The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29

on the 14th inst.
The regular District Conference for
this district will convene in Browns
villfto-morrow [ friday Bishop Dog
geIt will preside.
y few days since the stable of Mr..
W. NJ. Smith, in this place, was
struck by lightning. A valuable horse
was killed by the stroke.
The Brownsville States says that
Miss Alice Mckelvey, of this city,
received a certificate from the Browns
vile Female College for distinction
in painting.
Our friend Philo Moore has receiv-
ed a new stock of tobacco, and it is
good. He has the best cigars you
can scare up, too, besides everything
else in his line.
A lively hop at the Milan Hotel
was the fashionable amusement of
last Monday night, given in honor of
number Of visiting young ladies
now in our midst.
We learn that the chairs in Clark's
Hall will be raised in an amphitheat>
rical manner at an early day, and
that they will he numbered, so that
reserved seats can be sold. .
One of our dry goods clerks pur>
chased bucket of butter list week,
and upon an attempt to open it, it ex-
ploled, scattering the contents all
over him. Look sharp, clerks.
The Peak Family of Swiss Bell
Ringers will give a performance at
Clark Hall to night. This isa first,
rate troupe, and all who 90 will be
well pleased with the entertainment.
4 numbered bellies and bcaux from
Humboidt and Trezevant graced
Clark's Hall GA the occasion of the
Red Gross benefit last Friday night,
among whom was Mr.. Leigh, of the
lirauge Journal.
DIR. Davidson brought us a bunch
of clover last Friday which measured
five feet high. He raised two tons of
it on one acre of bottom land. No
fertilizers wee used. 1t strikes US
this Is a little better than cotton.
DIR. A. c. Pearcc, of this place,
has invented and has now in his Use
Il cotton cleaner, which is bound to be
very popular. 1t fans all the dust
out before the cotton runs through
the gin. 1t will certainly be great
saving rs planters, making their cot
ton worth much more.
Mrs Sarah McDougald, of this place,
who is now in her sixty-eighth year,
has made beautiful lady's hat from
what is known here rs the "dish>rag
plant'-known ia Georgia as the
"bonDet plant" 1t looks like a net
work of tine goods of some kind, and
makes really handsome hat. We
understand Mrs McDougaid wishes to
send it to the Centennial if she can
find cut just what steps take l
Messls Loving & Cade yesterday.
shipped three hundred and sixty wal
nut table legs and niuety-tSO walnut
bed posts-turned at their establish
meat hereto the Bergland Manu-
featuring Company, Water Valley,
Miss. We are glad to see our friends
reaching out with their business in
such an enterprising manner; but we
would be gladder if some enterprising
mechanics weuld work up all they
could turn right here at home. If We
had more mechanics in Milan We
would soon have more wealth.
We are in receipt of the Annual
Announcement of Vanderbilt Univer-
sity for 1867, by which We learn
that this great Southern University |
is in most prosperous condition. The
first year shows catalogue of 307 !
students The faculty is composed of /
the very al.iest men in the country |
for the different chairs; the institu-
ton is literally endowed with 81 ,000,-
600 by Mr. Vanderbilt, besides over
500, 900 subscribed by others, and no |
doubt it will be one of the leading I'M
iversities of the country at an early |
day.
Ten Nights in a Bar Room" was
well rendered last Friday night by
our amateurs, for the benefit of the
Independent Champions of the Red
Gross. Under the management of
Mr. and Mrs Dunaway, it was an as
sured success from the beginning.
We were unav6idably absent until !