The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-13

last Monday afternoon.
1t is desired that all the member;
Of the moot congress meet at the
court room Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
One or two front gates in town al.
ready need new hinges. Property
owners ought to charge the boys rent.
Everything has taken a fresh start
to grow.the past few days, and the
grass al d trees begin to look fresh and
green.
An alarm of fire was sounded last
Friday night, caused by the burning
of some trashin Capt. Williams's yard,
OH Main street.
A reduction of Is per Gent. on the
wages of certain classes Of the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad employees
has been made.
Rev. Mr. Atkison, of Mckenzie,
preached at the Methodist church last
Sunday, to our Cumberland Presby-
terrain brethren.
Messts Jesse Fowler and Sam
Street had a tussle Monday afternoon,
in which Fowler got pretty badly bit
ten on the hand.
Prof. Tee says that from the 10th
to the 10th of this month We will have
variable weather, with heavy rains;
18th TO the 10Th generally fair.
The Sunday-schools are talking of
getting up union May picnic, and
committees have been appointed to
make the Necessary arrangements.
We understand about one hundred
miles of new rails will be laid on the
n. o., St. L. d c. road right away.
This will put the roadin first-class con-
ditiOn.
Horace Scott, General Superinten-
dent of the j., NJ. Il |. road, accom-
panied by his wife, Mrs Merriwcather
and young lady, passed up the road
last Sunday.
Ten thousand dollars in silver laid
here in the Express office last Friday,
on its way to Austin, Texas. Jim says
that is more specie than he has hands
led in several months at one time.
The May No. of Demorest has
reached our table, and, Judging from
the fashion plates, the styles are worse
pull-back than ever. Take Demorest
if you want to keep posted in the fash
ions.
Brownsville has a new paper Gre
publican), called the Free Press, edi-
ted by A. A. Freeman and owned by
J. i. Posten Il Co. 1t is large, neat
paper, and appears to be well patron
lied.
Milan Lodge I. o. O. T. held
Rebekah meeting last Wednesday
night, when that beautiful degree was
conferred on number of ladies by d. !
D. G. NJ. Solomon, of Humboldt, in |
an impressive manner.
We have received an interesting |
pamphlet on Tobacco: its Culture in
Tennessee, with statistics of its Com,
mercial Importance, etc." by Com
missioner killebrew, from the press of
Tavel, Eastman Il Howell.
Hop. johnson, one of the Memphis
Appeal editors, who has had a long
spell of illness, passed up the road for
his old GAINESVILLE home Tuesday eve
ming. We hope he will soon return
and rejuvenated. |
Slater says Tennessee ladies don't
know how to make coffee-the brute
Now, we are authorized to invite him
10 Milan, where he will find us good a
cup of Creole dripped coffee as can be
found in Louisiana. Come I'D. Colon
Il, and apologize.
The Southern Planter and Farmer,
published at Richmond, Va, the
April number of which is before us, is
one of the best magazines of its class
N the country. 1t contains about
;eventy-fee octave pages of good read
ng, and costs only So q year.
The Centennial" fights opened here
asst Friday. A lively skirmish took
place between Messrs w. r. Christian
md Wm. Hansbro, caused by Seen
ennial breast-pin." During the fight
me Of Coley & Dickinson's large show
windows was smashed and Mr. Chris
ian had his right hand badly cut with
ylass,
Mesas Hale & Vanhook have plac>
d us ander obligations for bottle of
Inc cid Ognac Brandy, which is war
anted not to produce alRgators, snakes,
tic. Its simply delicious. They have
| Gae stock of cognae, blackberry and !