The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-01-08
tn E PAPERS SAY

Ben Butler is hard up for the
ready cash.
1t is said that Mr.. Cleveland has
to shake 5000 hands week.
Carp cooked In beer is Christ
mas dish always found on the Ger
man royal table.
A dollar, worth 5000, according
to a recently issued catalogue, is
the silver dollar of 1904.
Chester Citizen: Nine out of ten
of the citizens we have talked to
want out-and-out no fence law.
The overhead wires in New York
City, if in straight lines, would ex-
tend from San Francisco to London
The Concord, N. H., city clerk
paid bounty on ninety-three bush
els of grass-hoppers the past year.
Mrs. Eliza j. Ludlow, of Wash
ington territory, is supposed to be
the first woman to serve as the tore
man of jury.
Nashville, Tenn, has 700 manu-
featuring establishments. Nash
vile is one of the wealthiest cities
in the south.-Trade Gazette.
Southern manufacturers are gen
orally reported to be running on
full time and to be meeting with
good demand for their wares.
An English firm has begun the
manufacture of casks and barrels
of steel. They are lighter than
wood and more durable.
Twelve wagon loads of letters
and papers are delivered daily at
the capitol for mombers of the
house of representatives.
A lady in a Denver theatre the
other night wore on her hair six
tiny humming- birds which formed
a half wreath about her head.
Ex-President Hayes has ninety
eight Leghorn hens, and he spends
most of his time gathering eggs
and doctoring his chickens for the
pip.
A manuscript page of Lin
oln's last message, in his own
handwriting, sold for $3.50 at a
book sale in Washington not long
ago.
The queen of Holland walks dali
ly on the public streets. She dress
es in sombre garments and is ac-
companied by only one attendant, a
lady.
Russell Hancock, a son of Gen.
Winfield S. Hancock, died at
ClarksVille, Miss, on Tuesday last.
He was a planter and merchant
aged about 33 years.
81 never allow business of any
kind to enter my chamber door, !"
said Mr.. Gladstone recently. SIN
all my political life 1 have never
been kept awake five minutes by
any debate in parliament"
William H. Vanderbilt is said to
have been asked by an intimate
friena last week what he wanted
for Christmas present. ga good
nights rest" replied the millionaire,
"and hearty appetite would make
me perfectly happy"
The Washington obelisk will not
long remain the pround distinction
of being the highest structure in
the world. An iron tower 1000
feet in height is to be erected in
1889. Passengers will be carried
to the top in an elevator,
The Marquis of Leuville, who
has been posing for some time as
the accepted lover of Mrs. Frank
Leslie, is about to institute a suit
for damages against the New York
World, that journal having ques-
toned the validity of his title.
Among the mon composing a po-
ker party hauled in by the police
at Atlanta, Ca, were a sheriff and
county judge, two members of the
legislature, a groom and a preacher
who were to be the principals IN
marriage Ieast the next day, and
several others.
If sorghum cane is as profitable a
crop as some declare it to be, now
is a good time to prove it, for the
farmers assert that wheat and corn
growing at present prices is any
thing but profitable. The country
is ready for sugar at one cent a
pound whenever the sugaris ready
for it.-St. Louis Republican.
The verdict declaring Miss Hill
to be the legal wife of Senator Sha-
ron is one which good men will APP
pr0Ua IF unprin nj rala6 Ioobaro uvo1+
to trifle with women, and secure i'm
munity because of their wealth it
is well for them to know that the
law will visit burdens on them.
Sharon will find but little sympa-
thy.-Atlanta Constitution.
1t is well for Mr.. Cleveland that
he did not venture to decline the
cask of whisky before election.
For had he done so, score of Bur
chard's and st. Johns could not
have pulled him through to success.
The word would have been passed |
along the democratic line, "Cleve-
land goes back on good whisky"
That would have been enough
Philadelphia Press.
The Nicaragua treaty is an open
ing wedge. Let US drive that home
and by investing $100,00O,OOO in a
ship canal thus secure the country.
American enterprise will soon annex
the whole of Central America from
that base line. That alone will
give us trade. Wherever Anglo
Saxon plants itself and is protected,
it dominates and prosperity follows.
New Orleans Picsyune.
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