The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-09-05
CONDENSED NEWS.
Natural gas has been discovered
near Bristol, Tenn.

near Bristol, Tenn.
Judge Emory Speer will be the ora
tor at the opening of the CottonStates
Exposition at Atlanta.
Ii Hung Chang is reported to nave
been appointed Impera iChancellor
by the Chinese Emperor
The representatives of Southern
freight lines have agreed to restore
grain rates after September 16.
The annual reunion OF the Burton
family, estimated to number $4,000 per
sons, was held last week near Mitchell,
Ind.
The time tor filling claims for sugar
bounty has bean extended Ky Secre-
tary Carlisle from September l to De-
tober l.
Another advance in the price OF
sheet iron has been made in England,
making an increase of nearly IS ton
since June.
An advance of ten cents an ounce
has been made in the price Of sterling
silver ware by twelve of the largest
manufacturers.
Thirty-ope window glass manuiact.
urers OF Indiana have formed com.
bination and established a selling
agency at Muncie.
Nevada is likely to lose several hun
dred square miles of its barren area
by resurvey of the boundary line be-
tween that State and California.
The rumor has been revived that
ex- Postmaster General Bissell hs been
rendered an appointment as Associate
Justice to succeed the late Justice
Jackson.
The first practical application of the
electricity generated byNiagara's water
power to industrial pursuits was made
last week in the operation of an alum
mum works.
E. W. Ayers, of Ducker's, Ky, has
sold his fast trotting fillY, Beuzetta,
for $4,000. She was bought through
a broker, and the name of her owner
has not been announced.
The report that Gen. Campos had
declared that it was impossible to sup
press the Cuban rebellion is denied by
Spanish authorities, who express conf
dence that peace will soon be restored
Further evidence of the supposed
murder of Howard Pitzel by Fl H
Holmes has been discovered at Indi.
annapolis, and it is said that an effor
will be made to bring Holmes there
for trial.
The Attorney General of Texas hal
given out another opinion on the Law
against pugilism, as bearing upon The
proposed Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight
He holds that the sheriff may use fire
arms if necessary to prevent the con
test.
At the present rate of revenue re
ceipts for August, it is Thought TIN
new tariff law will yield somethin,
like $lS0000,000 year, or an increas
of $50,000,000 as compared with th
t last year the Mckinley law was in OF
1 Grafton.
An attack will be made against tn
Cigarette Trust in New York by sui
to annul the certificate authorizing
to do business in that State. The sui
: will be pushed by the Attorney Ger
eral, who declares that he will driy
' the trust out of the State.
(. An order intended to protect foreig
4 consumers Of American meat, as we
n as the interests OF reputable packer
| has been issued by Secretary Morton
1t provides that all meat for expo
shall be inspected, and that horse mei
shall be SO marked as to indicate TIL
it is such.
The Grand Encampment of IL
; Knights Templsr at Boston electt
Mr.. W. Larue Thomas, OF Maysvill
: Ky, Grand Master, the highest pc,
ton in the order. Pittsburgh was s
Il lected as the place for the next e
t campment in October, 1898.
The commission of Gen. Matt
|. Ransom, as Minister to Mexico, b
! been issued under date Of August 9
This ia done in order to settle the tee
nical question raised as to the legal
: ofhis appointment few hours beio
the expiration of his term as Senat
last March.