Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-01
Town Topics
Local and Personal Briefs.


in the Methodist church.
Tin the saccharine subsequently,"
is the way they say itnow.
Rooms to let. Apply to r. X.
Hesseltine, McMinnville.
Wonder if the McMinnVille boys
will play base ball any this summer.
Advertisements of two land sales
from the Chancery Court in this issue.
New dwelling house on Sparta
Street to rent. w. A. JOHNSON.
"A full new stock of saddle blan-
kets will be found at Sugar & Bass.
Everything new and nobby in
riding and buggy whips at Sugar &
Bass.
The ice cream and soda water
trade has not been very active this
week.
Keep your mind on that Com
mercial Club. We must organize it
soon.
DIR. Ramsey has been quite sick
for several days, which will delay his
departure for the West.
The manufacturers of glass fruit
jars have formed a combination and
increased the price of the Jars.
We are ready for the summer
with full stock of lap busters. Call
and see them. SAGAR & BASS.
The large plate glass windows Of
the Peoples National Bank are being
handsomely lettered in gold and sill.
yer.
Miss Mamie Britain, who has
been teaching at Cornersville for sew
eral months, returned homo last Mon
day.
The Methodist church will be
dedicated the first Sunday in July
by DIR. 0. P. Fitzgerald. d. D., Of
Nashville.
See advertisement Of an Internal
Revenue sale in Cannon county by
Deputy Collector ]. W. Irwin in an
other column.
Mrs. r. f. Crowder of Sparta,
has been on a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Flanaghan, at this place the
present week.
The Park Hotel at Tullahoma
has been leased by John b. Carroll,
and will be opened for guests about
the middle of June.
Cumberland Female College
turned loose eighteen "sweet girl
graduates" on the tender mercies of
the world this week.
Mr.. r. III. Mason has been con-
fined to his room with sickness for q
week, but is improving now, and
hopes to be out soon.
1t is tough on the merchants, but
the fact has to be admitted all the
same, that business is distressingly
dull in McMinnville now.
w. S. MadduX is now manuiact-
uring all of his stock of harness, and
can fit you up in set of harness at
any price from $40 up to $65.
The board of Directors of the
City School organized last Monday
by the election of DR.. B. w. Sparks
as chairman, and Mr.. c. G. Black as
secretary.
MIR. John Ramsey arrived from
Selma Monday to spend IN few days
here with his son, DIR. A. b. Ramsey,
before the departure of the latter tor
the West.
Somebody has borrowed small
volume on MYTHOLOGY and popular
quotations from the STANDARD of
flee, and will greatly Oblige by re-
turning it at once.
"A set of w. S. Maddux's home
made harness may wear out some
time, but it will be so far in the fu-
ture you won't want to live to see it.
Any style or price desired.
Our job department is so crowd
ed with orders that we won't get a
breathing spell for the next week or
two. But we like this, and will do
our best to accommodate all who come.
"A sermon will be preached to the
children of Finger Chapel Sunday
school at II o'clock the second Sun
day in June, preceded by lecture to
the Sunday school, topic: "Babies."
We thought we had some coal to
carry over to next winter; but we are
not SO certain about it now. Anoth-
er ''spell'' or two like this and we
yrill have 70 borrow some from our