The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-04-26

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Mr. F. P. Baxter has gone to Warm (
Springs to attend a meeting OF the h,
Southern immigration Association
now in session
Ike Franklin, young man OF Nor
ristown was run over and killed by
freight train last Monday night while
under the influence OF whisky.
That tined feeling and loss of APP
petite are entirely overcome by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the peculiar med
icine. Try it and see.
Miss Lizzie Hommer, of Bristol,
went down to Greeneville yesterday
to attend the marriage Of her friend,
Miss Molle O'Keeie.
Mr.. Geo P Faw, of Piney Flats has
returned from Gonzales, Cal, where
he has been on visit to his son, Eu-
gene, for some months.
c. C. Collins, of Elizabethton, a
candidate for Floater on the Republi-
can ticket, was in the city Sunday,
We had just as soon see him elected as
any Republican we know Of
Martin | Gump fell from a train at
Joneshoro last Friday and dislorated
his hip. He is better to-day and will
soon be able to oe at his store to offer
bargains in clothing, &c.
Mrs. Hodgson begs to inform her
friends that she can be found in the
dwelling house next to Mr.. Lewis
Store and will continue millinering
work and dress making.
THE COMET returned yesterday
from meeting Of The Tennessee
Press Association at Memphis. Our
space will not permit of a full notice
this week, and we are still too "full'
Tor utterance, A full account will be
given in our next issue.
Pierce & Mann are putting up the
cornice on G. A. Reeves and S, +
Harris new store rooms. When com
pleted these will be the handsomest
store rooms in the city, and the cor
nice work will add much to theil
architectural beauty.
Mr.. H. T. Mcdaniel, chief enginee
in charge Of the corps now surveying
the Three C's down the Chucky rive
route, was in the city Saturday ant
said he hoped to reach Johnson Cit.
City by the first OF May He vii
3 make headquarters here then and lC
i cate the line north from this,point.
We take pleasure in calling atten
s ton to the advertisement OF Fran
e Evans that appears in this issue. NJ
Evans has all the latest improve
= woodworking machinery in his faC
tory. and is prepared to do all kind
of planning, surtacing, matching, dr.!
ing, &C., on short notice and at MOT
IT crate prices. Call and see him or writ
! him for terms.
The new Baptist Church in Mend
( ia, Va, win be dedicated on the Gr
e Sunday in May. Rev. ]. R. HarrisC
of Glade Spring, Va, will preach IL
c. dedicatory sermon. A special ira
st will leave Bristol, on the s. A, &
Road, about ten O'clock, a, m, and I
turn from Mendoza about 5 o'cloc
- p. m. Round trip ticket so cents,
P. S. Gilmore's celebrated band W
give two concerts in Knoxville
. Monday, April 30th. One graz
"Coney Island" concert in the aft,
noon at Turner's Park and one Ora
ut Gilmore Jubilee at Staubs Ope
n House in the evening. The ent
". tainments are given under the {
10 spices OF the Y, NJ. @. A. The E.
sv V. & G. R. r. will give half rates fro
~ all points between Bristol aad Gle
land to Knoxville and return.
:, The johnson City Furniture Co
pany shipped three car loads OF f
niture yesterday. This concern
ON growing every day and its territ'
ew now comprises the whole South q
far North and East. New machln
RI is being added constantly as the
:. mand increases and they are 4
manufacturing larger variety of
room suits than ever Their la
Bht style suit is especially handsome
TO is natural cherry and is nicely ct
ed Gen. Wilder is having one m
to for himself on the same style bu
ing will be marble top They do not
I. ish any suits in marble unlesss 81
:: tally ordered.
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