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

Until the present round OF Chan
Gerry Courts in the First District, it is
not within the memory of the oldest
inhabitant that they we're ever held
by a Democratic Chancellor Previ-
GUS to 1852 the @Chancery Courts
throughout East Tennessee were held
by Chancellor Williams, a Wing OF the
olden time, a man OF lofty character
and courtly dignity, whom our old
folks yet recall as the beau ideal of a
Chancellor.
He was succeeded by another Wing,
Chancellor Lucky, who held the
Chancery Courts in all Upper East
Tennessee for short period and af-
ter the organization Of tie present
Chancery districts remained Chancel-
lor OF the First District till his death
in 1868. He was remarkable as a
Chancellor for the quickness OF his
perceptions, and the promptness with
which he decided causes and dispatch
ed business.
From 1868 till 1875 Chancellor
Smith, a Republican, held the office.
He was the reverse of his predecessor
and under his delicate administration
there was much complaint OF the law s
delay in the Chancery Court. The
bar complained that continuances
were too easy and too numerous; that
reference and re-rcference were toe
exhausting and dilatory. The suitors
complained that justice was delayed
so long as to amount to denial, and
that costs grew so enormous as tc
make the attainment of right burden
some and often ruinous to the litigant
The TRIBUNE is gratified to learn
and to announce that the first Demo
cratic Chancellor in the First District
is reformer and that, while he re
mains upon the bench, justice will be
administered without denial or delay
Chancellor st. John has held Court il
five or six counties, and already thu
false OF his administrative ability ha
gone abroad He is reported as tryins
and disposing of causes rapidly, refus
ing continuance of frivolous ground
Tor delay, requiring parties and coun
sci to use diligence in preparation 70
trial, and generally transacting busi
ness with facility and dispatch, Thi
is what courts are for, what people de
sire and what Democracy always in
tends to give, We congratulate
! chancellor St. John upon his success
l-kaorriHe Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-23
Feminine Privileges iM tho
South.

How rapid PROCESS the women #
the South are making in the matter
Of education is well shown in the Uni
yersity Of Mississippi. 1t was but
few Years ago that this university was
thrown open to girls, but in that time
they have forced themselves to the
front and this year they won all the
prizes. A young lady has won tho
first honors and will consequently be
the valedictorian. The senior class
will be represented by young lady
among the speakers, as will also the
juniors, while among the competitors
for the sophomore prize defamation
is still another of "the fair sex" Tho
experiment tried at Oxford for admit
ing girls to the university with the
same privileges as the male students
can therefore be pronounced a sue
cess.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-23

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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-23
Grant and the Kentucky Ladies.

The Kentucky women are as enthu-
siastic about horses as the men. They
unhcsitatingly place the horses before
themselves as the great attractions of
the State. remember hearing con-
versation between General Grant and
a Kentucky girl at the st. Louis Mer-
chants Exchange in 1875, when Presi-
dent Grant was visiting the st. Loui!
fair. A number Of ladies were intro
duced to the President, whereupon he
spoke in very high terms of st. Louis,
the fair, &c. "You are mistaken, Mr..
Presidcnt-we are not from st. Louis"
laughingly said one Of the girls, 1--WE
are from Kentucky, very fine State,
you know, which possesses three
things all men of taste must appreci-
ate" Smilingly, the President asked
her what they were. She answered;
ave have the fastest horses, the pret-
tiest women and the finest whisky in
the world.t The President replied
"Your horses are certainly justly re-,
nowned | have some on my farm
near here yourself and party prove
thccorrectness OF your second observa-
ton, but whisky is one of the things
that require age, and your men con-
sumo it so fast that it rarely has q fair
chance to become good" Tie girls
thought that if General Grant could
not make long speech he was apt at
repartce. 4..
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-23
A sTUMPING EXPERIENCES.
Miss as a Factor in n Political
Canvass.

SnnV1SSs
"KentuskY is u great State" said
Colonel Underwood. 1--WE have the
handsomest women in the world, we
make the best whisky, have the most
fertile lands, raise the best horses and
have the purest air. In addition to
that our people pull together, but they
do not like snobbishness. | remember
one time ! was stumping one of the
mountain counties. | bought $25
worth OF nickcls and put them in my
saddle-bags. Every log cabin | would
come to would ride up and ask for a
drink Of water. Well, out would
come II little boy or girl with gourd
dipper of warm water. | would take
a swallow, then drop Il nickel in the
dippcr. The little one would run il
and would go on. The child's moth
er would come and have the fat gentle
man pointed out, The consequence
was that / got the vote out of that
house. Well, one morning | rode up
to house, little girl brought me out
dipper of water. felt in my pocket
and discovered that hadn't Il copper.
Little girl said /, 4 generally have a
nickel somewhere about me, but
haven't to-day, so I'll give you what's
the next best thing fora girl and that's
a kiss So got down off my horse
and kissed her for my own little blue
eyed girl at home. She didn't mind
it. Another little black-eyed girl here
showed up and had to kiss her for a
niece OF mine whom she looked like
By this time another little girl show
ed up half a head taller than the rest
and not to be partial kissed her
when found that four or five Other
girls had gathered and | saw | was in
in for it. SO commencing with the
smallest, / kissed each one. The
change in the statue was so gradua
that | did not notice that the last one
was full-grown woman, and righl
handsome at that, until had kisset
her. Looking up | saw two or three
old ladies laughing at me, and think
ing I'd made Il bad break ] lifted my
hat to the young lady and begged he
pardon and explained how it was
She didn't seem TO mind it much, bu
the old ladies kept laughing and
tried to explain it, when one OF then
said: IVY, durn it, Jedge, she's Bill
wife We'll, thought !, I'm in for it
That knocks out my vote in the neigh
borhood.' Well, ! inquired in tn
next house who Bill was and was tol,
that ii was Buck Holmes, the hardes
citizen in Carter county. Next day
had to speak at the courthouse, an
when l came up l noticed gang G
about twenty-five rough-looking fcI
lows of at one side and a big six-foo
fellow was talking to them and gestiC
ulating with both hands. who
that?" / inquired. That's Buc
Holmes and his gang was the repl,
The cold chills commenced runnin
up my back and | shifted my rcvolye
+ around up where | could reach it will
out trouble and then lomged up I
hear what he was saying and get th
lay of the land. We'll, I'm blanket
r banked / heard him say. II til
jedge don't ketch my vote. No sno
. thar gentlemen. Jest as soon kiss
poor mans wife as rich one
+. by That settled it. | got Ii
$ more votes in that county than an
; other man ON the ticket.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-23
The Presidents House.

There are various projects entertain
ed for the building OF a private house
for the President upon the high
ground north OF Washington. This
plan will leave the present building
simply to be used rs executive offices
for the President. 1t is not generally
known that the White House was
originally built Of brown stone. 1t
WAS called then "the Presidents S
house" a much better name than than the
ugly one of the Executive Mansion.
After it was burnt out during the war
OF 1872 the brown stone was painted
white. From that day it has been
known as tie White House. John
Adams was the first President who
ever occupied this building. 1t was,
however, only partially completed
during his term. The East Room
was not lathed or plastercd then
John Quincy Adams was the first Pres
ident who occupied it after it was re.
stored. There has been no change il
it from his time until this, with the
exception OF adding from time TO time
pieces Of interior decoration or furni
ture.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-23


The popular impression Of the first
battle Of Bull Run was founded on the
newspaper correspondence concerning
tho event, and which evidently ema-
mated from men who were demoralized
by the unexpected defeat and who
mistook the rush OF frightened mules
and insane drivers as the wild retreat
ef q defeated army. The assertions
of Johnston and Imboden do not con-
vey the idea that the Federals did not
fight determinedly and with pertinaci-
ty; on the contrary, they recognize
and freely state that the first onset
was irresistible and that the national
troops fought like veterans. Imboden
thinks that McDowells order chang
ing Ricketts, and Grifin's batteries to
a more advanced position was a blum
der which lost him the battle, for the
reason that the time occupied in NOV
ing tho batteries gave the Confeder-
atcs time to take up a new and ad-
vantageous line OF battle and which
would not have been possible had tho
batteries remained in place, for, as
then located, they commanded the
line along which the new front was
formed.
1t is q satisfaction to the country to
learn, even after lapse of nearly u
quarter of a century, that the coward
ice, incapacity and demoralization
charged TO the account of Bull Run
had no existence outside of the fleeing
correspondents and the routed Con
gressmen and other civilians who
went out to see the, expecting to make
OF it grand picnic. 1t is little out
of the usual order Of things that the
correction should come from the men
who inflicted the defeat and that an
army accused OF inability and coward
ice should be relieved OF the charge
| by the enemy against whom it fought
l-Caicago fines.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-02-19
MIsoEILANEoUs.

THE production of pig iron in the United
States last year was 4,5S9,G tons against
5,14O,972 tons for the previous year.
TRAINS were again badly delayed nthe
10th in the West and Northwest In many
of the States the snow was drifted worse
than in many years. The weather turned
exceedingly cold
THE new fortification bill agreed upon
bv the sub b-committe of the House Conn
mite on Appropriations appropriates
$4 s35 900 against 100000 appropriated for
the current year. Two millions of the
amount appropriated is for new fortitica-
tions at Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Hampton Roads and San Francisco.
ON the 11th number of base ball men
assembled at indianapolis, Ind, to organ
ize Western league.
A COMPROMISE has been affected between
the warning Texans and Mexicans at Eagle
Pass.
A PARTY of Philadelphia merchants and
their families left on the 11th for the New
Orleans Exposition.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-02-19
coLLlERY EXPLOSION.

Terrible Tx 5IosiOn Ina Nova scotia Colliery
Thirteen Men Killed aud SiN Ininrcd.A
Distressing scene at the Mouth Of the Pit.
HALIFAX, February ll.--Last night an
explosion occurred in the pit OF Vale
Colliery ut Westyille, Picton. One rn-
NOR states that one hundred men were in
the mine al the time. Another report
says only fifteen were down. The latter
report is likely TO be nearer the truth
Whether the men are alive or dead IL
unknown. Fire broke out Immediately
after the explosion. Men have gone into
the pit to attempt to get the flames under
control.
NEW GLASGOW, N. 81, February IL
The explosion occurred at the foot Of the
slope in the Vale Colllery, six miles from
this town. The slope is 1000 feet from
the surface. Twenty men were 1T work.
one Of the shots was followed by d ter
ritic explosion Of gas, setting the mine on
fire. Thirteen men were killed outright.
six were badly injured and one escaped.
Most Of the men were married aud had
large families. During the early morn
ing d terrible scene prcsclted Itself as
| the Head and wounded men were brought
to the pits mouth, where there had as
sembcd wives seeking their lost on
MANNED husbands. The names Of the
killed are;
John Grant, sing q; At Mc1achen, sin
gle, Neil McKinnon, John w. Frazer,
james Mclean, single; Phil. MeBlth,
Thomas II. Ryan, Hugh Cameron, single;
Pat Foley, Dan. Kennedy, Jno. a. Camp
bell, James lIaggart, Daniel Mclean.
The wounded are james Robinson,
Hugh Lamont, Robert Love, Thomas
| Guthrie, Wm Mcdonald, - Campbell.
| The fire in the mine has been cxtin-
| guished.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-02-19
A BURNED BREWERY.
Fire and Explosion In d Rochester brewery
Several Persons Badly Inilred, One,
Perhaps, Fatally.

Fire and Explosion In a Rochester brewery
Several Persons Badly Injured, one,
Perhaps, Fatally.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, February II. Fire
broke out in the hop-room of tho Genesce
Brewing Company's building rserday
afternoon. The department gtspJadcd
promptly but were unable to DO much
work on account OF The cold, the ther-
mometer being several degrees below
zero and the water mains being frozen.
Soon after the fire was discovered q ter
rifle explosion occurred in the hop-room,
which raised the roof and broke every
pane Of glass in the building. IL
Is generally believed that nnm-
Der Of men were in the room at
the time, and that they have 9een
burned to DEATH This can not yet be
confirmed, as tile flames are still raging,
and it takes some time to determine the
facts. The following persons were in
jurcd;
Frank Schiall and Martin Dletz, cm-
ployes of the brewing company, burned
about the head, face, arms and chest.
Harry llimball, member Of the Protec-
tive Fire Company, burned about the
face.
LIewllyu II Van Zandt, fireman, slightly
burned about the face and hands.
Jno. A.Walcott, fireman, Slightly burned
about the face.
Andrew Garlic, member Of the Active
Hose Company, who fell from ladder
and was seriously injured. Tie may die.
AT this hour al :30 Il. mo IL Is evident
that the entire building will beconsnmed.
Probable loss, $3.50, 900.
AT two O'Clock it was known that no
one had been killed outright, but y Is
thought that earle, the fireman, who fell
from ladder, would die. The fire y
still burning.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-02-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

BISMARCK, in speech in the Reichstag
'ne 10th, favored the customs tariff bill.
NhARLY all members of the Texas Leg
Il ''''ure, State officers and Congress men
Sase signed petition asking Mr.. Cleve-
- 70 appoint Ex-Governor Hubbard a
*ielnoer of his Cabinet.
EDWARD McCABE, Archbishop of Dublin
~ rrlmate of Ireland, died on the 10th.
n was born February 1Ith, 1916, and was
4 eated Cardinal in 1882.
oN the llth Morphy, the Anarchist, was
8earrested at Paris.
M NERET, the Mahdi,s Minister OF War.
\ sa1a 70 haveformerly been a captain in
1ne French army.
a DISPATCH from General Wolseley saws
NM soSuSs ~ sent to Khartoum confirm the re-
Port q General Gordon's death.
SoLoNEL OSBORNE, of Winnipeg, Man,
aIs, as caoied the London War Office a prop
IA tton tbe sa. % organize regiment for service
IA nls return from the New Orleans Elk.
Osl.lon, Mr.. Hendricks addressed the Gin
/ 'HnaIl Ml Chamber of Commerce.
NEWS reached London on the Itth thai
u ~, ~ a. Earle had been killed by the rebels
aa There was great excitement over An
a uaitional severe blow to the British force,
Il Egypt ''eH i0foei
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-02-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the Senate on the 18th the army APP
preparation bill was reported. The Texas
Pacific land forfeiture bill was discussed
by Mr.. Van Wyck, but it was crowded out
Of its place in the special orders to take up
the bill to prevent the importation of for
egn contract labor; and on this measure
there was long and animated discussion.
Mr.. Ingalls, was opposed to the system on
the ground that we had our own
toiling millions to look after.
Other Senators spoke, and pending further
action the Senate adjourned. .... The House
accomplished but little business. Much
valuable time was wasted ia points Of
order, and appealing from the Speaker
pro tenn. The Post-ofiice appropriation
bill was again taken up in committee Of
the whole and progress made. There was
warm discussion on the paragraph re-
Iating to compensation TO ocean steamship
companies for carrying the mails, An
evening session to consider pension bills
was held.
j. w. Murray was hanged Mt Portland,
Ore, on the 18th, His neck was broken
and death was instantaneous.
THE Secretary Of the Interior disbarred
from practice as attorney, John Mclean,
of Rookston, Ill.
JAMES ToLLIvER, a Jackson (Mich.) J
barber, endeavored to cut the throat Of
| Mrs, Wesley, married woman with
whom he had fallen desperately in love,
and failing in his purnos cut his own
throat, severing the windpipe.
The Oregon Legislature has not yet
| elected United States Senator
PEOPLE all through Canada are yearn-
J ing to take part III the Soudau war.
/ Two men were mangled by the explosion
Of a powder mill at Hubbard, O., on thc
18th.
MORE earthquake shocks are reported IN
| the rovince of Grenada, Spain,
SANFORD JACKSON, colored, was hanged
~ selma, Ala, on the 18th for the murder
of Rufus Gill, another negro.
A RAILWAY meil clerk has sued the MIS-
sissippi Valley Railroad for $25,OOO dam
ages for injuries received.
WHEN the British Parliament meets
again more stringent rules for visitors WI
be put in operation.
TIE Courthouse at New Athens, Tex.
| was destroyed by fire on the 18th. IL II
Thought to be the work of an incendiary'
THE Illinois Legislature took no ballo
ON the 18th for United States Senator
there Icing one absentee on each side.
COLONEL THos. BuFoRD, who murdered
Indge Elliott, of the Louisville Court o
Anpeals. died in the Lnnatic Asylum a
Anchorage, KY, on the 18th.
TIE Manchester Gadrdida's commercial
..t;cla saws that business throughout Grea
1sritain ia small, and that producers ar
unwilling to accept lower prices
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-02-19
CRIMEs AND CASUALTIES.

VIM. HICKEY went to Wabash, Ind, on
the 7th to "do upn Editor Linn, of the
Courier, and was fatally wounded by the
latter, Hickey was known as a desperate
character, and Linn viii probably be justi-
fed.
On the 7th during n Chinese riot at
Eureka, Cal. a stray bullet killed David
Kendall, a member Of the City Council. A
committee was appointed by the citizens
t. tell the Chinese that they must all leave
the city.
The list of killed in the railroad accident
at Creston, Ia, was greater than at first
reported the number reaching seven.
~ ata1dcHARD TRUMP, living near Terre
a,- a,1s,.ss, 1nd., confessed that she killed her
husband several weeks ago. She reported
at the time that he had committed suicide,
Four men We're killed and number
seriously hurt at Brazil, Ind, on the 10th,
by a boiler explosion.
THE sacred silver vessels in St. Jarlath 3
| Roman Catholic Church Mt Chicago were
stolen by burglars the night Of the 9th.
On the 11th Buffalo, n. Y, was visited
by terrific wind storm, while the ther-
mometer was many degrees below zero
Railroads were blockaded and several cases
of death from freezing were reported.
On the 1lth, by the burning OF a hotel al
Charleston, W. Va, one sick man was
roasted to a craclIlin. Il was thought tc
be the work of an incendiary, and excite
ment was at high pitch.
EIGHTEEN lives were lost by fire in thu
insane ward in the Blockley Alms-ho
at Philadelphia, Pa, on the 18th.
Two small boys at Grosvenor, Mich
after reading dime novel, had an Indial
fight on the 18th, in which one of then
was instantly killed.
ON the night of the 18th, at dance il
the Chickasaw Nation, everybody go
drunk, and there was general fight, il
which several strangers were killed out
right and a number of people wounded.
AN attempt to wreck a passenger trail
on the New Orleans division of tn
Texas & Pacific Road was made on tn
18th. A freight came along out of tim
and was thrown over
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-02-19
4 sentence of death or a Fight.

DECATUR, INp., February l2.-The
second trial of Fred Richards, the alleged
murderer of Amos Backesto last April, is
now in progress. Great interest is mani
tested and public sentiment will scarcely
be satisfied with verdict other than the
death penalty. Should it be otherwise,
trouble is likely TO follow. Fred Richards
daughter, who attempted suicide few
days since is in a fair way 10 recovery. Il
is not known what caused her to attempt
to take her life unless she did not wish 10
testify against her father.