San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-15
AND POLITICAL.

EARL RUSSELL, the great English
Liberal, died on the 2Sth, in the S7th year of
his age.
REV. DIR. SEYMOUR, at the unanimous
request of the Springfield Qll.) Diocesan
Convention, p. E. Church, has reconsidered
his former resolution and will accept the
Bishopric.
THE Duchess of Argyll is dead. The
Duchess was married to the Duke of Ar
gyll in 1874. She was then Lady Elizabeth
Georgiana Cover, and was the eldest
daughter of the Duke Of Sutherland and the
niece of the Earl of Carlisle. Her son, the
Marquis of LOrne, is the husband Of Prin-
cess Louise, Queen Victoria's daughter.
The health of the Pope is bad, and
his removal from the Vatican is strongly
urged by his friends and physicians.
VICE-PREsIDENT WHEELER, accom-
panied by Mrs. Hayes and other ladies, was
lately trout-fishing in Northern New York.
The marriage of Lieut.. r. L. Hoxie
to Miss Winnie Ream took place at Wash
ingt6n on the 2Sth The bride was given
away by Gen. Sherman.
MADAME JOHANN STRAUSS, the wife
of the dance composer, has recently died at
Heitzing, near Vienna. Under her maiden
name of Jetty Treffz, she was well known
and extremely popular as a concert-singer
some years ago, both in this country and on
the continent.
THE Rhode Island Senate, by a vote
of 80 to s, has adopted resolution depre-
eating all agitation of questions atfe" ling the
Presidential title.
The Plymouth Churol Examining
Committee have reso led to entertain
charges against Mrs. clifton Of publishing a
card slandering he pastor and violating her
vows in not submitting charges to the COM
mittee before publishing them in the news
papers.
CRAwLEY p. DRAKE, of Michigan,
has been nominated as United States Mar
shall for Arizona.
THE "Honest Money League" has
called a general meeting to be held at Mil
waukee on the 18th, for the purpose of per-
fecting and forming local organizations and
furthering the interests of the association.
GEN. SHIELDS had public reception
by the military and civic societies Of Mil
wau ee on the Goth.
THIS American Association for the
Advancement Of Science will hold their 9th
meeting at st. Louis in August, beginning
on the 2lst.
EUGENE SCHUYLER, United States
~
rived home. 1t is reported that he is so
much in disfavor at Constantinople, on ac-
count Of statements publicly made by him
rejecting upon the Turkish authorities,
that he will be assigned to some other mis-
sion.
Mr.. G.. II. HEAFFoRD, General Pass
enger Agent, and Mr.. C. L. White, Auditor,
Of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, have re-
signed their positions, as rumored, by re-
quest Of the managers Of the road. No cause
assigned. Their places have been Temporal
rily filed by the appointment respectively
OF Mr.. Frank Z. Fowler and Mr.. Charles g.
Warner.
THE Pennsylvania Prohibitionists
have nominated 4 State ticket headed by
Gen. r. II. Lane for Governor.
The venerable William Cullen Bry-
ant. who presided at the unwilling of bust
Of Mazzini in the New York Central Park,
on the S)th, had an attack Of syncope after
the conclusion Of the exercises, while enter
ing the house Of friend, and fell backward
upon the stone steps, sustaining severe, and
!; was feared perhaps serious injuries.
Hon. DANIEL CAN'T, ChiefJustice
Of Nebraska, died on the 18th, ages %.