The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-01-13
RAILWAY RACKET
MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD.

tenure upon the fortress, his reputation
a a railroad man fully assures us
One of those things which emo fellaf
can find OUTFLOW the Shop men voted
in the late city election. More than
this it's nobody's business how they did
vote.
Manager Rivesia gentleman of rare
culture and taste, and proposes to
make the Jackson Shops as perfect and
attractive as they have always been
beneficial to our city.
Jerry Knowles. after many days, re-
turns to the Mobile & Ohio. He graces
the box on the rs, and can come as near
getting in on time, as well as the rails,
as anybody in this neck of the woods.
The NJ. & o. Shops boasts of body
Of as skilled and thorough artisans as
can be found anywhere. lust give
them whistle, andIthsy cam build
an Engine 10 1t that can't be surpassed
in any shops.
We regret TO learn that after the LIST
of February the familiar and not uu-
handsome profile of MIR. Howard Hos
ford will be missed from the NJ. & o.
ticket window. Howard seeks other
worlds to conquer. We hope he will
find 'em. and walk off with them.
Manager Rives, Assistant General
Superintendent Cecil Fleming, Gen
eral Freight Agent c j. Walker, and
Chief Engineer Motley, came up on n
sp cial train Sunday, and spent day
or two in Jackson. inspecting and
otherwise looking after the Company's
business.
The Pay-car will gladden. the eyes
and hearts of the boys the 18th inst.
Mr.. Tacon is the most popular man
that comes to jackson. He receives a
regular ovation every fine he comes
to town. He is fairly overwhelmed
with attentions as soon as his presence
is known.
Dennis Donovan. Esq, has just re-
turned from a tn ee weeks iunketing
in the Eastern and Western States,
where he has been visiting friends and
relatives. Dennis is a finished worker
in wood, and withal a PATTERN of a
gentleman. He has lost none of his
velubility.
The present rickety and delspidated
office will III the spring be supplanted
by a neat and attractive new building.
Ample track facilities have already
been provided. 1t is also promised
that the vacant space in the front Of
the yard living on Chester street shall
be ornamented with flower garden,
and otherwise embellished, to suit the
taste of Manager Rives, and also to
present pleasing and attractive pros
pect for the public.
The NJ. & o. is making some materi-
al changes and improvement in the
Shops aud yards here. An addition,
or rather continuation, of the Round
House has been built, and is now
ready for the roof A new machine
shop will go up in the spring, the
foundation having already been laid.
The present machine shop will be turn
ed into blacksmith shop, and the wing
now used as blacksmith shop will be
! occupied as a storerOom for stores and
supplies.
The prosperity and thrift of our
railroad men is well shown in the num-
Der of new and tasty dwellings which
have sprung up during the past year
in the neighbOrhood of the NJ. & O.
Shops. Messrs. Ulrich, Joe Smith,
Ackley, and Wakefield, have neat and
attractive residences. The late Geo.
Angel had about completed a new
house when he met his sudden death.
His family now occupy the new build
ing. lack Ferguson is completing some
additions and alterations to his dwell
ing, which will increase its attractive
| ness.
August Wilde-the "hying Dutch
man." has been promoted to passen-
ger run succeeding the late lamented
George Angel. August has earned
his success, and merits everything that
falls to the lot Of an A l engineer.
He pilots the 4, and the way he skins
around curves and gets over grades is
a wonder to behold. BY the way, we
heard a party trying to call August
name the other day. and they finally
hit upon the name of the first instead
of the eighth month of the year as his
christian cognomcn, clubbing him Mr.
January Wilde. We cannot say whether
this was a case of association of ideas,
or whether the party got oar Teuton
friend and the trick mule of circus fame
badly mixed up.
The man who manipulates the
whistle at the Shops is certainly bless
ed-or cursed as some people may think
with the quality of continuity. He
fairly excels himself when he sounds
the four long whistles in the early
morning. II would seem that he first
opens her and ties her dO,0n while he goe,
in quest of his matutinal "cock tall
or something else. He is determined
to make a noise in the world, if it doe
all end in vapor and thin air, and il
this respect he is as successful, perhaps
as some others who use other methods
OF making a racket. Anyway we know
some law men who don't want thei
sleep mur l,r",l by these unearthl,
sounds, anl who are sometimes work
ed up 10 such frenzy ihaI they weulC
take "a ficndish delight in lifting th'
scalp ot the man in this case if the.
could Law hands upon him. Bette
keep shady. NJ watchman.
CHICAGO, ST LOFTS & Y. ORLEANS R.
-Tne little daughter nf John Bracken