Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-25

60 to Northcut g. Crowe's for
you need in the way of
family groceries and supplies. They
have full fresh stock on hand.
White hats with black bands are
Democratic, and with white bands
are Republican campaign hats. Both
kinds are sold by O. M. Thurman &
Sons at 90.
-Messrs w. E. B. Jones, w. T.
Murray, Frank Spurlock, and II. G.
Lind, of the McMinnville bar,
attended court at Spencer the first of
this week.
Mr.. c. T. Thurman expects to
start in short time to the Eastern
markets to purchase fall goods for the
house Of O. M. Thurman &
Sons.
Mr.. John W. Stone, who is now
travelling salesman for a Nashville
firm, has been spending a weeks
summer. vacation among his friends
and relatives at this place.
Mr.. McClarty's little rat-catching
dog, Prince, turned his toes to the
daisies and yielded up the vital spark
of life on Wednesday night. 1t is
supposed that he was poisoned.
Mrs. Goe. w. Mead spent several
days of this week at Monteagle,
returning home Thursday. She
was accompanied by Miss Adelia
Mathews, of Covington, Tenn, who
will visit her at Shellsford few
weeks.
MIR. d. T. Atkins and Prof. w.
f. Bell returned from Lincoln county
the first of the week, and will leave
on Monday next for the upper
Cumberland river counties in the
interest of the Atkins Mill Stone
Dress.
Mr.. John l.. Ramsey and wife
came up from Nashville last Tues
day to spend week among relatives
and friends here, who were all glad
to greet them again after an absence
of several years.
Prof. w. X. Patterson, of Smyr-
ma, who has been spending a few
weeks at Cold Water Springs, in
Cannon county, with his family,
came in town Thursday with his
sister, Miss Ella, who leaves for home
this friday afternoon.
We have received the catalogue
of the Rutherford County Fair
which commences at Murfreesborc
on Tuesday, Sept. 11th, and contin
ues five days. This is one of the
largest and best county fairs held ir
Middle Tennessee.
Misses Willie Hume, Annie
Porterfield and Lizzie Elliot, O
Nashville came down from Beershe
ba Thursday, and will visit friends
here for few days. Miss Elliot il
the guest of Miss Laura Ramsey, anC
the other two young ladies the guest
of Miss Halle Biles.
Mr.. j. l.. Haggard will open
restaurant in the large frame build
ing on the north side of the squar
about the Goth of September. HI
made trip to Nashville the first @
the week and purchased the furni
ture and fixtures. 1t is a rather risk,
venture, but we hope Jim will NEE
with all the success he hopes for,
Our buyer will start east in a fe,
days, and it is very good time fo
you to pay your account, so we ca
re-invest the money at once. w
have few summer goods left ths
will be closed out at less than cos
We hope our reference to your az
count will be needed, and that 70
will get up the money for us as 500
as you possibly can.
O. M. THURMAN q Sons.
Mr.. Polk Bonner has presente
the STANDARD with quite a curiosit
in the way of an Irish potato on IL
G pluribus unum order. 1t is Il ne
) of five or six good sized potatoes, a
: joined together by large necks, an
the whole weighing two pounds an
ten ounces.
Mr.. l.. p. Douglass, an enterpri
, ing and industrious young farmer
the ShellsfOrd neighborhood left he
Wednesday for Temple, Texas, on
prospecting tour, and will spend 81
or eight weeks in the Lone Star Stat
We dislike to lose such young men
: Mr.. Douglass, and hope he will co
, clude to return and remain perm
nently.