Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-11-16


remain for month, then go to Bir-
and finally to Florida, to
spend the winter.
The movement of freight from
this depot is increasing to such an
extent that it is becoming difficult to
get cars. There is demand for
twelve or fifteen cars now.
Mr.. Cooper, of the Tennessee
Saw and Planning Mills, Quebeck,
Tenn, was here Tuesday getting
some of his machinery repaired at
the machine works of Eastwood
Bros. * Carson.
Mrs. Sallie Thomas and her
daughter, Miss Blanche Tarwater,
after spending several months at
River Cliff, returned to their home
at Thomasville, Ga, last week.
See advertisement of public sale
in another column. Some fine stock
and large lot of personal property
will be sold at the Douglass farm, 0
miles east of town, on the Odd inst.
There will be an amateur
dramatic entertainment at the
Opera House next Friday night,
with a fine orchestra. See notice
elsewhere and secure reserved seats
early.
dts an i'll mind that blows nos
body good" The temporary loss of
the electric lights has increased the
the coal oil trade. Wonder if the
Standard Oil Company has been
monkeying with our dynamo.
Attention is called to the new
advertisement of Eastwood Bros. IL
Carson in another place. The
pumps which they sell are not sur
passed by any other pump on the
market, and all who need pumps,
either for hand or steam power, will
save money by consulting that firm.
Mr.. r. B. Higgins, who has been
on a visit of several weeks to friends
and relatives in Wisconsin, returned
to his home near this place Tuesday
Mr.. Higgins is a genial, pleasant
gentleman, and we are glad to have
him with us again.
The new room in the rear o
Smart & Co.'S stand has enabled then
to largely increase their stock Of gro
ceries and provisions. They carry
full stock of everything in these line
now, and deliver all goods promptly
Leave your orders with them.
Mr.. Chas. Colville returned NOM
last Saturday from prospecting tou
of several weeks through the West
He was quite favorably impresset
with that alleged "wild and woolly'
section, and expects to take his FAM
ly to Tacoma, Wash, and locate pei
manently as soon as he can wind u
his old business affairs here.
We regret that an error in on
Court Directory caused one or tW
county citizens to make a useless tri
to town last Monday. Our CHANGER
Court now meets on the 18th Monda
in May and November, instead (
the ID, as formerly, and we though
the correction had been made in II
Directory sometime ago.
"A runaway team attached to
. Jersey wagon collided with a hOr.
and buggy in the bridge at Spar
last Tuesday. Both vehicles we
cosiderably wrecked, and the bugg
l horse had the pole of the jersey drive
L four inches into his breast. Charl
Young was driving the buggy, b,
i jumped just before the collision o
r Cured and was uninjured.
There is firm of publishers
Merchantville, n. John Russo
Il & Co., who make business of prin
- ing and mailing a package
O. memorial cards" to the affiict,
st family whenever they hear of deaf
giving the name of the decease
N date of death, and verse or two
e machine poetry. And they new
ID fail to send along a bill of charges
W % cents each for the cards. 1t is
very presumptious piece of busine
n to say the least of it, for them
lie print and forward these cards wit
#, out any order being given, and tn
I'd never wait for that-and no one
TX under any obligation to payfor the
Even should an order be given
~ them, the cards would be high at
=, cents each.
N,
ay Thousands and thousands of cl