Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-16

in this place.
Mr., A. w. Coleman, of Chatta-
nooga, who was here several weeks
last fall in the interest of a fruit evap-
orator, is again registered at the War
rem House.
BE very careful about fires and
lights this windy weather. This is
not very agreeable weather to be
burned out Of house and home.
Elder A. NJ. Growden, the Aus
tralian minister, will preach in the
Christian church at this place next
Lordsday and night. All are res
pectfully invited to hear him.
Louis Stroud moved his barber
shop again this week to the brick
Office Immediately east of the entrance
to the STANDARD Office, lately occu-
pied by the Messrs. Waters.
There will be morning and even
ing service at the c. P. Church to-
morrow, and the sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be administered
at the morning service.
The young mems prayer meeting
will be held in the NJ. E. Church,
South, from 8 to O'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Mat Jones, our jailer, had the
misfortune to get his thigh broken
last Monday. He stepped out of his
back door, and the steps being COW
cred with snow and ice, he slipped
and fell with the above result.
j. S. Maddux has on hand some
extra fine beef, pork, sausage, ribs
and back bones. The weather is too
bad to run his delivery wagon, but
you can get any kind of meat you
want, of the first quality, by calling
at his meat market on Main street.
The announcement for 1886 Of the
Nashville Union will be found in this
issue. The Daily Union presents the
handsomest typographical appearance
of any daily paper we have ever seen,
and its columns are brimfull of the
latest and freshest news. Its recent
enlargement to eight pages is an evil
dence of the fact that it is meeting
with good success.
"A number of drummers have
found comfortable homes at the War
rem House during the cold weather.
1t is arduous work to travel such
weather as we have had during the
last week, to say nothing of handling
big lines of samples.
J. B. Lippincott, the great Phila-
delphia book publisher, "the Napo-
leon of the book trade" as he is de-
scribed by the people of his city, died
on the 5th inst. Mr.. Lippincott
a summer in McMinnville some
years ago, and we believe the pulpit
bible in the G. p. Church at this place
was present from him.
The residence of Mr.. w. G. Brit
tain on Spring street, came very near
being destroyed by fire on Thursday.
The family were out of the room for
sometime, when burning SCOT was
blown out in the room, firing the car
pet and burning hole foot square
through the floor before it was discov-
cred and extinguished.
The Barren Fork river was frozen
over this week, the ice being from
four and half to six inches thick.
DR.. j. B. Ritchey filled his ice house
from the river. J. II. Potts and ]. S.
Burroughs converted q room on the
Mountain City Hotel lot into an ice
house, and filled it with fine ice from
the river.
This last freak of the weather j
"the unkindest cut OF ALL" The rain
which fell this (Friday) morning
froze as it struck the ground, COM
pletely sheeting all tout of DOORS
with ice, making pedestrianism q
very dangerous task. The wind is
blowing a regular March gale, and
the mercury in the thermometers is
crowding down to winter quarters
again. Winter has certainly been
filling up the debit side of its balance
sheet this week.
MIR. Chas. Clement died at his
residence in this place last Monday
morning at l o'clock. Mr.. Clement
had been seriously i'll for some weeks
and his death, though ghsomewhat sud
den, was not wholly unexpected. A
funeral service was held at the resi-
dence this (Friday) morning at II
O'Clock, and the remains taken on the