The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

We have been eating tomatoes from
our garden for several days.
Fourteen new men were initiated
into the Hut Tuesday night.
The midsummer holiday number
of Scribner's Monthly promises to b
magnificent.
Rev. DIR. McNair, of jackson
preached at the Methodist church
last Thursday night.
We are indebted to ID. p. Faulds
Louisville, for copy of Sam Tilden'.
Mazurka, by Wilson.
We are indebted to w E Reeves,
Esq, for the first tomatoes sent us
this season. They were mammoth
beauties.
The Centennial number of the Irish
World was a magnificent triple paper,
handsomely illustrated, and full of ap-
propriate reading.
The auction of the goods belonging
TO Stone d Mills was well attended
last Saturday, and many things were
sold at a great sacrifice. Auction
again next Saturday.
One of the boys tried to eavesdrop
the Orientals Tuesday night BY climb
ing on Shepherds store. He got
scared and "eaves-dropped' from the
house, but was not hurt.
The excellent wife of our good
friend, Rev. Robert Burns, has our
hearty thanks for about half a bush
ell of delicious apples. The ladies
are always oar best friends.
We have received the Thirty-sec-
Ond Annual Catalogue Of the Mem>
phis Conference Female College, Jack
son, which shows that institution to
be in fourishing condition.
/ ID. DIG. NJ. Solomon, of Humboldt,
installed the officers of Milan Lodge
/. o. o. F. last Wednesday night.
K. +. Edwards, P. g., was elected
Representative to the Grand Lodge.
Capt. T. III. Williams is announ>
ced as candidate for magistrate of
/ this district. He is well known as
one of our best citizens, has served as
magistrate two terms, and gave gen
eral satisfaction. He will be one of
the hardest in the race to beat.
Last Friday was day of '.jubilo"
with the negroes in this section.
They congregated here in large nuns
hers to attend the picnic and dance,
and the way they kicked up the dust
and sweated, &c, was caution.
They closed with a concert at night.
Esq. W. B. Dickinson is announc-
ed this week for reelection as magis>
trate. He is one of the oldest magis-
trates in the State, having filled that
Office thirty years in Madison county
and several years here. He can al
ways be found at his office in the Ex-
CHANGE block.
BY reference to our announcement
column it will be seen that Mr. j NJ
Meals, who lives four miles south of
town, isa candidate for magistrate.
The people in that neighborhood say
they need magistrate, and they
have put Mr. Meals forward. He is
good citizen, and no doubt will
make a good officer, if elected.
\ good citizen and gentleman of
sound sense, who voted for Lincoln
and Grant At each time of their cleo
ton, told us the other day that he
was going to vote for Tilden and
Hendricks as true reformers. If
Bristow had been nominated he would
have voted for him. He also says
that Tilden will carry New York by
fifty thousand majority, and he has a
chance of knowing whereof he speaks.
There are many such voters now.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the New Orleans, St. Louis and Chi
cago Railroad Company was held in
New York on the 9th, and the fol-
lowing were elected Directors; III S
McComb, Thomas A Scott, j n Dea-
bury, S Rogers, E D Randolph, Cad
walader Evans, Schneider l. Trum.
BILE, A NJ West, III r Leroy, Henry
Day, j B Alexander, + ID Cobb,
Henry Talmadge, VIM Calhoun, w
A Gordon, | p Bush, Norton Jacobs,
Q H Edgar, L Q G Lamar, Geo X.
Sistare.
The presence of young ladies has a
wonderfully chilling effect on our dew
il. Last Thursday, seeing three an
gels approach the Office, he frantical>
ly rushed for his coat, put it on hur~
riedly, (wrong side out,) and went
back to his work on our lightning job
press in the busiest manner possible.
After they had admired the beautiful
workings of the machine and looked
around the office half an hour, they
retired, leaving a halo of glory in
their wake as long and bright as the
tail ola comet. But our devil was
completely demoralized and used up.
He says he will wear his top shirt in
future if the thermometer reaches
three hundred in the shade. la fact,
that linen buster made it too hot for
the devil avap