San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-01

FATAL l'ees zen with paraiysis ny couiu P'
3ongl SURF e. Later disuu116 e( deny y
truth of report, and Fate tha althot eh
the PopN16 butte weak, he .was abe f0giye
audience to several persons on the 18th.
A COMMITTEE of Republican Senators,
headed by Mr.. Edmunds, had long confer
lehes~ith Gid Prcaidshton The 13th, and, II
is understood, fully acquainted him with the
general tone and sentiment Of criticism ex-
pressed at the recent Senatorial csycuS con-
ssfnihg vsriahi features ofIhispotioyL H.
COMMODORE VANDERBILT's will is
being contested ~ MFG &c sBau, adaughter
o.. the dead hundred millionaire, who was
cut off with pittapce Of $5Q0, 900, She thinks
her fathef VA tiaduly hhde6ceab MA son,
William H., who received the bulk of the
fortune, and that there ought to be an equit-
able division of the property. This 70 nu
for the lawyers engaged, among Whom are
Judge Jerc Black and Scott Lord for the
plaintiff and Judge Comstock, Mr.. Chiffon,
and the Schclls, father and son, for the de-
tense. .iiss 80 80 ''n''"L 1'sH "''A '''''
GEN. BUTLER, in a recent interview
with newspaper correspondent, said in
reference to the Presidents Civil-service
policy: "Think, Of 1t! why, don't know
what itmeans. haven't been able to learn
what it means"- smile" and / am
not in the habit Of giving any opinion about
matters whose meaning don't know. The
Lord probably never intended that should
be able to comprehend it, I suppose, be-
cause have not yet been able TO-" ,b,..a3
COLONEL PRoUT, of the Egyptian
Army, is now visiting Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas. He is d Colonel in the Khedive''s
army and Vice Governor OF the Territory Of
Sedan. He was sent to London by the Khe-
dive to superintend the construction Ola
number of steamboats, that are to- be used
on the lakes in the. interior of, that country
The Colonel was formerly connected with
the United States Army, but has been in the
service of the Khediye for the past six years.
CONGRESSMAN SMALLS and =. Cass
Carpenter, of South Carolina, have both been
tried before Jury and found guilty Of the
charges preferred against them-the former
of bribery and corruption and the latter of
forgery. so S''.'., ....'....,.'.....ey
GENERAL SHERMAN's official salary
amounts to $4,000, inclusive Of the usual
combinations for supplies. ''",'''''" '''''
The following additional nominations
by the President were transmitted to the
Senate on the 14th: Manuel Gown, Of
Florida, United States 'Consulsat Leghorn;
Effingham Lawrence Collector Of Customs
for the District of New Orleans. Indian
Agents Samuel s. Ely, Otoe Agency, Ne
braska; Isaiah Lightner, Santee Agency,
Nebraska Jno. E. Pyle, Navajo Agency,
New Mexico; VIM. H. Danielson, Fort Hall
Agency, Idaho; Edwin A. Howard, Ponca
Agency, Indian Territory; Francis ,. H.
Weaver, South Ute Agency, Colorado. Post
overwhelmingly ]. Filley, st. Louis:
Alex. Reed, Toledo, o., and number OF
others. u .,'l,..Y..'.. .....i,uk .. .r||.r
PoNGA, the intelligent gorilla, in
whom English scientists have taken SO much
interest, is dead.
Mrs. EvELINE T. STUART, aged "a,
wife of Robert Stuart,a wealthy and aris-
tocratic New Yorker, committed suicide on
the 18th by taking laudanum. The couple
had been married only since April last, and
it is believed that the unhappy wife was
driven to the fatal act on account of her
husband having become an habitual drunk
ard. The husband is the son of the late
Lieut.. Robert, Stuart, of the United States
Army. ,.s:....
THE Coroner's Jury in the case of
Hon. VIM. F. Coolbaugh, the Chicago sui
eide, returned verdict that deceased took
his own life while in ftof temporary in
sanity. .,..Jt ...I,..t,I. t..,..,. -
AMORTON Monumental Association
has been formed in Indiana, with Gen. Lew.
Wallace as President. Subscriptions to the
of 100000 are solicited, and each
school district in the State is to be organ
lied and canvassed. .at. ID ii.t .',.
The Secretary of War orders all en-
ployees, except Gen. Sherman and staff, to
abstain from intoxicating beverages between
q. m. and p. m. -.n- .. aN,- "
ONE more election is to-. occur this
year-in Georgia on the 9TH Of December,
when the people are to vote upon the new
Constitution and upon the location Of the
capital, and also elect a Legislature, which
will choose United States Senator.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN was witness
in suit at Philadelphia the other day, but
grew so rampageous that the Judge ordered
him to leave. He answered the usual ques-
ton as to his occupation thus: 81 am
loafer. have no occupation. l sitten hours
a day in Madison Square as hummer and
loafer. have no business"
Mr.. HARLAN is the third lawyer who
has been appointed from the bar directly to
the Supreme Bench, Joseph p. Bradley and
David Davis being the other two. s..r
Col. GEORGE S. BANGS, late General
of the Railway Mail Service,
lied at Washington on the 18th.
GEN. JAMES SHIELDS, of Missouri, the
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