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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-11

Our farmer friends can subscribe for
any newspaper or magazine they desire
through THE COMET, and pay for same
in produce at market prices.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-11
DUFFIELD.

Magnolia Dufield, q colored girl
eighteen years old, daughter of John
Dufield, died of consumption Monday
morning at o'clock and was buried in
the Roam Hill cemetery Tuesday.
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Buy Cold Dust -four.
Buy your clothing and gents furnish
ing Of F. V. Kirkpatrick

s. W. Calvin, of Kansas City, A.
Calvin, of Butte City, Montana, and
Mrs. VIM. Moss, of Paris, Ill, broth
ers and sister of Mrs. r. X. Collins,
are visiting Mrs. Collins on Watauga
avenue. They will remain for several
weeks. s. W. Calvin was former
citizen of this place and is putting in
his time shaking hands with old friends.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-11

Fresh groceries and vegetables at
Clark's.
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THE y COMET.
Local News Notes.
Special Offers.

We will send THE COMET and The
Arena to any address one year for $3. so.
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VIM. 2. LYLE.

A telegram was received by relatives
here Monday announcing the death of
VIM. z. Lyle at Thebe, California, last
Sunday. His death was due to lead
poisoning contracted from working in
the silver mines at Thebe.
Will Lyle was the eldest son of Ben
D. Lyle and was SO years old. He had
been at Thebe for some time and made
his home with his uncle, VIM. Hunter.
His remains will be buried there by his
uncle.
Will was a good boy and his untime-
ly end will be regretted by his many
friends here,
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Garden seed at Clark s.

Misses Alice and Ollie Cox, of Bluff
City were visiting relatives here yes
terdaY.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-11

Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, wife of s.
M. Anderson, of Okolona, died at II
o'clock last Monday of dropsy of the
heart, She was n years old and was
an estimabls Christian lady. She will
be missed in her community, for all
knew her but to love her. She leaves
a husband and five children to mourn
her loss. All the children were present
with her during her last moments ex-
cept Pleas, son in texas.
She was great Bible reader and her
parting words of admonition and Chris
tan cheer were touching in the extreme.
All her children are living and doing
well and her only regret at dying was
that the absent one.
The good old lady was ready to go
and died in the full hope of blessed
immortality.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-11

Howard & Fain, at the old Hash
building will sell you groceries right.
See them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-11

The johnson City Poultry Co., has
shipped two car loads of chickens from
this place to Washington and Balti-
more this week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-11

The best flour is Gold Dust.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-11

Married, Thursday, Febru airy 4th a
Piney Flats, at the residence of thu
bride, Mrs, Maria Bennett and DAME
Foust of this place.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29
is AFTER TRADE
China Seeking to Nego.
tiate New Treaties.
Sugar Combine in Minnesota Or
ganizing I'm Opposition to
the Trust.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-China is
10 have a new set OF treaties with the
great nations of the world, which will
in some measure emancipate her from
the onerous restrictions she is now
under, and enable her to adjust her
own revenues to the nations needs
Much of the credit for securing the
consent of the commercial powers to
the negotiations of these treaties is
due to Ii Hung Chang, who employed
to the best advantage the opportunities
afforded by his tour of the world.
Still, the change would have been long
deferred had not the war which China
waged unsuccessfully with Japan so
involved the former in debt as to
oblige her foreign creditors TO recog
niZe the fact that China must be given
power to raise additional revenues.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29
TO FIGHT SUGAR TRUST.
Big Company Backed by Chicago
Wholesale GrocerS.

Big Company Backed by Chicago
Wholesale Grocers.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. April 10
II is announced today that the Mime
sofa Sugar Company has been organ
lied with a capital stock of $4,000. 900.
The incorporators announce that the
directorate is to include two we'll
known Chicago men, representing the
whole sale grocers, whose object is TO
fight the sugar trust by the establish
ment in the Northwest of the sugar
beet industry.
4 $3.50. 900 factory is to be built at
Hastings. Mimi. and others will fol-
low as the farmers are interested in
raising beets The railroads are help
ing the association and auxiliary asso-
Citations are to be formed in every
county whose soil is adapted TO the
culture of beets:
The incorporators are: T. F. Koch
OF st. Paul. J. II. Smith of Detroit,
Mich. Henry Keller and p. ]. O'Con-
nell. Sank Center, Mimi.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29
EFFECT OF DINGLEY TARIFF.
Canadian Lumber shipments AL
ready Diminished

Canadian Lumber shipments AL
ready Diminished.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Already
has the Dingley tariff bill with it's re-
troactive clause begun to show its
quality A member of the Ways and
Means Committee was today informed
by the president of the American
Lumbermen's Association that the i'm
ports of Canadian lumber had ceased.
Secretary Cages notice that all impor-
tations must give a pledge to pay the
new rate was enough to shut off all
importations. The result will be the
starting up of many Michigan and
Minnesota mills.
This shows the effect of the retro
active clause, and indicates that there
will be no rushing in of imports to
unsettle trade and cause any over
stocking of markets. One effect of this
is not TO be underestimated. Had
there been no such provision there
would have come in such quantities
of goods that American manufactur-
ers would have found it impossible to
begin operations for many months TO
come.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29
PERHAPS WAR IN TRANSvAAL.
England Prepared TO support High
Commissioner.

England Prepared to support High
Commissioner.
LONDON, April 1.-THE drift to-
ward war with the Transvaal is heart
lily welcomed by most classes. and even
the Liberal and the West and East
Enders alike are anxious for an out
break of hostilities in South Africa.
The statements made by the First
Lord of the Admiralty, George ]. Go
shen, on Saturday last. when he re-
ferred to Great Britain being deter
mined to back up it's High Commis-
-sioner in South Africa, Sir Alfred Mil
ner, with the power of the empire.
etc, have been received with delight,
and angry speeches in music halls
meet the warmest reception. The
songs are hostile to President Kruger,
to Germany and Holland.
Jerome K Jerome's paper says: by
all means let us fight with the Trans
vaal. We are going to fight for gold
mines and territory if they cannot be
got without fighting. Every nation has
TO play pirate at times, and let us play
boldly when we do and trust to Mr.
Chamberlain to see that flags of truce
are kept out of the soldiers baggage: :"
The supposed British designs upon
Delagoa Bay are the subject of uni
versal comment in Government cir
cles The German campaign against
Great Britain in South African mat
ters is assumed to be carried on with
the aim of discrediting England in the
eyes of Portugal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29
THE FLOOD N TIE SOUTH.
Millions of Cubic Feet of Water
Hourly Power Over Levees.

Millions of Cubic Feet of Water
Hourly Power Over Levees.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April IL
This afternoon the crevasse in the
Biggs levee was 1,2OO feet wide, and
pouring hourly 300 900, 900 cubic feet
of water over the lands along the Ten
sas' banks. The Biggs levee is 5000
feet long, and most of it is so weak
that the break is expected soon to
measure a mile in width, causing a
great loss to property.
In Madison and other parishes of
North Louisiana the amount of dam
age done TO big cotton plantations in
Tensas and Concordia is yet proble-
matical. If the break increases it will
flood those parishes, besides inf1icting
a severe loss in the lowlands of Cata-
houIa and Franklin.
The crevasse caused a fall in the
river at Vicksburg and all neighboring
points. and will check the rise below
for few days. but will only do harm
by keeping the flood up much longer
than was expected.
All the water going through the
the Red River through the Ouachita
and most of 1t Will return ultimately
to the Mississippi in the next few
weeks, causing a prolonged strain to
the levees south of the Red River. A
portion of the levee will go down.
The river is swollen at Chafalaya, en-
dangering all the sugar country near
that stream.
The town of Delta is almost entirely
under water 1t will be completely SO
by morning. President Maxwell of the
Tensas levee telegraphs today that
other levees might be saved.
Lieutenant-Governor Snyder says
he Briggs crevasse will overflow most
Of the Tensas district. As the flood
will continue very late this year. far
beyond the planting season, it means
hat no crop will be made in Tensas
his year.
At New Orleans in some places the
water is nearly to the top of the levee. |
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29
WILL VISIT CALIFORNIA.
Secretary OF Agriculture VIII II
veStigate Personally.

Secretary OF Agriculture VIII In
vestigate Personally.
BERKELEY. April 19.-James Will
son. Secretary of Agriculture under
Mckinley. is preparing for a visit to
California in the near future to study
the needs of the State. Secretary Will
sons visit will be made for the benefit
of the department under his charge.
He has communicated his intention
in correspondence with Prof. E. w.
Hilgard. head of the agricultural ex-
pertinent station in Berkeley and of
the agricultural department of the
university The professor is highly
pleased at the prospect of an oppor-
tunity to present California's claims
for attention to the Cabinet officer
and looks for much benefit to the
State as result of the distinguished
agriculturist's tour of observation.
"The precise date of the Secretary's
visit has not been settled" said Pro-
fessor Hilgard yesterday, "but he has
notified me of his intention to come
in the near future, so that he will gain
the knowledge that he is in search of
at the beginning of his administration.
Other Secretaries of Agriculture have
come to California. but their trips
have all been at the end of their term
of office. As result the>visits did US
no good.
Secretary Wilson stated that he
had long desired TO visit California,
and that before laying out plans for
his work in the National Department
he intended TO gather all the informa-
tion he could about the requirements
of the State"
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29

nature of a compromise; that this ad-
vantage whatever il may be. is better
than nothing. The Senator, however.
does not make clear his attitude on
the Pearl Harbor concession. While
the Senate may favor Senator Perkins
views il seems quite clear that the
House will make a vigorous fight
against reducing the value Of recipro-
CITY TO Hawaii. Therefore. the matter
will finally be settled in the confer
ence committees.
The pivotal point in any discussion
will be the value OF Pearl Harbor and
the Islands 10 the United. States Here
the declaration OF the Republican
platform. regarding the control Of
Hawaii will have great influence. The
argument arising out of the CONNER
cial advantages to the United States,
secured by the reciprocity treaty, has
much less force than it had before
the beet sugar interests assumed active
operations. So it is said by the friends
of Hawaii in this town. The argument
of commercial advantages" prOvOkes
at once the reply that the treaty Gre
ates and fosters Asiatic competition
with American labor. Moreover, there
are many fabulous stories in circula-
tion here regarding the enormous prof
its of the sugar business. These profits
are at once attributed TO cheap Ash
attic labor. and nothing is said about
the skill and enterprise and patience
of the planters.
The outlook is not diScouraging yet. |
At present it looks as if the Hawaiian
matter would be virtually disposed of
in treating only side issue-the pres |
ervation of reciprocity in the tariff |
bill. At any rate, II will force the |
members of the Senate to declare |
themselves in a general way on the an
nexation matter. There is a strong |
but quiet feeling that the United States |
must not play dog in the manger" |
any longer. But the relation of the |
United States to a distant and de- |
tached possession is a new affair in ma
tional politics. like a woman dealing |
with her first child. 1t may be very |
small one, but it creates much anx-
iety.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29

THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE (sEMI-
WEEKLY IS ISSUED ON TUESDAYS
AND FRIDAYS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29
Naval Changes.

WASHINGTON. April 11.-Import-
ant orders have been decided upon by
Secretary Long. One of them involves
the transfer of Admiral Sicard from
the Brooklyn yard to the command of
the North Atlantic Squadron, and the
transfer to the Brooklyn yard of Ad-
miral Bruce, now in command of the
North Atlantic Squadron.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29
For Arbitration.

WASHINGTON. April 16.-Informa-
ton has been received here that the
President of the Swiss Republic has
been selected as arbitrator of the
boundary dispute between Brazil and
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-04-29

French Guiana. The territory involved
exceeds that at issue between Great
Britain and Venezuela, and includes
rich gold mining districts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-10-14
order of Hearing Petition to Sell Real
Estate to Pay Debts
STATE OF WISCONSIN,

STATE OF WISCONSIN,,
In County Court for KenoSha County.
In the matter of the last will and testament Of
Joseph Hunter, deceased
On reading and filing the petition of Alex
Bailey, of the Town of Salem, KenoSha County
Wisconsin, sole executor of the last will and
testament of Joseph Hunter, deceased, repre-
senting among other things that the saiG
deceased died seized of certain real estate
therein described, and that it is necessary to
sell the same, except the homestead part
thereof, to pay the debts of said deceased, and
praying for license to sell the same; and 1T
appearing to the court that it is necessary to
sell, mortgage or lease said real estate for that
purpose,
1t is ordered that said petition be heard at
the Regular term of said County court to be
held in and for said county, at the County
court room, in the County building, in the
city and the County of Kenosha Wisconsin, on
the first Tuesday, being the second day Of
November, A. D., 1897. at ten O'Clock a. M.
It is further ordered that this order be pub
liShed at least three 81 successive weeks be-
fore said day fixed for the hearing of said pc
titiOn, in the TELBGRAPH-COURIER,a weekly
newspaper published al the City of Kenosha,
in said county and that a copy thereof be
served personally on all persons Interested IN
said estate, and residing in this county, at
least twenty (25) days before such day OF hear
ing
Dated at Kenosha this 23d day of September,
A. D.. 1897.
By the Court:
ANTHONY VAN WICK.
ID County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-10-14
SALEM.
Cox.

The farmers factory at Mr.. Miners
corner is under construction and it will
soon be ready for use.
The Ladies' Aid society of Salem
met with Mrs. w. Y. Gull Wednesday,
Oct. 6.
The entertainment given by the
junior league at this place Wednesday
evening was not very largely attended.
The Baptist church at Silver Lake
will be dedicated Sunday, Oct. II. All
are cordially invited.
About fifty attended the Ladies' Aid
society at Mrs. Robert Dixon's last
Thursday.
D. T. Burgess is having a we'll drilled
on his farm AID expects to raise a new
Ideal windmill.
The drought still continues, and
farmers are unable to husk corn.
Mrs. Thomas Manning and children
visited her brother and sister in Chica-
go the past week.
The postoffice at this village was
changed from John Buttons to Mr..
Loescher's.
Frank Hartnell and W. Y. Gull, Jr.,
of Brighton, were among the Chicago
visitors last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Button, of
Union Grove. visited at Mrs. Buttons
parents Sunday.
Quite number from this village at
tended the excursion to Joliet Tuesday.
John and Peter DeBell spent Sunday
with their sister, Mrs. Meredith, of
Paris.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-10-14
WOODWORTH.

Ralph Benedict and family returned
from their visit to Dyer, Ind, We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs. 81. n. Terwilliger, of Ridge
field, H., is visiting at her uncle's, j.
NJ. Kellogg's.
Mrs. r. F. Roberts spent last week
with relatives in Racine.
David Moe and wife, of st. Paul, are
visiting at A. Gulck's.
E. NJ. Shields and Clarence Yonk
did business in Waukegan Monday
Myra Myrick began her fall term OF
school in the NewburY district Monday
morning.
j. B. Edwards and wife returned
from their trip to Whitewater Wed
nesday.
Mrs. A. C..Joslyn is visiting he sis
ter in Union Grove this week.
j. B. Edwards and wife and George
Shepard and wife attended the Price
Gunter nuptials Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Ann Hake and daughters and
Miss Blake start for their home In
Omaha, Neb., Thursday.
Don't forget the sociable 1T the Plank
Road church Friday evening. Come
and have good time.
Quite number of Horace Black
mans young friends tried to give him a
surprise party Friday evening; but
Horace says the surprise part Of it did
not work.
Lou Fowler and wife expect TO go to
Broadhead, Wis, Friday to spend a
few days at Gideon Hammond's.
Mrs. Daniel Marsh, of Lisbon, n. D.,
is visiting with her son, Chas. Marsh.
George Newbury is attending school
in LAFAYETTE, Ind, this fall.
Mrs. 81. A. Newbury was in Chicago
the latter part of this week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-10-14
SOMERS

Mrs. Henry Brown of this place is
visiting friends in Lodi, Wis.
Mrs. James MAYER of Chicago has
been visiting Mrs. f. A. Yule.
A pleasant surprise was given Mr..
and Mrs. Wilbur Chaffee last Thursday
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Chaffee leave
for California soon to make it their
future home.
Rev. and Mrs. Sanford have been
entertaining from abroad.
Mrs. Gibbon spent a part of last
week in Milwaukee.
Rev. Henry Brown will attend the
synod held at Portage this week.
Miss Lulu Cook spent Sunday with
her sister, Mrs. L. R. Fink of Liberty
vile.
Mrs. Henry Lyle has been visiting
her parents at Gatliff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheard of Rochester
were the guests of Miss Maude Thomp.
son last week.
Mr.. Chester Shepherd, of Bristol
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.. Gay
lord Shepherd.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-10-14
UNION GROVE.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hurd and
daughter, of Salem, spent Sunday the
guest of Union Grove friends.
Tom Button has gone to Tennessee.
Mr.. Behr, of Milwaukee, was the
guest of the Rhodes family Sunday.
Mrs. N. Il. Mcfarland spent Satur-
day at the Cream City.
DR.. a. S. Lester spent Monday in
the Belle City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Powles, of
Salem, spent Sunday with their pa
rents.
W. w. Storms, of Burlington, spent
Sunday at L. Williams
Mr.. Rowbottom, of Bristol, spent
Sunday in our midst.
The dance held here Friday evening
was largely attended and enjoyed by
all.
Miss Susan Adams and Mr.. Brown
spent Sunday with friends at Water
ford.
Mrs. B. Worrel, of Chicago, is visit
ing with Union Grove friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-10-14
RANNEY.

Nutting and hunting parties make
frequent excursions to the country
these days. The former usually return
we'll rewarded, but the hunters are
more than likely to get what Paddy
shot at for their pains.
W. S. Cole is slowly recovering the
use of his ankle which was badly
sprained several weeks since. After
a ten weeks layup two years ago from
similar injury, the writer can testify
that sprained ankle is no joke.
r. S. Houston is hauling 250 bushels
of flax by team to the Racine market.
Quite number from here attended
the milk shippers convention held in
Chicago Tuesday, the 18th. 1t is
hoped some good will be accomplished.
Henry Laughlin means to havegone
more whack at Ideal Park before it
becomes a COW pasture. Evidently
" Hank" knows good thing when be
sees it.
All the hired help, including the
foreman of large dairy farm not far
away are said to have accumulated
good sized jags last Saturday. in fact
got fuller'n a goose" Result
foreman discharged.
The blessed rain has come at last.
If it continues several days it will make
blowing much easier.
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PLEASANT PRAIRIE.

Parsons George Parsons was born
in Cornwall, England, January 81,
1928, and died at Menomonee Falls,
Wis, Wednesday, Sept. %, 1897. At
the age of "a he married Miss Agnes
Hicks at Copthorn, Devonshire, Eng.
On the 9th day of August, 1850, they
left the land of their nativity to find a
home in the new world, and on the Sd
of the following October they landed in
Milwaukee. Brother Parsons COM
menced preaching the gospel at the
age of IL and continued it almost
without a break within about two
years OF his death.
George Parsons has lived most use
full and devoted life. Many souls have
been won for the kingdom through his
instrumentality. Two years ago he
superanuated, being a member of the
Wisconsin conference of the Methodist
church, and settled at Menomonee
Falls; he has endeared himself to the
people of that community. This was
fully demonstrated when, on Friday,
Oct. l, the auditorium was filed with
special friends at the funeral services
to pay their last respects. DR.. E. L.
Eaton, of Des Moines, Iowa; DR.. 81. L.
Haylett,. of Racine, and Rev. P: W.
Peterson, of Milwaukee, all paid touch
ing tributes to our departed hero. Six
aged brother ministers bore him gently
to the tomb, where he now awaits the
resurrection. He leaves wife, two
daughters and one son.
He is not dead, but sleepeth.-W. D.
Cox.
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SILVER LAKE.

r. III. Dixon went to Racine on
Monday on business, returning the
same evening.
Henry Walberg has the frame up
and enclosed to his addition to his
house. Mr.. Dixon is putting on the
roof of tin.
The Baptist church will be dedicated
next Sunday. Oct. II.
O. j. Foster and his daughter Edna
were Salem visitors on Tuesday.
Mrs. j. M. Ludwig returned Monday
afternoon from Honey Creek, where
she has been visiting week with
friends.
A. Worsley spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. j. j. Kerwir of this place.
G. Selby took in the excursion to
Joliet, H., Tuesday.
Miller Bros. of Genoa Junction are
drilling a we'll for Henry Tewes on his
farm across the lake.
Erem Smalfeldt went to Madison the
last of the week where he is employed
by the Jefferson Ice Co.
Charles Foster has returned to his
place on the railroad as brakeman.
Mrs. Cole of Fond du Lac was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. 81. w. Cole of
this town on Friday.
F. Bushing was out from Chicago
Friday looking after his ice business
one day this week.
Mrs. C. Buckloeh went to Burlington
on Wednesday.
VIM. Schenning had an old fashioned
hussing bee Saturday night. After
they finished husking they teok his
old fashioned field roller and put it on
his old fashioned wagon, and now he
will have to get new fashioned inven-
ton to get it off.
Charles johnson went to Burlington
on Friday.
The Ladies' Aid society met with Mrs
r. M. Dixon on Thursday. There was
a large number in attendance.
| John Pufahl is at present engaged
as clerk in Di1on's store.
/ The Standard Oil Co. got in a car OF
oil Saturday.
Chas Hasselmann is building wood
shed during his leisure moments.
/ W. Y. Gull got crate of sheep from
Mukwonago last week.
There will be service in the Metho-
o,1,, Il, T.
and every other Sabbath evening.