The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-08-15
People Talked or.

Mrs. w, Il. McFarland Is at Bristol.
Mrs. Barnes has been quite sick for
several days.
Miss Lena st. John, of Carriers, is
visiting Bristol friends.
Miss Glenn Bibb, of Stanford, is Wis
ting friends in the city.
Mrs. Geo. E. Nafr is visiting friends
at Whites Store, Tern.
Mrs. John Hobson, of Bristol, is vis-J
ting home folks in the city.
Joe White is up from Florida spend
ing a few weeks with w. w. Faw.
r. L, Hickey went over to Blount
vile Tuesday morning and returns to-
day.
Zach. Jennings, one of the hest sales
men on the road, was in the city this
week.
Mrs, James Lynn, of Knoxville, WAS
the guest of Mr., Robert Wood last
week.
Tom Hurst, OF Penland & Hurst, is
in New York doing the early bird act
on fall goods.
Mrs. Will Harr went down to Lime
stone last Saturday to see her brother,
who is quite sick.
Capt. Thos. E, Bib, of the Damas,
Gus R. r., near Abingdon, spent Sun
day in the city
Mr.. w. P. Butler, of Edgefeld, S.
c., father Of B. W. Butler, city sur
veyor, is in the city.
Mr.. McArdell, with the National
Garment Gutter Co., has moved his
family to johnson City.
Capt. Louis A. hardwood was on
the streets one day this week looking
well for a man OF his age.
Rev. John Lynn, of New York, spent
several days in the city last week, Wis
iting his brother, Ed. Lynn,
Miss Emma Morley was taken sick
Sunday night, and for awhile her life
was despaired Of, but she is better now,
w. P. Brownlow, of Jonesboro, was
in the city yesterday. He held The
COMETS tripod down for few min
utes.
A. S. Mcneil came down from Bris-
tol Monday to attend meeting OF the
directors of the Johnson City Fur
niture Co.
Hon. Isaac Hampton, Of Evansville,
N. Y, has returned to the city to look
after his interests here. His son ac-
companied him.
Mr. Frank Gillian was brought home
from Big Stone Gap Monday morning
with the fever. We hope he will soon
be able to be out.
F. w. Barley and wife, of Lexing,
ton, KY, are visiting relatives in this
county. They were the guests of H
G. Hart few days this week.
II. B. Crumley has been elected Sec
rotary and Treasurer OF the Johnson
City Furniture Company. Mr.. Hopple
goes in the First National Bank.
Hon. Isaac Harr returned Monday
from visit through the West. He il
delighted with Missouri, and the prob
abilities are that he will 60 back again
wv. Boring has returned from Lex
ington, N. c., and will stay in the city
until about the 9th of September
when he will move his family to Lex
ington.
| w. w. Faw, Esq, made his nader
speech before a jury at Jonesboro thi
week in the Pritchett case, and tn,
Herald & Tribune says he acquitted
himself creditably.
We were surprised and delighted las
Monday by call from our Lifelong
and much esteemed friend, Rev. r. 6
Manard, who for seven years has beef
laboring in the West, and who is nov
pastor of large and wealthy congre
CATION at Fayetteville, Ark. The pre-
tracted illness OF his venerable father
Mesech Manarc, OF Panther Springs
induced the visit, his church volunts
rily granting him months absence
Bird Manard has host of devote
friends throughout this country VIII
will rejoice to know that he is not onl
in splendid physical condition, bu
that he is prospecting in this world an
is making his mark as an able, popula
and successful preacher Of the wore
Gazette.
The Philadelphia Times has the TO
lowing to say about we'll known an
popular East Tennessean:
A. ]. Patterson, Of Bluff City, Tenn
who has been staying for some days
the Girard House, is grandson {
President Andrew Johnson and
named after him. He is a son of Jude
| David T. Patterson and Martha Pa
tersen, who was the daughter Of Al