The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14
SCRAPR FROM LAST WEEK,

The gold reserve stands at $18S, 1920, : |
3S2.
The Loud postal bill passed the
House.
So Eight Anarchist were arrested at
Paris
The Three Friends may be held for
piracy.
Governor Taylor lectured at Chatta-
nooga to packed house.
The legislatures of several states al
in session.
The Commercial Bank of Eau Claire
has failed.
Ballet girl posters are not allowed in
Columbia.
The revolt in South Africa is becom-
ing dangerous.
An attempted train wreck was dis
covered near Tampa Fla.
Lille Anderson still leads in the BIZ
cycle race at Cleveland.
Republicans are copying the poll
lists in Henry county.
Senator Hansbrough will be re-elect-
ed from North Dakota.
The steamboat Belle of the Coast
was burned at New Orleans.
The yellow fever has again made its
appearance in Rio Jeneiro,
Considerable damage isreported from
floods in Missouri streams.
The schooner NJ. l.. Bonnet burned
near South Norwalk, Conn.
Fifteen persons drowned by the
wreck of a steamer near Brest.
Comptroller Harris gives out his re-
port to the General Assembly.
No further trouble is reported from
toll-gate raiders in Kentucky.
The Supreme Court handed down
opinions in number of cases.
The trouble at Tracy City have re-
suited in the closing of the mines.
Maj. E. o. Elliott, the old and wide
ly known turfman, died at Gallatin.
John DAILY, the alleged dynamiter,
makes sensational charges at London.
1t is estimated that $4,000 people
have fled from the PLACE at Bombay.
Seven Ursuline sisters were burned
to death in the Province of Quebec.
A notable banquet speech by Cecil
Rhodes is reported from Capetown.
Gold ore has recently been discover
ed at depth of $3.50 feet in California.
Hon. VIM. j. Bryan made an address
at the Democratic banquet in Chicago.
Rutherford county refused to make
a $500 appropriation for the Centennial
The New York Legislature Assem-.
bled and listened to Gov. Blacks mes.
sage.
A party from st. Louis look over the
Centennial grounds and are pleased
with their visit.
The wool schedule was the subject
before the Ways and Means Commit
tee yesterday.
Work on the Cumberland River locks
will begin in the spring, and be push.
ed to completion.
A report has reached Philadelphia
that the remainder of Maceo's army
has surrendered.
Startling disclosures are being made
concerning the failure of the Nationa
Bank of Illinois.
The Centennial Executive Commit
tee has set a part Oct. 7 as kings
Mountain Day.
Simon Cooper, the negro outlaw
committed another murder near Mag
nolia, S. G.
President Cleveland has nominated
VIM. M. Harrington to be postmaster
at Memphis.
Timely rains are believed to hav,
saved India from the greetest calamit,
of the century.
w. HI, Young, of Wartrace, wen
crazy from excitement caused by tn,
big Nashville fire.
The Senate has indefinitely postpon
ed the resolution asking the pardon O
Mrs. Florence Maybrick.
The earnings of the Louisville
Nashville for December were the bes
for any December since 1892.
The quarterly court of Gibson Coun
ty raises its voice against the Mobil,
& Ohio compromise with the State.
1t is now said that Senator Allison
will positively not accept Cabine
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