San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-13

The President has directed the Secre-
tary Of the Interior to request the Hot
Springs Commissioners to continue their
work in accordance with the provisions OF
the bill passed, but not properly enrolled,
Trusting that Congress ut its next session
will confirm their acts and vote the necessary
appropriation to pay the expenses OF the
Commission.
Four children of John Ronleau were
burned to death in their bells at Beau Har-
nois, Quebec, a few nights ago.
John Finn, James Shea, Hattie Sands
and Mary Welch, Of Oswego, N. T., were
drowned at Pleasant Point, Lake Ontario,
on the 25th, where they had gone on an eN'
cursion given by the congregation Of 81.
Johns Church. 'r "'
A bismarck special announces the
discovery of a rich gold field in the Bear
Paw Mountains, Montana, and great eX-
citement at Fort Benton.
The principal business houses OF Fari-
bault, Mimi, were burned on the night OF
the oath. Loss about 100000; insurance
about $S5, 900. ..... -..
There are reports of Indian depreda-
lions in the Black Hills.
Frank Perino, colored, was hanged
at Savannah, Ga, on the Goth, for the MUIR
der of j. f. Lee, white farmer, in April
last. He acknowledged his guilt.
w. H. Andrews, the well known Gin
cinnati dry. goods merchant, was shot and
probably fatally wounded on the night of
the 25th at the residence Of his father-in-
law, at Warren, Pa, by burglar whom he
discovered in his room. The latter escaped.
At Bronson, Mich, on the night of
the 25th, Samuel Whitaker shot his wife
dead and then killed himself. The parties
were respectable, and domestic trouble was
the cause of the tragedy. r. t."
Indians made an attack upon the
mail-coach near the Pecos River, Texas, on
the night of the 26th. Several shots were eX-
changed and one passenger was wounded.
The stage escaped. Other depredatiOns have
been committed by the Indians in this local
ity, and there is complaint that the troops
are not doing their duty in permitting such
a state of affairs. ...
The County Treasurer of Stark Coun-
ty, O., George Fessler, has turned up missing,
and there is shortage of some $780, 600 in his
cash accounts. e %"
James G. Slocum was arrested in
Quincy, ILL.,, ON the 9th ult., charged with
bigamy. Slocum some months ago went to
Hannibal, Mo-, and representing himself as
a capitalist, ingratiated himself into the
good graces Of the citizens generally, and
especially of Mrs. Ada Quealey, widow of
the late John J. A. Quealey, Representative
in the State Legislature, to whom he was
married on the 10Th. Anew days afterward
Slocum slid out, taking with him all the
iewelry and other portable property belong
ing to wife No. 9 that he could lay hands on,
amounting in value to some 81 800. His ar
rest was made through the etferts of his
Eastern wife.
Pablo Parras, Mexican, was hanged
at Corpus Christi, Texas, on the 2Sth, for
the murder Of DR.. Newman in 1870.
George Solomon, colored, was hang
ed at Fairfield, Texas, on the 2Sth, for the
murder of his wife and tep-daughter in
June, 1877.
The annual boat-race between the
crews of Harvard and Yale took place at
New London, Conn.,, on the 2Sth. Harvard
won. Distance, miles; time, 2O:44.
The Governor Of Oregon telegraphed
to Gen. Mcdowell on the 2Sth that the In
dams on the Klamath Reservation are hos
tile and have driven off the settlers from the
surrounding country. Five whites are re-
ported killed. The Governor asks for arms
and authority to organize troops.
Miss Lulu Cox, a young and beautiful
school teacher of Pitt County, N. c., was
most horribly outraged on the 2sth by u ne
gro while on her way home from school.
She was so badly beaten and otherwise in
jured that she barely managed to crawl back
to the school house, where she expired.
The monster was captured and his fate soon
determined.
Tanbaig0, a Bannock Indian, was
hanged at Boise City, Idaho, on the 2Sth,
for the murder of white man.
Gen. Bradley's command have gone
into camp on the Little Missouri River,abou