Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-01
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

a cat belonging to a gentleman at
RalstOn gave birth last week to four kit
tens, all of which are joined together by
ligaments as inseparable as that which
bind the Siamese twins. They are alive
and doing well-DresdeR West Ten
nesSse) Democrat.
We had quite a storm last Sunday,
with lightning and thunder. The rain
fell in torrents for q short time. Three
trees We're struck in the Sewer woods,
north Of the railroad and the college,
and one near the college; also one in
William Green's lOt.-GresBUjtte Ten
aeS5ee) Ne10 Era
A terrible casa charge of rape, pre-
ferred against an old and well-known
/ tigated before his honor II. G..
Medford, mayor of Tupelo. The par
| ties are a twelve-year old beautiful little
girl, Maggie Thomas, who is fatherless
aud friendless only so far as the noble
! impulse of a few generous gentlemen,
who are determined the child shall
! have Justice done her. r. c. Stone is
| defendant in the case. MOdOc promises
a full report of the case for the next
issue of the StdRdard.-FoRtOtoc Stand
ard.
A great deal is said about this terrible
disease, and our citizens are much mix
| ed as to whether We have it among US or
not. We giveit as our opinion that we
! have no disease like Asiatic cholera.
Every case can be traced to some indis-
/ cretion-eating fish, plums, apples, etc.
There have been several deaths, all
among the col0red people, we believe,
as we have heard of no whites dying
with il. 1t certainly seems that the
present disease Is most easily developed,
and we would recommend all having
any regard for their lives or b -alth, to
abstain from the use of all fruits, Yege-
tables, ETC., that are not fresh and ripe
Helena Clarion.
At the conclusion of religious cerenlo-
nies, Runnels addressed the crowd and
protested his innocence, and wound up
bis remarks by implOring his creator to
have mercy on his soul. After Run
nels had finished speaking, Hodge in
dulged in a scathing review of the con-
duet Of certain officials, and, after try
ing to throw the guilt from his own
shoulders, begged mercy from a God
that il is to be hoped has pardoned his
many sins. Hodge, Of course, denied
having a hand in the Cummins
murder, but intimated that, as a.
soldier Of the federal army, he had kill
ed his man. At one minute after one
o'clock the sheriff adjusted the moose,
cleared the scaffold Of spectators, shook
hands with the condemned, and at
three minutes after one Hodge and
Runnels were eXpiating their crime on
the gallOws Runnels' neck was not
broken by the fall, and he died in great
agony. Hodge died first and more easily
than Runnels. At twenty-three min
utss after one o'clock, life being extinct,
the bodies were taken down, and that
closed the unpleasant scene Helena
Clarion.
The whole life of this miserable crea-
ture has been a shame and a lie. A
minister Of the pure gospel of Christ, he
has belched forth nothing but falsehood.
blasphemy and obscenity. For quar-
ter Of century, the self-elected cham
pion Of human bondage, he has for
twelve years travelled in loving sympa-
thy with the hell-bound party Of aboli-
tioHists. The first to suggest a southern
confederacy, he has been the fiercest
prosecutor of COnfederates Dragging
of the terrible things he would do in
war, he skunk into bomb-proofI
on the strong side at the first whistle
Of balls. Preaching, writing md lee
turing for twenty years that the negro
was a brute, fit only for bondage, he
owes his present senatorial honOrs to ne
gro influence. Prsting all his life about
honesty, he voted for the back-salary
steal, and took his share Of the stolen
money. -Reereant TO every trust, faith
less to every obligation, and false to ev-
cry profession, the foul monster in his
long career Of wickedness has been true
only to filth, to falsehood, to slander, to
blasphemy, TO blackening character, to
blackguardism, and TO W. O. Brown
low General d. II. HlIps paper.