Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-07-04

MIS-. Ii. THOMAS, Jr., ana her
daughter, Mr. j. II. Merrill, arrived
Thursday from brownsville, Ga,
and will spend the summer at River
Cliff.
Col. j. w. Cliff, wife and little
daughter, and Mr.. Chas Stewart, of
Chattanooga, have been here this
week, attending the bedside Of Mrs.
Cliff in her last hours.
Every school teacher in Warren
county should be on hand promptly
at the opening of the Teachers Insti-
tute next Monday, and remain
throughout the entire week.
Sparta EXpositor: Miss Emma
Wood, one OF McMinnville's popular
young ladies, was visiting Miss Kate
Bronson the past week, accompanied
by little Merrell Doyle, who was Wis
iting relatives.
Prof. Mentor Terrill and Prof.
Hopkins, of Terrill College, Decherd,
together with Miss Quail of Missouri,
are here to take part in the Teachers
Institute next week. They are the
guests of Mr.. 0. M. Thurman's fami-
ly.
Misses Mary and Matte Myers,
of Wartrace, and Miss Sallie Walton,
of Cornersville, are visiting here and
are the guests of Miss Mamie Brit
tian. The two first named young
ladies are strangers to our people, but
Miss Walton has many friends here
made upon former visit.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cliff, wife of Capt.
James Cliff, died at their home on
Spring Street in this place, at
o'clock Wednesday morning, July
LIST, after long but patient illness.
Funeral services were held at the
residence by DR.. G. r. Stainback on
Thursday afternoon, and large
number of sympathizing friends of
the family followed the remains to
the grave.
Mr.. w. X. Smart, formerly OF
this county, but now of Cookeville,
was married on Thursday night to
Miss Martha Wilson, daughter OF
: Mr.. Jack Wilson of this county. Mr..
Smart and his bride will spend sew
A eral days among friends and relatives
in the county before leaving for their
home at Cookeville. The STANDARD
, acknowledges a substantial remem.
! berance from the wedding feast, and
wishes them a full measure, heaped
+ up, pressed down, and running over
+ of LIES joys.
Prof. Goshaun gave two per-
, formanceS in mind reading at the
= Opera House here on Wednesday and
Thursday nights of this week, also I
wonderful public exhibition on Wed
, nesday afternoon. Securely blind
folded, he drove a team OF horses at
tached to a carriage in which fOuI
gentlemen were seated, around sever
/ al blocks of town, turning safely al
corners and passing among other We
/, hicles without touching any Of them
!, He drove the horses at a brisk gal
wherever the streets were clear, pull
j. ing them down carefully for the turn
:, and close places, the same as any maj
5 would have done in driving by sight
He brought the vehicle back ant
a stopped on the very spot from which
p he started, in front of the Warner
+ House. In the performances at tn
Opera House he gave a number of re
markable tests, such as finding of an!
concealed article, touching any per
:, son or spot which the various mem
bers of the committee willed h
should do. He claims not to know
u one note from another, yet he wen
u to a piano and correctly struck tn
y notes of "Home, Sweet Home" Will
Mr.. Lively, who was holding hi
l. hand, revolved them in his mind
st With the committee holding one en-,
1t of a small clipper wire and Goshau
the other, he correctly called out lei
!? tiers placed upon black board in
st separate room. All these tests wer
n made while he was securely blinC
folded. There is no humbugger
q. whatever about the man. He doe
is everything he processes to do, and t
re the full satisfaction of his audienC
and testing committees. He is sin
" ply a remarkable and wonderfl
. freak of nature.