Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15

taken last. hurry up, IL you WduI
any shares. G. T. THURMAN ,Sec'y.
1t looks sometimes like enter
prise don't pay. While d. L. Brown
was cleaning up his show windows
Thursday he had the bad luck
to get one of the large glass broken.
MIR. John Mosby and wife of
Nashville spent several days of the
last week here visiting the family Of
Mr. G. McClarty. They returned to
Nashville Thursday.
If the Gas Company should be
successful in finding plenty of gas
and the indications are all quite fav-
orable-the business of McMinnville
will be doubled in ayear.
Mr.. w. S. Maddux will move
into Mr.. w. T. Murray's new house
on the South side of Square the first
of next week, and will probably soon
have it filled with boarders.
The tannery of Sugar & Bass at
this place is now turning out over
10000 pounds of leather per annum,a
large portion of which they manu-
facture themselves into harness.
DIR. J. w. Cock and family of
Waco, Texas, reached here Wednes-
day, and will spend the summer at
the Warren House. They were here
two or three months during the sum-
mer of 1887.
Miss Annie Walling, who has
been attending school at Nashville
for several months, returned home
last Tuesday, accompanied by Miss
Claudia Martin, who will visit friends
here for several weeks.
Prof. Finney and his family left
Monday to visit relatives in Wilson
county. Prof. Finney will go to
Texas in few days, in the interest
of c. F. College. Mrs. Finney and
the children will return in couple
ofweeks.
Alfred Ritchey, who has been at
tending the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville for the last ten months,
returned home last Monday. He
dropped into his old industrious habits
as naturally as duck takes to water.
beginning with tomorrow, SER
vices will be held at the Presbyterian
church every Sunday afternoon at
half past three o'clock instead of al
night. The services will only be one
hour in length, and all are cordially
invited to attend.
Houston Durley will lecture tC
the Finger Chapel Sunday School
the fourth Sunday in thi:
month, on Treasures of the
! Deep" Quarterly meeting will be
held at Finger Chagel July 9th anC
It'll.
The only response to our sugges.
ton of last week for collection in
all the churches and Sunday school:
for the Johnstown sufferers, was
made by the Methodist Sunday
school. This school took a specia
collection for the sufferers, which
amounted to more than ten dollars
: "A Fayetteville news item in tn,
Nashville American says:
Charles Walden, late of McMinn
vile, and John S. Alexander ar
, making preparations to open the new
hotel here, built lately by Hancocl
5 & Alexander. 1t has forty.six room
and will be newly furnished.
Miss Della Goodnight, a studen
; of C, F. College, left for her home a
Franklin, KY, last Monday afte
a pleasant stay of ten days will
her friend, Miss Emma Wood Oh
!. North Smithville street. Miss Deli
! has many friends here, who will b
glad to welcome her back to GU
town.
Prof. R. A. Clark, the newt.
elected President OF the Wincheste
Normal school, has consented to al
tend and assist in the Teachers In
- stitute to be held here, beginning
! Monday, June oath. A number c
other prominent school men will ais
take part in the exercises, and
u promises to be an interesting and in
. structive occasion. Every teacher i
$ the county should be on hand through
out the entire week.
J, FRUITJARS.