Maryville Republican., 1876-10-07
News EteRRRs.

N ~ . 09E AhASS
A special dispatch from Paris says
the existence Of the planet Vulcan is
confirmed.
A straw goods factory was burned
at Newfeld, Mass, on the 4th inst.
Loss $4,000.
Georgia elected @ Governor, Legis~
lature and county officers on the 4th
inst. The State is heavily Demo
cratic.
Judge Hoar has received the
''citizens nomination" for Congress
in the Seventh District, Massachu~
setts, to run against B. T. Butler.
The thirty first annual session Of
the National Grand Lodge Of Colored
Odd Fellows opened in Memphis on
the 4th inst, with forty~six delegates
present.
Advices from Northern and North
western Texas report q grasshopper
invasion. In some counties they are
destroying vegetation. Wheat-sow-
ing is delayed until it is ascertained
whether the hoppers will remain long
enough to deposit their eggs.
-Four clergymen have already fallen
victims to their devotion in attending
the fever~stricken people Of Savannah
Three of them were Catholic priests
and one very well-known Methodist
clergyman, Rev. Edw. IT, Myers, D..
D. One Of the little band Of Sisters
- Charity, WHO were sent to SaYan-
nah Immediately on the breaking out
Of the scourge, died On Monday
GA1vEsroH, TEXAS, Oct. 2.-The
Neeos' San Antonio special says that
detachment of McNelli's company,
under Sergeant Armstrong, attacked
party Of outlaws on Esparosa Lake
near Eagle Pass, killed five, wounded
one, and captured fifty horses and a
large number Of cattle.
| A dispatch from Hartford, Conn,
has this to say in regard to the
election in hat State, which came of
on the Sd inst: In the elections, SO
far as heard from in this vicinity, the
gains from last year are in favor oi
the Republicans. In Hartford the
Republicans elect First Selectnan
and Assessor and three Constables
Most Of the other officers are Demo
cratic.
VIM Henry Harrison, a grandson
Of the former President, entered the
residence Of john Fl. Moore, recents
ly, in Boon county, Ky, and made q
| proposal Of marriage to marry Mr.
Moore's eldest daughter and being
rejected stabbed her nine times ir
the breast and face. A fatal result is
feared. Harrison is forty-four years
old and lost his wife about one yeal
ago. He had been visiting Miss
Moore frequently, but received nc
encouragement on account Of bis
dissipation.
Colorado elected Governor, Con.
gressman and other officers on the
Sd inst. The only national Interest
in the contest springs from the fact
that, for this once, the Legislature
will name the three ELECTORS q
| President ana Vice President tc
which the State is entitled. Will
the exception Of 1874, Colorado hns
always given a majority for tht
Republicans during the fourteen
years it has been a Territory. A
States when first admitted to th1
Union have invariably voted with th(
Administrator that let them in, O.
course the Republicans were victo
rious in the present election.
From Europe The London Times
says Russia can not too emphatically
be warned that in proposing tht
occupation at Bulgaria the Gar mis-
reads the mind Of Europe The
scheme Of the Russian troops march
ing to Bulgaria is a masterpiece O
boldness and audacity. Bulgaria i
the key note of Turkey, and should
the government Of the Gar insist or
its occupation it will lay itself open
to the darkest suspicious. Every
country in Europe would Say that Its
ardent championship Of THE Christian
subjects Of the Porta was c4TAg i4t
designs Of conquest ana dreams "
past slavism would spread general
! alarm. A dispatch to the Times