San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Two little girls, aged 6 and 8 years,
daughters of farmer named Moench, re-
siding at Dixon, Pulaski County, Mo-, were
recently smothered in large trunk where
they had secreted themselves while playing,
the lid being fastened by a spring-lock.
A man named Caldwell, living near
Americas, Ga, on the Sd killed his wife
and three children and his wife's sister with
smoothing iron. He then tried to kill
himself by leaping into we'll and from the
roof of his residence, and finally succeeded
by throwing himself from the top Of his gin
house.
The famous race-horse McWhirter
broke down in the three race at st.
Louis on the 9th. Both Of his fore-legs were
broken, and he was shot on the track to put
an end to his sutferings. He was owned by
Col. Buford, Of Kentucky, and was valued
at $4,000.
Two boys, from 10 to ~ years old,
named George Scott and Marcellus Ander-
son, ran away from their homes in Hastings,
Mimi, on the Sd. On the morning Of the
9Th their bodies were found on the railroad
track near St. Paul in a terribly mangled
condition. 1t is thought they were walking
back home and fell asleep on the track, where
they were killed by night train.
A train on the Texas Central Railroad
was thrown from the track near Mckinney,
on the It'll, the sleeper and one day-coach
being rolled down an embankment, about 40
feet high. The Rev. Knowles Shaw, minis
ter of the Christian Church at Columbus,
Miss, was instantly killed, and George W..
Henry, of Denison, Texas, was fatally in
jured. Other members of Mr.. Henry's fam
lily were badly hurt, as was also the Rev. j..
Todd Miller, of Ennis, Texas. Some 10
passengers in all were injured.
William Dixon was hanged at Vicks-
burg, on the It'll, for the murder Of Henry
Bachman, peddler, on board the steamer
Fair Play, in March, 1877. The killing was
the result of a quarrel, but was done in cold
blood.
Five negroes were hanged by mob
in Point Coupee Parish, La, on the 4th.
They were charged with the attic mpted as
sassinatien of DR.. VIM. b. Archer, and
with entering into an organized conspiracy
TO kill off the leading white citizens Of the
parish.
Mrs. Sarah j. Wilson, a widow, aged
about 40, who resided on her farm about Q
miles north of Greenfield, Ind, and her
niece, Annie Cass, aged 9, were found MUIR
dered on the morning of the Sth. The two
were the ssle occupants Of the house. The
murderer gained admission by breaking the
glass. in the front door and then unlocking it
from the inside. There were evidences
that the brave woman had made determin-
ed resistance, her clothes being badly torn
and scattered about the room. Both, APP
parently, had been choked to death, but
there was no evidence Of any crime other
than murder having been committed or at
tempted. Mrs. Wilson was possessed Of
considerable property, and robbery was
probably the incentive TO the crime.
An official telegram from Havana an
nounces the surrender Of the remnant Of
the insurgents and the pscifcAtion Of the
whole island.
DIR. b. +. Holschaw, of Durham Sta
iion, Cal, who had been married only q
week, on the sih killed his wife and then
committed suicide. Jealousy was supposed
70 be the cause.