San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

n distressing ucclucup oSS"'iS" CIV
Memphis on the oath. AT an early hour ON
the morning of that day, Mr.. VIM. G. Pryde,
police detective, was aroused from his sleep
by sound as OF some one trying to open
window. Instantaneously he thrust his
hand beneath his pillow to get his revolver,
and in drawing it out 1t became entangled
with the bed CLOTHES and was discharged,
the ball passing entirely through the body
of his six months old child and penetrating
the side of his wife, who was living with the
child upon her arm. In less than an hour
both mother and child had breathed their
last, and the wretched husband and father
was so overcome with grief that he would
have taken his own life but for the forcible
restraint of his friends.
At East Hickman, Fayette County,
KY, on the 23d, negro who had fatally
wounded merchant named j. Denton, was
taken from the Jail and hanged by a. mob Of
citizens. .'I
The Dale Manufacturing Company,
of Paterson, N. j., the largest silk mahufac-
turing concern in the United States, have
gone into bankruptcy, caused by the depre-
citation in prices of silk goods.
Recent heavy rains throughout Cali
fornia have removed all apprehenSions of
failure of the growing crops.
John H. and Thomas j. Golf, the
largest fat cattle dealers in Kentucky, have
gone into bankruptcy.
Tolle, Holton & Co., wholesale dry
r.ooJa do,lo,, r;p,;ppof; hovo rno6o :.
signment. Liabilities about $3.50 900; assets
about $222,00O
Mrs. Annie D. Bowman, wife of
Mayor John B. Bowman, of East st. Louis,
ILL.,, accidentally shot herself in the breast
with revolver on Christmas Eve, and died
almost Immediately.
At Boston, on the night Of the l24th, Cor
nelius Tobin threw lighted kerosene lamp
at Mrs. Mary MeKegan, setting her clothes
on fire and burning her to death. Tobin
was arrested.
Mr.. Irvine, of the firm of Jones & IT.
vine, Greenville, KY, was waylaid and kill
ed by foot-pads on the night of the 23d as
he was going home from the store. He was
in the habit of carrying home the money
taken in at the store and this was the object
of the murder.
Fifteen celored peop.e were drowned
near Rocky Point Mills, Va, on the 22d-12
children and their parents. They were liv-
ing in the same house, and finding it sur
rounded, took refuge in the ferry boat,
which, becoming disengaged from its fast
enings, was carried over the dam imme-
dately below. This was witnessed by
several persons, who could render no assist
ance. ...... ..E.,' .. .i..
The Comptroller of the Currency
gives notice of very dangerous counterfeit
five dollar notes on the First National Bank
of Hanover, Pa, and First National Bank
of Tamaqua, Pa. All persons should re-
fuse the five-dollar notes of these banks,
and the holders should forward such notes
to the redemption agency of the Treasury
Department.
Gen. Sheri dan has been notified of
the Secretary of Wars approval Of the final
survey of the military road from Bismarck
to the Black Hills.
Owen Murphy, Treasurer of the New
York Board of Excise, absconded on the
odd with between $50 900 and $4,000 of the
excise fund, of which he had full control.
The War Department is in receipt of
intelligence from Camp Bowie, Arizona,
dated Dec. oath, which says: Lieuts. Ruck
err and Toney, of the 9th Cavalry, have re-
turned. They struck the party that killed
mail-rider December14 east of STEMS Peak
d., lyillaI Fiya Jnyc LOFT fbou
struck them in Old Mexico, surprised a
ranchero of "a wickieups, destroyed their
camp, captured 16 horses, so saddles and a
lot of stuff which the renegades had taken
from the train. Fifteen bodies were found
on the ground, with evidences that more had
been killed. The mail matter was recap
tured.
The Passaic County Savings Bank, of
Paterson, n. j., has gone into liquidation.
The banks capital has all been lost by I'M
secured loans, and the directors are obi
gated to pay the depositors in full, amount
ing to about 100000.
Meter & Co., of New York, heavy
operators in gold and stocks, failed on the
Goth for large amount.
The wife and daughter of James
Brophy, of Rondout, n. Y, persisted in the
flames of burning building on the night of
the 18th.
James Boyd, foreman of Macintosh,
Hemphill e Co.'s foundry, Pittsburg, was
killed on the Goth by crane falling upon
him. He was a member of the City Coun-
ell.
Mr.. c. C. Dibble and wife, of Hous-
ton, Texas, were drowned on the evening of
the Goth, while attempting to cross Cherry
Creek ON the Brazos. Mr.. Dibble was
well known citizen, and his wife was niece
Of Mayor Wilson Of Houston.
William Muir, Ferdinand Hertog and