Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-12-13
GRUMPY COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our
Regular Reporter.

ICeV. IN. ID. DrOWD, OF w arr6n cOunN |
ty, preached us goode sermon last
Sunday night, but owing to the in>
clemency Of the weather the congrega-
ton was small
1t being County Court day, our
town was quite lively last Monday.
However, nothing of special interest
was done in court.
Rev. G. P. Mofitt, of Warren
county, was on our streets Monday, a
part Of his business being to solicit sub.
scription to build new church house
at Sulphur Springs, near Irving Col.
lege. Many Of our near and dear ones
are laid to rest in the grave yard there,
and we feel personal interest in the
present enterprise. We hope the peo-
pie will subscribe literally, and that a
neat and comfortable house will be
erected on that sacred hill in the near
future.
Mr.. T. G. Alternately and daughter,
Miss Aberdeen, who reside near Beer
sheba springs, were in town last Tues.
day, and gave US pleasant call.
Jas. Mcclure and j. H. Northcut,
of this place. made business trip to
Tracy City Wednesday, returning the
same day.
j. L. Coppinger, of Irving College,
brought in several fine hogs last Thurs
day which he sold at 7 cents per pound.
So we have plenty of spare>ribs and
ribs to spare now.
Joseph Tate, I. B. Northcut, j, H.
Waters, the writer and the writer's
"better half" all of this place, attend
ed the closing exercises of l.. V. Wood.
lees school in Northcut's Cove yester-
day and last night. The examination
was very interesting and reflected
credit upon both the teacher and pnpils.
The exercises last night, which con.
sisted of Determinations, essays, dia
logues, etc., were also quite entertain
ing, Notwithstanding the crowded con-
dition of the house. We were pleased
to see a great interest manifested by
the people of that neighborhood in the
education of their children. | was
about to forget to say that one of the
most interesting and enjoyable exer.
cises of the.day especially to the AL
lamont party was sumptuous dinner
spread upon the grounds by the pa
irons of the school. And it is due the
Altamont crowd to say, that although,
they took quite an active part in this
particular exercise, they were able to
return home today with one exception.
One of the party not being accustomed
to partaking of big dinners rendered
herself unable to return with us. We
hope, however, she will soon recover
and return home, for we very sadly
miss her. For reasons best known tc
ourselves, we refrain from giving hel
name Her initials, however, are
Emily G. Woodlee. After the exer
cises of the school were closed last
night, we repaired to the residence o.
our friend, Mr., P. X. North1ut, wher,
we were most Hospitality entertained
by himself and his excellent lady
We were so kindly treated by then
that we would be pleased to call Oh
them at any time.
A party of young ladies and gentle
men went into large cave near thu
residence of Mrs. Lucinda Nunley to-
day and had splendid time. One o
the young men, however, was so un
fortunate as to get lost, but was finally
found by the others of the party. I
B. Northcut claims that he was tn,
luckiest member of the party. H,
says he brought out 115 pounds of tn,
incest and sweetest honey he ever saw
He left it at Mrs. Nunley's, and W,
agree that Tom was very lucky. W,
guess he will want to make further ex
plorations in that cave.
A. H. w.
Altamont, Dec. 6, 1884.