The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-11


you will please find $3.50 for back
dues and renewal OF "THE COMET"
! am always glad to read it, for ! get
all the news from my old boyhood
home. Excuse negligence in not at
tending to this matter earlier.
Very Resptly.
L. T. DEMPSEY.
Mr.. Hugh Michaels was fatally in
jured last Friday while coasting on
one of the streets of Knoxville, by col.
liding with a sleigh, which unexpect-
eddy turned street corner in front Of
him. He died Tuesday morning.
The Johnson City Machine Shop
has just finished overhauling one of
the Narrow Gauge engines. 1t made
its first trip to Cranberry Monday
morning, in charge of Mr.. Sam Sim
cox, foreman of the machine shop.
Science Hill Institute has EN- olled
25l names on the school register, and
is in high degree OF prosperity. Our
school should be encouraged and sup
ported by all the friends of education
in this community. The pupils are
passing through their intermediate
examinations Several new branches
Of study will be introduced for the
spring term.
Church Supper.-The ladies of the
M. E. Church, South will give an oys-
ter and meat supper at Jobe's Hall
next Wednesday the 18th inst. The
proceeds will be used for the benefit
of the johnson City Church. They
deserve q large crowd and big receipts
Temperance Lecture.-Goh James
White, of Hawkins, one of the best
known politicians in East Tennessee,
has enlisted in the war against Intem-
perance. He will lecture at Bristol,
the first of next week and will then
visit Johnson City, Jonesboro, and
Greeneville. As apublic speaker Col.
White has few equals He has high
appreciation of the ludicrous and
constantly bubbles over with fun.
When he comes to Johnson City next
weeks we hope Jobes Hall will be full
to overlooking to meet him. Due no.
tice will be given of the time by print
ed dodgers.
A NOUel CaSe-Johnson City had
novel suit yesterday before Esq J.
w. Crumley. The facts are about
these A citizen from the "rural dee
stricts" come to town and got too full
OF "pizen" to know what he was do
ing. While in this condition the town
officer arrested him and directed one
Of his assistants to take the mans
money and keep it till he got sober
While the money was in the hands OF
the second party, creditor OF the
drunk man came along and had it
attached. The question is was money
taken from drunken man for the
purpose Of keeping it for him, liable
to attachments The Justice thought
that it was liable but decided the case
on another controlling question.
Codsting.-The big snow and cold
spell made lots Of fun for the boys.
Coasting became almost epidemic in
johnson City. School boys, mer-
chants, doctors and lawyers were out
with their sieds. The hill in the
rear of the Institute offered a
splendid place for the sport. The
slide was about two hundred yards
long and was steep enough to cause a
good sled to make the entire distance
in fifteen seconds. About one third
Of the distance was through pine trees
and on these lanterns and torches
were suspended to illuminate the
track. On Friday night the track was
slick as ice and the fun was fast and
furious. No serious accidents occur
red. One young man collided with i
sled coming up the hill and cut big
cash under his eye. The last vestigt
of snow has disappeared from the hills
hrt the boys are hoping for another
cold wave