The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-05

Gen. Clusters sister is giving read
ings in Oregon.
Lieut.. Greeley, Of arctic fame, sail
ed for Europe the oath.
Horatio Alger, the story writer has
started several penniless boys in bus
mess.
President Elliot, of Harvard, re-.
ceives a salary OF four thousand dol
lars per year.
Ex-President Arthur says he did
not save cent of the 100000 he re-
ceived as salary while President.
DR.. Mary Walker says that she has
refused dozen offers of marriage.
She visited an insane asylum once.
Justice Bradley, sometimes called ir-
reverently "Old Aliunde," sleeps un-
blushingly in court after listening q
few minutes.
George Gould, son of the railroad
king, spends all his pocket-money on
Turkish pillows, and has furnished
his rooms with them instead of beds
and lounges.
The young man who imprinted a
respectful kiss on the fair forehead Of
his best girl told his friend next day
that he had been having bang-up
time.
Mrs. John Ray Barton is the wealth
lest woman in Philadelphia. She is
worth, perhaps, $10,OOOO0O inherited
from her her father, the famous DR..
Rush.
Count Won Moltke is in very poor
health. He will not live till winter, il
is said. Bismarck, who was danger
ously ill last summer, is dangerously
well again.
Senator Edmunds would like anoth.
or term in the Senate. He dosen't
talk, but he allows it to be plainly un.
derstood that he is going in to win il
he can.
The late E. A. Rollins, formerly
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
left personal estate valued at neal
ly 100000 and a life insurance policy
amounting to over $23,OOO
A posthumous child has been borr
to Charles W. McCune, late proprie
tor Of the Buffalo Courier, whose deati
occurred last March. The infant,
son, becomes heir to fortune OF $500,
900.
Tennyson's latest poem is entitled
"Close of Another Eve" How tn
world does improved The first ev
had no clothes at all, if the photo
graphs we have seen Of the lady are T.
be relied upon.
"Well, may l hope, then, dearest
that at some time / may have tn
happiness Of making you my wifer
eyes, I hope SO, am sure" she re
piled, II an tired OF sueing fellows fo
breach of promise"
Not popular: Unbitten bites, III
thunked thoughts, unlocked kick
unkissed kisses, unstolen steals, ur
dressed dresses, unsmiled "smiles," III
done duns, undrunk drinks, undru nj
ed drunks, unsneezed sneezes, untol
lies, unmashed mashers.
President Cleveland says that ii
most pleasing remembrance he has
most otfice-seekers is the poetic wa
, in which their coat tails mournfull
waved in the breeze as they waltzt
out out of the room.--Fall River He
aid.
B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)
now 20 years old and a cripple, ha
ing had rheumatism for thirty year
He has lost the use of his lower linn
and now wheels himself about in
chair, and is totally helpless. F
lives in Chelsea, Mass.
The Gear sleeps with his pet dc
and we regard such circumstance
a fit cause for the action ofthe Socie
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Al
mails. The poor brute is liable to
blown to pieces by dynamite al
night-LoaUelI Citizen.
Much nonsense has been circulat
recently concerning lack of harmon
W in the Cabinet, and the resignation
e certain of its members is now bel
discussed. 1t is believed by perso
who would be likely to know, that t
rs President receives the most cord
w support iron his Cabinet, and Il
their relations ale not strained in a
case.
10 One Of the best indications Of prospe
le ty throughout the countryis the reci'
y at the United States Patent Off
a. In times Of prosperity inventions I