The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

40 iottSio aiu Sunc'iipiiS 'Vi ihH
COMET.
We hang out our banners on the out
ward walls;
The cry is still, "Thcy come"
Gen. ]. d. Imboden spent Wednes-
day night at the City Hotel in john
son City on his way to Elizabethton,
where he keeps his headquarters.
The General is one of our most valu
able men. He is bending every ener
gy Of mind and body for the develope-
ment Of the great coal and iron re-
sources Of Virginia, Tennessee and
North Carolina.
Our good looking, good hearted
friend, Frank P. Wright, of Haynes
Henson and Wright, Knoxville Tenn.
spent few hours in our town and a
Jews minutes in our sanctum on Thurs
day last. Frank was on his way to
Knoxville, having been out on en- ex-
tended trip in the interest Of his house.
And bless his dear heart, he subscrib-
ed for THE COMET.
Isaac Harr, Lord Mayor elect, of
Johnson City, is one of the rising |
young lawyers Of this end Of the
State. He is active, industrious, sharp |
as lightning and has in him snap and
grit and push sufficient to carry him
safely through all the difficulties which
a young lawoS, has to encounter, to
triumphant t.ccess.
1T my
DR.. momenples Of Buffalo. drop
ped in Tied to csctum rather on the
sly on Ben ftp assure us Of his
good NefAair, apfHE COMET. He had
Just rcturneo< from Knoxville where
he had been discharging the duties OF
foreman of the Grand Jury in the
Federal Court. The DR.. wanted his
presence in Johnson City kept a Sc
cret from the ladies, as this is leap
year.
Mack Dolly, the efficient agent Of
the E. T. Va. & Ga. r. r. Co. was in
town yesterday looking after the in
terest of the company. He reports
Knoxville still booming with prosper
ity. Iron, coal, marble, and magnificent
wholesale establishments, and manu-
factories are enriching this
beautiful city among the hills. Every
East Tenncsseean ought to be proud of
Knoxville.
Col. C. Powell late OF the firm OF
McClung, Powell 4 Co., Knoxville,
now the head of the johnson City Real
Estate Co., will, we are informed, bring
| his family ,sesoon. Col. Powell is one
of the best business men in the state and
with the adYsntage Of his energy and
ability the rapid growth and develop
ment of johnson City is assured.
The Co. own large body of land
: within the town limits.
One of our politest young men es-
corted Miss Latham, of the Sunny
South, from the City Hotel to the cars
last Wednesday, took her in, seated
her and seated himself by her side.
He was infatuatcd--mesmeri5ed with
her beauty--the cars started-he knew
it not-and but for the worning sign
given him by brother knight OF
Homer, who took in the situation at q
glance, this young man would certain
= ly have been carried away from his
mother.
An old fellow had mare that reared
and skotched and kicked in the har-
ness when ever she took notion
!. One night he went TO church, just at
;. ter one Of these tantrums During
services he went TO sleep: The old
:, preacher got up considerable excit.
ment and an old lady who was sitting
by the sleeping farmer began to
shout. He got to dreaming ana
, seized the shouting old woman by the
9 arm and yelled out: "Wo, Nance! wo
, Nance! Gut the hame string boys
is drot her old hide! We Nance!" anc
n he broke up the meetin'.
VI One of the happiest events which
:. has transpired in many q day, enliy
|, ened Elizabethton on last Wednesda,
= evening. John NJ. Folsom, son O
d Major II. N. Folsom. was married t.
r. Miss Amelia Slower. The bride is no
r, only beautiful and accomplished bu
}, amiable, industrious, and domestic
D. and will sweeten Johns life with he
d smiles and sympathies and devotion
e. Mr.. Folsom is one of the leading mer
n chants Of Elizabethton, and now tina
he has come out from the miseries o
r. bacholordom his path to fortune an,
t. happiness is clear.
1t There were once two old men in
y, neighborhood who were bitter enemie,
10 Neither could bear to know that tn
Il other was happy or contented. Fl
'f nally one Of them died, hav ing gi,
to en- orders before his death for his bod
to be buried by the roadside where hi
Iauap,v had tn ps "a avasv day h;s Laa,