The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-06
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


Charter Members are G. H, Slack,
W, r. King, A, p Conway, j, X,
Brewer and J. II. Caldwell.
The census of the Bristol School
District (No. ~, shows school pop
ulation of III, divided as follows:
White boys, 316; white girls 297
colored boys, 76; colored girls, 50.
Messrs. Hobson d D'Isay have sold
to Mr.. S. B. Mcclellan, of La, 5000
acres Of white pine timber land, on
Holston river Mr.. Mcclellan will
cut this timber and erect a saw mill at
Union.
During his recent trip to White Top
Mr.. r. P. Johnson killed a rattle snake
that had nineteen rattles and a button
There's another republican vote gone,
let the Northern papers howl
Mr.. John A. Phillips, typo, who has
been working in the Office of the NeaUs
for some months, has quit. He will
so to Newport, and assist his father,
Mr., N. j. Phillips, who proposes to
consolidate the Blountville Star with
the paper published at that place.
A drunken row occurred last Sat
urday on the border line o. Tennessee
and North Carolina, near Elk Park,
in which a man named Winters was
knocked in the head with a rock, and
seriously wounded. Winters is one
of seven brothers who call themselves
the "seven devils" Some time ago
one OF them was killed in u drunken
row, another while dead drunk, was
run over by train recently on the
narrow gauge railroad, and now the
third has his skull broken by rock.
Four OF the brothers remain.
Morristown Gazette
Morristown now has enough sol
dier-boys to successfully charge any
mans watermelon patch.
A post of the Grand Army of the
Republic will be organized in this
place next Monday. N, 7. Beal, of
Rogersville, will be preset to couduct
the proceedings.
Morristown will have more happy
daddies in the near future than any
town OF its pretentlons on the line OF
the road The disease seems to be
epidemic if not contagious.
A valuable barn belonging to Mr.
Floyd Overton, in the vicinity OF
Panther Springs, was destroyed by
fire Saturday night. The loss was
small aside from the destruction oI
! the barn. The fire is supposed tc
have been the work of a tramp.
Bristol Reporter
$ A son of Mr.. James Crawford who
lives about four miles west OF Bristol
was partially paralyzed few weeks
: ago, the effect, it is said, of over worl
e and exposure. He is now so far re
covered as to be able to walk abou
home, but his mind is still to som,
e extent impaired.
: One of the homing pigeons belong
ing at Newark, N. j., liberated by MI
4 Mcneil at this place on the 10Th inst
P arrived at home the evening of tn
" same day The record made by bird
4 owned by DR.. Johnson OF Keyport, n
d j., which was freed at the same tim
g and which got home the next morn
a ing al :51, was the best fight on re
cord between Bristol and Keyport.
Jonesboro Herald and Tribune.
II Washington County should exhibi
. the finest Agricultural products in tn
q State. We have them and owe it t
Ie ourselves to place them on exhsbitior
4 Died near Blountville on the 22n
b, inst, of brain fever, Guy Malone,
1t son j. A. I. Bacon of this place. II
was buried in the cemetry at Bloun
vile.
?, Holston Review, Rogersyille, Tenn.
lie Mr.. Daniel Wright, aged about A
died last Monday morning, near S
e. Clair, this county. His death ws
e. very unexpected as he was sick only
We short time.
Mr.. B. V. Isenburg died at his hon
n in this county last Thursday, at
o'clock, July 23d, of bilious collie. H
u was 55 years of age, and had been
or member Of tie Church of the Bret
he ren, or Dunkers, for % years. I'll
he funeral services were conducted |
IN Messrs D. D. Anderson and A. Mol
= bee.
cit Goodson Democrat.
as The Wytheville postmaster h
AZ been removed, and a Democrat no
er occupies his place, This makes thr
in removals in this district. May Il
mt good work continue.
'as
OF DR., Bailey expects to begin ON Il
in railroad by the 1st of Septembt
TX See that he is not disapointed in |