Blount County TN Archives News.....Miscellaneous Articles May 17, 1876
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THE INDEPENDENT May 17, 1876
Wednesday, May 17, 1876



Double Centennarian---We were shown the other day by Maj. A.M. Gamble, an

heirloom in the family of his father, which has been handed down from

generation to generation until the date when it came into the family is not

known. It is a silver coin, on one side there is a crown resting on a shield

which is surrounded by ornamental work, around which and near the edge of the

coin, are the following letters: ARCHID. AVOT. DOX. BORG. O. FLAN. On the

other side there is a smaller crown above a pair of cross scepters and the

following letters around near the edge of the coin: CARAL. M. D. G. HISPAN.

ET. INDIAR. REX. In the open space to the left of the cross scepters are the

figures 16 and on the right 67. The committee on relics for the Forth of July

ought to be after that piece of money.



James Hurst, a colored man residing on Jail Street, died last Saturday morning

after a long and lingering illness.



There is an insane colored woman, Rachel Wear, who lives near the jail and

gets up an excitement occasionally. Last Thursday night as a crowd of boys

were going to give John Holland the benefit of all the noise they could make,

the main crowd having passed, this woman caught one of the boys who was behind

and endeavored to put him in the creek. Small boys have quit traveling in that

neighborhood on nights since that time. There ought to be some arrangements

made for caring for such unfortunate persons.



Mr. John Holland it has been thought for some time, had a peculiar hankering

for a certain residence on High Street, and several of our young men have kept

a shirt “in the bile” all the time for weeks, hoping to be invited to a

wedding. But last Thursday evening, John went over and took Miss. ‘Phronia

Bradley, the beautiful young lady who was the idol of his heart, up to the

residence of Rev. S.Z. Sharp, and there in the quiet of Prof. Sharp’s family

they were married and the town boys disappeared.



Suicide---A sad affair occurred in the lower end of this county last

Wednesday. George D. Hutton who has for some time past been deranged, got hold

of a double barreled shot gun and getting into the woods alone, committed

suicide. When found he was lying dead on one side of a fallen tree and the gun

was lying with one barrel empty on the other side. The contents had been

discharged and taken effect below the chest about the point of ribs ranging to

the left shoulder while the shirt across his breast was burnt. There was mud

on both triggers from which it appears that he had placed the muzzle to his

body and with his toes forced the gun either aiming to fire both barrels, and

one failed, or that he had attempted to fire one barrel and it failing had

placed his toe on the other trigger discharging that barrel. Coroner H.O.

Wilson was called and summoning a jury, held the inquest over the body

required by law, the jury returning a verdict that the deceased “came to his

death by a shot gun wound from a double barreled shot gun in his own hands on

the 10th day of May, 1876.” The deceased was a brother of Mr. J.C. Hutton, our

county Register.



A Pleasant Affair---Last Wednesday a large circle of friends assembled at the

mansion of Mr. I.N. Yearout, three miles below town, to witness the

celebration of the rites of marriage between Mr. Alex Hall and Miss. Hassie

Yearout, and it was indeed such an enjoyable occasion as the fortunate seldom,

and many never have the pleasure to witness. The ceremony was pronounced by

the Editor of  The Independent at 6 o’clock, P.M. The groom is a citizen of

Knox County, a young man of high moral and mental attainments, in short an

unusually promising young man; while the bride is the most beautiful young

lady within the acquaintance of the writer of this article. After the

ceremonies the company was invited to the dining hall, where they found one of

the most tastefully arranged tables, spread with the richest viands, and was

soon adorned on one side by the most beautiful ladies that it has ever been

our pleasure to see combined, and it seemed to be universally enjoyed to the

greatest degree. The Misses Yearout certainly deserve much credit for taste in

decorating their residence for the happy occasion. The bridal pair have our

warmest congratulations and best wishes for a happy and prosperous sail on the

sea of life, and may the gentle breezes waft them unto the harbor of eternal

peace when they shall have drawn to the other shore.



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