The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-02
SMALL CHANGE.

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other column.
The Express Office has been PAINTED
a handsome drab color.
Demorest for May has reached us.
1t is a charming number.
A number of changes have been
made in our city Directory.
Hon Jas. E. Bailey has our thanks
for valuable public documents.
A number of beaux went to the
May-day picnic at Trenton yesterday.
Why is it that the Memphis Ap-
peal of Sunday never reaches us until
Monday afternoon
For some of the biggest, richest
Strawberries we ever saw w. H. AL
gee has our thanks.
John Smith has been found at last.
He is now working out fine for va
grancy on our streets.
"a Country Hunk" ought to know
that We do not publish communica-
tions when unaccompanied by the
name of the writer.
We publish in the first column of
this page timetables for both our
railroads, and will correct them care
fully when changes are made.
Our enterprising friend, W. H.
Scallorn, Esq, has just made up an
other fine club for us at Atwood, for
which we earnestly thank him.
Henry Daisy (and not a very sweet
smelling one, either), for peddling bo-
gus iewelry without license, was fined
seven dollars by Mayor Rankin last
Monday.
DR. Harris has the thanks of our
better half for a splendid strawberry
treat sent to her last week. They were
very fne-looking. When be sends as
some we will give him puff.
Jno. Coulter, Of this city, has rel
ceived the contract to make the brick
for the new hotel. We believe he Isl
to make four hundred thousand in
sixty days. He will do good job. 7
The popular fruit and vegetable
house of Arnold d Lamar, Chicago,
are getting nearly all the shipments
from here. Some of the berries sent
from here sold for Sc per case, and
all sell at good prices.
A. S. Davis, miller from McLe-
moresville, yesterday showed us sam
pies of wheat taken from twenty fields
between here and that place. 1t was
all more or less affected with rust, and
will not average half a crop.
About the largest and sweetest
strawberries yet received by us were
presented by Mr. George Cade last
Saturday. They were tremendous
fellows, and would have commanded
fancy price in a city market.
Mrs. Cruise has our thanks for a
kind invitation to attend the straw
berry and ice cream entertainment at
the Central Hotel last evening. We
hear that it was pleasant occasion,
and regret that We we're unable to at
tend.
Two of our enterprising houses are
advertising in the jackson Tribune &
Sun. We refer to the establishments
of Mrs E. A. Duffy and A. Jordan.
The readers of that paper will find
both to be first-class houses-as good
as any in jackson.
A young lady proposes to have
strawberry eating match with the ed>
itor Of this paper-he to furnish the
berries. When they get down to five
cents quart, if we can borrow five
dollars, or some one will present us
with one or two cases to begin with,
we will accept the challenge.
Up to last evening over eight thou
sand quarts of strawberries were ship
ped from here-about twenty-five
hundred yesterday. These were pick
ed from thirty-seven acres, and will
net about $500, averaging over s43
dollars per acre, and the crop is not
near one-half picked. What do you
cotton men think of thati
Monday, May 9th, rare solar phe-
nomenon will be visible from little
past ten o'clock in the morning until
five o'clock in the afternoon. This will
be a transit of the planet Mercury
across the suns disc, an occurrence
which will not take placein many years
again. Those who are curious enough
to see it can, by looking through a
smoked glass, watch the planet as it
crosses the sun.