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

not TINS week.
See NONRESIDENT notice.
Dewberries are coming into this
market.
Turner has lot Of new locals.
Read them.
Who win present us with the 6rst
bag of new AOuri
COley d Dickinson advertise a chill
cure in the locals.
Everybody takes it"-Sedberry q
Rays Bitters. Try them.
A few struggling musketoes have
made their appearance here.
The July Nursery reached US yes
terday, and our little girl is happy.
Mr. HilIiard Williams is now an ex.
merchant, or retired counter-bouncer.
A certain young gentleman in town
loves to play euchre with the young
ladies.
! The side walk at the post Office has
been repaired. Several others need
attention.
Our excellent County Trustee, Col.
Long, spent several days in Milan
since our last.
Younger has an important notice
to parties who have articles in his
shop for repairs.
The ever-pOpular and beautiful
DemOrest for July reached our table.
1t is always welcome at home.
Raspberries. cherries and apples
are plentiful. Considerable ship
ments are being made from here.
Our Nashville papers don't come
as regularly as they ought. We
hope somebody will be more careful.
Several Of our merchants propose
to buy wheat on large scale. Milan
merchants always pay the highest
prices.
Gleason's Monthly Companion for
July is the first to reach us this month.
1t is filed with entertaining short
stories.
Notwithstanding the fourishing
condition of the different temperance
societies here, the saloons seem to
prosper.
Several " Creditors notices, viii be
found under the kead of new adver.
tisements. You may save money BY
reading them.
Mr. j. w. Thomas brought us O fne
bunch Of Concord grapes Tuesday
but theyrwere not ripe. He win have
a fne crop of them.
Capt W. P. Childress, Chairman
of the Democratic State Executive
Committee, passed here Tuesday.
bound for Oxford, Miss.
Guion took fine photograph of
our office building last Thursday. 1t
is o picture not to be sneezed at,
and We intend to have it engraved.
Mr. w. H. Scallorn, railroad agent
at Atwood, and also the live agent
for the ExCHASE, called on us yester-
day. He reports fine crops in his
neighborhoOd.
Business has held up wonderfully
well here this spring and summer
better than it has in three years.
We don't hear so much complaint Of
hard times now.
The editor is Off to the meeting of
the Press Association. Parties who
have business 10 transact with Us are
referred to Mr. Mcclure, who viii bs
found in the Office during business
hours.
Tom Harrison has got up q new ad.
vertising dodge since his wife left
home. He is kissing every dirty
faced baby he comes across. The
young ladies won't alldw him to kiss
them. and Steve is afraid to try It.
Baird has moved his drug store to |
the Holt brick. formerly occupied by |
Robinson as q grocery store. Mr.
Baird has now @ beautiful and we'll
arranged establishment. The soda |
fountain is in tip-top running order.
Younger. the jeweler. says he is
determined that people shallstop send |
ing their watches off for repairs. He
has secured the services Of splendid |
workman-one who has had long ex-
perience in the larger cities--and is
now ready 10 do any and all kinds Of
work in his line.
Arch Jordan, ESQ.,, Is having the
house formerly occupied by Mr. Baird
as a drug store repaired and painted
up for his dry goods establishment.
He will move in "a soon as the house
is ready TOR him. Mr. Duffy is doing |
the carpenter work, and win make
handsome store OF it.
Liberty Lodge. Knights Of Honor,
elected on last Friday night. the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing term:
N. d. l. Jordan. D.; ]. II. Dickin>
son. A. D.: w: ii. COley. v. D.; ID.
C. Sentsr. T.; p. C. Lovelace, F. r;
w. Z. Cannon, r; w. e. Fancett,
C.; b. ID. Mills, g.; e. p. Donnell,
L G.; 6. j. Robertson, o. 81; j. p.
WeaEer. p. d.