Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-11-22

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guests to tea last Wednesday evening.
The occasion was most pleasant one
to all present.
Mrs, R. Patterson, Mrs. N. Shong
and Miss Susie Hoyt reached home
this Friday morning from Atlanta,
where they have been for a week or
ten days in attendance upon the
National w. G. II. U. convention.
Mr.. E. ]. Argo, a merchant of
Sparta, came down on the early train
Thursday morning to attend to some
business here, expecting to return at
noon. He missed his train just about
one minute, however, and had to re-
main over night.
Ladies are making complaints
about boys and young men lighting
their cigars and cigarettes just outside
the church doors as they are leaving
the churches at night. The ladies
would thank the young gentlemen to
abandon this practice.
Mr.. Sam r. Forsyth, for many
years resident of Washington City,
but who has been domiciled at Tul-
lahoma for the last two years, is at
the Warren House to spend a few
weeks. Capt. Forsyth spent several
weeks here in the summer of 1870.
We learn that some extensive
Improvements are soon to be made
on the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church building here. Among other
things the main auditorium is to be
thoroughly renovated, and the walls
and ceiling are to receive a new fin.
ish.
The meeting at the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, conducted by
Rev. II. B. McAmis of MurfreesbOro
closed last Tuesday night. Mr.. Nc
Amis is fluent and earnest preacher
and the large crowds which attended
the services enjoyed feast of good
things spiritual.
Mr.. f. T. Fisher has our thanks
for another handsome specimen o
the acorn Squash" 1t is genuine
curiosity in the vegetable line t.
most people, is very ornamental! il
appearance, and is said to be quite
palatable as food, We presume Mr.
Fisher is the first man to raise then
in Tennessee. His vines only pro
duced four this year.
Mr.. f. A. NOrvelI, of Shelby
vile, has been given charge of tn
revenue Office at this place, and Col
II. j. Brady has been assigned t,
Shelbyville. Owing to ill health Col
Brady has gone to his home in Whit
county to recuperate for few days
Mr.. f. f. Bell, of Dresden, Tenn.
has been assisting Mr.. Norvell in tn
office here for some days, and Mr.. w
j. Wilmore, of Louisville, genera
revenue agent, has also been lookin
after the business Of the service her
during the last week.
-MeSsrs. J. T. Wilson & Co., tn
enterprising proprietOrs of the Mour
tain City Marble and Granite Work
Of this place, have opened a branc
establishment at Alexandria, in De
Kalb county, where they will kee
on hand a full stock of finished wor
in the line of monuments, toni
stones, ETC., and will be prepared t
furnish from there anything desire
of that nature. Mr.. j. G. Partin,
member Of the firm, leaves this morr
ing for Baltimore to purchase larg
, stock of both American and importe
finished work for the new yard.
: Mr., j. w. Gray is shipping frol
, four to eight car loads of apples pt
week from this point. The moul
. tain apples are now coming in, an
some of them are very fine. The a.
; pie crop of Warren county this ye'
will realize more than a hundrt
thousand dollars to the county. II
dried peelings and cores sell readil
for /! cents per pound. With Il
9 wheat and corn crops both very shol
the county would have been in vel
! bad condition without the fruit. III
Z apple crop was not large one, b
the unusually good prices have mo
than made up for the shortage.
e Notice.