Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22

OOlueI, Ou IOSSDuu ANCiuS' lazy
arrived Saturday last.
MIR. w. G. Wilkerson, of Win
chester, spent a day here this week
arranging with Mr.. r. H. Mason to
sell the Atkins Mill Dress in Arkan-
sas. He left Wednesday afternoon
for that State.
Prof. Jas. G. Meadors, the new
Superintendent of our City Schools,
arrived from Wartrace with his fam
lily last Saturday. They are boarding
with Mr.. w. N. Thompson, on Spring
Street.
Rain fell here for several min
utes between ten and eleven o'clock
Thursday night from an apparently
cloudless sky. Stars were shining
brightly overhead and all around the
horizon land no clouds were visible in
anydirection.
DIR. Cock and family and Mr..
Geo. Goodrich and wife have gone to
Rock Island to spend few weeks,
where the Doctor and Mr.. G. will be
convenient to fishing ground and can
put in full time.
The dancing teacher will be here
next Monday. We understand that
a class of about twenty is made up.
The large room over Gross store in
the Potts block will be used for teach
ing the Terpsichorean devOtees how
to shake their feet gracefully.
MIR. J. F. st. John, county Tax
Assessor, and his assistants have
completed the assessments for 1889,
and they show an increase of S9l, 191
over 1888. The figures are as follows:
Total assessment of the county for
1888, 80, lS4, 14S; total for 1899, S., 2l5,-
$3.50.
The Board of Mayor and Alder
men have passed an ordinance pro-
hibiting cows from running on the
, streets between the hours of p. m.
and a. M, to take effect the first of
September, also one requiring all
dogs to be muzzled. The hog yet
roams at his own sweet will.
The Commissioners of Regis
tration for Warren county, lately APP
pointed by the Governor, viz: Messrs.
w. w. Fairbanks, w. r. Murray
) and Ed. Seals, met on last Saturday
= and perfected their organization as
required by law, by the election OF
, Mr.. Fairbanks as Chairman and Mr..
s Seals as Secretary.
w. C. Womack's stock Of goods
r is being moved into the west room OF
t the building this week, and work
will be commenced on the improve
e ments in the main room Monday
!. morning. NJ. B. Harwell has the
contract. 1t will be one of the hand
o soonest store rooms in town when the
improvements one finished.
). City Marshal o. E. Argo received
i slight electric shock Thursday from
h a telephone ground wire at Lively'S
" furniture store, which he was touch
ing with his knee. The telephone
wire rests on the electric light wire
at one point, and the latter wa;
y struck by lightning. No injury was
done to the wires.
There is considerable complaint
i along the line between Tullahoms
and Sparta about the irregularity o
the mail. The new route agent gets
things little mixed sometimes. The
II fact is the work on the line has in
IS creased to point where it is impos
Is sible for one man to handle it, anC
really the agent should have an as
j. sistant.
y Nashville Herald: The Chris
IS tian Church at Franklin was filled
from pulpit to the doors, including
n the aisles, Sunday night, the occasion
It being the farewell sermon of DR.. A
e M. Growden. He and his family
leave tonight for Sacramento, Cal.
|. where he has accepted a call. Fol
o nearly four years he has been pastor
J. of the Christian Church at Franklin
e. We supposed the fact that the
n McMinnville Sunday schools have
l. had no pic mics this year is altogether
!, attributable to the very unfavorablC
d weather for such occasions. L
wouldn't be pleasant, you know, t.
20 go pic-nicing in boats and under um
~ brellas and water proofs, with no dry
g places anywhere to spread the din
:, ner.
We direct attention to the adver
II tisement of O. O. Rhea, agent for thu