Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-13


Miss Florence Morford is visiting
Miss Mary Lou Cowan, at Tullahoma.
See statement of Peoples National
Bank in another column.
Col. j. H. French returned Thurs
day from o weeks visit to Nashville.
w. r. French, one of Tullahoma's
most successful business men, was in
our town this week.
See Chancery sale in to'day's pa
per. Some valuable town and country
property will be sold on Feb. 10th.
There were 1913 marriage licenses
issued from the County Court Clerks
Office of Warren county during the
year 1882.
10 w. Britton of Lebanon, repre-
senting the wholesale Grocery house
Of G. N. q G. F. Ordway Nashville,
was here this week.
Warren County Grange will meet
at the courthouse on the first Monday
in February. All dormant Changers
are invited to be present. By order OF
MASTER AND OyERsEEB.
-Dru Brewer, travelling for Spur
lock a. Graves, successors to S. Is.
Spurlock. wholesale Grocers, Nashville
was in McMinnville last Saturday
taking orders for his house.
j. A. Teeters, well known citi-
zen and merchant of White county,
committed suicide Friday night last by
taking laudanum and throwing himself
into pond.
Geo. S. Stroud of Hickory Greek
slaughtered six hogs this week that
weighed 1923 pounds net. Three of
them weighed 1911 pounds. Pretty
good for you George, but were they
fattened on "nubbings" or big corn?
-Ralf A. Ely of Chicago, whose
father once owned and lived at the
place where Col. French now lives,
was married on the 9th ins., to Mis-
Jennie R. Ford. Ralf was a clever
young man and we wish him and his
bride long, happy and prosperous
journey through life,
MIR. Geo. M. Smart reports that
he killed on the 10th inst. 5 shoats 81
months old, ranging in weight from
1853 to 1T pounds net, total S43. No
corn was fed to them before October,
and Mr.. Smart wants to know if these
are not cheaper than the three of Mr..
Massey's, Is months old and weighing
1920 pounds.
Tom, the infant son of w. H.
Brooks, was badly bitten in the face,
Sunday, by dog belonging to S. Can
trell. We learn that two or three
other parties were bitten by the same
dog on Monday, but as yet no seriou:
results have followed.
The |. and U. S. Club will meeI
at the residence of j. G. M. Ross OF
Thursday evening, January 18th. Al
the members are respectfully inviteG
and requested to be present.
Prof. Mofatt, of Mont Eagle, wal
in town Thursday on business pertain
ing to the Sunday school enterprise a
Mont Eagle. We hope Prof Moffat
may succeed. He is engaged in (
grand enterprise for Tennessee and th,
South.
AS mentioned last week, that Mrs
M. V. Hill had received a life size por
trait of Gen. B. j. Hill, painted b,
Mr.. Geo. Dury, of Nashville. TIL
portrait is good, we think, and reflect
credit on the artist. 1t is at presen
at the drug and book store of j. b
Ritchey, where the friends and acquain
tances of Gen. Hill can see it if the
desire.
Geo. Randolph came up fror
Shelbyville Saturday, and went
Sparta Monday, whittier he goes
take charge of the business of G. A
Reams, which has been moved fror
Shelbyville to that place, G. A
Reams will go on the road soon ,
travelling salesman for Goodall, FIJI
& James, a new notion house of Nasl
vile.
Rev. G. T. Stainback, the ne
pastor of the c. p. Church at til
place, arrived from Columbus, Miss
with his family, Thursday evening