The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-11
SMALL. CHANGE.

Vote!
Vote the tax.
Now kiss me"
Yesterday was Il fine day for ducks.
Two weeks from to-day and Christ
tnas will Ike here.
Sam Williamson, Esq, of Trenton,
was in town Tuesday.
If YOU are Il friend to Milan, vote
the railroad tax next Saturday.
Vote for the best men for Mayor
and Aldermen and City Marshal next
Saturday.
Hon. Chas B. SimontOn, Congress
man from this district, has our thanks
for tine Congressional Record.
Vote for the men who have the
good of the town 1T heart, and who
have enterprise and capacity to govern
the town as it ought to be governed.
Wolf Creek had boom of its own
Yesterday morning. Old residents
say it WAS higher than they ever saw
it before. 1t was all over the bottom.
Mr.. &. q. Mitchell last Monday
brought us beet which weighed IF
teen pounds. 1t was raised in his gar
den in Milan. Who can come up to
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Last Tuesday night was stormy, and
un Wednesday morning wind, thun.
der and rain kept up chorus for Il
considerable time. Our streets re-
ceivcd Il thorough washing.
Hon. VIM. &. lie Duo, Commits
sioner of Agriculture, has our thanks
for his annual report for the year 1878.
The work is filled with valuable infor
nation, which we expect to draw on
from time 10 time.
\ hop was given at Clark's Hall
last Tuesday night. On account of
the incleInency of the weather, not
many were out; hut they enjoyed
themselves, if possible, better than
if more had been present.
The demand for houses here now is
greater than the supply. We believe
there would be money in some mans
pocket If he would build Il number of
neat cottages in good neighborhoods.
Who will make the start?
The Brownsville States came to us
last week enlarged to Il nine column
sheet, with a large supplement. We
congratulate DIR Mathes on his pros
perity. He deserves it, for his paper
l. one of our best exchanges.
Tue st. Louis Republican, one of
the soundest Democratic papers in
the West, Is advertised in this issue.
Next year will be one of great interest
To the reading public, and We don't
know of a better chance to keep pos.
ted than by reading the Republican.
Through somebody's carelessness, a
number of COWS got into the cemetery
again last week. A house ought to
I've built near the gate, and sexton
should reside there. so that a continual
watch might be kept. Much valuable
shrubbcry has been set out there, and
it should not be left to the mercies of
cattle and hogs.
The old reliable Memphis Appeal
Is advertised in another column. The
subscription price Of the weekly has
been reduced to one dollar, and it
ought to have large circulation in
this section. The Appeal is the lead
ing Democratic paper in West Ten
neSSee-Or IN The southwest, Us our
readers well know.
The local agents of all the fire ill.,
surance companies represented in Mi
Ian held a meeting in the EXCHANGE
Office Yesterday and organized local
board, when rates were agreed on for
the various iusurable risks in the town.
We will state that they aIe abou: the
same as heretofore, with two or three
exceptions, where risks were carried
at less than the minimum. All the
companies represented here are first
class, sound and solvent, and our peo-
pie will be safe insured with either of (
them.