Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-04-19

-One OF the bed spring gang was
arrested at Sparta and made to dance
up to fine and costs to the tune of
sixty odd dollars. sl1o
-Messrs. R. Kennedy, Robt. Park,
j. G, Reynolds, W. A. johnson and
A. H. Faulkner went to Nashville
Wednesday to attend the Republican
State convention.
AT private sale until 25th of April
will be offered household goods and fur
niture, garden tools, buggy, etc.
Come and secure many useful articles
at moderate rate, at G. w. Prior's
residence. a
w. B. Melvin, poultry dealer of
Knoxville, made his first trip over the
McMinnville branch this week gather
ing up car load Of poultry. He is
expected to make a trip every two
weeks. "a yre 800
Among our announcements this week
will be found that of Hon. ED. Han
cock, of Rutherford, for Chancellor of
the Fourth Chancery Division. Mr..
Hancock is the present incumbent by
appointment, and has filed the Office
with the highest honor and credit. %
Ten pounds Granulated Sugar 81
at Medearis & Co.'S.
The American Agriculturist for
May is at hand. We know of no
other monthly which gives SO much
sound, practical matter relating to the
farm, the garden and the household,
and it is marvel Of cheapness-only
81 a year.
The handsome lithographic Man
ual on Evaporating Fruit, sent free by
the American Manufacturing Company
Waynesboro, Penn, should boread by
our subscribers. 1t contains much in
formation not elsewhere found on this
profitable and important industry, es.
pecially to our farmer friends. Send
for it.
--Demorest's Monthly Magazine for
May is on our table. We unhesita-
tingly pronounce it the best two dollar
magazine in the United States. Its
contents is always made up of the most
chaste and interesting matter, and its
typographical appearance is simply the
perfection of the art. We club It with
the STANDARD at $3.50 per annum.
Tullahoma Guardian: Mr.. Jas. W.
Carroll informs us that the track will
be laid and everything in readiness for
the trains to Doyle station this week.
......It is gratifying to learn, as we do
from reliable sources, that the wheat
crop in Coffee county is more promising
than for many years at this season.
The late frost did very little damage
except in a very small area.
In copy of the Aspen, Colorado,
Times, we find an account Of terri
BILE storm and snow slide in Conundrum
Gulch, twelve miles from that place,
on the 10th of March, in which Mr..
j. F. Tate, formerly of this county,
and four companions were killed. j.
F. Tate was a son Of Dug Tate, ofthis
place, and had been living in Colorado
for some years. His funeral took place
at Aspen, Col, on the 23d of March.
Our correspondents willsave them.
selves time, trouble and stationery, by
confning their communications to
things which have occurred, as we
have no space to devote to telling what
did not occur. We always erase such
sentences as "there has been no we'd
dings in our neighbOrhood," etc. Tell
us the news, and then quit, if it only
makes three lines, and you will always
have the pleasure of seeing your con
tributiOn in print. We would like fol
our farmer friends everywhere to write
us short articles on their experience
with various kinds Of crops. Write
us the actual result of any experiment.
you have made, whether failures ol
successes. Don't spend any time tell
ing us what did not occur or what vol
think might occur; all we want tt
know is what did occur.
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