The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03

w. w. Faw has returned from Nash
vile and Chattanooga.
For anything in the tinware line,
call at A. P. Henderson & Co.'s.
Mrs L. G. Harr has moved to Colby,
Sullivan county, Tenn.
Mr.. B.. A. Simmons, of Hartford,
Conn, is in the city.
Misses Maggie Davis and Ada Cald-
we'll returned to Bristol Friday after
the show.
Captain w. H. Nelson came down
from Roam Mountain Tuesday on his
way to a reunion.
If you want a nice and cheap heat
ing stove for your Office, go to A. P.
Henderson & Co.'s.
J. ]. WINS, OF the Athens Post, was
in the city Friday catching on to our
railroad movements.
Fine breech and muzzle-loading
shot-guns, all styles and prices at Sea-
yer & Summers.'
A. p Henderson & Co. will make
you prices on roofing and guttering
that can't be beat in the city.
Mrs. E. B. Robertson was called home
from a visit to home-folks in Georgia
by the illness OF her husband.
Rev. E. B. Robertson was taken very
i'll last Monday night. He is still very
sick and will not be able to attend
conference.
Mr.. w. A. Truslow will open a jew
elry store and repair shop in one side
of the room now occupied by P. Tins
ley in few days.
Mayor Ike Jobe has returned from
Alabama, where he has been taking ir
some of the fairs. He attended thu
Abingdon fair last week.
If the Recorder did his duty there
ought to have been enough money
collected from the show DRINKS to ma
cadamize the town,
Take your prescriptions to Grigg 4
Wofford's.
G. K. Lide has purchased the w. J
Thomas residence aud will move int,
it on the 18th inst. 1t is one OF tn
most pleasantly situated residences il
the city. The price paid was $4,000.
Show day has come and gone, an,
many head aches at the remem
brance. A glorious drunk and liz
eral use OF the chilly" is the direc
cause of the aching
8 The johnson City Tin and STOW
). Go. received large stock OF heatin
= stoves this week and sold IL as soon q
they arrived. They handle stoves j
r large numbers and can afford to Sc
l cheap.
Q We were misinformed as to the state
! ment in our last issue that Col. J.
9 Woford had purchased Mrs. Balls il
6 terest in r. D. Grigg & Co.'s dru
! store. Paul H. Wofford, the son {
Col. ]. L. Wofford, is the purchaser.
Col. S. H. Yocum and wife, of Johl
on City, spent few days in this plac
last week. They left their daughter
/ college. The Colonel and wife wi
> travel this winter through Oregon an
= California. -Rogersville Review.
The grocery house OF ]. F. McFa
land is on Spring, St. opposite the IL
T. Jobe residence. There you will fin
as good an assortment OF groceries {
in the city.
9. z. Osborne is laying concret
pavement in front OF the lobe bloc
The new pavement will be ten fe,
t. wide and will be the best in the cit
Mayor Jobe is one Of our progressi,
citizens and always leads in improv
ments.
Mrs. w. A. Truslow died at the res
dence OF ]. W. Truslow last Sunds
pr morning OF consumption. The d
sr ceased was about 80 years Of age al
came here from Florida few mont
ago. Mr.. Truslow arrived from AL
At bama a few days before she died. l
terment in city cemetery Monday.
s. Two freight trains collided ne
It Limestone last Saturday mornin
The engines we're badly torn up, al
several cars were telescoped. No OF
hurt. The collision was caused
the conductor and engineer Of the ca
bound train not needing their ordt
s. To pass at Limestone.
es The Three G. negroes and the Cart
d. county coughs" attempted to take
town show day, but the calaboose a
several car boxes were filled with t
drunkest and most belligerent, and t
balance surrendered or quieted dow
Chief Burleson and his force handl
ed some of them without gloves, but tn
needed it. In the course of the d