San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-26
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Dispatches from various points in New
England on the It'll report intense cold
weather, ranging from "a degrees belowlze
TO at Nashua, n. H., to AZ degrees below at
Fort Fairfield, Me. Richmond (ya.) reports,
same day, say that the james River was
frozen over, and In some, parts of the State
the Thermometer was below zero.
The thirteenth annual Convention of
the American Dairymen's Association as
scmbled at Cleveland, o., on the sth, with
large attendance of dairymen from the diff
ferent States and Canada.
The report of the Commissioners of
Emigration shows the total number of aliens
arrived at the port Of New York last year
was 54,536, decrease of 1929 compared
with the previous year. -
The anniversary of the battle of New
Orleans was celebrated in that city on the
sth by grand military procession.
In reference to the recent interference
with United States revenue officers in the
discharge of their duties in Union County,
S. c., the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
is informed that Governor Hampton has d.
rected the Sheriff of Union County to see the
law enforced, and proposes to remove the
Trial Justice and disband the militia COM
pany implicated in the rescue Of Federal
prisoners at Spartansburg. .. -,ei"s.'' .1as
The Second National Bank of St.
Louis has gone out Of business. All de-
positors are paid in full on demand. u.s.
| The Savings Bank at Garrettsville,
o., closed its doors on the 9th. Assets said
to be equal to liabilities. I.-srli 10 D ~.
John F. Henry, Curran & Co., of
New, York City, the most extensive patent
medicine house in the country, have been
forced into bankruptcy, caused by the sus-
pension a few days previously Of 2. j. Dun
ming, Jr., a leading banker and broker.
Upon the recommendation of the
United States Attorney and the Judges of
the Western District of Arkansas, the Presi-
dent has committed to Imprisonment for life
the sentences of VIM. j. Meaders and Thos.
Robinson, convicted of murder, and Joshua
Wade, convicted of rape, and sentenced to
be hanged on the 18th inst. ,s,..,.s. ..a
The officers of the Charter Oak Life
Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.,,
who are to be tried for conspiracy to de-
fraud, ESCAPED indictment for perjury in
falsely swearing to the Company's condi-
| ton, for the reason that there is no statute
on which to convict them. The Legislature
of last winter supposed that it had passed
an act aiming at official perjury, but just be-
fore its passage some one ran pen mark
through that clause, and no one noticed the
omission until it was too late.
Railway postal mail service, to 60
into effect Immediately, is ordered between
St. Louis and Texas, by way of Little Rock,
Ark. H'"' rf't '.,...''
A large cattle shed at the stock-yards
of Fairbanks's distillery, Terre Haute, Ind,
was burned on the 18th, together with 800 Of
the 800 head of cattle confined therein. ~
There is a general strike of Crispins
at Lynn, Mass, and serious disturbances are
threatened. Out of the 1S9 shoe manufac-
tories in the city, only about One-fifth are
running. -,-.,.a..s.--..-a.-s-. s..-.,-.-a.s
The State Savings Bank of Trenton,
N. j., suspended on the 10Th.
Chachapoyas, the capital of the Am
AEON, was recently visited by an earthquake
which demolished several houses and dam
aged many others. Fortunately there was
no loss of life. The walls swaying to and
fro, the grooming of roofs, the noise of fall
ing tiles, the walls cracking and throwing
out clouds of dust, combined with the
shrieks, groans and desperation of the
agonized inhabitants, made frightful scene.
Callao also experienced a severe shock of
earthquake, but no damage was done.~
The new tariff bill reduces the arti-
Giles taxed from 2,16O to 400. e.s~ .
| Jason Leighton's camp on West
River, above Cherryfield, Me-, burned on
the night of the 18th, and four of his chill
dren persisted in the flames.