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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-28
Beware of the campaign liar,


ing.
Tom Swingle is still single. Alas,
q lass.
Go to the ice cream saloon, and
cool off.
II you want farm go and see II. P.
Sellers.
THE COMET il putting on its war
paint.
The thirsty earth has had good
drink Of water.
Capt. VIM. Nelson, of Carter, was in
town this week.
John ALLISON Jr., Esq, of JonesboIo,
was in the city on Wednesday.
Why don't you call on DIR. Hash.
Goods cheap as dirt
Miss Mamie Patsy is visiting friends
in Knoxville this week.
Miss Fornie Berkeley, Of Limestone,
10 visiting Mrs. Will Harr.
The most impudent thing in the
world is the devil calling for copy.
McCabe, the fancy sign and orna-
mental painter is doing Johnson City.
Under the magical touch OF Evans
master hand Science Hill will bios
som.
The Elector for the first District has
been in Bristol all week practizin of
the law.
Will Harr is blooming in his new
store in the Jobe Block. Long may
he bloom.
We learn Mr.. Tom Oliver has
bought the Riley farm and moved to
the edge OF town.
The political cat jumpeth high.
Liars are squirting slime. No candi-
date can escape.
Nat Hyder has got the "blues.
.Blainc's troubles are weighing upon
Mats fragile frame.
We decline to give DIR. Worley our
appetite. 1t has rained Our garden
will now come to time.
W. i. C.Smith showed us few days
since some headed lettuce, one of
which weighed two pounds.
The recent rain reduced the price
of corn next fall. Garden futures al
80 have an upward tendency.
Lift up your heads oh We Sons and
Daughters of Zoin, Johnson City is
going to have II SPLENDID school.
Mrs. Eugene Deadrick, OF Knoxville
is quite i'll at the Snyder house in
Elizabethton. We hope she will soon
recover.
Miss Mamie Snyder the JOY Of the
Coils. heart, and the light Of Cousir
Bettie's life has returned from
Bristol.
J.W. Crumley, Esq, will please shu
the front gate when he goes home
with young ladies' Hogs root up per
taters.
A. &. Badgley, Col. E. Simmerly'
son-in-law, graduated at the national
law school in Washington City q few
weeks ago.
Henry King plays the bass fiddle
It's whale and 30 is no. It's tn,
king Of fiddles and he's the King o
merchants. ~
The flying jimmy busted "Buss.
Swinging around in circle bussinl
the gals didn't agree with "Buss.
He has recovered.
John n. Smith, of Stony Greek, Car
ter county, has about one month
work to be done on his house an,
wants y carpenter.
A match game OF base bah will b
played in our city July, 9TH between
the Bristol Base Ball Boys and tn
Osborne Boys, of Johnson City.
The crop of wheat in the Sweet Wa
ter valley is very heavy. In some o
the fields there wasn't room for I'll
shocks to stand on--there, wasn't.
The sweet grocery-tongued Lots
peach, OF Knoxville, was making mu
sic in the ear Of johnson City mel
chants this week. "Lot" sells lots O
gobds..
DIR. pendleton has opened a mag
nificent drug establishment in Jobe'
new block. Knoxville herself cal
not show finer retail drug store
Chow high ish dot"
Mrs. I. NJ. Ingles and son, Sidney, G
Knoxville, stopped in Johnson City
few days this week on their way I
Roakoke, Va, where they will spen
the summer.
Our rnnnr rinlinisL- Jimmie McMi
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-28

AT CHATTANOOGA with railroad lines diverging
making direct close connection for all points
Northwest, West and Southwest.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-18
SPECIAL LOCALS.
Correct Standard Tina.

five are TO judge the correctness
of the so-callcd true sun time tor this
city, by the blowing Of the factory
whistles and some other supposed
standards, we must say that they
surely will not do TO rely upon, as
any one with an ordinary close rum
ming watch might have noticed that
the variation in any of those supposed
standards is from one to five min
utes a week, but no better can be ex-
pccted, as the factories always make
time to suit their convenience and
are not particular about few min
utes. much less few seconds. Be-
sides that some very important ard
expensive instruments are cs-
scntial to having the true sun time.
First, there must be transit instru-
ment for observing the transit Of the
sun over the meridian, which no Que
in This section Of country possesses,
excepting our leading jeweler, NJ. d.
Kelly, who always has everything to
make perfect his business. The sec
ond important thing is a fine regula-
tor that will keep correct time when
given to it from the transit Of
the instrument. If you have
fine watch or clock that does not
vary more than few seconds i'll a
month you compare it with either of
NJ. ID, Kelly's two unique regulators
and if you are a close observer OF
fine time you must say that Mr.. Kelly
surely keeps the only correct time
for this latitude. He takes the pains
and has the best facilities to do so.
lie keeps on top Of his building the
recognized standard or railroad time
to the minute. for men Of progress
and for closer time than minute
his regulators inside his jcweIry store
and behind his counters give the
same time to the second. Also fol
the satisfaction of the few who arc
slow to adopt the standard time he
keeps the meridian sun time in min.
utes and seconds on 2 dials on clocl
you will see in one of his show win
dow. Run your time pieces by Kelly
standard time and the trouble AM
dissatisfaction of setting them ever.
few weeks will close. The so-calle,
standard or II, II. time is 10 minute
and SO seconds slower than I'll
meridion time for HoDkinsville.
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shop before it. DIR. Fairleigh's stables
were greatly endangered across
Spring street but were saved. This
gives the southern and western
boundaries of the burnt district, but
the greatest danger was in the rear,
just across Spring St., on the Rail-
road, stood Rabbeth & Brownel's
thrcc-story frame Touring mills.
The burnt square next TO Spring st.
was covered with frame tenement
houses and large cOoper-shop with
$500 barrels slowed in it just opposite
the mill. A few steps west of the
mill stood two story stable filled
with hay and within ten steps of the
mill. The flames spread gradually in
this direction and rs the engine was
engaged elsewhere there was no help
excepting with buckets. A score or
more of men went nobly TO work and
tore away the stable ard a part
of the cooper-sh op, having to first
move over 1000 empty barrels. This
precaution taken the bucket brigade
went to work to keep the smoking
walls and roofs of the adjoining bull
dings from catching until the engine
could leave the south side and come
to he rcscu e just as hope had almost
fed. The frame warerOom Of &. V.
Thompson, on the corner Of Spring
and Railroad streets, separated from
the coopcr-shop by a narrow alley
was caught but saved by the engine
at the eleventh hour. If this had
burned the mill worth $4,000, and
stored with wheat belonging 10 anum-
Der of farmers, would have certainly
been burned. All honor TO tie few
who saved these buildings. Although
hundreds were present only about
a score would work to save the burn
ing property. The flames were there,
fore checked before they crossed
Spring street and the whole row OF
frame buildings on Nashville street,
up to Railroad street was destroyed
and the freight depot across the rail
road was smoking and blistcring
when the engine got to the cistern
east of Railroad street. The
boundaries of the fire were therefore
Railroad st. on the east, Spring on
the north, Nashville on the south
and Alternately Il Cos. warehouse on
the west. The burnt district covers
a square and half, about two acres
of ground. The following diagram
will show its extent and location:
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surancc 5000; nothing saved.

surance $1,000; nothing saved.
Jesse Payne, clothing etc, 500.
Jno. Diuguid, col, confectionery,
800.
Mrs. II. Vaught, butchcr-shop, $50.
Il. M. Edmundson, saloon, $l,2OO
saved $500; insurance 500.
Henry Veth, shoe-shop, $3.50; in
surancc $685. little saved. 81
&, U. West, grocery, 81, 800; saved
$500, insurance, $1,000.
j. A. Kincaid, confectionery, $50.
G. r. Edmundson, confectionery,
300; saved 5000; fully insured.
Lewis Gladdish, col, barber shop
loss probably $40.
o. S. Stevens, saloon 81 500 saved
probably $500; fully insured.
The following are the losses OF
Spring street:
Rabbcth ~ Browncll, stable torn
down, SEQ.
Geo. Mctcallc, Bob lIopson, Mar
garet Ogg, Harvey Washington and
John Cook, all colored tenants, about
5000.
Geo. NJ. Steele, blacksmith, $25.
Geo. w. Long, carpenter, lumber
tools etc, $500.
Besides these losses the damages Il
the surrounding houses, the telephone
and telegraph wires, etc, will amour
to 800 or 5000.
The total losses above what was
saved aggregate $4,000 and the in
surance amounts 10 $i7, G35.
Owing to the hour at which thu
fire occurred and the rapidity witt
which the flames spread, not more
than $4,000 or $1,000 worth of proper
ty as saved from the burning build
ings, all told. The fire was under
control by 4 o'clock and in two
hours after it was discovered the
whole block was in ashes. This fire
has expected as the buildings were SC
unsafe that the insurance rate fol
them was So. Il is very fortunate
indeed that it was no worse.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-18

They were well organized under a
skillful leader, and did their work
quickly and quitely. One them was
heard to say that two Of his comrades
were wounded, but il has not been
learned who they were, or what their
injuries amounted TO.
After hanging their victim the mob
departed, leaving a number of masks
about the Jail premises. 1t is stated
that among them were number Of
negroes, and that a number of them
came from Indiana, opposite Owens
boro, where the girls father lived.
May was the third negro hung in the
Courthouse yard by a mob, and the
fourth victim Of the gallows in the
county.
.Iailcr Lucas, was given prompt al
tcntion, but died at o'clock Monday
morning. lie was Virginian and Il
brave Confederate soldier, fearless
and impetuous, lie gave up his life
in defending his official position and
refusing to the last minute to yield
the Jail keys TO the mob
Though he acted with great bravery
he was indiscreet. lie stood on the
balcony in full view with a lantern
and was therefore a good target for
the bullets of the mob.
Dick May, the negro, was short and
black and was 90 years old. He did
not deny the charge, but even claimed
that he had made indecent proposals
to the girl before.
The negroes of Owensboro are
much incensed over the affair and
threaten. TO lynch County Judge At
Gibson and Kelly and his daughter,
Armed posses and special police are
on duty and the Governor will be
petitioned to order out the Monarch
Rifles if quit G is not restored.
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TIME TABLE FOR TRAINS.
soCIA11TIEs

Father time is the correct standard
for this latitude at NJ. ID. Kelly's.
Mr.. VIM. Hopper, of ST Louis, is
visiting his parents this week.
y Mrs. James Phelps and her. son,
Hiram, are visiting Mr.. S. G. MERGERS
family.
Rev. T.. w. Bottomley left Wednes-
day for Lebanon, KY, to attend the
funeral of DR.. Palmer, of that city.
Mr.. Vim. A. Goodwin and family
left Tuesday for Trinidad, Colo,
where they contemplate making their
home in the future.
Miss Carrie Winfree, of Hopkins
Vile, is in the city, visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. p. II. Cunningham, on Center
strcet.-IIenderson Reporter.
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HERE AND THERE,

Ben Thompson, Life Insurance.
IIowe's time is the city standard.
Go to w. w. Radfords for Geor-
gia melons on ice.
See the new advertisement Of South
Kentucky College in this issue.
One large sized second hand cook
ing stove for sale at iea 4 Johnsons.
P.C.C. cures chills. Sold by J.R,
Armstcad and Hopper & Son.
PIG. cures sick headache and
dyspepsia. Sold by j. r. Armstcad
and Hopper Il Son.
+. A. Pike, proprietor of the Euro
pean Hotel, made an assignment
"Wednesday. Jno. w. Payne is the
assignee. Ills liabilities are about
$1,000; assets about : l.JOO.
We announce to-day by authority
Judge G. A. Champlin as a candi-
date for School Superintendent
of Christian County. Judge Champ
lin is eminenily fitted for the position,
lie was an active advocate of the
Hopkinsville Public Schools and has
been county commissioner for a
number of years and is familiar with
the duties of the Office in every detail.
No better manscould be chosen and
we commend Judge Champ,in to the
voters of the country.
+. l.. Foulks Il Son have on hand a
full supply ofClifton and Providence
coal. They will sell nut coal in the
yard at s cents per bashel; Clifton
lump at II cents; Providence lump
coal at l2l9 cents per bushel. Cash
must always accompany orders at
these prices. We give no COM
mission to agents. preferripg to give
consumers the advantage. We in.
vito persons before purchasing Goa
TO call and see us, in front of Jno
Or a. Cos. lhIii e mill, wts
of the railroa
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-18

Having lost our entire
stock by fire. We will
not open up until Oct.
ISt at Which time 1Ue
will open u 7ae1U stock In
q netU house on Bal
LarRs corner opposite
Phoenix IL o tel Our
headquarters will be at
I'll. Morro1O's coal office,
all indebted TO us lUitL
call ut once and settle.
BURBRIDG.E BROS.
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AT LAST!
THE OLD RINK BLOCK Sue
CUMBS TO THE FLAMES.
Two Acres Burned and Surround
ing Buildings Saved only by
Hard Work.
FULL DETAILS.

The exemption from fire which
Hopkinsville has enjoyed for five
months was abruptly ended at two
o'clock yesterday morning and a
square and half of buildings were
quickly reduced TO ashes. The build
ings were all frame and the locality
has been regarded as very danger
GUS for years and the merchants and
millcrs in the vicinity had employed
watchmen for some time to guard
the premises. There were two on
duty "Wednesday night, Mr.. Burrell
Jones and Bob Hopkins, an old col
ored man. Al about two o'clock the
latter saw the fire breaking out of the
rear end of Burbridgc Bros grocery,
corner Clay and Nashville streets.
and he first ran to the back door Of
Payne II Young's grocery, few feet
away, TO wake Mr.. Jesse Payne and
as lie ran around ihe corner Mr.Joncs,
the Waterman for Rabbcth n Brown
ellis mill. saw him and the fire stimuli
tancOusly and shot at him thinking
he was an inccndiary. They quickly
gave the alarm but before the people
could arouse from their sleep the
whole block was in flames. The fire
company got ready for work in about
30 minutes and by tho very hardest
of work succeeded in keeping the fire
from crossing Nashville street. The
Lewis House, Wells stable and the
Depot were caught but put out by
strong exertions and the frames con-
trolled, though the heat was so fierce
that the paint was blistered oil the
houses across the street although a
stream of water was kept pouring on
them. 1t was almost miracle that
these houses were saved as they were
all frame and the street a narrow
one. The wind was blowing gently
towards the southwest and the flames
rapidly spread and crossed Clay
street to the grocery of Jared Haw'
kins and soon destroyed half square
of frame buildings owned by Thos
Green and had reached the bricl
warehouse of Alternately u Co., OIL
the west, before the engine began t,
to throw water. by hard work thil
building was put out and saved
The fire did not stop in the rear 0
this corner until it reached Spring
street sweeping G. U. Vests mea
shop and G. M. Steele's blacksmith
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-18
A CARD.

For the valuable services rendered
us by the Firc-Compamy and citizens
of IIopkinsyille generally, in saving
our warehouse from the flames on
the morning of the Eth, we tender
our profou nd gratitude. The work
on the interior with buckets, as also
the handling of the iire-engine with
ont we have never seem equaled.
There are many who,wllo with calm
dcliberation and good judgment
rendered Invaluable service, and we
would like to mention names, but
for the fact that we might do mjus-
tice to others. We again thank one
md,all. ALTERNATELY, a. Co.
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CARD CT THANKS.

I desire TO return my thanks to my
friends, both white and colored, who
worked 50 nobly in saving my goods
from the flames Thursday morning.
Many of them assisted in moving
them even before | got there myself,
for,which l am profoundly grateful.
I will reopen the first of next week
in the Lipstine house east of the rail
road and will be ready TO serve my
customers. l Twill have choice stock
Of everything in the grocery line.
Give me a call.
j. r. HAWKINS.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-18

Advocates ofprohibition need have
no fears of ''PmcKLY ASH BlTTERs"
as it is medicine, and by reason of
its cathartic properties cannot be used
as a beverage, 1t is manufactured
from the purest materials, and acts
directly on the Liver, Kidneys, Stom-
ach and Bowels. AS blood purifier
it has no equal 1t is pleasant to the
taste and effective in action.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-18
The Hp1s!er Russe! Press Drill.

demonstrated by carefully conducted practical
the probabilities OF the termination of seed wheat greatly increased by
packing the earth the seed at time of drilling and that
the quantity of seed safely be reduced q of the usually
with full that the yield will also be greatly increased
careful attention to the construction of drill with Press
Wheels packing the earth the % order place within the
these desirable results enable largely
the profits of wheat raising.
The result the Ioosier Drill which
pleasure in hereby presenting the notice of farmers in the full belief that
it emnenty worthy their careful consideration
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-18
A! Cost.

AS we intend to make a change in
our business the first Of SEPTEN-
BIER, we are going to close our
stock out regardless Of COST.
Don't fail to call on us if You want
goods at your own price. Our stock
is the best assorted ever brought to
Hopkinsville, and comprises every
thing in the way Of CLOTHING,
DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, 3 GAPS, LADIES and
GENTS Furnishing Goods, TRUNKS
and VALISES. All parties indebted
to us Please call and settle at once.
JNO. II. WRIGHT ~ co.
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SPECIAL LOCALS.

T. NJ. Edmundson has moved, since
the fire, to the Hart house, opposite
Giants warehouse, on Nashville St.
east OF the railroad. His friends will
find him ready to serve them as here
toforc.
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Anothey crash In mi
ces at B. r.. Schoehfeld's
Dry Goods Store. aa e


IL lbs. Best Granu-
lated, IA lbs. best @
and 16 lbs. Good N.
O. sugar for $1.OO
cash. 8 lbs. best Rio
coffee for $1.OO. Best
English Soda, sc per
ID. and all other
goods in proportion
at M. w. GRISSAM'S
cheap CASH Gro
Gerry.
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ON SPRING ST.

r. d. McRcyolnd cooper-shop and
material Oh hands, $1,000; insurance
on house 800, stock saved about 500.
Lipstine Il Taylor, tenement houses,
$500; insurance $500. j. IL. Wintree
u Co., cabin, probably $50. yg
LOSSES OF OCCUPANTS.
Beginning on the west the losses
on Nashville street were as follows ::
Alternately n Co., damages to ware
house, 5000; fully insured.
L. r. Davis, grocery, $1,000; insur-
ance 5000; nothing saved.
Jno. w. Dreathitt,Jr, grocery
81, 200 goods partly saved, insurance,
5000.
Jared Hawkins, COL, grocery
1900; saved $500; insurance 81, 100,
Burbridge Bros. grocery, $4,000 jim
surance $4,000; nothing saved.
Winfree & Co., in the rear of old
rink, machinery, $1,000; insurance
$500; nothing saved.
Mccormick Machine Co., inple
ments, $1,000; total loss.
VIM. Lightfoot, COL, confectionery
stand, $50.
Payne n Young, groccry,$2,5C0 ; in
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REMOVAL

Underwood & Ell j S
hare removed their coal
office from their office
udjojni116 Wells livery
stable to their old office
on East side tho Rail-
road, across from Jno.
Orr & Co.'S p l0nin 6
mill.
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Lake Ice, the best
and cheapest always
on sale at M. w. Girls
sans Grocery store,
on Main street, and
supplied by his wa
gon to any part ofthe
city every morning.
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ALTERNATELY \ cos.
WAREHOUSE.

HOUSES BURNED WEST OF CLAY.
beginning OH the west the build
ings destroyed were as follows:
Thos. Green, three stores wet Of
Clay and blacksmith's and carpen-
ter's shop in the rear, on Spring 81
500; insured for $4,000. G. U. Vests
meat shop fronting on Clay, on
Green's land, $3.50; insured for $3.50.
EAST OF CLAY ON NASHVILLE.
This ground was all the property
of S. M. Startling and the buildings
were built on leased land some
of. the houses were also owned
by Col. Startling, Following is the list
of houses burned on Nashville: j. ii.
Winfrce " Co., old rink building and
sheds in the rear, 500; insurance
$500. l.. 2. Payne, 500; no insur-
ancc, Taylor II Edmundson, 800 ;
insurance 5000. Dan Taylor $1,000;
insurance $500. S. NJ. Starting,
$3.50; insurance 5000. Wyatt Watt,
COL, chair shop, on railroad, 800; no
insurance.
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To the citizens of
Christian and adjoin-
ing counties, to the
citizens Of Kentucky
and adjoining States,
to the citizens OF the
U. S. and adjoining
countries, to the en-
tire w orld l say
COME! 7 have room
for all!
J. M. EIPKINS.