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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-06

The announcement that the late la
mented Stephen B. Elkins has been
deposed as Jim Blaine premier, in or
der to make room for Willie Wallie
Phelps, has cast gloom over the Wes-
tern prairies. Elkins was very
dear to the Western heart he repre-
sented Western civilization and his
industry was the Western industry /;
his sheep roamed the Western leas
with our sheep and it was his trey full
on jacks that took our blue chips. So
he was beloved Of us. Yet now he is
thrust aside for a spider-legged dude
from Jersey-a week automaton whose
vitality was sapped by mosquitoes
years ago. This is not merely revolt,
ing it is appalling Chicago NraoS.
Mr.. Davis haslung down the drop on
the final scene. Now let the new gen
Grafton have peace.-Phila. Times.
Professor Bell is confident that tele
phone communication may be estab
lished between passing vessels at sea
He believes a wire mile in length
trailed behind a ship, will charge th,
water with electricity so that vesse
coming within half a mile OF anothe
thus equipped may connect with ii
"The ajnciple," he says, "is not new
it is old, with a new use, waiting 70
commerce to utilise it, have expeI
} imepted in the Potomac, and marvel
! ed at the simplicity Of the apparatu
: and the stupenderdous importance c
the results"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-06
VOL. III.
He came too Late.

He came too late neglect had tried
Her constancy too long;
Her love had yielded to her pride
And the deep sense OF wrong
He scorned the offering of heart
Which fingered on its way
Till it could no delight impart
Nor shed one cheering ray.
He came too lOte at once he felt
That ali his power was DER;
Indifference in her calm smile dwelt-
She thought OF him no more.
Anger and grief had passed a way,
Her heart and thoughts were free;
She met him, and her words were gay,
No spell had memory.
lie came too late the subtitle chords
OF love were all unbound
Not by offence of spoken words,
But the Sights that wound.
She knew that life held nothing now
That could the past repay;
Yet she disdained his tardy vow,
And coldly turned away,
He came too late! her countless dreams
OF hope had long since flown
No charm dwelt in his chosen theme,
Nor in his whispered tone
And when with word and smile he tried
Affection still to prove
She nerved her heart with woman's pride
And spurned his fckle love.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-06
How Folly Regets Folly.

Jefferson Davis couldn't help perp-
etrating the monumental folly he ex-
hibited in his late Montgomery
speeches. He is old and feeble pysi-
cally and mentally; he has lost an
empire and its glitterng sceptre that
once seemed within his grasp; he has
sorroTed for a score Of years as the
world passed by him in its matchess
progress forgetful of his existence, and
when he came to the capital of Ala
bama, where the dream of his ambi-
ton seemed to reap full fruition a
quarter Of century ago, how could
he be expected to speak for the living
present that has advanced beyond
even the scope Of his dimmed vision?
Mr., Davis spoke foolishly but nat
urally as the child would babble over
the fragments Of a lost toy, but he
spoke for none but himself OF the
vast multitude that welcomed him,
the chef desire was the natural and
ever oommendable reverence for the
dead who had fallen for the South /,
but they marched and cheered under
the flag of the Union and venerated
the ex-President of the lost cause as a
sincere but hopeless, helpless relic of
the past that the South remembers in
the sacred sentiment Of manly men,
but has outlivedin every manly action
that relates to the present.
But the Davis folly has been Dig
nihed by few so-called Grand Army
men in Albany, who proclaimed a
public meeting in the Assembly Cham
ber on Thursday evening to protest
against the foolish and harmless utter
ances OF Davis. They had a small
meeting, they had regulation political
orations, they declared treason odious
they sung oven hang jeff Davis on a
sour apple tree" and then adjourned
only to be forgotten by the earnest
liheraliSed men Of the present They
are the babbling warriors of peace
who, as General Grant we'll said
didn't fairly warm up to the war un
til it was over" and they welcomed
the Davis folly to give them excuse TO
making FOOLS Of themselves,
The men who affect at this late day
with law, order and obedience to TIN
laws of the Union supreme in ever,
section of the land, to fear the foolisl
prattle Of Jefferson Davis about issue
fought out and settled nearly gener
alton ago, must be either blooming
idiots or Unbalanced knaves. TIL
people ofall parties and sections ur
derstand that the war is over; that it
issues are settled beyond dispute
that all hut Jefferson Davis in tn
South and here and there y less e2
cusable fool in the North, give no hee
to those who prate of the sections
passions which perished long, Ion
ago, and that while North and sout
honor the equal heroism OF their pc,
ple build monuments to their chic
aims and cherish the memory of the
dead, they all bow to Liberty and u
ion, now and forever, one and inse
arabic. ."-Philadslpqiq Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-06
CRANBERRY IRON.
THE SOUTH TREDEGAR IRON COMPANY
MAKE A SUCCESSFUL CAST OF TWO
GROSS TONS OF BESSEMER YES
TERDAY, USING CRAM
BERRY IRON ALONE.
NOW LOOK OUT FOR A BIG BOOM,

NOW LOOK OUT FOR A BIG BOOM,
Chattanooga Times, of April Goth,
The South Tredegar Iron Company
yesterday converted the first Besse-
mer steel ever made in the South,
The cast of two gross tons was entire
ly Of Cranberry iron, made at Gran
berry furnace, North Carolina, from
ores mined on spot No scrap or 9TH
er mixture was used. In the language
of Mr.. ]. M. Duncan, Vice President
and Manager of the works, it was
Cranberry straight
The result showed the Cranberry
ore splendid material for Bessemer
steel, The product Of the blast is as
handsome steel as ever run out of a
converter. By way of test, Mr.. Geo.
Duncan, the roller, under the man.
ayers direction, rolled out one ingot
into half-inch square bar forty feet
long. The roller said it worked like
lead, and certainly the bar was the
handsomest we ever saw A piece
about twenty feet long was raised up
by pressing on the end two feet from
fulcrum without in the least bending
the bar.
A piece of this bar six inches long
was doubled down upon itself perfect
" fiat, without showing a sign of
breaking the fibre at the turn. A
horse nail was bent cold into q curl.
A fiat piece a half inch wide was
twisted cold into an auger bit. All
OF these manipulations were seen by
the editor of the TIMES, and he has
the specimens described on his desk
The blast occupied seventeen min
utes, and a the machinery Of the
plant work, d to perfection. Mr.. Dun
can is delil hted, as well he may be,
having demonstrated in advance of
all other experimenters, and in spite
OF theories to the contrary, that the
great bed of ore in Mitchell county, N.
c., is a splendid steel ore, and that it
can be converted proftably in any de-
sired quantity in Chattanooga.
There is no doubt in the mind OF
any experienced man who has look
ed into the experiment but what Gran
berry pig can be converted here and
affect great saving over the policy
OF shipping Bessemer slabs from ST.
Louis, Cleveland or Pittsburg for nail
plate and other purposes, The sue
cess of Mr.. Duncan's experiment il
assured, and it marks the opening o.
most important era in the Southern
iron trade Our masters are now in
dependent Of all the world in the mat
ter Of material for any grade or kline
of steel, and our material promises tC
be in some respects superior to any
found in this country. There is M
sort of doubt but the pig made from
Cranberry ore can be much improved
over the output Of the little furnace a
the mines. A scientifically construct
ed and managed furnace will so mel
the ore as to reduce the silicon, to, a
the most, half Of the amount tn
chemists find in the pig used in yes
! terday's charge,
That showed five to six hundredth
phosphorus and about six hundredth
silicon. The TINES shall have com
plete and careful analysis of the stee
produced in few days, which will n
doubt astonish several wise people VIII
5 have been asserting more volubl
than learnedly that there was no stet
l ore in the South.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-06

A Bill abolishing the license tax on
commercial travellers has passed the
the Maryland Legislature and rccelv-
ed the approval Of the Governor.
Owning to the cheap railraod fares,
California has been invaded by some
10000 tourists and emigrants within
the last three weeks.
A Methodist conference held at
Oswego, N. Y, last week passed res
olution asking the bishop not to ap'
point any person a presiding elder
who uses tobacco.
A joint resolution appropriating
$147,748 to indemnify the Chinese
for losses in the assaults upon then
at Rock Springs, Wy, by q mob, was
last week reported to the House OF
Representatives.
The surviving veterans OF the ole
Massachusetts, Sixth commemorate
on the 10Th instant, by a banquet a
Lowell, the twenty-fith anniversary
of the regiments famous passage
through Baltimore.
Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin give
much of his time to the examination
of the pension claims of persons il
whose behalf Bills are introduced Il
the Senate. He employs his ow
clerks, who with IL physician, also pal
by the Senator, go through the paper
in each case, and upon the eyeidenc
thus made up the merits of the claim
are decided,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-06

That portion of Ohio which never
went to war and could't have been
dragged within sight of gun now has
its war-paint on and thirsts for jeff
erson Davis gore. But Jefferson Da-
Wis is an old man, who could't do any
damage if he tried.-Phila. Times.
"Have you heard the news, Pat?"
said a jester to an Irishman.
"And phat's that, sor?"
"The devil is dead"
"Take that, sor. It's all l have by
me, or might do better" said Pat,
handing him penny. II niver sind
an orphint away Imply handed, sor."
Thirty years ago rs per cent. of our
foreign commerce was carried in
America ships, while in 1885, with a
commerce more than double that of
1856, American vessels carried only
14.61 per cent, of which 7 per cent.
was in steamers and 7.61 per cent. in
sails vessels.
"How much is the shoes?"
Give dollars"
Give That's more'n I'll pay. I'll
give ye two"
"No."
"Ne? I say I will give ye two"
"Well l won't take two. Move on2
"Faith, I'll not! III shtan' here till
ye take two. An eff yez don't take
two, we'll airbitrate W-Puck.
Squire Dickson, of Clayton. Ga.
kindly rose from his bed at midnight
last Friday to marry Jeptha Littleton
agaded eighty-two, and Ruthey AM
Thompson, aged seyenty-fve. Ont
would think there was no time to bt
lost, but the haste was prompted b.
fear of pursuers, as the ardent an
clients had eloped from their children
WASHINGTON, April 90,--It is esti
mated at the Treasury Department
that there has been decrease OF abou
$11, 100000 in the public debt durin:
the month of April. The payment
during the month on account of pen
: sions amount to about $2,000,000
"How does my wife take my incal
ceration?" asked q convicted Mormo
of brother. Susie cries her eye
out; Jennie is sad at times Marth
don't seem to care very much; Sophi
! says she is going back to her parent
+ in Tennessee, while Eugenia is alread
$ engaged again" "Ah, my wife is
wonderful woman, isn't she?"-Ti
Bits.
Washington is the town of bicycle
8 At every hour of the day its stree
a are crowded with machines" riddle
/ by people young and old. Eve
ladies on a tricycle. have come to be
? curiosity no longer. Of course Il
o smooth asphalt pavement of the ca
o ital is q great ihducement to people
avail themselves of this kind of loc
motion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-06
WHOLE NO. 1O9
a Good Board.

Allen G. Thurman, Joseph E. Nc
Donald and Roscoe Conkling would,
as Senator Beck says, make a great
Board of Arbitration if they could be
induced to serve, but the questions
that the Goulds would voluntarily sub
nit to a commission of that kind would
not be numerous.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-06
Ran Over "a whale.

New YORK, April 80 = Captain
Olafsen, of the Norwegian bark Nords-
getrnen, which arrived at this port
some days since from Plymouth, re-
ports that on the outward passage from
this city to plymouth, while in mid
ocean, the bark ran over large whale
"we were bowling along under ten
knot gale, said Captain Olafsen to-day,
Suddenly shock was felt as if the
vessel had struck arock and then some
thing scraped along the bottom. Twas
on deck at the time and looking in the
vessels wake saw large-sized right
whale, about one hundred feet long,
cut nearly in two and apparently quite
dead. | suppose the whale was asleep
when we struck it," The bark was re-
paired at Plymouth,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-02
SEEKING THE BOGUS BONDS.
The Fusitives Believed to be in Can

The Fu%itiVes Believed to be in Can
ada-Awaiting Developments.
PHILADELPHIA, july 1.-Tbe heavy de-
falcation of the Treasurer OF the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal Company,
which was discovered yesterday, contin-
ues to be the main topic OF discussion In
financial circles. Several experts have
been set to work at the books of the cor
pOratiOn, aud they were busily engaged
to-day IN examining tia accounts TO as
certain whether the pecu ations OF James
a. Il. wilson, the AbsDnding treasurer,
aggregate more than he acknowledges In
his written confession to President Gil
lDgham. The laueT has sworn out
warrants for the arrssbof both Mr.. Wilson
and Henry V. Lesley, the former secre-
tary and treasurer oil The company, charg-
ing them with enlightenment. A descrip-
tion of Wilson was furnished the detective
department and tejegraphed to all the
police districts in the United States,
Canada, Europe and elsewhere.
BELIEVED TO BE IN CANADA.
The chief of detectives believes that the
fugitiVes have gone to Canada and that
Wilson is without means. The largest
holders Of the stock OF the company are
the United States government and State
Vi MdI y lauu. Wullb DOnus are also owned
by a number of prominent people in this
city, Moncure d, Robertson possessing
nearly 100000 worth. Uutil all the GER
tiiicates are returned and a full
examination Of the books is
made, it vii be impossible
to designate the bonds coming under the
fraudulent issue. The numbers may have
been duplicated, 81 that it would be i'm
possible to distinguish bhe valid securities
from those fraudulently issued. But few
of the spurious bonds have vet been dis
covered. Loan holders called at the Office
in continuous succession this morning.
and the accounting officers were engaged
in transcrlbing numbers of bonds, names
of the holders, amounts of each, and by
what officer Of tna company they were
signed. The impress non prevails that the
investigation VIII develop wholesale for
geries coupled WIG tha crime oi embczzle.
tDeuT.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-02
DeraiIed on the Erie.

PORT JERvIs, N. Y, July 1.-The St.
Louis express on the Erie railroad, drawn
by two engines, when a mile east OF Sus-
quehanna, at $3.50 O'Clock this morning,
was deraiied by misplaced switch while
running at the rate OF twenty-five miles
an hour. Both engines, the baggage car,
express car and tne end OF the smoker
were thrown of the track. The second
engine ran into the first, wrecking both
badly. Engineer Rose and Fireman Hig-
gins were badly but not dangerously in
iured. None OF the passengers were hurt.
The accident was caused by the blunder
of switchman, who had the switch
turned the wrong way. The passengers
were delayed two hours.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-02
DIES MONIES RIVER LANDS.
The House Fails to Override the
Presidents Veto.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Speaker
laid before the House to-day a message
from the Senate announcing that that
body had passed over the Presidents veto
the bill to quiet the title Of settlers on the
Des Moines river lands. The Presidents
message having been read, Mr.. Payson,
OF Illinois, presented reasons why the bill
should be passed over the Presidents
veto, which, be said, was based on a total
misapprehensIon Of the facts OF the case
and of the end sought to be accomplished
by the measure.
Mr.. Oates said that he had voted for the
bill, and that his sVmpathies were still
with the bona fide settlers, but he desired
to see the President treated fairly, and he
thought that the message should be re-
terred to the committee for the purpose of
enabling an investigation to be made Of
the grounds upon which the veto was
based. AS the veto was based on legal
grounds, he moved to refer the bill and
message to the Committee on Judiciary.
The motion TO refer was lost by 103 yeas
to l49 nays, and on the passage of the
bill, Notwithstanding the objections of the
President, the House resolved the ques-
tion in the negative by l1G yeas to 81 nays,
not the constitutional two-thirds vote in
the affirmative.
The following Democrats voted in the
Affirmative: Messrs. Allen of Mississippi,
Barksdale, Barry, Bland. Burnes, Bynum,
Caldwell, Campbell of Ohio, Carleton,
Cobb. Grain, Culberson, Daniel, Dockery,
Eldridge, Fisher, Frederick, Geddes,
Hatch, Henley, Holman, Jones OF Texas,
kleiner, LatfOOu, Lanbam, Lawler, Lowry,
Matson, Maybury, Mills, Morgan, Muir
ply, Neal, Neece, Sayers, Skinner, Stew
art of Texas, Stone of Missouri, Tarsney,
Taulbee, j. NJ. Taylor Of Tennessee, Till
man, TOwnshend, Van Eaton, Warner of
Ohio, Weaver of Iowa, Wellborn, Will
kins, Winans, Wise, Wolford and Wor-
tbingtOn.
The Republicans voting in the negative
were Messrs. Davenport, johnson,
ketcham, Mlllard. RanneY and SAWYER
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-02
TWO SLAIN IN SELF DEFENSE
Man and Wife Shot Dead in a Mis-
sissippi Farm House.

NEW ORLEANS, July IA terrible
tragedy occurred near ScoOba, Kemper
county, Miss, yesterday. The families
of George NJ. Gullett and Barlow lived in
the same house. The men were partners
in farming, and while resting at noon
Gullett fell asleep. An alteration Oc-
CURED between Barlow and his wife and
Mrs. Gullett, which aroused Gull
EFT. lie went into the room
and asked what the matter was. Barlow
began cursing him. saying that he had
wanted 10 kill him for some time, and
would do IL right now, seizing gun at
the same time. Gullett sprang to a bu-
reau drawer for pistol and shot Barlow
in the neck while he was in the act of fir
ing. Barlow dropped the gun and ran to
fence. Gullett picked up the gun and
shot MIN dead. Turning, he discovered
Barlow's wife in the act of killing his
wife with an AK, wnereupon he fired the
remaining charge at Mrs. Barlow, killing
her instantly. Gullett surrendered to the
authorities.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-02
RICHMONDs COUNCILMEN.
The Boilers Affiliate With the Demo
Gratis and Re-elect Incumbents.

The Boilers Affiliate With the Demo-
Gratis and Re-elect Incumbents.
RICHMOND, July Both branches Of
the new City Council met this afternoon
and organized, The Board of Aldermen
reelected L. i. Bass, former President,
without opposition. The Common Coun-
Gil elected John S. Bethel Retormer) J
President. The two bodies are i'll Joint
session tonight electing city officers. A
bolt of eleven new members from the Re
formers caucus Tuesday night resulted
in combination between them ard the
straightOut Democratic members, and to-
night several old Democratic Off GERS were
reelected, including Police Justice ID. G .
Richardson, City Clerk 3. T. August, Su-
perinte Rdent Of Water Works Charles +.
Boiling, City Engineer w. K. Cutshaw, q,
City Attorney Charles n. Merideth, Audi
tors Clerk Il. J. Warren. Several other
Offices were filled by new men, all of whom
are Democrats.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-02
A CUT Ar sAAAnLEs.

l1lddicberSer Proposes to Begin
rconomizing Among the Members.
WASHINGTON, July In, the Senate
today hr Riddleberger introduced a
preamble and bill for a reduction by %
per cent OF the salaries of Cabinet officers,
senator's and members, and addressed the
senate in its advocacy. lie said that The
Ul9cussions on the $1,000 clerkships and
lcn thlngs were sufficient to justify the
.ope mat the bill would become Il law at
s1e next session Of Congress. II they
%eIg 70 commence reductions of $1,000
y'e'hs and conclude with reductions Of
ts' ulem labor, 1t seemed to him that they
n. 90 back and begin at the head.
H,. tue OIL was referred to the Committee on
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LAKE sHoRps srKIKERs.
Business at the Yards Rapidly AS.
suming it's Normal Aspect.

business at the Yards RapidIy As
suming it's Normal Aspect.
CHICAGO, July 1.-Business in the Lake
Shore yards at Forty-third street seemed
nearer its normal condition this morning
than il has been since the strike was IN
augurated. There was absolutely no ex-
element in the vicinity OF the round
house. The engines pulled out OF the
rOundhouse and vent TO their work in the
various yards, each with it's detail of
special police, and at about $3.50 O'Clock
an engine was brought out and the men
called into active service once more.
They were loaded until no more could find
a foOthOld on the locomotive, which was
then started tor the stock yards. Several
cars were loaded for consignment over
the Lake Shore road yesterday afternoon,
and u was 70 take these out that the en-
gine was sent TO the yarda. The strikers
still kept clear OF the vicinity under the
triple influence brought 10 bear upon
them by tear OF arrest, the influence or
their leaders and the presence or deputy
sheriHs, who are armed with
injunction writs. Injunctions, next
TO rifles, are the weapons most dreaded
by the strikers, ana they are careful to
afford the deputies no opportunity of serv-
ing them. At about $3.50 o'clock the
stOckyards' engine returned from the
yards with the cars and a large number Of
PinkortOn men, no trouble having been
encountered. Capt. Foley, in cnarge OF
the PinkerlOn men, said this morning that
his orders 70 them we're TO fire into the
packing mousse windows II these we're the
source Of showers Of stones as on yesteI-
flav
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charge of the work, so far as the Presi-
dent shall deem said expenditures, or
any part of them, to be necessary and
proper.
the bill to the House. The amendments
were agreed to in bulk, except those re-
lating TO the issue of small greeubacks
and small silver certificates, which were
agreed to without division, and the Bar
tholdi statue amendment, which was re-
Jeeted by vote OF lo3 yeas To l06 nays.
The billwas then passed, and the House,
at 5:45 O'Clock, adjourned.
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
The President this afternoon approved
the joint resolution providing Tor fifteen
days for the expenditures of the govern
ment not provided for in the appropriation
bills already nassed,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-02
Nfontcagle Assembly.

MoNTEAGLE. TENN, July /. - The
opening exercises Of MOuteagle Assembly
aud summer schools took place last night,
according to the programme. An unusu-
ally large number OF representatives were
present from the states Of Tennessee,
Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkan-
sas and Virginia, besides visitors from
nearly every State east oi the N lsslssipp
The weather is delightful, and the attend
ance is much larger than ever before. An
immense bonfire Of Georgia pine wound
uD the nights proceedings. The Organi.
cation Of the schools took place to-day.