The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-13
COUNTY ITEMS,


Bishop McTyeire is to preside over
the Memphis conference of the NJ. E.
Church, south, which meets in Tren>
ton next November. =
The following named gentlemen
were Gibson county's delegates to the
state Republican convention last week
in Nashville: L w Pitman, Henry
Buchanan, ] M Baird, Jr., t D
Pearce, John Smith, B EdmundsOn,
w NJ Hall. J NJ Mitchell, S w Hatch
EFT, John Williams, n J Holt, Joshua
Swindle, j w Elder.
Our "impregnable" Jail was again
broken out of last week, when Miller,
who Was con"icted for stealing a horse
here, and Bill Bates, for setting fire to
our town, made their escape. What
is the use of sending prisoners to
Trenton Jail if they are allowed to es.
cape every month? We keep them
safer here in our little calaboose.
Wea glad to announce that Prof.
Hooker has been prevailed on to lease
Milan College and build up Cor rather
Il first-class school here. He
will have it under his sole direction in
future, and will employ such assists
ants as are needed. He left yesterday
for Middle Tennessee, but
will return in the summer in ample ,
time to prepare for the fall session. |
Let us give him a rousing school.
What are our Tennessee Central |
railway officials doing in regard to Sc
curing connection with the propOs>
ed Nashville and jackson road? 1t
seems to US that little judicious work
ust now might possibly secure the
building of that road now. If the
Chattanooga company will not carry
,ut Col. Coles contract, why not join
he new combination We throw
,ut these hints, hoping those interes-
ed will consider the matter.
From the Trenton Mirror.
Two more prisoners escaped Jail
walked out the doOr-of what use is
,ur new Jail? The people paid twelve
II fourteen thousand dollars for it,
,ut no person stays in it
Who desires to leave. A white boy
nd negro are hardly qualified to
manage the county Jail. The proper
authorities should investigate this
fair.
From tie Tenton Herald.
An election was held at York
lille last Saturday, for magistrate, to
II the vacancy occa>ioned by the res>
.nation Of W. e. Kelley, J. T.
'arkley was elected.
During the month of April, real es,
ate to the amount of $50, 5S ID
hanged hands in Gibson county, 50
&c learn from the transfer book in
no county court clerks office.
A county convention of the Green
ack Labor Party was held in this !
ity last Monday. Hon. q. B. Black :
lis elected chairman and Geo. A.
latthews, Esq, secretary. The
hartman stated that the convention
as called for the purpose Of selecting
elegates to the State convention of 7
lie Green back Labor Party at Nash
lille on the 22nd inst.-that the
1unty executive committee would
OF be appointed until conference
as held at Humboldt Oh the 9Th
list. The committee reported the T
blowing list of delegates: G. B. j
lack, ". f. Pybass. Geo. B. Hicks, /
lien Lands, G. G. Brownlee, VIM. Q
harrison, o. H. Wade, l.. P. Nc =
hurry, JAS. Northcross, n. q. At y
ins, j. G. Atkins, L. NJ. Chandler, g
j. Hoffman, Geo. a. Mathews, c
ohm w. Howell. B. Stellar, Joe. F. +
enn, w. NJ. Holford, James Nc a
might, p. Townsend, Esq. Barley, t
im. Patton, Elisha Harris,
.obert Robertson, VIM. Turner, j. !
). B. Foster, John J. Bass, John
Iale, Joe Hale, Ii. G. Burnett, DR..
hackelford, Jake Thetford, \. De
zap.
From the Humboldt Argus. a
Prof. Foster, the phrenologist, said a
was not necessary to feel Il mans a
cad lin Humboldt to find out r
neither the organ OF acquisitiveness
as fully developed. The size of his
ldiences the last two nights domon,
rated to painful degree the faculty
{ retaining. C
The MILAN EXCHANGE of last Tuesr
ay, says: "The Milan College closes
,-morrow. for want of money to con- C
nue. longer" Did the good citizens s
Milan know how much benefit a I
Dod school is to its town, they would
nyar lat itS doorS close durinU the