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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-11-07
Congressman Kenna as IN Evange-
10. list. ,y

Last monday, as congressman
k'n'a, Of west Virginia. was riding
along the banks ofythe New river, On
his way to mercer county, to add rcss
the sovereign voters ofthat hailiwick,
he discovered couple of colorcl
men fordins the stream with u hilapi.
dated concern consisting of All anci
mi mule and a more antique horse
attached to all alleged wagon. sud
denly the donkey struck deep hole,
When the wagon box hoate,l off with
one of the. .passengcrsS Ae.othcr hay
iEg mount, 4, athc horse, whicl$, ltcr
''csreratc fort, succceded in reach.
!!qg.Fl Sss yAsG fl"'& Nqpfp&lhc mll'sRna
wagon whec's after him. I'll. IT,:
ii,"'c;l down, 4,rc.un viii, The oile,
n"sso on his ,klices praying lrr dear
life, but making 10 attempt 70 save
himsct. seeing that he was likely to
DC drowned, mr., kcnnp plunged in
snd s,@usd f;bc iYx .aan;;IfriEl, El,tthed
occupant ashore. Upon reachin.
terra firma the d;irkty Dropped on
his knees and with upliftcd hand.
said "Oh, good massa Kcnna, what
can | 40 for you?' Nothing" re.
piled kenna, quietly mounting his
horse. Except To vote The straight
Democratic tickct the balance of your
life Pore God" replied the,hap-
ry darkey, III do it sl,auh, and
get ell de n:ena!e-s ofny c!.urcI, to
do de saIhcp'} litttJ
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-11-07
How They Danced.


A fuscarorer and lady attended i
ball Mt Elko, and i..t,oduced n new
metropolitan dancer Iheird,ncius
is THUS described by the tndeppenl4
ent: Thy Topped across the floor,
knocked down Il couple trom Lamoil,-
le, cornere | OH Il fellow and his Girl
from callin, and sent them against Il
barrel of lemo.'a lt, yltrtcdel acr,s,
the hall and slr,lcS' an OIL laly
amldships who had just started TO
call her dauyhtyr. .otf, tue. ii ,pr be cause
she was afr;tii' the girl wol,'ilEc.,t ch
the Tuscarora cramps, and knocked
her under IL bench, where she lay and
called her husband to com. md pick
her up i'll a basket. In loss ,h an two
minutes all tho other dancer, haulel
oft, and stood n, bench - All 10 oked
at then.aisemeof tho girls hid the r
heads and sAa;il they. wshtcl to go
home.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-11-07

miss Hattie Okman; hexicnn star,
miss XdeTln RaISofS, $QcEs N6rS6 T;,li:
p"ma2,kSsy.>; SOCKS, mh& wAnn2pak .r;
whiN 9Bc GrAnsS, hMg gc.y1E 1caSA5chon:
Essay, 'cuI'ivuti6li'tnnd preservation
ofgar'lcn sest(s spd kraRstD j J,mi
s"p, Essay, "'nannIrsa' by same; best ,
house pi@}M%ing ,sW 44i.tss}I ,b.s,Ts@ JaYt,
zen h~Si ~ esliorae fhpr@iDy& eui1red)
by W wright; 'Le*t 4 horse Flowing
(white) by WIN F Robinson; best
horse plowing (colorcJ) by il nry
Iiaigler. tsa 9i4 7
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-11-07
"A CA l2 I'D.

A CARD.
m .\NING Withdrawn from the Partner
III ship Of Sorentri,r ,t I.oryca, return
thanks to those who have so kindly patron
lied said Firm, and would ask for Mr. J. T..
>orcntr,lc, who c",,tinucs Inc business ut
the oldo stand, n continuance OF. said
pa'ronHSc,.tfr ..
Joseph LORHE.A.
Oranythurs, :. G., Oct. 22nd 1879.
oct - i.' -
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-11-07
NOTICE
or. 20. CCATMlSSTONERrS,
- Il } ,7ySNA r-,,9
Notice OF Dissolution.

n OlINC OF I1ISSOIlItlOn.
NOTICE is hereby: given, that the
~ Partnership between j. |. S"rcntrue
and; Joseph LUryca, was dissolved nn the
22nd day OF October \ n. 1879, bv mutual
consent" All debts due to said Partnership
are to be paid to- and those dur from same.
discharged by J. T.. s,or'ntf,lc. who will
continue the business ut the old stand, i'll
his own name.
!. |. SORENTRUE,
JOSEPH LDRYEA
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26
Double Traek-Ths ResinnIns OF the
End.

Elizabethtown special to the COnrieT-J Tour
nal: ''Since the recent meeting OF the stock
holders of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
read at Louisville, the proposition to cut off
the portion of the Cecilian branch betwe II
Vine Grove and Ceciian Junction, and direct
its course so as to run the line direct to Eliza
BEETHOVEN, has taken fresh impetus, and
learn the prospects for the contamination of
this scheme are favorable. The design of
the management in pursuing such course
will be to give them double trabk to Louis
vile from this point for hauling freight, and
while saving some distance between this
point and Louisville by the Ceciian branch,
also avoids the heavy grade over Null
draugh's hill by the old road. The scheme
has many advantages which will be shared
alike by the Paducah and Elizabethtown
railroad, the town of Elizabethtown and the
Louisville and Nashville railroad. The great
est advantage to the Louisville and Nashville
company will be in giving them a clear and
exclusive track from this point to Louisville
for through freight trains, aud the avoidance
of the heavy grade over Muldraugh's hill.
learn that the route has been surveyed, and
the track now down between Vine Grove and
Ceciliaa Junction will finish the track between
this place and Vine Grove without trouble.
The people of Elizabethtown are heartily in
favor Of the project, and will await with So
lcitude any move on the part of the manage
ment which will secure this change in the
road. If the work were commenced this
summer, the change could be made and the
road II operation by the first of January"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26
A FIENDGSH OUTRAGE.
Two Young Girls while Sleeping in
Bed all Unconscious are Attacked
by a Brute who Almost
Succeeds In Murder.
Ing Them.

The San. Francisco journals of the twelfth
and thirteenth of June contain accounts of q
most brutal outrage upon two young ladies,
Miss Cora Hezlep and Miss Ida Dunn, resId-
ing with farmer named Roddan, at Wheat
land, Yuba county, California. A COR
respondent of the Chronicle gives an outline
of the crime as follows: about nine o'clock
Monday evening the two girls retired to their
room, sleeping In q three-quartered bed.
They lay with their heads to The wall
of the house, Ida on the outer side, Cora
on the inner side of the bed. Their lamp
was upon the table and extinguished, as
is believed. About eleven in the evening
Mrs. Roddan heard groan. She arose,
passed into the parlor and thence to the door
lighted on the floor at the foot of the bed,
and at glance saw Ida was missing and
Cora was wounded In the head. She called
her husband, who, as he arose, saw through
the window at his bedside a man in a stoop-
ing posture, some ten feet from the house.
and peering toward the window of the girls
room. He went at once to the doorway, and
his bare feet stepped into a pool of warm
blood on the floor. A glance showed him
some terrible crime. had been committed, He
returned to MS bedroom for his gun, and was
followed by his wife. Mrs. Roddan sug.
gested that he watch behind to protect her,
and she would run to the homestead and
didIm JOuu anu IIlO lush. Lucy passed
the dining-room and out upon the porch,
and Roddan covered the path of his
wife with the gun to shoot any one
who should attempt to stop her while
she ran to the homestead. The horror of
the moment up to this time had
shaken both Roddan and his wife terribly;
but when he saw her safe at the homestead
he recovered, and entered upon a search of
the premises. He cooked his gun again and
stepped off of the porch easterly, went north
erly along the house wall, and thence west
erly along the front of the house, watching
in the darkness as closely as possible and
moving as noiselessly as he could. He saw
no signs of any person thus far, but when he
turned southwark along the wall of the house
on the west he saw, some fifteen feet away
and about ten feet from the house, a white
object. He approached and found it was Ida,
lying upon her back on the ground. with her
face covered with blood and her niehtcloth-
ing drawn up under her arms. Terrified be-
yond measure, he simply touched her feet,
and finding them cold, believed her dead,
and ran back to the house, entering by the
front door. An instant later the men from
the homestead arrived, and Ida was carried
into the house and laid upon Mrs. Roddan's
bed. Messengers we're dispatched to
Wheatland, and within the hour thirty
men, mounted and on foet, were
securing the country in every direc
ton searching for suspicious characters. The
two girls were found to be unconscious, not
dead. Cora rallied once and asked what was
the matter with her head, but soon relapsed
again. Investigation developed these facts,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26

THE clergy Of the Episcopal church of
western New York, under the lead of Bishop
Huntington, are preparing the data on which
to indite Noyes. the head and front OF the
Oneida community. Rev. DR.. Beard, seere-
tary of the diocesan committee, has for some
time been in constant receipt Of letters from
parties who have once been members Of the
community, but who, having seen the error
Of their ways, had abandoned it. The COM
mittAe has also received large quantity of
the literature which has come from both the
Walhngford, Connecticut, and the Oneida
communities. Much of this is of character
which would lay the senders open to the
charge of circulating obscene literature
through the United States mails. From
many of these letters, as well as from other
more trustworthy sources, the committee is
quietly obtaining the evidence which will en-
able them TO make legal move against this
organization of free-lovers. ''Ihey are worse
than polygamists, infinitely worse" said
this gentleman. They are actually guilty of
the crime of incest, and this is one of the
facts that we are preparing to establish, and
which, we believe, we can now do to the sat
isfaction of any court"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26
CHALmRRs's LETTER.

The letter from General James II. Cnal-
mers, which we published in yester-
days APPEAL. is a document that must
have for Mississippians, whatever their poll
tics, very great value. The general, who be-
sides being an alert, active and thorough
going politician is close and shrewd OBJ
server, devotes himself almost wholly to the
new party which few maicontents are said
to have organized for the purpose Of defeat
ing the Democratic party. He shows very
plainly that for Mississippians there are no
advantages In Greenbackism, but many dis
advantages. He shows that in that way, if
pursued by any number of voters, lies defeat
for Democrats and victory for the Republic
cans. He shows that this Is the
only result that can be looked for, because
the self-elected leaders of the Greenback
party have enunciated no principle that is
not part of the principles of the Democracy
of Mississippi, and he might have added
that they have nothing to say as to the Re-
publican financial policies. but devote them
selves wholly to the Democratic party, as If
they were leagued with the administration to
sap and undermine, as Nationals, what they
could not approach as Republicans. General
Chalmers also points, and we think sensibly,
to the necessity for the consideration and ad-
vocacy of State policies, in the coming can
vass, in preference to national. It was the
curse of the old-time system of politics al
the south that the States political
welfare was secondary to that of the
nation. This is SO no longer
State legislation has more to do with oul
personal welfare than national, and to i
more time and thought should be given
| The advice of General Chalmers, then, as t.
internal Improvements is to the point, anC
is worthy of close attention. As to his rec
ommenGation for a canvass of the State by
candidates for the soon-to-be vacated UniteI
States senatorship, we do not agree witt
| him. 1t would look too much ike soram
bic for the highest representative position II
the gift of the people - and yet
on second thought, we know of no good rea
son why candidates for the senate, like thos'
for the house, should not give their views Il
those whom they desire to represent. AndJ
johnson innovated custom In this State Il
that extent, and now perhaps like success
awaits the man in Mississippi who has The
! courage and ability to go before the people a
a candidate for the seat once filed by Jefer
son Davis.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26

ularities, and not only suggests committee
of investigation, but recommends that the
greenback scrip now in the hands of the
treasurer be Immediately Cancelled. The to-
tai bonded debt of the State is one million
two hundred and eighty-four thousand two
hundred dollars, which has been decreased
by the present administration twenty-one
thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars.
There has been material and substantial
change in Mississippi since the State passed
into the hands of the Democratic party. The
contrast drawn between the condition OF the
State, ruled by irresponsible, knavish carpet
baggers, and its condition at present, when
its affairs are controlled by men who have the
good of the commonwealth at heart, should
not be forgotten by the tax-paying people OF
Mississippi. The Democracy of Mississippi,
if they would perpetuate their power, must
prepare for one of the most exciting contests
ever witnessed in the State.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26

It is a mockery, delusion and a snare to
preach as our ministers of religion do once
every week of the peaceful Christ, the loving
Jesus, and the atoning Savior. So long as
savagery of this sort is permitted, so long as
it is allowed to pass UNPUBLISHED, SO long have
we no claim to be considered christian peo-
pie. Every day that the county court fails
to do its duty in this regard is day of hu-
initiation and degradation for this people.
If Gods blessing waits on all that is just and
right and humane, His curse must rest as
blight upon communities that permit such
gross outrages of His law. The law should
at once be invoked to put stop to crime,
neglect and inhumanity without delay.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26
HIS DAILY APPEAL-THURsDAY JUNE 1879.

to-wlt: That the girls must have lain close to
each other II bed; that both, by one blow,
had been struck across their foreheads with
heavy iron bar some two feet in length.
two and half inches broad, pointed at one
ends and battered and Hanged by hammer
blows on the other. This bar lay upon the
floor at the side of the bed. The upper third
Of it was covered with blood. The blow by
this murderous weapon crushed the skull Of
Ida, and the end of the bar struck Cora upon
the right side of the forehead. One blow
only was given, evidently. The 6endish as
sassin then, with some sharp pointed weapon,
stabbed Ida upon the right side of the neck
and Cora upon the right temple, the wound
Of the former being an inch and a half In
depth and of the latter three-Quarters of an
inch in depth. He then, with sharp Ia
strument, cut three longitudinal slasnes
upon the right side of the fore
head of Ida, as If out of pure malignity and
the devilish depths of murderous heart he
had sought to deface and further mar the
white skin of the crushed and helpless victim
who lay before him. He must then have
taken Ida out of bed, carried her through the
doorway, possibly pausing there, as a pool OF
blood was there found, and then have borne
his hapless victim to the front door and
across the porch, her dripping blood mark
ing there its pathway, and thence down the
three steps to the ground and around to the
side of the house. At this time it is probable
the groans of Cora alarmed him, and he
dropped his burden and fed about the time
Roddan rose from his bed and saw him paus-
ing once and peering toward the room, the
scene of his awful crime.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOURTH"

The coming Fourth of July will be wei
come holiday. Weeks upon weeks of busy
confinement to the wearied clerk and the
interval for enjoyment, NO $780,
! aroused us to animation this year, and the
Fourth of July will be a doubly welcome
days release from the close shop and Office,
and the hot, wearisomeness of the streets.
1t would be wise of us to make the Fourth as
attractive as possible; to make it an era IN
the happy associations of young minds, that
something of the patriotic spirit that fired
the souls of the revolutionists might be pre-
served bright and glowing In our hearts.
Amid the wnirl of passing events, the daily
recurring interests that absorb our minds,
the press of business, and even the burning
party interests of the day, that broad, patri-
otto feeling which should abide imperishably
in every American breast, is liable to grow
dim, to shoulder as a spark where once
blazed eager flames, imparting the warmth
of patriotism and the light of liberty to the
unenfranchIsed nations. 1t is well for us to
recall the old deeds and to dwell upon
the virtues of tho heroes of the time OF
struggle and danger, that our minds and our
affections may expand beyond the narrow
bounds of daily occupation, and the partial
views of passing political interests, so as to
embrace our country in its broadcast relations.
In this wide view of ''the land we live in, -
ardent desires for its welfare awaken in our
hearts, our pride of country is revived,
and we desire that it may stand great, hon
orable and glorious in the sight of all the ma
tons of the earth. We are glad to see that
there are signs that the coming GLORIOUS
Fourth" will not be behind its predecessors
in the observance of our citizens. The New
York Post has had a reporter out among the
manufacturers of fireworks of that city, and
he was assured that ''the old Fourth of July
spirit is still alive in the veins of the nation.
At each of the houses where the reporter
called, the report was that there is every in
dication of larger business in fireworks this
year than in either 1877 or 1873. Ths fac
tories are now running on full tine, and
some are overrun with orders. The demand
appears to be for the finer grades of goods.
In our own city of Memphis we are prepar-
ing for a coed, hearty, wholesouled, patriotic
outburst. Our country cousins will visit US,
our streets will be crowded with the prettiest
aud most graceful women under the sun, and
the surface of the old Mississippi will fash
back the corruscations of the splendid fire.
works with which Tracy is prepared to
treat US.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26
MEMPHIS APPEAL
THURSDAY, :; JUNE 26, 1879.


The chief executive of the State made
many friends during his recent visit to Mem
phis. A young man before the war, and his
time since having been occupied as lawyer
Of extensive practice and as judge of one of
the Middle Tennessee courts, Governor Marks
has had no opportunity for visiting Memphis
and making the acquaintance of the people.
A week ago he was perhaps as little known
to our citizens generally as any public man
in the State. His recent visit, short as it
was, made him many friends. During 1.-THE
few hours he remained in Memphis he could
net meet our citizens face to face and discuss
the various questions that concerns the future
prosperity of the State. But Governor Marks
made himself most favorably known on Tues
day in the able and eloquent speech which he
delivered on the occasion of laying the cor
ner-stcne of the Memphis customhouse.
He had a fine opportunity for the dis
play Of his great abilities, and he was
equal to the occasion. There was an i'm
mense concourse of people present. Gov
ernor Marks, after c@eluding his GRAFTON,
remarked that ne had never before addressed
a crowd SO vast in numbers. His speech
made profound impression. 1t was admit
rably delivered and enthusiastically applaud
ed. 1t was the first time that the speaker
had ever addressed Memphis audience and
he fully sustained the reputation which had
preceded him, realized the high expectations
of his friends, and proved that the honors he
had won elsewhere were not unity be-
slowed. Governor Mark has voice full of
compass, clear, ringing, and as it portrayed
in great beauty Of language the prosperity,
the grandeur and glory which awaited Mem
phis in the future, it made music which
charmed and thrilled every heart. He
showed that in view of the geograph-
ical position which Memphis occupied the
hand of nature had made her the seat for an
empire city, and that no mind could compre-
bend her future greatness. He showed that
Memphis occupied the boundary between the
cotton belt on one side and the grass and
grain belt on the other, and when he said,
'If the advantages of the various inland
CIUr0S
the advantages which concur in favor
of Memphis, it will be seen
that Memphis may aspire with confidence to
the first place among all the inland cities of
the world" our people forgot their mis-
fortunes, took heart again and felt return
of the dream of other days. The people of
Memphis manifested their appreciation of
Governor Marks's speech by frequent and en-
thusiastic applause during its delivery, and
by lavishing upon him the highest praise
since his departure. HIS visit to Memphis
was one of unalloyed pleasure to our people.
he is no longer a stranger to them. They
feel that they have governor worthy of the
historic renown of the State.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26
A $4,000 FemaIewaIkist.

Montgomery (Ale.) Advertiser, Oath:
'Mrs. Potts, the female pedestrienne, will
leave Atlanta this morning on her journey to
New Orleans. She will arrive in this city in
a few days. This lady left Philadelphia on
May 18th for New Orleans, on a wager of
FIVE thousand dollars that she could walk to
New Orleans and back in FIVE months. She
took the Piedmont AIRLINE via which to
make her journey, as the shortest between
Philadelphia and New Orleans. That con-
pany has displayed considerable enterprise in
getting out circular with photograph of
Mrs. Potts on the frontispiece. At Atlanta
Mrs. Potts claimed that she was Two hundred
miles ahead of time and did not feel much
fatigued. She has to make sixteen miles per
day in order to accomplish her task; but she
speaks confidently of her ability to do SO, and
says she will make at least ten thousand dol
lars out of the trip. On Wednesday last she
walked thirty-six miles, the best days work
she has accomplished. She expects to reach
New Orleans by the fifteenth of July. She
is writing book of her travels, which she
says have been very pleasant. She is ma
tive of North Carolina, and is said to be about
forty wears of age, y