San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-26

suferoels Dtroke or paralysis. ~ "a
Miss lbRGAN, a ,colored delegate
from Mississippi to the Washington WOMAN
Suffrage Cony made~an address IN
which she said that the colored women IN
the District OF Columbia were, under the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, en-
titled to the suffrage, but they do not pre-
pose to demand it until their white sisters
were accorded the same privilege; she
wanted no privileged classes. t.rF
Hon. j. ID! ABBOTT, a well known
citizen of Caledonia County, VT, who has
been for years intrusted with large amounts
of funds belonging TO widows and orphans,
farmers and others, Is defaulter for large
amount. He attempted to commit suicide
when the fact was exposed.
SENATOR BLAINE left the Arkansas
Hot Springs for Washington on the 10th,
much benefited by his use Of the waters.
In response to a serenade, given him prior
to his departure, he expressed himself great
ly pleased with the manifestations OF gooa
feeling between all classes he had witnessed
in that community. l'.....
SENATOR ALLISON, of Iowa, will be
re. elected, it Is said, without serious oppo-
sition. EHaI uIf' q. .. '..
MEssRs. MOODY and Sankey are con-
Quoting successful revival at Hartford,
Conn. '''a - i's
FREDERICK r.. GoODRICH, who ad-
mitted forging the names of employees in
the Interior Department to the payroll,
has been sentenced to two years. imprison-
ment. .'og u'rH. Oh. ,i"' ''r' ..s- "".L-
The Washington National Republic
can states, upon what it saysis the highest
authority, that President Hayes will sign the
Silver bill should it be passed by Congress.
THE Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections on the 18th heard the argu-
ments of number Of delegates from the
National Woman's Suffrage Convention.
RICHARD G. ANDERSON, aged AZ, a
well known and highly respected citizen of
| Dayton, O., was found dead on the 18th in q
field on his farm, just in the suburbs of the
city. His death was caused by apoplexy.
JOHN Q. SMITH, ex-Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs, has written letter bitterly
attacking Secretary, tSchurz for the alleged
injustice done him in the report of the in
yestigation of the Internal Bureau. He says
that Mr.. Schtlrz promised, If any evidence
was submitted against his integrity or
efficiency, that he should be given an OPP
portunity to reply. He received no notifica-
ton, but finds himself seriously attacked.
He asserts that some statements in the re-
port are false. Hpyoh lof' 500 N "iui'i
Mrs. q ONEIDA ONETTA, an Italian
lady of Cincinnati, died on the, 11th, aged
100 years and day. She was married to her
last husband when she was So years old, and
was always one Of the most active Of women.
She took great pride in attending upon every
one of the annual balls Of her countrymen,
dancing at each one. ..,.....,,...I'
CAPT. III. w. HUNT, of Neponset,
Mass, who has for some time acted as agent
for the Russian Government, has gone to
st. Petersburg to accept responsible posi-
ton in the Russian service. Paul Butler,
son of Gen. b. f. Butter, accompanied him.
7 The recently released Fenian prison
ers were greeted with grand ovation upon
their arrival in Dublin. From $4,000 to
20 900 people witnessed the reception and 20
national bands took part in the procession.
AN anonymous pamphlet, containing
very serious charges against Secretary
Schurz, has been circulated in Washington
and laid before the members of the two
houses. ~ r,ll.u ru .NaN.. f...'6
JOSEPH L.. STEPHENS and Charles P.
Choutear have been appointed by the Presi-
dent Honorary Commissioners to the Paris
Exposition from Missouri, upon the recon-
mendation of Gov. Phelps. .'I $50 ,'
PROF. W.. 2. Fox, of Des Moines,
Iowa, a we'll known geologist, committed
suicide on the 18th by taking opium. He
was man of education and culture, but
had fallen into disreputable habits.
Gov. HUBBARD, of Texas, has for
warded to President Hayes a full and in
teresting statement of our border troubles
since their beginning, over a score of years
ago.
ROBERT FIsHBURNE and Walter S.
Harley, of WATERFORD, s. c., fought a duel
with revolvers ut ten PAGES, near that place,
on the 18th. Harley was MORALLY wounded
at the first fire. They were brothers-inlaw,
and both lawyers. The difficulty arose out
of some offensive remark m lie by Harley,
Fishburne being the challenging party. The
latter has fed. .,.... .......
WILLIAM CoBBETT, son and name
sake of the famous English radical politi-
clan and writer,'fell dead in Westminster
Hall, London, on the 18th. He was a lawyer,
and was the principal counsel for the Itch
borne claimant in that celebrated suit.
JUDGpJOHN Il. FRANKLIN, a former
Representative in Congress from Maryland,
died in Baltimore on the 10th.
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