The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-04
THE PAPERS SAY


st. John names Clinton B Fisk, of
New York. or ex-Gov. Colquitt, of
Georgia, as the head of the prohibition
ticket in 1888.
Mr.. Cleveland's presidential pen is a
steel one in plain wooden holder, and
his desk is ornamented with a small
statue of Andrew Jackson.
Harris, of Tennessee, is worth 500
900. His fortune is mainly in real es
al estate in Memphis. from which he
derives a good income.
Senator Jackson's fortune is estima-
ted at 100000. In addition to his in
come from real estate he has law prac-
tice worth $4,000 year.
Cholera in Spain seems to resist ev
cry effort to stamp it out. 1t slowly
spreads and other countries are watch
ing and preparing to give it battle.
Joseph D. Foute, on trial at Nash
vile for forgery while sheriff of Lou
don county, has been sentenced to thir-
teen years in the penitentiary.
A farmer near Sacramento, Califor-
MIA, says his crop of asparagus this sea-
son will bring him $l2 900, $4,000 OF
which will be profit. He has twelve
acres under cultivation.
Milan has shipped over the I. c. road
this week 1850 cases OF berries to Chi
cago, St. Louis and Kansas City. 300
cases have been shipped through the ex-
press company.
During the last week 1884 cases OF
awberries have been rebilled at Mi
Ian for the northwestern cities. They
came from points between Browns
vile and Milan, on the L. & N. road.
=Cabul is pronounced Kawble :. Merry
is Mahriv; Herat is Hermit; Kvrrachee
is K'rahchY; and the accent of Afghan
istan is on the second syllable. In all
these words the ''a" is pronounced as
in sab"
Senator Harris is in Washington
| Congressman Ballentine is also in
| Washington. If a common object
brought these gentlemen to meet at the
capital the chances are that they are on
opposite sides of the object.-AValanche
1t is now definitely settled that the
Oldest old Mason in the world is John
Tressider, of Falmouth, England, in
itiated Ang. 6, 1906, while the oldest
in America is Capt. Sylvanus Hatch, Of
Port Levacca, Texas, who Joined the
Order in 1909.
The newspapers are filed with the
stories of the suiciding OF woman. This
self-destructioh is probably due to the
season. A great many women have
been disappointed in not being able to
display their spring toilets,
Victor Hugo was In his usual health
and spirits on the day when he was
seized with his fatal illness, but Ferdi.
nand de Lesseps, with his thirteen chill
dreH, came to dine with him and his
two grandchildren, and the racket was
too much for the poor old poet,
! Last years income of the Girard es-
tate in Philadelphia was $950,000. Its
real estate alone is valued az $780,
600, besides the college buildings and
grounds. The collIeries of the estate
produced l 100000 tons of coal during
the year.
An esteemed GontempGrY ranks Vic
tor Hugo above Goethe and Schiller.
The gap which separates Goethe from
Schiller is but q span compared with
the distance from Schiller down to Vic
tor Hugo. Goethe grows with lie
ages. Victor Huge's decline has al
ready begun-Avalanche.
Mrs, Annie Sullivan has had her ap-
plication for divorce from John L. Sui
Ivan postponed in Boston to permit
the professor to bring evidence that his
wife is addicted to intoxicating liquors
and that she cruelty misuses and beats
him. Evidently the professor, by his
own accounts, needs protection from
this feminine pugilist.
In the United States there are 400 or
ganized Universalist societies, about
766 churches and 700 ministers. About
10000 families are members of the de-
nomination, and their church property
is valued at $7,OOO,00O. The doctrines
were first preached by John Murry in
l770, and the first church was organ
lied at Gloucester, Mass, in 1779.