The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
SNAIL CHANGE.
Hurrah for Johnson
Please shut the doorl

Please shut the doorl
Single copies Of the EXCHANGE only
five cents now.
We notice some of the rubbish on
Main street & still unremoved.
The best cigars we have smoked in
q long time came from Gammonis.
A large crowd of the sovereigns
were ia town Saturday. Business
brisk.
Representative Cooper has placed
un under obligations for valuable pub
lie documents.
During the recent freeze. ice was
formed eight inches thick here. It
was, in the COOL
Rev. Mr.. Carter, of the Christian
Church, preached at the Odd Fellows
Hall Sunday night.
A car load of convicts passed up
the road Tuesday. They were a jolly
set, from Memphis.
Memphis is making extravagant
preparations for Mardi Gras, expect
ing many thousand visitors.
Our rates for "local notices" have
been greatly reduced. Advertisers
will do well to remember it.
Despite the condition Of the weather
and the roads, quite lot Of cotton
was brought to town last week.
The Moot Court meets every Satur-
nay night. where the young sprigs of
the law display their eloquence.
We are indebted to Captain Cole
and Doctor Jordan for supply of
late public documents from Nashville.
DR.. Yandell, who has been con-
fined to his room by erysipelas for
several days, We rejoice to learn is i'm,
proving. 50
Since the rise in cotton, quoted last
week, we notice considerable quanti-
ty of the staple being brought into
this market.
The health of Milan continues re-
markably good. Not serious case
Of sickness Of any kind in the town,
so far as we know.
Mr.. ]. N. Hale, of Cincinnati, has
placed US under obligations for a batch
Of late illustrated and other papers,
for which he has our thanks.
VIM. Jones, while fixing stove
pipe, Friday. in Coley g. Dickinson's
drug store, fell from the step ladder,
bruising and spraining his wrist very
badly. 80
An alarm of FIRE last Saturday af:
ternoon created considerable excite
ment for few minutes. The ceiling
in York saloon caught from the fue
Damage slight.
The handscmest thing in the shape
Of an almanac reached us Saturday
last. 1t is published by the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger for free distribu
ton to its subscribers.
Our friend, Eli Stone, had his
smoke house robbed last week, and
has been hungry since. A few pounds
Of beef and the backbone of a hog
was the quantity stolen.
We would respectfully ask the
Board of Aldermen - have the well
on Depot Square put in such condition
that it can be used. 1t would then
be great convenience TO number
Of business men.
The Nashville accommodation" is
a rev feature on the NJ. & L. road.
1t passeshcre, going east, at S:45, p. m.
and returns at 10:45 p. m. This is
ernphatically an accommodation, and
will be appreciated by the travelling
public.
General Walthal, attorney for the
n. o., St. L. & C. R. R., was in town
Friday, and delivered to Mayor Jor-
dan stock in that road for the bonds
issued by the town to the Mississippi
Central railroad. All differences be-
tween the town and road are now ami
cably adjusted.
With the members of the family"
We enjoyed an elegant supper at the |
residence of w. B. Dickinson, Esq,
last Friday night, given in honor of
his son's marriage. Under the man
agement of his accomplished wife,
everything passed off charmingly. We
will say nothing of the tOasts proposed.
"The youth of the Humboldt Jour
nal" is in a bad way. Something
evidently don't agree with him. In
recent issue Of his paper, he says, 81
even wish that / were dead J" Poor
fellow Il struck in" on him |
early. Instead of following I" the
good old ways our fathers trod,"" We
expect he ought to have done as they
do over in Crockett county.
A return has been received from
the cotton shipped by cur Granger
friends to Liverpool some time since.
Captain Hale has received an advance
of $50 on each bale. The company
agrees to held it as long as the parties
wish before selling. 1t viii be remem-