The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-08-02

bride were in the party.
Nat 7. Haynes, of Unicoi county
was in town Friday and had with him
samples of his marble mine. He had
ten different colors and when polished
the white was said to be equal to the
finest Italian marble. The supply is
inexhaustible.
Loafers are requested to keep out of
the dynamo room at the electric
light works. Manager Evans says a
few nights stranger stepped in and
came near being killed by handling
the brushes. Fortunately he was
stopped in time.
]. H. Anderson and sister made a
run down to Johnson City last Sun
day, and spent the day with Mr.. Will
Mitchell and wife. They are so we'll
pleased with their trip that there is
some danger OF them repeating it be-
fore the summers over.-Cor. Bristol
Reporter.
The train on the Three C's crossed
the river bridge last Friday. Since
then the track has been laid to trestle
No. IS, within s miles OF Rock Hill
and trains are now running to that
point. The building of the trestle
will occupy ten days or two weeks
Rock Hill Herald
G. G. Harris has completed his two
store rooms that were begun just 60
days ago. This is the quickest work
that has ever been done in the city.
The buildings are 100 feet deep by "A
wide, two stories high and are two Of
the handsomest store rooms in the
city. One is occupied by w. ]. Thorn
as, The other will be occupied by H.
w. Weller.
A professional nurse said to q news
paper reporter: "The following sim
pie prescription has been instrument
tai in saving over fifty children suf-
fering from cholera infantum who
have been brought under my observa-
ton. Let the nurse or mother take
a half teacup full of boiling water,
break a fresh egg in it and let it re-
main until the egg is cooked. Pour
the water off in glass and ice until it
becomes cool. Then give it to the
child.
Conductor Z. R. Hubert, of the E.
T. V & G. railroad, had a miraculous
escape from instant death near Chat
tanooga, A portion of his train
broke loose from the engine, and the
conductor, in trying to flag it from
the rear, started back across a trestle,
when the detached portion Of train
overlook and knocked him through
the trestle, bruising him badly, but
not seriously injuring him. The ca
boose and three cars passed over him
before he fell through the trestle.
Attention is called to the dissolution
notice of Gump & Co., in another col
umn. Mr.. A. S. >Gump, of Bristol, re-
tires and Mr.. M. l. Gump will contin-
ne the business M. l. Gump has had
charge of the store here for several
years and is well known to you all.
He is a good buyer, always carries in
stock what you need and sells as rea-
sonable as any one. He has built up
good trade here and in the surround
ing country by square dealing, and
we know him we'll enough to know
that fair dealing will continue to be
his motto, He will carry q much
larger stock of clothing and gents fur
nishings than ever before and invites
all to call and see his stock before pur-
chasing.
As to the option OF the 8 C's R. R.
on the Damascus line, it is this; the
8 C's have for sixty days the privilege
of closing the contract for the Damas.
cas- line, on the condition that they
are 70 let to contract their line from
the coal fields to the Virginia line
near Damascus, making the Damascus
line a part of theirs. If however, al
the end of four months from the clos
ing Of said option, the line aforesaid
from the coal fields to Damascus, has
not been, in good faith, let to contract
to be completed within eighteen
months, then the Damascus r. r. Co
have the right to annul the contract
The C's surveyors are now run
ming line from Wheeler's Ford, b!
way OF Jesse's Mill to Hsnsonville
This line would leave Lebanon som
, six miles to the east.-Abingdon col
l respondent in Bristol Neaps.