The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-02-02
THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
a Delightful Di,h Of all Sorts
1rOm EVerywhere.

A. RidenOur convicted of murder,
Judge Clark denied the motion for a
new trial. The case will be taken to
the Court Of Appeals.
Frank D4armond WAS murdered ut
Hunters Bluff, on the Tennessee riv.
er. thirty miles above Chattanooga,
Tenn, last Monday night, aud his
body was thrown into the river.
There is a thrifty woman living at
Briar Greek, this State. Not long ago
her husband died, and she took the
headstnne from his first wife's grave
and had IL dressed over and reletiercd
for his grave.
A bill passed the Mississippi House
"f Delegates providing f,r tho pen
"iOning0f disabled Confederate ml.
diers VIII" are unable 10 work and for
the c0l"red servants Of the same whn
are similarly situated.
The Sultan Of Turkey sevidently
does not know Mr.. Jay Gonld, or he
would not ask him to build railroad
in Asia Minor. tie would build the
road at the Snltan's expense and own
il himself.
William H. Brown of New Haven
told Il funny story the other day to G.
W. Green. Bath laughed heartily.
and then Brown, with u gasp fell
back dead. Some trouble with the
hearts is supposed to he the cause.
The war between the Hatfirlds, uf
Kentucky, and McCOys, Of WrSt Vir-
ginia, in the wild Of West Virginia
has developed into n ntighbnrhood VI.
fair, and the Governor Of Kentucky il
about To be called OH for arms 10y peac.
cable citizens.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox sent her re.
cent poem, Entire Acus Reverips." to
about 100 papers, each nf which paid
her 50 for it. The Chicago Tribune
Ih"nght ii WAS 5000 and fridgidly de-
rIined paying that price ior " forty
line poem.
The monument to Gen. Tnonlbs ha. .
been at last ship" d from ltally. This
IL the third monument that hls been
built. the first WAS lost at sea. A
he'd OF crystals ives found in the second
after all had been completed except
the base block.
james G. Blaine and Senator Win
'l"m about three years ago bought 900
acres of Denver suburban property for
$40 per acre. Their agents have Just
snld the land for 800 per acre, and the
Denver papers say it was fairly sacri-
feed"
Belva Lockwood. man.like, is "in
the hands Of her friends" for a Presi-
dental nomination. She consider
that her alleged canvass in 1884 "may
have been the amusing side OF the
campaign, but it was an educator and
civilizer, and dense forest of ign0.
rance has heen hlazed for q coming
woman President"
| Mrs. Secretary Villas has never re
covered from the nervous shock result
ing from witnessing the sudden death
m Judge Elicit vt the Presidents re.
crption ut Memphis. There has been
little or no improvement since the
first attack, and her physician and
friends are becoming alarmed.
A big owl boarded a train on the
Boston and Lowell Railroad the Other
evening, perching on the front of ~,
locomotive just under the headlight
At Arlington the locomotiye was shift
I'd to the rear of the train, and thrr,
was much switching and bell ringing
and whistlng; but the owl sat quietly
through it all, and then rode t. Bnstor
where he. WAS captured and taker
home by the fireman.
, Gregg & Co manufactors Of agri
! cultural implements. of Trumansbnrg
n. Y. have assigned. The firm hat
: its principal branch offices At Morris
. town, Tenn. Madison, Wis.: Kan
{ sas City. Mo. Rutland. VT; Winter
q pnrt, Me. and jackson, Mich, and nh
G mernus minor agencies all over tn
country. II manufactured genera
line "f agricultural implements, in
:. cluding mowers, reapers, wheel rakef
= binders, lawn mowers &c.
Here are four sentences said to bt
taken from composition written b,
n Philadelphia pupil after hearing
q lecture ON physiolng-: "The human
II hndy is made up Of the head, tn
e thnrax, aid the abdomen. The hea
; contains the brains, when there il any
r The ihnrax confirms the heart and h
Is lungs. The abdomen contains tn
bowels, Of which there are FIVE, A. E
|. o. and U. and sometimes w. an
Y"