The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-14
Oscar Wilde WAS married to Miss
Lloyd in London the other day,


Oscar Wilde WAS married to Miss
Lloyd in London the other day,
The latest new song has for title
"The Coming Man Will Happier
Be-" w4EFs, g54..
The latest Cincinnati song ia my
Boy, Where is Your Father To-
night?P lA{ lt.If
DIR. Tahlibr in New York inter
view reitefates that We arc a nation Of
gluttons; RI ~
Wait Kin, the Philadelphia China
man who married q negro, Is in jail
Tor quarreling With her. ~ ~
A Rare EEotic=+An Englishiiian
who can't tell us how to run the coun-
try better g'2n 3Jl,VJQq
Bessie Cummihgs, eight years old.
got a $4,000 verdict ior, a leg lost in.
being run over by the Brooklyn City
Railroad. sarhtutsq aazaI ra
Tennossce is suing the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company to find out how
many cars are run In the state and
liable sdsezatiQh.
In the public garden of Boston this
spring there are $4,000 pansies l2,-
900 daisies; 200 iorget-iAeInots, 4 500
Canterbury bells and 1000 tulips.
Amherst college rejoices in Just
finished $50,p00i gymnasium, the gift
of Mr.. Charles Nj PrHttj Of Brooklyn,
who graduated at Amherst in 1879.
John Ninet, who occupied high
position lin Arabi Pasha's administra-
ton, is writing life. OF the Egyptian
patriot. 1t will be published at Berne.
Five prominentimtsicnl ladies have
the same Christian name, namely
Emma Albani, Emma Thursby, Emma
Junch, Emma Nevada and Emma
Abbott.
Ex-Secretary Elihu B. Washburne
expects this summer to carry out q
long cherished purpose of making 8
carriage tour through old Oxford coun
ty, Maine. <-&f ft
A lot OF New York actors have start
ed club house ON Staten Island. A
statue Of George L. Fox as Humpt,
Dumpty has been placed on the lawl
In front of the house.
The feur-tecn-year old doughtcr OF
Geo. Wilhelm, OF Lima, Ohio, jumped
the rope 256 times and fell unconcious
She lay in that condition for twenty
days before She died.
A farmer Of Ohio county has thi
"hotis" pasted up in his field: II
Amy mans or Momah's COWS or oxen
gifts in these here oats, his or her tai
will be cut of IN the case may le."
At Louisville, Kentucky, recent
over three hundred fire alarm boxe
were wholly On partly destroyed i
consequence Of sn electric light wir
crossing the fire signal wire. The COZ
nections were melted, tt.i iii EAU
The petition to Queeh Victoria i
favor OF the restoration Of Valentin
Baker to the British army has alread
been signed BY over twelve thousan
persons, including several peers an
members Of the commons.
II is all well enough to speak Of tn
wise son that knows his own father
but how about the wise father ths
dosnt't know his own sen, as in Ii
case OF Grant and his festive OF
! springss "" "'~
Mr.. Lynch the colored man no
noted a. tho temporary chairman /
the Republicans Convention, was
photographer in Natchez till Gcner
Buffers son-in-law, Governor Anne
put him into politics. n Fsia
Mica WashbaSng Of Chicago, vhel
rivalihk Atiss Ckaamn,berlaiinia mas a. al "a nt
lean tbssaantt!yy ailtt!y'h III london Is reported
have such additionel accomplimen
MS singing,s piano playing, paintin
horecback riding and speaking all Il
modeta Languages.
Farmer Russel, o negro, burned i
wheat stubble the other day at Ere
ericksburg, Hobarely got bis tea
out Of the fold before eleven exp
sions followed rapidly after eaeh OF
en The ere had struck a pile of she
Un n battlefield.
sns BN9a - eaEs astgaEs sfii vHsf
PiloliRobsnfs.a and ! u sEnginesr vi; Stein
Of the Atlantic Express. Which caus
the fatal wreck on the West She
4 road on May "a, and who were ARE
ed under the virdict Of the Corone
jury, have been discharged by the ,
amining magistrate for want of c
dence to commit them, .
A lone and curiously marked hav
Of an unknown variety, has been viz