The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
GENERAL NEWS FROM SUGAR HILL
SUGAR HILL, Nov. 90, 1890.
EDITOR COMET;

Sol jones Monday evening was de.
cided success, socially and otherwise.
The Hill 70 ks seem to have a mania
for fighting at such gatherings, but
this time everything passed off pleas
antly, save a few fights on the outside
of the house. Hal Lyle took Billy
Fritz's girl away from him, for which
he was severely punished about the
head and eyes by Billy. The weapon
used was huge hunk Of taffy, which
Billy had secured before leaving the
house. The wounds, though painful,
were not dangerous, and Hal, at last
accounts, was resting well and able to
consume his usual amount of hog and
hominy. ]. D. Faucette ate too much
.affy aud suffered much pain, as his
face attested Aside from these little
mishaps, it was the most stylish gath
efing Of the season.
Our young society folks had planned
out number of entertainments for
the coming winter, but owing to the
great depression in the money market,
thoy have all been cancelled. The
Thanksgiving dinner, the whole ex.
pense Of which was to have been
borne by Mr.. josh Greasehell, was the
most notable OF them all. 1t was said
that Mr.. Greasehell would spend at
least fourteen dollars on the dinner,
which, consisting OF thirty-seven diff
ferent courses, he proposed to serve
hot an greasy. Tightness in money
matters, however, nipped the affair in
the bud.
Sis Stools and her father, Soloman,
who have been running peanut
stand neal the old still house for sew.
eral weeks, were forced to the wall
yesterday. The cause of the failure
was that the people were too hard up
to buy their wares, in consequence Of
which several quarts OF peanuts went
to waste. No one knows just the
amount failed for, but it is rumored
} that six dollars and twenty-five cents
would cover the Indebtedness. The
, assets will amount to something neal
, the above figures, probably not quite
! so much A true statement, giving al
: the details of the failure, will be pub
! lished Christmas Eve. Sis is very
} popular, and it would be disgrace t.
{ the young men on the Hill to al
e low her to discontinue business. Thu
e failure was great mental strain upor
/ the old man, and when the crasl
J. came it completely paralyzed him, bu
It he has regained his usual composure
l. and we feel sure that the amount ne
h cessary to pay the Indebtedness will b.
d raised by the young men, when 81
l. will go right along with the roasting
o Jordan Greenbrier and his excellen
d lady, who were married about thre
weeks ago, parted last Tuesday even
ing with appropriate ceremonies TIL
. cause is known only to themselves
" They were about 20 years old respect
lively. They we've presented at thei
" wedding with a good 'possum dog, an
,e it is whispered that they quarrele
: over the ownership of this dog. A
any rate, Jordan led the dog ava
y as his property. He relinquished hi
u claim to the homestead and gave it
Y Mrs. Greenbrier, who stood in tn
y doorway with her apron to her eye
while he departed with the fry par
70 the dog following after The Hill pee
g pie wish them pleasure in their difTeI
)" ent undertakings.
Mr. Joseph P. Summers, accomp'
MED by Bill Head and Margaret, WEI
le Oh the hill yesterday. They came i
or one Of the famous "Old Hickory" wal
lg ons drawn by two beautiful, speckle
W oxen. "Joe," as he is commonl
is known by the Hill folks, is one OF til
of most aggressive hardware merchan
10 in East Tennessee. This interestin
IS little party, after being added to b
w the Sugar Hill Soci~ty belle, Miss Be
n sy Hayseed, will leave to-day for AuI
10 Polly Smiths, where they are invite
p. to eat Thanksgiving dinner on Thur
al day,
he Great excitement prevailed on ii
ne Hill ye terday. 1t was rumored thi
&C. Jay Gould was loafing around the Hi
m and for what purpose no one knee
o. Some thought he had come for or
thing and some another. The decisio
was finally reached that he had con
to the Hill for TIE purpose Of brineir
T. about depression in money matter
Nc so that he could gobb!e up the railros
II that is now being built fro n the top
~ the Hill to the foot Of the rainbov
~ where that "bag of gold" is locate
i" Every man, woman and child I,
~ miles around have assembled, ar
~ with expectant eye await his NOV
~ ments. These people are armed wit
'h guns, clubs, shovels, picks, "and Il
70 like" and If that young fellow
IT, found he will never see Wall sire
y again.
:: Eddie Duncan, of Johnson City,
:, engineering prosperous singir
:. school in the old meeting house at Il
nv foot Of the Hill. In connection vii
the singing school, he gives lessons
elocution. Our folks never heard an
body reeite till last night, when |