The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-02
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Trenton still hopes to see the Ten
nessee Central ROAD built. So do we /;
but our hope hangs by a very slender
thread.
The Humboldt municipal election
last week resulted in the election of
NJ. J. Camden as Mayor, w. a. ALI
son Recorder, and j. \. Shehan Mar
shall.
The News advises the Trentonians
TO set out shade trees. Good advice.
We would offer it to our Milan folks !;
but they are to busy TO ornament the
streets now.
We learn that the Milan 'jack leg"
lawyers (socalled by paper not over
a thousand miles from AIilan( had an
extraordinary run Of good luck in
their cases this court.
Not so much wheat has been sown
in this neighborhood as last year, on
account of the continued rains. If
the ground gets in order, much more
will yet be put in, though.
According to the Journal, some of
the Humboldters have been advising
people not to locate in that town.
That's right. Send 'em to Milan,
where they can get more for less mon
ey than any place in America.
If the Milan correspondent of the
Trenton News-"Clay"-thinks The
editor of the EXCHANGE is poorly"
just let him ask us around to dinner
once. Wen bet a nickel he'll change
his opinion before we leave him,
If you see young married man
contemplating baby buggies with a
calm and thoughtful eve, you may in
fer that his matrimonial ks is bright,
serene-and a "little sonny."-Hum-
Joidt Journal.
Rivers, do you speak frem expert
ence? If 50, we congratulate you.
We have arranged with the Nash
vile Weekly American, the best news.
paper published at the Capital of the
State, and the leading exponent of
the opinions of a large majority of the
people of The State on all the great
questions of the day. II wiz be full
of News, Miscellaneous Articles, Lit
erature, Market Reports, etc., ETC.
1t will be furnished together with the
EXCHANGE, for $3.50.
The Journal, speaking of the new
Methodist pastor here, says "this ar
faiigement suits all. Mr. Scott served
Humboldt church this year with great
acceptability. His friends here num-
Der all the people. He is a fine soci-
alist and a first-rate preacher. We
recommend him to our Milan neigh
bOrs, and congratulate our own peo-
pie on their good luck h again seedr-
ing his services"
We are glad to see that Milan has
correspondents for various papers
around us. 1t all helps II advertise
the town. We will be glad to adyer-
tise some Of our neighbors in the same
manner. We did have Trenton cor
respondent engaged, and have sent |
our paper fur a long time; but our
readers never hear from him. "Scrib- |
bier" haslost his grip-or his pen; and |.
our other correspondents are not as
regular as we could wish. Gentlemen,
let us hear from you.
Law Court at Humboldt Is still in |
session, Judge Black presiding, and !
will continue in session until Friday. !
The grand jury was discharged Tues
day, having nothing else to do. La
fayette Hutchins, COL, was sent to the
penitentiary for larceny. Several i'm
portant cases have bhen tried during |
court, including cases from Milan.
The Jones-Oliver case was continued |
oecr by defendant to the March Court.
The grand jury returned a true bill VS..
Joshua T. Jones for murder of NJ.
Z. Oliver, a notice of which appeared
in the EXCHANGES few weeks ago.
The case of Stanley VS. the corporation
of Humboldt was continued.