San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-29
HERE AND THERE.

s THERE are four Millions in the House
some inglorious but none mute.---Bos-
ton Post. 2lsnf1,l-'t .j2f f'.41
A TRACT Of 100000 acres in Calhoun
County, Ala, has been purchased by
the Chicago Colonization and Agricul-
tural Company. 3l. a,NrtI
Mrs. CHIEF JOSEPH is described as
ga pretty little black-eyed beauty, with
flashing teeth, fine arms and dainty
feet"
MRS. POTTER PALMER gave recep-
ton 10 over 400 friends at the Palmer
House, Chicago, the other evening, the
cost of which is put down at $4,000.
AwHITE widow of 40 in Lewis Coun-
ty, New York, with a 2O-year-old son,
has just married a negro aged 80, as
black as the ace Of spades. n '.,y5r
SELA NUTrER, a oolored woman, liv-
ing near Nanticoke, Mass, is said to be
1l3 years old. She has three children
living, the youngest Of whom is 70 years
of age. i.eA 9di 'iing .l.ri rf q
The huge granite Imonolith which
supports the equestrian statue Of Peter
the Great at St. Petersburg, Russia, was
rolled from Finland on cannon balls. O..
VERY many of the cross-ties laid on
the Union Pacific several years ago have
become petrifed. So solid are these
ties that it is impossible to withdraw the
spikes. ,n 90 81 70 ..a' s,. r., .a9sl,,
ACCORDING to a letter from Bellona,
N. Y, to the Rochester Democrat, men,
or at least animals that make tracks like,
men, some 20 feet in height used to live
in that vicinity during the early history
Of the place. Perfectly formed foot
prints 50 inches long have been found
in large numbers. H,,
ID. JOSHUA CLEAvEs, of Salem, Mass,
left property to his ''cousin, Nancy H.
Rogers of Beverly" but he had two
cousins of the name. But, by tracing
back the family tree to 1858, it is found
that one of the women is a degree near
er than the other, and she will probably
get the bequest. Z n .tlusI.c,. -7 81,
ACCORDING to the English Meal and
Provisions Trade Rev,ew,, beef can be
bought in Belgrade at two cents per
pound, and forwarded to London, by
express train in six days or less, at q
cost of one and half cents pound.
Fat pigs can be bought at five cents per
pound, and lambs at $5 per score.
TIE State Of Iowa practically has no
debt. 1t has outstanding in war bonds
$500, 900, due in 1888, which the holders
refuse to surrender. There is also due
on the permanent school fund a little
over 100000, which was borrowed;
but the State is able to pay her debts at
any time. '. a'o sH a.'i -'le',a'i "
The latest performance in London,
and one which draws salary OF $500
per week, is the startling feat of Zagel,
q young girl, who dives through the air
and lands in net 80 feet below. She
drops head first, but gently and gracefully
swerves in her flight until at last she
strikes on her back in the net and arises
unframed. q,
THIRTY years ago woman in Full
louisville, N. Y, put S17 away that it
might be needed some day when old age
made it necessary for her to cease work.
A few days ago she took the mon"y
from its hiding-plaoe in the toe of an old
stocking and started out to make some
purchases, but not one cents worth
could she get; her money was worthless.
The banks had either failed or been
wound up, and the currency was ire
deemable.
EVERY Turkish regiment is amply
provided with intrenching tools Carried
in carts), and in an hour, on fair
ground, it will make its position forml-
dable, slope always being chosen.
Their trenches are ,semicircular, two
small ones in front, each holding 30
men; 100 yards behind, three large SEM
icircles or segments (the center one lit
tie in the rear of the other two, as a re-
serve trench; 100 yards, in rear again,
the main trench, gi-ing four feet of cov-
er vertically, and net more than one and
one-half feet broad, containing the rest
of the regiment. e' a
A NEW use has been found for the
telephone. Since it was introducedinto
several mines for the purpose of COM