Blount County TN Archives News.....News Articles January 8, 1879
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MARYVILLE INDEX January 8, 1879
Wednesday, January 8, 1879



Rebecca McPheeters Crawford, wife of Hugh F. Crawford, died at her home in

Knox County, Dec. 31, 1878, aged 68 years. She was born in Hawkins County; was

a member of New Providence Church while Rev. James Gallaher was its pastor;

was married at the age of 18 years, and lived the remainder of her life in

Knox County. The most marked feature of her life was shown in her amiable

disposition. Her Christian character cannot be impeached.



Sore throats are now fashionable.



On Sunday last a child of Benjamin Franklin, who lives near town, was burned

badly.



We are sorry to have another of our good citizens leave us, to try his fortune

in the Lone Star State. Mr. J.H. Means leaves us this week for Sherman, Texas,

accompanied by his mother, Mrs. B.A. Means.



The past week has been remarkable for its cold weather. Friday morning the

thermometer stood at 6 degrees below zero, and Thursday morning was nearly the

same. Since then we have been having continued cold weather.



Rev. F. Elliott on the 31st ult., we learn, performed a double ceremony, by

which James Irwin, and Ad. Pate were made the happy husbands of Misses. Amanda

Cooper and Laura Beaty. May they live long and prosper.



The aged colored woman, Mrs. Jane Young, who was badly burned on Sunday of

last week, died yesterday morning at 6 o’clock. She was a member of the

Methodist Church. Her funeral took place yesterday afternoon, Prof. Hastings,

principal of the Freedmen’s Normal Institute, having kindly taken in hand the

work of providing for her proper burial. Our old friend and typo, Will G.

McNelley, is now senior partner of the firm of McNelley & Singleton, and is

publishing a newspaper at Murphy, N.C. The Cherokee Herald is the name of the

paper. It has been revived by our young friends, and the 1st number of Vol.

VI, which finds its way to our table is quite a readable paper. We wish it

abundant success.



W.C. Jackson, the man who was engaged in a shooting scrape with Sheriff

McCarter of Franklin County, Ga., and who has been for some time a boarder at

Rule’s Hotel, at the last Circuit Court was sentenced to labor for the county

for ten days. When they expired, Sheriff McCarter was on hand with a

requisition from the Governor of Georgia and a warrant from the Governor of

Tennessee, and started with our sly and wiry friend to Georgia on Thursday

last. Two young men from Georgia accompanied Sheriff McCarter, and also a

brother of Jackson went with him to see that he was properly cared for.



Insane---A sad case of insanity, is that of  Scott Martin, who has been

attending Maryville College, and is known to many of our readers. He was known

as a quiet, studious young man, a member of the church at Kingston, where is

his home, and was considered a promising young man. But on returning from his

home after the holidays with several other students whose homes are at

Kingston, it became evident that his mind was deranged, and last Sunday a

brother came after him, and he was taken home. His insanity is supposed to be

hereditary, as an uncle is now in the asylum at Nashville.





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