San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-20
HERE AND THERE.

THE Duke of Westminster's income is
$40 minute. IlI lI.an.
LOUIS SEVERN, of Oswego, N. Y,
poor boat caulker, has fallen heir to
$15,OOO,00O.
A GIRL working in paper-mill in
Orange County, N. Y, recently ripped
1924 in gold out of an old hustle.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, has genuine
centenarian. Her name is Mrs. Mary
Kinnavery. She was born in Ireland in
1878. 100 1e ft'H
The City of Flint, Mich, does not
owe dollar, nor can it be run in debt
hereafter, unless by direct vote of the
citizens. -
A CIRCULAR signed by a number
the leading representatives of the race
in New York, has been addressed to the
Jewish congregations throughout this
country appealing for help to suffering
Hebrews in the East.
THOSE riots last summer were pref
ty costly thing. Tom Scott figures it
out that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany lost S2,O00,000 of its property,
while he estimates its entire loss, mer-
chandise and all, at Sc, 100000. = V
A LIVERPOOL bird-dealer has been
fined S75 and costs for going on spree
and leaving his birds and animals un-
fed. Some were dead, others weak and
lettering with starvation, and Others had
literally gone mad. On the same day a
teamster was fined $50 and costs for
leaving horse unfed till it began to de-
your the wood of an old box. nrJ .
Two St. Paul (Minn.) men have in
vented and patented an iron-clad ex-
press car, which tits expected will be
proof against robbery, and render the
murder of agents impossible. 1t is of
boiler-iron, bullet-proof, and SO ar
ranged that, by means of an ingenious
mechanical continuance, the agent, in
whatever part of the car he may hap
pen to be, can instantly close and bolt
every window and door, while loop-holes
give him chance to shoot as many be-
siegers as he pleases. u.. r. ..,
Mrs. MARTHA T. HOPKINS, a widow
of 80 summers, Henrico County, six
miles from Richmond, Va, was mar
ried March 26, for the sixth time. She
was first widow at the age of 20, to
John Wood; she was widow at "a;
was married again at the age of 26.
She was married on second widowhood
at the age of 81, on third widowhood at
50, on fourth widowhood at 81, on fifth
widowhood she has been joined in the
happy bonds to Major Henry Hodgkins,
This much-married lady is well pre-
served, is handsome blonde, and has
no children. ..o
HENRY MEIGGs, the South American
railroad king, so far from dying bank
rupt, as has been alleged, left an enor-
NOUS fortune to his sons, Henry H. and
Minor X. Meiggs, who, inheriting also
their fathers energy, have already en-
tered into new contracts with the Peru
Wan Government involving an outlay
of millions. One project likely to be
completed is the Sutra tunnel beneath
the famous silver mines, which is ex-
pected to give access to tie greatest
mass of silver ore in the world.
THE Stewart Hotel for Women in
New York is now open. Board and
lodging will cost Sc per week; single
room 81 per week extra; large parlor
room may be had for So to So per week
extra. The hotel being intended for the
use of the greatest number it will con-
veniently accommodate, it is desired
that each room be occupied by at least
two boarders. A limited number of
rooms will be set apart for women visit
ing the city on business. The library
contains more than $500 volumes of Sc
lected literary works, to which boarders
have free access with the use of writing
materials at all times.
WELLS should be cleaned out once a
year and cistcrns every spring and au-
iumn. In the country, if swill be col
lected in barrels, place those barrels
good distance from the house; if the
wastes of the kitchen are thrown out,
dig pits in the garden into which they
may be emptied, and cover the earth
over these pits, opening new ones ev.
cry day or two; when there are bad
smells in or Immediately around the
house, search for their sources as You