The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-03-14

The tax assessor is silently but surely
getting in his work.
L. e. Barry, went up to Mountain
City Wednesday morning
Miss Jennie Vance, Of Bristol, is Wis.
iting Mrs. J A. Caldwell
Judge Hacker, Of Jonesboro, was at
the Piedmont House Tuesday.
G, N. Long, the Leesburg merchant
prince, was in the city Monday,
Miss Minnie Folsom, of Elizabeth
tor, is visiting Miss Mamie Patty
Miss Cinnie Toncray OF Elizabeth
ton, is visiting friends in the city
DR.. J G. Hutler OF Mountain City,
was in The city few days this week.
Mcfarland & Co.'s is the place to
buy stationary and writing material.
w. P. DUNCAN and l.. II. Rudy, of
Watauga, were in the city Tuesday
night.
Col. w. d. Haynes, of Bristol, was
in the city Tuesday returning from
Elizabethton.
Don't forget the supper next Thurs
day night, Dist, to raise money to pay
for the parsonage.
Joe p. Summers returned Sunday
from Washington. He visited New
York while gone,
Mr.. r, A. Wood and family will
shortly move to Johnson City. Sorry
to lose them.-Courier,
CyH. Lyle and wife returned Sat
urday from New Orleans and are stop,
ping at the Piedmont House.
Take your prescriptions to McFar-
land 4 Go. and have them filed care
fully and with fresh drugs.
A. E. Adams and wife returned from
Mo, last week and is now on his way
to Mountain City, his old home,
A large number Of building, loan
and saving associations are being or
gained over the state of Tennessee.
Gump's immense line Of clothing
has arrived. Go and see his stock be-
fore buying Read his ad. next week,
NJ. |. Gump made a business trip to
Philadelphia and Baltimore last week
and purchased large stock Of cloth,
ing
w. NJ Burrow, Of Bristol, came
down this morning and returned on
delayed No. f. He is still Of tie opin
ion that Bristol will get the Three Us
G. Z. Osborne, T. ?. A for the Wis
consin Central, has been given the
territory formerly worked by R. 5
Patty. He will make his headquarter,
here.
Capt. Kemp Murphy and ], Z. I'll
rod, OF Mountain Cry passed through
johnson City on their way home from
the Inauguration last Wednesda!
morning
The supper in Jobe's Hall to be Civ
en- by the Ladies' Of NJ. f. Church
South, has been postponed from Fri
day night next, to Thursday night O
next week, 2lst inst
Chas. Mcneil and wife returned Sat
urday night from New Orleans ant
will stop at the Piedmont House a few
weeks before moving into their ne,
house on Watauga avenue.
The Soidherner is the name Ci
new paper just started at Dyersbur2
e Tenn IT is a 10Xl5 sheet but is aliv
and bids fair to become II full-grow
2 newspaper in time
: The new 50-horse power engine fc
: the electric light company has arr
we'd and been placed in position at tn
Johnson City Foundry and Machin
Works
d Gov Taylor and family left Sunda
morning for Nashville They stoI
ped at Knoxville and were detaine
several days on account Of the illne.
Of their little daughter, Kate.
Col. G. Fl. Nimson and Mr.. Firm
stone, President OF the Crranberl
Coal and Iron Company came dow
d down from Cranberry Tuesday viii
the j. II. Inman party
ID The Tennessee Press Associate
N meets at Nashville early in May al
will spend a week on the Cumberlal
= river, making run Of 400 miles
the head Of navigation.
III the Fiitieth Congress, just clos,
1869 house bills and 1888 sena
at bills We're Introduced 1,190 hou
bills aud AZ SENATE bills became Law
" laws President Cleveland veto
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