Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-06

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terms.
DIR. j. B. Ritchey has added to
our vegetable show turnip meas
uring two feet in circumference,
which weighed when dugsix pounds.
He had very fine crop of them,
raised on poor land, with liberal
use of Homestead fertilizer.
j. G. NJ. Ross & Son are now re-
ceiving and opening their second
of land winter dry goods.
They are now showing an unusually
attractive line of Jersey Jackets.
The mail train from Tullahoma
Thursday was two hours late, occa-
stoned by an accident to freight
train on the main line, which delay
ed the passenger trains.
In our statistical table of the vote
of this county, printed in another
place, we give the total vote of each
district, and the vote for Congress of
two years ago. This will be found
convenient for comparisons.
The rush of customers to Ross &
Sons is so great they hardly have
time to open the new goods which
are coming in every day.
Miss Clara Stainback leaves this
Saturday morning for Oxford, Miss,
where she will spend the winter. She
will be very much missed by her
many friends here, all of whom join
in wishing her a most pleasant visit.
The negro VIM. Ramsey, who
fell from thechurch last Saturday, and
whose foot was amputated by DIR.
Ramsey, is doing remarkably well at
the time of going to press, and his
ultimate recovery is reasonably as
sured.
We havea large assortment of
the latest style visiting cards at this
office. Call and see them.
DR.. Stainback goes this (Satur-
day. morning to Murfreesboro, where
he will on tomorrow install Rev. G..
B. Sanders, the famons sleeping
preacher, as pastor of the c. P. Church.
There will be no preaching in the c.
P. Church at this place tomoHow.
j. C. NJ. Ross & Son pay cash for
their stock, and want their customers
to pay up their old accounts to enable
them to buy more and cheaper goods.
On Thursday DR.. A. B. Ramsey
amputated the left leg of negro
named Bob Savage, at Smartts Sta
ton. The leg was taken off just
above the knee. The injuries which
made the operation necessary were
occasioned by a burn received num-
Dor of years ago.
-Tullahoma Guardian: The new
mail and baggage car recently put on
the Sparta branch is amost conve-
nient and timely substitute for the
old arrangement, and now the ex-
press and mail agents can work with
some degree of comfort and tonve-
nience. This is animprovement that
has long been needed and will be
duly appreciated by all concerned.
The South Pittsburg New Era is
the title of a new candidate for public
favor in the journalistic line. Its
first number bears date Of Oct. 3lst
and it is the neatest printed weekly
in the State. 1t is edited by Mr.. G
G. Cornor (Manitou), and we wish i
the success it deserves. A more ap
propriaite day than Sunday NIGH
be selected for its publication, how
ever.
All desiring copies of Miss Viii
Allen Dromgoole's new and popular
work, "Sunny Side of the Cumber
land," can procure them direct from
Miss Dromgoole, by addressing he,
at Murfreesboro. We are informed
that the book is selling very rapidly
and that the second edition is nov
under headway. Miss Dromgool,
recently secured the 25Oprize Offered
by the Youths Companion for bes
short story.
Mr.. M. b. Wood had just driver
up to his market house Thursda,
about noon when his horse becam
unruly and started to run. Mr.. Woo
detached the horse from the wagol
by means of a patent single tree, ant
the wagon coming to sudden stop
Mr.. Wood was thrown over the dasl
board to the street. He was cOnsid
erably bruised up and had his hip sc
verely injured. While his injurie
are not dangerous, he may have t
use crutcheS for some time.