The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01

SMALL CHANGE.

non l. good.
If possible the tramps are worse
nuisance than ever.
Col. r. II. Clark, of Pickettville,
was in town last Friday.
Prof. Finney's family have gone to
Middle Tennessee on a visit.
Coley & Dickinson are about to es-
tablish branch house at Bradford.
A, collection for the Publishing
House at Nashville was taken up at
the Methodist church last Sunday.
Read the "local notices" this week.
Several of them are of special inter-
est. Besides it will pay you to do so.
Turn out to the tree planting next
Saturday, boys. You'll want to take
your sweethearts walking there next
summer.
Mrs Davie and Miss Coulter have
the thanks of the editors family for
late favors in the shape Of something
nice aud wholesome to eat.
Oar enterprising friend, NJ. L.
Baird, has bought the PhiIo Moore
stock of drugs from Wilder & Co.,
and is Eow ready to see bis numerous
friends.
MIR G.. W. Simms, one of our best
friends, brought us lot of excellent
sweet potatoes last Thursday, for
which he has our thanks. He has
plenty more of them.
Marshall IL Bruce, book binders,
Nashville, have a card in this issue.
They compose an old and reliable
firm, and any orders sent to them will
be satisfactorily filed.
Tomorrow night the following
question will be debated at the Col
lege: :" Is war an eril?" Affirmative,
Ware and Rankin; negative, Rhodes
and Williamson. The presence of
the ladies is solicited.
Our Dyer Station correspondent
threatens TO write a lettcrevery week,
and he correspondent in chief" if
we don't quit insinuating. All right,
Brother ON" Come along. That's
just what we want you to do.
Mr. Hawkins introduced bills in the
State Senate last Monday to author>
ize county courts to employ superin>
tendents Of public instruction, and to
provide for the calling of ayes and
hayes in county courts in the appro-
priation of money.
Jane Russell and Kate Simmons,
two fast women, who had been walk
ing the streets late at night and max
ing themselves very conspicuous gem
orally, were arrested as vagrants yes
terday and sent to Jail to await trial
before the Circuit Court.
Harrison, Donnell & Co, one of
our newest and livest dry goods houses,
have an attractive double column adj
vertiSement in this issue. They are
all good business men and are popular
with the people. OF course they will
do good business. They are located
Immediately under the EXCHANGE
Office.
Don't forget the tree planting no
the College grounds next Saturday.
Let all turn out who can, and hel p to
make our little park ga thing of
beauty" Then it will be ioy to
ourselves and visitors for years to
come. Besides this, every improves
ment of the kind adds to the value of
all other property in town.
Hop johnson, of the Memphis Ap-
peal, has our sympathy. a negro
stole his clothes. and he is consequent
ly "not at home" to callers at pres
ent. Draw on us for neck-tie,
neighbor. We have two old ones,
and are willing to divide. The mcr-
ccnary wretch who did the stealing
has gone to the penitentiary.
Mr. w. G. Turner has an impor-
tant card in another column. Per-
sons suffering as he has been will do
well to read it. Drs Hungerford
and Anderson have now been here
several weeks, have made numer-
Gus friends, and, so far as we are able
to learn, have been wonderfully sue
cessful in their practice. They are
very fair in their propositions to the
afflicted, guaranteeing cure or no
pay.
NJ. L. Baird proposes to take all
kinds of country produce-from a
coon skin to horse, or an egg to a
bale of cOtton-in exchange for drugs.
He will allow the highest market
price for barter and sell his drugs at
the lowest cash price. He bought
cheap and is determined to sell rery
to'c. Mr. Robert McClaran, one of
the hest prescriptionists in the county,
Will be in The house at all times, day
and night. Give the new firm a trial
and you will not regret it.
Vandalism.
A little more than one year since
some sc.lundrel rninad n Io. of g..