Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-27

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are at r.. II. MasOn's for the heated
term.
The summer resorts in the noun
tains are gradually filling up with
guests.
-Messrs. l.. ID. Hickerson, ST., and
Jr., Of Tullahoma, were here today
(Friday).
Mr.. Ben eagle, Of Beershba, was
in town today (Friday).
Mr.. Zeb Lee, County Court Clerk
at Smithville, was in McMinnville a
day or two of the present week.
w. T. Murray, who has been at
tending Circuit Court at Sparta this
week, returned home Thursday.
Miss Flora Hoodenpyl, Of Nc
Minnville, is visiting in town, the
guest Of her cousin, Mrs. l. j. Green.
Manchester Times.
Miss Fannie Dillon, of Wood
bury, spent day Or two of this week
visiting friends in this place.
Several boating parties have had
pleasant moonlight excursions up the
river during the past week.
The families of Col. Harding and
Mr.. McPhail Smith have passed
through here this week, enroute to
Beersheba Springs.
-Messrs. J. H. Savage, NJ. d.
Smallman, w. +. b. Jones and VIM.
Murray, all of the McMinnville bar,
have been attending Circuit Court in
Sparta this week.
We learn from the EXpositOr that
Frank Conner has accepted a position
as clerk at one of the hotels in that
place-the Sparta House.
Frank Prior came up from Nash.
vile this week, and will spend the
summer with Mr.. Kennedy's family
Mrs. Prior and Mrs. Baker have gone
to Colorado to spend the summer.
Mr.. j. E. Jones guaged for J. p
Hughes, on Thursday, the last lot o
brandy in the county made from
fruit of 1884. 1t was stilled this month
Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Carson re
turned this (Friday) morning from
their trip to the West. Mr.. c. brough
home a pair of prairie dogs, whicl
will be put on exhibition at Conner 4
Co.'S store.
We will forward accounts t
all our Viola subscribers who are il
arrears. They can be paid either t
Geo. f. Chidsey q Co., or Bonner
Ramsey. We hope all will pay u
promptly.
Mrs. Geo. Castner and Miss Min
ME FarneswOrth, Of Memphis, al
rived on Monday last, ard will spen
several weeks with Miss Blanch
Lewis, at River Cliff.
All the friends of our commo
schools and Of education, are reques
ed to attend the Teachers Institute
'
! for one hour, at 3 p. M, today, Sa
urday.
Mr.. NJ. H. Gwynn, of Viola,
the champion lettuce raiser. He pre-
duced one bunch this season Whic
l measured four and One-half feet i
, circumference. Tobe Sain had sal
he could eat any bunch of lettuce eve
raised, but he had to "craw-fsh" o
this one.
! Fred w. Smart, representa-
=, the drug house of Pendleton, ThOm'
,, & Co., Nashville, spent the last wee
in presenting the claims of his fir
to the merchants of this count!
Fred has many friends here who al
: always glad to see him. He left fC
Woodbury. Thursday morning.
We have received the first tW
+ numbers of the National Review, II
e new Republican weekly paper esta1
: lished in Nashville on the 14t
/ inst. 1t is a large eight page pape
IS very handsomely gotten up, editC
with decided ability, and has but Oh
Objectionable featurc-its polite
~ John j. Littleton is general manage
:, and editor-in-chief.
Il Mr.. S. j. Elllins, while putin
II up some iron fence in the Vervil
e neighborhood, Wednesday last, w
y rather painfully injured in peculi
q manner. He was pouring meltt
lead into hole in stone, to secu
Q, an iron post, There was a little W
n ter i'm the hole, and when the mOltc
te lead came i'm contact with the watC
d an explosion ensued, knocking NJ
" Elkins several feet, and burning !