Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-02

2N Standard M
WILL there be a joint canvass ?
Some of the papers and politicians
are "agin it,"
Hon. JOHN M. TAYLOR, has OPEN
ed up the ball in West Tennessee,
and is making speeches for Buchanan
and the Democratic ticket.
DIR. KELLEY has actively entered
the canvass for governor on the pro-
hibition ticket, and opened this cam
paign with a speech at Wartrace last
night.
Hon. E. JARVIS, Of Sparta, is an
applicant for appointment as Chancel-
lor, to fill out the vacancy occasioned
by the recent death of Chancellor
Wade.
JACKSON having shown up 10000
inhabitants in the last census, the
free delivery system will soon be
extended to that fiourishiRg city Of
our Western plain.
Hon. RICE A. PIERCE, member of
Congress from the Ninth District, fell
from the platform of a moving train
at Dresden one day last week, and
received some painful injuries.
TILLMAN, the South Carolina can.
didate for governor, spoke at Orange.
burg last Tuesday surrounded by a
body guard of twenty-five men dres>
sed in red shirts and armed with
Winchester rifles.
THERE is another movement on
foot to establish a mammoth pork
packing house at Nashville. Western
capitalists are being interested, and
there is favorable prospect for the
establishment of quite an extensive
concern.
DIR. D. M. HARRIS, editor of the
Cumberland Presbyterian of Nash
vile, pending investigation of the
grave charges against him, rendered
his resignation as editor of the Cum
berland Presbyterian, but the Board
of Publication unanimously declined
to accept it.
TENNESSEE now has spike team
in the field for the gubernatorial race
John p. Buchanan on the Demo
cratic ticket, Lewis T. Baxter as the
Republican nominee, and DR.. d. G
Kelley astraddle of the Prohibition
mustang. Fur will begin to fly about
the time the dog days wane.
THE city of Jackson in Madison
county,is on quite a lively little boom
They have just completed fine sys
tenn of sewerage at a cost of $4,000
have recently voted $4,000 to new
railroad, and are expanding $25,OOO
on street improvements. Variou
new manufacturing establishment
are also projected.
GEN. LUCIUs POLK, of Maur.
county, will measure swords witt
Mr.. Whitthorne for the Compression
al nomination in the Seventh Dis
trict. Gen. Polk has donned tn
Alliance coat of arms and is banking
on hayseed decorations. He vii
quite likely make the race interest
ing for Mr.. Whitthorne.
The LATEST published revise
count of Memphis gives that city g.
600 population. Nashville is also Ill
: dergoing a recount, but omissions ar
not being discovered as fast as wa
expected. AT the present rate tn
new count will not increase Nasl
ville's figures much more than en-
thousand, and the revised total is M
! ! likely to reach $4,000.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Nasl
vile Herald writing from Cookevill,
says: "The nomination of Buchana
\ is well received in this section. II
t will get the full strength of the part.
and it is said a number of Republics
members of the Alliance" The r
publican members of the Alliance j
n the entire state whom Buchanan wi
get can be counted on the fingers
one hand, and any Democrat who
deluded to the contrary don't unde