The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-06-07
WHOLE NO..216
OVER THE STATE.
Items Of News Gathered from Our Ex.
changes And Other SOnrces.

""'"oTcu from our EXs
ehahges And Other Sources,
Some aux at Morristown.
Flux is raging in Rogersvile and
vicinity.
Two cases of smallpox are report.
ed from Memphis.
A man named Bates, at Chatta-
nooga, shot his mother-ip.law Fri.
day. s .s..
The General Assembly of the Pres.
byterian church will meet next wear
al Chattanooga.
The Rumbough tobacco factory, at
Knoxville, has commenced opero-
tions with a large force of hands.
Judge ], F. Lewis, of Knoxville, has
been mentioned as the probable pro.
hlbltion candidate for governor.
The new sash, door and blind fac.
tory OF Davis sullenbarger & Co., of
Morristown, is now in operation.
The Tennessee Midland Road is
open from Memphis to Jackson
Trains will be running regularly in
short time.
The Ladies Memorial Association
decorted the graves Of the confederate
| l.
dead at Knoxville, on Tuesday of last
week. .
Mad dogs are reported in number
oil counties all over the State. bitinc
dogs, stock and now and then neo
pie.
-FOUR negroes broke open a house
IN Khea county and assaulted Mrs
Rice and her little daughter. The
negroes have been jailed.
The 5-year old daughter OF Thos.
Lannom fell from the fourth floor of
the Commercial House, at Memphis,
and was instantly killed.
The Senate has passed with amend.
mentS the House bill authorizing the
construction of a bridge across :ths
Tennessee river al Knoxville.
1t is reported that the destructive
fly has made its appearance in some
portions OF theState, and is damaging
wheat to a considerable extent
The Republican State convention
elected Emerson Etherage and VIM.
Rule as State Electors Mr.. Rule de.
clined, and H. B. Lindsey was sub.
stituted.
A recent issue OF Harpers Weekly
contains designs of various public
buildings. Among them is the Gus
tom House at Chattanooga. It is a
very handsome building and will cost
$275,00O.
Capt. Regan, former conductor of
the East Tenn, Virginia & Georgia
road, is now in Florida making q for
tune, He recently made $75 900 on a
M,500 investment in real estate dur
ing the BOOM
Mr. j. S. Good had the misfortune
to ial from a wagon in West Bristol
on Monday evening, on account Of the
sudden jerking Of the vehicle. He felI
on his head and was severly injured.
The corner stone OF the Masonic
Widows and Orphans Home. at Nash
vile, will be laid June % by Grand
Master H. Fl. lngersol. Ais ubordi-
nate lodges have been invited and the
railroads offer excursion rates
Inc Covlhgton Leader reports the
army worm as becoming very de-
structive to the crops in portions Of
Upton county They have entirely
destroyed the meadows, have attack
ed the wheat fields and are attacking
the cotton and destroying it as they
go. The Leader says if they are not
arrested in their ravagcs before long
in some way they will ruin the entire
crop OF those communities where thev
have appeared.
The thirteenth annual meeting of
the East Tennessee Farmers Con.
vention met in the custom house Knox
vile, last Tuesday week. President
J. W. Rogan, Of Rogersville. called the
meeting to order prayer was made by
Rev. G. W, Sherrick, of Jefferson, and
the attendance throughout the SEES
sion, was large. The convention ad-
journed Wednesday night, S. IA.
Frazier, Of Hamilton county, was
elected president and the next session
will be held at Chattanooga.
Their business Booming.
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