The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-16
SMALL CHANGE.
Beautiful weather

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Capt Hale is "boss alderman" thi,
year.
Pork is ranging from eight to ter
cents in this market.
Remember the grand New Orlean;
excursion tomorrow, and go.
Mr. b. A. Enloe, Of the Jackson Sun,
was in town few hours last Saturday.
Capt. S. H. Hale went to st. Louis
Monday night on business about his
well auger.
Vernon Ware, Esq, is getting up q
fine list of subscribers for us. Let eve,
rybody enlist.
Come up and have your visiting
cards printed before Christmas. Ono
pack for 70 cents.
The December Aldine has reached
us. 1t is "too pretty to talk about.
We can't do it justice.
A young lady proposed to pop corn
over the head of one of our auburn
haired youths the other night.
The most useful present you can
make Christmas will be one years
subscription to the MILAN EXCHANGE.
Haun & Williamson, we understand,
fed overfve hundred turkeys here yes
terday. They were on their way south.
The burning out of the kitchen
chimney at the Central House last
Friday caused an alarm of fire. No
damage.
One of our new city dads "went
for" an impudentfellow last Saturday,
knocking him down and kicking him
considerably.
We will take few hundred barrels
of corn in subscription for the Ex-
CHANGE. Now you have no further
excuse. Bring it in.
Hon. Peter Turney, one of our Su-
preme Judges, spent few hours here
last Friday. He became better ac-
quainted with the ''Statcn case" while
here.
The little folks are rejoicing in
bright anticipatiOns of the visit of San
Ia Claus next week. Let us see that
none of the little innocents are disap-
pointed.
A north-bound freight train on the
Central road was wrecked by a brok-
en- rail two miles south of here last
Friday. Several cars were smashed,
but nobody hurt.
Tramp printers have changed their
course recently. Nearly all are now
returning north. They say there is no
work south of here. We have had g
dozen here recently.
Among the prominent men at the
crossing this week were Bishop McTye-
ire, DR. Bedford and DR. Young, of the
NJ. Z. Church, South, and Gen Wal
thall, of Mississippi.
We are adding many new names
to our subscription book for next
year. Come up and subscribe. The
centennial year will be prolific with
elections and news of all kinds.
Mr. Jesse Fowler had a fine new
overcoat stolen from the hall at the
Central House last Saturday night.
Sneak thieves are getting numerous.
People had better look out for them.
Mr.. w. NJ. Shepherd is enlarging
and improving his grocery house, on
Depot Square. His business was
crowding him so the change had to be
made. We congratulate him on his
prosperity.
Notwithstanding the strict election
laws, several parties took little too
much CROOKED" last Saturday. Reck-
on they brought it with them from
home; or may be Babcock has a branch
house here.
Pete Adams, colOred, having taking
too much Babcock juice, last Satur-
day night saw snakes, bugs, grasshop-
pers, etc, in profusion. In fact, he
was the widest negro We have seen in
a long time.
We have a specimen of the Nation
al Live Stock Journal on our table.
1t is strictly frst-class, and should be
In the hands OF every farmer. we
will club it with our paper at 1866.
Call and see it.
Our Baptist friends are making
preparations for an elegant supper at
the College on Tuesday nightof Christ
mas week. 1t will be for the benefit
of the Church, and ought to be well
patronized. Let everybody 60.
Lieut. w. A. Miller, of the 18th
infantry, with his wife, has been Wis
iting his father-in-law, DR. Royd, for
several weeks past They left for
South Carolina last Monday night.
They have many friends here, who re-
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