The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-08-23

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Miller Bros.
DIR. Chas II Taylor is up iron
Memphis on visit,
The DR.. Bolton residence on Easr
Market street for rent Apply tC
Robt Bmrow,
E. S Wolfe has been dangerously
i'll for week or more at his home in
this city, but is reported better now
and will probably recover.
r. L. Bruner Of the New York
Racket Store, has returned from the
East, where he purchased an Immense
stock of goods for the fall trade.
The fact that the New York Racket
Store was receiving new goods was
very much in evidence yesterday.
The pavement in front Of the store
was piled many feet high with boxes
OF merchandise.
Tellico flour, &c.; Gold Dust flour
Soc; Belle OF Tennessee, 43c. Ivory,
49c, Watauga, 40c Granulated SUI
gar, &C.. light brown sugar, &c. /;
Virginia salt, Soc; bananas, Zoe, doz,
at W. l. Burgiss'.
A severe Etorm visited this vicinity
last Saturday. On several farms along
the Watauga River hail fell in large
quantities, cutting the corn blades into
shreds and damaging the fodder crop
to great extent.-Mountaiaeer.
But very few threshing machines
are travelling the Grounds" this year.
This TACT is due doubtless to the fail
ure of the wheat crop. In every part
OF the country the wheat yield is re-
ported very small.-MOuataineer.
w. F. Jones and wife let Tuesday
for Medicine Bow, Wyoming, where
they will reside in future, They are
an estimable couple, and Johnson
City regrets to lose them, but wishes
them material success in their new
home.
Collector Essary estimates that the
income tax will produce about $4,000
revenue in the thirty.six counties o.
East Tennessee. He says "Bristol is g
good town and will probably pay two
or three thousand dollars income tax
every year"-BristoI Courier.
Miss Hattie Cooper, one of Johnson
City's most intelligent and accom-
plished young ladies, leaves this even
ing for Washington city to visit rela
tives. Miss Hattie leaves many warn
friends who will long for her return
We wish her successful and pleasant
journey.
P, P. McGough, an expert baker O
Chattanooga, is doing the baking al
The City Bakery, and is giving salts
faction in every branch. 1t is DC
longer necessary to send out of the
city for palatable bread ,eskes, etc. blu
we'll be able to patronize home indus
Try and be happy.
John Pearce aud Taylor Cox felle(
, stalk of corn in thor patch in Cast
Hollow last Tuesday that measured
eventeen feet. The first shoot wa
20 high up that there is not a man il
town who can stand ON an ordinary
chair and hang his hat upon it. |
anyb dy can beat this they are enti
tied to hiing us II dozen good roaslin,
ears
There was n G.. A r. reunion at Rec
Bank, near Erwin, Tenn last week
| A go1dly number Of the boys wore .,
hands and loaded with tories of wa
days, which they proceeded u pour 81
The ears OF the multitude Maj. Can't
we'll WAS there in his Isu' Il happ,
mood, but has neglected to give u
tnv note from witch to write up tn
meeting, hence this short notice.
The info nation has cached us tina
there is prospect o. school beln
opened in the Science Hill Institute
under the care Of Prof. j. S Wilson
We shall DE very glad tj have this We
flied and zee such echool as Pro
Wilson would conduct in operation i
our city. The professor IS II scholar {
exceptional ability and has had yeal
of experience as principal Of hig
class schools, and our people shoul
urge the trustees of Science Hill
secure, if possible, this school to US.
would be school for the preparatio
of pupils to en- er college, or to do ba
tie in the business world direct irol
its doors, and would be valuable in OF
community We should have such a
one and The COMET trusts we vi
have this.
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