San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

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Ing a fire.
AT Philadelphia, on the 18th, Robert
McAdams, 10 years old, and Charles Patton,
Of the same age, quarreled over the possess
sion of stick Of candy. Patton threatened
TO shoot McAdams II he did not divide with
him. As the latter still refused, Patton
drew a pistol and shot McAdams through
the head, killing him almost instantly. The
Young murderer then fled, but was subse-
auently arrested.
Forty miners were killed by an ex-
plosion in Unity Brook collierv, near Boil
ton, England, on the 18th.
Chicago has been compelled to large
" reduce its police and fire force On account
Of present lack Of funds and greatly reduced
appropriations for future expenditure.
A colored family named Pratt, hus-
band, wife and child, were killed by light
ming stroke near Turnersville, KY, on the
night of the 18th.
The Jail at Pickens Courthouse, S.
c., was captured by an armed mob on the
night of the 9th, and three Illicit distillers
confined therein were released. The Gov
district to enroll posse of citizens to aid in
the recapture of the prisoners and bring the
malefactors to justice.
The coinage of the new dollars COM
menced at the Philadelphia Mint on the 18th.
The first two dollars struck were sent to the
President and Secretary Sherman.
A number of persons died from ex-
posure during the recent snow-storm in Wy
oming Territory, and thousands of sheep
were lost.
The State Bank of Arkansas, at Hot
Springs, owned by Sumpter, Latta 4 Co.,
has been forced into liquidation, in conse-
quence of losses by the great fire.
The House Committee on Railways
and Canals have agreed to report bill in
favor of the Government assuming control
Of the Des Moines Rapids Canal, making it
free. 1t is estimated that the cost Of main
tenance will be about $4,000 per year. 1t
is proposed to place the canal in charge of
the War Department.
At Austin, Texas, on the 18th, Alder
man Male plunged a bowie-knife into the
heart of Alderman Markly, killing him in
stantly. The difficulty originated during a
session of the City Council.
The Mobile Board of Trade consid-
ering the subject of a steamship line from
Mobile to Aspinwall, the mouth Of Magda-
lena River, Barbados, Demarara and Trim
idad.
Thirty-six persons who were attend
ing fair at Brest, France, on the 14th, were
drowned by the capsizing Of barge.
Brown Coble, a negro preacher, was
hanged at Winchester, Tenn, on the 14th,
for the murder of Gardner, coored, in 1876.
He protested his innocence to the last.
Near Pensacola, Fla, on the night of
the 18th, negro who had grossly assaulted
child, aged years, causing its death, was
lynched by mob. The Sheriff's posse re-
sisted the lynchers, killing one and wound
ing five dangerously.
The Cincinnati Gazette publishes dis
patches from points in Southern Ohio, In
diana and Northern Kentucky, from which
it appears that the prospect for large
crop Of wheat in that area is exceedingly
good. The acreage sown last fall is larger
than ever known.
Joseph La Paige, alias Joseph Parish,
was hanged at Concord, N. H., on the 10Th,
for the murder of Josie A. Langmaid, aged
II, at Pembroke, in October, 1875.
Dwight Wheaton, the suspected muir
derer of James O'Neill the railway engineer,
at Bloomington, ILL.,, has been again released
from custody, there being no proof upon
which to found an indictment.
T,;,,l,1ot, D,,1, Monnt C;1ooI n
suspended on the 18th.
Gus johnson, colored, was hanged at
Rome, Ga, on the 18th, for the murder of
another negro named Alfred, a ferryman.
Henry and Margaret eraser, an aged
German couple, who owned a farm in Jpfer-
son Township, Lee County, Iowa, were
murdered on the night of the 18th, and the
house burned in order to destroy evil
dence Of the crime. Their half-burned
bodies, when taken from the ruins, showed
unmistakable evidence of the crime COM
mitted, the husbands skull being crushed
in and the wfe's body being pierced with
bullets. They had been collecting together
money in anticipation of taking a trip to the
Fatherland the coming summer, and it is
supposed they had at least $1,000 in the
house.
The recent snowstorm in the Black |
Hills was the severest ever experienced
there since the settlement by white men.
On the 10th the snow lay five feet deep on
level and all the roads were blockaded.
The Lochmere National Bank at East
Cambridge, Mass, was robbed on the 10th |
by sneak-thieves of $1,000 in cash and S41,-
600 in securities.
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