The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-03
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OeVeral more mAEfiagSs are sac 70
be IN prospect in Milan at no distant
day.
We regret to learn that Rev. ]. p.
Weaver has been sick for few days
past.
The Brass Band have blowR them-
selves away; but Lit OD the Central
Hotsl.
Ice cool Soda Water at NJ. L.
Bairds drug store, given away-for
a nickle.
Mr Y. L. Ware Is erecting q resi-
Jence on Moore street. This looks
suspicious.
The popular firm Of HARRISON, Don
nell d Co. are receiving new goods
daily. See their locals.
One of Milan's young counter.
bouncers has every young lady in
town registered on his arm.
The lawyers are having high time
of late, here. Five or six cases a day
on an average before our justices.
The Magnolia is the asost desirable
flower among the ycung ladies now.
Send to New Orleans fer then. young
men.
A plank walk has been laid from
the Niilaa Hotel to the corDerOf Shep-
herds lot This is good Improve
ment.
If school days lasted always, what
lot of odd maids and bachelors there
would he in Milan ten or fifteen years
from now.
The next annual session of the Ten
nessee Press Association viii be held
in Clarksvillc, commencing on the
2lst of Jane.
Our lawyers are getting ready for
the 18th Circuit causes in the Supreme
Court. The docket will Ge taken up
he 18th inst.
The accid<xat 10 che editor Of this
paper will account for the reading
matter in this issue. Our friends
will know how to make allowances.
Nh z. ]. Robertson has just receiv-
ed fine stock of eaEcoes, fans, fan
cha as, &C., AMI proposes to sell them
cheaper than the cheapest. See
locals.
We noticed the genial Deputy
Sheriff Ing in town last Friday. He
is spoken Of as the next candidate for
Sheriff of the county. We are for
you, Eli.
Messrs Coley & Dickinson, we are
informed, will be able to get into
their new house at Bradford in about
ten days and open up their branch
house there.
Mr. r. H. Henry, Editor of the
Brookhaven Ledger, BrOokhaven,
Miss, left his card on our table last
Monday. Unfortunately We were
absent on that day.
A slight frost was visible last Mon
day morning, and also on Tuesday
morning. We are glad to be able to
say that no damage was done by it to
the wheat OF fruit crop.
Thursday evening last during the
severe rain one of our citizens sue
ceeded in driving partridge into his
house and caught it, and this, too, in
the most delsely populated portion of
town.
Mr. j. L. Thompson, who lives near
Shiloh, ON last Friday night killed an
owl in his hen house which measured
four feet and eight inches from tip to
tip. This is sne Of the largest we ev-
er heard OF.
Last Mo1day a scafold fell with
+. A. Collins and P. D. Warlick.
Mr. Warlick received a painful wound
on the forhead and other slight iniur-
juries, and E. A. Collins had an ankle
sprained They fell about ten feet.
The lodge Of Good Templars which
was organized here several weeks ago
is in a prosperous condition. There
will be a lecture by the Rev. Burton
at the Methodist church on Monday
night next and public installation of
officers.
As ave" are an editor temporarily,
we expect somebody will give US
something. OF course we couldn't
expect much these hard times, but a
new pair of boots would be the thing.
Let them be sumner boots and No. z,
and-soon.
We noticed last week the fact that
q little son of Mr. r. Y. Moore had
swallowed a whistle which had lodged
in his throat Since then DR. Jordan
has succeededin forcing the whistle iu-
to the stomach and the little sufferer
is in fair way to recover.
Mr. Ben. j. Ragsdale, formerly of
Milan, now of Melvenn, Ark, was in
town last week. He left On Monday
last for his new home and took with
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