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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
THE COMET.
Johnson city. Toun.. june u. 1890.


DANvILLE, Va, June lit is as
serted here to-day that the Richmond
and Danyille railroad company will
soon obtain control Of the Dangille
and New River road from Danville to
Patrick Court House, and that the
Richmond and DanviIle will use this
road rs part OF a new line to be built
from Danyille to Bristol Tenn, via
OF WIlkesboro, N. G.
The above telegram is correct, ex-
cept in the statement that the line
will be run to Bristol. 1t is we'll known
that the e. r., V. & G, and the Rich
mond and Danville railroads are really
one and the owners OF the roads, the
men that do the thinking as we'll as
the buying, have decided that Johnson
City shall be the eastern terminal
point of the E. T., V. & G. system and
will build line to Norfolk from this
point. The Richmond and Danvillt
road is now completed from Winston
to Wilkesboro, N. c., and will be ex
tended to Boone and throug Cooks
Gap in the Blue Ridge to Cranberry
and thence over the e. IT,, & w. N. @
to Johnson City. The route is all tina
could be DESIRED and the gap to bC
built is only fifty or sixty miles long
The Richmond and Danville people
have virtually bought the Atlantic anC
Danville road from Danville to Nor
folk and as soon as the Danville ant
New River narrow gauge is widenet
they will only have to build a shor
line from Patrick Court House to Win
ston, and portion of that is built, l.
have through and independent lin
from Norfolk to Johnson City. TIL
E, H., V. & G. people are taking hol
Of Johnson City and mean to make
great railroad center and they neve
fail in an undertaking. There ar
some points that can not be mad
public just yet, but the COMET wi
keep the matter before the people.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

The Herald and Tribune says the
Il. i. Va, & Ga, r. r. Co., has welded
its contract with the Embreeyille Co.,
and that the Embreeville Company is
free. Itcloses the article as follows:
We trust it will not again make such
terms with anybody as will prohibit it
from aiding to secure any other line,
or from shipping pound of freight
over any other line that has pluck
enough to run a track to them.
II seems to forget that the Embree-
vile Co. has decided that it will not
build railroad to Jonesboro under
any circumstances Surely the Her
aid and Tribune will allow the Com.
pany to have some say in the mat.
ter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

We wish to respectfully call at
tention of the Herald and Tribune TO
the following extract from a letter
written by the Embreeville Freehold,
Land, Iron and Railway Company to
Mayor Jobe, OF Johnson City. Per-
haps it can understand plain English
but we doubt it.
We have decided not to build the
road to Jonesboro under any circum
stances, and in case any impediments
have been or will be put in our way ia
prevent us from furnishing the charte'
and right or way to the East Tennes-
see railway Co., we shall proceed with
out delay to construct a road from
Embreeville to Erwin.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

A gentlemen from Carter county
called in to see us this week and told
us that the people generally had given
up all hope of getting a railroad to
Bristol. To make matters worse for
the Elizabethton boom, he said the OPP
tons on number OF the farms had
expired and the land was not taken.
Elizabethton's boom evidently got on
the river and floated down to South
Watauga, Johnson City's most prom
Using suburb
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

The June number OF The Helper
was published this week. 1t has been
greatly enlarged and is now a Eve
column folio, or just half as largo as
the COMET. 1t is edited and publish
ed by George K. Hurlbut and is an
excellent local paper full of original
matter. The edition contained 5000
copies and was we'll circulated. 1t is
a good advertising medium because it
is free as the mountain air and as ac-
ceptable.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

N. G. T. srMRRLY, sety.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

p and p! Patterson and Pierce |!
Plenty powerful plucky politicians
perseveringly push Patterson and
Pierce placeward, perpetually pleasing
people. Petty, priuking, picayunish,
palavering padded pa YER prevarica-
tors, pack pabulum placers, paining
paladins, precipitate paralysis pom
people, pitiless pillaging portion polu'
tiers. Paradox.-Humboldt Messenger
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

Farmer Jere has got back to Nash.
vile and is reported in high spirits
over his reception in East Tennessee.
There can be no question that he made
fine impression, and gave our people
in his speeches something out of the
old hackneyed lines of politics to
think about. His stock ranks A
in the East Tennessee feld.-Knox.
vile Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

On last Monday at a mass meeting
in the Courthouse, speech of one
hour and half, by Maj. Pettibone,
advocating the policy of the county
taking stock in the railroad chartered
and proposed to be buflt from Paint
Rock, North Carolina to Mocasin Gap,
Va, by way Of Fall Branch and King
sport, was listened to attentively by
the large crowd present.-Greeneville
Republican.
Here is a chance for Jonesboro to
either get railroad or let Fall Branch
get.ahead Of it in the great race for
prosperity. What will it do?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

Instead of Jonesboro trying to get
the Embreeville road il has formed q
conspiracy to keep Johnson City
from getting it. The latest move oil
the conspirators was to take an option
on Eph. Murray's farm at big price
in the hope of making the company
pay well for the right Of way. Eph
had sworn to the tax assessor that his
farm was only worth Sc so per acre
and his friends (?) were afraid the ar.
bitrators would assess the damages &C
cordingly. By the time the company
gets through with Murray there will
not be enough left Of his farm for 0
truck patch.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
A Sham Veto.

From the Nashville Banner,
The Knoxvill Sentinel, referring to
Col. Patterson's ludicrous effort to
overcome opposition on account of his
record as lobbyist for the specula-
tors depositors bill by promising to
veto similar bill for propriety's sake,
says; "The value OF Col. Pattersons
proposed veto, were he Governor,
would appear to be uncomfortable
when it is considered that; under the
Constitution, the same vote that origi.
nally passes a bill is sufficient to pass
il over a veto, and such a passage
would be sure to follow in case
where it is known that the Governor,
while believing the bill ought to be-
come law, had interposed his veto
simply as a matter Of delicacy."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

Machinery for various southwestern
industries passes daily through the
city, and yesterday material for fur
naces at Graham and Johnson City
formed part OF similar ireight.-Roa-
noke Herald.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
Lincoln's Youngest Boys.

During the first year of the admins
tration the house was made lively by the
games and pranks of Mr.. Lincoln's two
younger children, William and Thomas ;
Robert, the eldest, was away at Harvard,
only coming home for short vacations.
The two little boys, aged eight and ten,
with their Western independence and
enterprise, kept the house in an uproar.
They drove their tutor wild with their
good disobedience; they organ
lied a minstrel show in the attic; they
made acquaintance with the office-seek.
ers and became the hot champions of the
distressed.
William sickened and died in Febru.
airy, 1862. His father was profoundly
moved by his death, though he gave no
outward sign of his trouble, but kept
about his work the same as ever. His
bereaved heart seemed afterwards to
pour out its fullness on his Youngest
child. Tad" was a merry, warm.
blooded, kindly little boy, perfectly law.
less, and full of odd fancies and inven-
tons, the chartered libertine" of the
Executive Mansion
He ran continually in and out of his
fathers cabinet, interrupting his gravest
labors and conversations with his bright,
rapid, and very imperfect speech--for he
had an impeachment which made. his ar
ticulation almost unintelligible until he
was nearly grown He would perch
upon his fathers knee, and sometimes
even on his shoulder, while the most
weighty conferences We're going on.
Sometimes escaping from the domestic
authorities, he would take refuge in that
sanctuary, for the whole evening, drop,
ping to sleep at last on the floor, when
the President would pick him up and
carry him tenderly TO bed. Colonel
Hay in the Century.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Talking Of patent medicines
you know the old prejudice.
And the doctors some of
them are between you and us.
They would like you to think
that what's cured thousands
won't cure you. You'd be-
lleve in patent medicines if
they didn't profess to cure
e0eyytAamg and so, between
the experiments of doctors,
and the experiments of patent
medicines that are sold only
because there's money in the
stuff you lose faith in every
thing.
And, you can't always tell
the prescription that cures by
what you read in the papers.
SO, perhaps, there's no better
way to sell a remedy, than to
tell the truth about it, and
take the risk of its doing just
what it processes to do.
That's what the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Of Buffalo, N. Y, does
with
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery,
Favorite Prescription,
Pleasant Pellets, and
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
If they don't do what their
makers say they'll do = you
get your money back.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
Passionately Fond of Music.

The Spanish-American people are pas
sionately fond of music. At every little
town in Mexico and in the United States
of Columbia a garrison of soldiers is sta
toned and each has band attached to
it. In justice it must be said that these
bands perform marvellousiy we'll in
nearly every instance, although the mu-
sicians have received no musical training
other than that indifferently obtained
from the regimental band master, but,
gifted with q natural ear for music. they
learn readily. But with all that it does
seem rather incongruous to hear /. lot of
ignorant, unintelhgent-lo Indians,
wearing dirty soldier uniforms, and hav-
ing sandals on their feet instead Of
shoes, oxcellently performing difficult
selections from La Grand Duchessc, q
OF Semiramide, ~ Chicago Herald.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

A man who has practiced medicine for 40
what he says:
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. I. j. Cheney q Co.-Gentlemen:--l
for most 40 years, and would say that in ali
my practice and experience huve never seen
preparation that | could prescribe with as
mucn confidence of success as can Halls Ca
larrh cure, manufactured by you. Have pre-
scrlbed 1t q great many times and its effec is
wonderful, and would say in conclusion that
l nave yet to find a case of Catarrh that il
WOULD not cure, II they would take 1t accord
tnG to directions.
Yours truly,
l.. l.. GoRsucH, NJ. D.,
Office, 2l5 Summit st.
We will give 500 for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
F.J; CHENEY d Co., Props, Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
Arc Yoa in I'd,

Arc You Ia need of good d lceY Do vou s,s.
Ter from palpftation OF tl heart; have Won
spells Of dizziness; do you feSI listless, and do
You frequently get tired without canse or e W
ertionS Do you suffer from rASrInatism' new
rs,g1a, and other mysterious and unaccounf-
able backaches and pains in LIMBS and Joints
less At night, and do ysur drai disturb voa2
Are you excitable and does liz heart keet
unevenly, sometimes hardly ing at all and
AZ, NJ other times thnmping like engineY Do
neys disordered and your liver INACTIVE? Are
you troubled with indigestion anGF constipa.
tlonf Are you annoyed by any rsnary diff
cultyf DO you want to be cured IL ali snch
Weakening ailments? Then use DR.. John
Bulls Sarsaparilla. 1t will make you strong
and perfect in every part.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
STANDARD FOR OVER HalF 4 CENTURY

Cure Indigestion. soas Stomach, Hsa-s-
burn, Flatuiency. Collie, and all Diseases Of
the Stomach; costiyensss, Jnhannatisn,
Disrrhsa, Piles, and Diseases Of the Bowels;
Congestion, Biliousnsss. Jaundics, Nausea.
Headache, Giddincss, Esrvsusasss, Wan-
dsring Pains, Malaria, LIVER Complaint.
and all Diseases arising from Gorgsa and
6luggish Liver. They clsaA the mueous
coats, reduce gcrged or cSngestsd cendi-
items, break up stubbsrn complications, re-
store free, healthy acsisn to the organs. ANA
give tho system chance to recover tone
and strength. They arc
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

TeacherIf you had suit of clothes and
some one should give you another how many
would you haveg Willie Slimson--One.
Teacher-Now Willie, how do you make that
outY Willie-My little brother Bobbie would
have the other --Harpers Bazaar
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
Oh. scHEMcK's
TONIC
IL . Positive Cure for
DYSPEPSIA

And all Disorders Of tho d.
gestivs Organs. Its Likewise
. Corroborative or Strength
sning MEDICINE, and may be
taken with benefit in all cases
Of Debility. For Sails by all
Druggists. Price, 81 90 per bot
tic. Or. Schsnck's New Book
on Lungs, Liver and Stomach
mailed free. Address,
Or. J.h.Schsnck 4 Son, PhIla.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

No man who ever sat down to find the
chair wasn't there admitted that it was any
fault of his own. He always laid it to some
other fellow Detroit Free Press
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
A s2.1O Parer Ear BLK.

xIHE YOUTHS COMPANION gives SO much for
me small amount that it costs it is no wonder
y Is taken already in nearly Half d Million
llustrasSOns, its Weekly illustrated supple
ments, cad lts Double Holiday Numbers it
seeins as If thepublishers could not 90 enough
70 please. by sendins $l.75 now you NAV o.
tain II free to January, and for full year
from that date to January, 1892. Address.
The YOUTHS COMPANION. Boston, Mass.
Money iseasy when it comes easy. When
u goes easy and comes hard it is apt to be
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

BROWNS Iron Bittcrs cures Dyspepsia Ma
laria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aides Digestion, tones the nerves.
creates appetite. The pest tonic for Nursing
Mothers. weak women and children.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Thousands Of mothers bless the name of DR..
John Bull for inventing his celebrated DR..
Bulls Worm Destroyers. Children tease for
them and they never fail to do good
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

When the average man says frankly. 81
can't afford it, you will usually find on in
vestigatlon that it is something his wife
self. -ii'
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

\, ne new minister of education in Greece is
likely to be M. Gerokzostoponlos II the
gentleman can pronounce his own name. he
York World.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

MALARIA cured and eradicated from tho
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which en-
ton. Acts like a charm on persons in General
" health. giving new energy and strength.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
A Pleasing Sense

Of health and strength renewed and of ease
and comfort follows the use of Syrup of Figs,
as it acts in harmony with nature to effectual-
ly cleanse the system when costive or bilious
For sale in Soc. and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

woman, her diseases and their treatment
valuable illustrated book of aeventy-two
pages 1ree on receipt of 10 cts. for cost of mall
ing- etc. Address p. o. Box 1856. Phila., Pa.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Der, Mineral, Farm I4anas and Ranches
bought and sold. Tyler & Co, Kansas civ. Mo
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

When you go to collect bill don't believe
your debtor away because the shade is pulled
down; that's only a blind --Binghampton
Republican
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Somebody has said that the man who pays
his rent must hustle, and that the man who
doesn't pay his rent is obliged to keep NOV
ing. Lynn Item.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

FITS stopped free by DIR. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use
Marvellous cures. Treatise aud 81 trial bottle
free. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST.. Phila.. Pa
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
po You Ever s,eculntea

Any person sending us their name and ad-
dress will receive information that will lead
to fortune Benz. Lewis q Co., Security
Building. Kansas City, Mo.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Lee Was Chinese Headache Cure. Harm.
less in effect, quick and positive in action
sent prepaid on receipt OF 81 per bottle
Adeier a. Co.,522 Wyan9 otte st. Kansas City, Mo
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

There seems to be considerable breakage in
the brokerage business at present.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Deal gently with the herring. This is in
fase 1t may not like to be kippered.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
PURELY VEGETABLE,
STRICTLY RELIABLE,
AND ABSOLUTELY SAFE

For Sale by all Drueeists Price rs cts
per box; boxes for s5 cts. or sent b.
mail. postage free, on receipt of price
Dr. ]. II. Schenck 4 Son, Philadelphia. Pa
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

The financial panic in London is said to he
on its last legs, if it has legs. " 's
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

OKlanoma Gulde Book ana Mapsent any where
on receipt of 80 cts. yler 81 Co., Kansas City, Mo
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Succi is trying to live on smoke Lots of
boys have killed themselves by smoking.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

VINO was the first man out of the ark
the Bible says: "Noah came forth etc.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

As soon as the Indians get all tire tobacco
and rum they need they howl for new
Messiah
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Sitting Bull is worse for having the Gall h,
has. His chief trouble is Gall.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
-VASELINE-

AI,lI
OrJor postage stamps any single article ait TIE price
ndmed On no account be persuaded to accept from
your druggist any Vasene preparation tterefrom
unless labelled 9cith name because you acH GER
diafy receice imitation tciioh has little eolts
ChesebrOugh Mfg. Co.. - Stnte ST., N. Y.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

The medicine man for the bad Indians
should carry bullets instead of pellets.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

II afflicted with sore eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell at
pc, per bottle
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

The American eagle is good enough to
shout over and swear by, but the American
turkey is the bird to eat
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Ibunered from nervous aches and pains. ana
Wa&eieeplees at night. My disease was UNDER
mining my constitution. DIR. Bulls Sarsapar-
~ restored me. to health and 1 now enjoy
bodnd and dreamless sleep, and my aches and
pains and lassitude trouble me no more W4l-
IAN Burton. Whceitno. W. pa
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-03
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Metropolitan Theater Friday and
Saturday evenings Hermann's New Trans
atlantiques viii appear. The troupe is
wholly different from Hermann's yaude-
vile company that played here last spring.
The Philadelphia Record speaks of the new
company as excellent and notably so as to
Sonora TETON, famous Spanish dancer;
the Glinserett Partisan troupe of fine aero
bats; Holloway, who does wonderful
feat upon an unsupported twenty-fYe-foot
ladder, and as TO Josephine Henley the
London skirt dancer. Music and Drama Of
San Francisco indorses the troupe in warm
terms and refers to those named as the I'm
est performers in their line OF recent times,
and names in addition as superior, an
eccentric trio in musical act; Guyer and
Goodwin in THE Two Kids" an acrobatic
and humorous act of striking character:
Harry Kennedy, the yentriloquist, well
known here as perhaps the leader in his art;
Flora Moore, a character song and dance
actress; Gus Brown in dialect limitations;
Herr Tholer, the electrical clown, who was
seen here last spring; the grotesques, the
Alexander brothers, and Mocama FL
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-03
A BOOMERANG.
Experiences of a sacramentan in Search
of Fortune.


Experiences of a Sacranentan in Search
of a Fortune.
An action has been instituted in the SD
perior Court by A. Aleister, through S. c..
benson, his attorney, to recover the sum of
$1,000 in the way Of damages, costs of suit,
etc, from the Suffer City Improvement
Company and A, GGrdemeyer, its manager
As q ground for complaint, the plaintiff
AYERS that the defendant contrived and pro
mulgated a scheme for the sale of large
number of lots in the town of Suffer City,
Suffer county; that in order to induce per-
sons to buy defendants gave out that they
would distribute the lots by means of
drawing, to take place among the pur.
chasers after the lots had been disposed of !;
that valuable buildings were to be con-
structed upon some of the lots-among
them bank building to cost $l5, 600.
This glittering bait tempted the plaintiff,
even as the serpent tempted Eve, his an
cient relative, and he went for the prizes.
He says he paid $500 per share, and that
when the drawing or distribution came off
he was entitled to receive good and sutfi
Gent deed to the bank building and lot.
but he discovered, after the deed had been
made, that defendants title TO the property
was not clear, David Salfield and Herman
Kohloerg having mechanics lien thereon
and Gardemeyer having given mortgage
on the property to the Suffer Land I'M
provement and Reclamation Company for
81 $50 Sc.
Then bis troubles began in earnest. Be-
side the original money invested, he had to
pay 800 to Sslfeld and Kohlberg in order
to satisfy their claim, 81, 500 to the improve
ment company to cancel its mortgage, and
500 more 20 complete the bank building.
He alleges that the money he paid in orig
inally was divided by the defendants be-
tween themselves, wherefore he wants
damages in the sum named.