The Comet from Johnson City, Tennessee • Page 3

THE COMET. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY -tutitH'riptfon prioe, our yet, 6 mo. 11.25. 75. Entered at the Postofllt-tt Mt Johusou City, at 9ticiiJ Clam Matter, joii.

i.ouui; Meet every Wednesday evening at 7 :30 o'clock, in tl Hall over First National bank. All visiting Knights invited. We nre authorized to announce the name of J. P. Ha't as a candidate for -Town Constable.

Election March 25 358. 161. We are authorized and requeued ti. announce N. II.

Bullock as a candi 25th March, 1891. My competitors must nut complain If I announce myself a candidate again; Anil say to the people I'm running for 'Sqnire, And to be elected, their votes I desire, And the race I'm determined to run, Not so much on what I hava done, As to perform what Is required to do While the duties of the office I may pursue. in (unite 11 1 nunc, lucre live us, Tim Myself, Charlie, Leonard, and Tenuessee. If on election dsy I'm not elected 'Squire, Bnck to my lent, In good grace, I'll retire, F. P.

Baxtkr. Come 0. Kirkpatrick's when you want Roods of any kind. Mr. W.

W. Baxter, of Washington College, was in town Sunday. W. A. Maloney, of Telford 'i, was ou our streets Tuesday and Wednesday.

We have had a twenty-four hours drought but it has broken up to-day with a rain. J. I). Lyon, a prominent merchant of Broylesviile, has been with us a few days this week. TT3? jy LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE LINE OF LADIES', MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS, OXFORD TIES, PLAIN AND PATENT LEATHER TIPS.

jEWPORT TIES, OPERAS in all the different widths and styles; and will bo sold extremely low. Soliciting an early inspection, Very truly yours, PI fit! II hull THE TIRELESS TOILERS FOB J. P. l'lart announces himself in this issue for Oily Constable. Mr.

Hart is a'young man of integrity and good business qualifications and would make a good officer. R. Durriette, lormerly of the Burlington Hawkeye, will deliver hia famous lecture, "The Rise and Fall of the Mustache," Saturday March 21st. This will be the last of the "Star Entertainment Course," and the net proceeds will be turned over to the Baptist Church, where the lecture will be delivered. Burdette's genial humor is appreciated the world over, and no one should miss hearing him.

Admission, 50 cents. Seats resorved at Range Dulaney's Book Store. "Something is going to drop soon," Bay the wise ones, and it will not he Johnson City mud. Prices have dropped at Hurlbut's down, down, low, lower, lowest; closing out in earnest. Why not drop about twenty of the candidates for Mayor and put in a few AMcrmcn while we are about it? We have some startling news for the peoile.

Every or.o is telling it: It rains. Suitable for any date. How about the silver mine? Tho Fair stock at Hurlbut's is going fast. He i selling out to make room for his Wall Paper, and is ready to furnish contractors with paper for houses all styles, kit, da and prices. G.

R. Hurlbut has a large stock of Undertaking goods and some fine hearses, and is prepared to furnish everything required in first-class style 'Embalm ine done bv an experienced F. D. Now when the Bpricg sunshine reveals the smoke and dirt of the winter, you are surprised to see how ditty the old wall paper is. Call and see Hurlbut's new styles.

No old stock. Hestarled 111 new this winter, Everything is "CVw -ul." Look, for to look is to buy. Willis Hampton and wife, of New York, nre expected in Johnson City boat April 1st. We welcome them in our niidt and hope they will stay Thoe groat bargain that Hurlbut is offering i closing out his Fair stock are attracting 1 irge crowds. He is telling at prices that will artjn Jib all.

I. E. Reeves ia over front JoncBboro to-day 1 II. Clay Jarvis, of Uogeisville, Hawkins county, ia in town to-d y. Pittsburg, March 3 The body of Emma Abbott waa cremated on February 17.

The lecture was delivered without notes, but it was as uninterrupted as though impromptu. Burdette talki to hia audience and holds thorn in unbroken interest, Toledo Blade Hon. A. B. Bowman, President of the Watauga Banking Company of Johnson City, and who is also inter ested in large investments in that city is in Knoxville in attendance upon meeting of toe Procter Land Company ma looking alter other business in tererts.

Knoxville Journal, Sat. Sam Jones is coming Who wants to be Mayor? We expect a tliit-ning out of candidates immediately. We moat respectfully decline to run. The miseries of housekeeping can be amHiorittted by visiting The Fa'r snd laKing nome some 01 tne useiul tilings which he 11 selling out at cobI. ine w.

u. l. women are practicing every day for the Temple of Fame and the Baptists for the Ten Virgins. In the meantime Hunhutis attending strictly to business and sell ing Wall Paper bs well as Fairit ck at greatly reduced prices. He wants to get in money enough to attend tlio above entertainments, as some one will have to be audience, and so many take parts, that all others ought to go and see them.

The Equinoctial will soon be here, and will, we hope, end the rain and mud. Lent has been observed more closely in Johnson City than ever be fore. People could not be gay for the mud. Hurlbut ii selling Wall Paper cheaper than was ever known before in this section. Now is the time to buy E.

V.Spellman. of Castill, N. is tne ity looking around, we are in hopes he will be favorably imp! ess ed with the place and locate here. Hurlbut keeps all kinds of Coffins and Caskets, from the cheapest to the finest. Booms open day and night.

For night calls, push the button and ring the bell. AVI Ul Mr. F. P. Baxter announces himself in another column as a candidate for magistrate.

He needs no introduc tion 10 our people as he has been one of us for sometime. If elected Le will make an efficient officer. If Secretary Troctor wanted to leave an impression with us he ought to have laid down his poker hand nd come out of his car Tuesday and touched his No. 8 to what is called earth in some countries, but here it name ia mud. Hunter Brown brought suit against the corporation for $500 damage for changing the grade of Market street so as to back water in their basement The case was before 8quiro Martin Monday and they were award ed 115.

The corporation appealed, Sitme of the sentimental passages were literary gems, and the humor came in so unexpectedly, and was so unanectedlv natural, as to make it very enjoyable. The lecture was an entertainment which might have neen expected from one of the mot genial humorists of the age. Pittsburg Loader. Last Monday morning about nine o'clock The Comet was called into the real estate office of Hoss Hodges to witness 'he union of hands and hearts. George W.

Wrigi.t and Catherine Rickman, of Wise County had walked to Johnson City to be made man and wife, as the girl's father pretended to object to the union. Rev. J. Cowan pronounced tho cernmnnv in the presence Of a number of gentlemen who immediately extended their congratulations The couple left after the ceremony for their home in Virginia on foot The bride ia now Wright at last and the groom ia of course Wright glad of it. I 1 Lou Pffi Clothiers, Bought Low.

COMPLETE 0 ft 73 hi OUR LINE OF Slid, IMS i MEN'S a 3 (4 0 Have Arrival, anl vp wnnt you to call tit once and examine them. Tliey are by i'ar the finest Men's Shoes that are brought to this market, and are Fully Guaranteed All tho Popular Shapes in Calf ani Cordovan, A.T $5.00 and SS-OO. Yours to please, LI, IB tin SHOE STORE. 0 A Bogart, President of the Furmer's Alliance, of Unicoi county, is down from Erwin to day. Andy Correll who let a Narrow Ouage coal car trump on him last week is thought to be improving.

Episcopal Mission. Fifth Sunday in Lent; Evenin Prayer nod Sermon at 4 p. m. no morning service. Spitzer grocers, have sold nut to Campbell Kite.

Tho new firm will continue to do business at the old stand. Dr. A. L. Brobeck and wife, of Wei lington, stopped over with us Tuesday night en route to Washing ton College, the Doctor's former heme.

J. M. Wilson, of Knoxville, who is intereste1 in the Proctor Land Com pany of Johnson City, came up Tues diy and went to Cranberry Wcdnes day. Tim Patty and Chas. Jones, both passenger agents, had a little routjli and tumble fight in the elegant wait njj room the palace depot Tuesday.

Recorder Crouch said they were each due him $1 90 Jones footed the entire bill in the aiine free, fraek way in which he attempted Patty Secretary Tn ctr layed tne ground hog trick on EiHt Tennessee. He came out at Bristol and saw hia imace reflected in the Fad and solemn 'mid- lake below and went hack in hia car to hibernate six hours longer. From the wayside, the door yiird, the palace of the rich and the cottage of the poor, he glean all that in light and fresh and joyous, and dresses it for the ed fication of his audience. Topeka (Kansas) Times. Brownlow Oakes, an illicit pcdler of moonshine whisky, while being brought to Elixabethton last Tuesday in charge of Marshal James A.

Nave jumped from the train as it came out of the tunnel below Hampton. He fell on a pile of rocks and sustain ed tome lerere injuries. The train was stopped, and the officer went back and secured the prisoner, when he was brought on to this place and lodged in jail Mountaineer. I I VL' "1 tf tj ryt Are now receiving a large stock of Men's Fine Suits and Extra Pants. Boys' and Children's Clothing.

The largest stock of HATS in the city. 0 CO 0 CO CO EL 0 I nr 4 CO 0 0 0 CO (I) Now is the time to buy a Stove cheap. Heating Stoves at cost! Johnson City Tin 4 Stovk Co. Deputy Sheriff Hiekey, we learn, will return from Nashville the last of this week and wid be ready for the duties of his office next Monday. No man buttons under his ves' a kindlier heart than Burdette, and no man on the platform fells a more mirth-provoking or tear-compelling t-tory.

Newarjt (Ohio) American. Mr. II. Mc. Deaderick and his sister, Mies Lula Deaderick, of Garber's Mills, were among the 'isitors that attended the nmrragc Miss E.

I). Clarksmi this week. Rngersville I Keview. The c-nsus of the voting pooulation of ivime county as reported by A. .1 Manner and A.

tin' co nity court clerk's office sl.ows: Whiter, colored, 207; I total, Qteeneville Republican. H. C. Hart, who his been spending this lek in "Nashville, informs us by private letter that it is i mpofsihle for him to return this week in lime to do -my business, but rill throw open the doors of bis court lor th iiorposf eirlv Monday morning By the loud talk about tho cheap prices and quality of the goods. Come and look at our goods and get prices.

Everything will be sold LOWER than ever, for the next Thirty Days. The IMPORTANT thing is QUALITY, En F. W1NEOAR LEADING JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS. When Secretary War Proctor saw our cent' al depot he called for his largpst gun and told his "stenog." to make a note, that Johnson City must have new barracks. E.

I) and It It. Powell went up to Johnson City Tuesday. They are interested in real estate in that flourishing city and went up to see if it had all washed away. Rngersville Review. Mr.

Burdette expressed his fun in a nest, catching way that never failed to bring down the house. He seldom burlesques his ideas, and it is greatly to his credit that he possesses a kindly humor. Louisville Courier-Journal. The City Council reminds one of the lower House of Congress in its efforts to get a quorum. A Sergeant-at Arms will also have to be appointed to keep one after they get it, as when certain measures are brought up, an attempt is made to break a quorum and thereby defeat the measure by leaving.

OP PTJlSriSKCXIrC-S. Sold Low. We have just opened a Whole- sale anil Retail Grain, Hay, and Feed Store on Spring Street, (next door to Scavcr Summers,) where we will be glad to serve our friends and the ublic generally when in need of ANY KIND OF FEED STUFF for stock. Our terms on feed are Strictly Sgot Cash to everybody, and our Prices will always be as LOW as the Lowest To Merchants We wish to say that wc arc the Wholesale Agents fur Armour Packing Lucent Oil Works, Swctt water Mill Flour and Crandall-llanis Tobacco Works. We can give you the Very Closest Prices on these goods.

Large stock of Flour and Oil always on hand. Give us a trial. Very respectfully, FAUCETTE MOUNTCASTLE. I. LEO, Pa Hllll STREET, OPPOSITE EAGLE BU1LD1EG.

WANTED. The consent of 1 0.O01 Hmiikers to sen each, a sample lot of 150 "NICKKI," Civars and 120 year sold filled Watvb txrens, C. O. D. to ii and allow ex-amiiiHtlon.

Havana Cioak Winston. C. For nobby and stylish Neckwear call at Ware Beebe's. We have 1,000 Yellow Locust Posts for sale. Seaver A Summers, tf.

Bipgest line ladies and gent's Umbrellas and Parasols just in at G. Kirkpatrick's. Powder, shot, loaded sheila and ammunition of all kinds at Seaver Si Summers'. Call at the Johnson City Tin and Stove store and see he New Process Vapor Cook Stove. Biggest and chenpest line of all kinds of Dress goods, White goods and Ham-burgs yisu ev-r saw at O.

Kirkpatrick's. Kidwell, of Gri eiieville, and f. Mal'mey, of Warrensbnrg, are visiting their brother-in-law, VV. C. Snapp, this weuk.

oer and Decora 1 WOT BE DECEIVED" To Taxpayers. All taxes due the State and county must be paid at once, or I will have to proceed according to law. Costs can be saved by paying to Mr. Cass at C. Lide or to myself.

G. O. Harris. Miss Hester Milburn, of Greene county, who has been vidting her sunt, Mrs. J.

W. Clark, returned home yesterday. one of the Proctor party put his bead tut at the vindow and asked if "Little All" was at home, but no one about here knew. The rain and muddy water throughout East Tennessee will, wo fear, remind Mr. McKinley of that little excursion he took up Salt River last fall.

J. E. Harr, a prominent citizen of Johnson City, has bought out "The World's Cigar Manufacturing Company," heretofore conducted by Wrn. Simpson at this place, and will carry en a more enlarged and extensive business in the future it to, 1 in We have disposed of our Feed business to the firm of Faucettk Mountcastle, on Spring Street (next door to Seaver Summers) where they will be glad to furnish yoju with everything you want in The Feed Line, We now have more roam than ever before and we will try and carry a much larger line of goedx, especially Groceries, Our LINE OF SHOES is made of Solid Leather no Paste-board in-soles. Our line of children's Shoes is the Best in the city.

A few Spring GINGHAMS just arrived. Use Tellico and Sweetwater Valley FLOUR. They are the best brands in the market. Wholesale agents f.r Clark's O. N.

T. Spool Cotton. Please settle vour account. J. D.

Fancette Co. Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Groceries. I Fresh California Canned Fruits just I arrived at Will Patton's. Handsome line Shangtong Pongee's Dress goods at G. Kirkpatrick's.

Fancy and toilet articles in abundance at McFarland Burdensome taxes can be reduced greatly by using the Mastic Mixed Paints. Seaver Summers. Big line fine Henriettas all latest shades just received at G. Kirkpat rick's. Prescriptions carefully and successfully compounded at McFarland at all hours.

We offer a liberal reward for a bet ter wagon than the "Old Hickory," cost considered, Seaver Summers. G. Kirkpatrick has the largest and cheapest line Cassimers, Jeans and Cottonades in the city. Drop in at McFarland Co's and tret your cigars and tobacco. The best brand always on hand.

The Johnson City Tin and Stove Co. have ordered a large stock of Refrigerators, Ice Cream Freezers, Water Coolers, Ac, for the spring and summer trade. S. W. Leach is now occupying the Johnson building, Main street, opposite Eagle building, where he is ready to show the people the latest styles in Wall Paper and Decorations.

Ware Beebe do not handle B. J. goods, and buy only that which is marked by elegance and style. Foreign importations as well as domestic suiting and furnishing goods of the latest. COMING Ml ssl SB asm THE iNOBBIE Clothing and Mi Furnishing GiN Ever in Johnson City.

o-unvnirp bros, OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. WAGONS Hardware PAINTS, SASH The Largest Stock No Rents Seaver and Gr. IF1- Xj IB HAS OPENED A STOCK OF GROCERIES, PROVISIONS and CONFECTIONS On Oak street near Rev. T. B.

Russel's. He keeps a fresh stock of everything in his line, and delivers promptly to any portion of the city, and will be of your patronage. Johnson City Tin and Stove xn CO Roofing.Guttering and Cornice Work a Specialty L. TAYLOR GROCERIES AND PRODUCE. SPRING ST.

Fresli Family Groceries always in atoek at th Lowpki Mxrket Prlrn FOR CASH. We carry a large iitock of Baled Hay, Grain and Feed, and otter CONTRACTORS SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS. Goods delivered in city free of charge. J.E. CRANDALL, President.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK, JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE. GASH CAPITAL PAID IN $50,000 Receives Deposits Subject to Payment on USTotes Have one of the best Burglar Proof Safes in East Tennessee and protectee' by one of Sargent Greenlief Time Locks. BELI. EXCHANGE OX UNITED NT A TEH AI EUROPE. ONLY BANK IN THIS COUNTY UNDER GEST AND EVERY FARMER SHOULD READ THIS.

We can now sell you tho Farmers' Oliver Chilled Plow for $9.00 former price 50. Take advantage of this reduction. SEAVER SUMMERS. a ss Oliver Chilled Plows, At reduced prices. Now is the time to buy.

Rhea, Sekhoiin Co. For fresh Family Groceries and Confectioneries, go to Will I'atton's. The leading and standard preparations always kept in stock at M. Far-land As Andrew Jackson was king among men, so is the "Old Hickory" king among wagons. The finest flavored extracts can be found at McFarland at low prices.

Lime delivered in any part of the city for ten cents per bushel. Leave orders at Rhea, Seehorn Co. Everything you want in the way of Groceries and Canned Goods, fresh and nice, can be found at Will Pat-ton's. McFarland A are the leaders in their line, and carry the largest stock of drugs, toilet articles, cigars and tobacco in the city. Tho Home Steam Laundryof Knoxville is represented at Johnson City by W.

M. Patton. Shipments are mad twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Your linen will be called for and delivered at your house ree. EVERY DAY.

LINE OF- gHARNE and Cutlery, and DOORS. in the City and to pay. Summers. leased to hava a sharA C. D.

GOVERNMENT CONROL. ALSO THE LAR STRONGEST. Paints Pnluts Don't be deceived but goto C. K. Lide it for pure paints.

Paints! We have a good White Lead at 6 that will give you satisfaction, Rhea, Seehorn Co. Lenient 1 Cement Get prices and then go toC. K. Lide Co, who will sell you. TO OPERATORS Vf MACHIRERT.

We now carry in stock all sizes of gum belting of the New York stamp, mid can furnish without the customary delay of ordering. S5fi.tf Seavek Summers. For Sale or Rent. A good dwelling house on corner of Watauga avenue and Boone street in best location in city; eight large rooms, bath room, pantry, cellar, wood and coal house good cistern at kiteh-en door a No. 1 stable on lot one of the best improved pieces of property in city.

For terms, Ac, address W. J. TltJMAB, 354-tf Bristol, Tenn. Will Patton has added a fine slock of family groceries and invites tho public to call for anything in that iine. The Home Steam Laundry, at Knoxville, is one of the 'lest in the a I i State and does first-class work.

Wm. Patton is the agent at this place, andl will have your lineu called for and I delivered at your house. Shipment twice week on Tuesdays and i Thursdays. I.