The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-20
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tie brothers,
"What is the latestT was asked of a
wit. "Twelve p. M, was the curt re-
ply.
Fatal cases of cholera continue to
be reported from various points in
Italy.
Ex-senator David Davis, OF Illinois,
is seriously ill from a malignant car
buncle.
Beck, the pretender to the throne OF
Demark, has been expelled from that
country.
Bottles from which cordialis poured
in Washington society are most popu-
lar when low-necked.
The national debt was reduced near
ly eleven millions Of dollars during
the month of April.
The French have suppressed the re-
volt of natives in Senegal The
French losses were trihing.
Mr. Sylvester Pennoyer has been
nominated as the Democratic candi-
date for Governor of Oregon.
Mormon missionaries are at work
in Switzerland, seeking to induce
your girls to emigrate to Utah.
A Beautiful hat may represent an
unpaid milliners bill The trimmed
over bonnet generally covers an hon
est head.
Two OF Henry Irving's sons who
lately appeared in an amateur the
atrical performance are said to be
born actors.
Labor troubles still continue in Bel
GUM. An official inquiry is to be
made into the material and moral
condition Of workingmen.
The House Judiciary Committee
has reported adversely upon the pro-
posed Woman Suffrage Amendment
to the National Constitution.
The Government revenue steamers
are to, patrol the coast to guard against
the introduction of infections diseases
by ships from foreign ports.
: II is now positively stated that Miss
9 Folsom is Democrat. We are glad
of this 1t is an encouraging sign to
! see Democrat put in Office now and
D then
1t is said that the haunting fear
which now pursues the President is re-
garding general strike amoung the
tailors before that wedding suit is fin
: ished.
Rev. Phillips Brooks, the Rector Of
Trinity Church, Boston, was last week
elected Assistant Bishop Of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Diocese OF Penn
u sylvania.
i The "two Sans" Jones and Small
of commenced series OF evangelistic
- meetings in Baltimore on the 2nd inst
N Very large audiences have attended
upon their preaching.
k, The night Mr.. Gladstone asked to
ic, introduce his Irish Government Bill,
ks the usal rose in his buttonhole was
he reinforced by a bunch Of shamrocks,
ID the gift of Mr.. Parnell
Dr. William A, Hammond, of New
York, formerly Surgeon-general Of
las the UnitedStates Army, has just mar
lgs ried Miss Ester Dyer Chaplin, niece
las of Rev. Dr. Francis Vinton, of the
he same city.
~ The New York State Committe
,u' which investigated the Broadway
'el Railway scandal has made final re
"U ~ port, confirming the preliminary re
iN' port sustaining the charges OF bribery
i'm
md President Cleveland deprecates dis
re. cussien OF his forthcoming marriage
regarding it as private matter will
which the public has nothing to do
mas 1t is believed that the marriage vii
sra- take place in June,
eks
,ou Nine. Henri Greville and her huf
4 band, M. Durand Greville, sailed fror
.;.u New York for Havre last week. MN,
,,an Greville carried away with her moi
,na1 agreeable impressions Of America
how hospitality.
New The owners Of the land in Washing
ton, D. G., on which it is proposed
". build the Conventional Library bull
! y ing, ask for it three times It's assesst
80. valuation, and 100000 more than Il
ron sum appropriated lor its purchase.
lore. A Joint resolution proposing
-ears amendment to Constitution, provi
the ing that the 90th Of April shall hei
lore, after be substituted for the 4th
on March as the commencement OF t
official term of the President, VII
ii.9i' president and the Congress, has be