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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1886
Page
1
A long, uneven text blends a war-time poem about duty and loss with a sentimental California romance. Carmen Ercell and Lumen Owen clash over love and money, letters reveal betrayals, and a late marriage reconciles heartbreak, with Knoxville and Tennessee scenes interwoven.
A Virginia era clash over Judge Butler’s loyalty unfolds as the Tomawark press challenges the Comet to publish a refutation. Letters from legislators and Union men describe Butler’s steadfast Union stance, noting private support for Union prisoners and opposition to secession, with a January 1862 message from Butler to Northington urging Union firmness.
A major Charleston railroad meeting at the Charleston Hotel outlined the Consolidated Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad. Col Frank Coxe was elected president with Henry K Baker as secretary treasurer. The plan connects Charleston to the Ohio River, crossing Blue Ridge, with bonds issued to fund the project and a Boston trust to manage securities. The route would pass through Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee reaching Ashland and Sumter, aiming to complete links within two years and fifteen months respectively.
Special from Gadadon Ala reports Euclid Able a youth from a prominent Gadalen family visiting Mrs Alice Canton last night. After being ejected for drunken conduct he forced entry and killed Mrs Canton with a revolver fire in the parlor. He fled and remains at large.
Mrs Cornelia M Stewart wife of the late A T Stewart died suddenly at her residence at Thirty fourth Street and Fifth Avenue New York at 10 this morning from congestion of the lungs and heart trouble. She had dined Friday with Mrs Henry Hilton and contracted a cold on the way home. On Saturday she grew worse, Dr Milner attended, and last night the condition worsened. Ex Judge Horace Russell learned of her death shortly after 10 o clock this morning.
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