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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1885
Page
2
The May 23 1885 Comet issue from Johnson City Tennessee New York style but local notes reveal a swirl of ex office jokes and political jabs. Ex matters loom as references to Ex officers haunt the text and legal affairs near attorney J Williams and U B District Mungin surface amid satirical flourishes.
A Virginia mob hanged Soupy Terry at Liberty after he killed his friend Jeter. The article notes Terry’s eight months of insanity treatment by eminent physicians and condemns mob violence while urging justice. Gen. Win Terry, father, was bedridden in Richmond. Some Virginia papers, including Bristol News, praise mob rule, which the piece says betrays Virginians.
A local notice describes a drawing for a Domestic sewing machine supervised by W T Taylor Dowdy and Pp J Wheeler. Ticket No 83 held by G D Galloway of Flourville Tennessee. machine ordered from Richmond. An organ drawing offer follows with deadline for subscriptions and ticket submission.
In Wasiispoos on May 15 a white rock incident paper says two trains narrowly collided with a quiet bump. no damage, passengers fled to brush as crews reversed engines and a rabbitfoot character shared vague recollections. A presidential appointment list followed on the same date and place.
Students, faculty, and a crowded audience witnessed Science Hill Institute's commencement week. Dr Keith Wout Suday delivered a scholarly sermon from first Corinthians, while Feronian Society exercises featured essays, music by Ogden and others, and prize medals for declamation, composition, and reading.
Athens journalist Joseph J. Ivins was sworn in as United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee by Judge D. M. Cey. Appointed by President Cleveland, Ivins is the first Democrat from Tennessee under the new administration to receive such a post. He will retain current deputies and add one new appointee J J Hoge of Pikeville with more expected later.
A Virginia town tale reports Houston Terry son of General Terry fatally shot T. A. Jeter over a dog gift and a joke. Jeter’s friends call for lynch law while a mob later abducts Terry from jail amid mental illness claims and widespread turmoil.
Governor issues proclamation summoning legislature to an extra session starting May 25. Twelve subjects listed include revenue, assessment, funding bonds, district debt relief, cattle plagues, redistricting, school and mechanic laws, penitentiary management, registration bill, charter amendments for Knoxville and Columbia, and funding for the session. Debate centers on registration of voters in larger towns and cities.
At a joint assembly Logan was elected Senator after a tumultuous roll call with 41 Senators and 158 Representatives present. Logan secured 103 votes with Republican support, while Farwell and others failed to gain enough votes. Separately, Postmaster General Vilas’s confidential note spurs a large expected rise in fourth class post office appointments, potentially 80,000 changes nationwide this year and heavy night work in the department.
The Times notes no immediate cause for alarm in Russia’s delay to ratify the Gladstone and De Stael preliminary agreement but warns that the situation warrants anxiety for observers versed in the issue. St Petersburg telegrams cite domestic politics and English officers at Herat as factors. Russian papers continue to press outrage over England’s war plans.
Washington May 18 The Five Assistant Postmaster General Hay will return to Washington tomorrow after a two month illness layoff. He is not expected to be any better and may resign soon. If he quits, ex-Congressman Mittehler of Pennsylvania is expected to be named for the post.
The grand jury indicts Butler Mahone son of Senator Mahone of Virginia for assault with intent to kill Albert Willis a colored waiter at Welker's hotel in February Willis narrowly escaped. Also included are brief items from Menpars and New York about court fines, a Sing Sing sentence for Sergeant Crowley, and notes on the North American Review’s seventieth year and its June issue topics.
In a New York Sunday Star account, Mrs Leegan visits Senator Beck, a Senate Appropriations Committee member, to urge funding for Garfield Hospital. He initially resists, recalling a religious remark about temptation, but she persuades him with a courteous, earnest appeal.
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