The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-03-27

W. q. Walch and wife were down
from Elk Park Saturday en- route to
Black Mountain, N. G.
Capt. N. j. Bell, the veteran railroad
conductor, died at his home at Cleve-
land, Tenn, last Thursday.
T. f. A. Sweet, OF Bristol, has secur-
cd a contract to do the stating and tin
work at the Soldiers Home.
DIR. H. W. Brown, specialist, is up
from Knoxville, and may be found at
the Drummers' Home hotel.
Mrs. John f. Pierce has returned
from an extended visit to her father,
Col. j, X. Brown, of Bristol.
DIR. q. ]. Broyles has returned from
New York, where he has been for sew
eral months attending the lectures.
J. L. Klinkenhead has returned to
Medicine Bow, Wyo., after pleasant
visit to his daughter, Mrs. W. +. Jones.
Miss Carrie Hicks is visiting friends
and relatives at Seven Mile Ford, Pu-
laGki and Hicksville, Va, and Bluefeld,
W. Va.
Misses Nellie Browplow and Pearl
Britton, Of Jonesboro, were visiting in
the city this week, the guests of Mrs. j.
B. Cox.
Don't forget the Easter gg-lolling
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
Exum, Saturday afternoon, 900 to 400
o'clock.
Mrs. J. X. Shipley, of Indian Springs,
arrived in the city last week to visit
her sister, Mrs. Henry Crouch, who
has been i'll for several days.
"My Lord in Livery" and 1.-THE Snig-
giles Family" will bsseen at the opera
house next Tuesday night, April LIST i.
Benefit of public library fund.
Rufus Webster and family, of Land.
street, will go to johnson City IN a
few days where they will reside for a
while. -Greeneville Democrat.
The Episcopal church has purchased
lot on the corner of Roam street and
Flew avenue, and will erect modern
church upon same in the near future.
The East Tennessee Brick Company
is moving its machinery to lot Just
below the furnace, and will soon have
the plant in operation at the new loca-
ton.
very young couple were married in
Bristol the other day, the bride being
only fifteen. Pretty soon You will find
matrimonial stock brokers dealing en-
tirely in futures.
Go to the johnson City Feed Co.'S, in
the Evans block, to buy all your hay,
grain, flour, bran, potatoes, &c. No. l
western timothy. Prices guaranteed
on everything.
P. G. Range celebrated his s3d birth
day last Friday, the 21st inst. He ID
is enjoying very good health and his
friends hope he may live to enjoy many
returns OF the season.
You ought to have electric lights in
your residence. The Watauga Light,
ing and Power Co. will make you some
interesting figures and convince you
that good light is the cheapest.
Miss Laura King and Miss Ada Bar
ham are down from Sullins College Il
spend the balance of the week in thu
city. Misses Price and Bingham, asso
ciate teachers, are visiting Miss Kiss.
Pardue & Rogan have received full
line of garden seed in bulk and packets
from the famous seed house of T. W
Wood K Son, of Richmond, Va, an(
will be glad to supply your wants.
Mrs. S. A. Bowman and daughte
have gone to Cedar Greek to visit Mrs
Bowman's mother. From there Mrs
Bowman will go to the Charleston ex
position before returning to johnson
City.
G. X. Mount, formerly chief enginee
of the Va. h S.-W. Ry., has q contrac
for furnishing about 2,000,0 900 feet o
lumber for the Home. He will get
large portion Of his lumber in Grange
county.
Mrs. Gump, the accomplished brid
of Mr.. Louis D. Gump, a successful
young merchant of Johnson City, cam
to Bristol yesterday afternoon and
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Gumr
on Anderson street.-Courier.
w. @. Pierce arrived from Rogersvill
last Saturday and will locate here. Fl
will be associated with his brother
John F., under the firm name of Pierc
Bros, who have opened complete til
). shop in the Seaver building, on Sprin
street. See their advertisement els,
where is this paper.
Mr.. Walter Lawrence, one Of th
foremost romantic actors OF the day
: will appear in the dual role of Fab
Romani" and "Count Caesar Olivia" /
the opera house Friday night of ne1
week in the greatest romantic specta
ular melo-drama ever written, "Fab
Romani, or the Vendetta.
E. B. McKeehan and Miss Nora Crun
ley were married last Thursday evenin
4 by Jude Lyle in THE COMET office. I'll
only decorations were office towe
gracefully festooned from the electri
: light pendants. They left this wee
: with Mr.. McKeehan's children for T.
: coma, Washington, to reside.
= M. F. Hodges and family will go til
week to Walla Walla, Washington,
reside. Frank is high -class machini
) and has a splendid job awaiting hin
: He was born and raised in Johnsc
: City and the family has many FRIEND
! who regret to see them leave, but vi
4 follow than with pnnd wishaa