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To Succeed Beecher,

If has been particularly settled that
the Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott. who has
been temporarily in charge of Ply
mouth Church, will become the per
manent pastor. Alta Joint meeting Of
The Advisory Committee and the off
GERS of the church and society held at
the house of John Clafn in Pierrepont
Street, on Tuesday night. resolution
was unanimously adopted declaring it
advisable for the church and society
to issue cali to DR.. Abbott. Twenty
FIVE leading members Of the church
took part in the meeting, and letters
we're received from several others IA
voring the proposed action. 1t was
also recommended that meeting OF
the church and society should be call
ed at as early day as possible to choose
permanent pastor. Mr.. thomas G
Shearman said yesterday:
"Dr. Abbott had no intention to re-
main when he took charge His ser
mons havr surprised his most intimate
friends by their remarkable clearness
terseness, intellectual ability, and re
ligious fervor. He has taken hold o
the young people, too, in most extra
ordinary manner. The children en-
Joy coming to church and hearing hin
preach. He has indeed, put new lif
into every branch Of the church work
The congregation is not so large as i
was when Mr.. Beecher was in the pul
pit, but Mr.. Abbotts success is evince'
by the fact that fifty new member
were admitted last Sunday.
There is no doubt that DR.. Abbot
will be called and that he will &C
cept.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Death Of Capt. Kirby.

From the Yorkville Enquirer. s c
Capt, William H Kirby, we'll known
in the South as prominent railroad
contractor, died at l o'clock last Fri
day morning, in the Central Hotel at
Charlotte, after long and wasting
sickness. He leaves a widow and two
daughters His body was embalmed
and taken to New Yorksfor burial in
Greenwood Cemetry.
OF Capt. Kirby's career as a rail-
road builder, the Charlotte Chronicle
says:
Capt. Kirby was regarded as one of
the most capable railroad contractors
in the South. He was borne in New
York City, and resided there until II
years ago, when he came south to en-.
gage in railroad construction. He
built large section of the Air Line
road, having a contract under his
brother-in law, Capt. P. P. Dickinson
who was the chiei contractor. Capt
Kirby also built considerable section
: Of the Carolina Central road. and a
: the time of his death he held con
tract for fifty miles OF work on tn,
Three C's road (from Yorkville t,
. Camdcn) He was an affabe gentle
/ man, aud a most Agreeable compan
= ion, and made many warm friends i
Q ltne South.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Summary of the News.

Ezra Finn, a we'll known lumber
dealer of Scranton, Pa, was killed by
railway train near his home last
week.
George Goose, a prosperous farmer
OF Ridgeway, N. Y, hanged himself
Thursday. The recent loss of his wife
unsettled his reason.
Charles Turner, grocer, of AL
leghany City, Pa, causelessly jealous,
shot his wife and himself in the head,
causing instant death in both cases.
Four members of the family Of Pat
rick Regan are i'll from smallpox at
Cayuga, N. Y. They say Mrs, Regan
brought it from Brooklyn last month.
Mayor t. G. Lewis, of Olean, N, Y,
who eloped with Kate Hodge month
ago, has been stopping with the girl
some time at a hotel in Savannah,
Georgia.
Ex-senator Fair has just been paid
by his bonanza partners in the Neya-
da Bank of San Francisco 100000,
for his advances to tide over the pinch
after the wheat deal.
Montgomery, the embarrassed lum-
Der dealer who was arrested on writ
from Alabama, has secured habeas
corpus, and will be taken before the
United States Court at Springfield,
Ill,
Three roughs resisting arrest We'd
nesday night at Roanoke, Va, knock
ed known and beat a policemen. AS
he fell pistol was discharged, fatally
wounding R. G. Burrows, of Fredicks.
burg, Va,
A collision on the Lehigh Valley
road Thursday near Ithaca, caused by
an accident to the air brake apparatus
inflicted serious injury upon Mrs
Case, an aged lady, and one other pas
senger.
Miss Annie Harrington was burned
to death Wednesday night near Mil
ford, Del. Her clothing catching fir'
: she ran out of door instead of stiflins
the flames with blanket or heav!
garment
Sidney Peterson and R., G. Trea
were probably fatally hurt at KY, ol
Wednesday by the breaking OF a woo
, carding machine running at higl
speed, the pieces being thrown in Al
directions.
= Henry Barron, seventy-seven year
i old, lately of Lockport, N. Y, and hi
e son-in-law J. S. Higgins, dispute
r Wednesday night in Denver, Col
!. over title to a dog, when, Barron she
e and instantly killed Higgins.
y, Frederick G, Eddy, clerk Of Niche
- son, Frost & Co., commission me
: chants, of South Market street, Bo
y ton, has confessed that for sever
:" years he has been Systematically ro
! bing his employers and covering i
his the'ts by his false entries.
ID The home of Enoch Mcmahon,
er rich old farmer Of Anderson, Ind, vi
burned down on Wednesday nigh
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Cures Dyspepsia.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, GAG Court Street,,
June 25, 1S87.-Whilst in Bewrick,
La, last winter my health was wretch
ed, and l suffered from constant pain
in the lower part OF my back. An an
alysis of nv urine showed that was
in the first stages of Bright's Disease.
| began to take "Warner's Safe Cure"
and warmers Sale Pills" / also
took some of warmers Tippecanoe"
and Warmers Safe Nervine." Before
l began the use of "Warner's Safe
Remedies" Remedies" l weighed 112
pounds. Before l had finished my
eighth bottle OF warmers Safe Cure"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Killed His Uncle.

A fatal affray occurred last Sunday
about seven miles north OF Trenton,
between James Riley and James Coop.
er, in which Cooper cut Riley across
the bowels and in the back so badly
that he died in few minutes. Coop.
er gave himself up to Sheriff Parr
was tried in Trenton Monday, and re
leased on $1,000 bond, the evidence
showing that he did the deed in self
defense. 1t was the result Of an ole
quarrel about woman. Riley was {
widower and Cooper his nephew
The father of the dead man is thu
bondsman of Cooper.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Is Consumption amcurabIe?

Read the following: Mr.. G. II. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says "Was down
with Abscess of Lungs, and friends
and physicians pronounced me an In
durable Consumptive. Began taking
DR.. Kings new discovery for Con
sumption, am now on my third bottle,
and able to oversee the work on my
farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made"
Jessie Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
SAYS: Had it not been for DR.. King s
New Discovery for Consumption |
would have died Of Lung Troubles
Was given up by doctors. Am now in
best Of health" Try it. Sample bot
ties free at DIR. ]. NJ. McFerrin's Drug
Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Roscoe COnkling's Will.

UTICA, May 9.-The will of the late
Roscoe Conkling was offered for pro-
bate before Surrogate Bliss to-day.
The text OF it is as follows:
I, Roscoe Conkling, of Utica, n. Y,
do make, publish, and declare my last
will and Testament as follows: give,
devise, and bequeath to my wife,
Julia, and to her heirs and assigns
forever, all my property and estate,
whether real, personal, or mixed, and l
constitute and appoint my said wife
sole executrix of this will. In testi-
mony whereof l hereto sign my name
this 2lst day of June, A. D., 1867.
Roscoe CoNKLING.
This will is in the Senator's own
handwriting, on an ordinanary sheet
of note paper. The subscribing wit
nessess were the Hon. Ellis H. Rob
erts and c. II. Hopkins. Mr.. Hop
kins is dead, but Mr., Roberts was in
court and acknowledged his signature
William ]. Herman appeared as attor
ney for Mrs. Conkling. Surrogate
Bliss said ; "This is the shortest anC
clearest will | have ever seen"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
VIEWING THE PROMISED LAND.
Squatters on the Ground Awaiting the
Opening of an Indian Reservation.

Squatters on the Ground Awaiting the
Opening of Gn Indian Reservation.
GRAET FALLS, Mont-News Of the
opening of the Black Feet Reservation
is awaited mpatiently here and
throughout Northern Montana A
large number of persons have gone to
the reservation to locate ranches,
mines and town sites. The desirable
valleys are fairly covered with tents,
the greatest rush apparaHtly heiug to
the Big Sandy, the famous hay
grounds. Soldiers az we'll as civilians
ar on the grounds. and when news
comes that the bill is signed there is
likely to be a rush, Bullock Valley,
beyond Fort Assiniboine, is all staked
off, and the tents of the squatter may
be seen all along the valley of the
Milk River There is Il silver lode in
the Bear Paw Mountains that was lo-
Gated several years ago 1t is under
stood that several parties are on hand
watching to locate this mine as well
as to prospect for others.-Chicago
Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine fol
,June

Closes the twenty-third semi-annual
volume of this well known monthly,
and contains the index to the volume,
The contents OF the number are time
" to the season, and two of the arti'
cles relate to Lake Champlain. These
are "Bow Arrow Point and the Amer
lean Association" by Frederic G
Mather, and "Our Summer on Lake
Champlain, the Inland Resort of thC
Future" by Emily Pierce. Both o
these articles are finely and fully il
lustrated, and they make one long tC
go thither. L. addition to his sermon
and editorial comments, Di. Talmagl
contributes d capital article on "Wo
man her own Defense. The shorte
articles are numerous as usual ant
very interesting The whole numbe
is valuable.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
A New Society Fad.

A new Society fad" is called a pig
party. Everybody at the party, while
blindfolded, must draw pig on white
paper, with his or her signature at
tached. The drawings are then com
pared, and the person who makes the
wost sketch is called the pig. 1t is
said to be very elevating amusement
and differs from a Washington recep-
ton. AT the latter the non-invited
guest, who always manages to get tC
the supper first, is called the pig
And there are sometimes enough pig
on such occasions to make a drove o
hogs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
THE COMING CONTEST.
The Presidential Contest to be Fought
BY Blaine and Cleveland
Second Time.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
In the two days last passed this pa
per has presented to the public the
opinions of the leading editors of the
land as to who will be nominated for
President and Vice President by the
two great parties, and as to who will
be elected 1t was an exhibition Of
sentiment such as has never before
been furnished in this country.
1t is not sought here to analyze it,
but simply to EN- phasize u few features
which impress themselves upon any
mind subje cted to political training.
For example, there was, all through
our commucations, irrespective of the
politics of the sender, a unanimous
impression that the democrats would
renominate Mr.. Cleveland for the
Presidency. AS to the forthcoming
republican nominee there ID more
difference of opinion; but when the
careful Judge Of local influences elm
mates firm the controversy of the
problem of "favorite sonnies" it be-
comes manifest that the editorial in
tellect of the land believes that the
great contest will once more lie be-
tween Grover Cleveland James G.
Blaine.
And, why not? Let the old fight be
fought over. Will the democrats
suffer? Scarcely. They are stronger
to-day than they were in 1884. What
changes have there beenP The demo-
Gratis have grown a trihe more cour-
ageous in clamoring for tariff reform,
and the republican sehemers have
grown more memdacious III shrieking
that the Mills bill means "Free
Trade" 1t is not unlikely that the
loss and gain ofvotes on this issue will
be very evenly distributed, but with
this popularity: that the democratic
gain will be located where that party
most needs it, and the republican loss
where they can least afford it.
The only other charge which i'm
presses itself upon the careful students
of National politics relates to the fl.
nancial question. For many years the
republican schemers have succeeded
in continuing in power through the
fierce and furious declaration that the
conduct Of the finances of this country
could not safely be intrusted to the
democratic party. 1t was this fa.se
hood whiC h saved them in 1872 and
1880, and assisted in their rape of the
Presidency in 1876. But nooO it has
been discovered that democratic Ad
ministration can handle the Treasury
Department more CAREFUL, more con
servatively, more inteliigently anC
more honestly than the republican
clique that has been so long intrusteC
with it. The result of this discover,
is to take from the republican bosses
and give to the democratic party th,
influence OF the vast following whC
wish to keep it.
Let any one who knows any thini
about the politics Of the country care
) fully size up this fact-the fact pre-
sented in the foregoing paragraph
Does it not clearly exhibit the trutl
that the republican managers, througl
their OWE weakness, nave lost thei
hold, and that the election OF q demo
, cratic President is inevitable?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Game Of Life.

Cards, in this game called life, are
unequal!y dealt. One player holds
many hearts, her neighbor losses the
entire game for lack of one. Anoth-
er's hand is full of diamonds, the least
of which, at critical moment, would
place the opposite player at the flood
of that tide in the affairs of men which
leads on to fortune yet each has his
chances. Before my memory is a
sweeL-faced old lady who has dropped
out of the game, having played her
hand, and now sits in her souls easy
chair, watching the others. did you
ever notice, DEAR" she has said to me,
"that those with full hands seldom
win? They rely upon their cards
whereas player holding bad hand
struggles desperately and succeeds
Partners help, too" with bright
glace at me, which reminded me tha
IIla ad shortly before spoken lightly
of marriage. "By uniting hands anC
wits the gam is often Brilliant,
gained when either would fail misera
blv alone" "But," | begau-"Yes,
know. You can play it alone, but it,
too risky: five or nothing, you know
and every thing conspir to make
J nothing. Yes, dear" again in answe
} to my objection, partners often hand
: leap you, trump your ace, and all tha
: but YOU can fall back upon ther
, when nothing remains you but tn
deuce-I don't mean to be proiane."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Electric HitIers.

This remedy is becoming so we'll
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all that
is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure
all diseases OF the Liver and Kidneys,
will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt
Rheum and ether affections caused by
impure blood. Will drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as we'll
as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure
OF Headache, Constipation and Indi-
gestion try Electric Bitters-Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded Pricd so cts. and 500 per
bottle at DR.. ]. NJ. McFerrin's Drug
| Store
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
JOHNSON CITY. TENN THURSDAY, MAY Il, l0s8

Air Line, under the track Of which
the c, G. & G, will run. We are told
that there will be an iron bridge put
in at this cut and union passenger
depot built.
Capt. Urquhart returned from Au-
gusta last Saturday, where he has been
on tour of inspection and investiga-
ton in the interest Of tins division Of
the road. Correspondent from Bucks
to YorkUille Enquirer
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Purifes the Blood.

SwEErwATER, Tenn, Jan, 3lst
1SSS-In May 1886, "nettles" broke
out all over my body and everything l
tried to eat would hurt my stomach
and l could not sleep we'll took the
medicine and followed the diet pre-
cribed by my doctors until | was so
weak that was not able to do any
thing. In November, 1887, the doc
tors said that they could do nothing
more for me and that never would be
cured. concluded to try a change
OF climate and went to Florida,
While there a friend who had been
greatly benefited by warmers Safe
Cure" persuaded me to try it. / be-
gan Its use together with "Warner's
Safe Nervine," and after taking num-
Der OF bottles the "nettles" disappeared
and have not seen one in three
months.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
Cures Malaria.

JACKSON, Tenn, April 18th, 1887
| have suffered from dyspepsia for
years, lived on bread alone for many
months, and life was a burden. Itook
everything which able physicians
could prescribe, but l obtained no re-
lief until l began the use of "Warn-
ers Safe Cure" and Warmers Tippe-
canoe the Best" now can eat any
thing and weigh more than at any
previous time. l cannot praise
warmers Tippecanoe the Best
enough.
.M,-b dDK1n
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17

Old pear trees that have apparently
been worthless have been revived by
the application Of a peck of salt and
ashes scattered around the base.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
WARMERS SAFE CURE

BLoUNTvILLE, Tenn, Dec. 13, 1857
l have used "Warner's Safe Cure"
in my practice and l am convinced
that in the treatment OF diseases of
the kidneys and liver it has no equal
in the world.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-17
M NEM.X;;4>
Cures Female Ills.

12g7 Millions of Testimonials be produced Most
Diseases originating in Kidney Poisoned Blood disappear
upon faithful Of the great simple scientific specific
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01

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Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01

claimed: 'Heavensl madam, look at
the length of it," And so it is with the
bills Of our good friends, the doctors.
Numerous cases are cited wherein those
suffering from protracted ailments, such
as rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago and
sciatica, after many years OF undated
suffering, have spent varied small for
tunes ranging from five, ten, fifteen to
twenty thousand dollars, all in vain.
Then to be finally and efTectually cured
by st. Jacobs Oil (price fifty cents per
bottle, with full directions in eleven
languages and to be had OF every drug
gist), is a striking illustration of long
and short hauls. These cases are all of
them verified and are filed among the
most valuable testimony TO the virtues
of this sovereign cure. One OF the most
remarkable cases of this kind is the fol-
lowing: The New York Morning Jour
nal publishes the following remarkable
event: Mrs. f. G. Kellogg, living u
30 East seth ST., in this city, was par
TALLY paralyzed by being poisoned, as
alleged by a servant. She lay for seven
days in commissions, and although she
employed the best medical skill, her
case bafiled their best ~endeavors. One
physician after another was engaged
and discharged, until seven different
doctors had tried to help or cure her and
failed. She spent four weeks at q
Health Lift, but her case remained a
problem which could not be solved. She
was unable to leave her bed, and was as
helpless as "a child. not being able to
use her hands. Her body was in a par
nlyzed condition and her death was
looked for at any time. Salves, ONT
ments, lotions, plasters, and in fact,
nearly everything Endorsed by the lead
ing pharmacists, were tried until her
ease was given up as hopeless. AT last,
reading Of the wonderful cures credited
to the use of the celebrated st. Jacobs
Oil, she was induced to try a bottle as
an only hope. She began to improve
from the time the first application was
made. BY the continued use of this
Great Remedy for Pain, Mrs. Kellogg
has completely recovered
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01

Less than four months ago there was
sent up from New York city to Sing
Sing, for a long term of years, a coun-
terfeiter who had led a double life for
ten years. To his family--a wife and
four children living in a comfortable
home in Hoboken--he was known as a
machinist. Every morning he left his
home, dinner pail in hand, for his
daily toll. An hour later, with dinner
pail in hand, he entered a house three
miles away, and was not seer again I'M
til A o'clock in the afternoon. TO the
neighbors ard the landlord OF the build
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01

for conviction, one for acquittal, and ul-
timately the obstinate juror brought the
others over to his side. On his death
bed ten years later, the juror confessed
that he had murdered the field hand,
five minutes after the belligerents were
parted.
These are but a few OF the famous
cases OF circumstautial evidence with
which the lawyers entertained each
Othpr.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01

The cook in a cowboy camp near
Cheyenne vas told that he had drawn a
lottery prize of 80, 900. He at nee in
yited the boys into town, and in the ca
that he had saved for a year. When he
got sober he learned that he had been
fooled, and then he made a desperate
but Intellectual attempt to kill himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01

In Mexico City, "a few days ago., they
tried a man's courage by shutting him
up in a room with six r~attlesnakes. At
the end OF six hours they opened the
door and he was standing in a window
sill, and the snakes had. fought and
killed each. other. ..
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01
+ n LENGTH OF IT,

A woma com
planning to an
lin e II
draper,after urg-
ing a hundred
objections to the
goods show d,
finally said, ''It's
too narrow"
Thereupon, the
%shopman, in a
ra ge, unrolled
the bolt, stretch
ing it the full
lonn4b Of bis
store, and eX-