San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


JACOB II. FREEsE, late President OF
the State Savings Bank Of Trenton, N. D.,
found guilty OF embezzling the funds OF the
bank, has been sentenced to I'VE years IN
the State prison. His sons, Louis *. ana
Harry c., who were implicated with the
father, get six months each in the County
Jail.
MAJOR LEWIS CAss, son OF the late
General Cass, died recently in Paris. lie
had resided abroad for many years.
CARDINAL MCCLosKEY arrived at
Rome on the 25th. Upon presenting his
homage to the Pope, he said he had no rea-
son to deplore the lateness OF his arrival, as
the Conclaye had made so excellent a choice.
LARS ANDERSON, a well known citi-
zen of Cincinnati, died on the 9th. He was
a son-in-law of the late Nicholas Long
worth and brother Of Maj. Anderson, OF
Fort Sumter fame.
ELMER WAsHBURNE, formerly Chief
of the Secret Service of the Treasury, has
been appointed Bank Examiner at Chicago,
vice Watson, who resigned by request.
GUsTAvUs WILCOX and Richard
Walker, two wealthy young farmers OF
Charles City County, Va, fought a duel
with pistols, without seconds, on the eth.
The terms of agreement were that
they should commence firing together
and continue until one was disabled. After
several shots had been exchanged, Walker
fell, shot through the face. The duel grew
out of an old family feud. Both were ar
rested after the fight
Mrs. j. H. A. BONE, wife of one of
the editors of the Cleveland Herald, drown
ed herself in the lake on the 9th, while la
boring under fit of melancholy.
The Berlin papers cordially welcome
Bayard Taylor's appointment as United
States Minister to Germany as one confer
ring honor on Germany and America alike,
and calculated to strengthen the already
strong ties between the two countries.
FATHER SECCHI, the famous Italian
astronomer, died at Rome on the 26th ult.
He was born in 1918, was professor in the
Georgetown Cd. c. College in 1S49-5O, and
upon his return to Italy he assumed the
dictatorship of the celebrated observatory
attached to the Roman College.
THE engagement of Senator Don
Cameron to Miss Lizzie Sherman, of Cleve-
land, niece of Secretary Sherman, is cur
rently reported. Senator Cameron is a wild
over, and has daughter nearly as old as his
| reported fiancee. ....
PROF. ALBERT SMITH died at Peter
boro, N. H., on the 22d ult. He was among
the foremost of medical instructors in this
country, and was connected with Dartmouth
College at the time of his death.
MARSHALL H. TwITCHELL, of Lou
isiana, who was wounded in the affair at
Coushatta, and lost both of his arms, will be
appointed Consul to Kingston, Canada.
NILES G.. PARKER, ex-State Treas
urer of South Carolina, has been released
from Jail on his own recognizance, in con-
sderation of his giving evidence inculpating
his former associates in office, and surren-
dering documentary proof against them.
Mr.. WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN died at
Aainsworth, Iowa, on the 2 tn ult., after Il
hours sickness, aged 105. UP to the day OF
his death he was as robust as most men OF
three score and ten; he had never had O
days sickness, and never wore spectacles
His father lived to the age of 1O6.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office on the LIST gave notice to SO Of
the employees of that bureau, 90 of whom
are ladies, that on account Of want Of APP
preparation, the Secretary of the interior
had been forced to present to them the al.
tentative of resignation or forced leave o.
absence without pay until such time as funds
might be provided.
PAUL DE CASSAGNAC, the famous Pari;
journalist and duelist, on the I'd had a hos
tile meeting with NJ. Thomson, brother
member Of the Chamber of Deputies
Swords were the weapons, and Cassagna'
inflicted probably fatal wound upon hi
adversary.
EX-SENATOR BENJAMIN +. WADE
died at his residence in Ashtabula County
o., on the I'd, OF lingering illness from
typhoid fever. He was in his 18th year.
Ex-PREsIDENT GRANT arrived at Con
stantinople on the Sd.
CHARLES S. WHITTIER, Town CLERK
and Treasurer of Methuen, Mass, has alb.
seconded with all the available public funds
between 81 900 and $4,000. lie was mar
OF high social and business standing in the
community.
L. P. BANCROFT, of Emporia, Kan
sas, formerly agent for the sale Of lands be
longing to the State Normal School has beer
arrested charged with appropriating to hi,
own use from 900 to $4,000 Of the pro
ceeds Of such sales. He was committed &c
Jail in default of $4,000 bail.