Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-04-24
We have a letter from Mr.. Craw

ford, now at District conference, re-
questing us to announce that Bishop
Hargrove will preach at the Metho-
dist church in this place on Sunday
night. The simple announcement
will be sufficient tosecureaf full house.
The west wall of the courthouse
is in need of immediate attention
from the County Court. 1t is bulged
out in places from one to two inches,
and there are several large cracks.
The walls should be strengthened by
supporting rods before the safety of
the building is endangered.
John Joss has opened up a gen.
eral variety store at the old stand of
T. F. Burroughs & Co., corner Of
Main and Chancery streets. He has
a soda water fountain in operation,
and is serving a most excellent quail
ty of this delicious beverage.
Sheriff Maxwell has given notice
that he will open and hold an election
in McMinnville Oh Saturday the Sth
day of May for theelection of munich
pal officers. We understand a high
school ticket will be put in the field
and the matter fairly tested before
the people.
d. l.. Brown is offering Croquet
Sets at great bargains.
The Democracy of Warren com-
ty will meet in convention on the
first Monday in May to select dele
gates to the judicial and gubernatori-
al conventions. The call of the EX-
ecutive Committee will be found in
another column. If any of our patri-
otto citizens are losing sleep over their
anxiety to serve the dear people in a
legislative capacity that will be a
good day to raise the wind. An an
nouncement in the STHNDARD next
week will he good starter.
The railroad between Tullahomf
and Sparta is being put in order fol
the change of gauge, which will BIZ
made on the 3lst of May. The gauge
will be reduced from five feet to fou
feet eight and one-half inches. Abou
twelve thousand miles Of Southern
roads will be changed that day. 4
new mail and baggage car will be pu
on our road after the change. TIL
mail matter carried over this road j
increasing so rapidly that there is no
room in the present car to properl!
handle it.
"A big stock of new candies jus
opened at Griswold & Co.'S this week
The little State of Vermont viii
produce ten million pounds of mapl
sugar this year, which will give
large surplus for export. - Athen
Post.
The kind of "Vermont Maple Syr
up' sold around here is about min
parts corn syrup to one of maple
Some of the new corners to Warre
: county from Michigan and Ohio ar
bringing small quantities of a fin
quality of pure maple syrup wit
them.
Nicholson Springs formerly Girls
Springs, will be opened to the publ
on May 1st. Mrs. Nicholson is max
ing extensive Improvements on tn
property, and the hotel will be keI
, open winter and summer after this
The new building which was erecte
last summer will be fitted up an
made comfortable for a winter san
tarium. We will give fuller az
count of the various improvement
III 4 later ISSUE.
q The Sparta EXpositor devotes
large portion of its local columns tn
week to the diamond die and can
brio chart dude. The same individ1
al struck McN1innville and gulled
y number of our leading business me-
The chart now hangs in the postoffic
y and is a miserably executed affai
1t will perhaps serve a good purpo
D as a constant reminder of about $25.
squandered by men who ought
know better. The same amount
q money spent on an advertisement
)" the STANDARD would bring the bus
:, ness of our merchants before mo
II people in one week than this cha
will in a year. Humbuggery alwa,
u goes at premium.
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