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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1885
Page
2
Johnson City citizens and professionals gathered at Jobs Mall on June 7 to organize an Enterprise association. Will Smith was elected president with E. B. Whlle as secretary. A favorable tone and plans for another meeting followed as lawyers and citizens discussed local progress and reforms.
Capt H L Taylor was sworn in as special Judge for the term to replace Judge Rodgers who departed for Nashville on business. The bar honors him as a highly capable attorney in East Tennessee and many friends are pleased by the appointment.
The Johnson-Henry case opened with Attorney General John Fain and Col James H Robinson for the prosecution. Defense included Senator Daniel Voorhees and Judge Ingersoll among others. Jury drawing started at 10 40 and twenty four jurors were named with several excused and challenges noted. Witness examination begins in the morning amid procedural exceptions and local reporting.
The New York Custom House has long influenced the Republican party but moral justification is lacking. Abuses in revenue collection and invoice undervaluation demand a careful investigation. The piece argues for exposing fraud, economy, and honesty in public offices, urging reforms aligned with Cleveland's business principles.
A Baltimore reader reports a letter from Roscoe Conkling of Wall Street New York declining to advocate for appointments. He explains he cannot request favors for friends or others, citing reasons that keep him from interfering in any state. The letter emphasizes his unwillingness to serve as a mediator.
A street clash in Richmond erupted after a suit at the United States District Court over a non splittable gentleman's drawer patent. Capt Ellett and Wise clashed following the decision with Wise striking Ellett, and both men were separated amid the fight. Caverns despatches report earthquake like devastation in the Vale of Castimera with villages destroyed and several places swallowed. casualties feared as reports of swallowed parts and missing towns accumulate.
The piece notes a hot summer ahead with a bustling Washington scene. Officials and offices remain crowded as demand for government posts stays high, with many awaiting opportunities and the President planning to remain to manage affairs through the season. The cabinet is expected to stay to handle the continuing queue for places.
June report states settlement terms in the Charles W. Adams versus Lord Coleridge case. Lord Chief Justice will provide an income for his daughter Mildred on marriage to Adams, with disputes to be sent to arbitration. Bernard Overbridge testified the letter cited was written in confidence and influenced by others, while Leo Coleridge denied any harsher reflection toward his daughter.
Rrousorp Vat June and Judge At kins to-day overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of T. J. Clu verua, convicted of the murder of Lilia Madison. The defense sought an arrest of judgment and a postponement to study the record for exceptions. In other items from Georgia and nearby areas, a special train carried the remains of Alexander H. Stephens from Atlanta to Crawfordsville for burial, a fatal accident to Maj. E M Dodson’s eight year old daughter near Cuatraxooca, and a report that two vessels suspected of yellow fever had cleared for the Delaware breakwater with quarantine measures and interdict plans.
Washington June 5 state editors from Iowa visited the President today. They approached with formal bows and extended hands as they exchanged greetings with the President in a brief, cordial reception.
Clarenice Pitz LOD recounts a comic street encounter in Queen City with Captain Johnnson Ingily listening. She describes cows injuring and shouting dood dood, while she lurches forward, waves her tumbwel lah, and finally slams the door with vigor.
A garbled report lists numerous rail corridors and connections across the South, Midwest, and Southeast. It names lines near Atlanta Calera Montgomery New Orleans and Norfolk with various joint routes and proposed links. Mentions Shenandoah Valley and Cleveland Lewiston corridors and several city rail junctions, but details are unclear due to OCR errors.
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