Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-25

was at Nashville a couple of days
this week.
AS DIR. Stainback will be absent
at Presbytery, there will be no preach
ing at the C. p. Church tomorrow.
That was a pretty hard joke on
the Nashville Presbytery at Clarks-
vile last week to be mistaken by
the sheriff for a mob coming to re-
lease a murderer from jail.
Mr.. S. S. Young, of DeKalb
county, was here this week. He will
canvass Warren and adjoining coun-
ties this season for B. F. Hicks Home
Nursery, located at Magness Mills,
Tenn.
Mr.. Henry Brown, who has been
in town for several days with a view
to locating, started Thursday to his
home in Wisconsin to complete the
sale Of his property there preparatory
to becoming a citizen of Warren
county.
The beautiful poem in this issue
on the tribulations of the society man,
is the combined effort of Frank Spur
lock and Sam O'Neal. There is ge.
MUS enough in the production TO gain
for them both much fame in the illus
trous list Of spring poets.
The American Agriculturist for
May is on cur table, and exceeds any
previous number ever issued. This
is unquestionably the leading agri-
cultural monthly of the United States.
We club it with the STANDARD at
$2.4O, which includes copy of their
encyclopedia.
w. S. Lively, the popular pho
tographer, has just gotten in some
new background scenes, rugs, etc.
He can produce a fine picture in any
style the taste could dictate. The
carricature pictures he is taking are
rich. Go and see them.
j. G. M. Ross & Son have been
promising us spring advertisement
for month, but every time we have
called on them they were too busy
selling and showing new goods tc
prepare an advertisement. MIR. Ross
says if you don't want to buy clothing
or dry goods, he will sell you corn
some he raised himself.
-Messrs. Thomas and Knox, the
railroad officials, in their interviews
with our business men last Wednes
day, seemed very kindly and liber
ally disposed toward shippers, anC
manifested a willingness to adjus
any unsatisfactoryrates. They show
ed a willing disposition to favor ship
pers as far as possible.
Mr.. P. R. Williams and hi
granddaughter, Miss Moore, VIII
avebeen sojourning in McMinnville
started Monday for their home il
Neenah, Wisconsin. They made
good many warm friends while here
who regret their departure, but VIII
are glad that they expect to return il
} the fall.
-The STANDARD has purchase
the exclusive privilege for Ware
, county of a new process of colo
printing, which produces very pleas
ing effects in job printing, and
which we will have more to say i
. the future. We intend to keep u
with the procession in this line, an
s when you want first-class job wor
bring or send it to this Office.
:. President J. w. Thomas an
= General Freight Agent G. r. Kno2
\ made a trip over the road frol
Tullahoma to Sparta and return la
Wednesday. Their special train stol
> ped here for an hour or more, an
Il the gentlemen spent the time anon
L our business men. In a few minute
} conversation with them we learne
that it is the purpose of the road
: extend the line from Sparta to IL
e Bon Air coal fields in the near futur
n Geo. Conner will leave for Ne
York next Monday with another C;
load of poultry. This will NAL
: about twelve car loads of poultl
shipped from along the line of OF
y railroad since last fall, and in gat
. ering it up, between six and ten tho
% sand dollars have been scattert
= among the people. This shows co
er clusively that poultry raising is a
c. other one of the small industri
t. which in the aggregate amounts
lie large proportions. With little {