The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16
VOL. IL.

AS rule not one letter out OF twen-
ty written to the President ever passes
through the secretaries hands.
Secretary Manning thinks Of max
ing Newport his home during the
heated term that is coming with
rush when it comes.
Miss Cleyeland's correspondence
consumes great portion Of her time.
Ofiiceseekers and other importunate
cranks worry her with their letters,
Assistant Postmaster General Hay
has written from Aiken, Sc, that his
health is much improved and that he
expects to be in Washington on or
about the 10Th instant.
Within radius Of seven miles
around Dahloncga, Ga, there are now
in running order twenty gold quartz
crushing mills, with an aggregate
number OF 400 stamps.
The total value of taxable property
in Tennessee for 1884 is $2G1 ,194 ,324-
n OF this $34,950, ,170.S4 were taxed
10 railroads, or nearly one-seventh Of
the entire taxable values consists Of
railroad property.
In the house of commons last week
Gladstone gave notice of his intention
to move at an early day that an allow
ance be voted to Princess Beatrice in
view OF her approaching marriage to
Prince Henry, OF Battenberg.
Dr. Mary Walker doesn't find dime
museum life quite cloudless. The
serenity of her temper is sadly marred
with the ridicule bestowed upon hei
by the freaks in whose society she
is exhibited.
Edgar NJ. Johnson, Governor Hoad
ly's law partner, is OF the opinion thai
Judge Geddes will be the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Ohio. HI
says that Geddes would be acceptable
to both factions.
The Legislature of New York ha
at last done something to attract at
tention to itself. The method it ha
adopted to bring itself into notice is b.
playing game of base ball for TIN
benefit OF the Bartholdi pedestal
Mrs. Robert G. Ingersoll and he
daughters are described as old-fashion
ed folks in their style. They are sai'
to dress plainly and comb their hal
naturally. The three of them look 10
all the world as if they were portrait
out from some old book Of beauty.
A Burlington negro, aged twenty
two, has only been married thre
years and is fatherof two pair OF twin
and one set Of triplets Yet, in til
face of this living example of industr
and push, the southern press woul
have us believe that the colored pee
pie are not progressive,
The attitude OF Catholicism towar
our public schools--a problem OF gray
concern at the present time-is to b
discussed from opposite premises
the June number of the North Amer
can Repiew, by NJ. G. O'Byrne, {
North Carolina, against the Roma
Catholic Church, and Bishop Kean
of Virginia, in defence of its policy.
The statement published in sever
newspapers that Senator Henry
PAYNE intended to resign his scat
Congress on account of ill-health AZ
in favor of Mr.. John Mclean, of Il
Cincinnati Enquirer, is pronouced |
that gentleman too ridiculous to den
Mr.. Payne is as well rs usual and h
friends say he has no intention of
signing.
The Rev. Canon Rawlinson, All a
mitted authority on all questions rel'
i ing to Biblical antiquities, Las CO
tribu!ed an article to the Interpret
on biblical Topography" i'll whi
he discusses the various theories a
vanced regarding "the site ofparadis'
Canon Rawlinson believes, with t
German Kalisch, that distinct loo
ity was before the mind OF the writ
of the book OF Genesis, aud he gives
as his judgment that the locality "
in Assyria. The theory is not ne
but it has for some time been in Il
favor than of old.
Ng,.s 'K'fstOEA Al Home.