The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-03-25

lrlehu JeH. Il. DuII, formerly OF Brle-
tol, is well edited and neatly printed,
and If it's present standard is kept up
will become one Of liveliost papers in
Southwest Virginia. We gladly place
1T on our exchange list
The editor will try to meet THE
COMETS Sullivan county friends at
Blountyille next Monday. We hope
those who are due us for subscriptions
will be prepared to settle. Our fnan-
ces are reaching such a low ebb
that we have almost come to the con-
clusion that the coinage of silver has
been suspended.
We publish in another column the
explanations to the weather signals
displayed over E. B. Clark & Co.'S
store. We are glad to inform our
readers that the difficulty has been re-
moved which heretofore existed, and
we will get the signals now every
morning at z o'clock
MessrS. Eugene and Chas. Faw, OF
Gonzales, Cal, have been in the city a
few days this week the guests Of their
uncle, Mr.. T, A. Faw. They are Wis
iting their home in this country after
an absence of three years They are
well pleased with California and will
return in about a month. They made
THE COMET a very pleasant call while
here.
On account of absence we have not
been able to devote much time to
THE COMET for the past three or four
weeks. Here after we will give it
more attention and will try to inn
prove it in every way. We hope to be
able to say in our next issue that we
have engaged regular weekly cor
respondent from Bristol, Blountville,
Jonesboro, Elizabethton, and perhaps
other points.
Gen. ]. 7. Wilder went down to
Chattanooga Tuesday evening. The
General by his indefatigable energy
and pluck is doing much to develope
the resources ofupper East Tennessee.
He is now opening up an ore bank OF
his own above Roam Mountain Sta
ton. The ore is said to be of the same
quality as that at Cranberry. A tram
road half mile in length will be built
to the ore bank. Gen. w lder has
agreed to furnish a Chattan oga firm
three thousand tons of the ore as
test, and if it proves satisf ;itory the
company will use all that can be fur
nished.
Chas. E. DOsser, Esq, of JOnesboro,
has been promoted. Less than
year ago he was appointed a Postof-
flee Inspector. But by close applica-
ton, good judgement and indefatiga-
BILE work he has become one OF the
most efficient men in the service.
We are informed that the Superin-
tendent or Chief Inspector has declar-
ed that Mr.. Dosser is the best man he
has eyer seen for his experience in
the service. In consequence of these
facts Mr.. Dosser has been transferred
to New York city and made Superin-
tendent Of the city division at salary
of $4,000 per year. His former salary
was $1,000 per year.
The fun commenced in earnest yes
terday at Newport, Mr.. Milburn candi-
date for Congress made speech in
which he called Judge Butler a cadet
peddler, and said that Walt Brownlow,
was rebel during the war and sew
ing machine agent after the war.
Butler replied and defended both
himself and Brownlow. He said that
since the cadet, ship business he had
received letter from Milburn asking
him to support Milburn one time for
Congress and that he (Milburn) would
be for Butler the next time. He fur
Their declared that Milburn had no
merit OF his own and was trying to
drag others down in order to bring
himself into notice. And this is but
the beginning of the end.
The Johnson City Foundry and
Machine Shops are now in full oper.
alton. The first blast was made last
Saturday, and the new furnace works
like a charm. The company is now
doing some splendid work. Engine
No. 2 of the Narrow Gauge road has
been recently overhauled and repaint
ed and is about as good as new. The
Rogersyille & Jefferson road have an
engine here waiting to be overhauled
and as soon as it is finished another
will be sent on, Mr.. Sam Simcox, the
foreman, is one of the finest machan
les to be found anywhere. Mr.. Hen
derson is also very fine workman
Mr.. De Groate, in charge of tht
moulding denartment thoroughly I'M