The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-31
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Wall Paper! Wall Paper!!
A complete stock and prices greatly
reduced at Mcneil & Wolfe's.
Miss Blannie Green is visiting friends
in the city,
Mrs. M. A. Mcfarland and daugh-
ter, Miss Willie, are at Bristol.
Amammoth stock of hats, cheap at
Kirkpatrick & Co.'S.
A large roller process flour mill is
talked of for Johnson City and will no
doubt be built this summer.
Mr.. A. M. Riggs, formerly with ]. NJ.
McFerrin in this city, has gone to
Bulls Gap The COMET follows him.
Bring in your wool to kirkpatrick
q Cos. where you can get a good price
for it and buy factory jeans at 25 cts.
The Johnson City Brick Company
will soon be able to supply the town
with brick. They are making 10000
daily.
Misses Matte and Birdie Kincanon
returned this week from Glade Springs,
Va, where thew have been attending
school.
John w. G. Bell, foreman of the
COMET Office, and Charlie Brown left
for Chattanooga Tuesday night to buy
real estate.
On account of the rapid increase of
their business Stratton & Stratton are
compelled to enlarge their planning
mill. 1t will be done shortly.
A pugulistic encounter was indulg-
ed in yesterday between E. L. McNees
and E. H. Mclaughlin, Esq, as a re-
suit of the last city election.
Mr.. W. P. stallings, of Hampton,
passed through tie city yesterday.
He was returning from a business trip
to Knoxville.
Don't forget that ST.. John Kirk
ham & Co.'S. shoes are the best on the
market and sold only by
Campbell & Martin,
Messrs. Frank Stratton and Frank
Gillian purchased twenty thousand
dollars worth of coal lands in Virginia
from Mr.. Taylor, of Ohio, last week.
The Watauga Banking Co., is meet
ing with very fattering success. It
has only been in operation a few
weeks and has near fifty depositors.
DR.. and Mrs. Kincanon went to
Glade Springs, Va, Wednesday morn
ing to attend the commencement ex-
ercises of the Baptist Institute.
Col. Upton, of Cleveland Tenn,
spent Monday night in the city and
left Tuesday morning for Elizabeth
ton to visit the family Of w. T. John
son.
Mr.. Phifer, of New York, was in the
city this week pricing real estate in
this section and expects to return soon
and will probably invest in johnson
City dirt.
The machinery for the electric light
plant has all arrived with the excep,
ton of the dynamo. 1t is expected in
a few days and the lights will be put
up at once.
Frank Evans made q business trir
to Knoxville Monday. He has his
furniture factory in full operation and
is securing and filing orders for kitch
Ell safes very rapidly,
Prof. w. A. Evans is in the city
: Prof. Evans was principal Of Science
5 Hill Institute two years ago and de
siras to return to Johnson City if ht
can get the school another year.
I Mrs. A. F. Hoss left last Friday 10.
Creston, N, c., to spend the summe
with her parents. The COMET vii
keep her posted on Johnson City mat
7 tiers, however during her sojourn il
the Old North State.
Mrs. /. H. Shields, of Norfolk, Va
arrived in the city Monday and lef
: Tuesday morning for Carter Count
. to visit relatives. She will spend sey
E, eral months with relatives and friend
at Knoxville and AshYille, N, G.
The Woman's Missionary Societ
IS of the M. f. Church, South, will NEE
a. tomorrow afternoon at three ocloc
s at the residence OF Mrs. Will Harr. A
members are requested to be present