The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28
THE COMET.
Personal MENTION
And Local News Of the Town Ind vi.
cInity Briefly Told.

Jackson's for low prices.
Jackson's for fresh goods.
Jackson leads in his line.
Jackson's for Western beef.
Jackson's for the best goods,
Whitlow's for tobacco and cigars.
Choice candies at Whitlow & Co.'S.
Jackson's Tor best brands of flour.
Oranges and bananas at Whitlow's.
Whit'ow buys with cash and sells
for cash.
James A. Maher was down from
Roam Mountain Monday.
j. Il. Brading is able to be out after
an illness OF several weeks.
T. ]. Phillips, Of St Clair, Tenn, is
visiting relatives in the city.
Gold Dust -four is the best fancy
patent sold here. 1t issO guaranteed.
Miss Annie Miller, who has been
very sick for the last week or SO, is i'm
proving.
D. Lyons. ]. D. Fipps and Clinton
Desler, of Telford, were in the city on
business Tuesday.
Miss Mamie Martin is at home for
1 few days from Martha Washington
College at Abingdon.
W, E. Brown and wife, the Divers,
lett last week for Bluefeld, w, Va,
where they will reside in future.
Harry Gump, of the firm of Gump
Bros, is in the Eastern market pur.
chasing spring clothing and furnish.
ings.
]. W. Ball, q Market street grocer,
filed decd of trust last week for the
benefit OF his creditors. G. P. Crouch
was made trustee, and has taken
charge,
Capt. w. P. Miller met with very
plinful accident this morning while
removing rock from the track in the
gorge. The rock rolled on his foot
MASKING 1T very badly-Eli:abethton
MoHntdineer.
Col. T. H. Reeves and family have
finally settled question they have
bud under consideration for a year OF
mora, and will about May l, 1895, be-
. come residents of Washington, D. G
Herald and Tribune.
Sam P. Bolton, a former citizen o.
old Sullivan and now residing in
Johnson City, spent Tuesday anC
Tuesday night in our city. Sam is
prince of good fellows and we arr
always glad to see him.-Bristol News
John Earnest, the colored boy whC
carried the mail from the postoffice t,
the train. has been missing since Fri
day. He was employed by Depo
Agent Keeper and it is presumed b,
has gone to his home at Limestone
Tenn, tired OF work.
Mr.. and Mrs. J b. Mcmillan hav
returned from Columbia, S. C ,havin,
left there because the climate did no
agree with them Mrs. Mcmillan i
the guest OF her parents, Mai. an
Mrs Sheen. Mr.. Mcmillan stopped n
Johnson City to spend a few days. =
:. Bristol Courier.
D Mr.. and Mrs r. l.. Bruner, of tn
v New York Racket Store, left for Ney
York city today. Mr.. Bruner tells u
e We will buy while there one of III,
9 incest and best stocks of goods the
4 have ever shown here. 1t is needles
i to say that prices will be low, for thi
!, is never questioned at the Racke
), Store.
Maj. ]. III. Aiken, Representative
IS from Williamson county, was in Johr
son City few days last week, tn
= guest of his stepdaughter, Mrs. W. VI
II Faw, on Watauga avenue. Maj. Alike
e says he left e. Dudley Duncan busil
engaged upon his forthcoming move
liS but he stopped writing long enoug
IL to send his regards to his friends her
A very pleasing sight upon OF
streets two or three times during eac
week is wagon load of chickens an
their fruit, along with other market
H. BILE stuff, such as cabbage, potatoe
onions, &c, the dealer in and seller
m which is Coon ad Dove. whose pos
\ flee is Doves Mill He is a ia
4 deeler and will give you living pric
y and down weight.
= A medical board of examining su
geoas has been appointed for tn
& county, with headquarters at Ellz
4 hethton, The board is composed
Drs. A, j. Campbell and ID. ]. Smit
A M Elizabethton, and s. B. Woods,
4 Roam Mountain. The board will ha
J an Office in the Hunter building, a,
will be ready for work in about /,
a Disqualification MOuntaineer.
Z Law court has adjourned. The on
4 case OF importance tried was the La
~ case va. the K. T., V. e G. r. r, ST.
= was brought for $4,000 damages
the killing of young Lacy by the rs
road company. The jury found for t
plaintiff, but fixed damages at 81 81
8 Plaintiff asked for new trial, b
motion was overrued. The case W
probably so to the supreme court.
DIR. Nat E. Hyder says that the O
TIT Fellows OF Gap Run "stil meet in I
y house not made with hands, eter,
in the earth" He says they en
:, peculiar privileges in the great h
ES, fitted up by nature, as they are ne
taxed to buy shingles to cover it or
make any kind Of repairs to the fla