The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-22

John Cunningham, aged nineteen,
was drowned in stream at Milan.
1t is said that Jere Baxter will work
convicts on the Tennessee Central.
The extreme necessity of the striking
miners of the Jelico district is denied.
The weekly shipment of the Newport
cotton factory now amounts to 81, 900
yards.
Mr.. Jere Baxter still has bills filed
against his road. the old Tennessee
Central.
Track-laying on the La Toilette rail
rood is progressing in satisfactory
manner.
The Tennessee State Druggists's AS
sociation met in Nashville yesterday,
the 21st inst.
Dickson's Weekly Star appears I'M
der the management of two fourteen
year old boys.
The Jonesboro Fair association has
been reorganized to revive the Wash
ington county fair.
The old stockade at Fall Greek near
Crossville is being repaired and will
be used again.
H. d. Hawk, of Lawson, Sullivan
county, was thrown from load of hay
and badly injured.
The heaviest storm of the season
swept Hamblen county last week, de
stroying considerable corn.
There is considerable comment about
Oliver Springs over the report that
coal mines would he opened there.
The barn of DR.. J. s. Smith, of Mos
helm was burned last Thursday. All
the stock and grain was saved.
Mashal Austin has appointed John
W. Gates, of Newcomb, Tenn, as depu-
ty United States Marshal for Campbell
county.
Circuit court met at Sevierville last
Monday. The criminal docket consists
of 1876 cases-eight of which are for
murder.
Hon. David A. Num-. of Brownsville,
Tenn, was last Saturday, appointed
collector for the middle and western
district OF Tennessee.
While the daughter of e. J. Brown
was out hoeing in the garden at Taze-
we'll, bolt of lightning struck the hoe
and knocked the young girl insensible.
In the Circuit court at Newport Mrs.
Jodie Huskey, by her husband and
next friend, r. L. Husky, entered suit
against Esquire George r. lIcNabb, of
Bison, for $5, 900 on charge of SANDER.
Newport Weekly: No marriage Ii
censes have been issued since our last
paper-laying by corn and berry pick
ing engaging the undivided attention
of both sexes.
From the Newport Times: The
county court passed off quietly with
out any one being killed. or Uncle
Rasberry's jaw bone being fractured,
although two or three tainted under the
spell of his eloquence.
The old board of PENSION examining
surgeons of Elizabethton, composed of
Drs. S. B. Wood, A. J. Campbell and
D. j. Smith, Jr., who were discharged
on June 30th, have been re-appointed
by Commissioner H. Clay Evans. The
board is composed of democrats.
J. N. Adams, the civil and mining
engineer who is developing the vein
of iron pyrites which he recently
discovered on Stoney Creek, in Carter
county. It is very heavy and to all APP
pearance is noted for its richness. The
chemical analysis shows it to be unusu-
ally rich in pyrites.
At meeting of the Board of mana
gers of the Baptist Young Peoples
Union Of America, held at Chattanooga
last Saturday morning, Buffalo, N. Y.
was selected as the next place of meet
ing, provided the Buffalo people give
assurance that railroad rates and other
minor details will be satisfactory.
One of the largest crowds ever seen
in Clinton gathered there Friday to be
present at the trial OF Mynatt Leach,
who is charged with the murder of
John Heck, who was gfoully assassi-
mated several months ago. Many peo-
pie were on the streets, nearly the en-
tire population of Coal Greek and other
nearby towns being present.