The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19
AROUND TOWN.
The prodigal has returned.

DIR Harris has our thanks for a 10
of splendid tomatoes.
A delightful rain fell here Monda,
morning. 1t was needed.
Mrs II. Y. Moore has our thank
for a fine mess of tomatoes.
Miss Blanche DentOn's school vii
open on the first Monday in August.
Harrison, Donnell & Co. offer in
ducements to buyers. See local no
tees.
/ See Baird's illustrated advertise
ment. Ferrine is said to be death t.
chills.
The protracted meeting at the
Methodist church suspended Tuesday
night.
Mr. Rankin again complimented u:
last week with some fine plums ant
apples.
Capt. Jackson tickled our appetite
last week with some fine peaches ant
tomatoes.
Jordan has moved into his new
store, and his goods present hand
some appearance.
Lamar q McAIister gave us a to,
mato Sunday which weighed one
pound and seven ounces.
If some of our Lavinia friends don't
bring us some peaches soon = well,
they had better !. that's all.
Hale & Vanhook shipped-the first
car load of wheat from here on the
18th inst. They are buying largely.
Who says it doesn't rain at night in
July? If he was awake Tuesday
night We guess he has changed his no.
ton.
Correspondents must remember
that We require their names to accom-
pany their communications. Several
have been received this week without
proper signatures.
Hundreds of rats were washed out
Of their holes yesterday. The family
of MIR Dave Taylor had quite hard
fight to keep them from taxing pos
session of the premises.
The following officers of Milan
Lodge, No. 191, F d A NJ, were in
stalled last Saturday: Joe Claybrook,
w NJ; DR. w L Stone, S W; RH
Goodman, j w; S II Hale, Treas; !;
IL L Dickinson, Secretary.
Some opera troupe has missed a
fortune by not employing one of the
postal clerks on the Louisville road.
We heard splendid baritone voice
singing "1ohe Ia mortc' last Tuesday,
and it was sung well, too.
We call the attention of the new
postmaster at Memphis to the fact that
the daily papers from that city reach
this Office very irregularly. Being Il
newspaper man. he " knows how it is
himself" when he misses anxiously-
looked>for mail.
DIR NJ. d. l.. Jordan has a medical
card in another column. To those who
know him no recommendation is nec-
essary. For the benefit of strangers,
we will state that be is one of the
best and most successful physicians in
West Tennessee.
Mr. Dick Fiack, while under the
influence OF liquor last Saturday,
GOT himself into considerable trouble.
For assaulting Mr. Murray, the night
operator, he was fined seven dollars.
A few minutes after his release, he
renewed the assault with a brick-bat,
when he was again arrested and fined
fifty dollars.
Over two hundred dollars were
paid out here last Saturday for chick
ems alone, about fifteen hundred hav-
ing been brought into this market by
our country friends. Our farmers
are now in better condition than they
have been for years. They raise a
little Of nearly everything, and have
something to sell at all seasons.
The good book says, "If a house
be divided against itself, that house
cannot stand" We suppose that ac-
counts for the ducking Billy Bigham
got yesterday morning when he fell
in the flood waist deep. He is Meth
odist in the upper story, and we guess
must be Baptist in the. legs, conse>
quently he had to fall in. But he
was a very muddy brother when he
crawled out.
The heaviest rain ever known to
fall here came yesterday morning.
For two or three hours it looked like
the flood gates of heaven were opened.
The drain crossing Main street be-
tween the two railroads overfowed its
banks, washing away the bridge and
plank walk, and flooding adjoining
property. Other drains and culverts
did considerable damage to fences,
walks, etc. Wolf creek got out of its
banks and filled the bottoms. We |
fear great damage was done to grow !
ing crops.