Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-08-28
TOWN AND COUNTY.

We have had several refreshing
showers this week.
The only prisoner in the White
county Jail escapedSunday night last.
Messrs. ]. w. Norwood and G.
". Bronson, of Sparta, were here at
the barbecue Wednesday.
j. H. Cummings, j. III.
Thrower andR. II. Preston, Of Wood
bury, Were here Wednesday. go
II. j. Hubble, general agent of the
Peoples Mutual Life Insurance Order
left for Birmingham, Ala, Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Hill hasgoneto Clark
town, in White county, to spend a
month for health and recreation.
The West room of Mr.. Potts new
block will soon be completed, and
will be occupied by Hoodenpyle Bros.
about Sept. 10th.
Mr.. G. III. Gilbert, who is now
engaged in the insurance business,
with headquarters at Nashville, was
here day or two this week.
School will open at c. f. College
next Tuesday, Aug 3lst. Play-time
is most over, and the little girls can
hunt up their books and States.
Miss Fannie Smith went to JAS
per last Saturday, and will remain
there for several months teaching a
music class.
Mrs. j. G. BileS and Miss Jessie
Coffee are spending this week at
Beersheba Springs. They went up
last Saturday and will return today.
Mr.. G. R. Hopkins, who has been
travelling through several of the
Western States for some months past,
returned to this county last Wednes-
day.
Rev. J. J. Porter, of the Baptist
church, will begin prOtracted meet
ing in the Presbyterian church of this
place on the second Sunday in Sep
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Mr.. John j. Blair, of East Ten
nessee, is here visiting his sister, Mrs.
A. B. Ramsey. He will Ileave Mon
day morning for Lebanon to enter
school.
MIR. w. T. Murray has been over
the mountain again this week look
ing after his interests in the Congress
sional race. He returned home Thurs
day.
Misses Hattie and Matte Bryant,
two pleasant young ladies of Shelby
vile, have been here for the last week
visiting the family of Mr.. j. P. Cart
ner.
w. S. Lively & Co. have added
fOrty-foOt room to the rear of their
furniture store on Main street, which
will be filled with a mammoth stock
of new furniture soon.
Mrs. McMurray and daughter,
Miss Ann, of Lebanon, who have
been visiting the family of Mr.. ]. c.
M. Ross for the last month, will re-
turn home today Saturday..
Mr.. j. r. Biles and wife came uE
from Rutherford county last Satur,
day and spent two or three days
among their relatives here, return
ing home on Tuesday.
Mr.. j. s. Burroughs returned
home last Tuesday from an extensiv,
trip through Texas and other States
for the McMinnville Spoke ant
Handle Works.
Our old friend of the Tullahom.
Guardian, Mr.. T. ]. Wilson, was her
Wednesday to take in the barbecu,
and ceremonies of laying the corne
stone. Hew was accompanied by hi
wife.
All the articles wepublish from
Judge Gardenhire are written es
pecially for the STANDARD. TIL
Sparta Expositor will please make
note Of this and be generous enough
to credit in future.
Mrs. w. H. Cherry, Of Nashville
who has been spending the summe
in New York and at Tate Springs il
East Tennessee, is here visiting he
brother, Capt. ]. w. Irwin, for fey
days before her return home.
Mr.. Will Covington, of Woodbur
came here Sunday enroute to Nichol
son Springs, but found sufficient al
traction here to keep him charme
and delighted all the week, or I've ma
possibly have remained over to vii
moss thp ceremonies Of la1-;no, tho 10,