The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-02
AROUND TOWN.

A heavy rain fell here yesterday
morning.
Read the nonresident notice in this
weeks paper.
a reward IS offered for a lost dog
in our local notices.
Vegetables of all kinds are plenti>
ful here, and cheap.
Get your books ready. School
opens next Monday.
The first watermelons of the season
made their appearance in this market
last Friday.
All kinds of job printing done at
this Office as cheap as you can get it
at any first-class house.
The Monthly Reader, published by
John l.. Shorey, Boston, is splendid
help to the teacher and parent. Price,
80 cents year.
A new stock of stationery has been
received at this office, and we are now
prepared to do fine job work cheaper
and better than ever before.
We are sorry to learn that our eff
cient Mayor, S. F. Rankin, is confn-
ed to his room with sickness, but are
glad to hear that he is improving.
Mr. Hays Algea, one of our old and
popular friends, has accepted a posi-
ton with w. c. Turner & Co., and is
now ready and willing to wait on GUS
toners.
We have heard of five or six cans
didates for Circuit Judge at the next
election. We suppose all their names
will appear in our announcement col
umn in due time.
If you burn yourself, lay a piece
of cold charcoal on the burnt part
and the pain will subside Immediately,
and if you leave the charcoal on for
an hour the wound is healed. So says
an exchange.
The live travelling man of John c.
Yost d Co., w. II. Christian, of this
place, has a card in this issue. He
sells more whisky, and better, than
any man who comes to this market.
Give him an order.
Some of these days, in consequence
Of the indiscriminate exploding of
torpedOes on our streets, somebody's
horse is'going TO run away and do
some damage. Then the corporation
will have a suit on its hands.
The Worsham House is Still the
popular resort of everybody from this
section when visiting Memphis.
Good eating, polite attention and rea-
sOnable rates are bound to win-and
yOC get all these at the Worsham.
Mr. Haywood Loving last Tuesday
gave us the incest treat yet-corn,
potatoes and squash in abundance,
and of the very best quality. He has
one of the best gardens in town, and
as fine corn patch as we ever saw.
Our temperance friends are becom>
ing decidedly too strong in their advo>
cacy Of water. We believe in water
ourselves-in its place; we are decid-
eily forninst having it poured down
on us every time it rains, through the
oarelessness of somebody, who leaves
the windows IN the hall oyer us hoist
ed. Gentlemen, don't.
We are indebted to the publisher of
the st. Louis Christian Advocate for
a splendid steel engraving of the edi-
tor of that paper, Rev d. r. McAnal-
ly. He is a native of this state, and
is one of the ablest writers in the
Southern Methodist church. This
fine picture is given to subscribers, or
sent to others for fifty cents.
Music teachers and others who
wish to buy popular songs and instru>
mental pieces-many of them operate
selections-will do well to read the
list in another column. Any piece
will be sold for half price. If a
quantity is wanted, even greater dis
counts viii be allowed. We guaran-
tee to sell cheaper than the publisk>
ers.
The Railway Mail is the name of
a new paper just started in Louisville
by King & Brewer. Mr. Z. o. King,
of the Louisville and Milan postal
car, is editor, and sprightly one, too.
The paper is to be an eight page,
thirty-two column, and will contain
newsofinterest to everybody who reads
or writes. One dollar year is the
price. We certainly wish the Mail
great success.
A man who was sick and half crazy
gave some trouble to our city police
last week. When an attempt was
made to arrest him, he ran several hun
dred yards in the western part of town,
shouting murder" "police," ETC.,
creating a considerable sensation.
Special policeman Cam Williams had
his hands full trying to handle him.
His fare was finally paid to neighbor>
ing town ard he put on the train.
Charley Green and Noah Jordan,
both colored, were up before Esq.
Jordan Yesterday on a charge of fight