Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20
GRUNDY COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our
Regular Reporter.

house has been completed, and the
lower floor is now being laid. One
hundred thousand brick have been
placed upon the courthouse yard, and
the brick-masons will commence
building Monday. The balance Of
the brick (75,000) ara now in the kiln
ready to be burned. The courthouse
contractors are also making $1,000
brick for Mr.. II. b. Northcut Of this
place, who has concluded to have him
a new brick dwelling erected on Main
street, near his store house. We are
glad to witness such Improvements
in our town and would rejoice to see
many of the deserted and dilapidated
houses here give place to new and
elegent structures.
Rev. w. S. Brown preached at this
place to a small congregation Sunday.
Altamont needs a Sam Jones to wake
her up religiously.
Chris Bumgartner, of South Pitts
burg, arrived here Sunday and COM
menced working on the courthouse
Monday. He is a boss workman,
and will superintend the carpenters
work in the construction of the build
ing.
j. H. Killian, of TarltOn, is the
happiest man in existence. Upon
being told the other day that it was
a fine boy, he leaped high in the air,
popped his feet together three times
and exclaimed at the top his voice,
'Tm so glad that it's a boy"
Wild Morton and James Hobbs, of
Collins River, accompanied each
other to Tracy City, Tuesday, to see
if the place looked like itself, Neither
one of them had been there in several
years, and they say that Tracy has
enlarged very much since the war,
and that it is a big place now accord
ing to its size.
Altamont has been the scene Of two
weddings this week, one occurring
Thursday, at the hotel, and the other
occurring today, at the residence of
Mr.. II. b. Northcut, These we'd
dings were not at all unexpected to
anyone, and all the contracting par
ties have our best wishes for their flu
ture happiness.
Mr.. Frank Holt and wife, formerly
of South Pittsburg, but more recently
Of Gadsden, Ala, arrived here Thurs
day. Mr.. Holt has come up to assist
the brick-masons in erecting our new
courthouse and his wife came, per-
haps, through fear of losing her hold
(Holt up here.
JIG. Morton, of Collins River,
came to our town the other day dress
ed in his bestsuit of clothes, but when
he learned, to his great surprise, that
his sweetheart had moved away, he
ierked off his collar and neck-tie,
threw them upon the ground, and
declared that he wouldn't be caught
with them on again until she moved
back. How strange some people
are!
Jesse Whitman went to spend the
day with his "June-bug," Sunday
When dinner was announced the
family insisted on his eating will
them, but Jesse persistently declined
Leaving him alone, the familyrctireC
to the dining-room, and after a very
short time spent at the table, the
young lady returned to the room il
which she had left Jesse, butno JESSE
was there. She took a seat and wait
cd impatiently for one long hour
and still no Jesse appeared. Finally
however, she heard a strange noisc
in the top of a tree that stands il
front Of the house, and on looking VI
beheld her Jesse there. "Why, Jesse
what are you doing up there?" asle(
he. ooh! Pm so happy at YOU