Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-06
TENNESSEE.

TENNESSEE.
MEMPHIS, Nov. C.-The offoisl vote Of this
city pi7ea Casey Young, independent Democrat
fer Congress. 100 majority. BIS estimated
majority 10 the county is ,OUO when Viii oe
Increased by returns from Fsyete and Hardo'
uan counties.
ILLINOIS.
Chicago, Nov. G.-Returns from 393 towns
and preclpcts 10 Illinois give the toIInWlng totals:
| Ga State Treasurer Su,h, rep. "a 49S; Cron'
kritc, DEM, 30, SOP; Bates, greenbacker, IH''5I.
News CT the DEG.
Alexander Smith, the Goa gressnlsn elect 10
the Twelfth district, N. Y. died at 10 O'Clock
last light.
The NJ f. Missionary Society. 10 session at
| New York, yesterday mads the following sp.
preparations for domestic missions after two
hours discussion: Alabama. 50. 500; Arkan'
SAG, So. 500; Austin, Tex, 1000.
At q meeting of the Cabinet yestcrdaTit was
agreed thct the Presidents message should
contain soms Recommendation for the enact
ment of legislation either to increase the weight
of the STANDARD silver dolar,!or to diminish its
o,ioage, or to adopt both Of these means OF pre-
venting further depreciation Of its value.
The plates for the greenback S. 600 and
$4,000 notes. the first ever issued. are being
perfected, aud the notes will be ready Tor cir
culation by the day fixed Tor resumption. They
are intended for convenience in handling large
amounts OF greenbacks and to take toe place OF
coin certificates. Their size will tie the same
as that of the rest Of tho greca5aos currency.
A dispatch from Portland, Oregon, says -
IA fight has occurred between about twenty
white and sixty ChiDrso operatives in the wool
en- mills at Oregon City, Oregon, tic whites
being the aggressors. Several persons Oh coth
sides were severely Injured and oDe CbiDaman
was probably fatally shot. The authorities Ii
nelly quelled tho disturbance, but fears of 40
early renewal of tho contest arc entertained.
10 Brooklyn yesterday, John Wcsdale, while
at work 10 the mandatory ct the Brcokl2n
Roofing Company, was probably fatally Injured
by an explosion. He lifted the cover OF the
vat for the purpose Of examining lis contents,
when tho gas, which had eccu nu'ated, caused
IL to explode, and be was hurled clear into
the yard, distance CT twenty five feet, Be-.
sides being severely burned about the lace
banda and body, one of il' thighs was badly
fractured.
In the United States Saproue Court yester-
dsy, 10 tho csso of Theodore A. kendlg, ap--
peIaut Vs. Thompson Deap, argument was
commenced By Mr.. P. Phillips for tho appel
aut. This cause involves the disputed owner.
ship of oue hundred and eighty four shares OF
the stock of the Memphis Gasiight Company,
which came into the possession CT the appellee
through decree Of foreclosure and sale grent
ed By military commission organized At Mem
phis ia 1863 By Big. General Fas!ch Ihe
Jurisdiction of military commissions in civil
casas ia One of the questions involved,
A dispatch from Decatur, ILL.,, ays:-"( IS
terday morning tho city Was thrown lrto lev
er of excitement by the occu-rcIcc OF terrible
tragedy Messrs VIM. aad Bepi. Sawyer. Who
are brothers, have, for tho last dozen years,
been partners in an Gil mill in this city. While
tosether in their Office William fired three shots
from large navy revolver at his brother, the
last shot taking effect on the top Of B2uj aOln' )
head, fracturiDg the skull SO as to render tre-
pannpg necessary. The wcunded man slipped
through tho cfioo door into the large room.
where he fell bleeding protusey from his
wounds After shooting his brother, William
rushed down stairs to tho basement and out in
to the back yard Of the mill, where be sho:
himself through the head and fell seosees5 TO
the around. he was carried to his house,
where be died 10 about an hour. Tho wcund-
ed man lies ia q critical condition.
Virginia News.
The Lynchburg Sunday Tint" ha9 sus,
pended.
Two large tobacco warehouses are COW bs!ng
erected 10 Danvillo.
| Lynchburg realized 1851. IS from the whisky
punch and Petersburg 81 ,323.l4. The re.
ceipts of the register 10 Norfvlk were 81, l42.
One third interest il the Fredericksburg
Wooden Mill has been sold to Clark and Chase,
of B altimore TOR $4,000, and cGe fifth of the
stock of the water power coGr,n7 10 Levi =.
White, Of the same city.
A row between tha negroes and whites &c
CURED at Kenpvie, PriuctsI Au1c county,
yesterday, a5 the conclusion OF the election,
and Col. Greggs was shot 10 tho thigh and one
negro is reported killed. The negroes we're
very violent, and furnished pistols aod s.x"t
guns. Both negroes and whites Wero Wy
much excited.
TIE Richmond State says: Last Friday
morning Mrs. Ella Antbony, lady Living on
corporate limits, while milking her cow heard
knock at the stable door, Thinking it Was
the coIorsd man who worked on the place. she
asked "ls that you, William ?" The person
90 the outside replied. mo, marn, aud
inm ediately the d1or opened and strange
negro walked 10. Mrs. Au,hooy hastily arose
and started to leave the stable. when tho regro
seized her by tho throat and attempted to gag
her. A struggle ensued; the negro succeeded
10 getting her doTn, when the lady, with a
great effort, succeeded in getting bis hand from
her mouth and screamed for help. Her c;ies
aroused the watch dog in the yard and set him
to barking furiously, which frightened her as
saiant aud caused hin to desist 10 ts hni!ish
efforts and run away.
| Yellow Fever.
New ORLEANS. Nov. G.-Tho weather yes.
terdsy was clear and pleasant; fifty Two new
cases of yellow fever and pine deaths were re-
ported for the past twenty four hours. The
footiags to date are 1926 cases; 967 deaths.