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

Govc Mcdaniel, of Georgia. has an
nouneed his purpose to be candidate
before the democratic convention for
denomination. He has administered
the duties Of his office honestly and
ably, and will no doubt lie reelected.
The Flatbush mock marriage scan
dal was ended III Brooklyn, N. Y,
Saturday by Judge Cullen, who dis
missed the suit for limited divorce
brought by Annie Higpie against ],
Walter vaughsN to whom she was mar
ried in play at a church sociablo.
Mr.. Blaine has at last completed the
writing OF the first volume of his twen-
ty years of Congress. He is to receive
so cents royalty upon each sale, and
it is estimated that this will net him
from 100000 to $25OO00 upon the
general sale.
Sarah Bernhardt's latest photograph
shows her enwrapped in furs, swelling
her to the size of a Dime Museum fat
woman. In summer style shepresents
the appearance OF a bare pole, but in
winter costume she is more like po-
lar bear.
Alex. Stewart, of Vermont, has
brought suit in New York against
Henry Hilton to set aside certain pa
pers which the plaintiff signed agree
ing not to contest the will of the late
A. 7. Stewart. The plaintiff claims
that he was lunatic when he signed
the papers.
Ex-Speaker Keller stands in danger
Of being expelled from the House Of
Representatives on account of the
Boynton affair. He will, probably, be
careful in the future how he monkeys
around newspaper correspondents,
until he ascertanis whether or not they
are loaded.
Liverpool is the greatest shipping
port of the world, it's annual tonnage
being 2,647 1878 tons. London is the
next port, with 2,33O,6SS tons. Glas-
COW ranks third, with tonnage of l.
438,354. New York comes fourth on
the list of shipping ports of the world
with tonnage of 1,153,676.
NJ. DE Lesseps says-that he will fin
ish his Panama canal in 1888. Already
100000 have been spent, just one
third of his estimate of the whole cost
Liuv. Rodgers of our navy who
has made an investigation thinks that
it will take longer time and moro
than De Lesseps sas ss, 10 finish the work
He Is OF the opinion that the French.
man will succeed at last.
The scheme for placing a public Ii
brary in every municipal quarter o
Paris is progressing, though slowly
Thirty-eight such libraries are now il
existence, with q total of about 10000,
volumes Last year the number 0
additions was 10000 volumes, and tn
number of readers was $4,000 beinI
an increase of 151 900 on the previou
year.
Whales were eaten by persons Q
the upper classes on Europe as late a
least as the latter part Of the thir
teenth century. The tail and tongu
dressed with peas or roasted wer
priced as choice delicacies. TIL
Princes Eleanor de Montfort paid i
1866 the sum OF 24s. for 100 pieces c
whale to be used as food in he
household
| Paganini's mother was a splendi
vocalist. When she was dying, he
son managed with a tube, to conduc
her last breath into one Of his violin
and from that moment it was enchan
1 ed, and sometimes his friends though
they could recognize her voice in tn
tones of his instrument. Probabl
when it passed out of his hands, tn
enchantment was broken.
Daniel Webster once proved that h
was the handsomest man in New En-,
land. "Boston," said he, sis the han'
soonest town in New England, Tr
mont is the handsomest street ]
Boston, Scollay's are the handsome
: buildings in fremont street, Christ
pher Cores office is the handsome
room in Scollay's building, and n
(now) the handsomest man in Chri
r topher Cores ofiice-ergo, / am Il
handsomest man in New England
The latest novelty in New York Gil
is paper soap, which is mainly for Il
use OF travellers. The sheets Of papt
4 which are put up in the form of
< small book of about three inch
I square, are coated with soap, and
Il said to be just as good as the regul
IS ton article, in addition to being mu
handler There are fifty soap shes
in each box, costing in the aggrega
Is about as much as an ordinary cake
!. soap,
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