The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-10
SPARKS,

gained base ball club.
The Trenton military company la
received its arms and equipments,
Wilkison is selling great bargain
now and almost working for nothing
Difficult for some to learn-to dray
water from the public well on Mai
street.
We call the attention of our cit,
fathers TO the condition of Nortl
Main street.
The "devil" has our thanks fol
some of the finest Scuppernong-grape
we ever saw.
We note the erection Of two cot
tages. q brick and frame, in tn,
northwest part of town.
A large drove of wild turkeys We,
seen in Obion bottom, three miles
northeast of Milan, last week.
Rev. Mr. Peoples, by request
preached temperance sermon In the
Methodist Church last Sunday.
Quite a number of our burghers
went 10 Trenton Monday to attend
the convention and County Court.
A young badly of this city sprained
her arm very badly the other day,
hitting mosquito. She killed it.
Mrs Boyd gave us some peaches the
other day which weighed over half a
pound apiece. Can anybody beat
that
A large otter was seen at the mouth
of Wolf creek, on the Obion river,
three miles northeast Of Milan, last
week.
Hon. Emerson Etheridge passed up
the road Saturday evening. He says
he is for purifying the Democratic
party or breaking it up.
Mr. ID. B. Mills, who has been
confined to his room for a couple of
weeks with fever, We are rejoiced to
see again upon our streets.
Emerson Etheridge and Isaac
Hawkins are in the same boat, both of
them having made reputation speech
es in Huntingdon last Monday.
Some of the ladies wish to know
who the educated chicken" of our
city is, as he has ceased to crow. If
that be the case We think they ought
10 know.
An engine pulling the south bound
freight on the Central road ran off at
the crossing Tuesday morning, delay
ing trains on both roads several hours.
No other damage.
One night last week the band sere-
naded one of our young attorneys,
singing and playing the tune contain
ing the line, Angels pouring lasses
upon this laUyer's head"
Our young friend, John NJ. Baird, |
left our city last week. He goes to
Nashville to attend lectures at the /
Medical College there. We wish him
Ill the success he merits.
A Milan dry goods clerk during the
recent scare was in the country and
guarded some seventy-five or thirty
women and children. He says he be-
longs to the home guards.
We learn that several hundred
black and white, have been
before the Grand Jury
from this end of Gibson, including
5oodly number of Milanites.
Il. 4. Collins offers for rent one of
he best new business houses in the
,rty. Also, rooms over the same.
Also, a neat new cottage. Now is
rour time for securing the best.
4 special term of the Circuit Court
at Trenton last Thursday,
Judge John I. Carthel presiding.
Special attention will be given to fer
citing out the perpetrators of the
ecent bloody deeds in our county.
Haun d Williamson recently sold
heir fine black horse, George, to a
Gentleman in Brownsville for the
handsome sum of $500, and he is
Forth the money, too. They have
ne or two mere splendid horses in
raining.
Tickets are on sale at the office
ere at reduced rates to Louisville.
'arties wishing to attend the Exposi-
on can get trip tickets for s14 40,
lcluding ticket to the "show." Tick
is to all points in Texas can also be
REQUIRED here.
We would advise young men who !
0 calling Saturday nights not to stay :
tier than 8 o'clock, as the most of
We young ladies of our town attend !
abbath schools and that night is
sually set apart in which to prepare !
he lessons for the following day.
We understand that Mr. Z. w. :
ole, while going home one night !
st week, was followed cut as far as
lie mill by couple of rufians, with
lie intention of robbing him, it is
opposed. Not wishing to enter the :,
Gods with them, he fired a couple of
lots at them and they fed r
The Board of Trustees Of Milan T
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