Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-04-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.


ID. B. Carson made a business
trip to Nashville this week.
Rev. A. L. Parker, of Van Buren,,
was in town last Wednesday.
w. B. Hill, Esq, and Miss Hill,
of Walling, were here this week.
w. r. Davenport, the clever P.
M. at Clearmont was in town Tues
day.
"A large number of the farmers of
Warren county were in town last
Monday.
Mrs. McLemore, of Tullahoma,
is on visit to her mother, Mrs. Gross,
on East Main Street.
Mrs. E. Muzzy made a visit to
Tullahoma Monday last, returning
the same day.
Miss Anna Price, of Hickory
Creek, is visiting friends on Rebel
Hill this week.
E. w. Smart, Lytle Ramsey,
DIR. Jones, lobe Sain, and others were
in town one day last week.
j. H. French returned to Nc
Minnville last week, but only remain
ed at home for a few days.
DR.. Newton, travelling agent for
DIR. Bradfield's Female Regulator,
was in the city last Wednesday.
Mrs. Callie Baldwin and little
son, of Bowling Green, are visiting
relatives and friends at this place.
S. d. Britain left Thursday for
Bedford county in the interest of the
Peoples Mutual Life Insurance Order.
There are quite a number of le-
gal notices in this issue. Look them
up; some Of them may interest you.
g. P. Motfitt was in town We'd
nesday preparing to go into the goods
business, at his home on Hills Creek.
Mr.. r. p. Baker, editor of the
Sparta Expositor, enroute to Chatta-
nooga, spent Thursday in McMinn-
vile.
Miss Allie Wallace returned home
last Monday evening from a visit of
several weeks to friends at Tracy
City.
Chattanooga reports serious dam
age to the fruit crops of that place
and upper East Tennessee by the re-
cent heavy frost.
C. A. Reams, representing Good
all, Fite and James, Nashville, has
been making calls on the merchants
of Warren THIS week.
"A. B. Hooper was here Wednes-
day with full line Of samples, sup
plying our merchants with hardware,
fishing tackle, etc.
If Gentle Annie don't hurry up
with her spring time, we will have
another coal famine. Our coal pile is
already numbered with the things
that were, but are not.
John S. Green, of Catlen's Mills,
was here Thursday. He says that in
twelve days he bought at his store
724 dozen eggs from baskets. John
is in good locality for eggs.
Bob Morrow has hen that makes
a business of producing eggs that
weigh from 81 to Al ounces each. The
last one shown us weighed At ounces
nearly as large as small goose egg.
On Monday DIR. Hearn bought Of
George Beech, of McMinnville, q fine
blooded mare. Her sire, Enfield,
sold for $4,000 at year old. She is
an elegant saddle animal.
w. T. Murray went to Nashville
Tuesday as delegate from the Nc.
Minnville Lodge of knights of Hon.
or to the Grand Lodge of the Order,
which convened in that city Wed.
nesday.
w. L. Swami, who has recently
returned from a visit to Sequatchie
Valley, reports the peach trees in full
bloom in the Valley. We will have
to go to Sequatchie Valley for oul
peaches this year if they were not
killed by the recent frost. We feal
they are killed however.
The first number of the "Quarter
ly Journal Of the Peoples Mutual
Life Insurance Order of McMinnville
Tennessee" made its appearance this
week. 1t was printed almost entire
ly from new type, and is a handsome
little budget of insurance informa
ton. Its publication speaks well fol-
the enterprising spirit which charac