Blount County TN Archives News.....News Articles September 4, 1878
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MARYVILLE INDEX September 4, 1878
Wednesday, September 4, 1878



John Davis, charged with killing Capt. John McCoy of Greenville, has been

granted bail of $5,000.



Near Mt. Horeb, Jefferson Co., we learn that M.M. Lester seriously wounded the

head of Russell Walker. Lester fled.



Mrs. Sarah E. Gault departed this life at Montvale Springs, Sept. 1st, at 2

o’clock. The deceased was the wife of Dr. S.H. Gault, formerly of this place,

and now residing at Louisville. He has our heartfelt sympathies in his loss.

We learn that Andrew A. Coulter, of the 14th district, was bitten just below

the ankle bone last Wednesday by a spotted viper. He suffered severely but at

last accounts was doing well.



We are informed that, last week, Mr. Cummings’ store at Louisville was

entered, and found open in the morning, but the only loss discovered was that

of a water-melon.



The Circuit Court---Hon. James Sevier presided at the last term of the Circuit

Court at Maryville. The officers of the court speak in hugh praise of the able

and impartial manner in which he held the scales of justice. There was only

one jury case, and that was the case of the State vs. James Tate, who was

convicted of horse-stealing and sent to the penitentiary for seven years.





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