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A NEWSPAPER OF TO-DAY 5 PURE IN TONE AND EXPRESSION; PROGRESSIVE IN ALL THINGS, VOL. XII. MCMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, NOV. 29, ,890. NO. 2 w . a lieu m, HandsomE F tanl KITCHEY BOSTICK, THE DRUGGISTS, p ml mwmmw. WITH THEIR ELEGANT NEW STOCK OF E0HBAI LATEST DESIGNS! GREATEST VARIETY! FAIREST PRICES I OllljH Everybody invited to see the BEST of everything- for Christmas. Toq Topics Cranberries at D. O. Jenkins'. Coacoanuts at D. O. Jenkins'. Christmas candies in great varie ty at D. L. Brown's. The children of the City Schools had holiday on Thursday. Charley Black came home from Decherd on a visit Thursday. For the best and cheapest boy's wagons, go to D. L. Brown's. Try those fine Prunes, Figs, Rai sins, etc., at D. O. Jenkins'. Judge B. M. Webb and wife of Smithville, are visiting here this week. Nellie Bly caps at 50 cents at the City Millinery Store of Mrs. A. II. Gross. For the best and freshest table delicacies of all kinds call on 1). O. Jenkins. The C. F. College lengthened its thanksgiving holiday out till next Monday morning. Mr. R. T. Quarles and wife of Nashville, are here on a visit to rcla tives this week. If you want a nice hat for little money call at the City Millinery Store and you can get it. A desirable dwelling house on Smithville Street to rent after Jan. 1st. Apply to R. II. Mason. Mr.W.L. McGehee. with the L. & N. Railroad at Birmingham made a brief visit here this week. A beautiful line of new shades of Ribbon just received at the City Mil linery Store of Mrs. A. II. Gross'. Rube Lusk and Cora Moscly col., were married in the Park last Saturday afternoon by Esq. Bru tor. More penect Indian summer weather than we have' been having for the last week could not be dream ed of. Aioriord & Biles are now reeeiv lugalarge stock of candies,- fancy groceries, and good things to eat gen erally for Christmas. Alfred Ritchey returned home last Friday irom Lebanon, where he has been attending school since Chancellor W. S. Bearden ar rived Wednesday and opened the Chancery Court. The docket was cleared by Friday morning. Lost, between Mrs. Bentley's and Mr. Furm Morford's, spectacle case, with hook and chain; spectacles in case. Return to this office. Mrs. A. M. Growden, of Sacra mento, Cal., arrived from that point ast Friday to attend her mother, Mrs. Jesse Walling, who has been quite sick. Dr. G. R. Crain, who has been sick for some days, has sufficienty re covered to be in his office again, and is now ready to attend to profes sional duties. D. O. Jenkins has just opened a arge shipment of glass and queens- ware. (Jo and inspect his stock. Ie has some beautiful goods in this ine, very cheap. Little Miss Laura Burger and Master Chis. Hickerson, of Manches ter, came up last Saturday on a visit to friends and relatives here, and re turned home Monday. A. II. Gross has a few long and short wraps which he is closing out at cost. Also his entire lot of Boots marked down very cheap to close. Step in and get his prices. Miss Maggie Wallace left last Monday for South Pittsburg to visit her sister, Mrs. F. P. Clute, for a month. She was accompanied by Master Fred Cluto Wallace. Miss Carrie Prince will discuss "Equal Suffrage" next Friday eve ning, Dec. 5th, at 7:30 o'clock. By order of W. C. T. U. Miss Sue Hoyt, Cor. Sec. Messrs. Frank Spurlock of Chat tanooga, P. C. Isbell of Manchester, and B. M. Webb of Smithville, were the visiting attorneys in attendance upon our Chancery Court this week. There will be preaching at Ali sona School House, near Mountain View, on the fifth Sunday in this month, (tomorrow) by Rev. J. Wade, assisted by Rev. A. Martin. W. S. Dl'Ill.KY. Thursday was a day of good cheer, fine weather, big dinners, and a fair trade for our merchants, there being a good many people in town from the country. The thanksgiving service nt the Cumberland Presbyter ian Church was attended bv a large ID II SETS. wwm SASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS Ceiling, Siding, AND- FLOORING, MOULDINGS, Etc. u R N I T U R E PALORR SETS. KITCHEN, -AND- x DINING ROOM SETS, CHAIRS. WILLOW WARE, OFFICE FIXTURES, East Main Street, - McMINNVILLE, TENN. the first of September. About 100 off shaped Ladies' and j congregation Misses Hats marked down to 10 cents i to close out, at the City Millinery Store of Mr. A. II. Gross. J spring and rc-orts in quest of health, j Mr. Milton Fleming, who has ! six'nt several months at various returned home last Wednesday. His many friends are glad to know that there is a considerable improvement in his condition, and hope he may oon have permanent recovery. Dr. Knapp, the well known oc culist, will be in McMinnville Dec. 3d and 4th. Persons suffering from sore or weak eyes, neuralgia and headache, or who may desire to pro cure a pair of the doctor's celebrated Lenses, will find him in his former office at the Warren House. Mr. Wm. White returned this week from Somerset, Ky., to which point we understand he will remove the heading and stave factory from this place. All will regret to lose this manufacturing enterprise from our town. The considerations which induce the removal are better freight rates and more timber. It is hardly necessary to call the attention of our readers to the large advertisement of Ritchey t Bostick, and their stock of Christmas holiday goods is equally as conspicuous for beauty and variety. They have many new goods in this line, never handled here before. Those of our readers who desire something real handsome and out of the ordinary run for Christmas gifts, are advised to give Ritchey & Bostick an early call. Smutty corn is proving very dis astious to stock in the Viola neigh borhood. We learn that fourteen head of horses and mules and some thing like forty head of cattle have died in that neighborhood recently and rotten and smutty corn is thought to be the cause. Wherever cattle have been turned into stock fields some of them have died. The farm ers who have suffered these losses certainly don't read newspapers, or else they don't profit by what they read. Repeated warnings have been given through the papers for months past against turning stock into stalk fields this year. IT these warnings had ben heeded, and care been ex ercised to shell off damaged portions of the ears before feeding, many val uable animals would have been sav ed. Messrs. C. A. Snow A- Co., Patent Solicitors.opposite 1'. S. Patent office, Washington, I). C, have no side issues to detract their attention; hence their success. If you wish to know anything about patents, trade-murks or copyrights, write to them. Read their advertisement in this paper. Ch rlstmas ! Christmas ! A big stock of Christmas goods are now being received and opened by A. II. Gross. The Best and Cheapest College. Attend the Commercial College of Kentucky University, Lexington, Ky. It received Gold Medal at World's Exposition. Read Adver tisement. Settlements With Road Overseers. I will settle with the various over seers of Warren Co., at the Courl- iiouse the following days: 1st and 2d Districts, Dec. 2:1; 3rd, 4th and 5th districts, Dec. 3rd; Gth, 7th, and 8th districts, Dec. 4th; 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th districts, Dec. 5th; 13th, 14th and loth districts, Dec. Gth. A. C. Myeiis, Chairman. Extension of the McMinnville Branch. Several public meetings have been held at Lynchburg, the county site of Moore county, to agitate the question of a branch railroad from Tullahoma to that point. The. Lynchburg peo ple have received strong encourage ment from President Thomas, of the N. C. & St. L. R'y, and it is quite probable that the railroad will be ex tended out there in the near future. At the Churches Tomorrow. METHODIST. Usual services at 11 a. m. and G:30 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. J. T. Curry. nAl'TIST. Usual services at 11 a. m. and G:30 p. m. by the pastor, Dr. A. D. Phil lips. CUMBERLAND l'RESBYTEBIAX. Usual services at 11 a. m. and G:30 p. m. by the pastor, Dr. G. T. Stain-back. CHUISTIAX. The meeting conducted by Mr. Harding will continue until Sunday night. The church has had 30 addi tions so far its a result of this meet ing. l'KESBYTERIAX. Rev. Jas. I). Murray, lately from New South Wales, will preach in the Presbyterian church morning and night on the first Sunday in December. DIBRELL. Dibrell, Tenn., Nov. 2", 1S!I0. Mr. Thos. Potter and wife were thrown from their buggy Sunday, near Mr. Watson Potter's place, and Mrs. Pot ter was seriously hurt, her recovery being doubtful. At the contest here Saturday night the medal was awarded to Miss El len Wilson. There will be' another contest on Tuesday night before Christmas.at G:30, at the College. I)r Stainback, from McMinnville, will be present and deliver a lecture. Miss Lena Womack,from McMinn ville, has been on a visit to Mr. Levi Wilson's family tor two or three days. Several visitors from McMinnville and Smithville were out at the con test speaking Saturday night. The crowd was large and orderly. Miss Ellen Wilson is visiting Mr. W. C. Womack'a family at McMinn ville this week. Master George Womack has just returned from Alabama, where he has been for a short time with his uncle, trading stock. Mr. James Marcrom and Miss Hal lie Byars were united in matrimony at the residence of P. G. Potter, last Thursday, at 3 o'clock, p. m. Prof. Trail has moved his school to the college, and will close present session Friday the 5th of December. John T. Oakley will preach at the college the 1st Sunday in December, and Saturday night before. We expect to have a flourishing school to begin about the first of next year in our new college. Mr. D. F. Murphy has moved into his new house and now feels like he is settled for life. Eider II. J. Boles will preach Mt, Zion Sunday morning. at LIST OF LETTERS. nik-cribc for the Standard, $1. Remaining in the Postoffice at McMina ville, Tenn., for the week ending , Not. 27 which will be forwarded to the Bend Letter office if not called for in 30 davs. Bast, Mrs. Alice Ittiin, Arch Paris, J no. L. Hill, Mrtgcic Johnson, Eoba By order of the P. Phillips. A. Rhea, Miss Ruth Ueeder, Huldu Thembon. Lizzie William!), Ada O. Depaituient, One The National Alliance mets in annual session at Ocala, Fla., next Tuesday . Suli-mU- for theSTANDAKU. $l.oo. Ceut must be collected on all advertised letters, l'ai'ties calling for any of these let ters will please say "Advertised." Ed. J. Wood, P. M. Benjamin P. Shillabcr, the humor ous writer known to the literary world as "Mrs. Partington," died Tuesday night at his home in Chel- sen, neur Boston, n 7f years of age.