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THE MARYVILLE TIMES
1890
Transcribed Selected Tidbits by Alice Foster Blevins from Chronicling America. loc.gov
APRIL 23, 1890
TANG, TENN.
Editor Times:
The health of the community is very good.
Corn planting is the order of the day.
Mrs. Caroline BURNS is getting well again after a ling illness.
CLOVER HILL, TENN.
Daniel LEATHERWOOD is on the sick list.
Wm. PHELPS’ girls are some better.
The citizens of Clover Hill have met and cleared off the ground for the new school house. The prospect for a graded school is better than ever.
W.C. CUMMINGS has been whitewashing his shop and fence on Main Street.
Porter MARTIN and wife were on the hill visiting friends.
BIG GULLY
Big Gully’s health is tolerably good.
Several deaths in our community in the last two to three weeks. Mrs. COOK died of consumption and also Mrs. WILLIAMSON.
Farmers are wishing for dry weather so they can plant corn.
We are having a very muddy time just now and a considerable rise in the creek.
Parties are looking up iron ore in our neighborhood and found some valuable ore banks.
Mr. HAMMONTREE has given permission to test his ore, as also George FIELDS.
The reports are that there is a good many hands at work on the new railroad.
The telegraph lines are in running order and got the office at Nile’s Ferry and will push the road through as fast as they can.
GAMBLE’S STORE, TENN.
April 21, 1890
Mr. Editor,
La grippe is all over.
Mr. James DAVIS, who has been very sick for several weeks is now improving.
Not long since one of our neighbor citizens was fingering with his bull dog and it bit him through the leg.
Mrs. Kate HENRY is on the sick list yet.
Some months ago Messrs S. A. PATTON and John BROWN, while quail and duck hunting along Ellejoy Creek, on DAVIS Bro’s farm. Discovered a fine yellow sulpher spring. We visited the spring a few days since and think it splendid water. The spring needs some work on it before it will be in condition for use.
Mr. SEATON of Notime, Tenn., is progressing nicely with his new dwelling house.
HUFFSTETTLER’S, TENN.
Mr. Editor:
Health of the community is not very good. Several cases of measels in this vicinity.
Business lively, wheat looking good but little corn planted.
Perry LEE, of Friendsville, passed through our town last Saturday evening, on his lightning steed, to Montvale.
G. L. HANNAH has returned home from Maryville College to remain.
FRIENDSVILLE TENN
No measles as yet.
J. B. MCCLURE is working on the new roller mill at Leeper’s.
Miss Nancy ELLIS has been dangerously sick for a week past with meningitis.
George OSBOURNE is improving slowly.
Dr. Ross LANE died Friday last at the home of his son. Samuel LANE in Loudon County, aged about 70 years. He has been a practicing physician in this and surrounding communities for forty years ans was respected by all who knew him. His remains were interred in Hickory Valley burying ground.
Lee HUMPHREYS, a former citizen of Cloyd’s Creek has been very sick for some time with a combination of la grippe and measles. His life has been despairing of but hope is now entertained for his recovery.
Cards are out announcing the marriage of J. W. GOTHARD to Miss Cordie LEE on May 7th at Friends Church.
LONG HOLLOW. TENN.
Health of the community is very good.
We organized a Sunday School at Thompson’s Chapel last Sunday.
Mr. Marion BROWN is the boss horse trader of our community.
Esta THOMPSON is sick with la grippe.
Miss Sarah HOWARD has left home and has gone to the factory.
LAND SALE
By virtue os a venditioni exponas issued by the Circuit Court of Blount County, Tennessee, I will sell on the 20th day of May 1890, all right, title, claim. Demand and interest that Robert A. JOHNSTON in and to two certain pieces, parcels or tracts of lands in the 5th district, the first of which contains 147 acres, more or less adjoining the lands lately owned by H. T. COX, James KEY, the MYERS tract. The other tract containing 14 acres and adjoining the above named tract, the MYERS tract and others, being the same that was conveyed to Robert E. JOHNSTON, deceased by David S. BRIGHT in the 25th day of August 1856, to satisfy a judgement rendered in favor of Alexander B. MCTEER against the said Robert A. JOHNSTON.
This March 31st, 1890 John ARMSTRONG, Sheriff
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. John KENY and family are in town for several days visiting.
Mr. T. J. ROBINSON has removed to Elijah WALKER’S house on High Street.
Dr. SINGLETON has purchased the property of Hugh MCNUTT on Washington Avenue. The doctor has improved the property by building a new fence in front of it.
Mr. TOLBERT and family returned to their home in South Carolina. They left Monday morning. He intended to have gone about two weeks sooner but the measles struck his family and they had to stay over.
Miss Eliza DORTON has just had a full experience with the measles.
Samuel PATTON has been at home for several with measles.
Julius MILLER has removed to Bristol, his mother and family went a week or so since.
Down in the 1st district, on the land now owned by James EVERETT, a boy was plowing in the field when the earth gave way and he fell into a cavern, about 12 feet deep and was wedged in between two ledges of stone. The neighbors assisted in lifting the horse out, he was so bruised up that he died in a few minutes after being taken out. Mr. POLLARD, a colored man, owned the horse. Below the surface there was a rapid stream of water.
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