The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-03-16

Rev. W. L. Faucets school is out.


Sheriff Ing is out after witnesses.
He is making things lively.
w. NJ. Hall, Esq, of Trenton is in
town on professional business.
Rev. J. P. Weaver left for Nash
vile on a flying trip last Friday.
Several of our citizens contemplate
big hunt on Grand Prairie in Ar
kansas this fall.
Quarterly meeting will be held for
Irrelevant circuit, at McLemoresville,
April Is and 16.
We notice cotton still coming into
town. A good many bales were
brought in this week.
Our lawyers and litigants are get
ting ready for court, which convenes
at Humboldt next week.
Messrs Sam Thompson and Ike
Carruth, of Wilson county, passed
through Milan last week.
Jack Frost came again last Sunday
night to see us, and we fear hassettled
the fruit question for this year.
Sunday was a cola day, and cOnsid-
cradle snow and rain fell here, making
Overcoats and good fires in demand.
When will the street committee fill
up the bitches washing out on Third
street? They are getting dangerous.
Capt. Arnold is having his house
turned round to make If face North
First street instead of Railroad Ave
nue..
Little Pass Turner, SON of our fel-
low citizen w. G. Turner, fell last
Tuesday and knocked his left shout
der out OF joint.
The meat shop of \. L. Williams
was broken into saturday night and a
lot of meat stolen. No trace of the
thief yet discovered.
Judge Williamson is finishing his
handsome brick residence on X. X.
Avenue, and building a substantial
and neat fence around it.
Coley d Dickinson have our thanks
for box Of concentrated milk. 1t is
Of an excellent quality, and answers
frst-rate for cream in coffee, custards,
etc. Try it. Cheaper than keeping a
COW.
Two citizens of Henderson county .
came to town Monday on hunt of one
Grogan, who had stolen $40 from one
of them Saturday last. Grogan was
in town Saturday night. All trace of
the thief WAS lost here.
The protracted meeting which has
been going on at the Baptist church
for the past four weeks closed last
Sunday night. During this time Rev.
Mr. Cason preached sixty sermons, av-
eraging two sermons day. !
Several parties from Gadsden are
here preparing ground to plant in
strawberries this spring. They have
leased five acres from Mr. Dilieshaw,
north of town. \ gentleman from
Illinois has secured ten acres west Of
town, on the Key tract, and will plant
it in Strawberries this Spring. Others
will come If encouraged by our citi-
zens.
Our Street Committee has done
some excellent work the past week.
Main street, north of the l.. q n.
road, has been graded il. gocd style,
and one of the small bridges has been
taken out, throwing hegutteron each
side down to the other bridge. We
understand the committee will put all
the streets in good repair Immediate
ly. Let the good work 90 on, and |
they will receive the thanks Of all.
From the New Orleans Picayune we
learn that the Illinois Central Railroad |
Co. has filed bjll in the L. S. Cir
cult Court at New Orleans TO foreclose |
a mortgage in its favor on the n. o.,
st. L. & c. r. r. for IS, 900, 900, and |
to have a receiver appointed. The
receiver has been appointed. Anoth-
er bill was filed Cor nearly the same
purpose and against the same parties
at Memphis in the u. S. Circuit