Blount County TN Archives News.....News Articles February 12, 1879
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MARYVILLE INDEX February 12, 1879
Wednesday, February 12, 1879



A man named Mr. A.E. Murphy, formerly of Sevier Co., committed suicide at

Knoxville, Feb. 7. Cause--pecuniary troubles.



Died---On Friday night, Feb. 7th, Columbus Cowan, aged 68 years. The deceased

was a brother of Esq. S.F. Cowan, who resides a few miles east of town.



We regret to learn that the Rev. W.B. Brown is dangerously ill with pneumonia.



Wednesday, February 19, 1879



The wife of Hut Amerine came over from Blount County on yesterday’s Maryville

train, had an interview with her husband and returned home on the train. ---

Chronicle. Feb. 6th.



Kingston East Tennessean: Charles Franklin, a little son of B.F. Underwood, of

this county, a few days ago, fell in the fire and was so seriously burned as

to die from the effect of it on the 6th instant.



Capt. Blacker, United States Detective from Atlanta, passed through this city

yesterday with a man by the name of Jones in charge, who is charged with the

killing of Lieut. McIntyre in Gilmore County, Ga., in the fall of 1875. Jones

was arrested last summer in Cleveland for violation of the revenue law and has

since been in jail at Knoxville and other points. ---Cleveland Herald.



We learn that a young man named Thomas Thompson received a pistol shot in the

thigh last Saturday evening while resisting arrest. The affair occurred about

a mile and a half south of Athens, and the shot is said to have been fired by

John Gaston, the Marshal of Athens, who had been deputized to arrest Thompson.

It is also said that Thompson attempted to shoot Gaston before the latter

fired. The wound is reported to be a bad one, though not likely to prove

fatal. ---Post.



As Mr. William James, near Miser’s Station, was felling a tree on the 14th

inst., the tree lodged and in its fall struck Mr. James on the head. Esq.

James, a brother, fears it will prove fatal.



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