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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-23

NlvAL STOREs-The market Tor spIrlts tur-
rartine was dull and somewhat nominal owing
Snring the day were 80 casks, at 3719c for regu-
lar, AZ the Board of rade on the opening
coi the market was reported nominal at 3716c
FOR regulars. At the second call it closed
at nc bid for regulars and 3916 asked
at quotations. There was fair inquiry. and
ab5nt /, I5O barrels changed hands during the
d9v AZ the Board of Trade on the first call the
market was reported steady at the following
Quotations: A, B. Z, D and e, ST. 20; F, ST. 80;
Ia 81 40; H. 81 90; l. 81 IS; X, 81 20; M, 81 rs;
IN S2B: window glass, SO Is; water white,
81 IS At the last call it closed steady, with
[saes Of $50 barrels at unchanged prices, except
[for n. which was quoted at 81 40.
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Schr Anna T Ebener. Springer, Baltimore, witt
canned goods and coal to order; vessel to Mas
ter.
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Kansas City, Kempton New York
&C G Anderson.
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DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
Steamer Ethel, Carroll. Cohen's Bluff and
way landings--W Gibson, Manager
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ncE-The market was dull and lower. There
i W. as fast as the new lots received at the
l lar are milled ont. The sales were only
I'm Small job lots are held at1s94c
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c.v1SNAH, Ga, Sept. y, 1880.
~ market was dull and easy.
CoTroS-' ISeral stock offering. but rather a
|Ebere was : and buyers are limited in their
|siow inquiry -;-asz doing on the whole was
bids me .-.aI sales for the day were only
small. lee On change at the opening call, at
1 .9O' oaieS' - market was reported quiet
b a m "a With sales of 81 bales. at the
pad uncn-Is ~ o. m, it was quiet. the sales
ec0na CO.. ss,ss Al the third and last call at
Pbeins sl' D1, closed quiet and unchanged, with
4 p, m, .alas Of POS bales. The following are
urther s1, Closing spot quotations of the Cotton
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
CONTRACT AWARDED
For Grading Roam Street and Wa
tauga Avenue-Work to Com
menoe at once.

At meeting of the City Council
Monday night the following ordinance
passed on its second and third reading
and became law:
"Movel by W. w. Faw. seconded by
j. Crumley, That the Street Commit
tee be authorized to close contract
with Mr.. A. NJ. Young, by which said
Young is to grade Watauga avenue
from Roam street to New street accord
ing to grades and estimates fixed by
the City Engineer, said Young agree
ing to move said earth at actual cost,
but in no event shall the cost of NOV
ing said earth exceed Is cents per
yard said young to commence work
at once, and is to receive the bonds Of
the city at par for said work"
Mr.. Young is director and large
stakeholder Of the Watauga Lighting
and Power Company and has taken
the contract to grade the streets in or
der to enable the company to get the
electric car line running by the first of
January. The poles have been "plant.
ed" along Roam Street and are now
being distributed on Watauga avenue.
There is little grading to do on Roam
and work was commenced on it Tues
day. As soon as the bridges are in
over Brush Creek near the East Ten.
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
track-laying will begin. The ties are
ready to be delivered, and Mr.. Young
told THE COMET that he has four ele.
CANT palace cars now being finish ed
that will be ready for shipment in a
few weeks.
THE COMET assures its readers that
the work OF grading and laying the
electric car line will be pushed as rap
idly as money can do it,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
CHARTER APPLIED FOR.
The Board of Trade will Operate
Under the Laws of the State.

At a large meeting of the represent
alive citizens Monday night it was
unanimously decided that the Board
Of Trade should become chartered
institution, and motion to elect seven
gentlemen who were to make applica-
ton for charter and act as directors
for the first year resulted in the selec-
ton of w. G. Mathes, ]. I. Wilder, O.
X. Lide, J. d. Faucette, Cy H. Lyle,
US. Wilson and w. J Exum. The
charter was duly drawn and is now at
Nashville. 1t will be returned this
week, and at the meeting Monday
night permanent organization will be
effected All persons interested in
Johnson City's growth are earnestly
requested to be present and become
members.
At the same meeting two delegates
were appointed to attend the meeting
of the Southern Tnter.States Immigra.
ton Bureau, which meets at Asheville
N. O., on the 18th Of December and
continues three days. The delegates
were Cy H Lyle and Chas. A. B. Hall
w. @. Smith and w. G. Mathes were
appointed alternaIes. The President
Of the Board Of Trade, ]. S. Wilson
was added.
A proposition from Mr. $. ?. Grey &c
locate a large iron working plant here
was considered, and Gen. ]. T. Wilder
H. w. Hargreaves and Cy II. Lyle
were appointed committee to go to
Circleville, Ohio, to investigate the
plant that is to be removed.
Altogether, the meeting was an in
teresting one, and the Board is rapidly
getting in shape to be Of great service
10 Johnson City,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
ANOTHER DEAL IN DIRT.
Connecticut Capitalists Buy a Por
ton of the Earth Near the
Axis--Johnson City

The Connecticut Land Company
was organized last week. II is COM
posed Of Connecticut, Boston and
johnson City capitalists and repre-.
sents over 100000. F. A. Stratton,
of this city, is President, w. B. Hos
mer, of Boston, vice President and A.
NJ. Young, OF Waterbury, Treasurer.
The company has purchased por-
ton Of the F. X. Mouutcastle and all
OF the s. H. Pouder farm lying north
west and adjoining the Carnegie Land
Company's addition. The intention
is to make ii suburban residence ad-
dition and it is admirably located for
the purpose. 1t is being plated by
Mr. Curtis, OF Boston, and will be laid
off on the same plan as Mount Desert,
beauty spot in Maine. The streets
will follow the contour of the land
and will wind around the knobs and
valleys, leaving all the choice sites for
residences. The company owns about
$50 acres OF land and around the en-
tire tract will be built a circle boule.
ward extending from North Main street
around their property and joining the
Carnegie addition again at Broadway.
All OF the streets will be macadamized
and sidewalks made. The lots will
vary in size according to the location
from one.half acre to two acres, and
there is to be one large and several
small parks in the addition.
The parties interested are also own
ers of the Watauga Lighting ant
Power Company and the johnson City
and Carnegie Electric Railway, anC
will proceed at once to extend the rail
way to the addition as we'll as light i
with electricity. The company will
build its own water works, and vii
also erect cottage hotel thst will &C
commodate about one hundred guests
Five of the directors will build resi-
dences in the spring. The map o
! the addition will be ready in a fey
weeks, and THE COMET will speal
: further Of the enterprise in the mea Il
time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
Hotel Carnegie.

The Carnegie Hotel is rapidly near
ing completion. The masons laid the
last brick on the chimney tops yester.
day and the roofers completed their
work this morning. The plumbers
and electricians are busy arranging
for steam, water, lights and calls, and
any army of men ere lathing and 9th.
erwise getting ready for the plasterers.
Every effort will be made 20 have the
building ready by the first of January.
The woodwork is all worked out ready
to be applied and there will be no fur
ther delay.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
A Model Store.

If there is neat jewlery store in
East Tennessee it is located on Spring
street in this city, and E. f. Vinegar
& Co., are the proprietors OF it. This
room is just back Of The Citizens
Bank in the new Harr-Burrow build.
ing and is so arranged with an arched
glass front as to show off their store to
the best advantage. All OF the furni.
ture in the store is made of oak An
ished antique and consists of one
large upright case occupying one en-
tire side OF the room and four twelve
foot counter cases, all OF which are
filled with a handsome assortment OF
everything in their line, including
gold watches, diamonds and sterling
silverware. To meet the demands OF
the public and in keeping with their
we'll earned reputation as the leading
jewellers, they have added an optical
department, which is in charge of Mr..
Tuttle,an experienced occulist and OPP
tician OF Chicago. They have just re-
ceivedan elegant set oil trial lenses and
make no charges for testing the eyes.
They are receiving their holiday
goods and will have the finest display
Of sterling silver novelties, jewelry,
gold and silverware ever shown in
this market. They mean to keep in
front Of the procession, and their ef'
forts to please the public are being
more and more appreciated every day
We would not forget to mention
that Mr.. Vinegar is practical watch
maker and has charge of that depa t.
ment. They guarantee satisfaction
on all work done.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

1t was quite disappointment to the
johnson City party when they got to
Bristol and found that the street cars
had all been taken off bnt one and it
had departed on its outward trip. The
livery stables are about as enterprising
as the street car company and are
patronized accordingly, no doubt, so
when the party failed to get carriages,
and not till then, did pedestrianism
begin, and because they walked on
expecting all the while to find some
thing of Importance, the Courier said
they were tickled to death over their
new pavements, when really they were
so little better than we have here that
they had not noticed them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

Martin Academy, an old school
building situated in the eastern SUI
burbs Of Jonesboro, was consumed by
fire last Monday night. 1t was one OF
the cd country academies, and until
some fifteen years ago belonged to the
State. 1t was sold about that time and
passed into private hands. 1t has been
occupied as a sort of tenement house
for several years. Some six colored
families were living in it at the time
the fire broke out. It was quite a
prominent seat of learning in the
olden times in East Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

Sam V. Fulkerson, Esq, was down
from Bristol last week viewing the
commercial and manufacturing CEN
ter of East Tennessee. He was sur
prised at the progress the city has
made in the lest two years and to see
so many buildings under process OF
construction. What pleased him most,
however, was the substantially Of our
electric light plant, the poles already
planted for the electric car line and,
strangest of all to Bristolian to see,
every store in the city lighted by cleo
tricity.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

Eight of the nine prisoners confn-
ed in our Jail made their escape last
Sunday night. By some means, not
yet known, they procured an au-
ger with which they succeeded in
making a hole in the floor large
enough for one at time to go through.
Five of them were United States pris'
oners and three yiolators Of the State
laws, all OF whom are still at large
Erwin Unakean.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
An Excursion to the Dayton, Tenn,
Land Sale.

For the grand sale OF lots and lands
at Dayton, Tenn, December g. 4 and 5,
agents of the e. T., V. & G. R'y Sys-
tenn will sell tickets to Dayton and
return at low excursion rates, good
ten days from date Of sale. Dayton
is now city of 5000, situated on the
Queen q Crescent Route, in the beau
tiful Tennessee Valley, surrounded
by ar inexhaustible supply OF coal,
iron and timber. Two furnaces are
now in full blast, and behind in orders.
Two flour mills, pump works, planning
mill, brick works and othev industries.
Ample accommodation at the hotels
for all who come. Full particulars on
application to agents E. T, V. & G.
R'y System.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

The Johnson City Furniture Fac
tory is thirty days behind orders. The
factory is shipping goods to Knox.
vile, and to all parts of the south. 1t
is one of the industries OF which the
people here are proud. The furniture
for the new hotel at Hartman ,includ-
ing fifty-nine bed room suits was made
at this factory.-City Cor. Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
"star Entertainment Course. /,

30 reference to our advertising col
umns, it will be seen that our citizens
will be afforded an opportunity Of
hearing a lecture that will prove en-
tertaining and instructive. 1t will
take place at Jobe's Opera House on
Friday evening, the % inst. Subject :;
zone Thousand Miles up the Nile"
Let all attend.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

Read the advertisement in another
column to sell at auction the farm and
farming implements OF ], G. Hardin.
The sale occurs on the 18th OF Deem
Der, at the farm one mile from the
city. The land lies well for almost
any purpose. 1t would make a valu
able truck farm or could be made
a beautiful suburban addition.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

We understand that Will H. Fain,
a prominent citizen of Bleuntville,
was arrested Monday He is charged
with embazzlement. Mr.. Fain was
Clerk and Master OF the Chancery
Court at Blountville for several years,
and the charges grew out Of the con-
duct OF his affairs.-Bristol Courier.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
A New Enterprise.

Messrs. ]. G. Younger, the butcher
and G. G. Younger, the painter, Of our
city, have started up new enterprise.
They have formed a copartnership un.
der the firm name of Younger Bros,
and will manufacture Mattresses, AVN.
ings and Tents. They have leased
part of the building of the Windsor
Restaurant for a number of years, and
have secured the services of Mr.. Jas.
Ferguson, of Boston, Mass, who is an
experienced man at this business, and
he will manage it for them. Now our
farmers can find sale for their straw,
shucks, &C., for this firm will consume
large amount during the year.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

John A. Fine has moved his stock
OF fine dress goods and trimmings in
to the Hoss & Hodge storeroom on
Main street recently completed. Mr..
Fine is one OF our progressive mer-
chants and has placed an arc electric
light in front OF his store in order that
he who passes may see and enter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

The Windsor restaurant has
changed hands, but will be continued
at the old stand ON the corner of Mar
ket street and Public Square. The
new proprietors will take pride in
making it the best restaurant in East
Tennessee and will make it especially
desirable far day boarders and drum
murs, and will serve banquets on short
notice.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
OTHER MAKES.

Ladies' Heavy Kip Shoes, former
price, ooc., will now go for 75c.
Heavier Kip Shoes for ladies which
have been sold for 81, will be sold
for Soc.
Ladies Heavy Kip Whole Stock
Shoes which we sold at $I.35, will
be closed at $I.Io. Mems Lace
Shoes, former price, $I.75 now
$40. Mems Lace and Congress
Shoes, sold at s., for $I.75. Mems
Shoes, former price, $3.50, at $2.75,
Same kind of cuts made on Mems
Heavy Kip and Calf-skin Boots,
Misses and Children's Heavy Kip
Shoes so cheap that no one need go
barefoot. They will be sold regard
less of cost.
also have some Rubber Boots
which we offer at $2.2o, former
price, So. And quite a lot of Misses
and Children's Rubbers to close at
Is and zoe, per pair.
have quite stock of Mems and
Boys Fur and Wool Hats which l
will sell cheaper than you can get
them elsewhere, and, that you may
be convinced, just call at No. 8,
MARKET STREET, and see with
both eyes open. Also a nice lot of
Mems Derbys, which will be sold
at prices to suit the times on the
Spot Cash basis.
400 or 500 gallons Stone Ware at
Ioc. per gallon.
You will also find quite stock
of mems odd coats and odd vests
and odd pants that you can get at
prices to please you. They must be
closed out. The pants are extra
large sizes and extra low prices.
also want to call your attention
to our fannels, domestics, cotton
plaids, ticking, cottonades, striped
velvets and pushes, towels, towel
ing wigan, selecias, cambrics, corset
jeans, linseys, corsets, overalls,
working shirts, Hamburg edgings
and insertion, laces, ladies' and
gents handkerchiefs, suspend
ers and hundreds of other articles
in the notion line. 4 full line of
groceries and provisions a good
stock of staple drugs and medi-
cines, all Of which will be sold at
prices ranging with and below
prices that you can obtain them at
in any other house.
These prices are for SPOT
CASH, No Time, NO CREDIT,
or for good produce at CASH
PRICES. And here l want to
state that buy more country pro-
duce than any other house will
handle. I want to buy corn, wheat,
oats, corn meal, clean cotton, rags,
eggs, butter, chickens, Irish pota-
toes, ginseng, Virginia or black
snake root, Seneca snake root, an
gelica, burdock root, May-apple,
pleurisy root, Jamestown or jimson
leaves, spiknard.
So bring along your produce and
your cash, and get goods at prices
below what you can at other houses
and other places. | viii always be
glad to see you.
Your friend and
fellow citizen.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

In an interview with a reporter o.
the Chattanooga Times, Col. A. X.
Mcclure, a sincere and valued friend
Of the South, editor of the model Of
journalistic sprightliness, the Philadel-
phia Times, spoke thus concerning
the antitrust and anti-force yiJtory:
"The overwhelming sentiment Of
the Democratic party, and of the
many Republican tarilfreiormers who
aided in the late revolution points to
Grover Cleveland as the foremost rep
resentative OF the sentiment that
made the most Weeping revolution
of our political history. Hill is not
seriously thought of for President by
anybody. He is simply used by the
yindictive personal opposition TO Mr..
Cleveland with hope Of weakening
him. 1t would be grotesque for any
political party to make Presidential
candidate out OF a mere saloon politi-
clan, and the probabilities are that
the country will nominate Grover
Cleveland without stopping to inquire
or to care whether the politicians Of
New York are for him or against him.
In that case the politicians would fall
in with the procession, simply because
thew would be compelled to fall in OF
out. The issue that succeeded in the
late election is not dependent on New
York for its success in the nation, and
the people won't care whether Gov
Hill or Tammany is with tn m o.
opposed to them"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
A Syndicate Said to Have Control
of Much Land.

Special to the Journal.
JOHNSON CITY, TENN, Nov. IA
syndicate composed of Lynn, Mass,
and Kansas City capitalists has secur-
ed by purchase one hundred and
seventy-fve thousand acres of land in
Madison end Yancy counties, North
Carolina, which they propose to de-
velop at once. The land is heavily
timbered and contains mammoth de.
posits of iron ore and some mica. The
company will be capitalized at one
million dollars and besides develop
ing ore mines an timber they will en-
courage cattle raising and tobacco
growing, build manufacturing town
and railroads connecting their lands
with lines already in operation. They
will build from Paint Rock or near
there, making connection with both
the Richmond and Danvllle and East
Tennessee systems. R. II. King, Of
Kansas City, is the leading spirit in
the movement.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
Mrs. D. C. Kelley Dead.

A Nashville exchange says: TIE
sad news was received in Nashville
this morning OF the death of Mrs.
Mary 0. Kelley, wife of Rev. D. G.
Kelley, which event occurred at L. e..
vile, in Wilson county, last night.
Mrs. Kelley had been i'll for several
days, but her family and friends did
rot at first apprehend SO sudden and
fatal result. The news will shock and
grieve the many friends Of Mrs. Kel-
ley and her devoted husband.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20
CASH PRICESAND NO TIME

Doe-skin Jeans, finest quality,
former price, zoe. now, soc,
Doe-skin Jeans, former price,
Goo. now, 45c.
Wooden Dress Goods, former
price, I5c, now, rec.
Wooden Dress Goods that were
22c. now 15c.
Dress Goods that were soc, for
20 cents.
Dress Goods that were SIC, for
20 cents.
Broadhead Dress Goods that were
SOC, for $50, and it is the best
goods for the money in America.
Broadhead Dress Goods which
we sold for 65c. we will sell for SAC.
Two pieces of black Henrietta
Cloth, very fine, at 90 and will
be sold for "a and 75c., and same
kind of cuts on all Wooden Dress
Goods.
A few pieces of side-stripe Mus
Inns that cost &C., which you car
have at SC. yard.
A few pieces Sateen which cos
roc Won con have FIR ~ cents
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

The School Commissioners ask that
all parties who propose to donate land
for school purposes to make their
propositions in writing at once, as the
sites for the new buildings must be
selected.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

In choosing Gen. Gordon Senator
he Georgia Legislature has done just
what we believed from the first and
all along it would do. We discount
ed" this action two months ago, be-
cause we did not believe that a Geor-
gia Legislature would go back on the
State. We could not credit the asser-
ton that Georgia's representatives
would throw over a tried, true, able
man to give some ambitious man a
trial That had not been Georgia's
way in the past we did not believe she
could be induced to adopt it now.
Gordon is not merely elected Senator
from Georgia, but to represent all that
is best fer the Southern thought and
Southern growth. Three cheers for
Georgia and three times three for her
gallant Senator.-Chattanooga Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

What has become of the night po-
liceman? Last night between and
9 o'clock on the platform just in front
of the pool room belligerents were
loud in their expressions OF profanity,
and fracas seemed imminent more
than once within three quarters Of an
hour.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

Also, l still have few pieces Of
Blantyre Ginghams, which we sold
at I5c. now offered at Ioc,
Dress Ginghams, O., 9, 10 and
IL cents.
White Dress Goods, former price,
I5c. now I2@c.
White Cross-barred Muslin re-
duced from 10 to Sc.
India Lawns reduced to 10, II
IS and I6c. former price, Il, IS, is
and zoe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

The Three C's railroad is completed
within five miles OF here. There is
considerable bridge and trestle work
to be done, so the road will not be
competed to this place before the 25th
OF this month. Free Lance.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-20

The Knoxville Journal has heard Of
some Of the good things in store for
Johnson City. The enterprise refer
red to below has been secured by the
Proctor Land Company and the
ground donated,
A we'll established rumor has it that
the Rochester Car Works, OF Reches-
ter, New York, is to move to johnson
City, Tenn.
A tract of land has been secured by
option and the company intends to
expend one hundred thousand dollars
in establishing its plant in the South
ern city.