The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-10


hand entertainment to a small aud
fence at Clarks Hall last night.
w. NJ. Mccall, Esq. and wife went
to Union City yesterday on a short
visit. We wish them pleasant trip.
Rev. w. H. Leigh, of Humboldt,
called On US, since our last, leaving a
glow of sunshine.
Mr. Smith, our excellent mail agent,
went to Nashville an a furlcugh last
week, to visit his family.
After long visit to Middle Ten,
nessee, Mrs Hine, wife of our efficient
Express agent, returned last Monday.
For the eighth time in IL years our
good friend W. j. House has been
made happy. Its girl, and arrived
Monday last.
The temporary editor of the Ex-
CHANCE with pleasure announces the
rapid recovery of w. A. Wade, who
was so severely injured by the runa-
way last Monday week
The Sunday school pic>nie will
come of on the 18th inst, at or near
MIR George SImms, south of town.
Considerable preparations will be made
for comfort of all in attendance.
Mr. Jimmy McCiaran lettered fer
L. J..Robertson, couple of window
shades last week which, we think,
would equal city painting. Jimmy
is good artist and ought to be well
patronized.
An Obstreperous woman was up be-
fore the city authorities Tuesday kst
on Il charge Of drunkenness and indie
cent 5ehavior generally. She was
furnished lodgings free Of charge at
the Calaboose.
Bill Slate and Ned Long (eol.)
took turn at the manly art" last
Saturday. The city authorities, not
appreciating such conduct, had them
up for trial Tuesday and fined each
one So and costs.
The firm of Harrison, Donucll &
Go. are still receiving the latest sylcs
of Spring clothing, hats, caps, &c,
and are the cleverest sot of men to
deal with in West Tennessee. Read
their new locals and then call on them.
Our jovial friend, Col. w. j. Sat
ter, of the Winchester Home Journal,
passed down the road last week,
bound for Louisiana. We regret
that we were unable to see him but
hope to meet him a: Clarksvilie next
month.
Rev. S. Fisk is delivering series
of lectures at the Methodist Church
on the Holy Land. lie has maps to
illustrate and make plain his lectures
so that any one can understand them.
He has himself travelled over the
greater portion of the Bible lands.
Mr. w. T. Hatch has lately been
appointed Assistant Commissioner of
Immigration. He is also conducting
an excellent paper, the Southern In
dustries, devoted 10 immigration. He
is doing noble work and should be en-
couraged Send 80 cents to ". I. |
Hatch, Nashville, Tenn, and get it
for a year.
Our enterprising friend, ]. A. Nc
Alister, has been shipping vegetables
in considerable quantities to St. Louis
and Chicago, realizing large profits
therefor. His shipments, SO far,
have been confined to radishes, on
ions and spinach. He has about six
acres in-gar'len vegetables alone. We
would like for some couton-raiser to
come in in the fall and compare notes
with him.
We noticed in our issue of last week
that the little son of Mr. Il. Y. Moore
had swallowed a whistle, which
had lodged in its throat, and that
DIR Jordan had succeeded in fore
ing it into The stomach. Mr. Moore
last week took the child to Nashville
wisese Drs Briggs d Eve succeeded
in extracting the whistle. The un>
fortunate little fellow, We are pleased
to say, is in fair way to entirely re-
cover.
The school at Milan College will be
out on the 24th inst Under the man.
a5ement of Profs. Finney and Paschal
it hasgrown and succeeded wonderfully
within the past ten months. We are
pleased to learn that they will tontin>
ue in charge of the College. Milan
college, under the present manage
ment, is an honor to our town no less
than to Profs. Finney and Paschal,
and we hope our people will continue
to support it, as during the past ten
months. f,
We noticed several large droves of
cattle passing through Milan, going
on foot to Kentucky to be pastured.
If our people had only devoted one
tenth of the acreage, heretofore in cot
ten, to the grasses that thrive so well