The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-12-09

Tor the purpose Of devising ways and
means to take care Of "our poor"
Every body is earnestly urged to come
out and bring any food or clothing
you may have to spare. Committees
will be appointed and the supplies dis
tributed where most needed. Ladies
especially invited to be present,
Mr.. G. O. Harris left last Saturday
for Birmingham, Ala, to accept po-
sition with his old house, ]. Adder &
Son, formerly of Baltimore. Gabe is
a good salesman and this house APP
preciates his revices
Mr.. B, +. Wilson and family left
Tuesday night for Buffalo, N, Y, Mr..
Wilson is fine mechanic and iorsome
time has been the pattern maker at
the Johnson City Foundry and Ma
chine Works. He was a good citizen
and we are sorry to lose him.
At Masonic Hall, Johnson City,
Dec, 9TH 1886 the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year .
W. j. PEBBLES, w. M. E, S. Miller, Jr
S. W.; E. S. Wolfe, ]. w. j. @. Har-
din, Treas. Ike I. Jobe, Secy. ; J. w.
Eakin, S. d.; Q. E, Lyle, J. D.; Rev
A. P. Hart, Chaplain Will Peoples,
Tyler; S. NJ. South, E. B, Clark, D. j.
Wheeler, w. ]. Bush, NJ. B. Martin
Stuarts.
We have a bran new devil in our
sanctum, who for the first time Tues
day, picked up the "rule," adjusted
the "stick," made him a stool with a
"sheeps-foot" and now looks over his
Cease" I'm silent admiration. "A bling
don Examiner.
To create good impression" on
your devil never handle "quoin' in
his presence. If he is ever out of
"sorts" and is constantly making "pi"
you can make the printing business
"planer" to him by applying the
"shooting-stick" to his form"
Gen. ]. 7. Wilder, Col. T. f. Mat
son and Mr.. B. S. Pardee returned last
Thursday night from a horseback trip
over the proposed line of the C. C. &
G. r. R. from here to the Ohio River.
They were highly pleased with the
route, and Col. Matson, the Chief En-
gineer, says there are but few places
where the grade Will be far from level,
and in no place more than 50 or 60
feet to the mile. We win publish
next week Mr.. Pardee's letter refer
ing to the country through which the
road will pass.
Mr. EDITOR DO you know what
pounding is? Probably you may
but the kind we speak Of it was our
privilege to receive on last Friday
night. We are glad to say that though
it was severe, we received no bruises
nor were any bones broken. Our peo-
pie took us by storm and their happy
faces and cherry greetings removed
all fear from our minds as to their in
tention. We are glad they come.
Their coming gave us much pleasure
and we have been greatly benefited
The good things left behind will seryc
for many days, but the remembrance
will continue for many years. That
the Lord may bless each one OF his
people both temporarily and spiritually
is the prayer of their Pastor,
H B. ZERxow.
Considerable damage was done to
property in the city by the heavy
snow fall Monday. The ten-pin al
J ley is a total wreck. Miller Bros,
foundry, the store room of the john
son City Furniture company and SUIT
ton 4 Co.'S produce house were also
considerably damaged. Nine rafters
in the building occupied by Gump &
! Co. broke and let the roof down five
feet. Alf Hyder's shop gave way and
came near killing Mr., Rogers, who
was at work in it at the time, Sever
al stables and sheds have fallen. The
entire loss will be between $500 and a
$1,000. In this connection we want
to say that the roof Of the foundry de-
partment Of the Johnson City Foun
dry and Machine Works is the largest
between Roanoke, and Knoxville, be-
ing 100 foot span and 125 feet long
and it only settled from 4 to q of ar
inch. The people will not be so sur
prised at this when ii is known tina
Col. T. E. Matson was the architect.
The cold wave arrived last Frida,
night and was none the worse for tray
Ell. Saturday morning found Tennes
, see and her sister States clothed il
their first white nightgown. 1t con
, tinued showing all day Saturday an,
Sunday morning an eighteen incl
! snow covered the ground. Sunda.
was cloudy but to cold to snow. NJ
/. 4 was six hours late and No. |, due a
a 9;24, did not go down until 2 p, n
n 1t began showing again late Sunda
J. night and continued all day Monday
d There has never been ANYTHING like