Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-29
NSTS Of tine Day.

| A dlSpalC1 from houston gives tDe paEticu
lars of shocking double murder in Anderson
county. Texas. party cf six men rode up TO
the house of Dr.. R. p. Graysop, q prominent
ciliz %, at night, aud asked bis wife where the
| d0c:cr was, Is Que Ut their wives was slc6. and
they wanted him to go to see her. Mrs Gray.
500 told the nca where the doctor was. Wheo
be came out they began shooting at him. They
shot him fclty IiUes He fell dead 90 the
spot After murderiog him they rode back to
| his house. and, through the windows began
| BID. She vas shot dead. No cause is assigned
| for The murder.
TIE venerable rector of 81. Georges Protes-
taut Episcopal Church, New York, Rev. DR..
Stephen Fl. Tying, ST., preached his farewell
sermoo yesterday moruiDg. liz thanked the
CONGREGATION FIR their kindness to him, ADD
said he had much for @hich be Thanked God
daily, aud nothing ct which to complain.
Wheu speaking Of tho severance Of relations
between then lis voice lallcred. aud at the
close he was led out Of the church. leauog
facb!y Gu The arm of one of the coDgrcg CATION.
The Piesllcht and his family returned to
| Washington =cfday morning from their Trip
to PhiIaue}phil and the coal regions OF Peon
sylvana all 10 good health and well pleased
with heir visr The President passed the day
Gui.t'y al tho Executive Mansion, and duri0g
tie tveuiOg was visited by several ffleods, who
came to pay him their respects. 10 the evening
! the Executive Mansion, and we're 10 coDsulls
ton with he President Tor scme time.
l.; %. Catholic Church at Milford, Mass,
yesterday. Father Cuddiby denounced the Iii
b.:nian Oder in the most severe terms, de
c.arcd lh.r pcws 10 the church vacant, and
warned AncrioaDs against the Order. rs such
| Moli; Mcguire disturbances as took place in
! Pennsylvania might BIO repeated o New Eng
land. Members Of the Order declare their in
tention to adhere thereto, regardless Of the &C
tor Of the Church.
III. II. Walker, Of Chicago. has filed petit
ton 10 bankruptcy. His preferred debts amount
| TO $1,000; unsecured debls Sill ,00O and sc
His assets are 10 Iands-$2l 600. A claim
against Samuel J. Walker, also 10 bankruptcy,
$500. 600.
The Rev. P. B. Morgan Ct ST. john 5 Epis.
copa Church. Clucionati, last nig ht formally
| aunoU5cad bis withdrawal from fellowship 10
That church, Ga account Of its Romish tenden.
ccs, aud hs intention to Il .lte with the Re
formed Episcopal Church.
Saturday night party Of eight or ten ad-
hcreols OF Lerdo lett Brownsville, Texas, for
Banco Rancho, where, it ia eported, there is
f5rce of TWO hundred waiting al opportunity to
cross into Mexico.
A negro, who took nitrous oxide gas to have
his tooth pulled, in Baltimore. last Saturday,
white uoder its iotlleace destroyed furniture
III TIC dentists office valued at one hundred
dollars.
VIM. S. Douglas, convicted Of the murder of
David :. :. Hiser, n mail carrier. 10 April,
1877. escaped from the i,il Of Grant oouoty,
W. Va. some time durog the night Of Wed.
1csday last.
|. is rumored that the Secretary OF the
Trea.N'y is abcu: to call 10 ten millions of the
90 six psr cent bonds for redemption.
tx Congressman Vance has returned to Gin.
ciunati from his Waaderings 10 an i5saus con-
dior.
The proposed missioa Of Gen. Gordon to
Europe 10 behalf OF the material Interests or
the South has been abandoned.
The body of Birch Coutant, another victim
of the Magenta disaster, was found f oating 10
The river near Sing Sing yesterday.
A German steamer With elk hundred passen
gers put 10 at Southwest Harbor, Me-, on Sun
day, to await orders from Russia.
The run on the German Savings Bank. of
n Y. Continued to day. The run on the Dry
Dock Savings Bauk hes ahated.
A we'll defined case OF cpros5 exists in Bsti-
more.
Judge w. II. GatcheII, Of Baltimore. died
suddenly last Saturday uight.