transcribed from microfilm and contributed by Susan Langheld (date unidentified)

JANUARY 21, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

MARRIED Miss MAGGIE DAVIS , daughter of JEFF DAVIS, celebrated the New Year by getting married. She hitched to J A HAYES, Cashier of the State National Bank, in Memphis.

MARRIED Rev. BALLEW, of Indiana, to Miss HETTIE COWAN, daughter of W B COWAN, of this county.

JANUARY 28, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

Mr. P H LOWE has been appointed Deputy U S Marshall. At this place.

Part2 FEBRUARY 4, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

MARRIED At Boliver, Tenn. January 26th, 1876 – Rev. C. M. GRAY of this city to Miss CLARA POLK of the former place. Mr. GRAY and bride arrived here on Friday last. We congratulation Mr. G on getting hooked to a fine looking woman.

DEATH Mr. J FRANK LEEPER, aged 24 years and 6 months, died at his home in this place Wednesday night last at 10:30 o’clock, of consumption. Frank was liked by all that knew him. He leaves a wife and mother and many friends to mourn his untimely end.

FEBRUARY 18, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

NOTICE HENRIETTA DAVIS Vs CHARLES DAVIS The complaint having this day filed her bill in the Chancery Court of Bradley County Tennessee, against the said CHAS. S. DAVIS praying for a divorce and showing that he resides in the state of California and beyond the limits of Tennessee. The said CHAS. S DAVIS is notified to appear at the next term of the Chancery Court to be held at Cleveland, Tennessee, beginning on the 4th(?) Monday of February 1876, and answer said bill or it will be taken as confessed and set for hearing exparte. This January 22,1876. W H McKAMY, C & M

Mr. L L CALLAWAY left for New Mexico last Tuesday evening, which place he expects to make his future home. He was accompanied by Mr. JOE LEE, who lives there at the present.

If our Marshall will put himself to a little trouble by staying up till ten o’clock, he can get a crowd of youngsters that get beastly drunk about that hour, and make it a business of throwing rocks and eggs.

PERSONAL Our young friend and townsman, W. D. TRAYNOR “pulled up stakes” and left Saturday for Texas. We don’t think “dear” Willie has any idea of staying more than a month or so. One thoughtful thing he did before he left – subscribed to the Herald.

FEBRUARY 25, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

SHERIFF’S SALES State of Tennessee Bradley County Circuit Court, January Term, 1876. W H McKAMY Ex. of SAMUEL KELLY Dec’d VS SANDY MAGILL In obedience to an order made at the above term of the Circuit Court of said county, I will, at the Court Hose door in Cleveland, on the 8th day of April next, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, the following described lands to wit: 400 acres more or less in the 8th civil district of Bradley County aforesaid, bounded by the Hiwassee river, the lands of the Heirs of E. BALLINGER deceased the lands of J R TUCKER and the lands of the Heirs of J R ATKINSON deceased. Levied on as property of SANDY MAGILL to satisfy three judgments rendered by S S BARRETT Esq., on the 30th day of January 1875 in favor of W H McKAMY Ex. of SAMUEL KELLY deceased vs. SANDY MAGILL. The above levy is made subject to the Homestead of SANDY MAGILL October the 8th, 1875. This February 21st, 1876. Isaac Low, Sheriff.

Repeated three times for each person named.

MARCH 3, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

MARRIED At Ooltewah – February 29th,[1876], by H H McNAB Esq. — Mr. LUTHER GREEN to Miss ANNIE STALCUP, all of James County.

Mr. TOM HUNTER’s stable was burned at Ducktown, burning to death his two large mules, two horses, a wagon and a carriage.

A young man by the name of THOMAS ATKIN was shot and killed by another man named THOMAS SNEED, while attending a ball in Knoxville last week, given by one of the military companies. Bad whiskey is said to be the cause, and carrying pistols did the work. SNEED was bound over to court in a bond of $5,000. If our next legislature would make carrying concealed weapons a penitentiary offense it would put a stop to carrying pistols.

MARCH 10, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

Prof. SELVIDGE has been ill for some two or three weeks, in consequence there has been no school during his illness. He has now about recovered and school will begin next Monday.

MARCH 17, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

Resisted His Doom JAMES FLETCHER, an offender of “crooked whiskey” law was convicted At this term of the court for violation of the revenue law, and was taken to Cleveland yesterday by Deputy Marshall LOWE to serve out one month’s imprisonment for the same. He is an unusually large and powerful man, and having imbibed a little to freely of the “crooked stuff” became very unruly at the car shed, and, although being confined with handcuffs, he knocked the officer down and floundered around at a terrible rate, it being with much difficulty that he was quieted down. Officer LOWE finally succeeded in cooling him off by dashing him with some cold water, and getting him aboard the train took him off. –Knox Chronicle–After arriving he concluded that he would rather not go to jail; but there were too many for him.

Mr. JOHN HOWARD and Mr. LAWSON cut down a large tree a few days ago to make boards, and in the top of the tree, five-five feet from the ground was an owls nest and a rock that weighed about a hundred pounds. Now the question is, how did that rock get there. It looks as if it had been there always.

MARCH 24, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

A FIRE The Work Of Grangers to Rebuild Mr. JEFF ELDRIDGE, who lives about six miles north of this place had his house burn down on Friday night last–loosing at least half his household furniture and wearing apparel. Mr. ELDRIDGE is well known in this county and is a prominent Granger. The Brother Grangers learned of his misfortune, gathered together and by night had up a new house ready to be covered and build a chimney. The snow set them back a little, but the house is probably done by this time. The fire originated from a low chimney.

KENTUCKY OUTDONE

Last week we mentioned the fact that a tree had been cut down on Chatta, by Mr. JOHN HOWARD and Mr. LAWSON, and in the top was twenty-three young owls in it, and also a rock that weighed over a hundred pounds, at a height of ninety-five feet. Some of our readers seemed to doubt it, but since then we have it from a reliable gentleman from there, that the story is a matter of fact. He further states that the tree made nine thousand boards. It is thought that the rock contains an immense quantity of gold, and was put there by Indian. We understand Mr. HOWARD has the rock locked up and will shortly have it examined by competent mineralogists, and to the Gentials with the owls. Some of our readers may doubt this story, but the proof can be produced at a moments warning. Since writing the above Mr. LAWSON tells us there was not another rock to be found within a mile of the place. It is very easy to account for the rock. It is a piece of the same rock that JOE TAYLOR rolled off a mountain in Virginia and turned a river across a man’s farm.

Our young friend SAM SILBERMAN, who has been staying in Ohio a few years, has returned home and gone into business with his father.

The Dalton papers have been wanting a fire for some time, so as to get to use their engine. On Saturday night the sheriff’s house was burned down, but their “engine” didn’t get there in time.

MARCH 31, 1876 CLEVELAND HERALD

“CROOKED WHISKEY” Deputy Marshall LOWE arrested a man by the name of SAM. DEAN, at Ducktown last week, for dealing in “crooked whiskey” near that place. He was brought to this place and had a trial before Commissioner DeLANY, and was bound over to court. In default of bail he went to jail.

DIED SAMUEL K. BACON, son of D N BACON, of this county, at the age of 27 years and 6 months, on the 24th day of March. [1876]

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Source microfilm:  Cleveland Herald April 1875 – June 1876, Roll 101, TN State Library & Archives