The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-24


in the city one day last week.
H. w. Weller has gone to Knoxville
to buy his Christmas stock OF queens
ware.
Mr.. Smith, OF the firm OF Hart,
Armbrust & Co, has returned from
Chattanooga.
Mrs. Judge Smith, OF Chattanooga,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. f. T.
Hart, on Maple street.
Mr.. Dave Matson, of Roanoke, Va,
was down to sec his brother, Col. t.
e. Matson, Sunday.
W. NJ. Mathews, OF Lynchburg, Va,
is assisting W. G, Price at the Pied
mont tonsorial parlors.
w. B. Ragsdale, OF Chattanooga, was
in the city last Friday and Saturday,
the guest Of w. S. Campbell.
Col. W. P. DUNCAN and Squire L.
H. Rhudy, two Of Garter county's loyal
Democrats, were in the city Friday.
Mrs. Horace Fletcher and Miss
Fletcher, of Japan, came down from
Cranberry and were registered at the
Piedmont Saturday.
Mrs. G. B. Smith, OF Hamilton, On
tario, arrived in Johnson City Satur.
day. Mr.. Smith is resident engineer
on the Three C's railroad.
Jas. A. Martin, Jas. p. Summers,
Jas. F. Crumley, S. SsCrumley, H. W.
Lyle, and E. W. Faucet took in the
Trades Display, at Knoxville, Tues
day.
Mr.. Wallace Hahn, auditor of the
E. T. & w. N. @. R. R., was down from
Cranberry, last Saturday, dispensing
smile-produoers 20 the employees and
others.
Rev. F. r, Handy stopped in John
son City few days last week, return
ing from visit to his mother in Ashe
county, N. G. He preached at the NJ.
E. Church, South, Sunday night.
Alvah Davis has returned from Chat.
tanooga, where he was called by the
illness of his mother, who died soon
after he arrived. Alvah has the SYM
pathy OF many friends here in his be-
reavement.
Mrs. B. N. Molesworth and children,
OF Hamilton, Ontario, arrived in John.
son City last Saturday. Mr.. Moles-
worth is a division engineer on the
Three J's and has his headquarters
here.
Col. J. J. Wilder took a few mem.
bers OF the Taylor Rifles down to
Knoxville Monday night. The com.
pany could not attend in a body. COL
Wilder had charge of one of the Bal
: talions in the Sham Battle.
Rev. ]. A. Burrow stopped over Q
day in the city last week on his way
from Bristol to Athens, He is sta
toned at Athens again this year, anG
his congregation are highly pleased
i. with the appointment, if it is his thirC
. term. The local papers speak very
t complimentary of him as preache
' and popular young gentleman.
. DR.. ]. P. Herman, the physician a
]. G. Sullivan's camp on the Thre,
a C's, was thrown from a buggy las
q Sunday morning near J. w. Crumley'
residence on King street. The hors
became frightened at the train an,
! started to run off. A friend of the doc
:, tor, who was with him, got out of tn
) buggy and had hold of the reins, bu
the horse made terrific lunge an
whirled around, turning the bugg
over and throwing DR.. Herman gu
, on to stone crossing. He was carrie
Il into the residence of ]. W. Crumle
! and medicalaid summoned. On exam
u nation it was found that several rit
y were broken, and that he had RI
~ ceived internal injuries which Nigh
= result fatally. He is a man of som
- sixty odd years, but was the picture (
health, and his strong constitutio
D. may pull him through safely. He hi
been receiving every attention, and {
10 last accounts was doing well.