The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-15
SMALL CHANGE.
Heavy rain last Friday.

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night.
The three candidates for sheriff
Mcknight Dunaway and Baird
were in town last Friday.
We find several more Of our citi-
sens are determined to go into the
strawberry business this fall.
Remember, the "Red Gross" enter
tainment on the 23rd inst. Save up
your extra dimes for good show.
Mr. John Simmons left bunch of
wheat at our Office last week. There
are forty-one stalks from one grain.
There has been two or three wrecks
on the upper end of the L. q n.
road this week. We didn't learn the
cause.
Some of our citizens speak of hay-
ing an artesian well bored in town.
Why not have it pnt down in the
College grounds,
DIR Shelton, President of the South
western Baptist University, was in
town last week, looking out for the
interests of that institution.
We understand that Edward VIII
der's Almanac, for this year, contains
some very funny articles; at least the
boys say so, and of course they know.
A lady friend of ours has for sever
al weeks assiduously cultivated an
elegant and beautiful bunch of -
dog fennel. She thought it was some
rare flower.
We are in receipt of the first nuns
Der of the Iuka Miss Banner, pub
lished by Col. w. w. Gaues. 1t is
a large, good paper, and We hope it
will succeed.
Mr. Macon, of the jackson Morn
ing Star-tbe new daily in that city
called ON us last Thursday. He re-
reports great encouragement in his
new undertaking.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Baird left In our Office
last week bunch of thirty-six stalks
of wheat, all from one grain. The
yield was about one thousand grains,
on poor land at that. Is this not bet
ter than cotton?
Don't forget to 60 to Trezevant to-
morrow friday. night to the dra-
matte entertainment. You will get
your moneys worth, besides having
the satisfaction of contributing to II
good and worthy object.
Our young friend, J. p. Rhodes,
has returned from the Lebanon Law
School with a "sheepskin" in hispock-
ct, and is now a full fledged limb of
the law. We have not learned where
he will chang out his single"
Mr.. W. o. Brandon spent last Fri
day here, on his way to Middle Ten,
nessee. lie has been "umder the
weather" physically, for some time.
We hope the pure air of the blue
grass hills of OLD Maury will soon
rcjuvenate him.
Mr. Thos Dunaway is announced in
this weeks issue for the office of sher>
it'll. He is solid citizen and we be-
lieve held the Office four years at one
time. We hope our people will take
his name into consideration, and if he
is the best man, vote for him.
A correspondent of the jackson
Wing and Tribune is quite compli-
plcntary to Milan and her schools,
but says that "denominational disa-
sreements among the church people"
have damaged them. "Tis true; It's
true It's pity, and pity It's It's true"
1t has been suggested that if the
College lot was set in grass and shade
trees, and laid off with beautiful
walks, that it would soon be made as
attractive as Court Square in Mems
phis, and all at very little cost. One
gentleman says he will set out one
dozen trees if he can get up a general
interest in the matter, so that all will
help. 1t strikes us that the young
people ought to 60 heartily into this
project. Suppose we have Centen'
NAL tree>setting and picnic. What
say our readers?