The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-06
CalsOmlne!
Calsomine your rooms and make
them beautiful O. L, Lide & Co.

CalsOmlne!
Calsomlne your rooms and make
them beautiful @. L. Lide & Co.
For the best results, get the 0rien-
tai powder for sale only at Rhea See
horn and Co.
Last Saturday night was one of G.
X. Lide's iayorites
James A. Maher made business
trip to Chattanooga last Saturday and
returned Sunday night.
Prof, John r. Proctor, State Geolo,
gist Of Kentucky, was in the city sew
eral days this week
Miss Josie Edmond's, one of Vir-
ginia's farest daughters, is visiting
Mrs ], B. Cox on Willard street.
j. A, Martin sold three of his Unaka
lots to-day to j. M. Carr, on which he
will build $4,000 residence at once.
Elk Park is fixing to geton boom.
A furnace and new railroad are talk
ed about. Bristol had better look to
her laurels
Cards are out for the marriage of
Miss Mallie Toncray and Mr.. ]. y.
Schoolbred at Elizabethton, on the
18th inst.
Mr. Talram, of Toronto, Canada, has
arrived in the city and accepted a pc
sitlon as draughting engineer in the
Three C's office.
j. A. Martin now offers to sell ten
fine (east fronting) lots on Unaka
avenue cheap ap&on good terms to
parties wanting to build good houses.
Since the Watauga Valley railroad
company has found better route it
will be n long time before the horse
shoe bend will have railroad through
/ it.
Master Mechanic Maher has arrived
in johnson City and has his office in
the Three C's Building. He is here
to superintend the construction Of the
shops.
The Wetauga Tribe OF the iudepen.
dent Order OF Red Men is to be organ
lied in Johnson City on the goth inst.
There are twenty-fouF charter mem
hers.
D. N Noodle, of Toronto, Canada
who has been in the city short time,
left Monday for Union S G to accept
position as resident engineer on the
j Augusta Division OF the Three C's
We have not space this week to list
transfers as they have been too nu-
merous. The sales yesterday amounted
to over $4,000, The city is full Of
capitalists and they are all buying.
Miss Sue Rees, of Chattanooga, who
has been spending the winter with
the Misses Wilder, returned to heI
home yesterday. Miss Rees made
many friends here who regret to see
her leave.
Major A. Cantwell left Tuesday fol
Illinois in the interest of Johnson
City. He goes to put new song in
the mouths of the people and viii
bring a large party OF capitalists back
with him.
The new real estate firm of Singiser
Scott & Chandler has card in thi,
issue. The Office is in the Piedmont
House block and to say that the gen
tlemen composing the firm are hust
lers would be putting it mild.
We acknowledge the receipt OF {
package OF garden seed sent by w. P
Brownlow AS great deal of seeC
has been sent over this district by Mr.
Brownlow and Mr.. Taylor, planters
want 10 be careful in planting for il
will not mix and grow well.
Advertisers are crowding us this
week and we have been forced to leave
out several columns OF reading matter
They know a good thing when they
see it. To meet the increased demand
for space the COMET will be enlarged
in a few weeks, as soon as necessary
arrangements can be made.
The announcement of j. A. T. Ba
con for Trustee of Washington county
appears in this issue Mr.. Bacon is
life long Republican and seeks The
Office on his merits but is willing tC
abide by the decision Of the Republi
can convention. He will be as easy
as any Republican to beat at the poll
and it is matter Of small concern t
the Democrats.
Died, at his fathers residence in johnson
City, at o'clock a, m, Saturday March l. 1896
: Arthur, youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs James D
Crowell, aged one year, II months and days.
He was a bright and beautiful boy, the de
light of his fathers heart the JOY Of his mother
and the pride OF his brothers and sisters The
: mourn not as those who have no hope, for Jesu
took him into His arms to bless him He la
been transplanted from his happy home o.
earth to bloom forever in the Paradise of Cos
ut is well with the child" C.
Births.