Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-08-25
w. F. Cotton, Of White, was here

$500 .
county on business trip.
w. G. Potter and Mr.. Wilson, of
Smithville, were in McMinnville Tues
day.
James T. Camp and wife, of Nash
vile, are spending few weeks in
McMinnville, the guest Of his mother.
Mrs. Octa Dickey of Dyersburg, is
spending few weeks at this place
among her many relatives and friends.
Ira Dietz, we'll and favorably known
in this community, came in from
Texas last Saturday.
The finest apples we have seen
this season were sent us by Spencer
Mcbride. They are of the Southern
Queen variety and weighed one pound
each.
-Dru. Brewer, travelling for Spur
lock & Graves, Nashville, was here a
few days this week.
Stokely Black, fine business young
man of this place, with Geo. E. Cooper
q Co., Nashville, came up last Satur-
pay and spent a few days at home.
w. G. Gaul, an enterprising far
mer and stock man of Spencer, repre-
sents his pea crop on the mountain as
looking well.
When you 90 to buy fruit trees
this fall don't forget to call on Ben
Medearis, agent for the Pure Fountain
Nurseries. These trees are home.
grown, and warranted equal to the
best.
We regret the death Of Eldridge
Price, son of P. H. Price, who died
in Texas short time ago. Eldridge
was a most excellent young man, and
was doing well in Texas. We have
not heard the particulars of his death.
MIR. A. B. Mead, a well known
business man of Chicago, who, with
his family, have been spending few
weeks with his brother, Rom eyn
Mead at this place, left Thursday NOR n.
ing for their home in Chicago via Chat.
, tanooga and the Cincinnati Southern.
when Judge Williams, practical
farmer of Franklin county was here a
few days ago, he left with us sample
. of very nice evaporated apples, dried
: at home by his good wife or some Of
the family. The fruit would command
D the highest price in the market we
| think.
! The new stock of goods now being
received and opened by A. H.Gross a
the old stand of Jesse Walling d Co.
0 is very attractive on account of TIT
n beauty of the goods and the exceed
ingIy moderate prices at which they
. are being offered for cash. Give Mr.
Gross call. 1t will cost nothing t.
take look at his goods and get prices
The dwelling of G. E. Pullen, I
merchant of Dowelltown, was entered
last Tuesday night and $3.50 in casl
. and lot of DeKalb county warrant
. stolen from the pockets of his clothes
= which lay by the side of the bed wher
Q he lay asleep. One $50 bill can b
identified. He offers liberal rewar
- for the thief and property or either
- The week before the dwelling of Nj
y John A. Bass, a prosperous farme
;" near Dowelltown, was entered and
small sum of money stolen from hi
a pockets.
~ We are informed Prof. N. j
;" Finney, who has been canvasSing in tn
west for pupils for G. F. College, wi
e return Saturday with eight youn
w. ladies for that institution. The prospec
H. for Prof. Finney's school the comm
year are Aattering, and deservedly 81
e, We should rejoice to see that magnil
I'd cent building full to overlooking wit
III patronage from home and abroad.
lr McMinnville would be really live an
prosperous it must, like Lebanon au
be Winchester, foster and build up i
st school interests. Prof. Finney deserv,
n. much credit for the effort he is maxim
to make his school second to none
VIC the country, and should have liber