Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-18

LOUIS on the caro- ana FultOu TallrOao
and requiring additional help to carr,
out their scheme, they took into thei
confidence young man in Bird town
ship named Arch King, making know
10 him all they propose to do. 1t sp
pears that last saturday night was tn
time fixed 10 do their dss;arGly work, /
being understood that the gang sbOult
meet at Hodges house, and then pro
ceed to the railroad to await the com
ing Of the train. Instead OF acting will
them, King informed the county author
tiles 0f the whole plot, and Ssturda,
last Deputy.SheTiff James r. West
Constable 5. Stephens, and Frank Car
Peuter left here for Swifton by rail, sn'
upon arriving there procured horses an'
started to Hodges residence; but ne wa
not st home, nor were any Of the gam
to be seen. 1t was evident that the rob
hers had been spprised Of the reid to b'
made upon them, and fed, abandoning
their well-mstured plan. After making
a diligent search the officers returned Il
JscksOnpOrt next day. 1t was the in
Uentiou Of the robbers to board the TRAN
at one Of the stations near SwiftOn, taxi
pOssessiC Il Of the eXpress-caT, and throw
be safe and other valuables overheard
in the woods. But they were frustrated
ia their wicked design, and jackson
county has heen saved the disgrace OF
Gsdshill affair.
A DUsKY DIVINE ON THE RAGGED EDGE
Kansas City (NIo) Times, 15th.l
This Is II queer world, and it is indeed
well said that the 0ne-half Of the people
in it have no ides OF how the other hal
live There, for instance, were AlbeTl
| MrNarmo and Mrs, Jane Kane, OF the
Addition. Almost any one would have
supposed that their lives ran as the
psCid stream in some luXuriantly foil.
aged dell, its limpid surface knowing
n8ught Of the storms, and its balmy
breath, as it were, sending heaveuward
| perfumes so delicious as to intoXicate
| the very angels themselves. Albert,
when from the pulpit-foT he Was one
| Of that sort Of fellOws-he wenGed HE
w,y to the domicile Of the dusky Jane,
was ever greeted after the fashion that
to be viewed from afar by the age
! dimmed eye of bachelorhOOd is worse
than filing the teeth of a horse
! rake Twas Jane who furnished
| the wherewithal for the stock OF
daily bread that the Reverend Albert so
devoutly put himself outside of; Jane
who darned his coat and seWed buttons
! on his socks; who soothed his throbbir g
head, and stuffed the softest side of 4.
plank with the downiest OF spring
chicken feathers. In short, twas Jane
who did all this, and more; for she was
saving up for him her fist husbands
clothes, and all this for the sweet boon
Of his company now and the prospective
! joy of calling him her own, all her own.
Not that JsUe's first husband was play
/ ing checkers with little imp below, or
/ backing the boots Of a winged seraPh
above. Bless you, no. He was in st
Louis; but that did not matter, for in a
/ ii of paroXysmal fOrgetfulness she en-
brGced the true faith, as enunciated by
the reverend Albert, and promised TO be
bis bride. Albert, however, had sn eye
to the possibility Of killing two birds
with one stone, as it were. With the
Mistress Jane safely in low he longed
for new worlds to conquer, and so while
Jane was perspiring cODioUsIy over big
tub full of decidedly dirty linen,
Albert hied him to the Kane mansion,
and i'm the twiDkling Of an eye he stood
forth a most admirable sign for first.
class tsiiOr. To speak to the point, he
had Exchanged his somewhat worn and
travel-staiDed garments for the besuti-
fut new suits his affectionate, much.
married support was saving up for the
joyful occasion when from a Kane she
would change to M'NarmO. The
festive disciple OF the faith seemed him.
self but for mOmenti when he called
his carriage, put his ten cents in the
box, drew down the blinds, and an
hour or so aiteTWard that new suit was
IL, -
WestpOTt-oT at least q maiden but a
few moments previously, but just about
then a wife, the fascinating, sbut faith
less Albert having won her for his bonny
bride. This is about as far as the rO-
nance Of the thing went, for hardly had
the loving Albert embraced his wife and
planted upon her sweet mouth the final
seal Of love, before constable, six feet
high and built in proportion, bounced
the gay LOthariO, and st one fell swoop
landed him among the rats in the court.
house dungeon. Twas Jane This
time with her back up
Didn't make q bit Of difference
with her, preacher or no preacher. Al
bert was her meat, and no Shylock ever
declared more vehemently for his pound
of raw, bloody flesh, figuratively speak
ing, than she. Stealing suit Of clothes
was the charge, and the only defense the
guileless Albert could make was that
Wash. Kane, the st. Louis husband, had
sent him word that if he married the
Kane he had left behind him he would
insert a ventilatCr under his short ribs
or in other words, he would be made in
to fertilizer after the most approved
fashion. As the next best thing for him
to do, Albert concluded to marry at sight
the first Of the half dozen or more girls
he mad plighted his faith to, and the
western damsel thus became Mrs.
M NarmO. Such is life
REv. t. B. BOTT GUILTY OF INDIsCRE.
TIONs.
Philadelphia Times, l4th.J
The council of Baptist ministers and
ieacOns to investigate the charges
against Rev. t. B. Bott, of the Twelfth |
Baptist church, continued their session |
uutil half-past six o'clock yesterday
At one o'clock in the NOM |
ing the rebuttal evidence Of the defer Sc
was concluded, when the moderator, |
Rev. Mr.. Cathcart, asked: "Is the prose- |
2utiOn willing to abide by the decision
)f the council on the testimony as now
Mr.. Boyles, on behalf of
he prosecution, said they were not, as
he evidence Of an important witness of
heirs had been impeached by interested
parties, one Of whom was a quarrelsome
leighbor. 1t was now too late an hour
n the evening to cali witnesses from
heir beds, Or numbers could be brought
o show the uuimpeschable integrity of
he witness. Finally the council decided
o take lunch, and then met in secret,
lbliging both the counsel for the prose
,uiOn, Messrs. John P. Esnnelly,
Iaury Slack, Alfred NJ. Ross, Reuben
Gardner Robinson and G.. N.
BOyies, and for the defense, Messrs
Charles NJ. Edwards, L. Swint,
Bates, CasseIl, Younger and Irvin
10 retire. Rev. J. Wheaton Smith had
,etired hours before. After q lengthy
the council finally deter
mined TO instruct the clerk to make the
report of the proceedings: "An
council, composed OF dele
gates o! twenty-One Baptist churches Of
his city, met st the call of certain
members Of the Ia elfth Baptist church,
10 their house OF worship, on Thursday,
1t three pm. Rev. William Cathcart,
D. D., was elected moderator, and Rev.
]. II. Parks clerk. On motion, the re-
of the cOmplsinants in the
case stated the course they had pursued
and the steps they had taken in calling
his council. 1t being found that these
brethren had not made formal appli-
,atiOn to the church for 8 hearing in
he case, a committee was appointed to
invite the Twelfth Baptist church to ac-
,ept this as 8 mutual council, with free
power to investigate and appoint dele
,stes TO represent them. The Twelfth
.hurch accepted the invitation, and ap
pointed six brethren as their delegates
Six persons were also appointed to re-
PRESENT the aggrieved members of