Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27
Mrs. Joe Gibson, of Nashville, is

NOOuuuIy lIlS WSeh.
Mr.. A. H. Fall, of Nashville, was
here one day this week interviewing
our hardware dealers.
Prof. Thomson, one of the teach
ers in the Tullahoma High School,
spent few hours in McMinnville
Wednesday and paid the STANDARD
a pleasant call while here.
Prof. S. j. Farris, Superintend-
ent of the City Schools, was confined
to his room with sickness several
days of this week, but is in the school
room again now.
-Gadsden { Ala Times-News
Will H. Magness, Jr., vice-president
of the National Bank, McMinnville,
Tenn, is in the city. He is here for
the purpose of establishing a 1000
National bank. Stock is being taken
and the bank will be ready for BUSH
ness within ninety days.
We call attention of all interest
ed in building to the advertisement
of G. G. Murphy, in another column.
He will be prepared to furnish brick
in any desired quantities this sum-
mer, and will also contract for any
kind of brick or carpenter work.
Parties desiring a change of loca-
ton will do well to correspond with
S. S. Conner, Wamsley, Ohio, or L..
]. Burns, Coffeyville, Kansas. Fine
properties for exchange. Send for
circulars to the Gold Room Loan
Agency, Coffeyville, Kansas.
-Messrs. Jas. NJ. Moffitt and John
, B. Biles have formed a partnership
to engage in the hardware and gro
Gerry business, and will occupy one of
the storerooms in Houchin's New
Opera House building. Mr.. Biles
will move his family to town from
Goodbars.
w. S. Maddux keeps his stock
up to the fullest demands of the
trade in the saddle and harness line.
He will make you anything you
want from hamestring to an ele-
giant set of siIver-mounted carriage
harness, from the very best material
l, and keeps on hand a full stock Of
Eastern goods.
1t is almost an assured fact thai
8 the old gas well will be reopened, Of
, q new one bored. Mr.. d. B. Carson
has the matter in charge, and already
has about two thousand dollars of thu
stock raised. If gas is found in pay
ing quantities McMinnville will b.
:. in the embrace of very large boon
I in q few months.
1 -Scribner's Magazine for May will
Y interest readers of many and varie(
tastes. Men Of letters, lovers Of gooC
o fiction and poetry, railway men
amateur and professional photograph
y ers, and sportsmen will find article
which will strongly appeal to them
y The variety and excellence of tn
engravings will delight those VIII
appreciate good art.
y Next Tuesday will be another bi
!. bargain day at Thurman Bros & Co.'S
n when they will duplicate all bargain
l. offered last Tuesday, for an enumera
d tion of which see their big advertise
o ment on the eigth page of this paper
Their big sales on these bargain day
=, show that their customers appreciat
" these opportunities of securing goo
10 goods at very low prices.
r. Mr.. Ralph r. Gaffin, of TIL
j. place, has secured an appointment i
IS the railway mail service on the Nast
vile & Chattanooga road. He is
e, worthy and competent young gentle
d man, and will make good Otficia
" If the new administration continue
h. to select such material for position
? in the South, it will leave no ROOF
N for complaint.
The financial report Of the r
re corder and Treasurer of the corpor;
st ton of McMinnville will be foun
m elsewhere in this paper. The repo
re shows assets of S1602.44, and liabil
Sc ties of $500, with interest, being ba
lie ance due on the school building
lr This shows our corporation to be
r. a very healthy condition under Il
r. administration of the present Boar
IN and as they have been so succeSsf
~ in managing the city's affairs for Il
as last year, we think it would be wi
,l- dom on the part Of the voters to r
IN commit the trust to their hands
the approaching election.