Blount County TN Archives News.....News Articles January 1, 1879
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MARYVILLE INDEX January 1, 1879
Wednesday, January 1, 1879



Mr. James Beal, formerly of this place, was married at Dandridge, on the 24th

ult., to Miss.  Ada J. Wells, as we learn from the Watchman. May they have a

happy and prosperous life.



Burned---On Sunday morning last the clothing of Aunt Jane Young, an aged

colored woman who lives alone, caught fire, and she was badly burned. The old

lady has become an object of charity. The colored Methodist congregation took

up a collection of two dollars on Sunday for her benefit. It is the duty of

the people to look after her welfare. She is a member of the Methodist Church.



Died---Near Wells’ Mill, last week, a child of Fred Bert, two years old.



Beat this whoever can: Mr. Henry Sterling, near Clover Hill, killed a hog last

week that weighed 550 pounds, net.



Bring It Back---The boys who for a joke ran Jo. McConnell’s buggy down the

alley and broke a cross bar, on Christmas night, are requested to return it

and make the break good or ...



Mr. Thomas P. Cobb, who has been living in Texas for the last seven years, was

in town on Thursday last and gave this office a call. Mr. Cobb is a worthy

gentleman, and was raised at Morganton, in Loudon County. He will return to

his home in Texas in a few weeks. He has been living in single blessedness for

seven long years there, and it may be some Tennessee lady may commiserate him

and accompany him on his return.



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