The Van Buren press., 1873-10-28
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
Especial Dispatch to the Republican /
YELLOW FEVER
MEMPHIS, Oct. 81.

bic about the disease. New cases are oc.
curing in isolated districts. aud the FROST
seems to have had bnt little effect in
checking the disease. .s.5-Ft..
! DIR. Freeman, secretary Of the board Of
health, is reported dying tonight, also
DR., B.ount
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 81
There were six deaths from yellow fc.
yer in the past fsrty eight hours. The
cold weather contributes to the mortality.
MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS, Oct %
Esquire l.. r Richards, city register.
one Of the Oldest citizens of this place,
died this morning of yellow fever.
DIR. r. j. Freeman, secretary Of the
board of health, died also of yellow fc
yer
DR. j. j. Williams is reported very
low.
The sale of the charity bale of cotton
at st. Louis. for 800, is reported by a
private telegram.
A steady rain has been falling since .
o'clock
Memphis has ceased to hopo for an
early abatement of the disease. The
sudden changes of temperature aud warm
| rains work more fatal results than the
continuous warm weather One days
report Of fewer new cases leads to hopes,
only to be crushed by the succeeding
days development of Il sudden change
in the weather. and an increased number
Of victims There is NO safety here yet
ONO.
ELECTION NEWS
CINCINNATI Oct 90.
The official count OF the Hamilton
county vote, just completed, shows to
tai Of 36, 756 votes Noyss received l6,.
02l Allen 1874, Collins 1922. Aliens
majority over Noyes, 763. The senators
elected are Worthingten and Wallace,
Democrats, and Burton. Republican
Members ofthe general assembly elect are
eight Democrats Salcr, Miller, Boyce,
Jordon, Patteson Newell, Archer and
Huston. and two Republicans, Haven
and Clean
The Democrats to night held very
large ratification meeting. Hon Samuel
F Cary made speech, Introducing Hon
Geo. ii. Pendlcton. WAC was followed by
speeches from Hon. John F. Toilet
Gen Jesse Ward, Hon. Samuel f. Hunt
and others.
ATTEMrTED MURDER
LOUISVILLE, Oct %
This afternoon. about o clock, a man
named James Crawford entered Magis-
trate Lincon's oiIlco, situated on SeveRth
street, with companion, and, walking
to a small back room, spoke q few words
to John Mccarthy, a weil-known lawyer.
and then, drawing a pistol, fired at him
at a distance of five feet, the ball passing
into McCarthy's head near the right ear
Crawford then turned to pass out, but
was caught by Squire Lincoln and sent
to Jail Mccarthy is said to have retain
ed three hundred aud fifty dollars beun.
ty money belonging to Crawford since
1865. he having collected itfer him after
the war After repeated demands Craw-
ford went at the hour above stated and
said he wanted his money. Crawford's $
companion states that Mccarthy threat.
cned to kill Crawford, with the result as
stated Crawford is wealthy Tenres-
sean. Mccarthy was taken home, and
is in critical condition.
BALTIMORE ELECTION.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 90
The election for mayor and both
branches of the city council and chief
justice of the supreme bench of the city
of Baltimore took place to day. The to-
tai number Of votes polled in all the
wards except the Eighteenth, which has
not yet been heard from, was 32,949, of
which Joshua Van Zandt, Democrat con
serva,ive candidate received 2l,2l5, and
David Carson. Reform candidate. in
dorsed by Republicans, 1l,734 The 18Th
ward will probably increase Van Zandts
majority 400 to 500. The Democrats
elect all the members OF both branches
Of the city council. with the exception Of
the First ward, which elects Kirby, Inde-
pendent Reform candidate, to the first
branch No opposition to Gsorgc Will
lam Brown, candidate for chief justice,
who received 32,lS2, with the Eighteenth
ward to be added
YELLOW FEVER IN TEXAS.
New ORLEANS, Oct %
A Picayune special says that Calves
ton is full of refugees from Bryan, Cal
vert and Columbus, and more coming by
each train. kilograms from Columbus
report the fever Increasing fasv, and Of
very fatal type-four deaths in twelve
hours. Hon. Geo. W. Smith and j. w.
Harcourt are among the victims. The
place is almost depopulated. A special
relief train was forwarded to-day, with
physicians from Galveston
Calvert telegra:ns report nine deaths
in t. cntv-four hours The disease coa
tinues very violent At Bryan here
we're two deaths AM seven new cases in
the pest twenty four hou,s. Business Is
almost entirely suspended
NEW YORK, Oct Z.
The World says that q gentleman re.
Gently returned from Connecticut repre-.
sents the manufacturing interests OF that
state as being in an unfortunate condi.
ton From fifteen to twenty thousand
operatives and factory hands have al.
ready been thrown out of employment
Nearly Completed
The Cairo and Fulton railroad (of Arkansas)
will be completed to Texarkana-to the june
tion with the Texas roads--early next msnth.
III n rrndinn [. nhnnt rom nlcted and the road