The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10

and is consequently free from mosqul-
toes ar malstiat diseases; in fact,
PHYSICIANS comprise about tie only
class Of men who cannot prosper here.
As ! rule, shey make only preca.
riiehs living. The. FIST house was
built in Milan in 1859: the first bust
ne-s house 8. in 1851. Pit little prog,
ress was made in building tie town,
until the year 1866, when it began
to improve, and has Continued to
grow rapidly up to O.! the present time,
bidding FAIR to become at 10 late day
a city of considerable dimensions
Froth a trers way-statienI It has grown
to point Of very y great. Importance
has, It IS claimed twenty, 1--WE hundred
inhabitants; IS, in in dimensions, one mile
square; has over fifty business houses,
three hotels; one livery stable, first
class college-male and female; has
three churches-Baptists Methodist
and Christian; and has one of. tie fin
est farming countries Ii tie soi1th to
supportit. On tie east We u ctao"ntrrol the
trade Of east Gibson, and west Carroll
and part of Henderson counties: ON the
south we have the trade of the
south end Of Gibson and hoftH end
of Madison counties for a distance Of
fourteen miles; on lie west We have
fine country for seven or eight miles,
the trade Of which We control; and Oh
thenorth we have the trade of the coun-
try for a Ike distance. The country
supporting Milan on every side has
fine land, good water, one Of the finest
climates in the soiitk,. biepty Of fne
timber, Sahid shipping facilities Snsur
passed. 1t has been said of Gibson
county that the most remote firm
houses in the county is not out Of the
sound Of the railroad whistle.
Milan is peculiarly ffsET;o,r'a5a III re-
spect to shipping facilities. All points
North, East Soith End West are in
direct oinimanicaticn with our thriv-
ing TOM town The NtEw Orleans, St.
Louis & Chicago road places us in
connection With, the northwe est and all
points south; the NJ emphis & Lofts
vile road gives US close comnunica-
ton with points East North and
South and southwest; while the pros
pective Tennessee Central road will
place us in direct communication with
Nashville on the east and the Missis-
sippi river on tie west. This road is
nearly complete from Trenton on the
west to Huntingdon on the east. The
prospective road from Evansville,
Ind, to New Orleans will pass through
our 5ai town town when built, th'5E making
Milan one of the most important rail
road points in the south.
We have one of the finest male and
female COLLEGES in the State located
here, and Milan, holds out induce
mehts, t. those desiring 70 educate
Tier children NJ MT SURPRISED fy airy
town or c:ty. in West Tennessee. Last
year Tie i acItess drew fiyfsl g. the Pea
body fund the sur sur, Ct sf6W: Our
free school system has heretofore been
very successful, and liberal state and
county taxation has been levied to
support the schools.
As point for the manufacturer,
Milan presents a fine opening. Water
can be had in the north and east of
town by digging from fifteen to thirty
feet. Three miles east of town is II
fine stream of never failing water, af-
fording splendid water power, and
competent engineers have stated that
with tlffing expense thisst'+ea could
be brought to our town, thus afford
ing facilities for cotton and other mills
unequalled. Tits is in the heart of
the finest cotton and cora country in
West Tennessee. Gotten of tie finest
kind is raised here in large quantities,
and the manufacture could purchase
cotton a at US us Wy door IN in sufficient
amounts to keep his ni'iill running the
entire yess*. thereby i,!l, saving d. the heavy
freights that northern manufacturers
pay fcr the raw material, and finding
a ready sale for bis goods at the place
of mar ufacture. Manufactures are
comparatively in their infancy here,
being confined in the main to the or.
binary necessities of the country
wagons and carriage manufacturing
and p:li, the like7Tand the product not e.
ceeding the demand Of the neighhor
hood. We have n fine merchant
Touring mill owned by Nesbitt q TuI-
ner, in town, and another two miles |
north of town, owned and operated | y
Clements & Warliek. Messrs. Cade, |
Loving & Co. have now in operation a
fins e, R Rlspirpg and saw mill ana !, cotton
Z! s in the east of town, asd have
power 70 rqn 2 variety of other ma
chinery. A iiHfs pan, VII, ~ : little
capital, could make favorable arrange
ments with them.
Milan is situated in the center of
one of the finest cotton-planting and