Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-27
TOWN AND COUNTY.

20. G. Pope left last week to can
vas Texas in the interest of his quilt
ing attachment.
Col. j. H. Hughes returned last
Saturday from Cowan.
Tom Hughes spent few days at
home this week.
No services at the G. P. Church
tomorrow.
Rev. I. M. Mcconnell spent a day
or two of this week at Decherd.
e. Stephens, Esq, and Mrs. Fam
ME Brewer, of Woodbury., are on
visit to friends near this place.
w. L. Swami and wife and Miss
Vesta McGregor returned from Texas
Wednesday evening.
Greek Braley was in town last
Saturday.
R. Smart and others of Grundy
county were in town Monday.
Nashville Banner: Mr.. T. ].
McGregor, of McMinnville, student
of the Nashville Telegraph College,
left last night to take charge of the
telegraph Office at Oxford, Kan.
Mr.. Geo. Fusion has our thanks
for lot of the finest sweet potatoes we
have seen this season.
We have received a copy of the
Smith County Record. 1t is we'll
printed seven column weekly, and
should, and doubtless will, receive a
liberal support from the people among
whom it circuates. We wish it sue
cess and place it on our exchange list.
The large new fall stock Of dry
goods, clothing, notions, etc., just re-
ceived by Adam H. Gross, is unusually
attractive. Call and see it. You will
be delighted with the many new and
beautiful goods on exhibition, and also
with the polite attention you will re-
ceive from the clever and accommoda~
ting statesmen, Messrs. Jas. Rankin and
Maurice Hoodenpyl.
It. j. Hubble, of,this place show
ed us last week half bushel of second
crop Early Rose potatoes which were
certainly as fine as we ever saw any
season. Many of them weighed nearly
pound. Mr.. Hubble says he always
plants the eyes only of the potato and
certainly he is very successful in his
crops, always making two crops g
year.
The Shelbyyille branch of the N
q G. r. r. is to have steel rails by the
first of November, and trains will make
the trip from Wartrace to Shelbyville
eight miles, in Is minutes. Hope i
will not be long before the old rails OF
the McMinnville branch will be re
placed with steel rails, and new coacl
placed on the road.
Balloon ascensions were made from
the carousel grounds on Monday ant
Wednesday evenings with Prof Zamo
IA on trapeze bar attached to tn
balloon. On Monday evening the bal
loon disappeared among the clouds ant
was lost to sight for sometime. Th
balloonist says he got in the realm G
sunshine above the clouds. -
Mr.. T. j. Vance, of Woodbury.
spent short time in our town on
day this week. He says the Florid
fever has struck Cannon county, an
that several parties have gone to tina
State, some to settle and some pro-
pecting.
We have received the first tw
numbers of the American Journalist
from st. Louis. 1t is large MONTH
magazine devoted to the interest of tn
craft which its name indicates. 1t o,
cupies distinctive field of Journalism
never approached by any other period
cal and is meeting with large success
We regret to learn that Capt n
NJ. Bond, well and favorably know
to some of our business men, died la
week at jackson, Ca, of malarial f
yer, He was travelling, we believ
for Cincinnati clothing house. I
was man of intelligence and muc
avnarianoa oc q nOunmnrnial travplnr