The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-01
WHOLE NO. 2O2
OVER THE STATE.
Atems Of Interest Gathered from
Our Exchanges and ether
Sources


tary company.
Sparta is to have a new bank, with
a capital of $4,000.
Mrs Sarah Lee Davies died in JEFF
ferSon county Friday, aged l02 years.
Mr. Geo W. Blakey, an aged citizen
of Bristol, died Tuesday, aged 80
years.
James Green, the youth who was
shot by Dick Green, neigbbor, in
Hancock county last week, died Sun
day,
MorriStown will sport electric lights
in about three weeks johnson City
will soon get there" in the matter Of
electric lights.
Peter Beynum fell from a furnace
elevator at South Pittshurg Friday,
crushing his skull and causing almost
instant death
George Hammock, II years old, of
Anderson county, is charged with an
attempt to murder f NJ Haynes,near
Hciskels Station.
Arrangements are making to have
Con Bob Ingersoll deliver the address
at the National Cemetery at Chatta-
nooga on Decoration Day.
bed OF marble has been discovered
in Unicoi county It is SAID to be
good quality of marble, suitable for
monuments and other purposes.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
has received consignment of silk
worm eggs for distribution. He will
also furnish books of instruction for
silk culture.
DR.. f Miles Willett, Supreme Medi-
cal Examiner Of the Catholic Knights
of America, di, d ut his home in Mem
1hiS last week, of heart disease, aged
81 years. He was good man.
The professors in the engineering
department Of Vanderbilt University
are busy in the pleasant task of plan
ming an addition to Science Hall to
$4,000, the gift of Mr. Cornelius Van
derbit, Of New York,
John f Green, of the firm of Tay-
! lor & Green, of Profit, has bren sued
( by Miss Lulu Bum for 5000 damages
for seduction. Green was recently
married to Miss Minta taylor, daugh-
ter OF his partner
Burglars entered the residence OF
Mr. John Edwards, naar Greenville,
Friday night Mr., +. was awakened,
he got his gun, and when the burglars
steaIthily entered the family room he
blazed away, w0unding one, but they
both escaped.
Hon. A. w. Hawkins, of Hunting
ton, died at his residence in that place
Il few days ago He was brother OF
Hon. Alvin Hawkins, formerly gov
eInor of Tennessee, and served rs the
Commissioner OF the Bureau Of Agri-
culture, Statistics and Mines during
the latters administration.
Mr.. c. G. Rankin, proprietor the
"Home Wooden Mills, at Home De-
pot, was il Morristown last week, and
at an informal meeting Of some oi the
business men, proposed to move his
plant to that place and take $1,000 in
the enterprise, provided $15,C0O more
could be raised by the citizens.
Tennessee will vote this year for
school commissioner, magistrates, con
stables, sherifts, tax assessors, mem
bers Of the legislature, representatives
. in Congress, Governor Of the State
and President Of the United States,
whilr the Legislature this year chosen
will elect United States Senator.
In Hancock county there lives Mr..
Samuel Seal and his wife. He is sew.
enty-four years OF age and she is sew
enty-two. There is nothing remarka-
BILE in this, but there is something re.
markabe in the fact that this aged
= couple have eighty-one grandchildren
living and seventeen dead, making
ninety eight in all.
The four hundred employees ut the
: Black Diamond mines held meeting
j., at Coal Greek, Friday, To- take into
! consideration the price of mining for
fhe present year. The president and
i. treasurer Of the company were pres
ent, aud entire harmony prevailed be-
= tween employers and employees.
o The company has fine set Of men,
y and is prepared to ship 1000 tons a
day.
= Napoleon B. Lester, who shot and
h killed Lieut. B Lane in Lebanon
"a last summer, was, on Saturday last,
q sentenced by the Supreme Court to
be hanged on the Goth Of April Les
ter is an old, silvery-haired man. The
crime for which he has been condemn.
ed was committed July Goth last when,
early in the morning, Lester stepped