CLEVELAND HERALD

AUGUST 28,1879

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                                         WEEKLY HERALD

 

PERSONAL:

Our young friend J H MANIS of Kingston gave us a pleasant call

a few days ago.

 

Our Mr. LANG, late of Ducktown, was in the city a few days ago.

 

Our fellow townsmen W P ONELL has been employed in the store

of D J MEYERHARDT, Rome Ga. and left for that city Monday last.

 

PROF. LOGAN of James county called in to see us Monday.

 

Misses MAY and JENNIE JORDAN of Tunnel Hill Ga are visiting

their brothers T G and W  JORDAN of this city.

 

MYRICK, the negro who murdered DAVE NORTON in Chattanooga about

one year ago has been caught in Paris, Texas and returned to

Chattanooga.

 

MARTIN E WOODEY, a prominent citizen of Knoxville was shot and

killed Monday night by a woman named ANNIE LOWE, who afterwards

shot herself. The affair created quite a sensation in Knoxville.

 

SEPTEMBER 4,1879                WEEKLY HERALD

 

Mr. BERRYHILL of James county was in town Monday with a model

of his new mowing machine.

 

Mr. C L HARDWICK of this place has been appointed to receive

contributions for the Memphis sufferers.

 

CIRCUT COURT

The case of JOHN CARTER charged with murder put off till next

term. The case of DIXON charged with barn burning, is now on

trial and will probably be decided this morning.

 

PERSONAL:

JIMMIE JOHNSTON left for Knoxville last week to attend

University.

 

GEO. L HARDWICK left last week for Vanderbuilt University.

 

JOHN G BROWN left Sunday for Knoxville to clerk in a large dry

goods store.

 

Judge TREWHITT and Attorney General SPEARS are in town holding

court this week.

 

JOHN T RODGERS left for Chattanooga Tuesday where he has been

employed as a druggist in a drug store in that city.

 

Among the lawyers attending court this week are Mr. JOHN SMITH

and CAPT. AIKIN of Charleston and JAMES STEWART of Benton.

 

GEO. HAIN the old reliable baker on north side of Public square

has added to his already famous grocery store , a neat and well

arranged dining room with a cooking department. He has five

and ten cent lunches. and a square meal for one quarter of a

dollar.

 

DIED

Mrs. NANNIE CASH, wife of JOS. P CASH of Chatta, aged 27 years

on Aug. 29,1879.

 

We understand that Mr. P L BIBLE has the contract to rebuild

the old "ark corner" for McNEELY & SON. He will commence at

once.

 

A calf show Monday resulted in a general verdict for Mrs. JAS>

SMITH who was the owner of the largest and prettiest calf to

its age on the ground. It was of the Durham stock and seven

weeks old.

 

SEPTEMBER 11,1879                   WEEKLY HERALD

 

Mr. BENNETT COOPER of this county was badly injured in this

place Tuesday while taking his horse from the buggy. The horse

became frightened and tried to run, knocking Mr. COOPER down

and severely bruising him in several places. Mr. COOPER is quite

old and cannot stand very much.

 

The Recent Robberies

For the past year there seems to have been in this county an

organized band of petty thieves with headquarters in this city.

All efforts have been made to discover who they were, but of

no avail till last Sunday, when WILLIAM CRUMLEY, JACK MAPLES

Jr., JACK MAPLES Sr., and JAMES MAPLES were arrested, charged

with robbing Mr. JAMES BATTS tan-yard. Several sides of leather

were found at JACK MAPLES house. CRUMLEY it seems told the whole

affair, stating that he always stood guard with a shot gun in

hand ready to kill any man who approached while the others did

the robbing. CRUMLEY admits having robbed HAM CARSON's blacksmith

shop, and also shooting at Mr. WHITE two miles east of town

while stealing Mr. WHITE's watermelons. Mr. WHITE it seems heard

them in his field and went out on them, and they shot at him.

There has been divers other robberies of spring houses and

gardens going on all summer in and around through the county

near town, and it is supposed that the same gang has been doing

all of it.

The immediate cause of the arrests were that on Saturday night

the wagon cover and a carpet in Mr.T C DICKEY's wagon were

stolen, and on Sunday night Mr. DICKEY got a search warrant

and searched MAPLES and CRUMLEY's bedrooms, where they found

a churn and some tools belonging to HAM CARSON. They failed

to find Mr. DICKEY's goods, but were arrested all the parties

at once and brought them into town Sunday evening and guarded

ill Monday morning when the grand jury found true bill against

them, and failing on bond they were all sent to jail. On Tuesday

CRUMLEY had a trial in circuit court and was sentenced to the

penitentiary for five years. This will be the second term he

has served in that institution. A J MAPLES Sr., A J MAPLES Jr.,

and JAS. MAPLES had their trial continued till next term of

the court.

 

DIED - August 2,1879 - near Georgetown, an infant daughter of

Mr. J H BALL.

 

DIED- August 6,1879 daughter of HUSTON CRAIGMILES, colored,

aged 16 years of typhoid fever.

 

CIRCUT COURT-

State  vs  JOHN DIXON, charged with arson, sentenced to five

years imprisonment in penitentiary. Defendant to appeal.

 

State  vs  HENRY NIPPER, charged with malicious shooting,

mistrial.

 

State  vs  W. CRUMLEY, larceny, five years in penitentiary.

 

ROSA C DAVIS  vs  A J UPTON, breech of promise, mistrial.

 

State  vs  NANCY DODD, carring a pistol fined $50 and sentenced

to jail for five days.

 

In Loudon county last week a young man named ROBERT CANNON,

killed JAMES HEATH with a base ball bat. They were disputing

over a base ball game.

 

Our friend ROBERT PARKS who left this country for Illinois has

returned and gave us a call Monday. BOB thinks that East

Tennessee is the place for him in the future.

 

Mr. W P SOLOMAN of Meigs county accompanied by his sons JIMMIE

and ROBERT gave us a call last Saturday and presented us with

the largest and nicest sweet potatoes we have seen this season.

He says he has hundreds more like them.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 18,1879                   WEEKLY HERALD

 

Obituary

DORCUS ANNIE, daughter of HENEGAR and CLARS HALL, departed this

life Sept[ember] 2,1879, aged one year, three months, and seven

days. She was the youngest of the family and the first to cross

the cold stream of death, and to cross over to the belt, where

she will wait at the beautiful gate for her mother and father.

 

 

J F CAMPBELL and GEO. DAY left for Nashville , Monday, having

in charge a man and a woman who have been adjudged lunacies.

 

Twenty-four person's named LEA were in JOHNSTON's store at one

time Monday, and it wasn't a  good day for LEA's either, Eleven

of them left for Texas in the evening.

 

Misses MAY JOHNSTON, NORA and MAGGIE HARDWICK, MENERVA TUCKER

and KATE MAYFIELD left Tuesday night to attend Martha Washington

College, the coming term.

 

Mr. JOHN GAUNT and family left Monday for Texas, where they

expect to make their future home.

 

SEPTEMBER 25,1879              WEEKLY HERALD

 

Ooltewah:

 

Mr. C C VEST of Ducktown we understand has rented Mr. GREEN's

hotel and will take charge of it  the 1st of October.

 

DIED_

Mr. A HOWARD an old and prominent citizen of the town died on

Saturday at the age of 65 years, and was buried Monday.

 

(end)

 

A negro man at Murfreeaboro, Tennessee aged 103 has just married

his seventh wife, who is thirty two. The old man has twenty

seven children.

 

MARRIED -

September 24,1879 - at the residence of the brides father in

Whitfield county, Ga. - Mr. HENRY F SHUGART of this county to

Miss LELAH GROVES.

 

OCTOBER 2,1879                   WEEKLY HERALD

 

Justice is not always slow, Friday last ANTHONY BLAIR, colored,

was hung at Morristown for the murder of his grand-daughter.

The deed was committed on the 30th of July last and eight days

from that time BLAIR was sentenced to be hung. He acknowledged

his guilt and said the verdict was just.

 

We learn that Mr. J H CRAIGMILES has been elected President

of the Cleveland National Bank, to fill the vacancy caused by

the death of CAPT. RHAT. Mr. CRAIGMILES is one of the best

business men in the country and the stockholders of that

institution did well in choosing him to fill the vacancy caused

by his able predecessor. Mr. C is not only a first-class man

in every respect -  genial, clever, and accommodating, and we

venture to say the Bank will lose none of its popularity by

having him to preside over it.

 

 

DIED-

SQUIRES S N MONTGOMERY, one of the oldest citizens of the county,

and for many years a member of the county court from this

district, died at his home near this place last Saturday. His

death was very sudden - having fallen from his chair.

 

A serious accident came near happening last Thursday to BEN

and  CHARLEY TAYLOR. They were penciling the Ocoee House and

were standing on a swing scaffold when one of the ropes broke.

CHARLEY fell to the ground and received a few slight bruises,

BEN held onto his rope and lowered himself down. As it happened

they were at the second story. Had it been any higher one or

both would probably have been killed.

 

Mr. JOHN TRUNK left Tuesday for Ohio where he expects to stay

several months.

 

Our young friend FRED ROGERS has returned to his post of duty

at the Chattanooga depot and compress.

 

Mr. WIMBERLY of Polk county is building a new house on the corner

of OSMENT's lot near CATE's Livery Stable to be occupied by

a liquor saloon.

 

Miss MARY JOHNSTON of this city and Miss MARY JOHNSTON of

Charleston left this morning for Due West S C to attend the

female college of that place.

 

The following members of the Cleveland Bar left for Knoxville

to attend the supreme court: C F BATES, J H GAUNT, P B MAYFIELD,

S P GAUNT and R M EDWARDS.

 

W S MONTGOMERY and T L CATE have recently had thier business

houses repainted and fixed up generally, which adds considerably

to the appearance of that side of the public square.

 

Our young friend J M BIBLE, Circut Clerk of Polk county, is

studying law under P B MAYFIELD of this city. JIM is a clever

fellow and we predict a bright future for him.

 

Four prisoners escaped from the Knoxville jail Monday night.

They were BRAN GELLINS of Cocke county, SQUIRE HURD of Hancock,

NORMAN of Anderson, all revenue prisioners and PENNYCUFF charged

with murder in Fentress county

 

OCTOBER 9,1879                    WEEKLY HERALD

 

Mr. W H CRAIGMILES has torn down the warehouse in the rear of

the storeroom occupied by JOHNSTON BROS. and will soon build

a new brick business house two stories high.

 

Mr. WALTER CRAIGMILES has purchased the house and lot now occupied

by J J KELLY's saloon, and will soon remove the old buildings

and build a new one. He will also move the dressing room of

the Opera House in the rear of the main building.

 

DIED-

October 2,1879, at the age of about 30 years, - Mrs. SARAH A

BEAN, wife of WM. T BEAN, of lingering consumption. Mrs. BEAN

was a member of the C P Church and had been for several years

previous to her death.

OCTOBER 16,1879                  WEEKLY HERALD

 

In the case of State  vs  JOHN DIXON of this county, charged

with barn burning, the Supreme Court reversed the decision

of the court below and remanded DIXON back for a new trial at

the next term of the Circuit Court.

 

State  vs  JOHN CARTER for killing DONAS McGILL in Athens also

reversed, and new trial ordered.

'

DIED-

JAMES SHELTON of Calhoun, aged about 89 years, died on Thursday

last. He was the oldest inhabitant of the place.

 

Mr. W H CRAIGMILES will son have his new store house finished.

Mr. JO TAYLOR and his two sons are doing the brick work.

 

DIED-

In the Athens Post of last week we noticed the death of MAJOR

M A HELM, cashier of the Franklin Bank association of that place.

He was in his 66th year.

 

Married:

Two paupers of Cocke county were married last week; WM. TALLENT

84 years old to LUCY MILLER, 95 years old.

 

From the Chattanooga Times we learn that Mr. WHITTEN, P M  at

Tunnel Hill, was thrown from his buggy near Ooltewah last week

and died from injuries received.

 

OCTOBER 23,1879                    WEEKLY HERALD

 

Appointments of Conference of M E Church

 

KNOXVILLE DIST. :

J A RUBLE (presiding Elder)

 

Knoxville First Church:

C B SPARROW

 

Knoxville Seconds Church:

J M DURHAM

 

Knoxville Circuit:

J B LITTLE

 

New Market:

J H JENNINGS, R PIERCE

 

Maryville:

J D LAWSON

 

Madisonville:

J N MOORE

 

Loudon:

T H HODGE, R PIERCE, (Presiding of Holston Seminary; member

of New Market Quarterly Conferences.)N G TAYLOR, Conference

Evangelist; member of Johnson City Quarterly Conference.

 

Greeneville District:

J W MANN Presiding Elder

 

Greenville

J J MANKER

 

Greeneville Circuit:

T B RUSSELL

 

Rheatown:

J L CARDWELL and J B FITZGERALD

 

Fall Branch:

A J BRUNER

 

Jonesbrough

J D ROBERSON

 

Elizabethton:

G W HENNINGER

 

Johnson City circuit:

J R HUGES

 

Taylorsville:

C D MUNSEY

 

Kingsport:

J P MILBURN

 

Telford Circuit:

J R SCHULTZ, J N BAKER

 

Ashville District:

W C DAILY Presiding Elder

 

Ashville:

F M FANNING

 

Ashville circuit:

A F CRESWELL

 

Headersonville:

J F WOODFIN

 

Parrotsville:

T W BROWN

 

Morristown:

T R WEST

 

Mossy Creek:

P H REED

 

Chattanooga District:

J S PETTY Presiding Elder

 

Chattanooga:

to be supplied

 

Ooltewah:

J A BAKER

 

Cleveland:

J S HILL

 

Cleveland Circuit:

E M LOCKWOOD

 

Chatta:

R O AYERS

 

Sewee:

G JULIAN

 

Athens:

L B CALDWELL

 

Athens circuit and Riceville:

G W COLEMAN

 

Blue Springs:

G M STONE

 

Ducktown:

W R LONG

 

Murphy:

R M WHITE

J F SPENCE, President; L B CALDWELL, Proffessor;R J COOKE, Tutor

in East Tennessee Wesleyan University: members of Athens Quaterly

Conference.

J B FORD , Agent of the Sunday School Union; member of Cleveland

Quarterly Conference.

W H ROGERS, Bible Colpolter, and Sunday School Agent, member

of Chatata Quaterlt Conference.

MRM BURK, Princpal of Johnson Seminary; member of Blue Spring

Quarterly Conference.

 

KINGSTON DISTRICT:

T H RUSSELL, Presiding Elder

 

Kington and Rockwood:

J C WRIGHT

 

Kingston Circiut:

 H H BUNETT

 

Pikesville:

J J ROBINETT

 

Dayton:

J F FERRY

 

Jasper:

JOS. A NICHOLSON

 

Battle Creek:

T A CASS

 

Cumberland:

J C TATE

 

Cleveland District:

S J HARRIS, Presiding Elder