The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-21

In General.

Im General
The wheat harvest is nearly over.
Threshing win commence next week.
Bring in wheat and corn to Turn
ef's mill for the ExcAAsGE. We viii
allow The highest market price.
Our Bradford friends viii have .
concert at the Academy ON Friday
night, June 18th. at the close of Miss
Moore's school.
We learn that the negro who was
reported to have small pox between
Hope Hill and Lavinia is well, and
has not been sick with that disease.
Another heavy and continual rain
last Friday. More damage was done
the crops near here than was done by
the rain of hepreceding week. Corn
and wheat suffered severely in some
neighborhoods. =
Country merchants and others viii
End that they can have job printing
done as well and as cheap at the Ex>
CHANGE Office as they can anywhere
in the state. Give US q trial and we
guarantee satisfaction.
Trenton.
Mrs Cassandra j. Buchanan,
daughter of A. 8. Curry, Esq, died
in Alamo On the 9Th inst, in her 29th
year.
The school directors of the different
districts ere to hold a meeting in
Trenton ON Saturday, 30th inst. I'M
portans business is to be attended To-
Mckay. who was sent to jail from
this place for forgery. it seems is a
"poet," and, according to his own ac-
count. master of science and arts.
ancient and modern languages, love,
literature" etc. He has long COM
munication in last weeks Mirror.
Possibly by the time he again has the
privilege OF breathing the pure air Of
his native Ben Lomond he viii leara
the difference between nse,sm ct taum,
and become master Of himself.
From the Trenton Mirror.
The annual examination held at
Peabody High School was attended
by Q large number Of the citizens,
who speak in terms very compliment
tary Of teachers and students.
kzumb0ldi.
The Journal and Herald have
lively war on hand. The state debt
and the Fafked Deer ghost. are the
great sgitaiing problems. Boys the
westkeris toe hat S@aany: kind of,a
6ght. Keep cool.
Prom the Humboldt Herald.
Cherries have been selling Mt twen.
ty cents per gallon this week. The
supply is greater than the demand.
We have heard it said that our no.
BILE little Forked, Deer was raised high
er by the last rains than it has been
for fifty years. We do not in the
least doubt the veracity Of one saying
this, but We do think he is "going
back on" the record-and very far
hack, too.
Mr. McElwain, freight conductor on
the N. 30. road came very near los
ing bis life Wednesday, while coming
South from Columbus, KY. He was
sitting ON the pilot of the engine, and
while running about 25 miles Pc hour,
they struck Q pig. and before the con.
ductor could get out of the way the
pig struck him and knocked him off.
The engineer went back to get his re-
mains, but found him able to get up
and ssart On after the train. Al
though badly bruised he took his train
,n to jackson.
Kenfon.
JUNE rs, 1877.
Our farmers are very busy cutting
wheat and do not come 10 town, hence
lrsde 10 duh. The wheat crop will be
} fair average yield; at least our
moving men say 50.
AMr Tlghman, residing near here,
mad finger amputated by patent
reaper ons day last week.
Carroll q Hollomon, our leading
merchants. are selling a good many
'eapeFs and threshers, and propose
% buy every bushel of wheat that
hey can get at cash prices.
Our obliging druggist, Powell. also
'roPeses to buy all manner of country
3rodnce for cash or barter.
i Our friend, A. T. Philips, had q
,air Of extra good match mules and
Ras,so unfortunate as 10 lose one q
ew days ago. They were only colts,
md he had refused q hundred dollars
. piece for them; but Tom is a 60
head fellow and win only work hard
Il 10 repair the loss.
Kenton wants o first-class boot and
hosmaker, one that viii attend to
,usiness and not idle his time around
hose dens Of perditiou, known in clas-
ical parlancs as saloons; such a one
nm do well here. but q saloon loafer
nd better give Kenton q wide berth.
We have o ffst-class barber shop
lexs door % Hollonou's store, the