The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-23


law Of Pierre Lorllard, of New York.
His appointment was urged by Judge
Field.
Twenty-Five daughters at the pres
ont moment live with their father,
George Riddle, in Carroll county,
Missouri. Also eight widows of the
nine deceased sons Of the late Captain
George Cook, OF Hartford, still sur
vive.
Moody, the revivalist, was asked in
the recent conversation in Milwaukee
whether he had grace enough to die
at the stake. He replied "No, l
don't need it; all l want is grace
enough to hold this convention for
three days in Milwaukee"
A small brass calender tlfat Presi-
dent Garfield used to turn every
morning, and that now bears the
date Saturday, July 3, 1884," never
having been changed since that fatal
morning, is priced memcnto in the
home of r. B. Hayes.
Mr.. Housely, Of Ottawa county Kan
sas, is a muscular pedagogue. He
whipped small boy, knocked down
his big brother for demonstrating, and
on the father appearing on the scene
with slung-shot the teacher mauled
him with baseball club.
George Y. N. Lothrop, the new min
lister to Russia, arrived in Washington
Tuesday morning and called on Sec
retary Bayard at the State department.
Afterwards, accompanied By Mr Bay
ard, he went to The White House and
called upon the President. Mr.. Lo-
throp will sail for St. Petersburg about
June Is.
al am going to see Joseph Cook,
this morning." said Mrs. Mcintyre to
her husband as she tied her bonnet
strings under her left ear before the
parlor looking.glass
"Well, if you'd stay at home and
see yourself cook, we'd possibly have
better Sunday dinners than we get
now" grunted the hateful man.
A Chicago husband, in filing bill
for divorce, mentioned as one of lis
grievances the fact that his wife was
accustomed to pray aloud for an hour
before retiring, enumerating all of her
husbands sins in detail If she could
do this i'll an hour she ought not to
have had divorce from man so
much above the average husband.
There will be some exciting State
elections this year. The fight will be
in the States of Connecticut, Iowa,
Kentucky, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, and Virginia
OF these, Connecticut, New Jersey,
New York, and Virginia went demo-
cratic in last years election, and Iowa,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, and Rhode Island were re-
publican.
"Well, you may come TO work in
the morning" said white woman to
colored lady whom she had just em-
ployed.
"Yessum, but lady, dar am one pint
whut we haint settled yit."
"What is that?"
"W'y, lady, yer aint gin me 10 stiff
ferkit O. character. | allus wants to
know who Use wuckin' fur got
picked up de las place wicked l
didn' ax fur no character an hadn'
been dar long tell ! larned dat de
lady's llusbaI wuzR err tlimmercrat.
It's beg ter fix desc things up at fust,
lady"
Russia is still engaged in the scnsi-
BILE two-fold work Of making every
possible ARRANGEMENT for peace and at
the same time keeping her powder
dry. The work Of inspecting the
shores OF the Gulf Of Finland goes
steadily on. The railroad from the
Caspian toward the Southern Asiatic
border, finally toward Herat and IN
,Iia, is progressing. Astrong and re.
liable army is in constant readiness
for fight anywhere between Merry and
Herat, 80 il the peace party should
fail Russia will not be asleep or hand,
cufled at the important hour. It is a
pretty smart old Bear after all.
Among the moonshincrs now under
arrest in Nashville is Miss Bette
Smith, OF Fentress county. Miss Bet
tie is described by a reporter as the
very perfection Of physical beauty.
She is only twenty-one, but she is VI
to snuff. For several years past she
has been running blind tiger ii
Fentrcss county. The blind tiger is {
very simple arrangement. You wall
into the hallway OF Miss Betty's cot
fage and pull out drawer neatly fit
ted into the wall. In the drawer you