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A NEWSPAPER OF TO-DAY; PURE IN TONE AND EXPRESSION; PROGRESSIVE IN ALL THINGS. VOL. XIII. MCMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, DEC 3, 1891. NO 3. AT THE ? OF M. B. HARWELL & CO., MC MINNV1LLE, TENN., Is now being shown the largest and handsomest stock of Furniture ever brought to this section. AVe can furnish any room from kitchen to parlor, and any kind if home from cottage to mansion. AVe have beautiful bed room suit in Walnut, Ash, Maple, and 10th Century Antique Oak, 0U1 PRICKS are away below retail city houses. When you want any article of furni ture whatever come nud see ui; before you buy. Vl Magnificent New Heo We have one of the finest und handsomest hearses ever brought t the South, and rive special attention to the direction of funerals. We carry a large lin of CisMs.Kstalic and Wocd Cares and Coffins. Particular attention given to embalming. We invite a call from everybody. 2vZ. B. HAET77BLL Ss CO. Tcrvtfq Topics Dried grapes at Woodlee's. Vegetables at A. M. Jones'. House to rent. Apply to J. II. Sherrill. Fresh Fish at A. M. Jones' Saturday. Dwelling house to rent. Apply to Win. Houchio. Banannas at Beech & Scales' at '-23 cents per doz. Miss Laura Stubblefield of Viola, was here Thursday. A variety of holiday and other l)ooks at A. P. Seitz. Fine Buffalo and Drum Fish at A. M. Jones' today. For "Evan's Star Best" ground coffee go to Woodlee's. Save money by buying Fresh Fish from A. M. Jones. A big Btock of fine oranges j ust received at D. L. Brown's. Just three weeks from today (Friday) until Christmas. Fou sale. A good gentlo farai . ly horse, apply at this office. Capt. J. W. Irwin spent last Sunday with his family here. A. M. Jones needs money. A hint to the honest is enough. A large number of hogs were killed last Monday and Tuesday. Biles, Stroud & Co., shipped a car load of mules South Wednesday. You will find a nice line of goods for holiday gifts at Smith & Thur man's. 15 kinds of Mirrors from five dol lars up to five cents at llitchey A- Bostick's. Dr. M. Anderson, of Sparta, was down mixing among his old friends Thursday. Christmas gifts from five ceitts io twenty-five . dojtfars at Rifchey A Bostick's. Citron, Currants, Figs, Cocoanuts and everything nice for Christmas at I . L. Brown's. Beech A Scales have a fresh ship ment of Cabbage, Michigan Kraut ami Mince Meat. Remember that A. II. Woodlee keeps the nicest and freshest candies, cakes and nuts in town. Everybody come a runnin' to llitchey & Bostick's ami see what they've got for von. -The Sparta Expositor reports that Irish potatoes are selling at $1.00 per bushel from stores there. Mr. J. M. Lively's new residence narrowly escaped destruction by fire ast Wednesday morning. Morford 4 Biles have a nice line for goods suitable for Christmas pres ents, at low pi ices for cash. In buying your Christmas con fections remember Smith & Thur- man. Their stock can't be excelled. From this time till Christmas I will sell men's and boy's Boots at cost. A. P. Seitz. California Grapes at Beech & Scales' 15 cts ft less than Nashville and Chattanooga prices. A large stock of California can ned goods, the best and finest put up, just received at Smith & Thurman's. Everything necessary for fruit cakes and other Christmas baking. fresh and choice, at Smith & Thur man's. Mr. II. L. anPelt, a drummer well known here, delighted a few of his old friends with guitar music last Saturday night. llemember, no Christmas goods to be kept over at llitchey & Bos tick's. Lots of them on hand and will be sold cheap. Mr. Frank Spurlock will wear a new air of dignity when he returns to Chattanooga. He is the happy father of a little girl. A fresh supply of Oxford Teach er's Bibles at A. P. Seitz's. Will last a life-time. Most desirable for holi day presents. Don't fail to go and see A. II. Woodlee's selection of Christmas Toys and Holiday Goods before making your purchases. Miss Ann Black and Miss Bettie Smithson returned home today (Fri day) from a three week's visit to ret fives at Carthage, Tenn. Fine gift books a specialty with us. Poems bound in eight different styles, .V cents to $3.00. ItlTCIlEY & BwricK. ii you uoirt neneve we can sur prise you with the prices of our goods just give us a call. Beech & Scales Moiford A Biles have just receiv ed a large stock of raisins, currants oneese, prunes, cocoanuts, oranges candies and other good things for Christmas. If the children are not all made happy Christmas, it will not be for want of nice holiday goods to select from. Our merchants are well load ed with such lines. The cold waves seem to be in-j creasing in severity, The one which j reached us last Saturday night ! brought the temperature down to 20 by Monday morning. McMinnville's new military company now has 45 names on the roll and 5 applications. The boys are taking hold of the matter with much spirit and earnestness. A fitful, stormy wind blew here all Wednesday night and all day Thursday, from the east and south east, which was followed by rain and thunder on Thursday night. Our holiday goods were bought cheap for cash ami we intend to sell them all if you appreciate new goods and low prices. KlTCHKY & Bostick. Mr1 Jas. Munroe lias opened an ollice in the office of Eastwood & Carson, at the foundry, where he will do all kinds of typewriter copy ing, and solicits patronage from all in need of this kind of work. llitchey & Bostick have the nob byest lot of Hardwood, Plush and Ivory Finished Drawing Cases, Col lar and Cuff Boxes, Gent's Shaving Sets and Writing Desks ever shown in McMinnville before. Mr. Wm. Newby, a prosperous farmer of French Village, Mo., has been on a week's visit to his mother in this county, who is now 03 years of age. Mr. JTewhy has resided in Missouri for more than 40 years. The ladies of the Baptist Aid So ciety will give an oyster supper at the Maddux House Thursday even ing, Dec. 10th, to supply the church with new hymn books. All tiro cordially invited to be present. A fire alarm last Tuesday night about 11 o'clock brought out a large crowd of people. It was occasioned by a little blaze in the boiler room of the spoke and handle factory, which was extinguished before any serious damage resulted. -Fayettevillo Observer: Mr. Men- ter Terrell, of Decherd, and Hiss Ada Thurman, were married at her home in McMinnville Wednesday of last week. She was a former teacher in the Fayetteville Collegiate Institute, in this place, and was quite popular with the young people. -The key to the Presbyterian church is always kept at the resi dence of Mr. II. Itahm, only a few steps from the church. It can be easily procured at any time in a very few minutes, and it is therefore not necessary to force the church door open to ring the bell for a fire alarm. 'The Doll's Dressmaker," a magazine for girls, is a unique publi cation. It is published monthly by Jennie Wren, 35 East 77th Street, New York. It will be sent one year for 50 cents to all who get their sub scriptions in by Dec. 21st, after that date the subscription price will be in creased to $1.00 a year. A year's sub scription to it will be a Christmas present which any girl will enjoy all the year round. Dr. M. II. Fitts wa3 over from Chattanooga a day or two this week, looking after some business interests here. He informed us that he held a conversation with one of the chief officials of the projected Evansville & Chattanooga Railroad some days ago, and that official assured him that the road would certainly be built through to Chattanooga next year, and that McMinnville would be included on the route If proper encouragement was extended to the road. r W. liHVELY & (So WHOLESALE ami RETAIL DEALERS IK 4- i .' MATERIAL. j SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, CEILING, SIDING, FURNITURE 0F ALL KINDS AND FOR. ALL PURPOSES- We ciin-y hiiw stocks of llcdstciids. lrcsiiu Cases, V;;sli Stands, Tables. Cbiiiis. otc, in the latest ilcsiKDs, ami can limiisli an v article made in our line on short notice BUILDERS' t bid Funeral UNDERTAKERS WE CARRY A HANDSOME LINE OK Coffins, (lasbU, Cases, Jilt rial Robes, Etc. Special HHciion -HGIYEN t TO t EMBALMING AND THE DIRECTION OF M0ULDINGS, LUMBER FOR ALL 4 -t - tit -- -t EAST MAIN STREET, McMINN VILLE, TENN. A quilt upon which the baby had been playing before the fireplace at Mr. Butler Smith's home, last Tuesday night, was picked up and placed in a closet. Soon the room began to fill with smoke and a fire alarm was sounded. Some boards were torn from the side of the house before the closet was opened and the quilt was discovered to be on fire. It was quickly extinguished and no damage resulted, but it was a fortu nate escape from what might Jiave pVed a serious Conflagration. PI -XMftGAIN ST0RB.K- IFYOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS ALL WE ASK YOU TO DO IS TO PRICE OUR GOODS. Men's and Women's Shoes, Hats, a large line of Queenswape, Silver-plated 'Knives and Forks, Glassware, Hardware, Tin ware, and in fact a large line of Notions of every description, including the latest novelties in French and German Bric-a-brac and Christmas Toys, etc. In our Groeery department we carry al ways fresh stock, with Tropical Fruits and Vegetables at city prices. The Peoples national Bank of McMinnville TENNESSEE. AUTHORIZED DEPOSITORY OF STATE FUNDS. CAPITAL, DIRECTORS. J. F. MORFORD, 8. L. COLVILLE, J. C. BILES, J. CM. ROSS. W! C. WOMACK. J. A. ROSS. WM. BILES. 55,000.00. OFFICERS. J. F. MORFORD, President. J. C. BILES Vice President. FRANK COLVILLE, Cashier. C. M. MORFORD Assistant Cashier. Docs a General Banking Business, Deposits Solicited It is-gratifying to see the South ern Manufacturers take such a decid ed stand in the front ranic of manu facturers of the country at large. This is particularly the case with the Stove men, and the line of Agate Cooks made by the Phillips & 15ut torff Mfg. Co. of Nashville, are equal to any made. The Crown Agate for Coal deserves special men tion. This firm has made a special ty of coal Cooks, and in the Crown Agate, have accomplished their determination to have the best Stove made. The Art Agate and New Knter prise Stoves, manufactured by Phil, lips A ButtorffMfg. Co., are sold by Morford & liiles. Corn Wanted. The Falcon Holler Mills are now equipped with roller machinery for making bolted meal, and will pay cash for nil good shelled corn offered at the mill. Look Here. A handsome table set worth S.j.Mf will be given by A. II. Woodlee on Christmas day t the person who buys the greatest amount of goods f him from the 1st to 124th of iKwrnlxr incisive. Dom Pedro, ex-Kmperor of llraj is dangerously iil at Paris, and in it e.viH'cted to live but a short time. O O o