Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-29
NEWS or THE DAY.


The sales of ten dollar certificates 10 Phis.
delpbia amounted to $2,l70,0OO; 10 New ork
to So, 229, $50.
Nine children have died from drinking poist
oped water 10 brock at Newark. Vermont.
and number of others are not expected to
live.
Three seamen tf the schooner Mary A. With
au. which arrived at NV York yesterday from
Mirsgoane, died of yellow fever on the PES
sage.
Miss Della Wheeler, aged 65, only sister Ct
Vice President Wheeler, died suddenly. st. the
home tf the Vice President. at Malooe, New
York, Yesterday. She was an invalid for several
years
Contracts were awarded for Indian supplies
Yesterday. the price being for corn 1851 cents
Der bushel and mess pork. $40 Al per barrel.
Most awards we're granted to Western merch
ants.
The directors of the Globe Life Iusuraucs
Company, New York, have applied tor the sap'
poiutment Of receiver, having discovered
deficit Of 100000 where the State examlDer
found only $500 600.
The secret of the Grant excursion to Caller
MIA is discovered. 1t originated with j. b. and
George McMnen, who have planned grand
excursion to California at reduced rates at the
time Of the arrival of Gen. Grant.
The Greeuback Convention of Iowa yester
day nominated State ticket headed by .nlsl
Campbell for Governor. Several OF Brick Pom
eroys adherents withdrew from the convehtlon
on its refusal to endorse Pomcroy's Chicago
platform.
The Boston Transcript regards Secretary
Sherman ss the coming man Of tho republicans
as presidential candidate. 1t says "his pow I
of accomplishing results DEEDS no more illustrn
ton than is furpishsd by his record as the head
of the Treasury Department" and predicts his
election should he be nominated.
The OHIO Republican State Convention met
at Ciuolousti, yesterday. and nom aated Chas.
Foster for Governor on the first ballot. which
stood, Foster $50 6; Alpouse Taft, 27l 6;
j. w. Keller, 2. General Lewis Hickenloopel
was dominated for Lieutenant Governor, and
". w. Lawrence for Supreme Court judge.
The trial of ex,Lieut. Gov. Hull, Of Florida,
before the Unted States court, for conspiracy
| 10 Breyard county in he election of himself tc
Congress, resulted 10 q verdict of AGA aittal.-
Four colored and ono white Repubnoan were
90 the jury. The grand jury which found the
indictment was orgaDZ ID under the test
system.
Tho miscsgenatiou case 10 which Miss Moore,
of Beaver, Pa, was the heroine, has had 9
singular sequel. Shortly after her marriage to
JopeS the negro man, she WAS removed to bel
home, and after q careful examination By bel
physicians, she was pronounced insane. snd
sent to an asylum, Her husband has dlsap
peared.
The Montreal Mechanics Bank has suspend
ed payment, owiog to the refusal OF Nelson
Bank to extend further accommodation. LIE
total liabilities are 1925 900; assets, 1892 600.
@. j. Bridges, Governor of the HUDSON Bay
Company, is president Of the bank. This /:
the second time the institution has failed Wlhln
three years.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill making
subsidiary coins txchsngeable for lawful money,
having first 30 amended it as to make suct
coins legal tender 10 sums not exceeding SIC
also substituting the words 'silVer coins of the
United States of smaller denominations thar
one dollar for the words fractional or Subsi'
diary silver coins.
10 the Louisiana constitutional convention,
yesterday, the committee on State debt ap
pointed sub committee of three to draft az
ordinance to be submitted to the convention
advising that eply about three millions of the
present State debt be paid. the remainder be.
ing declared iuvsld. Ii is believed the con
veption will not adopt this report.
A contradiction is authorized of the state
ment that the President has decided not to ap
rrove the 6odngs of the court of inquiry 10
the Ftz John PJrter case, and that be will
refer them for examination and revision to the
Judge Advocate General Of the army. Nc
such decision has been made. No decision will
be made until the record Il 800 pages) has been
examined by the President.
Seventy FIVE men took possession of the isl
at Bakersfield, CAL. Yesterday, and hanged
Thomas aud William Yoakum 10 their oelis.-
The latter being chained to the floor. was hang
cd with the chain on bis feet. The Yoskums
pere imprisoned for the MURDER over year
ago, OF johnson aud Tucker. William had
been tried and convicted. but the Superior
Court last week granted him change of We
nue..