Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-10-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Corn gathering is now in progress
all oyer the county.
Capt. ]. w. Irwin returned home
Wednesday morning.
Mr.. J. G. M. Ross was in Nash
vile several days of this week.
These are fine nights to hunt pos
sums-and catch bad colds, rheuma-
tism, etc,
Jesse Walling and wife, of Viola,
were visiting their relatives and
friends in town Thursday.
MIR. Crawford, the new pastor of
~the M. E. church, South, is expected
to fill his pulpit tomorrow.
-McMinnville's new cornet band
was out serenading Wednesday night
and rendered some very sweet music.
The Tullahoma Guardian reports
our tcwnsman, Mr.. W. V. Whitson,
on visit to that place last Tuesday.
Thursday morning gave us the first
heavy white frost of the season. 1t
was accompanied by thin formations
of ice.
Mrs. Bette Bell went up to
White county on Monday last to
spend a few weeks with Mr.. A. M.
England's family.
Mr.. James H. Anderson, of Hi
nois, arrived in town Thursday to
look after some landed interests in
the north part of the county.
The various candidates are max
ing the Magistrate canvass quite
lively, and the air is full of
"Howdy, howdy, how do you do,
How is your wife and how are you?"
Rev. T. NJ. Mcconnell went to
Chattanooga Thursday to attend a
meeting of the Nashville Synod of
the Presbyterian Church.
DIR. John r. Paine spent two or
three days of the last week among
relatives and friends here. He re-
turned to Jasper Tuesday with his
little daughter, Bertha.
MIR. R. B. Higgins has gone out
to Nicholson Springs to spend a few
days and try the efficacy of hot sui
phur water in rheumatism.
Mr.. A. Nunnelly and family ar
rived from Colorado last Tuesday
morning, and are guests Of his brother
Mr.. Ed Nunnelly.
The Central Tennessee Conference
of the M. E. Church, in session at
Tullahoma Oct. 18th to 10th, appoint
ed Rev. H. B. Crowell pastor of the
church at this place.
Rev. Il. NJ. Mcconnell expects to
begin a protracted meeting in the
Presbyterian church on the first Sun
day in November. He will be assist.
ed by one or more other ministers.
The name of the new Presiding
Elder of the McMinnville District
was incorrectly given last week; il
should have been T. L. Moody, in.
stead of Mosely.
Mr. j. E. McMillin, with his
wife and little girl, came up last Sat
urday on a visit to his mother, Mrs
RhOda Davis. Joe returned to Nash
vile Thursday.
Mr.: A. G. Wallace, formerly O
this county, but now.of Elm Mott
Texas, in sending his subscription t.
the STANDARD, writes that he has
one cotton stalk containing 175 bOlls
We should judge this to be a pretty
fine stalk.
Two of the candidates for Magis
trate are combining sightseeing will
their canvass for votes. They wen
two miles and a half into the country
one day this week to see steam dis
tillery.
-Messrs. II. c. Lind and w. II
Murray are attending Federal COur
at Nashville this week.
Prof. J. H. Sheriff., who ha
been here for couple of weeks, will
leave for Chattanooga today, ibut will
return in about month to again be
come a citizen of this place.
"A good stock of those fine fiv
cent cigars still on hand at d. L
Browns. Go to the Warren Hous
corner when you want a good smoke
Mr.. Crawford McClarty, of New
York, spent several days of the las
week visiting his brother, Mr.. Cyru
McClarty, of the Warren House.
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