The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-31
AROUND TOWN.

What has become OF our Dyer and
Atwood correspondents?
you you want extra good print
ing done, at cheap rates, call at this
Office.
Now the school boys are happy.
They can play marbles or fish all day
If they wish
A scholarship in the Mound City
Commercial College can be bought
cheap at this office.
Some of our business men talk OF
having Maia street sprinkicd this
summer. A good idea.
Two blind musicians played the
fiddle and banjo to numerous small
audiences here last Friday.
The Thorne Dramatic Company was
in Dyersburg last week. They give
satisfaction wherever they go.
Baird gets up new wrinkle" in
connection with his soda water every
few days. Go and see the latest.
Good brandy is a cure for summer
complaint; in bad eases a teaspoonful
in milk three or four times day.
Mr. j. w. Thomas has our thanks
for generous supply of ripe cherries.
We feasted on cherry tarts Sunday.
jim McClaan has recently painted
"big Indian for Turner, to serve as
cigar sign. He made good job
of it.
We understand the "snakes" gol
after one Of our best Good Templars
one nighs last week, soaring him
badly.
Esq. w. f. Reeves received a
horned frog from Texas few days
since. 1t was quite a curiosity to
many of cur citizens.
Mr. Clements, at his mill on the
Clark farm, wants lot of cows and
other at c.. See his advertisement.
A rare chance is Ofiere !.
The Good Templars here have a
very fourishing lodge, numbering
now about sixty members, and taking
in new ones every meeting.
We have communication from a
gentleman who writes under the non,
de plume of Goober," which we must
respectfully decline. Will give him
reasons privately il desired.
The head of a family here last
week presented Il bill to one of our
legal friends for coal oil used after ten
o'clock p. m. As good a lawyer as
he is, he cannot prove All alibi, and
the bill is larger than his purse at
present.
The Southern Industries, published
at Nashville is doing a good work for
this state and the South. Many i'm
migrants have been brought south
through It's influence. Every man
who has land to sell ought to take
this paper.
The Brass Band of this place return
compliments to the young ladies of
Mckenzie who presented them with
that lovely boquet on last Monday.
They also return thanks to them for
their wishes as regards the success of
each member in life.
Our kind friend, Miss Matte Lo>
retz, sent us last week a curiosity in
the cherry line. One limb sixteen
inches long was studded with one hun
dred and twenty-three cherries. An>
other, eighteen inches long, had one
hundred. They were the White May
cherry, and grew on the farm of Mr.
j. y. Warlick, near Lavinia.
a large crowd of people enjoyed the
moonlight picnic at the College last
Friday night until late hour. Un-
der the influence of the mellow strains
of fine music given by the band, many
soft speeches were made and many
hearts auttered al the recital of the
old story which is ever new. A de-
lightfal repast was furnished by the
ladies.
We respectfully suggest to our city
fathers. in view of the fact that small
pox is in our neighboring town of
jackson, and may be brought here
any day, the propriety of passing an
ordinance requiring every person in
town to be vaccinated. 1t is sure
prevention of this loathsome disease,
and the good of the community re-
quires that it be carried out.
The closing exercises OF Miss Den
tons school took place last Monday
and Tuesday. The programme con-
sisted Of declamations, speeches, es-
says, ETC., in which the little folks did
very we'll indeed. One feature was
the public examination of classes,
which we hear highly complimented.
Miss Denton is an excellent teacher,
and has made many friends here.
An epidemic of picnics and socia-
bles seems to have broken out here
since the session closed at the College.
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