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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-04
Mixed Rahies.

Waco Texas Register: Some time ago
there was dancing party given 10 a certain
neighborhood in Texas, and most OF the ladies'
present had babies, whose NOISY perversity
required too much attention 10 permit the
mothers 10 enjoy the dance. A number of
gallant young men volunteered 10 mind the
young ones while the parents INDUCED IN an
old Virginia breakdown. No sooner had the
women left the babies III charge of the mis-
chIevous devils than they sjrIgped the babies,
changed their clothes, giving the apparel of
one to another. The dance over it was time
to go home, and the mothers hurriedly took
each baby in the dress Of their own. and
started, some to their homes ten or Fifteen
miles off, and were far on their way before
daylight. But the day following there was a
tremendous row in the settlement; mothers
discovered that a single night had changed
the sex Of their babies, observation disclosed
physical phenomena, and then commenced
the tallest female pedestrlanism; living miles
apart, it required two or three days to unmix
the babies, and as many months to restore
the women to their atural sweet DISPOSE
tons. To this day it Is unsafe for any of the
baby mixers to venture into the neighbor-
hood
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POISONED
by her ParamOur-ElIIcit Love Ends in
Sudden Death-A Sad, sad
story Of DeserCiOn and shame.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer

Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer
COLUMBUS, o., July 29-At an early hour
this morning d policemen was called upon to
arrest a man named Edward Sheehey by one
Of the nelghbors of Mrs. Samuel j. Kinney,
near the corner of Park and Maple streets.
It appears that Sheehey had called upon Mrs.
Kinney, who received company" and was
with her until about eleven o'clock last night.
Mrs. Kinney, according to the evidence of a
bright little girl who was living with her,
was taken i'll during the evening, and Shee-
hey arose from bed, and gave her some med
icine from small vial which he had with
him. but Mrs. Kinney continued to grow
worse, Sheehey got up, and said he would
go to a drug store and get some med cine;
but Sheehey did not return. Some of Mrs.
Kinney's friends, calling in about midnight,
found her suffering great agony, and at once
sent for physician; but the woman expired
before his arrival, and suspicion was at once
aroused that Sheehey had administered
poison to his mistress. Sheehey was brought
before the mayor this morning, but his case
was continued by Inc mayor until the coro-
ner's jury had rendered their verdict. Shee
hey was pretty well fixed financially, having
about two hundred dollars IN gold and green
backs on his person. He emphatically de-
MES the charge of poisoning.
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LAST OF A L0AFER
Who Attempts TO Take Revenge for
Having his Face Slapped by
Woman he Ensulted.
Special to the st. Louis GIobe-DemocratI

Special to the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
PTTTsBURG, July 30.-Richard Savage, of
Allegheny, Is lying in dying condition at
midnight from a pistol-shot wound in the
head, received this evening. Two women,
one the wife OF Joseph Crawford, a barber,
and the other an unmarried woman named
Maggie Monks, who Is said to live at Craw-
tord's, had been ut The corner Of Fifth avenue
and WyGe street, about seven o'clock this
evening, and while there procured a small
bucket of ice cream, with which they started
directly home. They live at No 146 Grant
street, up stairs, over J. c. Duffy's tea store.
As they passed along Grant street. Just oppo-
site to the Episcopal residence, a crowd of
young street loaiers, four or five, perhaps,
seemed to be passing remarks concerning
their appearance, and as they passed close by
them, one young fellow, of low stature,
wearing a white SLOUGH hat, addressing Mrs.
Crawford, said, 'Helloal Monk" 1t is
stated by the police that the sobriquet APP
piled t. the woman is not unknown to her
as, although her husband Is reported to be
quiet, industrious workman, her reputation
Is far from unsullied, and her mode Of life
has given poor Crawford a world OF trouble,
and has also caused the woman to figure
somewhat upon the police records, but wheth-
er the name was familiar one or not she
resented its use, and approaching close to the
young fellow, slapped him with great vigor
IN the face. he struck back, presently, in a
surprised way, but the woman eluded the
blow, and the two hurried into their house,
and went up stairs INTO the kitchen, where the
ice-cream was served out into saucers and
placed upon he.table, and they, with Craw-
ford and little girl, named Matte George,
but four years old, whose mother was recent
ly sent to the poor-house, sat down to eat it.
Soon crowd entered the room, having their
hats pulled down on their foreheads, and a
generally rascally, shame-faced appearance.
They attacked the occupants of the house
before leaving, and one of them, Dick Saw
age, was shot. 1t is believed that Joe Craw-
ford, the husband of one of the women, did
the shooting, and it is stated by police lieu
tenant that he admitted doing it. This the
women deny, and they assert that the man
in the white SLOUGH hat. already referred to,
Ii attempting to shoot Mrs. Crawford, accl-
dentally put bullet into his companions
brain
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Death of General Rhett.

General Thomas Grimke Rhett died at five
o'clock Sunday afternoon, in the ffty-seventh
year of his age, at the residence of his
brother, Major Roland Rhett, Baltimore
csunty, Maryland. General Rhett, the Balt1-
more San says, was born in South Carolina,
and was descended from one of the Oldest
aud most distinguished families in that State.
He graduated at West Point among the first
of his class, and was assigned to service as a
Typographical engineer In the United States
army. He served during the whole of the
Mexican war, and was promoted from lieu
tenant to the rank of captain. At the be-
ginning of the late war he resigned his COM
mission in the United States army, and was
appointed to the rank of general in the State
service Of South Carolina by Governor Pick
ems. When the Confederacy was formed he
received commission as major in the Con-
federate army, and was selected as chief of
staff of General Joseph Z. Johnston, with
whom ne served until General Johnston was
wounded at the battle Of Seven Pines. Ma
Jor Rhett was then placed in charge of the
ordnance stores and arsenals of the Trans
Mississippi department. After the surren-
der of the Confederacy ne accepted a COM
mission as general from the khedive, and
went with his family to Egypt, where he
served about three years, but was seized with
paralysis and compelled to leave active
service. General Rhett remained In Europe
until about two years ago, when he returned
to the United States, and for the past eight
or ten months he has resided in Maryland.
General Rhett leaves a wife and two children,
and has also three brothers residing in Mary
land-Major Roland Rhett, and Messrs. AL
bert Rhett and Charles II. Rhett.
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Child Lost in a Desert.

Winnemucca New SiLUeT State, July 23d
A week ago man by the name of Rosslter,
who Is engaged in the wood business near
Moores station, on the railroad, was visited
by his wife and child, who reside at Hum
boldt Wells. While at the wood camp the
child, boy four and a half years of age,
wandered off, and was not missed by his
parents for twenty minutes after he left the
c amp. That day search was made for the
little fellow without finding MIN, and the
next day large party set out on its trail,
which was followed with great difficulty. We
are informed by Conductor Hopkins that on
the third day fifteen men left Humboldt
Wells on horseback to hunt for the little wan
derer, among them the railroad agent, Mr..
Watson. He found the boys track, but as
he had taken off his boots, it was very diff
cult to trace it. Mr.. Watson tied the horse s
halter to one of his own legs, and followed
the trace on his hands and knees for several
miles, and at last found the child on the sum-
NIT of lone mound, near the Independence
mountain, twenty-five miles from where he
started. The child travelled four days during
the intensely hot weather of last week, with
out food or water, and was crazy when found
by Mr.. Watson. He recovered rapidly, how
ever, and yesterday morning when Conductor
Hopkins left the wells was apparently none
the worse for his adventure.
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WARMOTH
Gives ssGath, his Views on Louisiana
Afalrs-KeIlOgg aud the Hayes
PatrOnage-Mr. Davis's
Speech.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

Cincinnati Enquirer
LONG BRANCH, July 22-* Finding
the stormy petrol of Louisiana In a serious,
meditating mood over the removal of Ben
Buffers brother-in-law from the New Orleans
postoffice, said to him:
Governor Warmoth, has not Kellogg got
the full patronage of Hayes in Louisiana
now?"
Yes; the whole of it," answered War
moth. This man Parker (removed) was the
best postmaster New Orleans has had. told
the President that, and he said that he had
heard that generally said, and didn't want to
remove Parker
''What is the mental power or subtletv
which Kellogg has to survive his times?"
HE has been always needed. As govern
or, Grant had to support him, and he, 10 a
measure, to support Grant. He was needed
in the election by the Republicans to carry
the State, and needed afte ;ward to secure the
results OF the election. He was needed all
through, even In the senate, to keep I'D an
administration majority. His opportunities,
therefore, have survived his contemporaries.
Kellogg has unwearying industry"
Can the Republicans elect any congress-
men in Louisiana any more?"
well, perhaps not Immediately. HAYES
had designed to divide the southern vote en-
ntaSSe. In that he failed, and, in a partisan
sense, has no administration following there
DuI tACJ VIII u1flue, ueFefInoleSS. ana soon
divide. There are rich offices enough; they
do not naturally agree, and ought not to
agree.
rs Hayes respected IN Louisiana?"
He is. There are two crowds there which
denounce him: The Bourbon Democrats, led
by the New Orleans Democrat newspaper and
Lieutenant Governor Witt, and the Bour-
bon Republicans. But the intelligent, pro-
ductiye people like Hayes, and thank him for
giving them peace"
Have the Republicans any hope to carry
Louisiana in 1892"
That, | think, | cannot answer faVorably.
There ought to be attention turned to the fact
that Louisiana and the States Of the river need
not expect national support from Demo-
cratic but from a Republican congress, be-
cause the Northern Democrats dare not vote
to improve their rivers, etc. The Northern
majority of the average Democratic congress-
man is SO small that if he votes for any thing
of that kind the Republicans will make an
issue and beat him. But the same vote would
not injure Republican congressman with a
big majority behind him. "
Give me an instance of self-respect lately
In louisiana"
We'll, Wilt went up to the convention at
Baton Bouge with all the New Orleans dele
gates-one hundred and twenty behind him
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Cognac, and the grape grOwers are IN de-
SPAR The silk trade of Lyons, toe, Is suffer-
ing. a. It Is claimed, from American compe-
;lGon 10 silk manufacture. The legltlmlsts
and monarchists attribute 1t to the republic,
Of course. but nobody heeds what they say
What is new IN politics.:
Nothing at all Everything is dismally
dull Gambetta is suffering from enlarge
ment of the heart, and bis days are num-
bered, and be knows it. Cassagnac recently
married rich girl, and Is behaving himself
quite decently. Rumor says that 1t Is due to
his marriage that the republicans did not
contest his recent election. He made it a
personal matter, and appealed pIteously to
Gambetta not To interfere, for the sake OF his
young wife, and Gambetta yielded.
''Were you IN Paris when the Berlin con-
ference ended!'
mo. left before that. But was there
when Washington introduced his measure
about Turkish bonds, and heard the talk to
the effect that ne had a pecunlary interest in
approaching the secretaries of the Sublime
Porte. Mr.. Waddington Is decidedly long
headed, and his stock speculations have Melted
him fortune
Ibid you meet many Americans In Paris 2
"Oh, Lord, yes. ] had Americans to the
right OF me, Americans to the left of me,
Americans in front Of me, and Americans
behind me. ] saw Judge DAVIS and Judge
DTddN there. saw ESGCOEucI DEdCkcJJ anu MI
Bennett By the by. ! also saw some of the
pictures that Mr. w. H. Vanderbilt bought
recently for three hundred thousand francs.
Among them is a MessOnier, beauty, too
for which he paid eighteen thousand dollars. J"
"Did you see General Graut?'
"No, did not Grant is not liked IN Paris
The people remember that he telegraphed his
congratulations to the emperor of Germany
at the close Of the Franco German war. VIC
tor Hugo referred to 1t on the occasion of his
visit. and it put damper on his welcome. y
Odd you see the shah of Persian"
No; he had gone to st. Petersburg as the
guest OF the car. By the by, it is said that
he does not dare to go to London, because he
owes so much money there. A story is told
about him in st. Petersburg, too. 1t is said
that he was introduced to a very homely lady
of the court. to whom he said in his abrupt
manner: How is il that they have such ugly
women as you about the court?" The lady
smiled CONTEMPORARY and replied: 1t is in
as you [ don't know how true this is, but
1t is at least ben trOUdtO.
Among other things, the American gentle
man from abroad said that Gilmore's band
had made fair success in Paris; that the
new electric light, by means of which large
factories could be lighted at a cost of ten
cents a night was playing havoc with the
gas stocks. The things that struck him most
forcibly on returning to New York were the
terribly bad condition of the pavements and
the noise of the elevated railroads.
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of fashion, bat mas become a played
out. dowdy old woman. To day, in her abode
at Chiselhurst, the widow of Napoleon III
attracts scarcely less Of the worlds interest
and attention than she did rs throned EN-
press and queen OF fashion. Unfortunately.
the supreme tact that once was her distln,
gushing quality, seems to have deserted her
in the days OF her decadence. She, the most
graceful of women, mas not learned the art of
growing old gracefully. She had played the
part of beauty aud the leader of fashion
for years. Now that she is past fifty, that
character Is no longer possible to her. But
she might have assumed auother-less
snowy, perhaps, but surely far more touch
ing. With her whitening hairs, she might
well have wOro tine triple dignity OF her
widowhood, her maternity and her misfor-
tune. She has chosen instead, with weak
ness unworthy the part she has played on the
wide stage Of cotenporary history, to clutch
yainly after the ileetiBg shadow of her van
lshed charms. \ mead loaded with false,
yellow hair, a face covered with paint and
powder, a mincing gait, and the airs of an
autiquated coquette-such to- day IS she who
was once the worlds woader for her lowell
ness and grace, bewIgged Mrs. Skewton,
succeeding to the dazzling vision that swerved
the calculating policy of Napoleon III and
yyOn his Gallons heart -
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A FACTION FIGHT
In New MexicO-MOre than Ten Thou
sand shots FIred-The Military
as Cool Spectators.
Special to the Chicago Inter-ocean.I

Special to the Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
SANTA FE, n. NJ, July 28-Rumors of a
desperate collision between the factions in
Lincoln county have been aaoat here for the
last three days, and the fact of bloody en-
gagement having taken place is to-day con-
tirmed in a letter received by the United
States attorney Of this district The facts are
that M'Sween, accompanied by sixty-four of
his men, appeared III the town of Lincoln on
the sixteenth OF July, for the purpose of cap
turing the place from the DO,au party, which
was assisting the sheriff IN holding it. All
of the women had been sent to Fort Stanton
five daysspreviously for safety in anticipation
of the fight. NJ Sween found the Dolan par
ty as strong as his own, and well fortified In
various houses, whereupon he took up his po-
sition in barricaded buildings, when an ex-
change OF shots began. Ssirmshing was
still going when the letter was written
July Goth, and ten thousand shots were esti-
mated 10 have been fred in the four days On
the twentieth he i1OaI party made a charge
on M'Sween's quarters and fred the
building, which dslodged the occu-
pants, and 5hand-to-hand combat
ensued, IN which M'Sween aud eight
of his men were killed; also, Robert Beck
with, OF the Dolan party. A number are said
to have been wounded, but how many is not
known. We are expecting further news
hourly. NJ 'Sweens party fired upon and
wounded a military courier few days since,
which is now beiGg investigated by a board
of officers ut Stanton. This party also re-
Gently fired into the home Of the widow of
the late Sheriff Brady, compelling Mrs. Bra
dy aad her children to seek protection at
Stanton. Your reporter has lust seen Gov
ernor Axtell, who says that the recent order
forbldding the use Of the military leaves him
powerless to prevent further slaughter. -Four
companies of soldiers are stationed within
nine miles Of the bloody scene, but were not
used, as they could not be, unless in viola
ton of orders, to prevent the collision. 1t is
even rumored thar a large number of the
military witnessed the lighting as mere spec
tatOrs
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The Women Trying 30 save FirEfnia's
Credit,

Petersburg (Va) Irder-AppeaI: TIE con-
tnbutiOns so far to the women's fund for the
liquidation OF the State debt are very encour-
aging, and give a practical aspect to the
scheme, which at first appeared visionary and
almost impossible, and which even now is
but in a crude state of Development The
ladies, however. have laid hold of the enter
prise with right good will, and when these
energetic and enthusiastic creatures are thor
oughly in earnest, they inevitably succeed.
One cannot repress a thrill of pride while
reading a report of these contributions and
promises for the future. The unsel6sh and
patriotic spirit there displayed is worthy of
Sparton mother or Roman matron. The bond
holders could very well afford to contribute
largely of their bonds to foster the enterprise
Efforts will be made TO organize fund in
every city and county in the State, and, If
successful, the effect will be to crush out an
agitation which has already seriously I'M
paired the credit of the State and tarnished
her character for good faith.
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THE chamber Of commerce will hold a very
important meeting at half-past three O'Clock
Monday afternoon. The elevator and freight
committees have completed their reports,
which will be presented and dis cussed. Del
egates will be appointed to the Holly Springs
freight convention, on the twelfth, and at the
request of a number Of members, Captain
John Cowdon viii explain, orally and with
the aid of maps, his plans for reclaIminR the
lower valley from overflow. These are ques-
tons vitality affecting the interests of all our
business men, and membeS should make it a
point to attend promptly and in force.
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SAMUEL I. GLOVER, a candidate for the
United States senate, made a speech last Sat
urday at Chillicothe, Missouri, in the course
of which he said: Il hold that our State
Democratic platform Is wise and Just, and
meets the emergency when it demands a
" currency of legal-tender notes in quantities
i" from time to time sufficient to supply the
wholesome and necessary demands Of the
entire country, receivable in payment of all
"a debts, public and private, except such obi
cations as are in the terms of the original
d" contract expressly made payable in coin. "
This IS the genuine greenback and Demo-
cratic idea.
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COLONEL TROUsDALE, state superintend-
ent OF public education, writes us from. Win
chester, asking that we announce for him,
that in consequence of an attack of fever at
Paris, on the twentieth ultimo, from the
effects of which he Is still suffering, he is re-
luotlH.ly compelled to postpone the teachers
institute for this, the tenth congressional DIS
triot, which had been appointed to be held at
Bolivar on the sixth, seventh and eighth in
stant. AT some future period, most conve-
nient to ali concerned, this institute will be
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DID it ever occur to the Radical organs,
says the Atlanta Constitution, that Hayes S
letter to Sherman, while the latter was con-
cocting the Louisiana frauds, is a very curl
Gus document2 Mr.. Hayes takes especial
pains to warn Sherman against perpetrating
any act Of knavery that might hurt the Re-
publican party. The question is, would Mr..
Hayes have dared to write such letter to an
honest man? Would he have dared to adj
dress such advice to any other than a man
whom he knew to be an INSCRIPTIONS rascal