The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-29
Eastern capitalists are investing
heavily ia .Kentucky coal fields.

Eastern capitalists are investing
heavily ii sKentucks; coal fields,
' The Princess of Wales has made the
embroidery of rosebuds fashionable.
The countess Of Lowenhaupt is the
prcttiest woman in the foreign circles
'at Washington,
Mrs. Congressman Springer, though
an invalid, Is OF great assistance to
her husband.
Henry Wizards daughter shocked
New York society by wearing white
breakfast shawl to the opera.
Virginia readjusters say they will
vote only once for Arthur at Chicago,
Blaine being their real choice.
The people win recover fully 100,
0C0O00 acres of land by the recent ac-
tion OF Congress in cancelling railroad
slan'S M
a The amount which, by the Supreme
Court decision, New Ofleans will have
topay Myra CLARK Gaines, is 81 ,442,- :
SOS.
England's total Of postal areas are
butabout 122, 900 square miles, while
ours are not far from 100000 square
miles. o9
The raisin industry of California
now produces about 10000 boxes O
year, quite equal to the average ol
those imported.
In Italy 400 new operas were pro-
duced .hetween 1851 and 1860, and 534
between 1868 and 1881, making a tota'
of 1888 operas in thirty years.
ssThe net debt OF Canada is $156, ,466
ia, or about $50 per capita; that O
the United States is about $50 per cap
ita, but is rapidly decreasing.
Twenty years ago there were nearly
fifty cotton mills in GLASGOW, Scotland
To-day there is barely dozen, ant
those likely to be closed. s
A goat raiser says he began with
seven goats, and Mt the end of four
teen months had butchered them
sold them, and had thirty-seven left.
The champion woman pedestrian il
thought to be Mrs. Hannah Barnes
who has just reached Milwaukee afte
n tramp of 400 miles on foot, carryinl
her fourteen months-old child. f.5
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The question questions at the pres
ent time in Washington is, will tn
President veto the Fitz John Porte
bill' Influences are at work on him OF
both lines. .I{ no
The aggregate value OF the propert,
Of colofed people throughout Tenhes
seeisset down at 81, ,46s,951, being al
increase OF $671, ,l79 over the prceedin
year..ast i.'H aF iHN'r't'N'a ".-
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ss Prevent plows rusting when not i
use by smearing them over with
mixture composed of one part powdel
ed resin and two parts lard, melte
"eSs' eSsi I. .sfga 81 Fusn
a His. well to know that camphor an
water will keep flowers fresh for lon,
er time than anything else, and wi
revive them when iaded, Theproce'
is-easy enough to try.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has consented
marry the Marquis de Lueyille, after
courtship Of three years. She is r.
markable woman and the Frenchma
has won a rich prize. . -
"a They say that the Arthur boomlt
is gradually disappearing from the fac
Of the earth. This shows that Co
Frank Hatton, the assistent presiden
10 o better editor than he is aboomer
Queen yictoria's park estate on tf
Harrow road has 2,173 comfortab
houses to let to workmen, lahore
and railway men. On the Shaftsbul
estate are 1900 dweIling-houses, rel
Seu. Hs ai m2 tFtA'
". Cougars are making havoc amor
the sheep in the Black river sectio
in Washington territory. The theol
is that the late severe winter has dri
en- the cougars down from the mou
tainous districts in search, Of food.
\. "What county do you represer
,.irss" asked enc individual of anoth
in front Of a saloon in st. Paul, Min
one day last week. "I'm not mel
Der OF the Legislature" was the rep
"I'm only a private citizen ON drum
aai a4 sH3E 81 5iHss-
Mrs. A. r. Allen heads the list
millionaires in 81. Louis, paying I
on si,199,300. Henry Shaw is p
downas worth 81, ,176,160, the heirs
Jesse G. Lindell, $1,115,40o, and N
Bernice Morrison, $964,o3o.
HARRISON, the boy preacher,
conductinga powerful revival in
Louis. A night or so since he 81
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