Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-25
Town Topics
Local and Personal Briefs.

A. Bridges.
The City Schools closed on Fri
day of last week.
"A new lot of Millinery at Mrs.
II. A. Bridges
"A class is being made up here for
dancing school.
The carpenters work on the
opera house is about finished.
Three punches of fine bananas
just received at d. 0. Jenkins.
Mrs. H. f. Brooks is visiting her
fathers family at Tracy City.
All wool dress goods 40 inches
wide at Acc. at Mrs. r. A. Bridges.
Mrs. Ed. Nunnelly visited her
son at Lebanon last week, returning
Saturday.
MIR. o. M. Thurman left Thurs
day morning for Chattanooga to
spend week.
"A. s. Colyar, Jr., of Nashville,
was registered at the Warren House
last Saturday.
Potato bugs are playing sad
havock with the garden patches all
over town.
Mr.. M. G. Wheaton, agent of the
Thompson-Houston Electric Co., has
been here a few days this week.
Mr.. w. w. Wallace went to
Chattanooga Thursday to attend
the Southern Press Association.
The weather was cool enough
several days of this week to make
fires and overcoats very acceptable.
There was heavy rain here last
Sunday night, open vessels in expos
ed places indicating fall of over two
inches.
Mrs. T. o. Bogley, of Fayette-
Vile, has been here for a week or
ten days on visit to her father, Mr..
S. l.. Colville.
MIR. S. B. Spurlock, of Nashville,
was here two or three days this week
looking after some business before the
Circuit court.
Mr.. u. p. Lees wife and baby
came up from Smithville last Satur-
day and spent two or three days with
hi m at the Warren House.
If you want to buy lace, embroid-
cry, bleech sheeting, pillow case
domestic, towels, and she's, at cost,
call on Mrs. R. A. Bridges.
We are glad to note the contin-
ued improvement of Judge Magness.
He is sufficiently strong to ride
around town on pleasant days.
According to the usual custom all
the churches will give way for the
commencement sermon at the G. p.
Church tomorrow morning.
MIR. Geo. w. Ramsey, of Viola,
was here Wednesday. He has been
appointed postmaster at Viola, and
will take charge of the Office in few
days.
The Band boys made quite sue
cess of their supper and concert in the
park last Friday night. A remnant
of the cream was sold out on Saturday
night.
-MessrS. w. l.. McGehee and Guy
Wilson, of this county, who have
been attending school at the Win
chester Normal, returned home last
Saturday.
Col. Thos. A. Kasey, the soap
man, is here again. Mr.. Ellsworth,
the nurseryman, will probably can
vass the outlying districts while the
Colonel remains.
MIR. w. T. Murray's new house
on the South side of the Square will
be completed in a few weeks, and
will be occupied for boarding house
by Mr.. w. S. MadduX.
The locusts are here. Not few
stragglers. here and there, but the
woods are full of them. The noise is
so great that they can sometimes be
heard in town.
Mr.. j. r. Hayes was married to
Miss Francis McGregor at the home
of the brides mother in the 9Th civil
district of this county on Wednesday
the Odd inst, Elder o. NJ. Thurman
officiating.
Statements of the condition of
the two National Banks of McMinn-
vile will be found in this issue.
They are both solid, reliable insthu-
lions, SO well managed that their
businecS il constantly Increasing