The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-28
STATE NEWS.
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night. He was trying to make
when the link broke and
a piece struck Meadows on the
leg with great force, tearing big
hole in the flesh.
CHATTANOOGA, June 21.-The
Central Railroad of Georgia must
tear I'm its tracks in Chattanooga
on land owned by the Cincinnati,
New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Railroad. Such was the tenor of
a decision given this morning in
the Federal Court by Judge Key
in a suit brought by the Cincinnati
Company against Receiver Conner,
of the Central. The case will be
appealed to the United States
Supreme Court, as the matter is
considered very important one
by both parties to the litigation.
A rumor has been circulating
in Athens the past week that the
esteemed wife of the late DR.. w.
w. Satterlee had recently died, but
the report is probably untrue. Mr..
John B. Childress received a tele-
gram from his son, A. B. Childress,
on Wednesday, who is at Eureka.
Mimi, near Minneapolis, in which
he speaks of the death of DR.. Sat-
terlee but says nothing of Mrs. Sat-
terlee.-Athens Athenian.
Rufus M. Fields, formerly editor
of the Lebanon Observer, but now
editor of the Lincoln County Her
aid, published at Fayetteville, was
struck on the head last week with
a stick in the hands of Bob Lee
Contrell, and dangerously wounded.
Fields wrote an article severely
rejecting on Hon. Robert Contrell,
father of young Contrell, and since
thattime the feeling between the
two men has been very bitter.
Gen. A.W. Campbell died at his
home in Jackson last week of can.
Ger of the throat, aged IS years
He was gallant brigadier-general
in the Southern Confederacy, was
a member of the constitutional con.
vention in 1870, and prominent can.
didate for governor on more than
one occasion.
Last Saturday night there was 6
fight at Paint Rock in which Dave
Strunk was in all probability fatal
ly wounded. The facts reported tC
us at this writing (Monday) are
meagre, and we can give facts only
as they are reported to us. Bot
Bell, Sherman Carver and Dave
Strunk were drinking beer al
Reese Charles house. Strunk
threw some beer in Carver's face
and the three of them engaged in a
fight in which knives were the
weapons used. Strunk claims that
Bell held him while Carver did the
cutting, and others say that Bell
did the cutting after Carver had run.
They had keg of beer and were
all drunk, we understand. Bell
and Carver left and have not been
captured. Strunk will die.-Cum-
berland Chronicle.
e. NJ. Gallon, F. H. Burke, Jr.
P. r. Keuren, G. A. Newman and
Edward Godbee secured a charter
from Secretary of State Morgan for
the first Presbyterian Church of
Hartman, Tenn.
GALLATIN. June 19-[Special. J.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Meador
who was shot in the Furgerson
tragedy, is reported to be better,
and it is now thought that he will
soon recover.
The GAINESVILLE City Guards have
gotten their new uniforms and
christened them by attending
church in body. The boys have
about decided not to enter the State
competitive drill.
Capt. John Biddle, of the corps Of
engineers of the United States
Army, who succeeds Lieut.. Robert
in charge of the Cumberland River
improvements, is at Nashville and
has entered upon his duties. He
advertises for stone for lock build
ing.
JACKSON, TENN. June 19-chil-
dren of Charles Douglass, in the
Ninth District of this county, one
8 years and one 8 months of age
were attacked this afternoon by a
rabid dog and badly bitten. Both