Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-11
FROM WASHINGTON.

Especial Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, d. c., October II, 1882
In the Z. S. Supreme Court to-day the
Arlington case was reached on the docket,
and, by consent of counsel, the day for its
argument was fixed for Monday next, pro-
videa Judge Field be present on that day.
Justice Bradley was present to-day, and the
bench would have been full had it not been
for the absence of Justice Field. All the
counsel i'll the case, Shipper, Page, Robert
son and Beach for plaintiffs, and Solicitor
General Phillips and Judge Willoughby for
the Government, were present.
yellow fever kilograms received at Ma
rinc Hospital headquarters to-day report
ten new cases and two deaths at Browns
vile during the last scvcnty-two hours and
fifty new cases and three deathsat Pensacola
during the last twenty-iour hours
Governor Cameron was still here to-day.
He does not stop at the Portland Flats with
General Malone, but at different hotels in
the city.
Mr.. John Amber Smith is still in the city.
and still knows no more about a duel be-
tween himself and either one of the Wises
than anybody else does, which is nothing.
W. y. Dunn, assistant chief Of the fire de-
partmcnt Of the District Of Columbia, was
thrown from his buggy in Georgetown this
morning and killed.
y negro named Frank Minor. living on
the Island, now called South Washington,
cut his wite's head OIL with a razor this
morning.
Wilmot Ward. one of the men under ar
rest for attempting to abstract note paper
from the Treasury Department either for
counterieiting purposes or to induce the be-
lief that affairs in that department are con-
Quoted very loosely and thereby procure the
removal of some Of the employees, is a ma
tive of Richmond, but went North during
the war and entered the federal service.
\ gentleman from Prince William county
here to-day says the Circuit Court is in SEES
sion there, and that tomorrow the cases of
Ottcrhack against the Alexandria and Fred
ericksburg railroad will be tried. One of
these cases is 4 suit for additional damages
Tor right OF way, the plaintiff claiming that
the railroad was not built on the land that
was condemned: for that purpose, and the
other for damages to Il fishing shore along
which the railroad track runs and interferes
with the landing Of the seine.
1t has been reported by Mahoncs friends
IN this city that Ex-Governor Holiday, of
Virginia, was lukcwarm in his support of
the democratic ticket in his State because it
is headed by his old opponent Mr.. Massey,
but gentlemen from Winchester, the eS
Governors nome, assure the GAZETTBs cor
respondent that no man in the State is more
DESTROYS of the success of the ticket than he
is and that he will certainly vote for Mr.
Massey. They also say that Massey will
probably lead the rest of the democratic
ticket in Winchester.
The result of the Ohio election is the
chief topic of conversation here today. The
democratic victory is greater than expected
the latest kilograms indicating the beliefthat
the democrats have carried fifteen out of
the twcenty-one Congressional districts in
the state a large portion of the praise of
the famous victory is ascribed TO Senator
Pendleton, who presided over the State
shaped the platform. made the
keynote speech of the campaign. and
then went to the front and remained
there directing and cheering his forces until
the last ballot was polled. The democrats
here are very much elated at the news. and
say that victory is in the air and that In
diana, Pennsylvania and New York will
follow suit next month. Gains are also OK.
pected Ill Wisconsin and Iowa. The re-
ported losses in West Virginia are attributed |
10 TWO causes. the large amount of money |
thrown into the State by the Hubbell COM |
mittee in order to break the Solid South
and the influence of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, which, well-informed gentlemen
from that State say, was cast in favor of the
republicans. Republicans here are anv.
thing else but happy, and lonesome Ma
honeitc could only derive consolation from
the West Virginia news Democratic VIC
tories are as distasteful to Mahoneites ne
they are TO themost pronounced republicans.
Letters received here to-day from demo-
cratic politicians in Connecticut say that T.
NJ. Waller, the democratic candidate for
Governor, who commenced life as news
boy, will be elected, as will ex-senator
Eaton, who is the democratic candidate for