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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
A Great Engineering Scheme.

Since the year 1875, when the little
daughter of General John Newton,
one of the most efficient of the United
States Engineer Corps, touched an
electrical button and blew out Of the
water thousands OF tons Of the rocks
known as Hell Gate, general interest
has attached to the work 1t had
been begun in 1866, so that the ex-
perts had been planning, boring, ham
mering and delving for nine years, be-
fore they were ready to show any Wis
ibie or practical results That explo-
sion was so successful that the final re-
moval of these serious distractions
was assured Once or twice the engin-
GERS have been somewhat hampered
by the failure Of river and harbor bills
but generally speaking the work has
proceeded almost as rapidly as was prac-
ticable.
The obstruction known as He'll Gate
consists of series of reefs and rocks
in the East river, where they have
long been menance to vessels pass
ing to and from Long Island Sound.
The water ranged from five to twenty
six feet in depth at mean low water.
As early as 184S it was estimated that
one sail in fifty was hurled upon the
rocks and wrecked, and one naval Of
ficer who was located there for two
months reported that fifty went ashore
during that time. The first explosion
removed reef containing about three
acres, while the middle reef contains
nearly nine acres, eight acres of which
have been tunneled. 1t is expected that
this will be exploded about the first Of
October. Work upon this has been
going on for about eleven years.
The entire amount thus far expend-
ed has been SO, ,162, ,043.31 and it is esti
mated that 81 ,6O2, ,963.67 will be requir.
ed TO complete the work, which has
been so well conducted that General
Newton will make lasting reputa
ton as an honest and efficient engi
neer -PhilddelphiG Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
A Wife's Devotion.

A Galveston man is in the habit of
getting up very early and going in
bathing, One morning at the break
fast table his wife said -
George am so anxious while you
are away bathing i'll the morning, that
/ can't sleep a wink until you get
back"
George felt somewhat flattered that
his wife cared so much for his safety,
and being desirous OF allaying her APP
prehensions, he replied -
Don't let that worry you. | know
how to swim so there is no danger of
my getting drowned"
II wasn't thinking about you get
ting drowned, but | am afraid that
some thief, seeing you leave the house
early in the morning, may sneak in
while you are away, and steal the sill.
yer spoons"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
Not So Warn.

One of the hottest days this sum.
mer, a suburban granger came into
this Office, and the editor remarked,
in his usual original style;
"Is this hot enough for yon?'
ooh, l don't know" was the off hand
reply; "there was ice at our place this
morning, when got up"
"No?" said the editor in surprise,
wiping off the perspiration with his
sleeve,
Eyes" continued the visitor, conf
IDENTIFY.
"Much?"
"Not much. About five pounds
The ice man brought il"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23

A veteran legislator, the Hon. Geo.
w. Pulian, who has given special
attention to the acts disposing Of our
public lands, tells the story in brief in
a contribution to the North american
RevieW for August. In the same
number five medical authorities dis
cuss the question, "Can Cholera be
Averted2" Felix L. Oswald contribu-
ties suggestive articel on "The ami
NAL Soul ;" and the Rev. M. J. Savage
in "a P7ofane View of the Sanctum,
brings an Indictment against the daily
press. The otner articles are one on
"The Price Of Cas-" by Charles H.
Botsford, one on Temperance Re
form Statistics, by Prof. W. J.Beechei
and the chapter of Comments" by
various writers, on articles in previous
numbers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
EtIisOn's --latest.

One of Thomas Edson's experts has
been experimenting during the last
four days with an invention on the
trains of the Staten Island Railway
company, The new device is intend
ed to permit engineers of trains to
communicate easily with one another
when the trains are Il mile apart and
in motion, The medium of commun-
ication is the telegraph wires along
the railroad and an instrument in the
engineers cab, The appliance is de-
signed to prevent collissioes in foggy
weather at curves and on terminals
1t resembles the telephone in some
respects. Flagmen and depot-watch-
ers can also use the instrument to
communicate with approaching trains
no matter at what speed they nay be
running, The trials thus far have
been conducted with good deal OF
secrecy, and neither the operator nor
Mr.. Edison's private secretary would
give any particulars of the invention
except to state that the experiments
were successful and when the plans
are ultimately perfected, collisions
between trains will be almost impossi-
BILE. 1t is considered most valuable
invention and Mr.. Edison desires to
secure all foreign patents before
making anything known about it.
He expects to have it complete in
about two weeks.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
So Near aud Vet So Far.

They slowly approached the house,
he with sad, detected air, and she
with proud, scornful look upon her
fair young face that BODIED no good to
the wedding bells and orange flowers.
81 can not imagine, my DEAR" he said
mournfully as they gained the front
door, "what has come over you SO
suddenly. l should at least know my
offense. l simply asked you if you
were romantic, when" A startled
look came over the girls face.
"You asked me what?" she de.
manded.
81 asked you if you were romantic
and Forgive me, George" she
exclaimed with a convulsive sob, as
she threw her arms about his neck
1 thought you asked me if l were
rheumatic"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
Lymched I'm "a Churchyard.

OXFORD, Miss. July 12.-At2 o'clock
this morning negro, 25 years old,
gained entrance to the bed room OF
two young ladies ofthe highest respect
ability, whose father was away from
home. The eldest girl aged 10 was
dragged into the hall and assaulted.
The younger sister came to her assis-
tance and recognized the man. Alarm
was given and he was arrested. He
denied the crime, but the girls identi-
fed him positively as the man. This
evening five hundred white and
colored men took him from jail and
hanged him to tree in the Methodist
churchyard, the entire populace of
the town witnessing the lynching.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23

Fipkins came down to the club last
night with a great problem weighing
on his mind.
"It l stand on my head" said he,
coming up to the boys with the air OF
man who has got a poser,--"if
stand on my head the blood all rushes
into my head, don't it?"
No one ventured to contradict him.
"Now," said he triumphantly, "when
| stand on my feet, why don't the
blood all rush into my feet?'
Because" replied Miss Coshanni-
gan's brother, because, Flipkins, your
feet are not empty"
The boys all laughed; but Flipkina
said he couldn't any see joke.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23

A man cannot be altogether bad
when he can kiss his mother-in-law a
welcome when she comes to stay with
him.
The original inventor of the corset
was one-armed man. He was oblig-
ed to squeeze his girl or give her up to
some one that could, so he invented
the thing and threw us able-bodied
fellows out of employment, confound
him!
A Summer Resort advertisement
says; Nobody dresses here. Health
and happiness is sought for" We do
not doubt our being able to realize
the happiness, but we should doubt
the health if we became one of the no.
bodies
A Southern editor has discovered a
white man who is turning black, to
offset that story about the black man
who is turning white. The frequency
with which such items appear in some
OF our exchanges induces the thought
that certain editors believe their read
ers are turning "green."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
The NIan at the Presidents
Elbow.

Mr.. Bayard is the Premier, nomi-
nally, of the Administration. But he
hasn't a tithe of Lamont's influence.
Nor has any man in the Cabinet, The
private secretary is virtually a mem
Der of the Cabinet-and more if he is
not at the head of the Cabinet he is
ahead of it in point of opportunity.
He is with the President constantly
outside OF Office hours-riding, walk
ing, smoking, and chatting. The two
are as intimate as brothers, and more
so than most brothers, Now, all Of
this is in no wise discreditable to eth
er Lamont or the President But it is
little surprising to Democrats of
all grades, and especially to members
of the Cabinet.
Lamont, as you see him, has not the
appearance of great man. Senators
and members who want the President
to make an appointment for them
take good care not to offend the pri-
vate secretary, In ordinary life they
might not remember to recognize him
after the first introduction. But this
isn't safe for political leader now.
A step OF two from Lamont's desk is a
door opening into the Cabinet cham
Der, and so connecting with the libra
ry, the Presidents business office.
Senators and members long ago
caught on to the trick of going in to
see Lamont, and stepping in to have a
word with the President, thus escap-
ing the doorkeeper, who takes the Wis
itor's card and keeps it for the scruti.
ny of the newspaper men. The man
ner of the private secretary is modest
and quiet. He talks less than the
President to his callers, and listens
with close attention to all that is said
to him. Between the two, the Presi
ident and the secretary, the rascal'
are likely to be found out if their sto
, ries do not hang together. 1t was dis
t covered long ago by the politicians
that the two men talked these matters
over
Soon after dusk you can see Col
, Villas with big bundle of papers, Mr.
a Bayard, Mr. Lamar, Mr.. Manning, o
Attorney-General Garland step il
quietly and alone, and pass quickl,
up the stairs to the Presidents room
: Lamont is welcome at all times
. With the exception Of Whitney ant
Manning, there isn't member OF tn
Cabinet whose recommendation ar
y not revised by Lamont. The fact is
I curious one and worth notice an,
= study Lamont's rise in opportuni
n ties is no more nor less phenomina
than Mr.. Cleveland's advance iron
d his Buffalo law office to the Whit
II House. From newspaper reporter
n good one, mind you, with kee
scent for coming events and judiciou
in every use of his informatien--L'
mont has slipped in between the hi
toric lines Of this first Democratic At
ministration since the war-an &C
vent that is destined to grow in wol
der as time goes on.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
The Strike at NGcHkeesport.

PITTsBuRa, July 12.-The strike OF
the "butt" men at the National Tube
Works at McKeesport has taken more
serious turn and the entire mills now
idle in consequence. The men are de-
manding a restoration of early spring
prices, which ranged about eighteen
per cent. above the present rate. Two
hundred men employed in the butt
mill are idle and it is feared that the
lapweld department, which gives
work to one thousand more, will also
strike, as the men loudly complain Of
their low wages.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23

.Bin.,n ~ H4it1Ee Goat.

Jimmy had little goat
Which followed him about,
And every time that Jimmy stopped,
That bad goat knocked him out!
1t followed him to school one day
And scared the female teacher
But she climbed quickly on bench
Where Billy couldn't reach 'er.
Then W hen the goat'was hustled out,
II fingered round the door,
And, when its owner sauntered forth,
Knocked him rod or more!
What makes the goat buck Jimmy so?"
The children all they cried
cause Jimmy plaques the goat you know
The teacher quickly replied.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
How the Fashions Are Chang.

Following the London style, the
young men and girls of New York 90
about with their shoulders raised,
throwing one leg over the other to get
the true Piccadilly swing. This roll
ing gait has taken the place of the All.
exandria limp. Some years ago all
the English fashionablps walked with
a slight hitch-trip, in imitation of the
Princess Of Wales. Now they walk
with regular on deck swing. A trou-
blesome corn on royal toe of Eng.
land will change the gait Of every so.
ciety idiot in New York.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23

l notice no matter how homely q
woman may think her husband is, she
always takes it as gospel truth that
her new baby is the prettiest in the
world, and CLOCKS just like its father"
I notice however much a girl strug-
giles when you try to get a kiss, if she
hears her pas step approaching she
always lets up on the struggle long
enough to nab the kiss before the old
man appears.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23

"Where Find Refuge" is the title
given her last effusion, bv a Burling-
ton Hawkeye poet. The waste-basket
is beginning to take the same promi-
nent place in literature that literature
has always taken in the waste basket
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
No sympathy.

"What has become of Jim O'Neal," !"
asked one loafer OF another at Dallas.
"He moved to Eastern Texas and
was elected member of the. Legisla-
ture."
"Served him right. I've got no SYM
pathy for him"
"Nor l either. He was always try
ing to make out that he was as good
as anybody, and I'm glad he has been
taken down peg"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23
NO. 6s.
Oxex! Oxex!

A tin peddler has many curious
weighs,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23

Taylorsville Tomahawk.
There is q general investigation of
public officials going on in some of
the lover counties, resulting in un-
eerthins good deal Of corruption in
pubic matters. A little investigation
does 9 deal OF good sometimes.
Bristol Courier.
Mr.. Jos. A. Caldwell went down to
o. 8. Court, at Knoxville, Monday,
Ebout thirty prisoners and witnesses
formed his escort.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-19
A. T. & 8. F. B. r. Co
WANT COLUMN.

1sp.rf,.,m,us in Tn, column iciH be charged fo'
"a, me vafs Of Hyrs Cr1sfs per lime PER neck NJ
sdrcrfisensnf fnk~n 70, hoH Is CENTS, and rii
nef BE- tnserfed until paid for.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-19
FOR X mt.

uNOR RENT S-room houses Nos il6 and tst
west ~ IN ct near wsfer w"'k-. Enqd Q
st go west Elm. The sbove numbers SIRE ALSO
for sale. lnl-o-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-19

TNOR RENT-Niee Office room In FerrelPs
y Block. opposite lo.'cfiics. j. C. ,esn
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22
A Good Man for Dakota.

Among the revolutions in the U. S.
land department at Washington is the
resignation of the assistant commits
sioner, Hon. Luther Harrison, who, it is
announced, intends to practice Ill the
land and interior departments hereafter.
Mr.. Harrison is a gentleman whom Da-
kota has great reason to remember with
gratitude, for on more than one occasion,
when settlers rights were in jeopardy,
he interested himself in their behalf. and
how valuable the services he rendered
them, perhaps they will never know.
He is doubtless the best informed land
man in tho country, having grown up in
the land Office and become as familiar
with the routine rs if q part of the daily
business of his life. Being in all respects
thoroughly competent as an attorney
and reliable and honorable in his deal
ings, all Dakotans who have business at
Washington, owe it to him to give him
the preference. He has proved a true
friend to Dakota, and now is the time to
reciprocate his kindness in the past.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22
The Facts.
Columbia Dispatch.

We We're mistaken two weeks ago
when we said that the officers Of the
Devils Lake land office and the editor
of the ISTER-OcEAN had been indicted
by the grand jury for conspiracy to de-
fraud settlers. An effort TO indict failed,
Notwithstanding the jury seems to have
been made up with that special object
in view. The grand jury seems tn have
been manipulated by Major Edwards, of
the Fargo Argus, whose heart is full of
malice toward Editor Hansbrough and
the Devils Lake land officers. The
Jury found no charges upon which to
hang an Indictment, but it recommend
ed the new Judge to ask the president
to remove the officials. This introduces
a new role for grand juries and one, too,
that will convince many a Democ at
who wants an office that the grand jury
| system is not as much a fraud as it used
to be under Republican administration
But to the non-partisan man it will fur.
nish a new objection to this useless
court appendage.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22
Turtle Mountain.

Boltineau Pioneer.
Personal assessments in Bottincau
county amount to $4,000.
Prouty & Richardson, the Grand Forks
haymakers, expect to put 1900 tons of
hay.
Bass lake is slippery with fish. Pick
eral are crowding Nne another out and
Hopping ver its sides.
Garden stuffs of all kinds have a pro
life growth in this county. Patches OF
tobacco are successfully grown.
That this is a r%esurrecting climate no
II is more willing to give testimony
than the hearty and genial Col. Ely from
the tall grass of the Moose. He says
his left lung was almost tuckered out
when he first came here. Now look at
him.
Mr.. John Gottbrecht, an Iowa miller,
is going to put up a rs barrel flour mill
on Willow river ut Dunseith. 1t will be
located OH a two acre site north of town
where II water power with a ten foot fall
can be had. MIR. Gottbrecht is much
pleased with the country and is anxious
to get to work. This will partially COM
pensate for the present loss of the county
seat.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22
Strange Fate of three BROTHERS.

MARTINS VALLEY, Pa, Aug. 49,
Mrs. Sarah TRULY. OF this place, is an
aged widow. Her son John, aged 81,
worked on the East Branch railroad;
Jason, another son, aged So, was an en-
ploye Of the state quarries; Wyman, an.
other son, 3S years old, was a miller,
They lived with their mother, having
no families Of their own. On Friday
last John, while running to turn a
switch, fell into a cattldguard and broke
his neck. On Saturday morning before
news OF Johns death reached home
Jason was drowed in a pit in the quar-.
ries, recent rains having filled it with
water. James Whitaker arrived in the
village at 9 o'clock on Saturday morn
ing, with the news of John Truby's
death, and met a William jackson, who
was bearing the tidings of Jason's fate
at the same time. The two walked to.
gether to where Wyman worked to
break the news to him first. There was
a crowd about the mill, and as the two
messengers arrived on the scene, men
were carrying Wyman Truby's dead
body out OF the building. He had been
sutfocated in a grain bin. Less than
tw%enty-four hours interviewed between
the death Of the first brother and the
last one. The news of the death of hel
three sons so Frustrated Mrs. TRULY
that her life is despaired of. The three
bodies will be buried in one grave.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22
Gen. U. $. Grants Pictures.

Do not read this notice, unless you care to read IA
thing. We have an engraving made from an oil paint
ing by a celebrated artist of Gen. Grant, for whicl, he
sat shortly after his trip around the world. 1t is in the
c~xistancc. The price of the engraving, 2lx2s inches,
on very heavy steel engraving board, is one dollar and
twenty-five cents Sl.25), postage paid by us. So thor.
oughly are we convinced of the value OF the engraving
that we will mail to any address in the United States,
for inspection, one copy, packed in a heavy pepper box,
upon receipt of &c in stamps to pay postage and pack
send us one dollar (s) upon receipt Of engraving, if il
is satisfactory, or return the picture to us if it is NOT
considered worth fully the price asked. We have also
a very handsome cabinet photo of Gen. Grant, hand
finished, which We will mail on receipt of 25c. Nc
album is complete without one. Liberal arrangement
will be made with agents. Write for terms and price
list. Inclose stamp. Address WILLIAM DICKSON
4 CO, Publishers, box 1913, Chicago, Ill.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22

THIS piece ofnews comes from Boston:
"Society at the West end has been scan
dalized by the arrest of Rev. William w.
Downs, of the Bowdoin Square Baptist
church, and Mis-. Annie Tabor, on
charge of adultry. Complaint was pre-
ferred by MI. Tabor, who discovered the
the parties in questionable circum-
stances in his wife's bedroom at mid.
night. The parties were released on bail
Downs is about 40 years of age, and has
been an earnest, enthusiastic preacher
Mrs. Tabor is about 25; plump and ut
tractive. Downs has n wife and eight
children. Mrs. Tabor has no children
She and her husband have not been OF
the best of terms"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22

The Dakota Judge seems to be as UNI
fortunate Il parsonage as the professional
baseball umpire. Dakota lawyers are a
blunt, outspollen set of gentlemen, and
when they dislike q man they say so: but
why there should be such an epidemic
of judicial unpopularity just now is hard
to understand. At least four leading
jurists of that territory are the subjects Of
more or less complaint at present with
several counties to hear from.-IMin-
neapolis Tribune.
The Tribune exaggerates the facts. We
have watched this judicial business quite
closely and know of but two judges in
the Territory against whom are any Sc
rious complaints-Judges Francis and
Mcconnell. 1t is the general impress,
sion that one or both will be removed.
One of them should certainly be bounced
from the bench.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22
ELSEWHERE in this issue will he fount

ELSEWHERE in this issue will be found
Secretary Bushnell's invitation to the
people of Dnkuta 10 sssist- i'll MAX the
Territorial Fair a creditable success.
But very little exertion on the part OF
the peopleof the Devils Lake and Turtle
mountain region will secure a marvellous
display. We should send wheat, oats
barley, rye, corn, grasses, vegetables ol
all kinds; lime, wood, sandstone, Ignite
soil, clay, etc. Now is the time to pre-
pare exhibits.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22

HERE is an extract from a letter writ.
ten to a Mrs. Webster by Rev. B. F.
Marsden, Free Will Baptist minister OF
East Warren, KY:
What did you think, darling, when
the people were speaking in my favor
in the covenant meeting? Did you say
to yourself, "They don't know how
wicked he is, or they would not have so
much confidence in him." l don't
mean to be wicked, but I am as helpless
as a child in my love foryou.
MI. Webster has entered an action
against the divine, asking $1,000 dam.
ages. The preacher has gone to Canada,
and East Warsaw is call tore up'' ovel
the scandal.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22

EDWARDS tried to "work" his bunko
business on Gov. Swineford, as the latter
was en- route to his station in Alaska
but the governor said, "No, sir; 1 see by
the Devils Lake INTER- OCEAN that yor
pay your printers from winnings at you:
favorite game, and if you don't win 70,
don't pay. Please excuse me. l hav,
oil l can do to pay my own printers.
Edwards couldn't get the governor fur
ther than seven up.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-08-22

Our kilograms yesterday stated that
"ex-Speaker Steele" was the victim Of
Enumerator Pettigrew's malice in hav'
ing been made to appear in the latter's
census return as a 'bastard." The tel.
egram should have read Speaker Rice
the presiding officer of the late legisla
tive lower house. We do not feel that
we owe an apology to anyone, as the
mistake was made in te%legraphing; a
simple explanation should suffice.