The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-06-24
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
SERBIN, Tex, June 5, 1882

ohu HiS"iJ "PP'SOi"sOu "N"0 OhbOi-
prise, the Exchange, is now making
regular weekly visits to our office,
which we could scarcely do without.
1t usually CONTAINS more domestic
news than one generally gets from
copious list of Correspondents. A wei.
come messenger, the Exchange. BY
the way, we presume the Exchange
enjoys u large circulation in Texas, as
we have in various parts of the state
numbers Of people who can and do
boast of Gibson county as the land of
their birth, and we might add choice.
Choice-preference. Yes, we have
never met but one West Tennessean,
and. that rather miraculous, in all our
travels and wanderings in Texas Who
did not express desire to return,
and nine.teuths of them would if they
we're financially able, and the other
one.tenth are pride stricken" and will
not. 1t may be NEUROLOGICAL, but it
seems to us that it is somewhere sta.
ted as fact, that ian open confession
is good for the SOUL" We are not
very orthodoxicslly inclined, hut the
quotation sounds very much like scrip.
ture.
We are still having light showers,
fine crop prospects. 1t has, however,
been rather wet and cool so far. Ven
nor seems to know something concern.
ing the weather after all.
We learn with mingled surprise and
pleasure (sic) that the two wings of
the democratic party in Tennessee are
about to re.arrsnge and overhaul the
machinery so that they can in future
flap tremendously and simultaneously.
If the thing is accomplished at the
convention, June Goth, in Nashville,
we will borrow an old goose wing from
our German landlady and vibrate the
air from Mexico to Maine. What is
the use of a union after having al.
ready socially, financially and politi,
cally played the ID?
Railroading in Texas is on the
boom. There are about 10000 men
and 10000 horses and mules en-
ployed in the state in railroad build>
ing. There are also 1000 miles un>
der contract and three times as much
more to be let. The Southern Pacific
lacks about Is miles of track laying
in Texas having complete through
railroad connection between New Or
leans and San Francisco. They
promise to have through trains by
the last OF August. One Of st Louis
pets, the Chicago, Texas and Mexican
Central, has been gobbled up by the
Cult, Colorado and Sante Fe road.
This gives the Sante Fe direct line
from Galveston via Cleburne to Dial.
las, which they propose to extend
through Paris in Lamar county and
Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Chicago.
The Mexican Government has off
cred reward of $500 to her soldiers
for each scalp of marauding Indian,
taken, which seems to be a great
stimulant, as they have chased all OF
our refugee pets across the Mexico
American line. A large party o.
Apaches were seen at Carizzo Pass las
week. They were last seen in thu
Guadalupe mountains, 120 miles east
of FL Paso. 1t seems that they pre-
fer to take chances with our benign
docile, lite and liberty loving troops.
We learn through an old Louisville
, College chum, at present located al
, Laredo, that there is considerable ex
element in the South West over tn,
coal and petroleum oil area lately dis
, covered in 1exas and Mexico. 1t i
believed to exceed that of Pennsylva
MIA and West Virginia in area. Amer
lean GU. s. enterprise and capita