The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

ion of new houses in New York.
There is much talk OF what the ma !
tianalists and ParnelIitss will do onE
3t. Pattrick's day. t ii
Thf sewers composing the BalkanE
tonfct nee order Servia and Bulgaria I
to keep the peace. !
Tho name Of ex-President Arthur is
mentioned in connection the Presiden-
~ Of Yale College.
The movement to raise a benefit
tund for Mrs. Hancock, originated
with Geo. w. Childs.
')lSims for about $4,000 will be pre-
sented certain states for damages
against the Chinese.
John B. Cough learned the. book
pinder's trade at the Methodist Book
Concern in New York.
A female relative of the late Vice
President Hendricks, cowhidcd the
mAn who slandered her.
Mark TWsin owns nineteenth Of the
capital in the publishing house which
Issued Gsn. Grants books.
Gen. Simon Cameron hss been
elected al honorary member Of Penn
sylvsuia Typographical Union, No. IA.
Minnie Msddern, the actress, has
taken to writing to Western mags-
lines in addition TO her dramatic du.
ties
Senator Howel r. Jsekson! ,usde
"a able speech in the Sc 7tAte tho othsr
lay in favor Of the Blair Edacation
Bill.
tis curious how much faster
,sreet car got. when yoh sre running
ior it than it docs when you are riding
an 1t.
Why was the Egyptian OF oiden
lines filial kind of q felIowH Be-
cause he thought great deal OF his
mummy
Congressman Mills, Of Texas tslllt
at the rate Of 215 words minute and
wears out stenographsr every ten
minutes.
The Massachusetts legislature has
pHSSsd law requiring manufacturing
and other corporations to pay their
employees weekly.
Quarrel is plural" ssid a lis!le
school girl. "Why?' asked the teach
ar. because it takes two to make
one aid the child.
we YOU bull or a besrs" asked
an scquaitancs Of q speculator ON
stock Exchange. Neither" he 70.
Piled II was NJ ass"
George W. Childs sent 800 to the
Baltimore fund for q monument for
Francis Scott Key, the author of the
"Star Spsngled Banner
The favorite recreation of che Csai
, ia said to be wrestling with his broth
. ers That is better THAI wrestling with
the dynamite OF Nihilists. t
Professor Huxley says it would 70
Guire nearly million barrels Of her
ring to supply the cod Oh the Nerve
;:ian coast with one breakfast.
Novels are sweets. All people viii
heslthy literary appetites love them
but We should not feed the menta
par Of as upon them exclusively.
: A well-known playwright hAyinI
. taken new houRe, said to friend
o well, all will 60 on now like clock
3 work" "Ay," said the frisnd-"tick
e tickW
. A lady remarked Of = scholar nete'
u fer his faciturnity and arrogance, III
d seems to me an anomaly in natur,
philosophy he '.grsvity without al
a- rsction."
u The declaration OF Senator Fry,
II that James g. Blaine viii be ia
'e stongest candidate the republicans cs
u nominste in 1888 creates flutie
- in some circles.
a. Senator Ben. Hills lie Sss insure
N for $4,000. At his death the polio
was paid to his wife who invested 1t
four houses which now pay her
"a handsome income.
u The recent death Of B. Grstz Brow
n carried off the last Of the national ca
nd didates Of 1S72-Grant, Greeley III
a. Wilson having gone before. And No
: the death OF Horatio Seymour carrie
'e- of the last Of the candidates Of lS6
We the others being Grant, colfSx ar
Blair.