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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12
A KIDNAPPED BOY.
Restored to His Father Twenty
Years Afterward.

1t is frequently the province of the
press to record strange occurrences,
and it has icome to be recognized in
a trite saw that facts are stranger
than fabrication.
The public is afforded an exam
pie of this in what follows:
In 1863 the federals were passing
along the streets of Montgomery,
Ala, leaving the city. Richard c.
Flanagan, of the Sixth Illinois cav
airy, spied as he rode past a house
a curly headed little boy of about
four years, watching with curious
eyes the merry soldiers as they rode
away. He recognized the little fell
low, having seen him before, and
taking q fancy to him, picked him
up to give him ride. But having
gone some distance he made up his
mind to keep him, and did so. The
little one was the pet and darling
of the camp for the next two years
and at the close of. the war, Elan
agan took him home with him
to Hamilton county, ILL.,, adopting
him as his own child and giving
him a good education. Meanwhile
the father of the child, unable to
account for the loss Of his boy, had
finally come to think he was dead,
and though he grieved sorely, had
at last become resigned to his loss. !
In blissful ignorance of his birth |
the boy grew to manhood's estate,
thinking himself the son of
Flanagan. A short time ago, the
latter Informed him that he was not,
and told him the story Of his kid
mapping from the south. The
young man, now 2l years. of age,
wrote to Montgomery, and ascer-
tanned that his father was still liv-
ing. About two weeks ago, under
his new-found name, w. A. Sherah,
he went to Montgomery, The
meeting between the father and son
vas very affecting, as can be imag-
ned. The old man threw himself
lpon the young ones neck, and
Iobbed and laughed by turns over
he restoration. After visit of a
Iew days, Mr.. Sherah returned to
lis home in the north, passing /;
through here Wednesday night.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12
The New South.

Mr.. Henry e. Bowen OF the New
York Independent recently made an ex-
tensive southern tour, going as far as
Texas, visiting en- route the principal
cities in Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama.
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ten
nessee and Kentucky. His conclusion
is that the southern states are no longer
an unsolved problem-that "new life is
swelling her veins, old customs and
prejudices are dying out, and strong in
fluences are at work which, at no dis
tant day, will bring her to the front
rank OF. the producing and manufsctur-
ing states of the Union." Mr. Bowen
confcsses that the newspaper readers oi
the north can have no adequate idea OF
the vastly altered condition of things iu
the south since the war.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12
Too Poor to Take a Paper.

The Clarksville Chronicle says: II
'.fatigues" us to hear a fellow who is
honored with the title of a man, say
he is too poor to take his home pa
per. A man who is too poor to
pay two dollars a year to keep him
self and family posted in his Own
town and county matters, as well
as state and general news, is too
poor to live in an intelligent COM
munity and be recognized as citi-
zen. He ought to crawl into a hole
in the ground and pull the hole in
after him, or else buy "yaller dog
and 'fgo west" to die.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12

. Probably the most remarkable
sense of humor ever known was
that of q German soldier who
laughed uproariously all the time
he was being flogged, and when the
officer, at the end, inquired the
cause of his mirth, broke out into
fresh 6t of laughter and cried,
wWRT Pm Stfe wrong Wier p
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12

A man in Kentucky, alive and
well, recently saw statement OF
his death in a newspaper. He did
not so much resent the general
statement as the inaccuracy of the
details, and so he wrote to the editor
''Sir, notice a few errors in the
obituary of myself which appeared
in the paper Wednesday last. /
was born in Greenup county, not in
Caldwell, and my retirement from
public life in 1860 was not owing to
Ill health, but to a little trouble ]
had in connection with a horse.
The cause of my death was not
smallpox. Please to make correc-
tions, for which enclose fifty
cents"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12

The Nashville Artisan is authori
ty for the statement that there is an
iron furnace in Tennessee, with an
Office at Nashville, representing an
investment of $4,000, which v ill
divide as net profits for 1882 over
100000. This is about seventy
five per cent. on capital invested,
and is a very good showing we pre-
sumo, even in state possessing
the natural advantages Of Tennes-
see, for the cheap manufacture of
iron.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12
LINlM M ENT,

This preparation is now being used by,
and has the highest endorsement OF, the
leading stock dealers Of the South, many
of whom have given voluntarily, strong
certificates of its wonderful merit in the
treatment of stock TO which il is specially
adapted. No farmer or owner Of horses
and mules can well afford to be without
it, as the timely application of this Lini-
ment will save many valuable animals
and restore them to usefulness In con-
junction with 1t should be used the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12

Gus bill urges constitutional objections,
we hear no such objections against the
senate bill. by opposers of it. Why
should we then hesitate which OF, these
bills to take? In this as in all legisla-
tion let moderation and conservatism
prevail. wish to be conservative in
this as try to.be In all things in legis-
lation
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12
LINIMENT.
HANM ERS'

If your Horses or Mules are troubled
with Splints, Calls, Sprain, Bruises, Flesh
wounds, Lameness, Swellings, Stiffness,
Bighead, Windgalls, Fistu!a. Poll Evil
Ring Bone, Sprain, Mango, Cracked Heels
CaIlous, Sitfast, Collie, Ring Worm, and
external injuries, use Hammers
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12

a great many people ask the question,
"where did Bermuda grass come from P''
About thirty-f1ve years ago, Judge
Parks, late OF Greensboro, Ca, brought
from the isle of Bermuda a few of the
roots and planned them in his garden.
The consequence is that Bermuda grass
is becoming to be to the south what
blue rrass Is to KentnckV.-EX
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12
A Song Of the Sad-Eysd sunAowsr,

Mr.. G. A. White writes to Nature /:
"While the fact that sunhowers turn
their faces towards the sun in it's course
during the day is as old as our knowl-
edge of the plant, am not aware that
any record has been made as to the time
of night that they turn to the east again
alter their obeisance to the setting sun"
Goodness graciousl And this world
has been recklessly twisting and whirl-
ing through space fer millions of years
without having this point settled. Stop
the motionl Suspend business! Let's
have this point settled before we go any
farther. Why, the discovery that peo-
pie!are ignorant oD that point will drive
Oscar Wilde to insanity !-Boston Post.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12

wmaW~- people are always on the
AAHunE lookout for chances to in
crease their earnings, and
UNU in time become wealthy
those who do not improve
their opportunities remain in poverty. We
offer a great chance to make money. We
want many men, women, boys and girls to
work for us right in their own localities.
Any one can do tht work properly from the
frst start. The business will pay more than
ten times OF dinary wages. ExPensi'e outnt
furnished free. No one who engages fails to
make money rapidly. You can devote your
whole time to the work, or only your spare
moments Full information and al that II
needed sent free. Address sTlNS('N q Gu.
Portland, Maine. mar22-ly'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12

The Rural Home says that no grass
alone makes the best pasture, but a
combination of varieties. A greater
weight of nutritious pasture can be
grown on a limited area of land by SOW
ing several species from any single
variety. It would seem as II different
species, feeding on the same soil, take
up various ingredients in different pro-
portions; hence, 1t is considered expedi-
ent to SOW several of the species adapted
TO the particular soil
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12
She TRIED to CHANGE the s1bieot

'Always," said papa, as he drank
his coffee and enjoyed his morning
beefsteak, "always, children, change
the subject when anything unpleas-
ant has been said. It is both wise
and polite. That evening on his
return from business he found his
carnation bed despoiled and the
tiny imprint of slippered feet ST.
lently bearing witness to the small
thief ~ l
Mabel" he said to her, "did you
pick my fowers?''
"Papa," said Mabel, s'did you see
a monkey in townS' a
''Ne er mind that. Did you pick
nv fiowers?'' aI .-as
Papa, what did gran'ma send
mer'
Mabel, what do you mean
Did you pick my flowers? Answer
me yes or no. -.t
"Yes, papa, I did; bat l fout Ed
change the subj-ct."
Il think" said a fond parent,
''that little Jimmie is going to be a
poet when he grows up. He doesn't
eat, and he sits all the day by the
fire and thinks" "You had
better grease him all over" said
Aunt Jnrusha. "He's going to
have the measles. That's what ails
Jimmyr ~ ae
An English servant girl who had
returned from the United States to
visit her friends at home, was told
that she 'looked really aristocrat-
ic." To which she responded: !:
"Yes, in America all of US belong
TO the Hire cfsss."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-12

The resolution adopted by the legis-
lsture, compromising with Polk, allows
him to pay 100000 in the genuine
bonds of the Bank of Tennessee within
ten days, and SIS 900 of the internal i'm
provement bonds, with $3s, $50 accumu-
lated interest thereon, which said bonds
with interest shall be received as $!5,-
600, and $75, 900 of the genuine notes
issued by the Bank of Tennessee, to be
paid within ninety days from this date,
which shall be credited upon the deficit
of Polk for the sum of $3.50, 200, which,
when paid, shall relieve the sureties of
Polk and the assets attached in the
hands of John w. Childre>s, the balance
to be paid in current money, or the
genuine issue of the Bank OF Tennessee ;
providing that nothing in the act shall
prevent the prosecution of Poll.
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The CITIZEN.
NcCORD s SMITH. PrOprietOrs.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
fwo Dollars per Annun, always n Advance
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-15

Although moro boys than girls are
born every year, II Is quite impossible
for nearly 4 million females in this
country 70 find husbands without in
weighing an equal number Of males to
commit bisamy. II has commonly
bssn supposed that war and the hard
ships and hazards peculiar TO their
manner Of life are the causes Of the ex-
go Of mortality among the males, bat
writer in an English medical journal
presents statistics TO show that four per
cent. moro boys than girls die before
reaching the ago Of Ave years, and init
mates that An explanation 10 to be found
In the difference in nursing the two
ssxes receive. He does not say whether
boy babies are Rugged too much. or
pinchsd to death by their fair attend
ants. but . reform in the method Of
their treatment appears 10 be impera-
tive. The writer 10 whom reference is
here made b ungallant enough 10 sug-
esss that the mortality among male in
fants may BE- due in part TO higher
oraanism than that Of girls, but Of
oourss the explanation is unworthy of
consideration. Our fair friends will
perceive the gravity Of this subject, for
The preservation OF boy babies is essen.
tial 70 the supply Of the demand for
husbands.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-15
ZEAL ESTATE TRASsFERs.

The following are the transfers Of
real estate. as recorded at the Auditors
Office. since our last report:
w. N. Bell to Mary NJ. Curtis, lots
and 3, block 4s, Bells third addition,
$1,000.
George w. Harris to Frederick Nolte,
3 acres in section 8, township Is, range
4 east, 1915.
Henry s. Woodward to Frederick
Nolte, lots in Comstock's addition,
$1,000.
j. W. V Va Jr,cslin TO G. w. Coupe.
" feet Of Los d, block ~, Heirs Of ). A.
Bells see IA i "a 'st:on, $500.
William Brlx - Hannah s. Gilbert,
lot z. block 20, Sarah A. Bells first ad-
dition, 5000.
K. A. Turner TO George ID. Hill, lot 7,
block 80, McAieer's addition, $500.
William B. lacking to Francis Z.
Nickels, lot 6, block -, I. Hanford's
addition, 800.
Terry estate 10 Z. A. Turner, lots /, 2,
5, and 8. block 80. and lots and 8,
block 81, Msynard's addition, $1,000.
James Crawford to A. Macintosh, 40
| acres in section %, township %. range
east. $1,000.
ID. L. Denny to Z. o. Keyt, lot 6,
block IL, and lots and 3, block AZ, also
lot 8, block 80, ID. L. Denny's third ad-
dition, $500.
ID. L. Denny to Zachariah Howe, lot 4,
block ~, and lots 2, 8 and 4, block so, ID.
I. Denny's third addition, $500.
4. II. Turner TO G. p. Higgins, lots /,
2, 8. and Z. block "a, and lots Z and Q,
block 81, Maynard's addition; also lot
IL, block 81. and lot 8, block 81, Hugh
McAleer's addition. FL 600.
Charles q. Turk to @. Morris Halter.
lots l, and 3, block IA, Edes & Knights
addition, $3.50.
II. w. Wadleigh to ]. F. Curtis, lots 8,
10. II, IL, Ii, IA, Is and l6, block G, and
lots . and IL, block II, Phinney's addi-
ton, $500.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-15
TaE rRIESsIAL CoxCLAvE.

Tho tendency of the American people
toward pagsantry is becoming more
marked each year. Whether this be
o consequence OF the influx OF the
foreign element bringing with IL its
customs OF fetes and public spectacles
or not. tho fact rs that public conclaves
and displays of all kinds are vastly more
numerous than twenty years ago.
wherever great work Is completed, a
statue unveiled, or a collection Of pro-
ducts placed on exhibition there the
public go in crowds and celebrate in
true festival manner. San Francisco
this year Ii TO have grand pageant,
and the city 10 alive 10 the coming COCA
sion. The Tfiennial Conclave of Knights
Tsmplar will meet in that city in Au-
gust. These conclaves have year by
year 20 increased In Importance as TO
have become magnificent public pa
Reants. In this San Francisco display
fifty Communicates will take part.
-Four thousand knights from east OF the
Rockies will be present and every Com
mandery Oh the Pacific Coast will send
ct least delegation of its members.
There will DO from eight to ten thou
sand knights In line, and the re-
sources Of even large city like San
Francisco will be strained to the utmost
20 accommodate the one hundred thou
sand strangers who will attend 10 Wit
Non the grand display. There will DO q
review, procession, competitive drills and
. thousand other modes Of enjoyment
and interest, such - excursions, enter
tainments and the like. Many will be-
como infatuated with the people and
surroundings Of the Pacific Metropolis.
and the reuult will be a wider spread
knowledge and deeper interest in the
development Of this Western Empire,
Knights aud visitors from respective
sections wiz sound the praises Of their
homes all over the coast, and many Wis
ilors from the Great East, will 60 away
only TO return and take mp residence on
the Pacific Slope.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-15

FoB THE PIcSIc.-To-morrow at $50
o'clock the w. X. Merwin with a COM
modious barge will leave Yesler's wharf
with her first load OF excursionists for
the public school picnic to be held at
Alki Point, The steamer will leave at
1920 on the second trip, and the third
at 1870. The May-po dance takes
place at 1:3o, in which 200 gaily dressed
school children will take part. Prizes
for the various sports have been con-
tributed by L. X. G. Smith, H. Lobe,
Hershberg Bros, Little Mac" E. Myer,
and Mr.. X. Merchant. Messrs. Jen-
nings and Harrington d Smith have do
mated largely toward the refreshments.
for all of which the school childien feel
duly grateful. All those who have not
already secured their tickets should do
so at once. The prospects are very
bright for this picnic to prove grand
success, both as far as enjoyment and
finances are concerned.
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nitdsrhrand- with his sprinkler, has
settled The d1st-
The Young Peoples Teuperscse
Union wiu meet this evening IN the
Congregational Church al s O'Clock All
young people and children are invited
20 attend
Mr.. AmuDds. the proprietor of the
Alh Point picnic grounds has placed
acat IN position % that exc7rssonlsts
can walk from the s.saDsrs . ths Pic
nic ground dry shod.
Bcdlooe Brothers desire % call tas
attention Of the Yahlie 70 the fac. thss
their boat house has bse1 moved 20 tie
foot Of Marion street, near the les fac
tory. See their sd- elsewhere
Ths members Of the Seattle lodge Of
Good Tenplars, beaded by the Qseen
City band, marched through the streets
Yesterday 70 the wharf. where they
bearded the steamer Eyangel, and left
for a yisi. 20 Tacoma, where tie Grand
Lodge is nov in session
Mr.. p. Quieley, who has the contract
for grading Eighth street, states snat
he low has eight men at work ana VIII
increase his force 10 twenty within the
LEX LSo ~s1A&r 1As ~ @~As1 A~~-~ -
employed on that grade. which Is 20 be
finished by August LIST, according TO
the terms of the contract
By an oversight in our account OF the
exercises at the Bazar, the humorous
recitation Of Prof. y. p. Lee. OF the
University, was not mentioned The
Professor not only convinced all pres
emit that a mouse had no terrors Tor
him, bat also sOnvulsed the entire au-
diencs with laughter. As an elocution-
list Prof. Lee ranks high.
The card of DIR. H. r. Malech will be
found in another column. he doctor
il a physician of experience, having
been connected with both the Philsdel-
phia female hospital and the county
hospital of San Francisco for years. be
has fitted up an Office in Maddock's
building. on Front street, and intends
10 remain In Seattle.
The State Of oregon and the neigh
boring Territory Of Washington are fill
ing up rapidly. The latter has already
made faint demand for admission into
the sisterhood of States, but IL immi-
grants continue TO take up the vacant
lands of the Territory as rapidly as they
have been doing for some months past
until December next the knock for ad-
mission upon the doors of Congress will
be decidedly more peremptory.-S. r.
Chr0nieie.
To show that the numerous real estate
transfers made in this county are not
simply trades among our own people, as
some ignoramuses have claimed. we will
state the following fact, for watch we
have the proofs. So far this week q
single real estate dealer in this city has
sold to outside parties and received the
gold coin for property amounting to
$4,000. This does not include dollar
received from residents either of this
city, county or Territory. This is only
one instance of the many that could be
given il occasion required.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-15

DIREcroRs MEAN BUSINESS.
where in these columns will be found a
notice signed by w. H. Taylor, Clerk Of
School District No. l, calling on archi-
tects to submit plans for the construc-
ton OF a twelve-room school house, to
be built IN North Seattle, about equal
distance between the bay and Lake
Union. IL must be two-story build
ing with basement. The seating
capacity must not be less than GOO, nor
more than 800. Plans will be received
at the office OF the clerk up to June 27tb.
1883. No rejected plan will be paid for,
the directors reserving the right to re-
ject any, or all. provided they do not
give satisfaction. The building ia ex.
pscsed to cost in the neighborhood Of
$4,000, and will Re an ornament to that
portion of our city. 1t is the intention
OF the Board TO secure block "a soon
as possible IN the southern end Of the
CITY, on which to erect q fine school
building next spring. II their plan is
carried out Seattle will have three fine,
well-furnished public school houses,
about equal distances apart, with a
combined seating capacity of 200 pu-
pills The heavy burden is nov over, "a
the sixth street building was erected
with funds raised by special tax, and
the district has property enough, IL 10
diciously managed, to build and furnish
both HOUSES without imposing one cent
OF extra taxation on the people. Let
the good work go on, say We. A grow
ing city cannot be too we'll provided
with good, well-conducted publ,
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DAIEx
POST MTELLIGENCER
THE HleaEx LAW.

The killing Of Dukes by tee son OF
the man he murdered, adds another 10
che long list of instances where the fail
urs of Justice by legal means has been
supplemented By il sppEcaf'0n
thfooeh ths medium Of private vsnse
saos. Courts deal With socb cases
gently. There are wrongs which even
the lav-abiding. thouahtful citizen fsc-
oenisss a. beyond the ,sach Of legal re-
drsss. where an appeal TO the Inherent
ri6ht of self-pressrvstion-Thicn m
dudes the preservation of the honor ana
protection of the family-is the Only re-
sort of outraged decency, tbs last pro-
lection against infamous SANDER and
viliainy. And 80 we find that juries'
putting themselves in the place OF one
who, when legal means have proved
poverlsss 70 parish foul outrage, has
resortsd 70 the last and only method
lsft. are prone to make excuses for, and
Justify the hand of the avenger. ihe
circumstances Of tbs case leading up to
the killing of Dukes were peculiarly ag-
arayating. They included not only the
honor of q sister. bat the life OF a fafher
vbo vas murdered while endeavoring
IN orotect the name Of his daughter,
murdered, too, when visitor 10y invi-
tat;oo At the room Of the man who had
before vroneed and then killed him. 1t
needs but little effort OF the imagina-
tion 70 realize what effect the acquittal
of this man (Dukss) had upon young
Mutt, the son Of his victim, and brother
of the girl whose virtuous name ne mao
attached. The Law is impotent in such
emergencies. and the remedy adopted
by younQ Nut. will continue 30 long as
men are brave and love their mothers.
We are not apoIogists for the unlawful
shedding OF human blood. We believe
In law and justice and morality. but
70 furthermore believe in the enforce
mspt OF Law, the distribution Of justice,
and the protection Of morality. And
xe recognize the fact that all the SER
mons on earth will not take out OF hu-
man nature the will to aven2e injustice
or uphold an honorable name. When
that time comes even law abiding men
will be slaves; for bullies will bold court
and knaves dispense tyranny In lieu Of
justice.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-15

FATAL AocIpEST.-while discharging
freight from the steamship Elder yes
terday morning one OF the tackles on
the wharf gave way, and the block
struck Moses johnson, Norwegian
iongshoreman, violently in the stomach,
killing him aim at instantly. DIR. Smith
was sent for, but before he could reach
the unfortunate man it was too late for
earthly assistance. johnson WAS about
80 years old. He had formerly sailed
IN the Elder, and was considered an in
dnstrions, steady man. An inquest was
held aud verdict Of accidental death
rendered. No blame seems to attach 10
the officers OF the ship- Capt. Tibbals
ordered the man given q decent burial
al the expense Of the steamship CON-
panv.