The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09

the dust; that is, it isn't trying to
boom real estate.
Those who have had delegates as
signed them, should be at the train or
rooms Friday at noon.
We had some two or three inches of
the BEAUTIFUL snow Monday, but thu
sun soon made it take water.
Mr.. Wynne, superintendent of the
Water Works has arrived aud work
ON the system will begin at once.
The late freeze has seriously damag.
ed the peach crop, and has played
unmerciful havoc among the spring
poets.
Knoxville and Memphis failed, it
seems, to grasp Bill Nye, but Chicago
will give him the grip if he tarries
there long.
Even the cables Of the street rail.
ways in Chicago have been very much
worn and broken this winter by re
p lated attacks Of the grip.
E. q. Mathes, of Washington Col
lege, came to the city Sunday and
stayed until Monday. He was the
guest OF his sons, William G. and Jno.
A. Mathes.
The County Court elected the fol-
lowing Equalization Board for Wash.
ington county at Jonesboro Monday ::
j. M. Erwin, ]. A. Worley, Mat Camp.
bell and Maj. Deakins.
The furnaces Of Pulaski, Va, have
placed their Of er with the railroad
company to furnish them with five
cars da ly, to be loaded with Gran
be ry ore for their consumption.
DR.. Spence, OF Athens, preached two
sermons in johnson City Sunday. His
morning sermon was in the Carnegie
Mission Hall, and in the evening he
filled the pulpit OF Rev. Baldwin at
the NJ. E. Church.
The newspapers give an account OF
farmer blowing up pot containing
some So 600 in coins, near Union
Tenn, and yet nobody wants to be a
farmer. These things never happen
in ones own community.
The passenger elevator for the Ho
tel-Carlisle has arrived, together with
other material for furnishing and fin
, ishing that elegant structure. Hotel
Carlisle is not the largest, but is Ger
tainly one 70 the handssmest hotels il
Johnson City II won't be long until i
will be ready for guests.
The railr 'ad proposition before the
citizens of the county Jared badly a
. their hands at Jonesboro, Monday
1t was hopelessly defeated. Judg,
e Smith said it would not be worth (
cent to the county. The pr position
was to extend the Morristown ant
Cumberland railroad from Morristowr
to Erwin via Embreeville. lt
On last Saturday afternoon, at 5 80
d. a murder wac committed in Bristo
and the Courier, with its characteristic
enterprise, issued an extra giving full
details on Monday morning. 1t i
presumed that a sense of delicac,
would not permit the paper to speal
of a murder in its regular issue OF
Sunday morning.
]. E. Harris cigar factory was pu
into full blast Monday by good fore
Of hands. Mr.. Harr is hustler of n
- mean financial ability and will us
every effort not only to supply the cit,
trade, but to place his fine goods d
other markets. He employs none bu
expert makers ami uses nothing bu
: first-clasS goods.
Mr. Stevens, Of the Watauga Ligh
ing & Power Co, says that a couple {
gentlemen, from Chattanooga, wer
looking around the electric station
yesterday, and said it was the fines
plant that they lad ever seen. Let
see, haven't they all electric light an
power plant at Chattanooga?
Men coming from all parts Of tn
United States say the same thin
about eur plant.
1t will be dangerous for a man
fool about In the suburbs now; Johl
son City has organized a gun cluI
The manufactures OF glass balls al
clay pigeos will not profit niue
by this organization, but the phys
clans, coroner and the undertaken
will feel an increase in their resppc
i've lines of business. Officers. d
Cox, President; E S. Wolfe, Vic
President; P. II. Wofford, secretal
and Treasurer II. L. Williams. Cal
tain.
A tramp came near burning 60
rs cars standing on the sidetracks
this place Sunday night, or ear
Monday morning rather, by building
fire OF plastering laths in one OF then
Mr.. Keeper, the yard master, sa,
that the fire was built in the centre
an empty car, and when he found it
good sized hole had been burnt
through the bottom Of it. It was ST
blazing away when found and won
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