The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-11

Two more Centennial" bOysl

Rev II. NJ. Sears, of Huntington,
called on us last Thursday.
DIR Harris shipped the first straw
berries from here last Thursday.
The rain spoiled the picnic Friday,
to the distress of the little folks espe>
cially.
Philo Moore has eight different
kinds of tobacco in stock-all good
quality.
Parties desiring to purchase sheet
music can geta fine selection at half
price at this Office.
The Sunday-school picnic viii come
of on Friday, the 10Th inst, "wind
and weather permitting"
Ben Shepherd has sold his stock of
groceries to Deshong, and is now
gentleman of elegant leisure. So is
Steve.
A tremendous rain fell here Satur-
day night. Wolf creek was out of its
banks, higher than it has been in a
long time.
Ollie Chapman has our thanks for
fine lot of excellent strawberries.
He showed us some the other day as
large as we ever saw.
The Williamson heirs are fencing
in and improving their property in the
western part of town. They have
opened one street forty feet wide.
Sedberry d Ray have a large
stuffed wildcat in their saloon, as
an ornament. Are we to understand
that wildcat whiskey is sold there?
We understand there will be first
class dramatic performance here about
the 24th inst. Programmes announc-
ing the particulars will appear in due
time.
The Milan B. B. boys say they are
ready to play match game with the
mckenzie Scrubs" or "any other
man." In fact, they are anxious for
a brush.
We are adding a large number of
=, o,r e,,beor;bor. 70 our l;sf nna AL
lar will pay for the EXCHANGE until
after the next election. Clubs of ten
can get it at 20 cents each.
Miss Mary j. Goodman has our
thanks for beautiful boquet, the first
we have received this season. If we
were not married, we would--well,
we won't say just now; our hair is
none to thick.
We acknowledge the receipt of an
invitation to attend the ceremonies of
the unwilling of the marble statue of
George d. Prentice and the formal
opening of the new Courier-Journal
building, May 18th.
Two years ago Milan had twelve
drinking saloons; now she has only
three. Only one grocery house, We
understand, keeps whiskey. Is there
another town in the State that can
show so great Improvement in this
respect?
Two young men in town are collect
ing all the female kittens they can
find; and then naming them after their
sweethearts. One has a collection of
seven, but, unfortunately, one them is
mot that kind of cat" Consequent
ly it is without a name.
At trial before Esq. Jordan last
Monday, one of the litigants had four
lawyers and the other none. The man
who conducted his own case came out
victorious, and turned the laugh on
them. And they were not "shysters'
either, but good lawyers. ,
Deshong & Lovelace have received
a fine lot of the celebrated Nichol,
Shepherd & Co. "Vibrator" Thresh-
ing Machines, and have one rugged
up in complete order at the depot. 1t t
is certainly a fine machine, and de-
serves the good nameit bears. !
Esq. Guion has returned after sew
eral months absence in Mississippi.
We understand he will open his pho |
tograph gallery in the rooms over Mrs '
Dufy's millinery establishment. We '
hope our people will keep him so busy $
in future that he cannot leave again. S
We again must insist that the Milan 1
Hotel is one of the best feeding houses a
we have been to in many days. In
with our better half-who i
is good judge-we enjoyed fine L
Inner there the other day. All the C
lelicacies of the season were served up v
in the best style. Il
Our fat alderman says he walked i
one hundred miles with the Street /
Committee last Monday. The other
agreed to ''set 'em up" if he
would keep up with them; but, not
outstanding this great inducement, a
his obesity had to succumb to fatigue n
md heat, and he failed to make the l.
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Our friend, Philo Moore, the drug s.
,ist, keeps adding attractions to his
store. Besides pictures and
lowers, he is now collecting a lot of :
,ets of different kinds. He recently q
Idded some beautiful young squirrels il