The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-12


Go to Kirkpatrick Il Co., to buy
your Christmas presents and all kinds
OF candies and nuts.
If you want a nice dressed chicken
or turkey for Sunday, leave Your or
ders at Rhea, Wood 4 Co.'s
Just stop in at Kirkpatrick & lCo.s
where you will find the largest COM
pletest and cheapest store in the city.
Mcfarland & Co., will open a fine
line of Xmas goods this week and in
vite their friends and customers to
call and sea them.
If you want a barrel OF fine apples
for Christmas, call at
Rhes, Wood & Co.'s.
Don't forget that every dollars
worth of goods you buy of Rhea,
Wood & Co., gives you a chance q:
the silk dress.
When in need Of pure and fresh
drugs do not fail to call on r. D.
Grigg jr. family druggist and pres
criptionist.
Mcfarland & Co. will keep the lead
in the cigar trade by keeping their
former popular brands OF cigars and
adding a full line of our home manu-
featured cigars.
1t is only Is days until Christmas.
Now is the time for you to read the
announcements Of the merchants in
THE COMET and see where to by your
presents.
The Johnson City Foundry and
Machine Works have the contract for
several tons of castings for the bridges
on the Three C's.
The first box OF cigars made by the
Johnson City Cigar factory will be
opened at Mcfarland & Co.'s Satur-
day, 1t will be the best &c. cigar ever
sold in Johnson City.
Mr.. VIM. Simpson, proprietor OF the
cigar factory has moved his family tc
Johnson City and is boarding at l.. G
Berry's,
G. G. Crockett, OF Bluff City, was ir
this county last wesk, looking after 6
saw mill and removing it to the 3 {
road.-Rogersville Review.
w. J. Palmer, Of BliSsfeld, Mich
gan, has removed to Johnson City, anC
will make it his future home. He i
a fine business man and will max,
things hum.
Major A, CantweIl, OF the Carnegi
Land Co., sold to Hon. T. F. Singistel
of Dakota, lots amounting to $500
> Mr.. Singister will move here ant
. build a fine residence in the earl.
spring.
The cigar factory has commence
operations. 1t is located in the Flynn
property on Main street rear Kite
Childress' real estate Office. The G
CARS are pronounced irst-claSs b
connoisseurs.
Parties who contemplate purchal
ing Pianos or Organs will do we'll
correspond with N. H. Bennett, Jones
boro, Tenn. Mr. Bennett handles tn
leading instruments Of the countr,
> and sells Tor cash or on the installmer
. plan.
Mr.. A. P. Miller, q former resider
Of Johnson City, died Tuesday 1
Knoxville, of fever after an illness
several weeks. The remains we
brought to johnson City last nigl
and inferred in the city cemetery t
h day. Z
Mr.. Harry Sullivan, Of Abingdo
Va, Piano Tuner and Regulator, W
We be in Johnson City during Thursds
ty and Friday of this week. Parti
wishing their pianos put in good G
of der, will please drop him a postal ca
st in the Office,
The boards OF trustees Of Washin
to ton College and Greeneville and Tt
culum College will melton the Sd
"A January at Washington and Green
vile, to take action on the report
their committees on the question
consolidating the two institutions.
James A. Martins dwelling on W
tauga avenue came near being {
b stroyed by fire Tuesday. A trunk
an attic room caught fire, presumat
from matches and rats" and v
completely destroyed before the
les was discovered. There was no one
'eu home at the time, but the fire was q
covered and extinguished by neil
for bors before any serious damage y
d. done,