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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-03
lErrEel oNylLLE, TwIGGS Co. GA.

JEFFEqt ONviLLE, TwGGS Co GA.
Five years ago found on my plantatl0n col.
ored man who was badly diseased He state d
that five Years before he had contracted violcn,
care Of Blood Poison, and had been treated by
many physicians, all failing to cure him. | treat
ed him with swift's specific, and in n short time
he was sound and we'll aud has not lad n a,mp.
tom OF the disease since. D. NJ. HUGHES.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-03

2Emorys Little Csthsrlc is the best and
only reliable Liver Pill known, never fails
with the most obstinate cases, purely vege.
table cents. %
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-03

Louis T. Sullivan, East st. Louis, H.,
says: Browns Iron Bitters Is the best
medicine have ever taken; it cured me OF
malarial feYern
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-03

One gentleman who had been confined to his
bed six weeks with Mercuria rheumatism has
been cured entirely, and speaks In the highest
praise OF y ~ \. CIiILES n BERRY
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-03

Tho Passenger Depot OF the Chicago, st. Louis
md .,ow orleans; Illinois Central; Wabash, Vt.
Louis and Pacific; Iron Mountain and Southern:
Mobile and Ohio; Cairo and 81. Louis Railways
ARE all Just across the street, while tho Steamboat
Landing In but one square distant,
This Hotel Ia heated by steam, has steam
Laundry, Hydraulic Elevator, Electric Call Bells,
Automatic Fire Alarms Baths, absolutely pure air,
perfect sewerage and complete appointments.
superb furnishings; perfect aervice; and IN nm
excplea table,
l.. l.. PARK El& Il co. I.esns,s>U
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
TO Correspondents,

What is the NATTER Please
write. Your friends in Texas and
elsewhere want to hear from your
neighborhood. When you write
dive right into news items thus
Bill Dobbins' old speckle hen has
Matched.
Reub Ridley's brindle dog broke
his leg scratching tick out of his
ear.
Mrs. Sallie Longtongue's blue
patch quilt has hole it.
Squire Hlnkle's barn gate was
hung the other day. No clue.
Miss Glib chicken-coop went
mad Friday and bit calf
Andy Johnson's wagon has fe-
ver-blister on its tongue.
Don't commence thus:
Mr.. Editor-As Bucksnort has
allowed his pen to grow rusty and
our vicinity is worthy to be repre-
scented in the columns of the dear
old CITIZEN. 1 venture to write few
words at the risk of, having them
consigned to the waste basket to re
cord some of the events that have
happened in our vicinity, and
though 1 may not write as glibly as
Shakespeare, and my ideas may not
dow as freely as water, l will never
theless do my best and stem the
torrent of criticism that l know will
he hurled at my feeble efforts.
Nothing worth mentioning has hap
pened and l will give full account
of it in nv next.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
Lovely babe, how brief thy stay,
Short and happy was thy day
Messy Glen.

Farmers are very backward in
planting; q great deal of cotton will
be planted here this year; wheat is
looking much better than we ex-
pected.
Miss Lee Mcknight, one of our
charming little bellies of Poplar
Hill, is visiting her brother, DIR.
Mcknight, in Loretta, Lawrence
county.
Miss Fannie Wilson has re-
turned from visit to her sister, Mrs.
Thomas McNeely. near Smyrna.
Miss Alice Lewis, who has been
visiting relatives and friends at
Cedar Grove, returned last week.
Miss Sallie Chambers of near
this place is attending school in
Blanche, Lincoln county.
Mrs. j. d. Elder has been on
the sick list for the past few weeks,
but is convalescing. An infant
child of William Davidson is dan
gerously i'll. Samuel Call, SO years
of age, is very low. 1t was caused
by a severe fall some time since.
We are sorry to say that our
winter school at this place, taught
by Mrs. Tennie Hargrove, has
closed. LIRPA.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
Rurv Hvdrophobia.

ApropOs of the excitement in the
country over hydrophobia in dogs,
COWS aud other animals, it is sug-
gested that all animals sthat die
with suspicious symptoms ought to
he buried and not thrown out on
the commons to be devoured by
dogs, hogs, &c. This certainly
ought to he done az matter of
precaution. 1t may be that the
disease can not be communicated
from a dead carcass to q living
dog, but it surely seems reasonable
that hydrophobic, blood would not
he healthy for the canine and would
he quite liable to run him mad.
The danger can easily be avoided
by burying all such blood, and the
trouble and expense of 30 doing
would be very slight.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
Jones Rivers Drowned.

W. j. Rivers, son of DR.. R. H
Rivers, former president of Martin
College, Pulaski, was drowned at
Ft. Gaines. below Columbus, Ca,
last Wednesday night. He was
second clerk Of the steamer Wylly
and in going through a pier about
III o'clock st night the stern struck
the pier and large hole was torn in
it. The boat careened and commenc
to sink and several persons were
drowned. Mr.. Rivers got into a
boat but it was overturned and he
was thrown out and at once sank
and was drowned. A negro was
heroically saving the men and to
him Mr.. Rivers cried out! "Fonzo,
save me; I can't swim and I've got
seven little children at home" He
at once went down. Jones Rivers
lived here two or three years and
Twas a young man Of exceptional
worth. He left a wife and seven
children-fve girls and two boys.
His last words were for them. The
Columbus Enquirer says that his
loss and the touching words that
escaped him awakened a profound
sympathy for his helpless family
and a committee was appointed to
receive contributions for them. The
news of the sad disaster was re
ceived in Pulaski in much sorrow
and the tenderest sympathy was
felt and expressed for the family.
He was a member in good standing
of the Knights of Honor in the Pu-
laski lodge and the family will get
the $4,000 insurance. The con
tributions in Columbus amounted
to about $4,000.
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a Shameful Road.

The road by the Frank johnson
place between Pulaski and Anthony
Hill is in a shameful condition,
Giles county ought to be indicted
and prosecuted tor allowing it. We
do not know that any particul r
person is responsible, but all of us
deserve unlimited censure for per-
hitting such outrageous roads as
this and others. We cannot see
how the people out there get to
town with loaded wagons. We did
not imagine that a road in Giles
could get in such a condition,
yet this is the naturrl condition of
that road and no steps are taken to
re uedy 1t The material for a
good road lies right in the road it
self AMI helps to obstruct it. The
county court ought to order the
work house gang into the cedars at
nnre, and work it from O'deneaPs
shop to the Reynolds farm. The
people out there should raise hue
and cry and never let up until the
mudholes and impassa-
BILE jump offs are rep ired.
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cornar Stone

! Quite crowd assembled on the
south west corner of the square last
Saturday to witness the laying Of
the corner stone of the new Peoples
Bank by the Masons. The ceremo-
ny began at noon. The officers
were Z. w. Ewing, Grand Master;
Jno. 7. Irion, Dept. Grand Master;
j. C. Roller, Grand S. W.; w. d.
Morris, Grand ]. W.; Rev. J. NJ.
Wright, Grand Chaplain; Jno. Mar
tin, Grand Tyler. The large num-
Der of masons present in their re-
gala made quite brilliant display.
| Col. Jno. @. Ballentine delivered
the presentation address and Judge
T. NJ. Jones the grafton.
Below is a list of the articles de-
posted;
Organization certificate Of Peoples
Bank; certificate of officers and direc-
tors; statement of condition at organl-
cation Mar. 6, 1882, and April 20, 1883,
and card, letter heads, drafts, checks,
etc., OF Peoples Bank cash checks on
New York and Nashville; stamps, rev.
enue and postal; business cards Of
merchants, lawyers, physicians, arti-
sans, etc., of Pulaski; address of j. j.
Phillips, candidate for register; five
dollar confederate bill by j, J. Phil
lips twenty dollar confederate bill by
j, w. Braden; one hundred dollar
confederate bill by II. G. McLaurine !;
twenty dollar confederate bill by j. II,
Cannon; confederate cavalry button by
j. II. Cannon; ten dollar bill on Com
mercial Bank of Memphis by E. B.
Craig; French coin by B. w. Knight !;
list OF members and officers of Stone
wall Lodge, No. u, Knights Of Pythias;
list of Masonic officers of Pulaski Lodge,
No. 101; blOtting pad and pen; new
nickle by Jas. 7. Oakes message of his
excellency, l. G.. Harris, to the 34th
general assembly OF Tennessee, Oct. s,
1861 copy of Rhodes Banking Jour-
nal congressional directory of the 47th
congress; journal of Grand Lodge of
Knights Of Pythias of Tennessee; list
OF state officers; list OF judges of su-
preme court; United States Senators of
Tennessee; congressman OF 9Th dis
trIer state senators and representatives
from Giles county chancellor and cir
cult court Judge; officers of Giles couD-
ty city officers and aldermen of Pulas-
XII ministers OF the gospel; attorneys
and physicians; card and letter head OF
The Giles National Bank of Pulaski;
post office card, j. d. Lewis, Z. N
report OF supG. public instruction, 1882;
PULASKI CITIZEN, Nashville American,
Nashville World, Nashville Banner;
U. s. standard dollar, half, quarter,
dime and nickle; shin plaster new issue
of Bank OF Tennessee.
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There is no shsd W for reason
of hope that Mr.. w j. Rivers sur
vived' the wreck of the steamer
WILLY. He was seen to sink be-
meath the water and was not seen
again afterWard. 1t is a sad fate.
rendered more so from the fact that
he leaves a wife and seven children
five daughters and two sons, who
we're entirely dependent upon his
labors for q sustenance. This
thought went with him into the
waters that closed over him forever.
The last word that ever escaped his
lips was in behalf of his wife and
children. Forgetting self in that
perilous hour he wanted to be saved
for tn sake of those who were sc
near to his heart. Tears flowed
from many eyes yesterday as they
read his appeal ~Fonzo save me,
for i can't swim, and We got seven
little children at home~ O, how
the words must have gone to the
hearts of those who heard the APP
peal. Seven little children at home
and all left fatberless, sdesolsteand
destitute &C Columbus Euquirer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
The Fishermen.

All the fishermen returned las
Friday and Saturday from Sugar
creek. They had good luck and
lots of fun. Mr.. Finley exhibits
the head of a seven pound salmon
Mr.. Thos. May Jones hooked the
largest trout that graced the string
of club. Mr.. Finley's party caught
larger and better fish. They fshed
at the mouth and struck the season
better. We noticed in the Sugar
creek bottoms immense stretches
of whest all looking well. The bot
toms below Marbutt's all up and
down the creek are very rich and
well titled. Cattle are numerous
and are in good order. That peo-
pie ought to be happy and pros
porous. 1t is a lovely, rich coun-
try. We might take advantage of
our opportunity to tell some anus
ing tales on some of the boys, but it
would hardly be fair. No one can
imagine the real solid enjoyment of
a weeks camp-out unless he tries it.
The following premiums were
awarded in the club:
Largest fish, t. NJ. Jones. Best
halliday string, F. NJ. Bunch. Best
trained water dog, Ed. R. Sumpter.
Largest number of fish, Laps. D.
McCord. Best long distance trout
fishing and mile and repeat SPUR
rel-hunting, Chas. Buford. Best
snoozer, all gaits, H. Arrowsmith.
Best eater (repeat as often as nee
essary) W. R. Craig. Best ought
to-have-caught more than anybody
because Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures the grub
j. Sam. Childers.
Ed. r. Sumpter succeeded in Dor
rowing all the extra poles the first
day. F. NJ. Bunch staked out two
water dogs. Charles
Buford caught his boots full of wa
ter every day. F. NJ. Bunch hit a
dime with a rife twenty steps. j.
5. Childers missed a tree with a
shot gun ten steps. T. NJ. Jones
the neighbor boys one
night in some daring circus feats,
after which the Sumpter Troupe
2 we a concert. Visitors enter
Thos. Buford, T. A. Fogg
and Sam. Orr. Eat US out.
The lemons held out,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

The government has just printed
the official record of the Guiteau
trial 1t makes three large volumes.
The work is gotten out in the best
style of the government printing
Office. The volumes are handsome
ly bound in calf and boards, and
are printed on excellent quality of
paper. The three volumes make
1851 pages in all. But q limited
number of copies-250-was printed
There is great demand for complete
sets Of this publication. The de-
mand comes from all over the
country, principally from lawyers
and collectors of the curious in
literature. Even now as much as
$25 is ofefvd for q cppptets sgbs
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
Mr.Terry Dickerson and his wife.

Mr.Terry Dickerson and his wife,
Miss Carrie Harris of CornersvIlle
and Rev. Fred Thompson of spring
Hill came near being drowned last
Sunday in the creek near Mr..
Dickerson's while returning from
the church dedication. Mrs. Dick
erson and Miss Harris were in
front and their buggy turned over
in the creek, which was much swol-
len, throwing them out. Mr. Dick
erson and Mr.. Thompson jumped
out and attempted to reach them
but were washed away by the wa
ter. Rev. Mr.. Kennedy happened
to be near and he went valiantly to
the rescue of the ladies and sue
ceeded in getting them out. l
was. a very narrow escape all
around. Some parties below saw
Mr.. Dickerson's hat floating by and
knowing. the ladies were with b IN,
it caused great alarm, but
before they got there all were out
safely,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
Lynnville.

The session of the Columbia
Presbytery at Bufords was well at
tended by both preachers and dele
gates. could not attempt to give
even synopsis of the proceedings,
which were very harmonious and
will find their way to the public
through the minutes. Rev. F. A.
Thompson preached the dedicatory
sermon and the name of the church
was appropriately changed to
Brown Rhea Memorial Church. 1
was asked to inquire if all Presby-
terians were good looking and in
telligent, or do they only sent such
as delegates to Presbyteries? / am
inclined to the former opinion. 1t
was remarked by delegates that
they had never seen so generous
hospitality by little church of p
members. Sunday was DIR eadfully
rainy-hardly expresses it. Only
those of big resolution were there.
Yet good crowd was out. Quite
an accident occurred. AS Mr.. Ter
ry Dickerson and his guests were
returning home from church they
found Robinson creek swollen by
the rain. The buggies ventured in
and the one containing Mrs. Terry
Dickerson and Miss Carrie Harris
of Cornersville was overturned.
The water was waist deep and very
swift and they became entangled in
the top. Mr.. Dickerson,, Rev. Mr..
Tompson and Mir. Kennedy came to
their rescue and by superhuman eff
forts rescued the ladies. Mean
while the horses in the loose buggy
became entangled in deep water
and it was only alter great danger
the horses were rescued. The par
ty were all most thoroughly wet.
They lost all their wraps and
rugs and Mr.. Dickerson lost his
hat. Fortunate it was no worse.
John White Higdon who was
on duty as telegraph operator at
Hot Springs was taken quite sick
and telegraphed his father who
went out last week and found him
so far recovered as to be able to re-
turn home with him. He is now at
home recuperating. John is a
young man of much promise.
Miss Lizzie Shields who is at
tending school at Elkmont was
home Saturday and Sunday to at
tend presbytery.
DIR. M. M. johnson who spent
months at Eufala, Ala, mule
trading, returned last week. He
sold some $50 mules while there.
He is looking well.
Our friend w. ]. Wilsford had
quite an experience last week. He
was driving some cattle up during
thunder storm and as heipassed q
tall tree it was struck by lightning.
His horse was knocked down and
himself for a minute rendered un
conscious. He recovered with no
serious consequence, In a day. or
so while feeding a jack it became
furious, selling Mr.. w. with it's
mouth and tearing his clothes and
biting and paving him, and it was
only after a terrible fight ne was
rescued.
About two days in week is
all that farmers have got to work
for the past A weeks, and they are
getting very badly behind. & Very
little cotton planted and only about
half the corn crops Cherries and
plums may be put down a failure
this year and peach and apple crop
one fourth to one-half. LYNN.
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Sinking Greek Academy

Wheat where the land is good
looks well, though there is little
sown. On account of so much rain
the farmers are not done planting.
Our school has suspended for the
present until July, on account OF
measles and other causes. The
fruit crop will be short, especially
peaches. Death has been doing its
work in our community and claimed
for his victims the young as well as
the aged. Col. A. R Garrison died
last Monday and was buried Tues
day at his home in this district,
aged some SO or "a years. He was
one of the oldest if not the Oldest
man in No. l and has left large
family and circle of friends to
mourn their loss. On Friday the
infant daughter of R. L. Elliott was
buried at the family grave yard
having lived only few days, but
it still lives with him who said
suffer little children to come unto
me and forbid them not" and the
sweet little babe is now waiting and
watching at the beautiful gate for
its fond parents to welcome them
to that place where there is no more
death.
Lovely babe, how brief thy stay,
Short and happy was thy day
Since writing the above we
have had a very heavy rain and
thunder storm, the heaviest rain of
the season. Sinking CT elk is on a
boom. BY the by, Mr.. McCord, we
want a bridge on the Huntsville
road across Sinking creek. There
has been one man drowned and sew
eral others have come very near
loosing their lives there within the
last few years. The stream gets
very high and runs..very rapid and q
bridge would cost but little and
would be very great help in time
of high water Our faru ers are
working with will. ANXIOUS.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

The CITIZEN last week said that
''eighty-ninc cases of smallpox de
veloped in Nashville last week.
The Banner denies it and gives
us some good advice about telling
the truth. 1t was a miss-print. We
got our information from the health
report and it should have read
month in tead of 1eeek. We are very
far from any desire to injure Nash
vile or her trade, and ON the other
hand have striven to promote her
intel ests and have persuaded our
people to buy goods there, because
we wish to see her prosper and be-
lieve that her neighboring towns
will be benefited by her growth.
The Banner Monday says there
were no new cases and the disease is
dying out.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

Correspondents may have noted
that we invariably strike out sab
bath" and insert Sunday" where
they use the word. Sabbath is the
Jewish Sunday and corresponds
with our Saturday. 1t is only admis-
sible in referring TO christian Gus
toms to denote rest or in speaking
of the institution and not the day
itself. 1t can be and is used indis.
criminately instead Of Sunday, but
we like The plain word best and SCI
no sense nor use in fetching in q
substitute that ia not clearly correct
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

Merchants who have tried it and
experienced the benefit to their bus
mess, need no urging to get them
to advertise, and the more they do
the more they want. Those who
never tried it cannot see the advan-
tages. None of them reasonably
suppose that everybody knows
what they have for sale, except
through some advertising medium,
and there is none so cheap and eff
fective as that of the local newspa-
nor
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
Mr. Ravd M YounO returned

Mr.. Boyd NJ. Young returned to
Pulaski to live last Sunday night
and is connected with the tin h use
of J. Ii. Neill g. Co. For several years
he led the tin and grocery trade in
Pulaski and was one of the most
vigorous and pushing business men
we ever had, and he is acknowl
edged to-day among the fraternity
as the fastest and most accomplished
worker in tin in Tennessee. No
man was ever more highly esteemed
in Pulaski and he comes back to
take his place again in public favor
and Business. I
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

Mrs. r. r. Neal desires us to ask
all persons indebted to her late hus-
band to settle AS cary as possible,
at lea It part of it 1t was her
husbands greatest desire to get out
of debt and she desires TO carry out
his intentions but cannot do SO un-
less those who owe the estate pay.
She is now in Atlanta and will have
an attorney. here to attend to her
affairs and make settlements. 1t
would be graceful in all who owe
her to come to her aid at this sor
rnwful juncture and thus aid in
eating the irreparable grief
that has come upon her.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

Buford Bros. d Co., our popular
machine and implement dealers
have an attractive ad. in this issue.
Read it and go to them to buy
mowers, reapers, farm implements,
or anything you want in the hard
ware line.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

The street work that has begun
will continue until the square and
1st and End streets have been ma
cadamized. The edict has gone
forth. This action of the city ia
thes will be endorsed by every citi-
zen of Pulaski
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

We call the attention OF the presi-
dent, the postmastergeneral, the
mayor and the public to the fact
that Pulaski doesn't get her morn
ing mail soon enough. Yesterday
morning at 7:15 the mail that came
to the depot eight hours before
had not been delivered at the post
office. That mail ought to be
opened before breakfast. Business
men ought not to be kept waiting.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

1t ia said that several persons
drank the milk of the COW that
went mad in Morgan yard Tues
lay. 1t was very indiscreet in the
person who brought the cow to
market, as it is said that it was
known she had been bitten. 1t is
said the milk was sold in Pulaski.
This is a very ugly business all
around and this may not be the end
oF,t
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

Mr.. G. W. McGrew, of Pulaski,
presented to the Historical Society
this morning an extra long OK
horn. 1t measures about five feet
in length, and was formerly used as
\ dinner horn. 1t was left on Mr..
McGrew's place when the federal
t; rces reiterated from Pulaski at the
Zine of Gen. Hoods raid into Ten
nessee.-Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26
Mr. Will Alternately and Mi,

Mr.. Will Alternately and Miss
G~acie Elder, Mr. Newt White and
Miss Lilly Short, Mr.. Frank Ros'
and Miss Halle Gardner, Mr.. Ken
nth Bra don and Miss Myrtle
fizell, Miss Benlah Sumpter, Miss
Annie Rhea, Misses Black, DR.. j.
Fol. Grant and wife, Messrs. j. 5.
Gum, L. o Leiding and Tom.
Brandon, attended presbytery al
Bufords asst Sunday. Some OF
Them returned home drenched by
The rain. ~ 49,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-26

Between Corinth and Grand
Junction about one mile of the M.
& &. railroad track was washed up.
There were several breaches SO
that transfers could not be made
and transportation was stopped
several DAYS.