The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-04-25

MISS Llnnle mann Is NlslllllS MlsS
Cora Patton,
Mrs. Honicutt, OF Chattanooga, is
visiting Mrs. F. A. Stratton.
Rhea, Wood & Co. have a new and
fresh stock OF goods and at very low
prices.
Capt. S. T. Harris and wife, OF
Knoxville, spent few days in Jonn-
son City last week.
Miss Sue Deakins returned from
Steele, Dakota, last Tuesday night on
visit to home folks in Washington
county.
Miss Lilly Brown and Mr. G. P.
Pence were married yesterday at Car
tiers. Both parties are residents of
Carter county.
Ned Barnes, colored, died last
Thursday at his home in this city and
was buried Friday by the Odd Fellows
OF Jonesboro and johnson,
Buy your reIrigerators Of the john
son City Tin and Stove Company.
They have the best in the market,
Harris block, on Main street
The Taylor Rifles changed the name
OF the company last night to the IS.
T. Harris Rifles" Capt. s. T. Harris,
OF Knoxville, is the honored one.
DR.. Rome Rankin, OF Lick Greek,
and Mr.. D. 9. Rankin, OF Greene
county, came up to see their sister,
Mrs A. B. Bowman, last Saturday.
Albert Pickering, the brakeman who
was hurt here few days ago, is re-
ported by DR.. Cox as improving rap
idly. He is at his home at Fullens.
Large wheeled scrapers and other
implements for grading streets in the
Carnegie Land Co.'S addition have ar
rived and work will commence at
once.
There was slight wreck on the
Narrow Gauge road about two miles
from Johnson City last Thursday. The
damage was slight and no one in
jured.
There may be flies on the three C's
proposition to supply Johnson City
with water and Johnson City may be
Glow, but she is no turtle, as the gen.
tlemen are aware.
Miss Mamie Patty left this morning
for ParrottsYille to attend the com.
mencement of the Parrottsville High
School. She has two sisters attending
that school who will accompany her
home.
W. R. Fitzsimmons, editor of the
Elizabethton MOuntaineer, has been APP
pointed postal clerk between Bristol
and Chattanooga. He went down to
Chattanooga to 90 to work Monday.
The Longfellow Literary Circle will
not meet ON tomorrow evening on ac-
count of closing exercises at Science
Hill Institute. The same program ia
reserved for next week, and Lowell
will be under discussion.
The strawberry and ice cream sup
per given by the Taylor Rifles last
Friday night was success They
cleared twenty dollars. Will Patton
the ice cream hustler, deserves credit
for the way he worked on that occa
sion.
| The Three C's engineer corps, in
charge Of Mr.. J. H. Butler, moved
from Shipley's Ferry to Johnson City
Monday, They are camped about {
mile below the city. They will locat,
the line through the city and get i
ready for work at once.
The johnson City Foundry anC
Machine Works have the contract TO
building fifteen OF Rites patent by
draulic rams for Mr.. Hoover, O
Roanoke, Va. One OF the rams is oil
exhibition in Loves grove, opposit,
the Piedmont house.
The nine boys who were arrested
two weeks ago by Officer Burleson TO
stealing chickens submitted their case
Tuesday, and we're sentenced to fou
days in the county Jail. They will b
r turned loose Saturday. Lock you
> hen houses Saturday night,
: Judge 0. T. Temple, OF Knoxville
,, will deliver the annual address a
, Washington College on Thursday, tn
18th OF May. The fact that he ha
consented to deliver the address wi
insure large crowd, and a rich mer
tai treat 10 in store for all who attenC
Mrs. Geo. P. Crouch returned Satu
= !, day night from Michigan with h
= bride. He was married April 9th
Miss Lila Winchester, of North New
burg. They arrived on the o'cloc
! train and wara tendnred q rannntin