Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-20
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Have you seeen the show {?

Balloon ascension Saturday even
ing. aiir.u
Jesse Etter is very happy. 1t is
a girl. qe
i-Lost-One shirt, the finder will be
rewaded by returning to s. Katz, at
the jew store. -Ilg4 U
Quite a number Of our citizens are
attending Federal Court in Nashville
this week.
"A valuable house and lot for sale
on Smithville street. Apply to Mrs.
M. P. Camp for terms. % h
The weather is beginning to feel
quite frosty, though Jack has not put
in his appearance yet. min1u y
MIR. H. P. Newton went to Ken.
lucky last Tuesday to attend the we'd
ding of his cousin, DR.. E. N. Hall.
The Carl Carrousel is creating a
big sensation. 1t is well worth visit
to see it, and costs you nothing to look.
The little folks had big time at
the Carrousel Wednesday night, and
lots of the big folks were helping them.
The locating committee for the
new Baptist college will meet at Green.
wood church in White county, on the
first day Of November at 8 o'clock.
Rev. Baxter Barbee is conducting
meeting sat Nunley's school house,
near this place, at which there were
nine conversions when last heard from.
The delegates to the McMinnville
Presbytery will report at the Presby-
terian church at Woodbury., on Friday
the 26th, at II o'clock, and homes will
be assigned them. i
-Jessee Martin, Of Van Buren
county, was brought to this place and
lodged in Jail last Wednesday for the
alleged killing ofa negro in that coun>
tY some two years ago. lH
1t is true that Mr.. j. r. B. has
been quite successful in killing squirs
rels, but Spencer ought not to have
told the whole joke, for Miss c. didn't
want her young gentlemen friends to
know that she is so fond Of squirrel
heads. JEREMIAH.
We regret to learn that W. B.
Smart lost his dwelling with the en-
tire contents in the recent fire at Dallas,
Texas. The fire originated in the
Compress, and Mr.. Smartt's dwelling
being contiguous, was destroyed before
anything could be saved.
-Morfcrd & Etter have placed on
their corner a self extinguishing street
lamp. 1t is a beautiful lamp, and
not unreasonably expensive. We are
decidily in favor of the corporate au'
thorities purchasing sufficient mum.
ber of them to light the town.
Adam H. Gross spent the first
part of the week in Nashville, laying
in his second fall stock of dry goods
clothing, notions, boots, shoes, hats,
etc. His store is now filled to over.
flowing with the freshest and choicest
goods. Read his advertisement in an
other column. Ia slu Z,
a-eCol. @. Marchbanks, of Sparta,
was in the city last Tuesday. HI
seems anxious for Warren county tt
revive her fair association, and prom,
ises to take stock if our people will or
ganize company. Col. M. is a live
man and we would be pleased to have
him associated with us. ~ " l.N 'o
In the tresspass notice of Henry
Rham and others which may be seeI
in this paper, the name off. H. French
should have been inserted among tn,
number, forbidding hunting on thei
premises. Necessity compelled thes,
gentlemen to give this notice, and j
disregarded the law will be enforced
j. D, Elkins and ]. NJ. Neal
with their families, left last Tuesday
for Bell county, Texas, where they g
to make their future home. Mr.
,Elkins and Mr.. Neal were among ou
best citizens and farmers, and we re
| gret to loose them as citizens. w
hope they may be well pleased. !
lthev are not we will gladly WelcomI