The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-06-28
Wall Paper! Wall Paper!!
A complete stock and prices greatly
reduced at Mcneil & Wolfe's.
Orders for wire screen doors OF
windows filled promptly at
The Red Bird Factory.


fruit jars.
For anything in the tinware or
stove line call on Pierce & Mann and
save 20 per cent on all purchases.
Why don't the peoplein the coun.
try bring in some chickens? The
Methodist preachers will be here to.
day, and there is not chicken in
town.
A large stock Of summer goods just
received at w. w. Kirkpatrick's
clothing store and will be sold cheap.
]. E. Harr, keeps a first-class stock
of goods in his line, and has added re-
Gently the celebrated ballot box"
cigars. GIVE him a call, 224
Rev. ]. A. Munday lectured in
Jobe's Opera House last Tuesday
night on "The Mistakes of Men and
Women" A small crowd heard him.
Pierce & Mann have just received
another car load of stoves. Be sure
and price their stock before buying
They will save you money.
Go to Kirkpatrick's for bargains in
clothing.
The largest stock OF heating and
cooking stoves and wrought iron
ranges ever seen ia this city have just
been received by Pierce & Mann.
Prices surprisingly low.
Mr.. CHAMBER who will probably be
best known in future as Miss Amelle
Rives' husband, is described as a rath-
er handsome blonde, has light blue
eyes, pompadours his hair and has a
decided English accent.
W. M. Patton, formerly night tele-
graph operator at this place but now
located at Ronald, Va, was in the
city this week. Mr.. Patton is a first
class operator and will soon be pro-
NOTED to train dispatcher on the N. &
w. r. r.
One OF the three spans of the Three
C's river bridge has been completed
and nearly half the work has been
done on another The first story OF
the long trestle across the Lineber.
ger bottoms will be completed this
week.-ROck Hill Herald.
In another column will be found
the dissolution notice of J. J. Adams
& Hoss Bros. Messrs. Hoss will con
tinue the business and Mr., P. G, Hosl
will take pleasure in bidding on any
brick work you may want done. The
gentlemen are both experienced bricl
masons and are reliable.
Messrs. Evans, Faucette & Co., tn,
wide-awake spot cash merchants
have bought column OF space in tn,
COMET and ask the people to read i
carefully every week. These gentle
men are good business men, therefor,
believe in liberal use of printer
ink, and will do just as they advertise
The Watauga Banking Compan
has an advertisement on the first pag
OF this issue. This bank has onl
been in operation few months but
r doing good business. The stool
A holders Of this bank are we'll know
and among the best men in Washin,
ton and Carter counties.
= The local option election in Goo
s son Dist, passed off quietlylast Thur
day, There was very little work dor
q for the dry ticket here in town. I'll
q following are the majorities in Il
i whole district: Goodson 60 we
WATERWAYS 81 dry, Maxwelrs 6 dr.
Halls Bottom IA dry. Total dry m
1t iority 14.-BristOl NetCs,
'S General Wilder left London la
he Saturday and will arrive in New Yor
about the LIST of July. He will be
Johnson City on or before the 10
st proximo and we will then be able
It. state definitely when work will
o. commenced on the Three C's railro
- in Johnson City.
Prof. w. A. Kite left Saturday
!, Elizabethton to take charge of an {
III gineer corps and make prelimina
es- survey of the Atlantic, Tennessee a
OF Western Railroad from Elizabeth
or to Carriers. This is the road that is
= be built by Messrs. Teegarden a
'n' Finney from Carriers Depot to tn
ld' iron miners on the Elkin Carter col