Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-12-15

Several parties have purchased
lots in the Creamery addition to Nc
Minnville during the last week or
two, and number of new buildings.
WILDE erected out there in the spring.
Mr.. Oswell has bought a lot fronting
on Sparta street, and will begin the
erection ola two story cottage soon
after Christmas.
On another page will be found
the holiday announcement of d. l..
Brown, the old reliable fancy goods
dealer on the Warren House corner.
AS usual, his stock was selected with
great care, and he has many novel
ties in the way of Christmas presents
which cannot be found elsewhere.
He also has everything in the way of
candies, fruits, nuts, etc., suitable for
the holidays.
Considerable excitement was Gre
ated on Spring Street Monday night
by an alarm of fire. As usual Il large
crowd was on the street in few mo-
ments and rushed to the residence Of
Mr.. Ed. Mitchell, from the chimney
of which quite blaze was running,
to find that lamp, which was acting
very strangely, had been thrown into
the fireplace by Mr., Mitchell causing
the blaze but no further damage.
The railroad freight business to
and from McMinnville shows a steady
increase every month. Forty cars
are wanted here now for the ship
ment of lumber and other products.
1t is a difficult matter to get cars
enough to handle the business. Other
places along the line also show a
large increase in business, and we
hope it will not be long before anoth-
er train is put on the road.
Correspondents are requested not
to send us items written with pencil
on postal cards. When you have
more news than you can get upon a
postal card with pen and ink with
out crowding, please write on one
side of one or more sheets of paper
and send in an envelope. We want
q good correspondent and agent at
every postoffice in the county, to
when we will allow liberal commits
sions.
1t makes the eyes of the little
folks dance with joy to step into A.
H. Gross well-filled store room of
beautiful holiday goods. He has
dolls of every size and kind, and such
a display of toys and pretty goods fol-
Christmas gifts as would sarprise and
delight old Santa Clause himself. In
addition to toys of all kinds, he has
some very handsome goods in plush,
China, cut glass, etc. In your search
for Christmas goods you will miss 9
treat if you fail to call on a. II
Gross, Main Street.
DR.. f. ii. Pitt returned here with
his wife one day last week from Lou
isville, where he was severely wound
ed a few weeks ago in a personal
difficulty. DR.. Pitt received two pis
tOl shot wounds, one through the
head and one through the thigh
at the hands of a drunken
lightning rod agent. The papers
stated at the time that DIR. Pitt was
engaged in the lightning rod business
with the man, and that the difficulty
was kind of drunken row, all oI
which was erroneous. DR.. Pitt haC
had some business dealings with tht
man, and also some dispute over al
account a few days previous at Shel
byville, KY, but he knew nothing
of the mans presence in Louisville
until he rushed on him in coward
ly assault with a stick and pistol
The wound which DR.. Pitt receiveC
in the head is a very dangerous one
and his recovery is quite remarkable