San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-10
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The Manchester Savings Bank OF AL
legheny City, Pa, has been forced to suspend
on account of the determined run OF de-
positors since the failure Of the Allegheny
Savings Bank. The officers assure depositors
that their accounts will ultimately be paid
in full.
Woods Museum, Chicago, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire on the morning OF
the 23d. All the living animals on exhibi'
ton were suffocated. The theater portion
was leased to Tony Dener and was entirely
burned out. Total loss about 10000, most
ly insured.
G.. w. Alexander and John W. Car
rington, Jr., both Chicago real-estate deal
ers and spectators, went into bankruptcy
on the 23d. Alexander owes $27S,OOO; Carr
rington, $15O,OOO. Assets Of each nominal.
The tow-boat Grand Lake, on the
night Of the Dist, when about II miles south
of st. Louis ran down two small boats con-
tanning party Of emigrants on their way
down the river. Mrs. Mary Crowley, wife of
James Crowley, his brother Martin, aged ID,
and two small children were drowned. The
others of the party escaped.
Twogood & Elliott's private banking
house at Marion, Iowa, has suspended with
liabilities amounting to $l5O,0OO. Assets not
known.
The transfer of the Sioux from Red
Cloud Agency to the vicinity Of the Missouri
River was begun on the 25th. The march
will probably occupy n month. Two COM
panies of the Third Cavalry perform escort
duty.
In the MISUNDERSTANDING race at
Baltimore on the Oath, Ten Brock, the favor
ite, was beaten by Pierre Lorillard's Parole,
Tom Ochltree coming in third. Time, 4:37
ga. Pools sold on Ten Brock at 81 200, to
800 on Ochiltree and $685. on Parole. The
favorite was in bad condition, and clearly
unfit for the race.
A horrible double murder, committed
doubtless for the sake Of robbery, occurred
about six miles north of Cincinnati, on the
Circleville pike, on tho night of the Goth
The victims were Edward McVey and wife,
aged about 70 years each, and they kept the
l-gate at that place. The only other
occupant of the house was girl named
Alice Dean, aged 10. She was awakened
by the firing of pistol-shots in the adjoining
room, occupied by the old folks, and
was so badly frightened that she got up and
crawled under her bed. While lying there,
shivering with terror, man came into her
room and searched through the bureau
drawers, but went away.without having dis
covered her. After all had become quiet
she jumped out of the window, ran to a
neighbours and gave the alarm.
Several persons FASTENED to the
toll gate, and upon entering the house
found the old man lying upon the floor with
bullet through his head, and the old lady
partially reclining in chair, shot in two
places. Both were dead. The murderers
had attempted to cover up their crime by
burning the house, but the bedding which
they ignited did not burn. Rewards aggre-
eating $500 were offered for the arrest of
the murderers, and several suspicious par
ties were taken up for examination.
Two, hundred and fifty lives were lost
by reason of the explosion in the High Blan-
tyre col!iery, New Glasgow, Scotland.
Grove Kennedy, a notorious Ken
lucky outlaw, was captured by Marshal
Hunter and q posse Of II men near Bards-
town on the 9th.
Wesley Geyer, suspected horse
thief and bad man generally,.was warned by
his neighbors at Greenville, Darke County,
o., to leave the town, and failing to do so, he
was called from his house on the night Of
the oath by party of masked men and rid
died with bullets. Geyer had been for 20
years resident of the town, was property
owner, and had wife and seven children.
Francis Robinson, known as Mile.
Seville, of Emerson's Ministries, killed him
self at Ingersoll, Ontario, on the Goth.
Five new cases of yellow fever at Fer
nandina, Fla, were reported on the Goth,
and weather very unfavorable. Eight hum
dred families were receiving charitable as
sistance.
Ten Brock won the four-mile race at
Baltimore on the Goth, his competitors being
Ambush, Barricade and Algerine. Time,
7:4l 1-2, $40.
The American masons recently i'm
ported to London have joined the strike Of
their English brethren.
A telegram from Havana, 10Th, says
that Don Thomas Estrada, President of the
Cuban Republic, together with the Secre-
tary and severalot other members Of the Cuban
Chambers, have been taken prisoners by the
Spanish troops.
The Missouri Supreme Court has
oyerrued the decision Of the Circuit Court,
by which the Hannibal and st. Joseph Rail-
road was placed in the hands of a receiver,
and the regular officers Of the road have
been reinstated.
WAR NEWS.