The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-06-18


refer to small pocket change.
A goodly number of our people
sat up last Saturday night to SCI
fair Lunar hide her face. Tn,
night was beautiful and pleasant
and an excellent opportunity wa
afforded to see the eclipse.
Considerable complaint is bcin;
heard in the third ward, of some
sneaking rascal prowling AROUND
houses and chicken coops in tn,
dead of night. Such individuali
should receive a good charge 0
bird shot at short range.
Mr.. J. H. Oliver brought to thii
Office very peculiar freak Of ma
ture in the way of an egg. 1t haI
a construction near one end anC
resembles a gourd somewhat. Any
one can see this peculiarly by call
ing at this Office.
Prospero Lodge No. AZ X. of P
are to have a public installation o
the new officers at the first meet
ing night in July. In addition t(
the emposing and beautiful Ger
emonies, Mr.. J. p. Rhodes will de.
liver an address on Pythianism.
The usual quietness Of our city
was disturbed on last Wednesday
evening, by a pugilistic tourna
ment, in which one party was
considerably bruised, and used up
in general. The participants
were taken before Mayor Hale and
Justice metcd out to them.
DIR. John A. BlaGman and Miss
Lula Grizard were married last
week. DR.. B. is an cntelligcnt
aud very promising young man
and he gets for an helpmeet a most
and accomplished young
lady, we'll worthy Of such a gallant
knight. May much happiness be
theirs
Thomas Wells is getting to be
a popular place Of resort for our
people. Its nice evening drive.
Mr.. Thomas has recently bored an
other well near the old one, and
found water possessing very de,
cidcd medical properties-if Its
odor is any guide. 1t has not yet
been analized. Sulphur seems tc
We have received the announce
m,nt of thr State Normal Insti-
.ute at KnoXville, Tenn, begin,
ming June so and ending July 20
The object Of this institution is tC
ln-Wlc! teachers in the improved
of teaching. Should any
one desire to attend, they can get
detailed particulars by writing tC
State Superintendent W. S. Doak
J. NJ. Scott, who killed D. Oil
yer here some time since and was
two years to the peni
tentiary, but took an appeal tC
the supreme court. The supreme
court confirmed the decision of tho
lower court, and he passed by
here last Tuesday on his way tC
serve out his time. We are in
clined to think his penalty wa.
very small, and that he got out 0.
the matter extremely well.
The game Of base ball PLAYED
here on last Saturday between the
of this place and the
Jackson Blues, was the most inter
esting game that has been played
here this season. For SOME time
it was hard to tell which would
come out victorious as it was very
close, but at length the Blues made
one or two excellent plays, anC
got in the lead and kept it until
the close Of the game, coming out
eleven points ahead. Our boy;
are not satisfied and will "beard
the lion in his den" on next Mon.
day in Jackson.
< A party of Milan people with
piscatorial inclinations, with w
NJ. Mccall as captain, D. C. Sen.
ter first lieutenant, J. F. Holloway
guide and R. H. Clark bait digger,
and others left hele on last Tues.
day morning, fully armed and
with fishing tackle fol
the campaign against the fnny
tribe. They were gone several
days and report that they had the
biggest time of the season. That
party would have a large time
in a dusty TOAD. They
saw that Bob Clark can sit dowr
in the mud with complete content
ment for just eight hours if yor
will only give him fishing rod t.
holJ oDI will in tba ,,oaap +i,oa