The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-15

iS oll inc StreclA again, WE are Slad 10
say.
Misses Maggie Temple and Minnie
Bcrkley have honored us with 4 call,
and made us happy with their smiles
and good wishes. 'fGy sighed
Mrs Bette Burts and Miss Maggie
Patton gave us q pleasant, call few
days since, and made us forget for
moment that we werenewspaper mon,
so charming was their conversation,
and so delicious their smiles.
A certain young lady in town says
she is going to plant vines by the side
Of the porch, facing the window whore
the old folks stay, in order to make a
screen, so that she may sit in the long
summer evenings, and sing:
"Lonely sit me and Cyl
Toad Hickey has embraced spiritu-
alism; the following lines explain the
reason:
Suddenly there came q tapping.
As of some one madly rapping
Rapping at the parlor door"
The Tayl (or) OF THE COMET &C
knowledges the receipt of valuable
documents from his old sweet heart,
Pettibone.
"You may break, you may shattor the vase II
\ you will,
Butthe scent the rososwil hang round II still"
johnson City has seven Churches
and seven prosperous Sunday Schools,
a Temperance Society, y missionary
Society, Masonic Hodge an Odd
Fellows Lodge, aLodge Of knights Of
Honor and q IodgeoffKnights OF the
Golden Cross, all in a 1ourishing CON
ton, r
Hon. s. j. Kirkpatrick, of the Ref
erees> Commission is compiling the
more important unreported decisions
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OF the Supreme Court Of Tennessee,
rendered since the year 1870, and will
have them published in one or more
yolumns. The work is one of great
importance and Judge kirkpatrick
deserves the thanks Of the legal pro-
tesHion for thegtask he has undertaken.
SKATING RINK-Johnson City islte
have roller skating rink. A smooth
floor is being laid in Jobe's Hall and
as soon as it is finished and the Hall
otherwise put in order,the rink will
be opened. OF course the ladies' will
attend. They enjoy the health giving
sport and soon learn, to glide ovcrfhc
FLOOR with ease. The rink win he un-
der the control and management OF
Mossrs M. F. Hickey and Robt
lobe.
| J. B. Jones and family, and w. A.
Jones and lady have arrived in the
city. They have bought ont DR.. Wor.
ley's drug store, and will open out q
4 new business soonI Mr.. Jones is an
excellent gentleman and will make q
good citizen here as he does every
where he goes. We give him a hearty
welcome.
| Almost every fellow we meet has
! had cold sockcd in his nose by the
recent fickelness of the weather, anG
the ladies too--we don't mean to 81,
| that the Indies have socked a cold in
anybody's nose, nor that they ar
| tickle, but that most OF them ar,
handling their noses rs well as ths
gentlemen-we don'tmean to say the,
are handling the gentlemen, but thai
they have bad colds.
! Elizebethton, the capital OF Cartcl
County, has been lively this week
Circuit Court has been in session, hi,
honor Judge Hacker presiding. A
great many cases We're disposed OF
but none of any great importance
Judge Hacker is one of the ablos
judges in the state.
LATER.-Thero was considerable ex
element in court when the caseof til,
State VS.. Isaac Richardson and Irvil
Hurley, for killing Of sheep, wa
called. Counsel for the defense wer,
~. St.John, N. M. Taylor, Thps
Curtin, J. w. Upton, w. G. Emmert
J. L. Wilcox, r. A. Smith, Jno. M
simerly, @. G. Collins, H. NJ. Folsom
H. G. Boyd, Taylor & Burrow, II. M
. Eienhart, John Allison, Jr.
John Fain prosecuting. Verdict
not guilty but sheep killed il
Sullivan county.
II CRusHEDTo DEATH-Nelson Harl,
! colored employee OF the E. 7, Va. ,
, Ga. r. r. was crushed to death by
| freight train, at this place, on Thurs
y day morning last Harl was a brake
t man on No 6, @ freight train, and ha
! changed aswitchin order torun onth
i main track. As the train wsspassinI
he attempted to climb on to car b
means Of the iron ladder on the sid,
. but missing his hold was precipitate
under the car and the entire trai
passed over his body, crushing an
!, mangling it in horrible name
! Helised about one hour and qual
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