davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-27
MoNoN ROUTE
Louisville. New Albany & Chicago Railway.
SHORT LINE TO
CEICAGCa THE WEST
SA1ASAONS AND NORTHWEST

Pullman vestibule Train Service.
Trains daily at 100 a m. s:s5 D. m. and 1855
a. H.
Arrive Chicago 1900 noon. $50 D. m. and 7:so
q. m.
Leave Chicago daily 2:45 a. m. l:5o a. m. and
k.5s D. m
$50 Q. m.
Chicago Sleeper at west end Union Station.
reacy at $50.
Detailed information at Union Station and No.
w. Wash. st. GEO. W. HAYLER. ID. p. A.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
Death of a U,,ol Woman.

Mrs. Eva Dosser, of Jonesboro,
widow of the late James S. Dosser,
died at Unaka Springs last Saturday
afternoon. Her remains were brought
here Sunday taken on the vestibule to
Jonesboro where, on Monday morning,
they were deposited beside the grave of
her husband, who, several years ago,
prdceded her on the journey to the
mysterious beyond. Mrs. Dosser had
been in feeble health for some time,
and, while her death was q great shock
to all who knew her, it was not wholly
unexpected. There is to those who
mourn her death the sweet consolation,
born only of the knowledge of her
pure, christian character, that hel
passing away is but the irrevocablt
summons TO higher, holier life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
New Arrivals.

DR., M. G. Harrell and family have
arrived in Johnson City from Rogers
vile and will make their future home
here. Dr. Harrell has a large stock of
drugs and has opened up for business
on the west side of Main street, next to
S. B. Whites stove and tinware store.
He also has very costly fountain and
will dispense all the choicest summer
drinks. Dr. Harrell is an experienced
druggists and a clever gentleman, and
we welcome him and his family to our
CITY.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09

Heavy damaging rains fell i'll por-
lions of the eastern and middle sections
but in the western section more rain is
needed to develop growing crops. The
week closed with warm, showery
weather generally. The principal crops
cotton, corn and tobacco as q
rule, in good condition of growth.
Tobacco continues to french in some
sections where much rain has fallen.
Cotton, in the western section, is in ex-
cellent condition, fruiting well and two
weeks earlier than usual. Early corn
is almost assured. Wheat thrashing is
nearly completed and the crop is gener-
ally short of expectations the un-
thrashed portion is being damaged by
rains. Oats are short. Irish potatoes
are only fair, while sweet potatoes
promise we'll. Blackberries are abund-
ant. Orchard fruits are inferior.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
A Fatal Accident.

One of the most terrible accidents
that has happened for a long time in
this county occurred last Wednesday.
While Samuel Cochran was riding a
young horse along the public road
about seven miles from town the horse
became frightened and ran away, throw
ing the rider from the saddle but his
foot caught in the stirrup and he was
dragged several hundred yards over a
rough road before the horse could be
stopped, when the dead body, terribly
mangled, was taken loose Mr.. Coch-
ran was quite an old man. He had no
family except one daughter who is mar
ried He was brother of Frank, Jake,
Dan and John Cochran, all of whom
live in this county and are good, sub
stantial citizens. Herald and Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
Good Health

And good appetite go hand in hand. With the
loss of appetite, the system can not long sus-
tain itself Thus the fortifcations of good health
are broken down and the system is liable to at
tacks of disease. 1t is in such cases that the
medicinal powers of Hoods Sarsaparilla are
clearly shown. Thousands who have taken
Hoods Sarsaparilla testify to its great merits
as purifier of the blood, its powers to restore
and sharpen the appetite and promote a
healthy action of the digestive organs. Thus
1t is not what we say but what Hoods Sarsa-
parilla does that tells the story and constitutes
the strongest recommendation that can be
urged for any medicine. Why not take Hoods
SarSaparilla now?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
The Comet johnson City, Tennessee Thursday July 1896

1t is with sorrow we chronicle the
continued illness of JAS. Il. Hale, Esq
He is extremely weak, and scarcely
able to hold conversations with any
one. 1t is comfort to his many friends
to know he is resigned and entirely
conscious of his condition. While all
hope for his recovery, it is feared there
is but small chance for a realization
of the hope. Herald and Tribune.
The game of ball, which was to have
been played by the Johnson City and
Erwin teams at the lake Saturday, the
4th, was a complete failure. The Err
win boys, became offended at the rul-
ings of the umpire, walked off the field
in the third inning, with a score of two
to three in favor of the latter team.
Quite crowd was in the city, and
there being nothing else to see the
street cars We're literally patronized
during the day.
Last Wednesday, while harvesting
oats near CAREERS Mill, Samuel Jarvis,
n young man of about twenty five
years, was seen to fall by man who
was working with him, and in O few
moments died. 1t was at first supposed
to be from heat, but as the deceased
was said to have some heart trouble it
is thought that might have caused his
death. He was said to be an excellent
young man, of good habits and highly
respected. Herald and Tribune.
Saving money, like all other things,
to be done successfully, must be done
Systematically Save part Of your in
come each month and you are content
ed. Spend it all and you are constant
ly worried. To persons not in the hab-
it of saving money, the total payments
as well as the profits in a Building and
Loan Association are all profit. Com
mence to save this month by taking out
stock in the Magnetic Building and
Loan Association. Two cents a day
carries 800 share. Write or see Tate
l.. Earnest, Secretary, or w. G..
Mathes, General Manager, johnson
City, Tennessee,
Miss Dora Cargille entertained hand
somely last Tuesday evening, compli-
mentarY to Miss Laird, of Atlanta, Ga,
and Miss Burnette, of Delrio, Tenn !,
who have been her guests for the past
week. Those honored with an invita-
ton were Misses Ada Dinwiddie, of
Fayetteville, Tenn; Mae and Eunice
Fuqua, Annie Miller, Anna Gentry,
Matte Henderson, Florence Harris,
Sarah Chandler, Nettie Shortidge, Alice
Carr, Lola King, Lola Brown, Pearl
lobe; Mrs. Hughes; Messrs. j. r.
Herndon, F. W. Barnett, Geo. Wof-
ford, S, s. Crumley, Louis Gump, F.
D. Love, j. T. Crumley, Louis Fuqua,
Chas. and Walter Cargille.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
A Physician

Seldom recommends proprietary medicine. A
great many use our Household remedies both
in their families and in their practice. Dr. N
L. Reynolds, of Eureka, ILL.,, write us that he
has had occasion to use DR.. Hale's Household
Ointment in several cases of burns, and thinks
it has few equals. He writes he has also used
the Dr. Hale's Household Tea in his own family
and finds ii so good that he can not afford to do
without 1t. 1t is the great blood purifier and
nerve. tonic, Positively cures dyspepsia, con-
stipation, biliousness, etc 25c and SOC per pack
age at any drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
MONDAY, AUG. 10th, 1896,

beginning 10 and continuing from day day until sod the sew
era parcels opoperty the 9th Civil District of Washington County,
Tennessee, described below.
Said property will be sold the highest bidder for cash. subject
the right of redemption by any Judgment creditor of owner
within two from day of SALE by payment of all taxes and
penalties
No bid will be accepted unless shall all taxes and costs
for the year 1895 on the property bid for
THAD. A. COX,
This July 9h 1896. Back Tax Attorney
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09

A young boy named John Campbell
was drowned in Shell Greek, between
Shell Greek station and Roam Mountain,
last Friday. He went in swimming
with two other boys, and while out in
deep water he took the cramp and soon
went down to rise no more. His two
companions were so frightened by the
drowning cries of Campbell that they
ran off and left him to his fate. Noun
taineer
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
Casarrh Cured.

No remedy is as effectual in eradicating and
curing catarrh as Botanic Blood Balm, (B, B.
b. 1t purihes and enriches the blood, elimi-
mates microbes, bacteria, ETC., and builds up
the system from the first dose. Thousands Of
cases of catarrh have been cured by its magic
power. For all blood and skin diseases, 1t has
no eqaul. Buy the old reliable and long tested
remedy, and don't throw your money away on
substitutes, palmed off as Just as good" Buy
the old reliable Botanic Blood Balm. Price ~
per large bottle. See advertisement in this
paper.
For sale by druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America, Milwaukee. Wis.,,
July 1918, 1896.
REDUCED RATES VIA SOUTHERN RAIL
WAY.

For the occasion of the meeting of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union Of America, which will
be held at Milwaukee, Wis, July 1918 1895, the
Southern Railway will sell tickets to Milwaukee
and return at rate of one limited first class
fare for the round trip Tickets will be sold
July 49, Ia and 15 with final limit returning
July 25th 1896, except bp deposit of tickets with
Joint agent at Milw au1ee, on or kefore July
GOTH 1896, the limit may be extended up to and
including August 5th. 1896
Call on any Southern Railway agent for
further information, 627-2t.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09

FREE-64-page medical reference
book to any person afflicted with any
special, chronic or delicate disease
peculiar to their sex. Address the
leading physicians and surgeons of the
United States, DR.. Hathaway & Co.,
22a South Broad Street, Atlanta,
Ga. 623-1v.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
A Jolly House. Party.

By far the most enjoyable occasion of
the season, for those who participated,
was the house-party given by Mr.. and
Mrs. f. A. Stratton, at their charming
country home "Spring Lake Manor"
at Allentown. The invitation extend
ed from Wednesday until Saturday, and
the party consisted of about thirty as
congenial and jolly as are likely to
come together but once in life time.
All who are acquainted with Mr.. and
Mrs. Stratton in the capacity of host
and hostess, can appreciate to just what
extent the party enjoyed themselves.
Mrs. Stratton reports nothing missing
save leg O. mutton which disappeared
about the same time as the party. 1t
has since been located on Watauga
avenue
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
TIE * COMET.
Local News Notes.

GSSCti lNC Wv = lNOGCSs
JAS. D. Mason is in the city.
Or. Miles Pain Pills cure Neuralgia.
r. $. Boyd spent Sunday in Lime
stone.
Band concert at the Lake Thursday
night.
The best green coffee in the city at
Jackson's.
The Fourth passed off here without
any fights.
Chase q Sanborn's Golden Rio coffee
at JacksOn's
Band concert at Lake Watausee
Thursday night.
J. H. Simerly, of Allentown, was in
town Wednesday.
N. L. Wilhelm, of the Cincinnati
Post, is in the city,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Simpson spent
Monday in Bristol.
Chase q Sanborns Mocha and J lava
coffee at Jackson's.
W. b. Biddle, of Chattanooga was
in the city Monday.
Miss Iona Houts, of Princeton, was
in the city Tuesday
w. f. Ragsdale, of Roam Mountain,
was in town Monday
Miss Mamie Martin was visitor to
Bristol last Saturday.
Miss Eliza Wood is visiting friends
and relatives in Bristol.
W. w. kirkpatrick returned Tuesday
from thirty days tour.
T. L. Hurst has returned from a
business trip to Chattanooga.
Misses Minnie and Ethel Baugh were
visiting in the city this week
1t started in Tuesday afternoon and
rained necessarily for 36 hours.
Prof. W. A. Wright, of Athens, is
visiting homefolks in this vicinity.
Miss Mae Jones, of Roanoke, Va, is
the guest of Miss Matte Henderson.
M. jackson left for Chicago Monday
to help nominate Boies for president.
All druggists guarantee Or. Mics PAN
PILLS TO stop Headache, "Onc cent dose"
We had no celebration on the Fourth
but we had good crowd, just the same
Always in season, Hopkins Hominy
(Hulled CORN. Elegant lunch in milk
Isaac Harr and w. w. Faw went
down to Jonesboro Monday on bust
ness.
Chase and Sanborn's coffee is tn,
best on the market. Try it. At Jack
sons.
W. E. Dyer and wife, of Chattanoo
ga, are visiting their sister, Mrs. r. G
Hunter.
0. b. Baird former citizen of thi
place, but now of Blueheld, w. Va.
was here Monday.
Miss Lola Brown went to Bristol las
Saturday to attend the glorious Fourtl
of July celebration.
The illegal" editor, Thad A. Cox, ha
his say again this week in regard to de
linquent taxpayers.
Don't buy coffee until you try Chas
& Sanborn's coffee. 1t can be lad n
place but Jackson's,
Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, of Sweetwatel
are visiting their daughter, Mrs. r. {
Hunter, on Main street
w. G. Snapp and Geo. L. Naff hav
returned from Richmond, where the
attended the confederate reunion.
Frank Love, brilliant and promis
ing young lawyer of Johnson City, wa
in town yesterday, -Mountaineer
For RENT House on Watauga av
enue, near Roam street. All moder
improvements, Apply to GUMP Bros
Miss Mae Kidwell, of Cross Ancho-
Greene county, is visiting her aun
Mrs. w. G.. Snapp, on Walnut stree
Miss Sallie Chandler, who has bee
teaching in the public schools at We
Superior, Wis, returned home Satu
day.
Miss Mary Jackson Haynes,
Dechard, Tenn, is visiting the fami
of DR.. Walter Miller ON Wataus
avenue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09

Sutherland'S Eagle Eye Salve is new and
original in style of package and medical quail
ties. 1t is not only cure for all kinds of sore
eyes, but is guaranteed to give satisfaction as
an ointment for all sores, piles, etc
For sale by Mcfarland & Co.. druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
WATAUGA WATER COMPANY.
Speeial Notice.
This June "a, 1896.

All consumers are requested to see
that water rent for the current quarter
is paid at the Office or by mail on or be-
fore the 10Th inst, as per rules of this
company. 9. w. BATTLE, Sec'y.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09

Some time since was engaged in handling
lime and it injured my eyes. 1 was induced by
our druggist here Mr.. j. E. Allen, to try your
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve, and will say it
cured me in a very short time; and our little
girl was suffering with sore eyes, and we used it
on her eyes and it cured her. We consider it
the best eye salve on earth.
Yours truly, d. MCCoMAs,
Proprietor huntsville, KY, Hotel.
For sale by Mcfarland & Co., druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09

The eagle, the king of all birds, is noted for
its keen sight, clear and distinct vision. So are
those persons who use Sutherland's Eagle Eye
Salve for weak eyes, styes, sore eyes of any
kind or graduated lids
For sale by Mcfarland & Co.. druggists
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09
BACK TAX
Sales

the authority vested Back Tax Attorney of Washing
ton County, State of Tennessee by chapter 2O of the Acts
- the General Assembly of Tennessee for the year of 1895 and
pursuant to an advertisement of denquents made June 4 1885, will
offer for SALE public Outry the door of the Court House. John
son City, Tennessee, on
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09

The registration books for the ensu-
ing district and county election will be
open 9th, 10th and 18th of July 1896,
for the purpose of registering those who
neglected to register, and those who
haYe changed their residence.
W. J. MATHEWS,
G, H, BERRY,
THAD A. Cox,
Commissioners.
This June "a, 1896. 626-3t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-09

or sale by druggists.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-29
FOOTBALL EVOLUTION.

The game of football, which has be-
come the intercollegiate game par ex-
cellence, appears to have developed
into a fine athletic sport that is grad
ually losing the Objectionable features
which at first caused an cutlery against
it. It's conquest of the athletic field
has been speedy and certain. On its
first Introduction it played a poor Sec
ond to base ball, and the enthusiasm
of those who engaged in it was not
understood or shared by the public.
Within the last twenty years it has
spread from two or three Of the great
universities of the country all over the
land, until there is not a college or
even a preparatory or high school of
any size which does not boast it's
trained eleven and try conclusions ev-
cry fall with all corners. Less than
three years ago there was a general
outburst of denunciation Of the game,
and in a large number of institutions
the students were prohibited from en-
gaging in it on account of its rough
ness ana the many ana severe injuries
sustained by the players.
1t would appear, from the reports of
this season, that this Objectionable
feature. while not entirely eliminated,
has been greatly modified. There are
no such lists Of casualties supplement-
ing the accounts of the meetings on
gridirons in 1896 as were appended to
those of previous years. Something
has been done by changes i'll the rules
to lessen the danger to life and limb
Something has been done by the play
ers themselves, who have begun to
learn that not only the popularity Of
the game. but its scientific interest re-
quire a more, careful guarding against
its degeneration into mere smuggling
match. Most has been accomplished
by strong public opinion. which
threatened the extinction of the game
altogether if it fcould not be played
without turning the field into
slaughter house, Wherever the credit
lies. the facb is sthat it is only from
the minor contests, where the players
are less experienced, as well as less
expert, and have neither their limbs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-29
OUR FAVORED CLINE,

The people of st. Paul who waded
through the water for two days of the
week and have had to muff1e their ears
during the last two have no occasion
to grumble over the Vagaries of our
climate. When we contrast the pre-
vailing weather throughout Minnesota
with the furious storms that have de-
scended upon all other parts Of the
West, wrought incalculable damage,
blockaded trains and broken the record
Of the last fifteen years, we will see
that the major part of this state has
again experienced the singular good
fortune, which is now sufficiently uni
form to constitute law, that generally
geological disturbances. 1t happens in
about nine cases out of ten that when
severe storms or waves of intense
heat or cold sweep over the Northwest.
they appear to divide on the western
boundary of the state and then pass
north and south, leaving the great
body Of Minnesota exempt.
The news reports give us a descrip-
ton Of almost uneXampled severe
weather conditions from the Pacific
coast as far east as Chicago and as far
south as Kentucky. In the Pacific
states there have been tremendous
floods, working great damage to prop
erty and interrupting all railway COM
munication. Beginning with the Rocky
mountains, this storm became an i'm
mense snowfall. which has covered the
country from the central range to the
Red river valley with from two to ten
feet Of snow. Along the southern Dor
der Of the storm belt, in Kansas and
Nebraska, there was sleet and rain,
freezing as it fell, breaking down tele-
graph lines and running fruit and
other trees. On the Great Lakes fu-
rious gales ragged, and over the entire
storm area passed a succeeding cold
wave, which will make it's usual way to
the Atlantic.
During the whole of this November
storm Of such unwonted ferocity, Min
nesota has known nothing more un-
comfortable than a rain fall which
was unusually heavy for the month of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-29
THE NEWEST NEWSPAPER.

The latest journalistic venture de-
serves a passing word of comment for
it's novelty and attractiveness. 1t is
little eight-page daily paper some
seven by eight inches in size devoted
to the interests of literature, art and
the drama, but especially of literature
1t has been christened 'The Daily
Tattler," and is published in New York
by Stone & Kimball.. Each issue con-
tains review of some new book hot
from the press; a few editorial snap
shots at the passing events in the lit
erary world. little current gossip, a
good bit Of verse and usually an arti-
Gle on some new thing in the world of
art or the drama. It is an attractive
little newspaper, and there ought to be
enough people in New York alone who
are sufficiently interested in getting
their news Of this kind daily to make
the small sheet profitable. It is well
edited, and the contributed articles are
by various people who know about the
things of which they write. There is
but one flaw in its. attitude and make
up thus far, and that is the extraordf-
nary luminosity displayed by some writ
er unknown against the poets whose
verses appear at odd times in the Cen
tury. This anonymous individual. who
doubtless has suffered rejection at the
hands Of Mr.. Glider, revenges himself
in scurrilous little squibs in verse.
which have not even cleverness to ex-
cuse their vacuous vulgarity. The Tat
tier is too promising a journal to be de-
faced by anything so revolving to per-
sons of good taste as these verses have
been. One Of the most offensive was
directed against Mr.. Thomas Bailey AL
drich, who is, by the way, a poet if
America has ever produced one. It is
perfectly possible to appreciate the
capabilities of Mr.. Stephen Crane and
Mr.. Richard Hovey without under
standing those Of the maker Of the
most exquisite lyrics the century has
known. We trust the publishers Of
the Tattler will call halt to this most
Objectionable feature of their other
wise attractive novelty in newspapers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-29
BAD FOR BOTH.

Corporations do funny things oft
times, one of which is to experiment
with inferior appliances for serving
the public when that public is perfectly
we'll satisfied with things as they are.
This applies particularly to the new
cars, one or two of which are now be-
ing run experimentally on the inter
urban line. If the management had
set itself to devise that particular form
of conveyance which should be least
convenient to the public and least prof
liable to itself, it would, it seems to
us, have planned just such vehicle.
Why any change at all should be made
in the interurban cars, that have been
running for years past, we cannot I'M
derstand. The new car is much mar
rover than the old, is about the same
length and has seats running Longitude
nally, as they do in the smaller cars
operated on the other lines of the street
railway system. This is Objectionable
from every point of view For the
ride between the two cities, consum-
ing nearly an hour, the traveller needs
a comfortable seat In nearly half the
cases, he also wants to sit so that he
can read comfortably book or news
paper. These conditions are frustrat-
ed by the use Of the single long seat.
in which elbows are pinned down by
your neighbours and change Of posi-
ton to rest the muscles in the long
journey is inconvenient or impossible.
Much worse than this is the matter
Of entering and leaving such a car.
The interurbans, except for a few
hours of the day, are always crowded.
Even when the aisle is not filed with
people standing, there are few vacant
seats. To enter or leave this new car
means to stumble over forty or fifty
pairs Of human feet that fill the aisle. tn
tramp On corns, spoil dresses, bang
UP against the knees of other passen
gers and make them and yourself thor
oughiy uncomfortable and irritated.