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T A NEWSPAPER OF TO-DAY; PUIIE INTONE AND EXPRESSION ; PROGRESSIVE IN ALL THINGS. VOL. XI. MCMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 1890. NO. 38. Toq Topics Soda Water at Brown's. Fresh Cheese at D. 0. Jenkins'. Mr. D. II. Umbenhour of Nash ville, Pjient last Sunday here with his wife. Fine Cigars and Tobaccos at Jenkins'. Two room cottage for rent. Ap ply to J. II. Sherrill. tf. Fancy candies, fresh and pure, at D. L. Brown.'s. For the best candies, plain and fancy, call on D. O. Jenkins'. A new supply of fine Green Teas just received by D, 0. Jenkins. Call at Smartt's, pay Cash, and get your family supplies cheap. Mr. V. A. Robinson, of Smartt's station, was on our streets Monday. A party of Nicholson Springs guests visited Ren Lomond Tuesday. Mr. J. L. Garnett returned home last week, after spending several months in Texas. Acorn, Tampa, and other lead- j in brands of cigars can always be had at D. L. Brown's. The City School will probably have a number of boarding pupils from the county this fall. Smartl has a nice line of Ham mocks which he is selling very cheap. Call and see them. It has come at last. The clouds were opened-and poured out rain in gracious abundance Thursday, Miss Sallie Spurlock came up from Nashville last Saturday, and will spend a month among friends here. Miss Mattie Jetton of Murfrees boro, arrived Thursday,on a visit to the family of her uncle, Mr. R. II. Mason. Misses Janey and Paulino Whit- son entertained a large party of their little friends on Friday evening of last week. Mr. II. Henderson, of Nashville, is here on a visit to his daughter, Mr3. W. II. Ross, and will spend several days. Mr. T. C. Lind moved his family last Tuesday up to Ren Lomond, where they will spend the remainder of the summer. Rev. T. B. McAmis, of Murfrces boro, will hold a protracted meeting at Liberty church the latter part of this month. Family Groceries of all kinds can be found at Smartt's, cheap for cash, and delivered anywhere in the city. Give him a call. Mrs. Dr. V. M. Leftwich, and daughter, Miss Mary Lee, who are summering at Nicholson Springs, were in town Tuesday. Miss Emma Moulton, of Nash ville, who summered here several years ago, is again at the Warren House to spend a few weeks. Rev. J. T. Curry, pastor of the 31. E. Church, has-been on the sick list this week, and consequently not able to fill several engagements. Mrs. Wm. Hume and two little children, of Nashville, arrived Mon day, and will spend a week or two on Ren Lomond witli Dr. Ritchey's family. Mr. Robert L. Owen, after a week's visit to his father's family, and other relatives here, returned to his home in Glasgow this (Friday) morning. Miss Nannie Rrittain left Tues day for Murfreesboro, where she will visit friends for a few days, and then go to Cornersville to again en gage in teachimg. We are glad to learn that Mr. J. M, Moflitt, who has been on Cumber land Mountain for several weeks for the benefit of his health, is improv ing quite rapidly. Mrs. Iiou Spurlock, Mrs. Blanche Rentley and two children, and Mrs. D. II. Umbenhour went to Reershe ba Wednesday. They will remain from four to six weeks. -Mr. T. O. Bagley of Fayctteville, came up'Thursday to visit his family and relatives here for a few days. Mrs. Bagley and some of their chil dren have been lure about two weeks. The first real good rain which we have had since the middle of June, fell Thursday. It wa3 general over the county, and sufficient to wet the ground several inches deep. Esq. Jas. A. Wheeler, of Day light, who was stricken with paraly sis some weeks ago, has so far recov ered as to be able to get to town again, and was here today (Friday.) Capt. W. P. Timberlake and family, Capt. W. D. Deupree and wife and Mr. C. N. Harris, wife and children expect to leave for Nichol son Springs today. Jackson Whig, Aug. Gth. A reception Sva.s given, by Miss Daisy Biles on last Tuesday night in honor of her guest, Miss Beulah Vaughn, of Murfreesboro. A large crowd was in attendance, and the evening proved a most delightful occasion to all. Mr. J. R. Wilkinson while standing on the street Monday, wan ted to know what all the Jackson boys had been eating that they had their stomachs bandaged up. It was suggested this was green apple time Jackson Whig. The malady is spreading. We have noticed a few cases of it in McMinn- ville. Eakin and Miss Moorman of Shelby ville, guests of Miss Watterson, ad ded no little to the pleasure of our young men during the evening. Mr. Ewing Watterson and his young wife entertained right royally, and all who were present will long re member the delightfully spent eve ning of Miss Milbry's l'.lth birthday. May loving hands pluck the thorns from the roses that strew her path through life, and may she have many happy returns of the 4th of August, is the unanimous wish of her many friends in McMinnville. w. CO., HaiidsomE ID 01 Mules Wanted. A buyer w ill be at Stroud & Co's livery stable next Monday, and will pay cash for all the large, fine mules offered. SETS. Rev. F. L. Ewing, wife and lit tle daughter, of Covington, Tenn., arrived last Friday, and will spend several weeks with Mr. Geo. Mead's family, at Shellsford. Mr. Ewing filled the pulpit at the C. P. Church last Sunday night. Mr. Henry Spurlock of Nash ville, has been here several days this week attending at the bedside of his brother, Mr. Jas. Spurlock, who has been quite low, but is somewhat im proved at this writing. Miss Maggie Wallace has been confined at home with sickness for the last two weeks, during which time Miss Rettie Smithson has had charge of her school at Brooksicle. Miss Maggie is convalescent now and hopes to be able to resume her school duties soon. The road congress will assemble in Nashville August 120th. As our County Court failed to appoint any delegates, we hope two or three good citizens of the county will be philan thropic enough to attend on their own account, and give the county the benefit of what they may gather from the meeting. Judge L. II. Estts of the Circuit bench, Memphis, deliverd a lecture in the Methodist church at this place Thursday night in the interest of the Knights of Honor. He left for Spar ta yesterday, but will return to Mc Minnville today and deliver a lec ture on Sunday School work in the C. P. Church tomorrow night Judge Estes is President of the State Sunday School Convention, and an enthusiastic worker in the cause, as a fluent and interesting lecturer Let him have a full house Sunday night. Mr. John G. Marbury, one of McMinnville's boys who drifted off to Alabama some years ago, has married him a wife and prospered there, but who has recently suffered a severe attack of malarial fever, is here to rest and recuperate for a few weeks. He was so amaciated on his arrival last Saturday night that his best friends of other days hardly rec ognized him. He Jis improving ra pidly, however, and if he will only remain long enough the mountain breezes of his native home will biing the full glow of health back to his cheeks again. On last Monday night the belles and beaux of our Mountain City gathered at the summer residence of Hon. Henry Watterson in honor of the 19th birthday of his fair daugh ter, Mias Milbrey. About twenty couples were present, and to the strains of sweet music tripied the light fantastic till the "wee sma' hours." Mr. Waterson and wife, as sisted by Mrs. Ewing, of Nashville, and Mrs. Dr. Black, of McMinnville, received the guests. They were ush ered to dressing rooms, from which they soon descended to enjoy the smiles and bright conversation of the charming recipient of one of the most enjoyable entertainments in the social history of our town. Misses For Sale Cheap. 100 40 and 2o gallon barrels, one mare, wagon and harness. Will be sold at a bargain. White & McGl-irk, June li), 185)0. Barrel Factory. Attention Soldier. By recent acts of Congress many of you are entitled to pensioas. Call on W. A. Johnson and file your claims. Better employ an agent at home than one in some other city. Our yew Offlcern. I mm S ASH, DOORS, AND Thursday's election resulted in the selection of Mr. I. W. Smith as Cir cuit Court Clerk, Mr. A. R. Ham mer, County Court Clerk, Mr. I. L. Rheay,Sheriff, Mr.W. G. Etter, Trus tee and Tax Collector, and Mr. W. W. Mullican, Register. A statistical table of the official vote will be found on another page in this paper. BLINDS. Ceiling, Ciding, AND- FLOORING, MOULDINGS, Etc. 1SS5. Above are the figures which repre sent the population of McMinnville, strictly within the corporate limits, as enumerated by Mr. W. II. Sagar in Jane. This is an increase of G45, a fraction over SO per cent., since 18 80. Our suburbs, say within a radius of half a mile from the corporate limits, will give us very near twenty five hundred. McMinnville has had no boom, but we are enjoying a steady, healthy growth. The school girls will be here soon, which will add nearly one hundred to the popu lation for the next ten months. Put us down for a population of about four or five thousand in 1900. EleganT PA. 1 j( SETS. tow KITCHEN, -ANI- xDINING ROOM SETS,t CHAIRS. WILLOW WARE, OFFICE FIXTURES, East Main Street, - McMINNVILLE, TENN. The State meeting of the Farmers' and Laborers' Union will convene in Nashville next Tuesday. Buchanan, the nominee for govern or, is a cousin of President Buchan an. His great-grand-father was the third white man who came to Mid die Tennessee. Cholera prevails to an epidemic degree at Bagdad and Mecca, and fears are entertained that it will spread through western Europe. . It has been estimated by an em ploye of the United States Bureau of Labor that there are 27,000 married men in the city of New York who are supported by their wives. A field of corn at Arredondo, Fla., is said to average thirteen feet high, and the yield is expected to be thirty to forty bushels to the acre. The land is ordinary pine land. There are four white women now confined in the penitentiary at Nash ville. Three of them are in for mur der, two having killed their husbands. Hot wiuds during the last ten days have materially reduced the already low condition of crojw in Kansas The corn crop in that state is estima ted from 50 all the way down to 5 per cent' of last years yield. A learned man has said that the hardest words to pronounce in the English are, "I made a mistake." 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