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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
For the Sunday Appeal
''I WILL PRAY FOE MAMMA
THERE
JOHN ]. BARRY.

RESPECTFULLY dedicated 10 the memory Of lite Sarah
Blessing, tOho died March %, 1879, 1ohose Iasl
tCordS 1Cere, II 1riu pray for mamma there
Mamma, dear, come nearer, little Sarah is going
aWayI
For am going to heaven to join the angels there,
But will not forget dear mamma, ~ will pray fol-
mamma there"
Yes, mamma dear, come nearer, put your head
Smooth back my hair, dear mamma. am grow
ing weaker now,
For soon your little Sarah will be where all Is bright
But will not forget dear mamma, 81 will pIaJ
for mamma there"
And when you have gently laid me to rest beneath
Do not weep, then, mamma darling, for shall be
will be among the angels, where all Is bright and
But will not forget dear mamma, 81 will pray for
mamma there"
And when the flowers in spring shalt blossom over
head,
sleeps your darling dead,
Don't let your tears fal mamma, but look above on
For your little darling, mamma, Will be lowering
in the sky.
Yes, mamma darling, when you have laid me meath
hear the angels saying we Will take her up to
We will take her up to heaven. to join the angels
there,
But l will not forget dear mamma, 81 Will pray
for mamma there"
Then, mamma dear, don't weep when little Sarah IS
dead,
For shall oft be with you, 1 shall hover round
your bed;
will bring bright angels with me- to hover round
you there
But will not forget dear mamma, 81 will pray for
mamma there"
So mamma dear, don't weep when little sarah has
gone away,
For we shall meet again, dear mamma round
heavens throne some day
Where there will be parting where all is bright
and fair,
But until that day, dear mamma, 81 viii pray for
mamma there -
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
CHEAP AND RAPID TELEGRAPHy.
Proposed New Lines-The BaItImOre
and Ohio COmpaDy's line to wash
ingtOn-W0nderfaI Results
Expected.

Baltimore Bulletin: Telegraph companies
are beng organized by several of the railroad
companies under the power granted them to
do SO by the telegraph bill recently passed by
congress. line has already been chartered
In New York, which threatens to be seri.
Gus rival to tn Western Union company.
Ihe new company IS known as the American
Rapid telegraph company, and has a capital
OF three million dollars. Ii Is proposed To
| build lines connecting New York with Bos-
ton, Baltimore, and other cities of the west
and southwest. 1t is probable that a general
system OF connecting lines will be built by all
the railroads IN the country, to be used not
only Tor their own convenience, but to do a
general commercial and press business The
Baltimore and Ohio company has already
constructed a line Of its own between this
city and Washington, but has not vet
established an Office IN the center
OF the city for the accommodation of
pected to be done. The subject of construct
ing lines over the entire length of the main
stem, branches aud connecting roads of the
company is under consideration, and will no
doubt be determined upon shortly. When
this Is done a main office Will be established
convenient to the business center of the city,
and local offices elsewhere, for the conye-
nlence of customers. The establishment of
these new competing lines is expected to ma
terlaily affect, and may probably revolution
ize, the telegraph business. It is claimed
that new and more rapid system of trans
hitting and receiving messages will be used,
and the cost of messages greatly cheapened.
The rates mentioned are twenty five cents to
all stations east OF the Rocky Mountains, and
fifteen cents for fifty words for night mes
sagcs. Special messages for the press will be
charged as low as ten cents Tor a hundred
words. The plan includes not only the most
rapid transmission of messages, but also a
sy stem of rapid delivery, and contemplates
the use of the telegraph in connection with
the postoffce, 50 as to bring it within the
reach of all "
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
THEY ARE NEVER TOO OLD.
a Case in Point Occupies the Atten-
ton OF the United states Court
ia 81 LOuis-An Old Dummy
GOOzie OF SS and an
Old Essp OF so.

81. Louis Globe Democrat: perhaps the
hrst question which suggests itself is how tbi,
case came into the United States circnit
court. The fact that the complainant. Bar.
ton w. Gray, Is a citizen OF Illinois. explains
Suit had been brought IN the county court Of
Shelby, but Il was dismissed. Maggie Van
aerbllt was IN court yesterday. She Is q
large bodied but small-featured woman of
nearly htty. She Is Enthusiastically IRISH. Her
beauty is not of that style which would fas-
cinate any young man, but her attractions
were sufficient to enamOr old James Graham
He gave her one of his houses TO live IN,
rent free, and he visited her nearly every
day, sometimes twice day. She is alleged
to have kept a bawdyhOuse, and the old gen
tleman seems to have been pasha of the
harem. Nine. Vanderbilt possesses great
executive ability, If 1t Is true, as stated, that
she ran three stabllshments-One at Sbelbl
ma, one at Mobeyly and one at Macon-at the
same tina. Despite the fact that he had a
wife, aged eIghty-three 1.-TWO years Younger
than hlmself)' and son living at home, old
Graham for two or three years kept up his
dlsreputable connection with the woman.
lie paid the piper with a ven
geance. Everything the women Of
Ine hoese wanted he provided. Hundreds Of
MS orders-tor groceries, clothing, furniture
ana other household supplies-were given
them. One grocer alone holds about ninety
OF these orders. James Graham had plenty
Oh money and his credit was good, and for a
ioog time the orders were worth cash. But
the scandal grew SO public, and James Ora
hams weakness Of Intellect was so apparent,
that finally the Shelbina merchants refused
TO honor the orders. But the retired farmer
and stock dealer was known all over the
90 ity, and SO, atterwsrC, Mime. Vanderbilt
g Aer supplies from Shelby, the couuty ssat
the theory OF the defense Is that the weak
old man sIu0ed the urOulissnrv NOTES fhfnl-
ing they We're but one OF these ordinary Or
ders, which ranged from one 10 SIXTY dollars.
AT last the town marshal yaided the raueh.
and Nine. Vanderbilt was fined twenty i've
dollars aud costs Tor keeping house o. bad
repute. The old man regularly visited the
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
TEXAS OUFAAwRY.
He Might have been q Russian. an
Afghan, Zulu or n PrussfeEs. hut
he was Texas Man. Oh!h6
was q rexas Man.

DALLAS. April "A correspondent Of the
Commercial. at Stephenville, Gratis county,
sends the following, dated March 30th. "a
terrible shooting affray occurred here to-day.
writ was taken cut for the arrest of one
Halliday. Last night Robinson, Keith, Ross
and others went to arrest him. He resisted
arrest, and killed the three above-named par
ties and morally wounded three others. An
other fight followed, and two others we're
killed, and the fighting still goes on. The
sheriff and posse left about ten minutes ago
for the scene of the battle. Great excitement
prevails. Will give particulars as soon as
the fight is ended
Later.-A man just arrived FROM the
scene for help confirms the rep3rt OF the sec
ond fight. When the sheriff and posse get
there bloody times are expected. Five
coffius have been ordered. Halliday
and gang are surrounded on Fiat creek and
are in a barricaded house They have
whipped all who have tackled them so far.
The cause of thls bloodshed was an effort to
arrest Halliday for carrying a six-shooter.
He has large number of friends backing
him in the fight. Flat creek is thirteen
miles west of here. Stephenville it on the
frontier, not accessible by telegraph, there
fore no later particulars can be obtained at
this hour
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
The st. Germain Aristo.rats.

London Truth: The legitimist aristocra-
cy of France by the female side, which is the
only certain one abroad, Is two thirds He
brew. A part of the other third is Yankee.
Last winter | heard son of the crusaders
thank the divinity which looks after noble
families for having raised up Lafayette and
Washington TO provide for French strawber-
ry leaves. Hence the rocco character of no.
bilty here, and their surroundings Hence
the sedulous cultiva ion CT blue mould and
the bigoted adherence to forms which have
no meaning when the system is adopted of
setting down heraldic flowers in American
guano. Wh-n the mobiles in the Faubour9
St German do not marry Jewesses, Ameri-
cans, or the daughters Ut English stock-Job-
bers, they generally PAIR with cousins. The
DUO de Chartres Is an exception. He mar
ried the daughter Of poor Gahtzin, con-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06

vain, for at that time only the highpriest
knew what that name was. The Sabbath,
however, was observed, and Jesus was several
times charged with breaking it, but in all
his summaries he omits it, as also does Paul.
We can add nothing to the force of this fact
The new testament views the Sabbath as it
does circumcision, publications and sacri-
fees, as abolished and done away in the new
and better covenant. 1t was left out by
Jesus, left out by Paul, and left out by the
council of apostles and elders when deciding
wat were necessary things to observe;
and obedient christians will also leave it out
when not misled by commandments OF men.
Honoring and admiring "Truht's" zeal and
earnestness, we bid him respectfully farewell,
and pray that he may yet fully comprehend
that "royal law" that commands him not to
do to others in Memphis on Sundays what he
Would not like, if he lived in Constantlnople,
to be done to him by Mohammedans on FRI
DAYS. Charity-not law, fines and imprison-
ments-is 'lhe bond of perfectness."
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
Chicago Press CompIimeD,s

Detroit Free Press: There is only one
thing that Chicago newspaper hates worse
than ST. Louis, and that is a rival paner
The Times, the only really religious paper in
Chicago. enlarged itself last weak. and the
greeting it gets from its co.Iaborers is some
thing refreshing and unique. 1t shows fine
cordial good feeling that can exist AMONG
rivals, without tinge of that rancor tha
might show itself in a less blessed place than
chicago. Old Storey, says one paper,
wanted more room for his lies, so the TTp,es
is enlarged IF the Times were NOT the
sewer of the whole country it would NOT need
enlargement calmly remarks another, sThe
Times appeared yesterday in a reduced form
remarks cotemporary; hard times have
forced it to drop its supplement and add a
quarter OF an inch on its pages instead.
value of mule, although Storey seems To
think So, and thus they go. This is merely
the Chicago way of being complimentary.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06

yerted to Roman Catholicism by Pere Garga-
rim. She is a 6ne young woman, but semi.
barbarous In her tastes. Vicomte de
Raineville, another of the exceptions, es-
poused neice of the reverend father lust
named. Her notion of happiness is to put
on a new bonnet every day, and to sit in the
tribunes of the chamber through debate she
does not understand. The grandfathers and
grandmothers, and the aunts and uncles IN
the Faubourg st. German, when there has
not been a nlesalliance, were on both sides of
the house brought up at the same schools,
catechlsed by tie same priests, accustomed
from infancy to the same family pictures, sent
to sleep with the same songs, were told the
same stories, and retailed, when they grew
up, the same scandal"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06

madame until he got bed-ridden. HIS son.
the administrator, refused to pay the notes,
and hence the suit. Until two or three years
before his death, James Graham Was recog-
niz ID as one of the ablest and shrewdest men
of the county, and he amasssd considerable
fortune by MS enterprise and thrift. 10 end
his declining years in comfort, ne removed
from the country TO Shelbina. There he got
into the Vanderbilt ENHANCEMENT, anil MS
conduct grew notorious. There are voluml-
nous dispositions in the case. Most of them
are decidedly loud in their character.
Several of them were read yesterday. That
of A. NJ. Blair was to the effect that the rep
utations of Maggie Vanderbilt and Nethe
Lyon Zone of the inmates of the housed were
I,o1
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06

WHEELING, w. VA, April A man
named Henry Summers, living seven miles
west of Newburg, was Instantly killed this
evening by the west-b bound freight-train. He
was picking coal on the track and did not see
the train He leaves a wife and five children
in destitute circumstances.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
a RajIwav 1or Sale

MILWAUKEE, April An the United
States circuit court, before judges Drum.
mond and Dyer, decree has been entered
In the case OF the Farmers loan and trust
company of New York rs. the Green BAY
and Minnesota railroad company, whereby
that road will be sold April 3, 1880. The
suit was brought in 1873 for the foreclosure
of first and seconl mortgage bonds, which
aggregate about SIX million dollars. Moses
Taylor. VIM. f.. Dodge and John J.. Blair, of
New York, and the Lackawanna iron and
coal company, are the principal holders Of
the bonds.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
A Miners., hfr,ha

TERRR HAUTE, IND, April THE miners
OF the Block coal fields ar all out, and at
meetings held yesterday and to-day at Brazil,
ten cents per ton.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06

Colonel Macleod!will return with seventy
recruits In week or two, thus bringing the
strength Of the force up to four hundred men.
bill Is now before parliament authorizing
the government to increase it to Eve hundred
men if necessary"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
From the Jackson Clarion.]
INTO MOBILE BAY.
J, r. EGGLEsTON

lin the fall of 1882 the Confederate States steam
corvette Florida. Captain John Maffitt, having be-
come floating pesthouse of yellOW-fever, into
Mobile bay, In broad daylight through the midst of
one OF the crew is supposed to tell the tale.
In the "rebel' cruiser Florida we lay-the skies
aglow
With tfopic heat above US, and the CLASSY waves
below,
Down fathoms deep, in hammock shrouds, four
bodies stand upright;
That deepest is surgeons corpse we buried them
all last night.
Twenty others Of shipmates to their watry grave
And still the yelowfever holds its court of death on
board.
I'VE put to sea-" our captain to the the crew
'Forwe hoped that In midocean the fever would not
spread;
But our brave companions buried, and the rest who
Have proved our hopes were vain and leave but one
Then, tho all the Yankee navy may tomorrow block
the way,
Lower the screws and light the fires for wen steer
for Mobile bay"
sail. hoP' from the .top-mast head we heard the
Where away?" Broad on the starboard bow four
sQuare-r1gged vessels lie;
And three points on the larboard bow two more I
And close in-shore still two that anchored
He ceased and all was sience-save the FLASHING of
And the throbbing of the engine; while the bold
est face looked grave
Ahu bnVuSnsluls anu Ino eyes OF all were lanQWard
strained to view
The line equipped with iron hall and fire we must
break through
Or one by one fall lifeless meath the scourging
demons tread,
TIL the ship shall drift untenanted save by the rot
ting dead.
We must break through that our DOOR crew the hos
pital may reach,
That from its grove OF waving pines looks ont upon
the beach, 1920
There woman's voice perchance they'll hear and feel
her soothing hands,
TIL the strong man dying may believe his mother
near him stands.
We must break through
But In full view, hull up Is now the foe
And TO his agshIps mizzen truck the SIGNALS slovIv
Then Into line his vessels steam and form In close
array, " 0
Like band of hungry lions gathering at the scent
of prey. ~ ~ ~
God help us! for we're passing now their storm of
And the crashing Of our tImbers proves their guns
are pointed we'll; e
Gallant foes that stand beside them you are igno-
rant, alaSi DIV
OF the CHASTITY freight we're bearing, or in peace
you'd let us pass;
One pro1ectile through the sck-bay 'monest the
dying and the dead ~
As an ally OF the fever, It's path of ruin sped:
That the eetest of enemies we're dropuinp fast
astern; Ppi"s i"e'
And yonder looms Fort Morgan with its garrison IN
gray III
How they cheer US from the ramparts, as we enter
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES.

Tales from Bloody Fields in Both Hem.
ispheres-HOW Human Life has been
Saved Under Seemingly the Most
Adverse Circumstances
Wonderful and Amaz-
ing Instances
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06

or Release from Impending Death :
Some Cases OF Mistaken Identity
A BallOonist's Narrow Escape
She Slides Down HeadfOre-
most into the Arms of
Her Stalwart De-
lIYerer.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
Death OF Madam.

DtuIh OF Mhuume HOnhparte.
BALTIMORE, April 4.-Madame Bonaparte
died this afternoon little past one O'Clock.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
We must break through

We must break through
But In full view, hull up is now the foe
And TO his fagsh miZZen truck the signals slowly
60; '-'
Then Into line his vessels steam and form In close
array 80 o
Like band of hungry lions gathering at the scent
OF prey ~ '
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-09-17
E. F. KusKLr's BITTER WINE OF IRON

The great success and delight of the people.
In fact, nothing of the kind has ever been Of
fered to the American people which has so
quickly found its way into their good favor
and hearty approval as +. f. Kunkers Bitter
Wine of Iron. 1t does all it proposes and
thus gives universal satisfaction. 1t is guar
auteed to cure the worst case Of dyspepsia or
indigestion, kidney or liver disease, weakness,
nervousness, constipation, aeidity of the
stomach, &c. Get the genuine. Sold only
in 81 90 bottles, or six bottles for 5000. Ask
for e. f. Kunkers Bitter Wine Of iron, and
take no other If your druggist has it not,
send to proprietor, Il. f. Kunkel. 259 North
Ninth Street, Phila, Pa. Advice free en-
al ~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-09-17

Newark had free-beer and Sunday-riot
procession last week. A large number of per.
sons favorable 80 beer. selling on Sunday pa
raded with banners. beer-kegs and drums,
and evidently thought they were making a
deep impression. They did. 1t taught
Christians and temperance people the impor-
tance Of standing firmly against the organiz-
ed encroachments of foreign-born people who
wish to I'M Americanize the country and bring
in customs which cHrse the old world. This
parade to glorify Sunday dissertation has at
tracted considerable notice and comment -
The New Brunswick FREEDMAN says that the
i'll advised action of the beer sellers has united
and consolidated against them :" the entire
moral element of the State and which will
show itself as aggressive as the Socialistie beer
element of Newark dare be-" And the Even
ing Journal of Jersey City, remarks that q
dae regard for the rights of those who hold
the Sabbath sacred, and who choose to spend
its hours in religious work and worship re-
quires that their neighbors who are seeking
recreation shall do nothing which shall inter-
fere with these rights And all this is very
far from saying that there shall be open
liquor shops and free rum on Sundays" The
Germans generally have failed to take into
consideration all the results that would flow
from their own principles being carried out.
The practice of frequenting gardens and OF
drinking beer in Germany involves that and
nothing more, here unlimited freedom means
social saturnala. The barrier broken down
IA favor of one lets in all, and the day of rest
becomes a day of work, of temptation, of
drunkenness and crime. Mayor Wallace, of
New London, puts the case fairly in saying :
am ready to say that, in my opinion, few
thoughtful men would favor the repeal of all
Sunday laws. The movement would be in a
dangerous direction. / am not Puritan,
but confess that / have more respect than
some for the wisdom of those ancient men
who attempted to secure one days rest in sew
EN- for rich and poor, man and beast, by the
enactment of law restraining and prohibit
ing labor on the Sabbath.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-09-17

Concerning the Chisholm trial In Missis-
sippi, the Richmond Whfg the leading Dem
ocratic paper in Virginia, said IN a recent is
sue;
"The hemp has survived the purpose of its
creation if the cowardly murderers of the
Chisholms in Mississippi are not hanged"
The Phila Record, paper of decided DEM
ocratic leanings also said
s'The testimony for the prosecution in the
Chisholm murder case, in Kemper county,
Mississippi, shows it to have been most afro
cious crime. The fact that Judge Chisholm
was in the custody of the officers of the law,
and liable to answer for any crime of which
he may have been guilty, takes away all ex-
cuse even of retaliation for injury. There
never was more cold-blooded butchery."
The New York Sup also said that if the
Democratic party wanted to succeed in the
coming presidential contest, it must show it
self anxious to punish the Chisholm murder
ers.
But in spite of the most positive evidence
fixing the guilt on the prisoners, the jury, af-
ter only half hours deliberation, returned a
verdict of " not guilty." The fact is now evil
dent that it is not murder in Mississippi to kill
a Republican and his family for political reas-
ons. Has not the point been yet reached when
Northern Democrats feel like rebuking this
devilish spirit which is now rampant in the
South +?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-09-17

A correspondent makes very savage sug-
gestion. He urges that Mr.. Tildcn should
go cunning for John Kelly and load him up
from behind with buckshot. The theory OF
our correspondent is that the verdict in the
Chisholm trial justities political murders, and
in the matter of the killing OF Dixon-call il
not murder-thirty-three able and talented
Democratic newspapers have justified the act
as one vital to the harmony of the Democra-
cy of Mississippi, and very unvital to Mr..
Dixson. The Yazoo Herald puts 1t in this
wise
q To be endorsed by such an array of excel
lent journals as compose this list is reassur-
ing, and we need not tell them how grateful
: our people feel toward them for giving their
side of the question a favorable hearing and
indicating their character from the asper-
sions of their enemies.
We admit the parallel between the policy
of the actual murder of Dixon and the high
political necessity that Tilden should kill
the BOSS on the Mississippi pIany but Mr.. Til
den will "attend to that later.V 1t looks now
as if Kelly had already killed Tiiden.-Nes0--
ark Daily Adgertiser.