Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-09-20

cinnati on Thursday morning to pur-
chase the fall and winter stock for
Morford q Etter.
For the very best Staple and
Fancy Family Groceries, call on D.
0. jenkins. He renews his stock
every week, therefore it is always
fresh.
Our mail train from Tullahoma
last Saturday evening was delayed
about four hours by an accident on the
main line somewhere, and did not
reach here until after six o'clock.
S. L. Colville, Jr., left on Satur-
day last for Kansas City, Mo-, where
he will locate permanently for the
practice of law. Sam has in MIN the
elements of success, and will succeed
where hundreds of others have failed.
"A card from Rev. T. M. McCon-
nell, who is at Franklin this week,
states that if his wife is well enough to
travel, he will reach home today (Sat>
urday), otherwise he cannot get here
till next week, in which event there
will be no rervice in the Presbyterian
church tomorrow.
ID. o. jenkins has received and
placed on his counter a large and
handsome silver mounted, oval front
show case, and has it filed with full
assortment of all the new and fresh
Candies, of which he always keeps
the largest, freshest stock, and great
est assortment to be found in town.
The officers of the Rutherford
County Fair Association have our
thanks for an invitation to be present
during their first annual fair to be held
at Murfreesboro, commencing on the
Oath inst, and continuing four days.
Rutherford is fine stock county, and
their fair cannot but be success.
w. H. Ross, of the firm of j. G..
M. Ross & Son, left on Monday morn
ing last for Cincinnati, to lay in the
fall and winter stock for that popular
house. Hackett has fine taste and
Judgment in buying, and the custo>
mers of the house may confidently
look for handsome stock from which
to make their purchases.
Several other contestants have EN-.
tered for the premium on the best 100
ears of corn. Let those who desire to
compete give us their names as early
as possible. We hope to see some fine
specimens OF corn, some of which will
be sent to the Worlds Fair at New
Orleans.
On Thursday evening of last week,
at the residence of Charley Smith, on
Charles Greek, in a personal difficulty
between Watt Smith and John A.
Miller, the former received flesh
wound from a pistol shot by the latter.
We understand the wound is not dan
gerous, and that Watt is getting well,
The difficulty grew out Of dispute
about some farm matters. Miller had
rented the farm from G. W. Smith,
father 'of Watt Smith. Miller is q
brother>in>law of the wounded man.
In literary and artistic point Of
view, Demorest's Magazine for Octo'
Der is an admirable number. The
frontispiece, "Decoy Ducks" which il
something new in art, is very beauti
full, and the other illustrations are ex.
cellent. The stories are entertaining
the poems good, and the various de-
partments are replete with useful anC
agreeable reading, such as is accepta'
BILE in every household.
J e. G. Mead has purchased the 10
3 of land intended to be used for wagoI
| factory, at this place, and has gon,
East for machinery to erect thereon {
/ barrel and stave factory. Mr.. Meac
, is an enterprising business man ant
is we'll known to this community a
: such, having been successfully engaged
in the lumber and milling business 70
many years as the senior partner of tn
= firm of E. G. Il G. W. Mead, a
!. Shellsford. We are glad to see thi
/, enterprise starting, and wish it abund
ant success