Blount County TN Archives News.....News Articles November 27, 1878 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glenn Teffeteller glennt@icx.net August 19, 2005, 1:18 pm MARYVILLE INDEX November 27, 1878 Wednesday, November 27, 1878 A Shooting Scrape---We learn that a sad difficulty occurred on Little River, on Monday last, between Mr. Alex Henry and his son, John, in which several shots were fired. As to the extent of the damage done, we have not yet learned. From away over the ocean come the news that Mr. and Mrs. T.T. Alexander, our missionaries to Japan, have received a little daughter into their far off home. May the little stranger live a long, happy and useful life. Little Maggie, daughter of Mr. Patrick and Bridget Cassidy, aged seven years and nine days, died on the 22nd inst. The remains were taken to Knoxville on Sunday for interment. Mr and Mrs. Cassidy return their heartfelt thanks to many citizens of Maryville and vicinity for their acts of kindness during the sickness of their child. We learn from Capt. J.W. Lackey that on Saturday last, near Col. John A. Dyer’s place, below Friendsville, an affray took place between two colored men, Gov. Henderson and a man named Houston Tate. Henderson fired four shots at Tate, two of which took effect. We did not learn whether the shots will prove fatal or not. Both are said to be reckless characters. On A Visit To Texas---Yesterday morning two of our Syrian friends, Dr. A. Arbeely and his father, accompanied by Capt. Leo L. Ferrary, left Maryville on a tour through Texas. Our exhausted lands in East Tennessee naturally suggest a visit to some more fertile region, and the Lone Star State presents a variety of soil as well as of climate. If we would retain our friends we must wake up and improve our lands and homes. Mr. R.I. Wilson, who had been stricken down with paralysis more than three months ago, died at his residence at Rockford Monday afternoon, about 4 o’clock. Mr. Wilson had long occupied a prominent place among his neighbors as an energetic and successful business man, an intelligent, devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he had long been an elder, a liberal patron of education and a friend to the poor. He was a good man, and will be much missed by those who knew him. His age was 56 years. His funeral took place today at 12 o’clock, at this place. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/blount/newspapers/newsarti70gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb