The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-08-02
GENERAL ENTnELsGENCE.

Two Mormon elders were eggcd in
Indiana the other day.
Fearful hail storms recently visited
Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Stanley the celebrated African ex-
plores has returned to England
Sixty-fve thousand clergymon are
preaching in the United States.
Governor St. Johns musthohe is
the subject of much comment.
John Bright recently made a heavy
assault upon the "bloatcd aristocra-
cy."
The expenses of the Greedy relief
expedition are estimated at about 700,-
900
Gen. Grant, it is said, is losing his
mind. Brooding over his troubles is
perhaps the cause.
In Rochester, N. Y, seventeen
members of the Salvation Army were
imprisoned for singing on tho street.
1t is q relief to know that the monk
ey-wrench was named for its inventor,
John Moncky, an English mechanic.
The reyisors of the Old Testament
have completed their work. The
book will not be published before next
Easter.
Mrs. Langtry is in a great hurry to
get home. 1t is thought that she will
get a divorce when she arrives in Eng
land.
An important change in the uni
form of the enlisted men in the Unit
ed States Army is contemplated by the
war department.
1t is estimated that over 100000
words of Specials were telegraphed
from Chicago during tho eight days
that both conventions were in SEES
sion.
The Georgia editors who recently
passed through Johnson City on an
excursion to Baltimore gathered on
the 28th at the battlefield of Gettys-
burg.
The prevalent toy Of the Long
Branch girl is a scent bottle. 1t gives
its owner something to do with her
hands, and serves the purpose of a
cane in the grip of a dude.
Prof Basil L. Gildorslcove, Professor
Of Greek Language and Literature, in
John Hopkins University, will deliver
a series Of lectures, this month, at the
University of the South, Scwanoc
Tenn
Since Oscar Wild married he wears
a perpetual smile It is thought that
married iifcwiilt take aIltho acsthticisn
from Oscar and that in less time thar
six months Inc will cease to talk Of the
sunhower and The lily.
Gaon. EoslGstreet's Successor.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The Prosi
dent has appointed John +. Bryan
United States Marshall for tho distric
of Georgia, vice General Longstreet.
johnson City is a noted place fo
] public gatherings this summer. Thu
3, Grcenvilo District Conference Of tht
NJ. L. Church will convene there Oh
the 30th inst, and IIolston Bnptis
r Association will meet there on the I'll
Of August.-CentrGI Star
8 To-day, Ang. ID, the Groely relief OK
Q petition will arrivein the city of Ports
S mouth, N. H. On Monday recep
: ton will be given to the men and Of
ficers of the relief expedition by tn
city of Portsmouth and the State au
thorities Of New Hampshire.
Rev. Frank Roger Morse, of Brook
lyn, in giving last Sunday reason
why a minister should take vacation
said that the ministers absence CAV
his congregation rest. A new wa
of putting it. Can't all preacher
catch q useful idea from this?
d Boycott was tho nance of west c
@ Ireland land agent some years age
who made himself 50 obnoxious t
n tic Irish people that they all refuse
h to work for him.. He was thus CON
/. | PEELED to lcayo celand, and tho teri
It "Boycot' has since beeu applied t
organized efforts to refuse support t
r any persons OF institution.-Philt
G detphia Times.
LYONS, N. Y, July 26.-Two {
8 three days ago number Of youn
9 men in this village were boasting {
their digestive powers. Finally Stopl
IL en- Whitlock, aged IS, volunteered
eat pint of ice cream, two quarts {
cherries, and a quart of peanuts,
u any one would pay for the feast.
companion became responsible for I'll