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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1893
Page
5
The column records a flood of short items from Elizabethton and nearby: people visiting, returning from Bristol and Unaka Springs, and others entering schools at Carson Newman. Activities include postmaster appointment in Necophon, coal prices at McNeils, and a buggy horse auction.
Help needed for a good cook in a two person household. Address care of Comet office for replies.
A special term of Johnson City law court is in session with a few cases heard before Judge W. W. Faw under special arrangements.
I have just opened a line of fresh candies of all kinds. It is the nicest stock in the city and prices are in keeping with the hard times. Call and see. .W. Leacu.
Notice offers a 25 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the person who maliciously cut a fire hose during a Sunday morning fire on the 27th inst. It is issued by W. Cane, Recorder.
Work has begun on a school building for colored children with brick work progressing quickly. Contractor Schaffer aims to finish brick walls in 15 days and have the building ready for occupation by October 1, located at Myrtle and Elm streets.
Passenger trains Nos. 3 and 4 on the East Tennessee line will be withdrawn this Sunday. No. 3 runs from Bristol and arrives at 12 26 a m No. 4 runs from Chattanooga and arrives at 5 14 a m. Vestibules have been converted to local service and minor schedule changes are planned to minimize inconvenience.
Marriages occurred at Bluff City and Greeneville. Roy E. Sneed wed Miss Nannie Earnest in Bluff City with Rev. J. C. Cowan officiating. Napoleon Taylor, son of Gen. James P. Taylor, married Miss Marilla Broyles in Greeneville on the 18th mat. Cards issued for the marriage of Dr. J D Campbell and Miss Louise Trnan at Smithwood Tenn on September 7. Dr Campbell, a rising young physician, is widely liked.
Fire swept Harron residence on Myrtle street last Sunday around 4 30 AM. The building was destroyed despite a prompt alarm and almost all furniture was saved. The house, insured for 1250 dollars, was being vacated as Mr Harr moved into a new home on Watauga avenue and Roan street. Mrs Harr and daughter were with relatives on Boone s Creek. origin of the blaze remains unexplained. M Jackson recently received a half car of sugar and offers low prices.
The fifth annual reunion of the Confederate Veterans association of Upper East Tennessee will be held September 7 at Holston in Grainger County. The event, north of Morristown on the Morristown and Cumberland Gap railroad, will take place in a grove with seating. Walter M. Cocke and W. L. Ledgerwood will speak, special trains from Morristown at reduced rates offered, with brass band music and dinner for all.
M. Jackson at the Coat Store invites customers to enter and browse even if they do not intend to buy. He promotes the store as the largest and best grocery store in the city and promises pleasing prices.
Exhibition at Tur Corner office features a stalk of corn from Geo. R. Hurlbut’s Cash Hollow farm. Planted July 1, it stood 58 days, grew over three inches daily, and reaches two ears high on a burglar proof stalk, beyond ordinary reach without a ladder.
A long OCR readout lists numerous heirs guardians and executors such as Allen J J Adama J J, Crumley heirs and guardians, Campbell Mrs Mollie, Crowell J D, Jones Henry, Hale W K heirs, Henderson WH, Johnson City Bld and Imp Co, McKee Jeanie D Miller, Reed Jno, Smith J Slater Lechora Johnson, and many others, indicating estate interests and guardianship arrangements across families and institutions in the county.
The notice warns suit will be commenced to enforce tax liens on property with no right of redemption. Costs rise at every court step. Settlement before suit saves money. Unpaid taxes due within thirty days. Warrant payments accepted until August 25, 1898. after that, by board order, taxes must be paid in cash. Rost. Buxtow, City Attorney.
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