Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04

~. halnSey, Jr., went 10 KNOXVILLE
last Wednesday to again take up their
studies in the State University at that
place. M 81 aitj.l0l q TGal3ni
"A voluntary stalk of cotton which
grew in the garden of Mrs. Gross,
was taken up and exhibited on the
streets Wednesday morning. The
stalk was six feet and eleven inches
high, and the spread Of the longest
branches measured the same. Itcon-
tanned 1865 bolls and squares. 1t was
one Of the finest specimens of the
plant we have ever seen. l4 ''
Tickets to the Congressional Con-
vention at Chattanooga next week
will be sold at all stations along the
n. G. & st. l.. Railroad in the district,
at 4 cents per mile for theround trip.
Tickets will be on sale the 18th and Sth
good to return until the 18th. The
round trip fare from McMinnville
will be $40.
Just before supper on the night
of the earthquake, Bob Biles, one of
Sparta's live merchants, gave a drum
mer an order for five bags of coffee.
When the shake-up came Bob made
bee line for the drummer's room
and made him reduce the order to
two bags. Bob thought The world
was coming to an end certain, and he
dindn't want to go laundering into
eternity with more than two bags of
coffee on his hands. Fl. .,g.., ...,..,
The earthquake shock of Tues
day night was distinctly observed by
nearly person in McMinnyille and
the surrounding country, anda great
many people were considerably fright
ened. When people got together and
began to discuss the occurrence on the
following morning many ammusing
experiences were told. Three dis
tinct shocks were felt here; two in
rapid succession about 8 O'Clock, and
the third, less severe, eight or ten
minutes later. INIT ~
&C. F. College opened its fall SEES.
sion last Tuesday with somewhat
smaller attendance than usual of day
pupils. Thisis attributable to the fact
that the school gets none of the pub
lie fund this year. The boarding de
partment has been receiving new pu
pills all the week. The following
have arrived since our last issue:
Miss Augusta Webb, Princeton, Ky
Miss Maggie Machen, " "
Miss Laura Warren, Petersburg, Tenn
Miss Ellen Wendell, Murfreesboro, I"
Miss George Matthews, a"
Miss Kate Young, Sparta, /"
Miss Maud Cody, Arlington, {"
Miss Lucy Forgey, I" {"
Miss Leona Witherington, Kerrs-
vile, Tenn.
Miss Bernie Beasley, Galloway, {"
Miss Lula Smart, Smart,
Miss Birdie Broyles, Modesto, Cal
The Sparta Expositor, in responc
to our very modest suggestion Q
last week that it would give tn
STANDARD credit for Judge Garden
hires articles copied from our col
umns, petulantly retorts:
"We shall publish what the Judg
writes and give him credit for il
without taking the trouble to say W
clipped 1t from such and such a paper
If the Standard wants to be adver
tised in this section, we'll do so at on
regular rates"
, When we wrote our little squib las
week we were under the impression
that the editor of the Expositor ur
derstoOd something of the cOurtesie
existing between newspaper men, b
virtue of which credit is always e4
, tended for original articles when tn
fact is known, but as he acknowledl
es utter ignorance of this, we beg hi
, pardon. We feel very much like tn
/ minister did who rebuked a youn
r lady from the pulpit for misbehavin
t in church, and afterward learned thf
her mind was unbalanced and tbs
she was not responsible for her actions
Our readers can readily make the az
plication. .t
, You are respectfully invited I
= call at w. S. Lively's, on Main stree
and examine his large new stock {
! furniture, just received and Openet
1t will net be necessary to go |
Nashville to find nice set of furn
ture, as Lively can now supply it {
cheap as it can be bought anywher
Price his stock and see.
J. Fine Cows for Sale.