Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-12


Mr.. l.. II. Barnes spent several
days of this week with a party Of
camp hunters from Collins river, out
on Cumberland mountain.
Miss Ruby Wallace returned
home last Saturday from d visit of
two or three weeks to her sister, Mrs.
Clute, at South Pittsburg.
Miss Halle Coffee returned
home Thursday from a visit OF six
weeks to friends in Virginia and at
South Pittsburg and Fayetteville,
Tenn.
Rev. j. T. Barbee, General agent
for q. F, College, left last Monday
morning for Kentucky to gather up
some ofthe delayed boarding pupils
for the College.
The "Virginia Fence Rail" Cigar
sold by Beech q Scales, 2 for a nickel,
is superior to many of the five cent
cigars in the market. Try it and you
will be convinced.
Mr.. w. II. Ross returned home
from the markets today (Friday).
New goods have been coming into
the house all the week. Look out
for their announcement next week.
We understand that Mr.. j. G. NJ.
Ross will erect this fall new brick
store house in the rear of his present
business house, to front Spring Street,
to be used as a grocery house,
The safe of Magness q Crowder,
at Sparta, was broken open last Satur-
day night and robbed of $24 in cash.
The job was evidently executed by
an expert who understands his bust
ness.
Mr.. Chatham Nunneley will
leave Tuesday for Logansport, Ind,
where he will continue his course in
the Commercial College. He will be
accompanied as far as Nashville by
his mother.
Mrs. j. E. Bentley has had the
brick Office in the corner of her yard,
which was used for many years by
Maj. Thompson, torn down, and is
building a two story brick front to
her residence.
I'm a difficulty between Aaron
Higginbotham and Aaron McGregCr,
near Shellsford, last Sunday, Hig-
ginbotham struck McGregor on the
head with either a stick or a stone,
fracturing the skull.
Rev. 7. A. Wiggington, who has
been supplying the pulpit of Liberty
church during vacation, left the first
of this week for Lebanon, where he
will again take up his theological
studies in Cumberland University.
We have in stock at the STAND
ARD Office a full assortment of Paper
Bags in all sizes from / ID to % lbs.
They are made from No. l Manila,
and are the best bags on the market,
and we are prepared to make lower
prices on them than ever before.
Mr.. J. M. Cunningham left last
Monday morning for Cincinnati to
to purchase a fall and winter stock
for Cunningham q Moffitt. They
will carry a large and varied line of
dry goods, clothing, shoes, ETC., and
will make their customers the closest
prices.
-Messrs. w. T. Blue & Sons have
secured Office room in the store of
Cunningham & Moffitt, where their
Office man, Mr.. George Blue, will be
glad to have call from all farmers
in need Of fertilizers or implements
of any kind. They have just receiv-
ed car load of fertilizers.
"A young man named Lane, re-
siding in this county, was arrested
here by Sheriff Rheay about noon
last Saturday, and taken to the court
house for trial. While the Sheriff
was out hunting up some witnesses,
Lane made a break for freedom. He
ran across the square, down the hill
and through the stave factory
grounds to the river, making good
his escape. The incident created
great excitement on the streets for a
few minutes.
Mr.. w. S. Lively, our popular
photographer, has just received q
beautiful lace back ground, suitable
for taking chiIdren's pictures, togeth-
er with some handsome dark draper.
les, and other useful accessories.
Lively keeps up with all the novel
ties in the Photographic world, and
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