The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-18


Miss Laluna Ross, of Newmansville,
Greene county, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. G. Il. Campbell, this week.
Frank Sewer, of Knoxville, was here
this week trying to organize local
lodge Of the order of Golden Chain.
Cy H. Lyle, left Monday to attend
the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the
Royal Arcanum in Nashville this week.
Louis ID. Gump has returned from
the east, He bought large stock of
spring and summer clothing for the
firm while away and it is arriving on
every train,
Mrs. Emma Scott, of Huntsville,
Ala, after an absence of about five
years, arrived in the city Tuesday on a
visit to her brother. ], r. @, Lewis.
Mr.. John Bayless is finishing up his
new house on Fulton street, and when
completed will add considerable to that
portion of the town.
The ladies of the Watauga avenue
Presbyterian church gave a social last
Friday night for the purpose of getting
the congregation better acquainted with
the pastor, Rev. Lander.
There will be social skate at the
Crandall hall tonight. About eight
couples of Jonesboro's young folks will
join that many of our young people,
and delightful roll is expected.
Mr.. @. e. Jeffreys and Miss M. L.
Pussell were married yesterday after
noon at 6 o'clock at the residence of
Rev. Wales by Rev. John r. Herndon.
The couple are Sunday School Mission
aries and have been working here for
some months,
The Washington County Sunday
School Convention will meet in this
city on the 18th and 14th of April. All
the Sunday Schools of the county are
expected to send representatives. The
full program will be made out soon and
will appear in the paper y
A public meeting of the Washington
County Historical Society, at which
the ladies are especially invited to be
present, will be held tomorrow (Fri-
day. evening, at o'clock, in the opera
house. Everybody welcome.
J. B. Whitlow moved his stock of
goods into the old Leach stand at the
corner Of Buffalo and Main streets
Monday, and is doing a good business.
John is hustler and can't be kept
down.
Joe Turney passed through the city
Monday with three prisoners from up
the Narrow Gauge. One of them was
woman sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary for breaking into the store
of ID. n. Reese at Watauga.
r. i. Bruner and two of his clerks,
DeArmond and Miller, went down to
Alton Monday to open up a stock of
goods in the branch store of the racket.
Mr.. Miller will have charge of the en-
terprise.
We ragret to announce the serious
illness of Mrs. Caroline Grumley. She
was stricken with paralysis of the left
side last Friday. She is improving
and her friends hope she will soon re-
cover.
J. F. Crumley, our former towns
man, who conducted the cloak depart
meut for A. P. Lahr, Knoxville, has
accepted a position with the Knoxville
Journal. He will be the travelling cir
culation man and ought to make good
one.
Elihu Grant, father of j. l.. Grant
and at one time citizen of this place,
died id New Bedford, Mass, last Sat
urday. He was connected with his son
in the furniture business here and was
the book keeper of the firm. He was
rs years old.
The Narrow Gauge train did not ar
rive Tuesday ut all on account of
slide in the gorge between Blevins and
Allentown. The slide consisted of sew
eral enormous rocks and the train was
unable to get through till last night
As it happened there was no engine on
this side of the slide except the one in,
the shop, and the mail had to be carried
ON lever car.
d. M. Walters has his pig pen patents
and now wants live energetic agent to
sell state and county rights. He calls
it the Ureka and says that all you have
to do is to put poor pig in the pen in
the fall, throw load of corn in the crib
attachment and take him out fat at
Christmas Walters is the inventor
and Charlie Mitchell, architect, drafted
the plans.