The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
SMALL CHANGE.

day.
The weather was little moist yes.
terday.
Single copies Ofthe EXCHANGE only
FIVE cents new.
Webb, the tailor. has returned and
opened a shop on Main street
We would remind the Avalanche
that our paper is not the MILAN Jour
nal"
Mckenzie shipped AIS bales of cot
ton from Sept. 1, 1874, TO Feb. L
1875.
Col. Mike Sheridan. Of Little
PhIrsT staff, stopped over here la't
Sunday.
A Cincinnati pork dealer proposes
to furnish the world with his ought-to-
buy-hog-gravy-
Our rates for 'locai notices" have
been greatly reduced. Advertisers
will do well to remember it.
Grant is terribly anxious for some
body to step on his coat tail. He is
really "spilin' for fight"
Next Sunday is St. Valentinesday.
OF course ell the boys viii send love-
messages to their hearts idols.
We do not hear of much sickness
in town since our last. We hope the
pneumonia epidemic will be arrested.
Taking everything into considera-
ton; business here is very good just
now-nothing to brag on, but yet
flair to middling.'
Two brass bands passed here Mon
day, en- route for Memphis and Jack,
son. TO make music for the mardi gras
fsstiyi;ies. They were from Lonis
vile, we understand.
john Spellings, Tax Collector of
Carroll, vii! be at Milan, Wednesday,
February 18th, Trexevant, 18th, and
Mckenzie, 18th. The taxes, he says
he must hcve. So settle up.
The Janauschek troupe changed
ears here for St. Louis Sunday. They
had ffty-three pieces Of baggage
baggage car fail and few pieces
thrown into the mail car extra.
We are serenade9 every day by an
elegant (?) band of amateur perform
ers. Fhe ACCORDION, fiddle and ban
10 are the Instruments. and every one
Of them Ego of" at once, all on a
different ohune.
We would remind our subscribers
that our year is nearly ont. The new
volume will begin the first week in
March. All whose term will be out
then will do a favor by coming up and
renewing promptly.
We see by the Jackson Wing and
Tribune that Mrs. Martha Elcan, wife
of Gen. Marcus J. Wright, of that
paper, died very suddenly on the ID
inst. Gen. Wright has our sincere
coincidence in this dark hour of his
distress.
VIM. L. Foote, formerly employed
in this Office, anl son of Judge Geo.
X. Foote, died of pneumonia on the
Isl inst, in jackson. He was nine.
teen gears old, and a member of the
church. The family have our symPa.
thy. VII was young man with
many good traits and high aspirations.
Attention is called to the new ad,
vertisement of the Louisville and
Nashville Rsilroa1. A new feature
is introduced by publishing a con
densed timetable for the more i'm.
portant stations. This will indeed be
a great convenience for the travelling
public. This excellent road is gener.
ally in the lead in material improve.
ments.
Prof. Gonzalez gave two concerts
here last week - Wednesday and
Thursday nights. On account of the
cold weather, his audiences we're very
small. The Professor has fine bari
tone voice, well cultivated and under
good control. Mrs. @. is also an ex
cellept performer and sings sweetly
but her voice seemed weak. We un
derstand they go from here to Middle
Tennessee.
One of our good, quiet citizens
thought he was about to be attacked
by escaped convicts, or lunatic, thu
other night, when-his artillery no
being at hand-he armed himself Will
pair Of large shears and postec
himself in ambush behind the door
with the intention of bouncing dow
on him unawares as he entered. Tn
supposed house-breaker, however
turned out TO be near relative, an'
bloodshed was averted, thus cutting
us out of a sensational article.
The American Newspaper Advertis
ing Agency Of Geo. P. Rowell d Co.
New York. is the only establishment
of the kind in the United States whicl
keeps itself persstentiy before tn
people By advertising IN newspapers
They evidently have their reward, TO
we have it FROM a reliable source tina