The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-29

Mr.. Hicks has seIved several years as
deputy and understands the duties of
the Office. He is honest, enerpetic
and capable, and if elected would
make aIgood officer. st8 .f8ft
rs ~, 80 eE
The Johnson City Social Literary
Society met and reorganizcd at Mr..
John Harris Wednesday evening.
This is a movement in the right direc-
ton. The officers elect are, +. p.
Evans, President, Miss Callie Hoss,
Vice President, c. II. Lyle, Secretary,
Miss Maggie Patton, Asst Secretary,
Miss Maggie Temple, Treasurer.
Ashville, N. c., was excited little
bit the other day by the appearance
of 20 or 30 armed men from Mitchell
Co 1t was circulated that they had
come to Ashville for the purpose of
lynching Ray and Anderson, the
Mitchell county murdercrs. The mill
tary guarded the Jail all night and the
prisoners were removed next day to
Hendersonyille.
Three weeks ago lucky Joe Wilson,
confined in Jail, pending an appeal
which he had taken from n virdict of
a jury of Watauga county, to the SUI
preme Court of N. c. pretending to be
dying from cold, was removed to
a hotel. Blood was flowing from his
mouth, and his body was stiff. He
was given up for dead by the doctors.
His guard went out after some wood
to make fire and when he was gone,
lucky .Jeo got up and got. A dead
chicken was found in the mattress on
which he layed, from whence he got
the blood. The water bucket was full
of ice and snow in which he had fro
zen his hands.
/ Who VIZ MOI Rsapond. I'VE see that
Wiley M. Christian, in behalf of the
church, is soliciting aid to assist in
rebuilding the NJ. E. Church, at Jones'
boro, Tenn. This church was destroy
ed by fire last year and the members
have not been able to rebuild. Mr..
| Christian solicits contributions OF ten
cents each from all contributors, and
says ten cents each from twenty thou
sand persons will make up the desired
amount. Won't You be one OF that
number? Please send ten cents by
mail to Joseph A. February, p. NJ, OF
to Judge Newton Hacker, Jonesboro
; Tenn. 1t will be thankfully received
, and duly appreciated.
Last Thursday night the Misses
Crumley returned to their home from
: Mr.. Hodges where they had been sit
ting up with Mrs. Taylor's corpse. One
of the young ladies remarked before
. retiring that she heard something M
r stairs. They went up, and looked il
: the room and saw man lying under
the bed in which young Frank, thei
brother was sleeping. They ran Il
; the door of the room where their ohel
brother J. w. Crumley WAS slecpin,
: and gave the alarm Mr.. Crumlcy hat
some trouble in opening his door an,
, i'll his haste he let his pistol go of, tn,
!. hall went through the door and barrel,
, missed his sister. Tho, scoundrel cs
capped, leaving his hat.
a. prominent merchant of johnson
a city before he was married saw an advei
u tisement of a new book, entitled "Eve
I Daughters" He Immediately sa
down and ordered copy sent to hi
! sweetheart thinking it avery nice move
= He wrote her announcing the fact
Several times he wrote, asking her
she had ever received the book, with
out eliciting reply ON that subjec
He visited her finally, and in the cor
versation during the evening, h
. brought up the subject, and began t
: upbraid her for not replying concern
: ing Textbook. She blushed, bit he
lips and changed the subject. H
= took the hint That night. when h
L went to his room he found brigh
r fire and a lamp burning. On the t,
Y BILE a solitary hook lay half open. II
looked at the title page, and saw
j was ewes Daughters On examine
ton he found it was advice to youn
! mothers. He blushed and perspire
;, all night.
y Commercial Fenilizers.-Within tn
d short space of half a dozen years tn
article OF commerce has become to on
r. farmers an immense auxiliary in til
d production of all their crops, corr
is wheat, grass &c. Six years ago JIM
ID White, Esq, brought to our tow
ar about 100 sacks of B. Baldwins Bor
Fertilizer and sold about half OF i
To-day it is talked of by the car loa
and the agt. of this brand alone whic
seems to be still the favoIite, tells ,
:. that this season his sales will reac
alone on corn and wheat, fifteen ca
loads, the results have been that oil