The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-02-15
LOCAL NE WS.
SMALL CHANGE.

Representative johnson has our
thanks for important documents.
II Madame Rumor speaks truly,
one or two marriages will be celebrat,
cd here soon.
Yesterday was Valentine day, when
bipeds-feathered and founced-are
supposed to mate.
After several days of beautiful
weather, rain commenced falling early
Tuesday morning.
Schwartzwald, the Mckenzie paint
er, is said to be one of the best work
men ever in this section. Builders
would do well to see him.
A new shoe shop has been opened
under the ExcHAEGEoffice. esup-
pose the proprietor will announce his
business formally next week.
t. New Orleans Band, from st.
Louis, and Band from Louisville,
passed here last Sunday, to take part
in the Memphis Mardi Gras festivi-
ties.
Albert Hurt, Esq, a talented young
lawyer of Arkansas, formerly of this
place, died Mt the residence of +. 4.
Collins last Saturday night, of pneu-
nOnia.
Our kind friend, Mrs Barton, has
our thanks for lot of the finest pars-
nips We almost ever saw. One of
Them measured over two feet in
length.
Rev. J. S. White, of Humboldt,
passed up the Central road Sunday
evening. The illness of his wife, who
is a. her fathers house, in Kentucky,
called him hurriedly away.
Any one wishing to buy a big bal
loon, with all the trimmings" will
do we'll TO write to this Office. We
tooH one in for debt the other day.
Our exchanges will please copy.
We respectfully call the attention
of the talented editor of the Nashville
Christian Advocate to the fact that
the ExcHASGE is published in Ten
nessec-not ia Texas, as he had it last
week.
Drs IIungerford and Anderson
seem to keep very busy. From pres
ent prospects, they will probably have
to remain in this section several
months. There headquarters are at
the City Hotel.
The family of Capt. Tom Hutcher>
son arrived here last Sunday. Have
ing moved into DIR Jordan's residence,
they now become permanent citizens. |
We, in common with host of 9TH
ers, welcome them to Milan.
Philo Moore's drug store and per-
sonal property will be sold next Tues
day TO the highest bidder. See adj |
vcrtisement in another column. This |
is an exsellent opportunity for some
enterprising druggist with a small !
capital.
a gay party of masked Mardi Gras
celebrators promenadcd the streets |
and visited a number of citizens Tues
day night. We heard of one or two |
negroes who precipitately "took to
their heels" thinking the Kuklux |
were after them.
We learn from the Brownsville pa
pers that Col. w. Iyie Westbrook has |
bought the Free Press, of that city, |
which was recently sold at auction,
and that he will soon revive the pub
lication of the Bee We. hope he |
may be prosperous with the undertake
ing.
We welcome TO our exchange list |
once more the sprightly Brownsville |
Bee, edited and published by Col. w. |
Ivie Westbrook. After suspension
of several months, it comes out again |
brighter than ever. Colonel, we hope
the Bee may prosper for century to
come.
Rogers & Dunlap, founders and
machinists and carriage and wagon
Paris, Tenn, have a card in
this issue. These gentlemen stand
high in their community, socially and
financially, and all orders sent to them
will receive prompt and careful at
tention.
Toodles," as rendered by the
Thespians last Friday night, was en-
loyed by a large audience. The play
ers generally did uery well. Two or
three where remarkably efficient, and
kept the audience either in a roar of
laughter or almost spell-bound with
elise attention to the more serious
points. We, in common with the
people generally, hope another enter
talnment will be given at an early
day We ought to have something
OF the kind at least once a month.
We learn that the Mardi Gras ceI-
ebration in Memphis was unprecedent>
edly magnificent, The Memphi street
display represented the prominent