The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-07-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Chicago has about 1000 Cinnamon.

Nnlcago naS ABOUT S,VVV Cnlnamen.
A New London tConn.) family owns par
rot said to be 90 years old.
It Is expected that a thousand Icelanders
will arrive in Manitoba during the summer.
Cattle raising and milk farming are re-
ceiving increased attention in Missouri every
year.
A large turtle was caught In the Eau Claire
ifver in Wisconsin, with the date 1910 cut In
the she'll on its back.
An ounce of silver may now be purchased
in England for Az pence, the lowest price
of the present century.
Boston purists are wrathy over tho advent
of new word, ''soloistic." Next thing, they
say, we shall have "choroistic," and sduo-
istic."
A man in Akron, O., burst blood vessel
the other evening while laughing at one Of
his own jokes. This is the height of self ap-
probation.
Grand Rapids, Mich, is the great furni-
ture making center Of the United States. It
has 42 furniture factories, which employ
1900 men.
A copy Of "Pickwick" in the original parts
has just been sold IN London for S250 Il
was tho first from the press, and was pro-
sented by Dickens to Mary Hogarth-
Tho American Colonization society con-
tinues to send colored people to Liberia
Thirteen families from Georgia sailed from
New York for Monrovia the other day.
A heavy rainfall has visited Colorado this
season, extending throughout the state, and
the region formerly known as tho gre,.s
American desert is blooming like garden.
Recently, at Moscow sunset, the rays of
the sun were intercepted by cloud, and
through some peculiar property in the at
mosphere the entire city was colored vivid
purple hue. This strange effect lasted for
eight minutes.
For the past ten years the owner Of -four
ing mill at Dubuque has had q sign OH his
fire proof safe reading: "No money in here.
Please call at the house" 1t was intended
for burglars. and the other night one called
at the house and secured Sl,S7O.
The new cathedral at Albany promises to
be eminent among cathedrals for its memo.
rial character. Not only will there be ten
stained glass memorial windows, but tho
twenty-four main pillars, no two Of whose
capitals will be alike. are to be memorials;
smaller pillars to commemorate dead chill.
dren, and 100 stalls, the altar, altar rail- font.
retort and other parts Of the auditorium will
be gifts in memoriain.
The average price paid the average Iowa
school marm" by the year is S2l2.45. Pre-
suming that her board and washing costs
her about s. per week, and her clothing and
incidentals $50 more, she will then have q
surplus Of just s6.45 year to build up a bank
account, which in twenty years Of hard work
would amount to more than 500. Truly il
has been said that it is the honor that forms
the chief reward Of q literary life.
A railroad running through Emanuel
county, Ga, recently killed razor back hog
belonging to a widow, and she entered a suit
for damages for the value of It. The rail.
road won the case, it being shown that the
proper signals were blown and the precau-
tions taken, and the plaintiff was sorely dis
tressed about the result She had converted
the pig into lard, and as the road would not
pay for killing him she bestowed what re-
manned Of the porker on the company. Ona
dark night she took the pot OF grease and
proceeding to the track Of the company
coated the rails with liberal daub of grease
for quarter Of mile. 1t took all the sand
that the engines could bring to bear on the
track for two days to tide over the spot,
which crippled traffic. Now the widow is
threatened with lawsuit