San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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81. Louis Custom house, has been tempo
rarily suspended from his duties by the
President, pending Investigation of charges
against him Of dereliction of duty. .iiaru
Mr.. FOSTER, American Minister to
Mexico, has been summoned home to testify
before the Congressional Investigating Com
mittee in regard to our difficulties with that
nation. 'f
G. w. GUsTIN and w. H. Dessin, two
young lawyers of Macon, Ga, fought duel
with pistols on the 9th. Both missed.
GEORGE b. BIGELOw, a prominent
Boston lawyer, is charged with embezzlng
$4,000 belonging to trust estate. He has
given bail for $4,000. .. ...l..i.
Hon. SIMON CAMERON has settled the
Widow divers breach of promise suit by
paying her 81 600. SOL
GOvERNOR-ELECT HOLIDAY of Vir-
ginia was inaugurated with public cere-
monies on the LIST. ..........
The silver wedding of the President
and Mrs. Hayes was celebrated at the White
House on the evening of the 31st ult. TWAS
quiet and sociable affair, those present be-
the family.
U. S. GRANT, JR., has been appoint
ed Assistant United States District Attorney
ut New York. r.f,H
THE President and Mrs. Hayes re-
eeived New Years callers at the White
House. During the forenoon the DiplO-
matte corps, members of the Cabinet and of
Congress, officers Of the Army and Navy,
etc., etc., paid their respects in accordance
with the official schedule, and from to 9
o'clock the general public were admitted
SIR H. G. ELLIOTT, recently British
Ambassador at Constantinople, has been ap-
pointed Ambassador to Vienna.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY, the African ex-
porer, was rendered grand banquet at
Cairo, Egypt, on New Years Day. .s.s
GUsTAvE CoURBET, the eminent
French artist, is dead. ........,.
GEN. TUCKER, now Democratic Con-
gresham from Virginia, surrendered his
sword in 1865 to Gen. Keifer, now Republi-
can Congressman from Ohio, and Mr.. Keifer
is going to give it back 10 him. ...|
I. S. LAMBERT, ex-President of the
hulcIlCisu Opuidl 1IilO
of New York, convicted Of swearing to false
reports, has been sentenced to five years at
hard labor in the State-prison.
The Legislatures of Maine and Mary
land convened on the I'd.
THE Grand Jury at Hartford, Conn.,,
have found a true bill against several for
mer officers of the Charter Oak Life Insur-
thor,, hoi
Walkely and K. G. Virgins, former Presi-
dents, Samuel N. White, former Secretary,
and Henry j. Faiber, former Financial
Manager. The indictments against them are
for conspiracy to defraud policy holders Of
the company. tft N
The Massachusetts Legislature con-
vened on the Sd. l.p.ttl...,J...
THE death of Gen. George W. Nc
Cook, Of Ohio, leaves surviving two of the
nine sons of Judge Daniel MoCook of Car
rolton, o., who, at the outbreak of the war,
entered the army with their father-Gen.
Alexander McCook, ST., aide-de-camp to
Gen. Sherman, and Col. John 8. McCook Of
New York City. f.,- j1u|
EX-PREsIDENT GRANT arrived at
Alexandria, Egypt, on the 9th.
SIR EDWARD THORNTON has de-
/clined the mission to Spain, and will remain
at Washington. u..t
CoURBET, the French painter, whose
death was recently announced, was the lead
er of the Paris Communists in the destruc-
ton of the Column Vendome.
BURCHARD HAYES, eldest son of the
President, is about to enter upon the prac-
tice of law in New York City.
MARGARET F. FOLEY, an American
sculptor of acknowledged merit, died re-
Gently in Switzerland, where she was So
journing with her friends William and Mary
Hewitt. .... .t..
The name of Gen. Badeau, Consul
General at London, has been dropped from
the Army Register, in conformity with an
act passed in 1868, applicable to officers Of
the Army who assume the duties of civil
officers.
REV. LEROY B. CARTON, a well
known Presbyterian minister of Memphis,
dropped dead in the street at Helena, Ark,
on the It'll, from heart disease.
THE Secretary of the Interior has
dismissed from office Chief Clerk Galpin, Of
the Indian Bureau, for dereliction Of duty.
THE Ohio Legislature met on the
7th.
THE new Wisconsin State officers
were inaugurated on the eth. lr
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