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

Freight and travel over the Narrow
Gauge railroad is heavier than it has
ever been. The company certainly
deserves success.
G. S. Galliher left yesterday for
Mountain City, Tenn. Zone by one"
Johnson City is losing her young men.
THE COMET and its best wishes go
with him.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad company has issued
an order restricting the shipment of
coal oil to two days in every week
Tuesday and Friday.
Cheapest place in town for coffee
and sugar is Christian & Crockett's.
Folks try them.
The postoffice war is over at Jones'
boro, Felix w. Earnest came out vic
torious. He took charge Tuesday,
the 4th. Let the good work go on.
Grover please lead.
The pugulistic encounter that took
place between our pugulist and a
guest of Cloudland Hotel, at Roam
Mountain last month, turned out to
be only a Jew lie story.
w. G. Mathes & Bro. Keep the
freshest & cheapest Oranges & Lemons
in Town.
Rev. Isaac Emory, of Knoxville, mis-
sionary for the American Sunday
School Union spent Monday in our
City. He made THE COMET pleas
ant CALL
The invitations were out for social
at the City Hotel on last Tuesday
evening, but owning to the threatening
aspect of the elements to descend in a
liquid state, a slim crowd and little
pleasure was the result
Tom 0'Riley, a Frenchman "hejases'
from Cork, Ireland, placed the first
brick in position on the Range block.
Pat took in the excursion to Cranberry
last week and says the scenery equals
anything in the could country" He
was stranger and Burleson, as the
good Samaritan, "took him in" yes
terday.
For the convenience Of all parties
we have decided to receive melons and
fruit only on the following days:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday, and Saturday. We hope
you will note the days and not all
come at once.
The Bristol and Knoxville gun clubs
had well contested clay pigeon
shooting match at this place last Fri
day. At its close the scores stood
Knoxville, II; Bristol, 76. Mr. Mead,
of the Knoxville club, scored IA out
of possible 15.-Morristown Gazette.
A. S. Mcneil, of Bristol, of the firm
of Mcneil & Wolfe, our enterpriseing
furniture dealers, stopped in our
city last Friday on his return from
Morristown, where he had been, as a
member of Bristol gun club, engaged
in a shooting match with club from
|, Knoxville.
Mr.. T. E. r. Hunter, of Watauga
Tenn, father of Mrs. John w. Hunter
of this place was married yesterday to
Miss Mary o. Sexton, at the residence
of her brother, w. G. Sexton, Marion
Va. They arrived on the 20 p. m
train and were given reception al
the residence OF ]. w. Hunter.
One of our most Love-able young
| men came near losing his life last
, Tuesday night while calling to take {
young lady to social. Oh, sac
thought, he had been mistaken for ONT
OF Capt Joe. Hale's hounds and tn,
: gun was leveled at him. Hood Naf
saved him.
Cloudland Hotel on top of Roar
y Mountain, has one hundred guests
+ and is turning others away every day
Workmen are kept busy finishing
V rooms. When completed the hote
4 will accommodate six hundred guests
r This will be one of the most popula
summer resorts in the United States.
n &. S, Wolfe, Familiarity known a
3 "Old Lady" is not so bad as his nam
% indicates, in fact he is "a lamb i
Wolfe's clothing. At any rate h
knows how to cater to the wants {
newspaper men. He left two fin
watermelons in The COMET offic
% yesterday for which he has GU
If thanks.
The new Southern Methodist churc
at Roam Mountain station will b
N dedicated on Sunday. the 10th ,
le August. A special train is to stal
Of from johnson City at Z A. M. arrivin
at Roam Mountain in ample time il
eli the dedicatory service. Rev. L. L. /