The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

~ Jne lasC,
Senator Fair is in correspondence
with his divorced wife with view to
reunion,
A British justice has decided that
divorce obtained in America is invalid
in England
The Monument to the late Senator
Ben H. Hill is now in place and ready
for unveiling at Atlanta.
Edwin Booth has received the con-
gratulations of his friends upon the
birth Of a rand'daughter.
There is said to be serious revolt
among the Scotch liberal against Glad
stones Irish policy.
1t is said that no less than 100 chill
dren were burned to death in Georgia
during the past winter.
Gen. McClernand was offered the
governorship Of Utah, but declined,
and is candidate for Congress in his
district.
The Chinese are taking advantage
of the low railroad rates, and are COM
ing East from San Francisco in large
numbers.
Elders painting, "Appomattox,"
has been bought by the State of Vir-
gina and hung up in the Capitol at
Richmond.
Gen. McClellan's book, which will
soon be published, is said to be vigor-
Gus in its treatment of "antagonistic
politicians"
| R. G.. Dun & Co. report quite fall
| ing off in business failures for the first
1 quarter OF this year as compared with
that Of last.
| The divorced wife Of Senator Fair
indignantly denies the rumor tEat she
is soon to marry California journal
l list.
i Horatio Seymour and Justice Hunt
were close and old time friends. There
was only fourteen days di&ezence be-
tween their ages.
Governor Gray, of Indiana, is said
to fear the approach of old ago, and to
hide the evidence OF its coming has
!, taken to dyeing his beard,
el James Gordon Bennett will steam
Q among the Grecian Islands in his
4 yacht and 90 thence to the Indian
Ocean, where he will remain several
r. months.
d3 The people Of Washington appear
I, to ke in earnest about worlds fair at
that place in 1892, the 4O0th anniver-
Try ofthe discovery OF American.
III A statement having been made that
T. President,C Cleveland had written let
ter to Jay Gould On the subject Of the
III strike, the statement is denied.
! A decision Of the Secretary of the
n Interior restores TO the public domain
e ,451 200 acres OF land in California,
L. claimed by the Atlantic and Pacific
ls Railroad.
Sir Charles Young, author OF the
new play" Jim, the Penman," is suf
u fering from an accident which has
y tenporarily deprived him of his eye
!. sight
Tive Anapnscript volumes Of Burns
=" poems lhaNe been sold in Edinburgh
for $40 aud 2sSS guineas each, and /
copy of the MiiRsarnock edition Of hi
poems, dated 1875, for 80 guineas,
e sehoolmastarthearia class in gram
MARI -''Master Kirby, what is whis
KY"
N Master Kirby.---"A common noun
es sir"
+, Schoolmaster-"Decline it."
10 Master Kirby.-"Never, sir"
- "Of the people who come here ex
= pecting to see Mr.. Could" said
~ young man connected with the raj
= way kings Office, "the women are tn
3 most sanguine and persistent. Some
- times woman who has not the ghos
10 Of a chance of seeing the magnat
- will pace up and down the passag
=. all day"
al A touching incident of she brit
=, day celebration of Emperor Williai
OF Germany, last week, was pilgrim
age of the Imperial family to lit
sh oak cradle in which the future En-
Ter peror lay, just eighty-nine years ag
At Il is still as good as new, and late
ply did service for the Kaisers grea
int grandchildren, the sons OF Prin,
he William.
- Wendell Phillips was waiting on,
for the train at Essex Junction, v
!. where passengers at times have to E
- - ercise great patience. He saw
' graveyard not far from the dep
very full Of graves, and inquired t
reason. A Green Mountaineer call
ep- lv informed him TINT Ii ,uas ,,snd