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

MISS WINNIE burton OF MurlreeS-
boro, who has been visiting Miss
Halle Coffee for two or three weeks,
left for home Thursday afternoon.
Il. j. Bass has now in stock the
largest and best assortment of buggy
whips, wagon whips, saddles, har-
ness, etc., to be found in the city.
Call and inspect his stock.
Next Monday being the last
County Court day before the election
there will doubtless be big crowd in
town, and candidates will wear corns
on all of their fingers shaking hands.
Mr.. d. B. Carson has purchased
from Mr.. j. c. Biles the vacant lot
on Main street, just West of Mr..
Chas. Colville's property, and will
erect a modern cottage residence on
it this fall.
Sparta EXpositor T. c. Cantrell
brought to town Tuesday the largest
fish ever seen in Sparta 1t weighed
"a pounds and was yellow cat. He
caught it in Caney Fork in a box
trap. He soon sold it out at 10 cents
per pound.
Mr.. Gilman Miller, of Gath, was
in town Thursday. He was smoling
very large smile caused by the re-
cent good rains in his section, which
has made the gloomy crop prospects
much brighter than they were some
weeks since.
We hope Sheriff Rheay will make
arrangements with the election
officers in every district to brig the
election returns to town on Thursday
night. The ticket is not a very long
one, and the count should not con-
sumo over two hours in any district
outside of the LIST.
The August number Of Jenness>
Miller Magazine is unusually full of
interesting and valuable matter. The
Physical Culture article leads, as US
ual, in interest, and is followed by
much other matter Of special interest
to the fairer sex. Address The Jen-
ness.Miller Pub. Co., 1868 Fifth Ave,
New York.
Mr.. Isaac Anderson, of Smartts,
brought to town last Saturday quite
curiosity in the way fan Indian
relic. 1t was very large pipe made
of stone and minerals, blue in color
and made to represent an owl. 1t
was probably "peace pipe" as the
bowl was large enough to hold a ten
cent sack of tobacco. 1t is a fine
specimen and some very handsome
offers have been made to him for it.
The greater part Of this county is
yet very dry, and this is particularly
so of the Viola and Morrison neigh
borhood. The showers of last week
were quite refreshing, but did not
wet the ground to much depth. In
some sections of the county the pass
lures are so dry that cattle have to be
fed the same as in winter. The
corn crop is going to be very short
and will be worth nearly, if not
quite, as much as wheat.
"A large party of McMinnvillt
people left early Thursday morning
in hacks and buggies for Beershebs
Springs, and they are expected t.
return by moonlight tonight Fri
day.) The following persons are il
the party, and probably others who's,
names we did not learn: Mr.. w
G. Womack and wife, DIR. w. II
Fleming and wife, Misses Halle
Biles, EVE MOrford, Lena WomaclI
Belle Smart, Lula Smart, Glars
Stainback, and Daisy Biles, Messrs
VIM. Biles and Jas. Morford; ais
Miss Blanche Tarwater and Mr.. J
H. Merrill, of ThomasvilIe, Georgia
and Miss Vaughn and Mr.. ia:
Lyle, of Murfreesboro.
DIR. A. B. Ramsey rather unex
pectedly dropped in on his friend
here Wednesday morning and re
manned until Friday. In this brit
time, however, he consummated
> trade with DIR. Thos. Black for hi
new dwelling house on West Mai
: Street, and his professional practice
: DIR. Ramsey left Friday morning fC
e johnson City, and expects to retur
e in two or three weeks with his fam
S ly and settle permanently for tn
practice of his profession. DR.. Blac
s will retire from practice. The gene