Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-07-10

dlstlllery, in White county, has been
by Mr.. Frank M. Wilkin-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Clute, of
Tracy City, arrived this (Friday)
morning, and will spend few days
with Mrs. C's parents on Rebel Hill.
Mr.. T. L. Johnson, recently store
keeper and gauger at R. H. Mason's
distillery, has been transferred. He
left with his family last Saturday for
his home in Smith county.
Attention of the voters of War
rem county is called to the Election
Notice published by Sheriff Maxwell
in another column.
The Lynchburg correspondent of
the Nashville Union writes that pa
per the following item:
"It is generally conceded by the
prominent men of Moore county that
Judge Smallman will carry Moore
county by good majority"
The drummers in a great many
lines of goods are now out with fall
lines of samples. A goodly number
have paid their compliments to the
merchants of MISUNDERSTANDING the
last week.
Work on the new Methodist
church and Mr.. Potts buildings goes
steadily forward as fast as the weather
will permit. The rain has retarded
the progress of both buildings very
much. s.r,.f
Quite a number of our town peO-
pie attended the grand Sunday school
picnic at Viola last Wednesday. A
short account of the picnic will be
found in our Viola correspondence.
The band boys returned about mid
night. tGe .i
The STANDARD Office will supply
election tickets at 81 90 per thousand.
Candidates will find it advantageous
to place their orders early, so as to
get tickets well distributed. We can
furnish tickets in any quantity de-
sired on sort notice. 8HG
DIR. j. M. Burger returned last
Tuesday from trip through West
Tennessee. He reports the Taylor
boom as assuming very important
proportions at number of places in
that section of the State.
With the two conventions, Quar-
terly Court and the speaking last
Monday, we had large crowd in
town. Proceedings of both the con-
ventions will be found in our col
umns, also synopsis of the County
Court proceedings.
DIR. w. G. E. Cunningham and
wife of Nashville, came up last Sat
urday to spend few weeks at River
Cliff, the home of Mrs. Geo. T. Lewis,
DIR. Cunningham is one of the most
prominent ministers in the Methodist
Church and has kindly consented tC
fill Mr.. McConnelPs pulpit at the
Presbyterian church in this place
tomorrow morning. An invitation
is extended to all to hear him.
Capt. w. A. Rutherford lef
Wednesday morning on his annua
business trip to South Bend, Ind, the
headquarters of the Singer Manufac
turing Co. He has been detained
from the trip for six months on &C
count of sickness, and his many
friends will be glad to know that h,
has sufficiently recovered to get II
business again. He will be absen
about month.
Mr.. Ralph Talcott, of Jefferson
o., a son of Mr.. HI. Talcott, arrived
last Monday with large number 0
blooded chickens of several varieties
which he carried out to his father
farm, five miles from town on tn,
Nashville road. We welcome MI
Talcott to the county, and wish hin
much success with his poultry.
Willie Goodbar, accompanied b,
his little sister, Mamie, arrived il
McMinnville last Saturday. Mani
will spend several weeks with he
aunt, Mrs. Mary Murray, on Rebe
Hill, and Willie goes to Nicholson
Springs to try the virtues of the waite
at that place on his health.
-"Don't Marry" is the title of
new book just received from the pull
fishers, j. S. Ogilvie & Co., 81 Ros
street, New York. Such advice nc
being congenial with our views (o
inclinations), we were about to thrus
the volume into the waste baske
when a casual glance at its content
revealed the fact that it does not dis
courage this pleasant relation, bu