The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-06
SOCIETY NOTES.
E. D. DUNCAN, EDITOR.

folks in Bristol.
Miss Blanch Keober left for Bris-
tol Saturday.
Miss Cora stratton is visiting Mrs.
F. A. Stratton.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W, Hunter have re-
turned to the city.
R. S. Boyd and E, D. Duncan spent
Sunday away from Johnson City.
Miss Ruth Ably, Of NJ ;ssissippi, is
visiting Mrs. E. &, Lyle, on Mt. Zion.
Mrs. Wilson and daughter, Miss
Laura have returned from North Caro-.
lima.
Miss Ellis, OF Knoxville, spent few
days with Miss Eva Wilson at Three
Oaks.
Mrs. A. j. Patterson spent few
days in Johnson City the first of the
week.
DR.. Taylor has returned from the Y,
NJ, &. A. convention at Columbia. He
reports good work by the convention,
Miss Jessie Kirkpatrick and Miss
Stewart, Jonesooro of spent Saturday
in Johnson City with Miss Minnie
kirkpatrick.
Cards are out for wooded weddin
at Mr.. J. E. CrandalPs. The cards
were printed on paper grained to rep
resent veneer, and from a very pretty
souvenir by which to remember the
occasion.
The church entertainment and oy-
ster supper at Mr.. Wells home Tues
day evening of last week was a social
and financial success. The oysters
were good, the f. ncy table was re-
markably pretty, and they made forty |
dollars for the church. We hope they
will have more OF these evenings in
the near future.
You are invited to attend musical
given by the young men in the Opera
House Friday evening, Nov. 7, 1890
This is the style OF the inyations to
musical entertainment which our
young men propose to have in Jobe's
Opera House Friday evening. Prof
McMillians orchestra of Bristol has
been secured, and the music will be
very fine.
A number young couples have
started life together in johnson City
during the past two months. Fifty
years ago, last Wednesday, Samuel
Miller and his blushing bride started
their ives together on the stormy
waves o life, and life in those days
meant more hardships and more pluck
than it means now, for the land is now
made.
Since then in peace and trouble,
Full many year has rolled
And they have counted double
The years that then they told.
Sixty or seventy friends and rela-
tives assembled Wednesday to offer
congratulations. At noon they sat
down before a grand od-fashion din
ner, suggestive of the days when things
were real. Below is a list OF the tokens
of friendship:
Gold watch from children to Father
One pair spectacles to each. Breast
pin from Julia and Sue to Mother
Ring from Alice to Mother. One pair
cuff buttons from Mrs. P. @. Miller to
Mrs. Miller One pair cuff buttons
from Mrs. E. S. Miller to Mother. One
pair cuff and collar buttons to Father.
One pair gold lined salt cellars from
X. g. Atkins to Mr.. Miller. One pair
gold lined salt cellars from Mrs. Range.
One pair gold lined salt cellars Mrs.
Rankin. Five dollars in gold from ].
r. Miller to Mother. Two dollars from
CIV. and Bessie Car to each. Two and
half in gold w. P. Miller to Mother.
One in sill yer w. P Pouder. One pair
napkin rings w. S. Mitchell. Comb
and brush e. S. Miller, Sr. Mrs. G. K.
Lide majodical gold mounted sugar
bowl and cream pitcher. PAR cuff but
tons to S. H. Miller by j, S. Miller,
Gold headed umbrella Mr., anil Mrs. J.
). Hart, Gold headed umbrella Mrs.
E. S. Miller, Nice Linen handkerchief
J s. Miller. Gold thimble p. O. Miller
to Mother. Two silk plush rockers
by Mrs. T. E. Matson $500 Gold
collar button l. N. Becker to S. H
Miller. Set OF gold buttons by
W. 0. Thomas