Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-29

HE NepuDllCdnS are HdNlnB ilulu
getting their tariff bill formulate
ed, and will have a harder time still
it enacted.
The State Democratic Executive
will meet in Nashville
next Thursday for the purpose of
q gubernatorial convention.
A WHITE man was hanged in Mis-
sissippi last week for the murder of a
negro. This was one of the "South-
ern o~utrages" on which northern pa
pers haven't spread themselves
FIFTEEN thousand tons of Ameri-
can steel rails have recently been
shipped into Mexico, and it is claims
ed to be the first successful COMPETE
ton in that country with the Eng
lish product.
THE Nashville & Chattanooga is
the only railroad in the South which
its depot grounds with
flower gardens. Many new and rare
will be added to the gardens
at the various stations along the line
this summer.
ENGLISH capitalists are buying up
the large whisky distilleries of Ken
Wonder if they won't event
ually tackle the little brandy stills of
Warren county. They seem to be
determined on possessing all the liq-
uor producing concerns of this coun-
try.
Col. Tom w. NEAL of the State
Gazette, has undertaken a harder and
more thankless job than trying to be
Governor. He has instituted war on
the town hog in Dyersburg. The
hog is more potent in the average
Tennessee town than all the political
forces combined.
THERE are no spider webs on the
Memphis Commercial management.
That paper is now running special
trains out on several roads in order
to reach the field ahead of all its
competitors. There is lots of enter
prise-and all the news-in the Com
mercial, whether there is any mon
ey to its publishers or not.
By Presidential proclamation the
new extradition treaty with Great
Britain goes into effect on the 4tf
day Of April, after which time Cana
da will no longer be a safe place O.
refuge for the thieves and robbers O
this country. The stockholders ir
banks and other financial institutions
can rest a little easier after that date
The state treasurer of Missouri il
now reported $4,000 short in his &C
counts. The country will have to re
sort to neck tie parties to break III
this kind of rascality yet. Let i
be known that the gallows await
every public official who fails t.
properly account for all funds PLACED
in his hands, and there will be littl,
use for surety bonds.
Hon. w. l.. CLAPP, speaker O
the House of Representatives, ha
announced his candidacy for tn
Democratic gubernatorial nomina
ton. This puts four avOwed candi
dates in the field, viz: Clapp an
Patterson of Memphis, Baxter c
Nashville, and Buchanan Of Ruthel
ford. They will all come before tn
convention with strong followings.
A FRESH break is reported at som
point in the Mississippi river levee
almost every day. Large sections {
country are now overfowed, but !
most cases the water has come j
slowly, giving the people an oppoI
tunity to get their stock to places
safety, and in consequence not
much suffering and loss have follow
ed as generally results from the Mis-
issippi's Overfows.
TIE Mississippi Supreme Cou
managed to wiggle Sullivan out
his trouble for prize fighting in TIL
State. Deciding law suits on techn
calitics instead of Justice is wh'
brings courts into disrepute in tn
country and perpetuates mob VII
lence. Sullivan should have bee
made to serve out his time in Il
penitentiary the same as any 9th