The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-09-02

A New York World dispatch says;
Admiral Porter still remains in Wash
ington, hard at work on his book. A
friend OF the admiral told me the 9TH
er day Of very interesting character
istic Of this chief officer of the navy.
He is not very approachable to gener-
al callers. Heis very brusque and is
not in the habit of seeing every one
who calls, no matter how important
or how prominent he may be. But he
has one standing order, that any sailor
who has served in the navy has right
to come right into his room without
sending in a card or knocking at the
door. The admiral in doing his work
is often interrupted by this class of
callers. Sometimes, when he is in the
midst of sentence, the door will fly
open to give admission to some burly
Jack Tar who is in trouble and
has come to the admiral
for relief-and they always
find it. He seems to regard the sail
ors of the navy as his children"
The grave of President Harrison is
on q knoll near North Bend, Ind,
twelve miles below there, unprotected
by even fence from the meandering
COWS of the village. A movement is
now being pushed to remove the body
to Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati,
about the time Chief-Justice Chase's
body is taken there. Senator Harri-
son is understood to favor the remoy-
al Of his grand-father's body.
Those who had a notion that Mr..
Tilden lived only for himself and
thought OF little but his own comfort,
will be surprised to know that he car
ried a pretty heavy pension-roll Of rel
atives, and was generous in loans and
and advances to his fathers family
1 and to the families OF his brothers
: Nearly all the obligations thus incur
red, amounting to nearly $4,000, are
wiped out by the will.
Mr.. Blaine's speech is very inter
esting production. The graphic clear
ness with which he traces to protec
= tive tariff all the blessings which thi
country now enjoys is rivaled only b.
the unasserted logic which implie
v that all our strikes, lock-outs and Fl
:. nancial depressions were directly du
to free trade in England. If not, VIII,
+ not? The world has a right to know
n Gov. st. John has arrived in Main
i and the battle is on. 1t is the plan t
: sandwich Mr.. Blaine in between s.
;s John and Neal Dow. 1t will requir
all the Maine leaders agility to pre-
"a vent himself from resembling some
= thing that has come through cotto
". compress.
lg Candidate Wolfe, tn eleader of Penn
he sylvania's Prohibitionists, estimate
n his vote at sixty thousand-not qua
in anteed. II he can cut as deeply as /
ne believes into the old soldier and colo
&C. ed Republican strength, the nextGo
re ernor OF Pennsylvania will sign h
NJ name CHAUNcEY F. BLACK.
u, NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Mayor Gra
" appointed General John Newton COZ
W missioner Of public works to succe'
"y Rollin M. Squire, removed. The ID
W ter appointment is highly complime
we tary to Gen. Newton as an engine
70" and as a man whose achievements a
a :, before the whole people, and have
ready received their admiration a
l. respect.
ma "BailiHf," said an Arkansas Jud
be- one day last week to the officer
ers charge of the jury, "will you please
for form the jury that there will be a no
1t race in Merrick's pasture at TIN
for o'clock?" The jury has been out
the forty-eight hours, but in less tn
thirty minutes they came into 60
.,,n with a verdict.
ess. A small boy in Bangor, Me-, thoui
sed it would be fun to tie paper and stl
and to his dogs tail and set them at
said The dog ran into the boys faith
barn, which, with an adjoining hol
-, was burned to the ground. l.
ton t $4,000.
he A California COW swallowed a st
ton twenty inches long and nearly an i
less thick, and in due course OF tim'
his worked out her side without doing
Ia. much damage.