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Notice.

Commencing September 2Sth, 'S9,
the First National Bank will be open
on Saturday night from 6 to s p. m. to
receive SAVINGS DEPOSITS only, on
which we will issue CERTIFICATES
BEARING INTEREST. Deposits of 81 and
up received. Only bank in this
county under GOVERNMENT control
and with a PAID in cash capital and
profits Of $4,000.
Our stockholders are also held fol
an additional $4,000 to secure our DE.
POSTS, making this the largest, strong.
est and oldest bank in the county.
For further information, call in and
see us, and we will be pleased to ex
plain more fully.
252-294 FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
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Nice Orders,

Bl%ountville correspondent in Couri-
er says;
Mr.. John G. Hull, a carpenter who
lives below here, and worked in Bristol
sometime, is runring a saw-mill and
has engaged to cut one million two
hundred thousand feet OF lumber for
the Three G.
Mr.. W H. Moody, in Cooks Val
ley, has undertaken to furnish to Mr..
Gates, the bridge and trestle builder
for the Three C's, one million feet OF
lumber, and says Gates wants him to
furnish twice as much.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05

The Three C's railroad company
have asked the board for an extension
of time in which to complete the road
through the county. Sixty days is
asked for. The board has ordered an
election to be held on the 90th of De.
cember to see if the people are willing
to grant it. The proposition made by
the company to Johnson City appears
in another column and should be read
by every voter in johnson City. AS q
people we cannot afford to refuse the
extension Of time and the COMET viii
attempt to show why it thinks so be
fore the vote is taken.
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Step stoves at the Johnson City
Tin & Stove hause.
Salt bacon, lard, sugar, and coffee
at Kirkpatrick & Co.'s
G. Kirkpatrick returned from Knox
Vile Tuesday evening.
Shoes and boots cheaper than ever
at Kirkpatrick & Co.'s
Fresh candies, crackers, etc, at Geo.
r, Browns.
Ike Jobe and John Mathes made
business trips to Bristol last week.
Leave your orders for produce at
Geo. r. Browns.
G, B. Smith, resident engineer on
the Three C's, is in the city.
Buckwheat -four and Maple syrup
on hot cakes at Geo. R. Browns.
Kirkpatrick & Co., are still in the
lead in low prices.
S. F. Lenoir has moved his family to
Johnson City, from Sumpter, s. c.
Fresh prunes and apricots at Geo.
R. Browns.
Miss Ida Folsom, of Elizabethton,
is visiting Mrs. L. G. Berry.
Mince meat, fresh and pure at Geo.
R. Browns.
S. W. Calvin, agent OF the Masonic
Benevolent Association is in the city.
"54 40 or f%ght"-for explanation
see "War" Robertson's advertisement,
this paper.
Sensational reports of an attempt to
burn Grant University Building are
ahoat in Chattanooga.
James Swingle, Of Cartor county,
cousin of Gov. Taylor, has received an
appointment in the census Office.
w. P. Brownlow has returned to the
Capitol and will remain during the
session in the capacity Of a senate
employee.
The worst feature about catarrh il
its dangerous tendency to consump
ton. Hoods sarsaparilla cures ca
tarrh by purifying the blood.
Col. A. N. Molesworth returnei
Tuesday from Kentucky, where h,
has been in the interest of the Thre,
C's. He says the work is progressin.
rapidly and satisfactorily.
w. R. Carmack was down from Bri:
toll Thanksgiving day and was reall
surprised to see how far Johnson Git
had gotten ahead of Bristol, but ac
knowledged the corn gracefully.
w. G. Smith, Of Toledo, Ohio, hs
h located in Johnson City, and opene
a real estate Office in the Carnegi
Land Co.'s building, He is a live ma
and will push his business.
Capt. George Mcpherson is a mod,
postmaster. His Office at Jonesbor
is one OF the neatest in East Tenne
see and uncle George deserves to |
k comphmented, as it is fitted up at h
own expense.
S. II. Anderson, the model liver
y man has recently had a bus built fC
his transfer line at Jonesboro. +
e. meets all trains and will deliver We
at either Of the hotels in a few mi
utes for the small sum Of Is cents.
X Parties who contemplate purcha
ing Pianos OF Organs will do we'll
correspond with N. H. Bennett, Jone
boro, Tenn. Mr.. Bennett handles Il
leading instruments of the countr
. and sells tor cash or ON the installme
J. plan.
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Important Notice,

Notice is hereby given that the will
OF the late John Franklin Gillian will
be contested by Mrs. Gillian, and all
persons are warned against trading for
any property, real or personal, that
belonged Jointly to the said Gillian and
F. A. Stratton, or any property what
ever, belonging in part or in whole, tc
the said ]. F. Gillian. A violation o.
this notice will be done at risk and re
sponsibility Of purchaser.
J. L. WoFFoRD,
Attorney in fact for
I'll MRS. FRANCES V. GILLIAN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
STOLEN.

From the barn Of w. P. Hunt.
three miles west OF Johnson City, on
the night of December End, 1889, one
dark roam mare four years old, about
sixteen hands high, a large well-built
animal. A reward of $500 dollars
will be given for the return of the
mare, and $25,00 dollars for the arrest
and conviction of the offender.
Dec. 4th, 1889. w. P. HUNT.
Johnson City, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05

Mr.. Simpson, Of Virginia, has loca-
ted in Johnson City and will start a ci-
gar factory. He has rented a portion Of
the old Austin factory and is receiving
his machinery this week preparatory
to starting up the first Of next week.
He is a young man, but seems to
fully understand his business, and
displays good judgment in locating
here. Johnson City is not only a good
point for a cigar factory, but tips its
hat to no town as a manufacturing
point. Mr.. Simpson deserves the pa
tronage of the public and the COMET
hopes and believes he will get it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
Pianos.

Parties who contemplate purchas'
ing pianos will do we'll to call al
Mrs. ]. L Williams and examine the
Everett Cabinet Grand Upright
manufactured at Boston, Mass, anC
unequaled in tone, touch and durabili
ty. The favorite OF the artist the pro
fessional.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
Lost or Stolen.

A large white and brown spotted
Pointer bird dog. When last seen he
had on a leather collar. A liberal re.
ward will be paid for his return, and
an extra reward will be paid for proof
that will lead to the conviction Of the
party who stole him. Call on or write
to the COMET.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
TO Subscribers.

Between now and the first of Jan.
uary you will receive a statement O.
your account and it is hoped you vii
respond promptly with the cash
With some Of you we have been very
lenient but all accounts mast be set
tied now.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
LISTEN AGAIN!

One dozen Cabinet Photographs and
q q Liie-size Crayou Picture in fine
gilt frame-sll for $40. Anything you
want in the picture line, come to me.
Your friend,
CARGUL..
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
TEAM

Twenty good teams wanted at once
at SO per day to work on the Three C's
road. Apply to
]. G. Sullivan.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05

Died, at her residence, in Mountain
City, Sunday at 10 80 o'clock, Mrs. NJ.
NJ. Wagner. She was the mother Of
our townsmen, Maj. ]. H. and N. J,
Wagner, a lady beloved and highly
respected by all who knew her. She
was inferred in the cemetery north Of
the city Tuesday evening, the funeral
services being conducted by Rev, B
Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. Wagner was the mother 0.
Mrs. 7. A. Faw, Of this city, and was
we'll known among the older inhabi
tants here. Mrs. Faw and daughter
Miss Sallie, went over to Mountain
City to attend the burial. They re
turned last week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
LOOK! LOOKI!

One dozen Cabinet Photographs and
a Liie-size Picture in fine gilt frame
for SIS.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05

The jury in the Stratton. Gillian
case rendered a decision Monday. 1t
found that Mrs. Gillian was not an
imGecile or lunatic bat that she was
not capable OF managing with discre-
ton an estate of $4,000 or $4,000
and asked the Court, as directed in
Mr.. STATIONS bill, to appoint a guar
dian for the children. The decision is
endorsed by a large majority Of those
acquainted with the case.
The San Marco is the name OF the
new restaurant to be established in
the S. 7. Harris store house on West
Main street. Mr.. L. H. Boughton, Of
St. Paul, and MI. W. H. Hallam, Of
this place, are the proprietors. 1t viii
be first class in every respect.
II you want chamber sets, rice boil
ers, coal vases, sleighs, sleds, boy
wagons or any thing in their line &c
to The johnson City Tin & Stove Co.
and you can buy it cheap.
Gen. J. I. Wilder left Monday fol
New York. He attended the annua
meeting of the Carnegie Land Com
pany yesterday, at Alexandria, S. c.
Misses Kate and May Lynn, of Dial
ton, Ga, are visiting Mr.. RIA. Woe
and family on Myrtle street.
Mr.. ]. H. Caldwell, Of North Caro-
lima, has taken charge Of the books a
@. X. Lide6 Co.'s hardware house.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05

O'Hearn Bros. & Scott, of Johnson
City, Tennessee, have been awarded
the contract for grading and trestling
the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Co.'S branch, from GreeneyilIe, Pitt
county, to Kingston, Lenoir county,
North Carolina.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
100 MEN WANTED.

One hundred men wanted to work
on the Three C's road, on Section y,
al once, Wages, $1.25 per day.
j. G. SULLIVAN,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05

This is a day of progress and our
merchants are progressing as well as
the city. This is especially true OF
Seaver & Summers, the hardware mer-
chants. Their business has increased
greatly in the last year and the in
crease Of sales of the Old Hickory
wagons is very noticeable. To meet
the demands Of the trade, they are
now buying wagons in car load lots
and have just received a full car oil
one and two horse wagons. 1t is well
known that there is no better wagon
made than the Old Hickory. 1t stands
at the head, and does SO ON its merits
alone. 1t is the lightest running, most
durable and finest finished on the
market. Call at their ware-rooms and
see their wagons and get prices before
buying.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05

1t is currently reported in Jones.
boro that George w. Jones, of this
county, has left for paris unknown,
and that he has in his possession
or ought to have, about $4,000 that
belongs to other parties. Mr.. Jones
is an .ex.caEdidate for sheriff, and is a
well-known republican, His depart.
ure was so unexpected the shock wa:
very great. Some of the parties who
were touched" have started out tC
look for him. He borrowed most 0
the money in small amounts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
Bow Down, Pat, The King Has Ar
riVpd-

Jovial, good-natured Pat DUNCAN
was in town Wednesday. He always
looks happy, but this day he looked
supremely happy, cause, another
bouncing boy at his house, OF course
Pat will make a J%acksonian Democrat
out of him.-Elizabethton Mountain
eer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
wooLEN UNDERWEAR,

Ladies' New Markets and Short Cloaks,
Jersey Jackets and Wooden Hosiery,
Cashmeres, Henriettas and Flannels'
and most everything to make comfort
able and adorn the fair sex.
We are also prepared to meet any
competition in Men3ss Suits, Men and
Boys Over-coats, Winter Caps, Wooden
Under and Over shirts, Heavy Brogan
Boots, Obtained Boots, Fine Call
Boots. Gum Boots, Arctic Over-shoes
and Rubber Shoes.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-12-05
THE COMET.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

subscription price, n year, S.25.
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ARE NEARLY ALL IN
bargain = storE,

and they are carrying them off in
loads. They are acting wisely, too,
for no doubt we have a cold, hard win
ter approaching, and now is the time
to select from a fresh stock your
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
OHIO AND WESTERN.
Visions of Wealth which Have Ended
In Death.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. 1.-THE failure of
Glidden & Curtis Of Boston, Mass, and the
subsequent attachment of the property OF
the Ohio and Western Coal Company Gre
ated considerable excitement and uneasiness
in the Hooking Valley, where the property
of the company Is located. Saturday was
pay day with the Ohio and Western, but the
men received nothing. The shutting down
of the Ohio and Western Coal and Iron Com
pany will throw from 600 to 700 men out of
employment. A strange fatality has been
connected with the property out of which
the Ohio and Western grew James l..
Burkey, who committed suicide in st.
Louis hotel, was harrassed to the last by
thoughts of the fortunes he had lost among
the Hooking hills. George Lee, who killed
himself in New York hospital, was haunt
ruin in the coal fields of Ohio. Royal NJ.
Pulsifer, founder of the Boston Herald,
though he had many other business c0mpli-
cations to pull him down, had sought the IA
bled pot of gold said to be buried at the foot
of the Western rainbow.
The Standard Coal and Iron Company, out
of which the Ohio and Western grew was
colossal affair, with capital Of S75,000,0O0.
President Shaw of the Hooking Valley
states an agent Of Glidden OF Boston, arrived
in the city last Monday and made a tempora-
ry adjustment of claims by paying a certain
amount and giving draft which fell due
last Saturday. When the draft was present.
ed for payment at Boston, it was dishonored.
Shaw Immediately filed suit in attachment
against the Ohio and Western Company in
this county Mr.. Shaw states the business
of the Ohio and Western Company with the
Columbus q Hooking Valley and Toledo
road amounts to about $4,000 week, of
which about so per cent charges are advanced
to other roads for the transportation Of ore
from the Upper Lake., and for coal.
The continuous rush of the creditors Of
the company pressing their claims, which
began last night and kept on increasing all
the forenoon, caused the company to make
an assignment at noon. The assignee is
Gen. James A. Hall. Schedules of assets
and liabilities have not been completed.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
LIKELY TO BE PAID.
The Claim Of the Owner Of the ship
BrIdgewater.

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 11.-It is rumored on
good authority that the Dominion govern
ment will recede from its position in regard
to the seizure of the American ship Bridge
water at Shelburne, n. s.. last year for re-
fusing to pay duty ON repairs. Sir John
Thompson, minister of justice. concludes the
seizure was unjustifable, and in consequence
the claim for compensation of Capt. Allen,
the owner Of the vessel Is likely to be favor
ably considered.
Grave Injustice
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE New York Sun
this morning has the following special from
Ottawa: "The papers in connection with
the seizure Of the American ship Bridegwat-
er, reported sometime ago, are likely to re-
veal the fact that grave injustice has been
done an American citizen when they are
laid before Parliament. 1t is learned that
the circumstances surrounding the seizure
have been succession of illegal acts on the
part of Dominion officials. 1t is now ad-
mitted by the customs denartment that no
application was made by the owner Of the
Bridgewater for a Canadian register, upon
which grounds only could duties have been
legally demanded. The refusal to pay duty
led to the seizure of the vessel, which was
only released after the commissioner of Gus
toms, who ordered the seizure, discovered
the error he had made. The government
until now has always contended that the
seizure was legal, but your correspondent Is
informed by an official of the customs de-
partment that 1t would be seen, when the
correspondence was laid before Parliament,
that serious blunder had been made, and
that the government win have to compen-
safe the owner of the Bridgewater for the
loss he has sustained"
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
PERHAPS He IS WHITEcHapEl JACK.
An AtrocIous. Murder Committed In
Dundee
BY Man Who Halls from tho East
End, London.
The Murderer's story Of His Crime
Confirms the Suspicion.

LONDON, Feb. 1i.-Another woman mur-
der and mutilation has been discovered, and
the probable murderer arrested. The muir
der Is similar TO those committed In White
chapel.
The following are the circumstances. As
far as made known by the police;
A man and a woman. whose names are IN
known, came to Dundee three weeks ago
and took small house. They said they
from London. Suspicion was directed
against them from the beginning, and they
were watched by detectives. Recently tie
woman disappeared. The detectives had
not seen her leave the house, and no traces
could be found OF her departure. To-day
the man was arrested and the house searched,
when II was discovered that q murder had
been committed. A box In the basement was
broken open by the police, and in Il was
found the terribly mutilated body Of the
missing woman.
A later despatch from dundee says the
murderer OF the woman whose mutilated re-
mains were found In q chest there today Is
w. III. Bury, the husband Of the victim.
Bury was resident Of Whitechapel. Lon
don, and his antecedents suggest that be Is
probably Jack. the Ripper" He Is subject
TO fits OF uncOnsciousuess and murder mania.
A postmortem examination held on the body
" tuo Ouhuco FiCtim p3ONeu tnat tno woman
had been strangled first and the body had
been mutilated Ia the same manner as had
the bodies Of the Whitechapel victims.
Bury says he left Whitechapel three weeks
ago. He refuses TO say why he left there and
acknowledges he had no business requiring
his attention In Dundee. He says he and his
wife drank heavily last night. He does not
know how he got TO bed. Upon awakening. be
says, he found his wife lying upon the floor
with a rope around her neck. Actuated By a
sudden mad impulse, for which he cannot
account, he seized knife and slashed the
body. Upon his reason returning, he be-
came alarmed and hastily crushed the body
into the chest, thinking To make his escape.
lie found he could not leave his wife's re-
mains and finally resol, ed 10 inform the pO-
lice. The theory OF the police officials Is that
bury's wife knew the facts connecting him
with the East end atrocities and took him 10
Dundee IN the hope OF preventing a recur-
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
SUED BY A REVENUE AGENT.
Mr.. HurIburt's Action Against the
Boston & Maine.

BOSTON, Feb. 1.-THE case of John II. Hurl
burt Of the United States internal revenue
service VS.. the Boston q Maine railroad
was put on trial this morning in the Superior
Civil Court at Salem. Judge Mason presiding
The case is an action Of tort to recover dam
ages for alleged false imprisonment and
arrest. The plaintiffs declaration is in two
counts. He declares that he purchased anun-
limited ticket from the ticket agent In Bos-
ton, good from Boston to Portland, for SO. He
told the man he purchased the ticket from
that he wished the privilege of stopping at
Newburyport and Portsmouth, and was told
that the price would be So. He got upon
train going to Newburyport. The conductor
refused to accept the ticket saying that he
could not take it on that train, and on the
plaintiffs refusing to pay his fare put him
off at Danvers and put him under arrest.
Mr.. Hurlburt claims that he was held In
Danvers lookup until afternoon, when he
got bail. The next morning he went to the
First District CourC at Salem and his case
was continued once or twice, but he was
finally discharged. The answer of the de-
fendant railroad corporation Is a general
denial of each and every allegation. 1t
further says that whatever part 1t took in
such matter it took under advice of counsel
learned in the law, and acted in good faith,
without malice, and is not liable. The ad
damnum Is stated to be $1,000. Mr.. Hurl-
burt is United States revenue agent, whose
duties call him to various parts of the
oounfrv
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
GEN ERAL NEWS.

Leon A. Otis of Westboro, Mass, commit
ted suicide by taking poison Saturday.
j. +. Smiths ceramic works at Menlo
Park, N. j., burned Sunday Loss, $4,000
partially insured.
The total loss by the fire in Wyeth & Bros.
drug store In Philadelphia, Sunday, was
100000; partially insured.
Golf had 35 votes and Kenna 80 in the bal
Virginia legislature yesterday.
Fire in the Gorham Manufacturing Com
pany's works at Providence, X. l., dld SlO,-
600 damage last night.
A man named Joseph s, Phinnier has
been arrested for the murder OF Simon j..
Dillon, a gambler, in Waterbury, CT.
Michael Rizzolo has been found guilty OF
murder in the first degree at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, In killing Paymaster Mcclure and his
assistant last November.
The funeral of Hon. Samuel N. Bell, OF
Manchester, N. H., took place yesterday un-
der the care of Trinity Commandery. Hon.
j, w. Patterson pronounced the eulogy.
Father Ashfeld, priest at ST. Peters
Catholic church in Memphis, Tenn, was
stabbed to the heart yesterday morning, by
a crank named viii Reeves.
The Wave Crest Hotel at Far Rockaway,
Long Island, was burned SUNDAY night
Proprietor Donaglan and his family escaped
by jumping from q third story window In
their night clothing Loss s25,0o0.
Capt. Compton says that the reason Legf
time. seized the steamer Haytian Republic
was because she had as passengers four del
egates to the presidential convention, whom
Legitime bulldoZed into voting for him.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
THE YOUNG MEMS REPUBLICAN CLUB,
Its New and CommodIous Quarters
on Congress Street.
One Of the Permanent Institutions
Of the Party In this City.
Annual Election OF Officers and the
Membership.

Last evening the Young Mems Republican
Club, of Portland. (now in its incorporated
form held its second annual election Of off,
GERS. Since the last election the Club has
passed through aeampaign; and has emerged
from its condition as campaign organiza-
ton and come into the condition Of a perma-
nent and strong political institution Of this
city and State. AS the only organization In
the State devoted solely to the political in
terests of the young men of the Republican
party, the Club is on this occasion worthy
some extended notice.
The beginnings Of the Club were In the
latter part of 1887, when the reflections from
the coming campaign were warming the po-
lItical atmosphere. There was, as subse-
quent events showed, a general feeling
among the young Republicans that an organ
ization would be desirable for mutual under
standing and for more effective party work.
And when, about December 1st, 1887 about
twenty young men met in Brown block and
informally discussed the situation. IL seemed
so favorable for the formation Of club,
that active steps were at once determined
upon. The next week another meeting was
held, at which 1t was found that the twenty
had become over seventy. BY January 1st,
1888, constitution and bylaws had. after
much debate. been formed; and the first an
nual meeting was held for the election Of
officers. The leading points in the constitu-
tion were the aims OF the club. the age limit
and the expense. The club was to be Repub-
lcan firs., for the young man next, and on
such financial basis that no young man
need be debarred by expense from joining
for the work Of the coming campaign. "The