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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06

S. H. Hendrix, of Carriers, passed
through the city yesterday on his way
to Chattanooga to attend the annual
encampment of the G. A. r. depart
ment of Tennessee. He took with
him letters from our leading citizens
inviting the encampment to be held
here next year and the COMET hopes
he will be successful. Johnson City
will take pleasure in entertaining the
members and they will enjoy visit
to town where every man knows the
"war is over"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06

The republican state committee
met Monday, at Nashville, and elected
H. S. Chamberlain, of Chattanooga
secretary, and decided to call the con-
vention the third Wednesday in June.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06

CIVIL service reform, like the
roses that bloom in the spring, had
nothing to do with the convention at
Morristown last Saturday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06
THE COMET.
Political COnundrum.

Why is Speaker Reed like the fel-
low that monkeyed with a Jersey bull?
Because he placed himself in the
cline OF promotion"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06
Friday, the 18th Day Of March, 1890,

at 70 O'Clock, NJ, proceed to sell pub
licly, to the highest bidder, for Cash in
hand, and in bar OF the equity of re-
demption, in front OF the court house
door in Knoxville, Tennessee, the fol-
lowing described Real Estate, TO. wit !.
Lying in the 9th civil district Of
Washington county, Tennessee, COM
mencing at Sinking Creek, and run,
ming on the Southwest side of Buffalo
road s. 45 degrees, E 7l9 feet, then
S. As degs, West, about 900 feet then
N. 40 degs w, 7l9 feet, or to the bank
of Sinking Greek then along said
Greek to the beginning, provided the
End and 4th lines must be long enough
TO make the plot contain is acres
and then there must be excluded from
the said Is acres lots Nos. /, 8, 4, s, s.
and Z, described in the conveyance of
w, Fl. Taylor and wife to d. S. Hear.
on each lot fronting - feet, and
running back - feet.
This February s, 1890.
THOS. G. LATIM0RE,
306-9 Clerk Supreme Court.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06

THE Republican executive commit
tee OF the first district met at Morris
town last Saturday. The Taylor men
had their way and decided to hold
th: county convention on the 9TH, and
the district convention on the 10th of
April, ALI is supposed to have taken
the first trick and if Butler don'tstack
the cards when he deals Taylor may
win. There will be music in the
county convention next month when
an attempt will be made to appoint
only Taylor men to the district con.
vention. The COMET is out Of the
fight until after the convention and
is willing for the best man to win.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06

PERHAPS the only money that will
ever be spent on the B. +. & N. c.
road in Carter county is for work now
being done by Col, Haynes in the
horse shoe bend in his attempt to hold
it. Just why he should have to put a
man to work there to "hoId the fort
against all corners" after he bought
the right of way and pulled up the
stakes set there by "interlopers" we
can't see. Perhaps the Courier can
enlighten us. But it is all right /;
while the Col was getting sang hoe
and fire shovel ready to put his man
to work and ordering fire crackers for
dyndhite the Watauga Valley engi-
neers were at work and found a line
that will miss the horse shoe bend
and save the company more than
100000
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06

NOW 81 TEN!
We say
And mean WhatWe say,
And say it
Without fear of sue
cessful contradiction,
And say it
with no fear of
Competition, and say it
Knowing we are
saying
What is the truth, the
whole truth
and nothing but the
Truth,
by JOE
And this is what we
say:
IT II A T.
That we have brought
to
JOHNSON CITY
The Largest, Prettiest,
and handsomest
Line of
UMBRELLAS
Ever before seen in our
town.
Gold-Tipped in all the
Latest Designs in han
dies. Will not tarnish.
Oxidized Handles, in
most every ConCeiVa-
BILE shape. CALL AT
ONCE and take your
picks. Prices within the
reach of ALL, ranging
from 81 to So.
Also, a full line of Silk
Floss and Velvet Rib
bons, just received.
COME AND SEE US.
H0SS, HODGE & GO.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06

To Cease Carrying a stock of
will CLOSE OUT
present stock
A II 60 ST.
- Come -
And get you a Coat; a Suit, Pair
of Pants, or Vest at price to suit
the times; and when you have done
and after supplying your
wants, your pocket-book will not
look as though an Elephant had
been standing on it.
| have Big Lot of HATS that
will also be sold at Cost-they, too,
must go.
If you want Shoes or Boots of the
Best Material for the Least Money,
call on me. | need the CASH
worse than the Goods.
The Best Coffee
Is always Cheapest and I am sure
no better article can be found in the
city than at
No. 8, E. Market st.
Why not call
When you need anything in the
Grocery Line F.?
RED OIL Burns the Best and
Lasts Little the Longest; looks
handsomest in the lamp. To try il
once, is to buy it ever afterwards
Ladies'!
Something for you. A Large Stock
of Ladies Misses and Children's
Ziegler Brothers Shoes, that will
be pushed off at Prices Far Belew
the Regular Price for these most
excellent shoes. NONE BETTER
Now Ladies,
Gentlemen, youths, children and
all-Come and see me, can afford
to sell LOW for CASH, and yor
will find prices to suit you.
| WANT
your Produce and will be glad tc
get anything you may have to sell
that is at all marketable.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06
Supreme Court Sale
REAL ESTATE.
s. H. MILLER Us.
W, H. TAYLOR, ct Tx.

W, H. TAYLOR, ct Tx.
Pursuant to a judgment pronounced
In this cause at the September term
1889, by the Supreme Court of Ten.
nessee, sitting at Knoxville, Tenn,
| yill on
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06

We are sole Agents for the fol-
lowing Factories;
w. L. Douglass, Shoe Co., Brock
ton, Mass.
E. P. Reed & Co, Rochester, N.
Y. Cowles Bros, Rochester,
N. Y.
], H. Lee & Co., Boston, Mass
Berley & Usheran, Milton, N. H.
Union Cop-Shoe Co., Lynn, Mass.
St. John, Kirkham & Co.'S, Speci-
atty, New York City.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
Four People Drowned.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 5.-At two
o'clock yesterday John Thompson and
his wife and fourteen-year-old girl Bes-
sic, and Richard Smith and wife and
three children. started to row across the
Youghiogheny at McKeesport, twelve
miles above Pittsgurgh. The boat was
old and rotten, and when the middle of
the river was reached it gave way. Both
men sank instantly and Miss Smith and
Alice Thompson followed, after rising
three times to call piteously to
their mothers to save them. Robert, an
eighteen-year-old son of Mrs. Thompson.
dragged his mother to the boat, and she
and her infant child were supported by
the brave boy until help arrived. Mrs.
Smith also saved herself by elinging to
the submerged boat The bodies of the
two men with their daughters were re-
covered
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Miss WINNIE DAVIS, daughter OF def
ferson Davis, arrived at New York on
the 9th from Europe.
Mrs. MATILDA FIELDS died at Ken
ton, Tenn, on the 9th at the age OF
sixty-fve. Mrs. Fields was the young
est daughter of the famous David
Crockett.
THE estimate of the Alabama Depart
ment of Agriculture of the condition of
the crops up to July, is that the corn
crop will be larger than last year be-
cause of greater acreage; the prospects
for cotton are better than the same time
last year.
THE cholera epidemic has slightly in
creased at Madrid.
FAMINE is spreading over Upper Egypt
and the laborers and small sheiks are
dying by thousands of want.
HoT winds are causing great fear that
the corn crop of Kansas will be seriously
damaged.
A CLOUD burst, which occurred in
Richland County, Wis, on the 9th, oc'
casioned loss of $500, 900 or more.
Mrs. JAMES A. SMITH, of Girard, Kan
sas, went into an Original Package
house and commenced breaking bottles,
when the agent interfered. She
assaulted him with buggy whip, He
had her arrested. She was fined 81 in
the Police Court, the amount being paid
by the bystanders. Her husband has
been on a protracted drunk since the
house has been opened.
Miss MAGGIE MILLER, of Mercersburg,
Pa, had both feet cut off by moving
machine on the 5th. Henry Miller, her
father, stopped his machine near the
house and was attacked by swarm OF
bees from dozen different hives. He
called for help and his daughter came
out of the house to his assistance. She
was trying to unhitch the horses from
the mower when the animals jumped
forward and the knife of the machine
cut her feet off at the ankles. Miller is
in serious condition from the bee
stings, and the horses will both die from
their attacks.
THE Commissioner Of Education at
Washington says that there are 9ss coll
leges registered in his books with an
aggregate of 1901 students. OF these
institutions 600 admit women on equal
terms with men.
THE most densely populated square
mile on the face of the earth is in the
City OF New York. Itholds 27o,00o peo-
pie, nearly ell OF whom are Italians.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
CIoudburst in Texas.

VAN HoRN, Tex, July 5.-The noon
train out of Ell Paso eastward had three
coaches, sleeper and the special car
Mayfiower. 1t was moving along at a
high rate of speed, when at this point
it suddenly ran into an enormous flood
of water spreading over eight miles.
along the valley and inundating the en-
tire town. The train was instantly
slowed up, but the food from the mount
aims increased so rapidly that the ties
were washed out from under the track.
Fifteen minutes before the train APP
preached Van Horn the track was per-
fectly dry. The water came down in q
food.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
Lake NIlchigan Gales.

CHICAGO, July 5.-Lake Michigan was
rocked from surface to bottom yester-
day by gale that wrecked shipping and
did other damage. Vessel men whose
lives have been spent on the great lakes
pronounce it the severest storm for
this season of the year ever known.
The vessels that had braved the
threatening indications during the even
ing and put out to sea were laboring'
outside the breakwater trying to make
port Some were successful, but others,
less fortunate, tried to save themselves
by dropping anchor One vessel. the
sch ooner Gladiator, turned over and her
commander, Captain Toroton, was lost.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
WEATHER FORECAST.
1t Is Strictly Reliable and Applicable to
Any Summer Month.


ANY Summer Month.
Depending on exclusive information
received from Lieutenant in the sig
nal corps (who is one of General Gree
ley's favorite guessers), we are enabled
to present to the feverishly-expectant
public the folio wing forecast of weather
for the month of -.
If the mathematicians have made no
mistake, the month which has just be-
gun is -.
Indications are that the first week
will be clear and cloudy, cold and warm.
The remaining weeks will not vary
materially from the first, but if they do
they will vary in precisely the same
manner.
Rain-storms will be most noticeable
on picnic and coaching days They will
probably interfere more or less with
tennis and base ball, and will play
havoc with favorities at the races.
They will also have more or less effect
on muslin dresses and dainty parasols.
Hence it will be necessary to notice. if
possible, when it is rainisg.
The rain will not be unusually wet
After a storm it will invariably clear
up.
A number of days will be excessively
warm. These days will be mentioned
in newspaper bulletins as cooler and
cloudy.
II you are particularly anxious that q
given day be pleasant, make bet that
it won't be, and when you leave the
house carry your rubbers, gossa-
mer and umbrella. The larger
the bet, and the larger aud
heavier your rubbers and gossamer
the more certain you may be of achiev-
ing pleasant weather. Chicago ladies
need only carry their rubbers, and those
from Boston may find it convenient to
rely to q certain extent upon the weight
of their intellectualities.i
When 1t rains do not. il YOU are a
lady, stand at the window and make fun
of the half-drowned pedestrians II YOU
| are a gentleman. under the same cir.
cumstances, do q. little swearing for
some Of your lady friends who do not
know how. Then tell them what YOU
have done. It viii increase your repu,
tation for gallantry. What most won.
en- admire in man is his abilitye
swear.
Cut this forecast out and paste Il in
your hat 1t is we'll to have little
common sense with you at AZ times
] Merchant Traveller.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The African agreement has been
signed by England and Germany.
THE President has approved of the
Naval and Post-ofilce Appropriation
bills, the Invalid Pension measure and
the joint resolution providing tempo
rarily for the government expenditures.
The monument to Thomas A. Hen
bricks, late Vice-President, was un-
vailed at Indianapolis, Ind, on the ist.
Senator Turpie was orator and Whit
comb Riley was poet.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has left for Cape
May for few days vacation.
The Senate amendments to the Lot
terry bill were concurred in by the Lou
isiana House by 6s to 25. There was a
sufficient ma ;ority in the Legislature to
pass the bill over the Governors veto.
The German Reichstag was prorogued
on the I'd
CONGRESSMAN WALTER l. HAYES was
renom mated on the I'd by the Democrats
of the Second Iowa district
Ir is reported that President Menen-
dez, Of Salvador, did not die natural
death but was assassinated.
PENNSYLVANIA Democrats have nomi-
mated Pattison and Black for Governor
and Lieutenant-Governor respectively.
William II. Barclay was nominated for
Secretary of State. A denunciation OF
Senato or Quay was adopted with the con-
vcntional Democratic platform.
THE Kickapoos fatty refused to treat
with the Cherokee Commission. At
sign from their chief the savages silently
left the Government officials to them
selves. There was a rumor that the
Kicks would take to the mountains.
The Commission would probably recon-
mend that the tribe be removed from its
present reservation.
A CRISIS has arisen in the Spanish
Cabinet and Conservative Ministry un-
der Senior Canovas del Castillo is looked
for.
THE President has nominated General
Adam e. King, of Maryland, to be Con-
sul-General at Paris.
SECRETARY BLAINE left Washington
on the Sd for Bar Harbor, Me.
GEORGE r. PECK. of Kansas, delivered
the grafton at the meeting of the Loyal
Legion at indianapolis, Ind, on the
eth.
THE Temps says that the British Gov
ernment has accepted the principle OF
compensation to France for the British
protectorate at Zanzibar. The nature
of the compensation is not fixed.
THE Sultan refuses to ask the Powers
to recognize Ferdinand as Bulgaria's
ruler.
GUATEMALA's Paris Minister denies
hostile relations toward Salvador.
The French Senate has approved a
three francs duty on maize.
BEVERLY TUCKER, the well known
politician, prominent in the history OF
Virginia, died at Richmond on the Ath.
News from Mexico is the Voc de Mex
ico's editor has been thrown into prison
and his paper denounced by the Gov
ernment
The speakers at the Tammany cele-
bration on the 4th confined themselves
to a denunciation of Speaker Reed and
the Election bill almost entirely.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

lrtranspires that the riot at Erzeroum,
growing out of detachment of Turkish
soldiers searching church forconcealed
arms while religious services. were in
progress was much more serious than
az hrst reported. The Moslem popula-
uon turned out in the widest disorder
and attacked the soldiers with desperate
frenzy In the fight which ensued fifty
persons were killed and more than one
hundred wounded. Many of the killed
and injured were soldiers
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

A sEMI-oFFICIAL denial is made in
Berlin OF the statement published to
the effect that the Powers of Conti-
mental Europe, headed by Germany, had
agreed to establish mutual repressive
tariffs against American exports If the
Mckinley bill now pending before the
American Congress should become a
law Germany has taken no steps to
counterfeit any possible injury to her
American trade by the enactment of the
Mckinley bill.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

G ANagreement has been entered into by
nc sSsecretary Blaine and Romero, Mexican
minister, providing for the reciprocal
,,itossing OF the international boundary
Inc % oy the troops of the United States
au - the Republic of Mexico, when
N N close pursuit of hostile Indians.
,, unaer this agreement IL is provided
Sa"s S. no Indian scouts of the United
bs Sa'es shall be allowed to cross the
snaary line unless they go as guides
au 1rallers, unarmed and not exceed
s n 10 any case two scouts for each COM
pSny or each separate command. in
@e case OF offenses which NAV be COM
n m.'ted by the inhabitants of the one
m UUuntry against the foreign forces which
y % within its limits the Govern
Gouunai ns snail be only responsible to the
i.e.rnment in... Of the other for denial Of
'N''''e IN the punishment Of the guilty.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

THE Armenian Patriarch has sent to
the Sultan of Turkey note giving de-
tails of the grievances of the Armenian
Christians. lie says that numerous
Armenians have been arrested on the
mere suspicion OF wrong-doing and that
their churches have been profaned and
other outrages committed against them.
In conclusion he declares that he will
resign the patriarchate unless the griev-
ances complained of are remedied and
justice is done.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

INFORMATION has been received Of the
tOnsummation Of the biggest land trade
III 'ne history of the American conti-
Ien< The parties to the contract were
Sonn S Hancock, Of Austin, and Robert
nummerlin, of San Antonio, Tex, on
Wv 'ne one side. acting for the owners. and
% sne representatives of an English and
lloliand syndicate. The land lies all in
Vae w body in the State of Tamaulipas,
M' MEXICO within easy distance of the
Nexican National railroad and COM.
prises between 5000, 900 and 5000, 600
acres and also 75, 900 head of cattle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

THE Louisiana lottery bill, as amended
BY the committee, increasing the amount
to be paid for lottery privileges by $780,
900 per annum, making the annual pay
ments 81 ,250, 900, passed the State Senate
bv vote Of "a to II. The bill was re-
turned to the House with message
from the Senate asking concurrence in
the amendment
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

THOMAS DITToN, a harness maker, had
both hands blown off and was otherwise
injured on the evening of the 4th at Au-
burn, n. Y, by premature discharge
of a cannon. lie and three comrades
were firing salute in honor of Corporal
Tanner.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

THE ages of the members of the Sails
bury Cabinet are as follows: Lord Sails
bury himself, 60: Lord Cranbrook, 76;
Lord Cadogan, so; Mr. Goschen, 59;
Duke of Rutland, ~; Lord Cross, 6s;
Mr.. Matthews, 81; Sir Hicks-Beach, So;
Mr. Richie, 50; Mr.. Stanhope, so; Lord
George Hamilton, As; Mr.. Balfour, AZ;
Mr. W. H. Smith, 65; Lord Knutsford,
65; Mr.. Chaplin, so; Lord Ashbourne.
So; Lord Halsbury. G5.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

n O. MILLS, banker, has left New
York for California for the purpose Of
nreparing for the erection in San Fran
cisco of duplicate of the famous Mills
building on Wall street. He will employ
Chicago architects to prepare designs.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

Billy BRENNAN, the pugilist who was
SO seriously injured at Battery d, Chi
cago, in the fight with Frank Girard,
died next morning. His death was the
result of injuries received in the last
round of the fight. The police arrested
Reddy Gallagher, the referee OF the
fight; Paddy Carroll and Jack McInery,
seconds. Brennan's father and sister
reside in brooklyn. He was about
twenty-one years old.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

THE highest price at the Crabbe sale
was III, 900, 900 francs for Meissonier's
Guide" A 'IIoly Family" by Rubens
brought 112, 900 francs, the total money
realized being 1880, 600 francs. During
the last two months single auctioneer
at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, has sold
pictures to the amount of over 5000, 900
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

JOHN wILMoT, Superintendent of Fish
Culture, of Canada, who has been in
Newfoundland, denies that there is any
such wild Indignation there over the
French claims as had been reported.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
. MISCELLANEOUS.

Tue miners of Great Britain are max
ing arrangements to fight for the eight
hour day next winter.
The Worlds Fair people have chosen
the ioint site on the lake front and
Jackson park.
A FULL complement of Pullman cars
has been purchased for Russian rail-
road.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

A rouR of Spain has been marked
down in the itinerary OF Whistler the
.rtist's summer outing.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

ATTAIN HAMILTON MURRELL and
nary Cottman Mccormick were married
Ma MSehely in Grace Church, Baltimore,
My W Rev. Arthur c. Powell. Captain
,ha atrel' IS best known as the rescuer Of
passengers Of the sinking steamship
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

AN English plaintiff has recovered
damages and costs for injuries done to
bis clothes by barbed wire fence while
waking along q public path after dark.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

ANNA, daughter Of George Ehret the
Nou York brewer now in Berlin, Is en-
raoed to Baron Zedlitz, an officer in the
.r+ilIarv.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10

Tur Fourth was celebrated very
,rietlv in Washington. Very few mem
bers of either house were to be seen.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-10
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Crop Prospects.

The rainfall for the past week was
very unequally distributed. The south
ern section Of the State had rather too
much, since IL made grass and weeds
grow rapidly and hindered the needed
cultivation of cotton. In the northern
part Of the State there was not too much,
and some localities are needing mois-
ture. The rains were mostly local
showers. and probably some fell in
every county in the State.
The temperature was very favorable
to cotton, rising every day above 30 de-
grees and not going below 20 degrees at
night. Sunshine was very abundant
and favorable, excepting few localities
in the southern part where frequent
rains occurred. There is some COM
plant of the rapid growth Of grass in
the cotton in the southern part of the
State. Favorable weather has enabled
the farmers to clean up their crops
pretty generally elsewhere. Corn would
have been benefited by more rain in
some sections.
The cotton plant is healthy and Wig
orous and beginning to fruit we'll. Raw
ages of the cutworm in the Delta have
been stopped by the hot weather. There
is reported general improvement in
the condition of the crop, and for most
planters it is nearly in satisfactory
shape. Too much rain fell for the fruit
and vegetable interests in the southern
part Of the State.