Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-11-15

AhOo' w ohhSi at w O' NAoNNu<N ~
Co.'S shop.
Mr.. ], G. Taylor, an old printer
who worked in the Era Office at this
place for several months, has secured
a comfortable pension from the gov>
eminent, his first payment amount
ing to about $4,000.
Mr.. p. N. Williams of Neenah,
Wis, arrived last Friday to spend |
the winter here, and is boarding with
Mr.. Buffers family on Main Street.
He has many friends here who are
always glad to greet him.
MIR. Chas. +. Robert, one of the
brightest newspaper reporters of
Nashville, died last Friday morning.
He delivered a most interesting lee
ture in McMinnville some years ago,
his subject being "The Passion of the
Hour"
The largest crowd of people Nc
Minnville has had in long time
were here last Monday to see Burk's
circus. 1t was a very noisy crowd
also, but good natured and orderly
upon the whole. Very few arrests
were made.
Mr.. j. L. McGehee while in At
lanta selling stock last week was TAX
en- very sick. Mrs. McGehee left for
Atlanta Saturday morning. We pre-
sumo he is recovering from the at
tack, as we have heard nothing to
the contrary.
DIR. N. A. Neeley, the young
dentist who moved from this place to
Christchurch, New Zealand, some
two years ago, was married in that
place on the 31st of October. He has
met with fine success out there in his
profession. His friends here wish
him much happiness in his new re-
lation.
IS. S. Rowan, a son of Mr.. E. S.
Rowan, has the agency for DR.. Tai
IMAGES latest work, "From Manager
to Throne" 1t is a thrilling history
of the life of Christ, written in DR..
Talmage's inimitable style, beautiful
ly printed and deliberately illustrated.
1t is sold in variour styles of binding,
at from 1915 to $40 per copy.
Mr.. n. Shurb and family, of
Washington, Dakota, arrived Thurs.
day to make their home here, having
purchased Mr.. r. B. Higgins beauti-
full home, Lawn Park, about one
from town on the Nashville road.
We extend the new corners a cordial
welcome, but hope this sale will not
result in our losing Mr.. Higgins.
-Strayed, one Durham COW, light
strawberry roam color, yrs. old long
bodied, smooth horns, dew claws off
one fore foot; also a year old heifer
same breed and color; neither of them
marked. Any information of them
will be rewarded.
WATSON CANTRELL,
McMinnville, Tenn.
AT q called meeting of Nashville
Presbytery, held in the First Presby
terrain Church, Nashville, last Tues
day the pastoral relation between
Rev. F. L. Leeper and the McMinn
vile Church was dissolved, and a let
ter of dismission to the Presbytery o
North Alabama was granted Mr.
Leeper, who is now engaged in tn
evangelistic work in that Presbytery
The business of stealing chicken
has come to be quite a nuisance
round about town. Not day passe
hardly but we hear that some one Q
our neighbors have lost from one to
dozen. This thing ought to b.
stopped.-Tullahoma Guardian.
A load of shot broke it up here tw
or three years ago and didn't hur
the niger much either, but he bad
the town farewell before sunrise ant
has never been back since.
MIR. w. A. Johnson, proprieto
of the Highland Homes Real Estat
, Agency of this place, recently ha
issued from the STANDARD offic
10000 copies of bulletin of land
which his agency has for sale. H
t has also had 2O0O copies of the sam
: bulletin printed in German. A larg
2 number of these will be sent direct t
q Germany for distribution, and tn
balance distributed among Germa
n home seekers already in this cOur
3. try. The Germans are an industrious
e hard working class Of people, and W
o hope Mr.. Johnson will succeed in &c
r ting a good colony Of them establish
ed in this county.