Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11

Settle property on the corner of Main
and Chancery streets, and will open
boarding house there next month.
IS. j. Walling, Jr and L. D.
Hickerson, Jr., came up from Tulla>
homa on the afternoon train Thursday,
and spent the night here.
We learn with pleasure that DR..
G. H. Strickland, of Nashville, will
preach the G. F. College commence
ment sermon at the G. P. Church in
this place ON the last Sunday in May.
DR.. Strickland is one of the most
eloquent pulpit orators in the South,
and our people have rich treat in
store.
1.-THE Athenian," published at
Athens, Tenn, after suspension of
two months, reached us again last
week, in new dress, AID presents
quite a neat appearance. The Athe-
man is Republican in politics, being
edited and published by Mr.. w. F.
McCarron, the Republican elector for
the Sd Congressional District in the
last canvass. 1t is good paper, and
is edited with care and ability,
Our subscribers at Summitville
will please examine the dates under
their names on the paper, and all who
are in arrears or hose times have ex.
pired, will confer favor by at once
paying arrearages and renewing their
subscriptions, to Mr.. j. B. Harrison,
at that place.
The Tullahoma Republican, gives
large amount of Its space this week
to free advertising of McMinnville.
We have only to regret that it reaches
so few people through the medium of
the Republican, and that it is too
voluminous for us to reproduce; still,
''small favors thankfully received" etc.
The bewitching little charmer
who manipulates the telephone ex>
change at Murfressboro, tickeled our
ear over the wire one evening this
week with her musical voice in a few
moments of pleasant conversation and
merry laughter, but we are not going
to give away the sweet things she said
to us-about another fellow.
w. H. Ross, who has been suf-
feriDg with acute rheumatism for sew
eral months, left for Hot Springs,
Ark, Thursday morning, to seek re-
lief through the curative powers of the
waters there. He was accompanied as
far as Nashville by his sister, Miss AL
lie, who will spend few days visiting
friends there.
Mr.. j. B. Harrison, of Summit
vile, was here Thursday, and called
on the STANDARD. Mr.. Harrison has
been engaged in the business of burn
ing lime at Summitville for number
of years, the quality of which is so su
perior that the demand for it has out
grown the present facilities of produc
ton, in consequence of which he ii
now preparing to erect large perpet
ual kiln, which will turn out about X
bushels of lime every six hours.
AS for Bro. Reams, we can't ex
pect no better from him. HI
is mad because McMinnville can
compete with Tullahoma.- Tullahomi
Republican.
We would like to hear the erudit,
editor Of the Republican parse the frs
sentence in the above quotation. A
to the charge of i'll temper on our part
contained in the second sentence, W,
answer that we have been intensely
amused at the cOmical gYrations of thu
Republican under our ridicule of it
blatant Boosting; further than this gu
equilibrium has not been disturbed il
the least. If the scribe of the Repub
lican can stand it, we can. If it wa
a fact that McMinnville could 10
compete most favorably with Tullaho
ma, we would not be at all mad abou
it. but would feel exceedingly small
One of the prettiest pieces O
decoration around town is that shoN
case full of new and fresh fancy Car