The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-17

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Northern. You pays your money
and takes your choice, and will be
fed well at either.
Before you start on your trip to
New Orleans, or any where else, be
sure to come to this office and buy All
accident ticket. Thus you may save
to your family three thousand dollars.
Some of the boys here say that they
will break the neck of certain young
minister who lives in a neighboring
town if he doesn'tstop coming here so
often. There is a beautiful young
lady in the case.
A certain large gentleman in town
killed IL hogs that weighed $50
pounds. He has one cooked at time
like an opossum, and after they are
well.cooked quarrels with his boys
who shall have the: hind legs. He
never gets left either. The boys do.
Our rates for job printing of many
kinds will be reduced next week, to
compete with city Offices. Do not
send another job from Milan until
you have given us a chance at it.
We mean business. Orders from a
distance will receive prompt attention.
John Huffstatter, of Henry sta.
ton, who tried to pass counterfeit
gold piece here last spring, was before
the Federal court in Jackson this
week. He plead guilty, saying he
was drunk when the crime was com
mitted. He received ninety days in
the Henry county Jail.
Again, we respectfully remind our
city fathers that this is the time of
year to have the town cleaned up and
nuisances abated, before the hot
weather makes dangerousto health to |
do so. Let us be prepared for any
epidemic that may come, and its eff
fects will be lighter on us.
Quite a number of our citizens
have changed their places of residence
during the past two or three weeks.
G. W. Martin has broken up house,
ke,ping and is boarding with Mr..
Blanks; Wills Harrison moves into
the late residence of Mr.. Martin, and
MIR. R. II. Algea goes back where
Mr.. Harrison lived.
I. j. Flynn, editor of "Zeb's
Own" paper published at Savan>
nah, got on a spree in Jackson Tues
day night, tried to enter the residence
Of Mr.. M. w. Taylor, who was
away from home at the time. Mrs.
Taylor shot Flynn in the face, caus,
a severe wound. This gives another
argument for prohibition.
Bro. King has bought an elegant
cook stove for the parsonage. and
Bro. Wade has been appointed to
raise money to pay for it, which he
will no doubt do at an early day.
Bro King. Let the brethren walk
right up to this office promptly and
meet the responsibility. Bro. Wade
has not time to hunt them up.
The third ward still has the Mayor.
When she fails to elect him, she cap.
lures him from some other ward and
brings him over, His honor, Mayor
Martin, new boards ut the Northern
Pacific. Marshal Lusk also lives in
this ward. Six Methodist and three
Baptist ministers also live in this fa>
vored part of town, besides many
other good people.
Trustee Ramsey collected between
$4,000 and $4,000 taxes last week
here. The l. G. road paid 81, 700 of
it. They had the money here ready
to pay it number of weeks before
the collector was ready to receive it.
This speaks well for this great road.
and it is doing wonders towards de,
velOping this country. Nearly the
whole of this sum is for:county and
school purposes, as the road pays its