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The Washington critic., 1888-01-16
SEAL PLUSH SACQUES.


These garments increase
in popularity every winter
season, and can be bought
for next winters wear with
out fear. of their being out
Of style.
Seal Plush Sacques from S25 to 800
Seal Plush Sacques from S27 to S22.50
Seal Plush Sacques from $50 to S25
Seal Plush Sacques from $40 to S3f
WRAPPERS ALSO INCLUDED.
We desire to sell every Wrapper in stock
before January H. and with that end In view
we have made the following changes in
prices:
Ladies' Gray Blanket Wrappers, red and
blue striped bordering reduced from 81 to
$3.50.
Ladies' Flannel Wrappers, navy blue, red
and dark gray handsomely braided in black,
reduced from $3.50 to 81.
Ladies' Fancy Striped Flannel Wrappers,
variety Of patterns, reduced from $40 to
$3.50.
Ladies' Fancy Blanket Wrappers, in polka
spots, stripes and plain, reduced from S12
to SO.
WOODWARD s. LoTHRoP,
Corner 11th and + SITS. n. w.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08

Jo5e, the wide-awake livery man, is
constantly adding new stock to his
already we'll supplied stables. The
latest addition is q pair of cream.
colored matCh-horses that cost him
$500. They are very handsome speci-
mems of horse-hesh, and are gocrs.
1t is reported that George Booths
ghost walks" every night aboSt the
spot where he was killed, 1t is
thought Booth has returned to haunt
the man who said he was killed in u
political difficulty, and will remain
here until after the election to inhu-
ence coIored people to vote the demo
cratic ticket.
Mr.. Tom E. Hurst has accepted a
position as salesman with the we'll
known dry goods firm of Hunter &
Brown, and invites his friends to call
and see him. He is now in position
to supply his friends with everything
they want in the way of fine dress
goods, millinery, and all kinds OF dry
goods and groceries.
Rev. ]. A. Munday has been con-
Quoting revival at J0nesboro for
several weeks. Last week an article
appeared in the Herald 4: Tribune crit.
icizing him very severely, and on the
night following the publication Nun.
day denounced the writer from the
pulpit. Jonesboro was greatly excited
over the matter.
Jos. Grigsby, Of Morristown, was in
the city Tuesday talking safes. He
sold the Watauga Bank a safe, but the
order was countermanded because
Judge Newton Hacker said hiS com
pany, the Macneale & Urban Co., Of
Cincinnati, was insolvent and the
safes were no account. Macneale &
Urban will sue Judge Hacker for libel
The Boston capitalists that visited
Elizabethton and Cranberry last week
have all returned to their homes. Mr.
Mann, of Boston, was ut the Piedmon,
House last night and said nearly ev
erv member of the party invested il
iron or timber lands, and that anothe,
party OF about forty would visit East
Tennessee soon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08

Last Saturday afternoon about 5
O'Clock George Booth, q negro, was
stabbed to death by Bob lobe, young
white man. Jobe was arrested but
made his escape and has not been re-
arrested. There ia some doubt as to
whether the killing was in seli-deiense
ond also question as to the origin OF
the difficulty or who was to blame.
Statements differ so widely no report
can be given until after trial. The
affair is very sad and greatly to be re.
GREETED. The telegrphic report in Sun,
days Knoxville Journal, stating that
the trouble arose from political quar-,
rel. is untrue. Politics WAS not men
toned and had no connection with
the matter whatever.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08
CORR EsPONDENCE.
CARRIERS DEPOT. TENN.

Feb 9Th 1885,
The Second Quarterly Meeting Of
the NJ. f. Church, South, began here
Saturday, March Bird. Geo. d. French,
P. E., assisted by Rev's. w. G. Malonee
and W, D. Mitchell, conducted the
meeting. The Elder preached two
very interesting sermons AT liza. m.
and at night on the Sabbath.
Mr.. Isaac Hampton, of Evansville, n.
Y, was here two days last week on
business.
NJ. A. T. johnson and family, of
Elizabethton, were here on a visit last
Sabbath.
The little daughter OF s. H. Hen
dirk, mentioned in my last, is very low
and her recovery doubtful DR.. G..
Wheeler is the attending physician.
Mrs. H. G. Boyd aud Mrs j. Il. Miller
came down from ElizahethtOn to see
her to-day.
Mrs. Mary G. Scott died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs George Pagan,
three miles north Of here, last Sab
bath.
Mr.. Albert Ray, of Indiana, has
bought the farm Of David Humphreys,
Jr., near Lick Greek church and NOV
ed there to-day.
Mr., E. H. Plummer went to Bristol
tonight on business.
Miss Lou Morris, of Jonesboro. who
has been up on visit to her sister,
Mrs. James Hendrix, returned home
to-day.
Miss Mamie Kidwell is confined to
her room with rheumatism.
Misses Ida and CalIie and Masters
BOb and Joe Bowman, who have been
very sick with measles are GONZALES
cent.
The faces OF Will Lacy and George
Wills were wreathed with smiles
cause-hoth boys.
Engineer H. T. Mcdaniel, of Allan
ta, Ga, with his assistants z. II. Man
ter, s. E. Burrows and Geo NJ. Briggs
with force of hands began the sur
vey of the c., G. Il Z. r. X. from here
to Watauga Point this morning. They
marked the crossing Of the E. T., V d
& X. R. about 100 yards west of the
railroad bridge and are surveying M
the west bank nf the Watqnga River
closing their work for to-day at the
foot Of Bugart's knob.
DR.. NJ. NJ. Martin, ci Piney Flats
accompanied by r. w. Smalling, ex.
pect to start to Florida this week, and
propose to spend about a month
among the orange groves at or neal
Orlando.
D. n. r.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08
The Emgimeer Corps,

The three engineer corps, OF the c.,
c. & G. Road, that arrived here last
week left Saturday and Sunday for
different points along the line to be-
gin the work of locating. Capt. l. E.
Montague went to Estilville, Va, and
will work north from that place.
Capt. Smith went to the Iron Noun
tain and rs soon as he locates the low.
est gap to cross the mountain without
a tunnel, If possible, he will continue
the location south. Capt. H. T. Nc.
Daniel will locate the line between
the Iron Mountain and Estilville. He
left Sunday for Carter's Depot and
will run n preliminary survey from
Carriers to some point on the old sur.
vey on Buffalo. This survey has tc
be made to satisfy the stockholders OF
the road that are distant from this
place and who are interested in the
building the road on the most practi
cable route, all things being consid
cred. The route will be chosen in the
next ten DAYS, and the work of loca
tio1 will be pushed with all possible
speed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08
Johnson City, Feb. FL, 'SS.

WHEREAS, In the wise providence
OF God, our brother and co-wurker,
r. K. Collins, has been taken from
our midst and his evpntful life lament.
ed, therefore We, his friends aud broth
erS of the Masonic Order, adopt the
following resolutions;
Resolved, That, Ms we review the
life of our departed brother it bring
to our minds recOltctions of til,
many pleasant interviews with him
though often unable tn meet with us
IN lodge on account Of i'll health, ht
ever expressed himself as being deep
ly interested in the prosperity of oul
noble Order; ever true to his cunvic
tions, and possessing an answering
love for his country, he drew arnunc
him many kindred spirits, who now
miss his pleasant, cherry voice and
mourn his early removal.
Resolved, That his life, though witt
us here but few months, WAS charac
terized by earnestness and unboundec
energy in the face Of weakness anC
suffering. With perseverance and de
termination he pressed his way, gain
ing the respect and good will of al
about him. Posse ssed of a mind o
unusual qnickness and an ability t.
great questions of the day, he KEEP
abreast of the times and took ad
vanced grounds on all subjects.
Resolved, That his life before us, q
a brother, citizen, husband and fathe
ever exemplified great kindness, sym
patty and henevolence, the remem
brance of which will dwell in III
memories long after the roses hav
faded that will bloom on his tomb.
ResOlprd, That we tender tn the be
reaved wife ard children our mos
sincere sympathy, and pray that tn
blessings Of Him who alone can CON
fort may rest richly upon them.
| ReSolved, That copy Of these resc
buttons be sent to his family and I
the town papers.
] L. EVANS,
WILL HARR,
J, A. CARGILLE,
Committee.
Johnson CITY, Feb. 81, as.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08
v. VI. G. A. CONVENTION.
MARCH 16, II AND IS. 1895

The public is cordially invited TO at
tend all Of tire meetings OF the corven-
ton and zee and hear what the Asso.
citation in the State have been doing.
Some Of the leading workers in the
State will be present. All members
are urged to be present at as many
meetings 10 possible, il not all.
When the committee on securing
homes for delegates comes around tn
see you, we hope you will give them
substantial encouragement. We ex.
pect so or 60 delegates.
Let every body attend at the Pres
byttrian church, March 16, II and IS
On March 10th there will be an ex
cursion to Cranberry, for the occom
dation of the delegates, every body i,
invited to join, az it is the first excur
sion Of the season. Round trip tickle
$1S5. 49,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08

The following resolutions Of respect
were adopted at Il recent meeting {"
johnson City Lodge, No. 4S6, f. and
A. M:
WHEREAS, In the course Of human
events, our brother and fellow towns
man, Taylor Pardew, has fallen by til,
grim monster Death, and thus has
passed beyond all earthly scenes, We.
in respect to his memory, adopt the
following resolutions
Resolved, That in the relation our
departed sustained to ia IN member,
of the Masonic order, we ever found
hlm faithful and true, always stand
ing in defence of the time. hnn0red
principles he had promised to support
Resolved, That his character as i
stands out before liz WAS such as t.,
command the respect Of all will
whom he came in contact i; in his bus
iness transactions straightforward and
upright; i'll his family tender and
thoughtful.
Resolved, That we extend to the be-
reaved wife and children our heartfelt
sympathy, praying that He who weep
ut the grave ri Lazarus may abid,
with them through all the lonely
hours.
kesOiusd, That copy Of these reso
lutions he cent to his family and ais,
be published in the town papers,
J. L EVANS,
G. K. LTDE,
]. w. BORING,
|
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08

The johnson City, Tenn, COMET
dominates Col. T. E. Mstson, CHIEF
Engineer of the Charleston, Cincin-
natl and Chicago Railroad, AS a can
didate for Mayor of that city. Gould
the people along the line of the road
have voice in the matter his election
would be assured by handsome ma
jority.-- Yorkville, S. c., Enquirer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08
ReaI Ensnte Transfers

Jonesbcro Land Co. to Moore &
Martin, one lOt, $50.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08
Hardware.

The Salvation Army is doing Bris-
tol.
Gov. r. l.. Taylor spent Tuesday at
his mothers home in this city.
Save money by buying hardware Of
G. K. Lide 4 Co.
The best kitchen lamp in the city
can be found at Henderson & Pierce's.
G. w, st. Jehn, q. Carter's, WAS in
the city Tuesday.
Oliver Chilled Flows at wholesale
and retail at c. X. Lide L Co.'s
Thos. Curtin, Esq, OF Bluff City,
~as in the city yesterday.
Ladies, ii you want fine shoes 60 to
Hunter & Brown.
. Col w. D. Haynes was in the city
Monday.
+. l.. Wells, OF the Commoner, at
tended court at Erwin Tuesday.
We are receiving large line o
gents fine shoes. Hunter & Brown
Pat DUNCAN, Esq, of Carter county
was in the city yesterday.
Call at the Queenswarc Store TO
bottom prices.
II. II Carr, Esq, and F. H. Nc
LaughIm, Esq, went up TO Erwin
Tuesday To attend court.
G. X. Lide Il Co. are hendquarter
for paints, oils and glass, sash an,
doors,
Henderson & Pierce still have
large stock of step stoves which the,
are selling cheap.
The Ecening News has been pul
chased by F. l. Wells, and turned int
republican paper,
g. C. Seavers is headquarters ia
doors and sash and all kinds OF build
ers' hardware.
II you don't believe Campbell
Martin sell cheaper and better good
than any body else, try them
Maj. A. d. Reynolds and Mr.. J. n
Barker, Of Bfistol, were in the city Ia,
week.
q. G. Seaver has an immense stoc
OF Old Dominion Nails and is sellin
them lower than ever.
Miss Nora Crumley ia visiting h,
cousin, Mrs. Ella Broyles, on Il
Nolachucky river,
Farming Implements OF all kin,
can be found at G. c. Seaver's. +
has just received large stock.
Rev. +. B. Robertson will begin
series of revival meetings at the NJ.
Church, South, next Saturday nigl
Oliver Chilled Flows and Respe
and South Bend Flows and Reape
ct g. G. 6eaver's.
Ladies: Buy Frank d. Weylman
Co.'S custom made shoes il you wa
an elegant fit and durability besid
You will find them only at Campo
&Martin's
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08
convention Called.

The Democrats OF the city are re-
quested to meet at City Hall tonight
at z o'clock for the purpose OF nomi.
mating candidates tor Mayor and AL
dermen.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08

The Salvation Army is doing Bris-
tol,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-08

A two story, nine room dwelling on
Market Street. Apply to
G. A. REEVES,
Johnson City, Tenn.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
CASE OF JUSTIFICATION.
A Man in New York Who Is All
Bone and Has No Joints.

New YORK, Dec. 25.-Some doctors
visited a man whose body has been as
stiff as a rail for the last thirty-one
years and who is as helpless as a
papoose, at the Manhattan hotel, in
Fourteenth street, yesterday. The mau
told his own history. He is j. 3. Bass,
IS wears old, and he came from near
Niagara Falls. While in the lumber
and canal business he was much ex-
posed and often got wet. What ap-
peared to be infiammatory rheumatism
set in. for which he was treated for
several years. 1t resulted i'll rigid
stiffening of the joints. His legs are
mostly bone, with bus slight covering
of flesh. The line from his head to his
heels along his back is nearly straight.
The arms are as rigid as the legs, and
the cartilage between the vertebra is
ossified. The mans heart was declared
by the doctors to be about normal, and
his appetite is excellent, but as his jaws
are rigid his food is artificially masti-
Gated,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
How the School Pays.

Texas Siftings.
Two teachers of languages were dis
cussing matters and things relative to
their profession.
''Do your pupils pay up regularly on
the first of each mOnth?' asked one of
them.
mo, they do not" was the reply. 81
often have TO wait for weeks before |
get my pay. and sometimes don't get
it at all. You can't well dun the pa
rents for the money"
''Why don't You II as l do? l always
get my money regularly"
''How do you manage it?''
''It is very simple. For instance, l
am teaching boy French, and on the
first day of the month his folks don't
pay the money for the lesson. In that
event give the boy the followsng SEN
tence to translate and write out at home:
Il have no money. The month is up.
Hast thou any money? Have not thy
parents got money? | need money very
much. Why hast thou not brought the
money this morning? Did thy father
not give thee any money? Has he no
money in the pocketbook of his uncle'S
great aunt?' That fetches them Next
morning you bet that boy brings the
money!"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
TOLD THE FATE OF PEOPLE.
Leaves q Fortune of Twenty
Four Thousand Pounds Sterling.

Nine. Moreau, the Livineresse,
Leaves a Fortune of Twenty
Four Thousand Pounds Sterling.
London Telegraph.
Fortune telling is evidently prosper
Gus profession still in France, seeing
that the will of Nine. Moreau. the carto-
mancienne, has been proved" to use
the English phrase, under 100000 francs,
or se24, 000f
This was not. assuredlv, bad sum to
have made simply by telling empty
headed, petite danes, unSOphisicated
SeamstresSes, ignorant servants and
gulllDle peasant women that when they
turned up the king of hearts
they would be sure to get
vided the mOnarch's features
appeared uppermOst, but that when the
reverse was the case ''rocks ahead" were
to be apprehended, for it was out of this
kind of nonsense that Nine. Moreau
was able to live comfortably on her
rents, of which the interest amounted
to 1000 year.
The supposttion is that the skillful
cartomancienne was ''well up" i'll the
works of Etella, who has composed a
remarkable treatise on the prognostica-
tons as to the future that may be de.
duced from the king and queen of
hearts, the ace of spades. the knave of
clubs, and other cards in the pack. but
Nine. Moreau's card reading was
grated on native talent in the art Of
taking people ill.," and she also had
the magnificent opportunity of receiv-
ing hints and suggestions in fortune
telling from her still more famous pre-
deceSSor, Nine. Lenormand.
This notorious cartOmancienne was
said to have predicted the great revolu-
ton long before it broke out, and she
was consulted by many notable people,
who ilocked to her sumptuous rooms in
the Faubourg st. German. One of her
most aSSiduOuS customers was jose
phine de Beauharnais, who being cred-
ulous and rather ignorant creole, con-
suited the livinereSSe on every conceiv-
able subject, ana otherwise made the
reputation of the Lenormand by impart-
ing it to her numerous secrets concern
ing Napoleon and his intentions, pro-
Jects or resolutions, all of which informa-
ton was SedulOuSly used, asSimilated,
and applied by the cartomacnienne in
proper time and season.
Thus, when the wife. of Gen. MOreau
went to consult her in 1905, Lenormand,
thanks to Josephine's gossip, was able
to tell her that the general was in dan
ger. She predicted the downfall of
Gen. Debec, who, when he was going
to execution, regretted aloud that
he had not followed the advice
of the fortune-teller and fled from
France. LenOrmand also foretold the
divorce of Josephine and Napoleon, but
was unable to get a glimpse into the
secrets of her own destiny, for she was
three times put into prison without
knowing her fate beforehand, and she
died in lS43, at the age of seventy-five,
having always prOphesed that she
would live to attain the age of 1874.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
A COSTLY COFFIN.
An Enormous Sum Required to
Bury a Colored " oman.


PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 25.-The body
of Mrs. Catherine Teagle, wife of West
Chestcr's famous colored doctor. will be
inferred at that place tomorrow morn
ing with more pomp than has attended
any recent funeral in this locality. Mrs.
Teagle died of a complication of disor-
derS at midnight last Wednesday. By
an arrangement made before her death
she was to-day laid out in a coffin which
she had ordered and inspected
herself, and which will cost her wealthy
husband the sum of 81, 000. In appear
ance it is all exact reproduction of the
casket in which the body of the late
Samuel J. Tilden was incased, and it
comes from the same mandatory. The
wood from which it is made is the very
finest cedar that could be procured,
heavily lined with highly tested copper.
The trimmings are of the finest satin.
and the pillow On which the dead
wOmau's head rests is hand embroid-
cred. Besides all this, an exquisite
satin STROUD has been ordered for the
OCCASION bits Of cOlOring being intro
duced to relieve the whole of any ghast-
~ effect.
Il want it to be better than the one in
NlIlCH llcliy w dIu DtcCHcE Was
.uried," said DR.. Teagle this morning.
"She was an excellent woman, and de-
serves an unexcelled home in the
grave"
All the other arrangements for the
funeral are upon a similar scale. The
funeral director was given explicit i'll
Structions to spare no expense, and he
has obeyed instructions. Fifty of the
finest carriages have been engaged and
sumptuous dinner pr vided for those
who come from a distance.
Mrs. Teagle was born a slave, but be-
came free by the operations of the
emancipation proclamation and came
North shortly thereafter. She was a
woman of more than ordinary capacity,
and borrowing money went into the
millinery business. With her savings
she bought up real estate, which in
creased in value and finally made her
rich. In her own right she was worth
about Sl00,0 900 when she died. DR.. Teagle,
whom she married twenty years ago,
obtained large practice as root and
herb doctor, and also amassed consider
able money. To-day he has an extern
sive list of white and cOlored patients,
who will accept medical service from no
other physician.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
ROYAL ARA DIAN BABIES.
How They Rear Babies in the
BOudoirs of Arabia.

New York Telegram.
The uptown baby farmers, who more
OF less torture their helpless victims,
must have read the "Memoirs of an
Arabian Princess" One paragraph says:
A royal baby's first toilet. in Arabia,
consists in winding bandage about its
body, after it has been bathed and per-
fumed. The little creature is then
placed on its back. its arms and feet are
Strengthened and the entire body
is swathed to the shoulders.
In this position it remains notion
less for forty days, but the
bandages are removed twice day that
the child may have bath. The Arabs
believe that this process will make the
body straight for life. Under such cir
cumstanees, it seems fortunate that
babyhood is not period which
can be remembered in after years,
for nobody would choose to suf-
fer such days of misery again
even in recollection. If the child be a
girl, on the seventh day after birth.
holes. usually six in number, are pricked
in her ears, and when she is two months
old heavy gold rings are attached to
them, to be worn throughout lifetime,
except during periods of mourning for
relatives.
On the fourth day the baby's head is
shaved-a ceremony which could scarce
ly be performed in our own country.
where thick hair is usually of later
growth. The operation is considered a
very important one. and thirty
or forty persons are witnesses OF
it, for the performance of GER
tain rites. This disposal of the first
hair is regarded as very weighty mat
ter; it must not be burned nor carelessly
thrown away, but buried, thrown into
the sea, or hidden in some crevice of a
wall. This fortieth day marks a turn
ing point in the child's life. Here
tofore it has only been seen
by its parents. the slaves on duty
and few intimate friends of the fam
lily: now, however, it may be seen by
anybody, and is regarded as fairly
launched ON the tide of existence. Sew
eral charms are attached to its body tor
protection against the ''evil eye" boys
wearing them to certain age, girls
still longer. The favorite charm con-
sists of a gold or silver locket, worn on
q chain.