The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-05-27
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The Mayor Of Boston has appointed
commissioners to the centennial.
Chinch bugs are said to be in evil
dence in fields near Georgetown.
A. e. Lewis has become editor and
publisher of the Erwin Magnet.
Every East Tennessee summer re-
sort has been opened for the season.
The Grand Lodge, K. and L. of H.
meets in Nashville the first of June.
McMinnville will spend $4,000 on
waterworks and an electric light plant.
Representative Jarvis is busy at Spar
ia preparing brief in defense of his
bill.
The factory manufacturing spokes
and handles at Galatin is to be reorgan-
lied.
The iron shipments from Tennessee
and Alabama during April aggregated
100, 791 tons.
Commencement exercises of Holston
Institute in Sullivan county, will take
place today-97th.
Heavy damage suits have been insti-
tuted against the Nashville Street Rail
way company.
The Kentucky building at the Ten
nessee Centennial Exposition was open
ed last Wednesday.
Other East Tennessee towns will
adopt the plan of Bristol by hearing
sermons over the telephone.
A company has commenced develop
ing fine piece of Manganese property
at Louisville, BlOunt county.
The decoration of Confederate sol
diers' graves took place last Saturday
at Morristown.
A meteor recently fell near Wolfe
Creek, Cooke county, causing much
excitement among the people.
Mrs. Mary E. Hansard contemplates
publishing book on cold Tazewell. :"
Her address is New Tazewell.
Carroll Foust, young man of Jeffer-
son county was sanbagged and robbed
near Messy Creek last Thursday night.
Blountville has greatly augmented
its facilities for education by increas-
ing its public school term to eight
months.
William Daniels was found dead in
bed at his home in the 5th district, of
Claiborne county. He retired the
night before in apparent good health.
Greene county citizens are lobbying
with their justices with much needed
new court house in view. Andrew
Jackson held court in the one now in
use.
Heavy rains last week did more dam
age in the Sycamore bottoms of Clai-
borne county, than all the winter rains
combined. Many fields that had inst
been plowed were ruined.
President Mckinley has finally de-
cided to go to the Nashville exposition
next month. He has fixed upon the
| 18th as the date and will doubt
less be accompanied by some members
of his cabinet. He will make the jour
ney over the Southern Railroad via
Asheville, N. G.
The Jonesboro Electric Light Com
pany has been incorporated and char
ter granted to r. F. Wells, A. s.
Deaderick, R. M. May, H. Fl. Kirkpat-
rick, F. F. Dosser, J, S. Stuart and F.
E. Brittou, incorporators. The boilers
and engines are now being put in place,
and the work will be forwarded as rap
idly as possible.
Last Saturday, at Cantons saloon, on
Henry street, Joe Livingston, of this
place, and Fred johnson, of Granger
county got into difficulty and John
son carved Livingston up in great
style. Livingston went for the doc,
tor while johnson mounted his horse
and escaped. -Morristown Republi
can.
The first of June, the furnace at En-
breeville, Tenn, will commence receiy
ing coke from the Pocahontas mines
instead of from Big Stone Gap or Sto
mega, where they are now obtaining
their supply of coke. This will de
crease, to certain extent, the bust
ness of the s. A. & o. and B. & e
roads, while it will slightly increase
traffic and labor on the N. & w.
Another tragedy is reported from
Claiborne county, says the Morristowr
Gazette; Will Davis shot and instant
ly killed John Davis, his father, ant
fatally wounded his sister, Sallie Da
Wis. Davis asked his son to cut some
wood. The young man refused, snt
angry words were exchanged. Will'I
sister reproached him for addressing
his father in such language. The sol