Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
w. E. Jones, of Pollard, was here
Wednesday.

Wednesday.
"A. G. Mcdaniel and Others, from
Chaly ybeate. we're in town this week.
M. B. Wood is absent on busi-
ness trip for the marble works of
Wood & Robertson.
DIR, j. S. McGrew, of Shelby
vile, spent Thursday night in Me-
Minnville.
Anderson Griswold, of Grundy
county, has purchased property in
Hubbards Cove and moved to it re.
Gently. N
R. P. Biles has bought out the in
terest of his brother, J. B. Biles, in
their mercantile business at Sparta.
Miss Laura Ramsey returned
home Saturday last, after an absence
OF nearly three months.
Rev Baxter Barbee spent two or
three days of the last week here visit
ing his friends in general, and his sis.
ter at the Z. F. College in particular
Prof. T. A. Head visited Nash.
vile this week in the interest of his
book, the history of the 10Th Tennessee
Regiment.
m. R. Smith and family, Of this
county, will start Monday for Kansas,
in which State they will locate.
ID. o. jenkins would call the spe>
cial attention of Coffee drinkers to his
green Rio. 1t is simply delicious. He
also has full line of Fresh Family
Groceries of all kinds.
This has been busy week with
the farmers. The ground has been in
fine condition for plowing, and farmers
have worked with a vim putting in
their oats and blowing for corn. The
prospect for wheat is rather gloomy
yet.
-Dr. Myers, of Jasper, spent few
days visiting his brother at this place
this week. He says there is proba'
bility of the N. C.& St. Louis Rail
way Company extending the railroad
up the valley from Victoria to Pike
vile, distance of forty miles.
MIR. W. w. Young, of the firm
of W. W. Young & Co., Simpson:
Mills, Tenn, was in McMinnville
Thursday, and made the STANDARD {
pleasant call. Mr.. Young is our au'
thOrized agent at his Office, and We
hope he may be able to largely increase
our list there.
For the latest fashions and mob
I bieSt styles of Hats, you should call OIL
Hoodenpyl Bros, on East Main Street
g They have big new stock, and ar
! selling them away down below zero.
Call on Medearis & Co., and get
D shirt for 65 cents, worth 81.
H. P. Newton received this weeI
4 from Mrs. Anna M. Ramey, Emi
e nence, KY, pair of very fine Ply
mouth Rock chickens. The pair vii
weigh about 20 lbs, and are of tn
/, purest blood. Mrs. Ramey is breed
). er Of fancy poultry, and her advertise
q ment will be found in another column
Mrs. DR.. Stainback fell on one @
!. the stairways of the Warren Hous
# last Tuesday night, and so severel
sprained her right ankle that she ha
not yet been able to bear her weigh
upon it, and has consequently bee
L confined to her room since. Her Mt
y merous friends wish her a hasty recoy
i cry.
70 Mr.. j. G. Martin made trip {
. Smithville last Monday, and says ther
is better feeling through that sectio
y over the prospect for the coming whea
u crop than existed some days ago. Nj
le Martin says he noticed number {
e fields which are beginning to show u
y quite nicely, and that the prospect fo
Ie wheat is not altogether discouraging
&C. G. Simmons, breeder of Ian
Of and water fowls, Russelvile, KY, ha
It card in this issue. Mr.. H. P. New
d ton received a pair of Plymouth Roc
= chickens from him this week. Th
>, cockerel is little under the weathe
from his iOurDav hut tho nair chou n,