields. LYNN.
Craig. the Coffee man, wants some
corn field beans; viii pay a good price.