The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1885-07-23
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Hillsboro, Tex.
TIE President hes accepted the resigna,'
ton Of p. B. 8. Pinchback Is Surveyor .6
Customs At New Orleans.
The Georgia Legislature convened on the I
9th.
NEAR the Walton (aa.) County line H.
Crawford shot and killed Col. Gordon. The
mon were substantial farmers and had fall
len out about fence line. When Gordon ,
attempted to run it Crawford stopped il
with his shotgun The murderer has e.
capped.
An effort Is being made at Memphis,
Tenn, to have the Memphis Street Railway
Company indicted - . nuisance. The
company have failed to repair their track
on certain streets, where Taxing District IL
laying new pavements, and it is claimed
that under the charter they must make re-
pairs and improvements between the spaces
occupied by the rails.
CHARLES Moss, an employee of the beck
& Bransferd Manufacturing Company,
Union City, Tenn, had four of his fingers
The first consignment of East Tennessse
new wheat reached Chattanooga on the
9th. 1t was very fine quality, and sold at
$l.O7 1-2 per bushel.
In the Criminal Court ct Galiatin, Tenn,
Jake Copeland was sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary for the murder of Will
liam Loveall. s~s
CHARLES j. BoNAPARrE, Of the dis
tinguished Bonapartes, and one Of Balti-
more's leading lawyers, displayed his
muscle the other day In . pugilistic en-
counter with ex.Justice Charles Rhodes in
the Office of the Clerk of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas at Baltimore. Bonsparte came
out second best.
FIFTY-FOuR out Of ninety six counties in
Tennessee have organized Boards Of Health
under the recently enacted State law.
A DEFALcATIoN amounting to over
1000 has been discovered in the ONCE of
the Trustee Of London County, Tenn.
SECRETARY LAMAR thinks gold pens are
| extravagant, and has banished them from
the Department of the Interior.
SAN DAVIDSON, a saloon keeper Of Tren-
ton, Tenn, was struck on the side of the
head with bottle, few days ago, and
lockjaw set in soon after. Recovery ex-
trsmely doubtful. ~
A FIRE originating curiously occurred
tho other night in Crswfordsville, Ga. A
clock cord broke, letting the weight fall
upon and ignite bcx Of matches lying
upon the bottom of the clock case. The
family were all asleep ct the time, and the
house was nearly burned.
SAMUEL PRICE, Of Leetswn, Jefferson
County, W. Va, was drowned in the
Opequon, . few days ago. hsyeung man
was fishing with seine. He was suddenly
caught in swift current and drawn into
large turn-hole. His father and several
men, who were standing on the bank, wit
messed the drowning, but could render NO
assistance.
TIE Montgomery Grays, Of Alabama.
were handsomely entertained BY the citi-
Gems Of Washington on their way home
from Philadelphia.
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad changed the
guage Of tnpad bed. the other daT from
T Columbus, KY, to Mobile, 40 miles, that
part between East Cairo and Columbus
KY, having already been changed.
A PARTY Of fishermen In Hickman Coun.
ty, Tenn, plying the waters of Blue Blick,
we'll known as . stream containing an
abundance Of the Amy tribe and promi-
nsntly Of speckle trout, report the finding
Of hermit, in the person of Andy Purg,
sixty EIGHT years old, who has erected him
homo entirely Of STONE, doing oil tho work
himself, and requiring several years T.
complete the same. His only means Of
sustenance ID gained from sugar trees. He
is thoroughly familiar with the Bible, and
can tsll In . moment the number Of any
verse and chapter contained.
WILLIE cams, . dx.ysar.old son Of .
farmer living near Wilson, N. c., murder
cd his infant brother, Of whom he had been
given charge. Some time ago hs was taken
70 child's funeral, and manifested great
interest IL IL burial, which hs did not sesn
70 understand. He has ffsqusntly pratslsd
about land asked many questions asto how
the child was got into the CONN, and when
it would come out. The other dsy hs took
his little brother 10 the grave, which was
near his fathers home. ana AFTER. sooopiux
out . grave in the sand BY small brook
he placed the little infant In box he had
previously carried there, nailed down the
top, and buried II, going tAreugh the form
Of delivering aprayer and singing hymn.
After he had flilsd the tiny grave 10 stamp
ID on II, and slowly went hack home and
, told his mother Of he dssd, Of which he