The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-24

received at Mcneil & Wolfe's.
Ayers Pills are pleasant, safe, and
sure, and excel all other pills in heal
ing and curative qualities. Best for
family use.
G. X. Lide & Co. sell pure lead,
paints, and oils, guaranteed.
Anyone wanting q trunk, valise,
hand bag or pocket book, call on
Campbell & Martin.
Cool factory jeans at Kirkpatrick
& Cos for rs cents per yard.
Adjutant-General, James p. Taylor,
arrived in the city Monday evening in
response to a telegram that his wife
was very i'll at her home at Mill.
gan.
A young man named Blevins, living
at Wallace's Switch, Va, was run over
and killed on the Norfolk & Western
Railroad near Bristol, Monday morn.
ing. He was intoxicated.
Sell your wool to Kirkpatrick &
Co.
The election held in Goodson last
Saturday to vote $4,000 to the Bristol
and Danville railroad, passed quietly.
There we're 247 votes cast of which
239 were for subscription and s
against.
$50 pounds sacks salt at Kirkpatrick
& Cos for 81.
Campbell & Martin can fit you up
in the grocery line as we'll as in dry
goods and notions.
Rush to Kirkpatrick & Co.'S for
bargains.
Mrs. Frank Lawson, ofNArshall, N.
G., who has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. Clifford, left fer her home on
Wednesday morning. She has bought
lot and will build residence in
Johnson City this summer. 81.
Buy your carpets Of fitzpatrick &
Co.
Rev. E. lilly has been accepted by
the Board of Mission OF the N. e.
Church, South, as q missionary, and
has been assigned to Brazil. He will
sail for his field of labor some time
next month.
Mr.. W. K. Hodges, OF Bristol, spent
Sunday in the city. For several
years Mr.. Hodges was connected with
]. A. Cargille, Of this city, but he is
now with his brothers at Bristol. He
is frst-class artist and the Hodges
Art Gallery is the leading art empor-
ium in the Border City.
The strawberry and ice cream sup.
given by the Ladies' Aid Society OF
the Christian Church last Thursday
night was considered a success. More
than $50 was taken in and 1852
made clear of all expenses. The Ia
dies offer their sincere thanks for ell
help received in getting up the supper
Our farmer friends tell us the frost
last week did good deal Of damage &c
gardens, and also hurt wheat in some
sections badly. There will be some
peaches around the mountains and in
sheltered localities and the apple cror
will be short. Oats and clover lool
badly on account OF the drouth thai
began early in the spring.
Col. T. E. Matson arrived in the city
Monday morning and left last nigh
for Rock Hill, S. G. Col. Matson saw
he will finish work in South Carolins
in a month or six weeks, and he viii
then move his Office TO Johnson City
1t is more than probable that gradinI
will be com menced on the c., G. 4 G
road at this place in July or August
Nothing definite can be announced
until Gen. Wilder returns from Eng
land, about the middle of June.
The Methodist brethren celebrate,
the one hundredth anniversary of tn
First Conference west OF the Alleghen
les, last Sunday and Monday nes
Saltville. The sermon was presche
= by DR.. Wiley and lectures were deli,
cred by Revs. R. n. Price and Georg
: Steward, and Drs. J. s. Kennedy,
S. Hearon, and John L. Buchanan
Some twelve hundred people wei
present Sunday, and both days bouI
y tiiul isasts were spread upon the blu