The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-30
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


positively come off The Gazette need /
have no fears on that score
We are going to have Il military
company. The young men are re-
qucsted to meet at Canway Hall Fri |
day night for organization.
The Camp-mceting at Bonds will
embrace the third Sunday in August. |
The time was set by the 3rd Quarterly
Conference to suit the convenience Of
the farmers. The ministers are cor
daily invited to come and help.
1t is om pleasant duty to contradict
the report that Dr. ]. F. Hicks is 60
ing to pull up stakes and settle, in
Knoxville He says it is not so, His
son, Dr. T. II. Hicks, will probably
move there.
About noon, last Sunday, Mrs, Mary
Spoon, who lived some fourmiles from
Bristol, was instantly killed by a
stroke Of tightening. Mr.. Spoon was
in the room at the time and was
shocked, remaining unconscious for
some time. A child sitting in Mrs.
Spoons lap was not injured. She was
about forty years of age, and leaves six
children.
Holston Review, Rogersyille, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradford have gone
from the Springs to Johnson City on
a visit,
Mr.. G. E. Powell left last week for
Knoxville, where he goes to take a
position in the Pension Office of Col.
r. L. Taylor.
The new furniture factory of Mr.. r.
W. Rogan is rapidly approaching
completion. We are assured that
with Mr. Henry Hale at the head, as
good, substantial, and as low priced
work can be turned out as at any 9TH
er shop in East Tennessee.
Jonesboro Herald and Tribune.
w. f. Mathes, proprietor of the
Planters House, has his bath room in
running order and is prepared for the
patronage Of the public.
The.premium list issued for 1885 for
the Washington County Fair contains
a number of new features which it
will be to your interest to look after.
A mail crane was erected near the
railroad station last Friday. 1t was
/, used this Thursday morning for the
first time. This gives Jonesboro two
additional outgoing mails-one west
at 2 o'clock a. m. and one east at
o'clock n. m.
: Miss Callie Moore, daughter of Mr.
Sim Moore of Broylesville, died last
Tuesday evening of typhoid fever
Miss Moore was about 20 years old,
and we are informed, was engaged to
be married in short time.
Elizabethton Mountainccr.
) Our genial friend Mr.. C. N. Brown
has field Of wheat, containing about
20 acres, from which he will thrash al
least 400 bushels and perhaps more.
The dwelling house of dowel Green
/ leaf, (coPd.) was entered on Sunday
{ night last, and a trunk and severa
t other articles were stolen. No clue tC
the robbers.
: Mr.. H. c. Hart, of Johnson City
was IN the city Monday and Tuesday
talking insurance to our real estate
owners, and also talking to the girls
When conversing with the latter, W.
s suppose, he talked on a tenderer top
) ic, than the value of insuring real es
8 tate.
Col. C. Powell, o leading citizen 0
. Knoxville, was in the city Saturda,
It and Sunday. In connection with Col
l. I. E. Matson, he is now engaged il
: erecting very large manufacturing
G establishment at Johnson City
G These gentlemen are dorng much &
1t aid in building up Johnson City, anC
l. the citizens of that rapidly growinI
g little city cannot feel too grateful to
q wards them.
Morristown Gazette.
u Mr.. Alvin Barton whose suddel
\ death at Tate Spring we chronicle,
last week, carried $1,000 insurance
/, $4,000 OF which was in the Mutual Re
. serve Fund of New York, and $500
. in the Knights Of Honor, take
- through Teutonia Lodge, OF Kno>
~ Vile.
Of A military company was organize
ID by the young men Of Morristown Sal
d urday night, with a membership {
,e fifty-seven. w. II, Coffman was elec
,e ed temporary captain. The boys prt
es pose to get regular charter from tn
ut State and a full equipment of arm
is after which they will procure a hant
TX some uniform and come out on Dire,
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