San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01
HERE AND THERE:

every day NJ noon' can % seen lour
miles.
VERY little chewing-tobacco is sold in
England, and that mostly to American
tourists.
CALEB CUSHING is the only survivor
of the large company raised in New
buryport, Mass, for the Mexican war.
DURING the past year, 10000 fossil
insects have been exhumed from the
rock-beds at Florissant, near Manitou,
Col.
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON was drawn
for service in the French army. He
obtained exemption as the only son of a
widow.
THE Sultan never leaves his palace,
even on the shortest expedition, unless
he is accompanied by wagon laden
with refreshments.
The price paid by Peter Minuit for the
site of New York was 1924. At COM
pound interest it would now amount to
Sl4UsoOo,ooo'
THE Partisan Gas Company made
S5,SO5, 900 last year. After handing ST.
10000 over to the city, it declared a
dividend of PA per cent.
A RAILWAY train crossed the Ural
Mountains for the first time on March
II, on the occasion of the opening of
the new line from Perm to Jekaterin-
burg.
COLONEL VALENTINE BAKER is to
command regiment of Goorkha in
fantry at Malta. The Goorkhas are all
bow-legged, short and stout, but they
are very muscular and courageous to
foolha1 diness.
SAMUEL B. HABE, of Boston, settled
in the Argentine Republic 20 years ago.
Now he owns farm of $4,000 acres,
all fenced in, and his live stock consists
of 10000 sleeps 5000 beeves,5OO horses
and 1,40o hogs.
WILLIAM of Orange, Crown Prince
of the Netherlands, is young fellow OF
the "Prince Hal" pattern. He leads
merry life in Paris with the Pistols and
Bardolphs of the Boulevard cafes, and
does not care whether court keeps or
not.
AN immense sperm-whale became
stranded in Port Eads Bay at the mouth
of the Mississippi, about three weeks
ago, and was captured by man and his
little son in small boat, the only
weapon used in its capture being
Ratchet. The trophy measured 81 feet
in length and Is feet through the thick
est part, and will yield about 30 barrels
of oil.
AN impecunious Italian tailor went in
to the Church of St. Luke, in the Campo
Vaccine, Rome, and pretended to pray
.devoutly. He continued at his simulat-
ed devotions until every body else had
left the building. As soon as he found
himself alone and unobserved, he drew
large chisel from under his garments
and forced the door of the tabernacle
containing the sacred vessels. Soon
after his arrest some of the silverware
was recovered. His praying will here
after be done in secret, in the solitude
of prison cell.
Two years ago a newly ordained
priest, Father Russkiewicz, having ad-
ministered the parish of Sowina, diocese
of Posen, by order of Cardinal Ledo-
chowski, was condemned to two years
incarceration. When he came out of
prison last week he was taken into Gus
tody again and conveyed by armed po-
Gcemen to Zindst, which is, the Ger
mania tells us, a small barren island in
the Baltic, with 2,O25 inhabitants, who
depend for their support on herring
fishing, and are all Professionals.
SENATOR HERMAN is said to have
long, practical, sensible nose; Senator
Conkling handsome, fighting nose;
Senator Lamar an artistic nose OF great
possibilities; Senator Howe long tri-
angular nose, with sharp point; Sen
ator Bayard an inquisitive, yet courte-
Gus nose; Senator Edmunds a firm nose,
the noseof a gnarled and knotted charac-
ter, and Senator Barnum dashing and
needless nose. So gossips Washing
ton writer, who thinks he knows all
about it.
THE Salem witches are not all dead
yet, it seems, for a man, calling himself
professor of metaphysics, appeard be-
fore Judge Colt of the Supreme Court