The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-09-23
Summary of the News.

President Cleveland Joined deer
hunt, and one of the party brought
down a buck.
Parsons, the anarchist, denies the
story of the Waco negro, Gathens, res
pecting Mrs. Parsons.
Mr., Howells is working hard on
new novel and his readers are work
ing hard on his old ones.
The Canadian authorities have
gone so far as to refuse postal facili-
ties to American craft on her coast.
The veterans of the Army Of the
Tennessee received an invitation to
hold their next annual reunion at At
lanta, Ga.
Western Knights of Labor may
hold caucus in Pittsburg en- route to
the National Convention at Rich
mond in October.
A rainy day in the Adirondacks was
spent by the President, who killed
time with cribbage and looked over
his correspondence.
A New York county fair drew a
large crowd, with public wedding,
and the bride received presents Of
considerable value.
Mrs. Mary Godfrey, wife of a
wealthy farmer, of Erie, Pa, commit
ed suicide by throwing herself over
precipice 15Ofeet deep.
Mrs. Morse, residing near Little
Rock, Ark, witnessed the drowning
together of her two young sons and be
came insane from the shock.
The Chiricahua and Warm Spring
Indians are now on train travelling
to Florida, where they will occupy the
hunting grounds of the Seminoles.
Intelligence has reached Londor
from Lloyds' agents at Zinte, alleg
ing that the recent earthquake il
that neighborhood originated in tn,
sea.
Two more mangled bodies hav'
been collected from the wreck on tn
Nickle Plate Railroad at Silver Greek
swelling the number OF the dead t,
nineteen.
The Farmers and Dairymen's Con
vention at Philadelphia took meas
ures toward further restrictions Of
| the sale of oleomargarine, and close
its sessions.
Mr.. James G. Blaine informed al
inquirer in Boston that the Main
election was "as good as any on
could wish" General Butler made
, long call upon him.
A non-partisan temperance conven
ton was held at Worchestor, Mass
for the purpose OF influencing actio
! on the part of both the great polit
cal parties agaist the liquor traffic.
Dominic Downs, OF Boston, attemp
ed to argue in the Baptist Associs
ton OF that city, but was informe
that he was out OF the pale OF tn
, Church and could not occupy til
, floor.
5 Henry E. Dixey, the actor, arrive
t on the Guion steamer Nevada. A tu
with number of prominent acto
a and friends of the voyage went dow
r the bay to escort the steamer up
j the city.
Between eight and ten thousar
Western Odd Fellows will leave Oh
cago on special trains for Boston c
Saturday to participate in the grar
celebration by the order in the la
named city.
The National Convention of Ag1
9 cultural and Dairy Association ope
4 ed its sessions at Philadelphia. A Il
ter was read from President Clevelal
h expressing his approval of the objec
. of the association.
y Relay gangs of resolute men a
y working day and night in efforts
y pierce the dense wall of coal behil
l. which are seven of the victims of t
y late terrible disaster at the Marvi
s mine near Scranton, Pa.
e. The little daughter OF Mrs. Duse,
is siding at Rockville. Pa, was burn
n to death by her clothing taking fl.
W while at play near her home. T
10 mother, in her frantic efforts to sa
n her child, was frightfully burned.
- The Missouri Pacific Railway /
- discharged several employees at SeC
liza because the men used their oV
rights of franchise at recent prin
IN ries and did not vote the ticket plac
I'd in their hands by Gould's officials
e. the line.
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