The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-04-19
Saving is now tnnght In the public

rive HUihlTpu UtlStS HOW HtNe SUI
dios in New York City.
The beet root sugar manufacture is
being overtlone in Germany.
Montreal claims to have made about
$fMl0,0O0 her ice carnival.
.ehicaG0's new public buildings are
o:betwelyc. stories in height.
.G@He SKA - ssaf.if~
AnGjsoh fence, and screw factory has
been rtarted in Chattanooga.
Tennessee now has thirty-three cot
toRImills, with l,161 looms and 1887
spihdies. .s'AS-'-.
Tennessee. has some 20,000,0O0 OF
acresin"farfHs, which are valued at
$2essOO0,00ds ~
IN lSs5,the eYnigrant from England
to The. AMstralasian Colonies were 81,
OO0in-lssS, 7iOoo
During the present century 10000,
OO0copies ofthe Bible have been print
ed In 226,dillerent languages.
There are 100 saloons in Nashville
and.85 schools OF all grades, and 65
churciIes.of all denominations.
The Chattanooga Gas Company has
reduced the price of gas for engines
and cooking stoves to $1.S7la per
thousand .slssi =
The Cumberland plateau alone is
carsble ofsupportingmillions of sheep,
besides feeding hundreds of thousands
of cattle.
The total population of children be-
tween the ages of 6 and q years in
Tennessee is a fraction over SCI 900
including the colored population,
One million dollars will be invested
in buildings and factoriesin Knoxville
during the present year. The amount
invested in building last year was at
least sT5o,OOO.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia people seem to be spreading
out. They are about to erect new car
and machMe shops at Knoxville, at a
costof $l00,000-and new passenger
depot at a cost OF $4,000
A charter has been registered in the
Office of the secretary of State of Ten.
nessee, Incorporating the Lookout
Mountain Campmeeting Association
of .SpirituaIists. The incorporators
reside In Haniiltolb Knox and Shelby
couftifsye r dIinessee, and Pulaski and
Fulton counties, Georgia.
Gepeistl B,dler is now said to have
it in mind to write book of reminis
cences. A Boston publisher says thai
il heyouldwritea book in two volumes
it wouldtbe easy to sell two hundred
and fifty thousand copies through
agents! This, 1T fifty cents d volume
world gise. .-the' author u royalty o
$25O,OO0!-'H = ~A
Mrs Jackson and her daughter
Miss Julia, being in Atlanta, Ga, th'
otherziay, were visited by reporter
To bihdMfs. Jackson said 1--WE hav,
read accounts of the brilliant reception
rendered. the daughter of Stonewal
jackson III London and other Europe
an cities, but Lean assure you tha
neither OF us were ever in Europe ant
neyericontemplated visit across tn,
Atlantic" "You do not understsn,
how the story originated?" "No;
have not the slightest idea"
Nine. Patti tossed her head and he
eyes sparkled as, she, talked to an in
terviewer. in New York thus "Mal
quis de Caux is not my husband. w
were Adiverced, consequently ther
co,lAbe aio recenciliation. There
not tItlaesllshtest iota OF truth in tn
runs6N rhs iaeS that he and wer
to be reunited! A year after the Ma
quis and l were divorced ! marie
Signor Nscolpi does the public e,
pect meto have two husbands? Al
Ito desert the Signor and go back t
the man / left years ago and who n
longer,bears any legal relation to me
Such, ,nonsense!"
The civil authorities in Cincinna
are going TO- try the experiment I
taking care OF the Jail and its inmat,
once yss,eso spd shave dismissed ii
milisars The policemen have bee
instructed how to use the Gatling gu
in case ofrneea, and one regiment
militia remains within easy call. II
effects bfthe riot still linger, especial
among the amusement-going peopl
who can scarcely be induced to bu
seats for any Of the musical or drama
;c entertainments, for fear of renew
oi the slnoting9 The probabilities al
against any resumption Of the distu
bances now that the madness OF Il
4 molralasihadtinie to ceel
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