The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-01
LITTLE LOCALS.

H. ~ Gump spent sunday NJ BITS
tol.
p. H. Ponder was in the city on
business last Monday few hours
Miss Lulu Young, of Jonesboro, Wis
tied relatives in this city last week,
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCor-
kle, thursday night, fine girl baby.
Miss Maude Farnham spent last Sat
urday and Sunday with homefolks in
Jonesboro.
Mrs. Elmondorf has been brought
home from Knoxville and is now re-
covering from her recent illness.
Sheriff Prichett was in the city Tues
day. He has recently returned from a
visit to his mother in Missouri.
DR.. Il. S. Miller and Hon. Robt. Bur
row are attending the Masonic Grand
Lodge at Nashville this week.
Miss Hickman came down from the
Southwest Virginia Institute and spent
Sunday with home folks in Johnson
City.
Miss Anna Kirkpatrick and Miss
Abbie French came up from Jonesboro
and were the guests of Mrs. John II.
Bowman few days last week.
DIR. w. ]. Mathews has removed his
office to the front room on the second
floor of the Faw building on Market
street, the room recently occupied by
W. w. Faw as law office.
Miss Nora Cunningham, teacher in
the public schools, was taken suddenly
and violently i'll at school last Monday,
and had to be taken home in carriage
where she has since been under the
constant care of physician.
Misses Martha and Edith Wilder have
been the guests of relatives in the city
several days this week. 1t is said by
knowing ones that Miss Edith will
shortly become the wife of q prominent
New Yorker.
The local union of the Y. p. S. G. E.
and Epworth Leagues will meet at 6 80
p. m. Tuesday, February 9th, 1900, at
the Christian church. A good subject
has been chosen for discussion. Let
those who are interested attend.
A company OF amateur performers
from Greenville presented that popular
little drama, "Robert McCaire, at the
Opera House last Thursday night. The
house was well filled with select au-
dience. The music was high class and
the acting was we'll received.
T. e. Hurst has arrived in the CITY,
and will remain permanently. He
comes now to fill numerous engage
ments with representatives of eastern
iobbers during this month Sometime
during the month Messrs. Bruner and
Hurst will leave for New York to finish
buying their stock of goods and will be
ready to open the big store on the date
fixed.
s. B. White, the timer, is preparing
to do more business this year than eyer
before in his history. He has recently
purchased a modern and massive cor
nice brake and is now prepared to man
ufacture all kinds of cornice work right
in Johnson City. Heretofore he has
had to buy all of this kind of material
to do work he has had under contract.
Mr.. White is an enterprising and con-
scientious merchant and is enjoying q
lucrative and constantly increasing
business.
Mr.. A. Parlette, manager of the
Bristol Telephone Company, has been
in the city this week with q gang OF
men putting up new telephone poles
throughout the central portion of the
city. When the new switch board is
put in at the central station in this city
complete metallic circuit system will
be adopted and the phone talk will be
very much more distinct. A metallic
circuit is two wires to each telephone,
positive and negative, the latter for the
return current, and no ground wire.