San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-23
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mousse, were suH0cated on the night OF the
4th by the bed-clothes taking fire from the
stove. Two died; the other two may recover.
The eldest was aged years, the youngest 10
months.
Henry S. Moss, senior member of the
firm of Moss Il Semple, wholesale hardware
dealers at Louisville, KY, has forged paper
to the amount of $40, 900 or 1000. He was
an Alderman, and has heretofore borne an
unsullied reputation.
The Academy of Music, variety
theater on Halstead Street, Chicago, was
burned on the night of the 4th.
The Captain and First Mate of the lost
steamer Metropolis both declare that the
vessel was entirely seaworthy, and that the
disaster was caused solely by the unskillful
manner in which the cargo, principally rail-
road iron, was laden.
An alleged miracle is reported to have
occurred recently at East Mauch Chunk,
Pa. Miss Amelia Greth, aged 80, devout
Catholic, had been for a long time i'll with q
pulmonary affection. She had vision, in
which her death was predicted at a GER
tain time, and that she would be restored
to life and perfect health through the in
tercessiOn of Father Heinan, her pastor.
These events followed, it is claimed, pre-
cisely as indicated, and both Miss Greth and
Father Heinan publicly declare it to be a
miracle. The affair causes great excite
ment, and, while many Catholics accept the
facts as stated, others reject them or are nom
committal.
A Philadelphia man, j. Henry
Schrack, successfully imposed upon the Gre
dulity of many of his neighbors, by feigning
death and then coming to life again, when
he told a most marvellous story of the sights
he had seen while upon the boundaries of
the other world. Investigation shows that
the whole thing was precOncerted fraud,
and the imposter has been publicly exposed.
The Turks threaten to lombard the
Greek ports unless the Greek troops are re-
called. Great CONSERVATION prevailed at
Athens on the 9Th, caused by the arrival of
the Turkish fleet under Hobart Pasha, and
many of the residents were fleeing from the
city.
Turkey has formed new ministry,
under European forms and designations.
The Office Of Grand Vizier has been abol-
ished.
The Mercantile Savings Institution of
Boston is enjoined for the present from do
ing business.
The Central Branch of the Union Pa
cific Railroad is now completed and trains
running regularly to Concordia, Kansas, 155
miles west of Atchison.
Augustus NJ. Turney, for 25years Teller OF
the Bank Of North America, New York, has
confessed himself a defaulter to the bank to
the amount of 100000. The bank has since
recovered some $4,000 of this amount, and
having surplus of over 100000, its stand
ing is not affected. Turney is locked up.
Augustus M. Turney, for % years
Teller of the Bank of North America, New
York, has confessed himself defaulter to
the bank to the amount of 100000. The
bank has since recovered some SIG, 900 of this
amount, and, having a surplus of over $780,
900, it's standing is not affected. Turney is
locked up.
At Memphis, Tenn, on the 9Th, Cor
nelius Griffin was shot and almost instantly
killed by Jailer Dawson, who fired at an I'M
ruly negro and missed him. Griffin was in
his grocery, about 200 yards from the jail.
The bullet passed through the glass door
and struck him just below the heart. He
turned and ran into an adjoining room, fell
into the arms of his wife, and eXclaiming,
" On, Katie, Pm killed." Immediately eX-
PRED.
The San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce has adopted resolutions against the
Of silver.
BY the sinking of the steamer Bessie
Taylor on the Atchafalaya River. on the 3d,a
colored woman and child and four or five
deck-hands were drowned.
The German Parliament was opened
on the 9th.
At Memphis, Tenn, on the night OF
the 9Th, a negro named Bob King shot and
fatally wounded a colored woman named
Laura Burnshill, and while trying to escape
arrest he shot and probably fatally wounded
Officer Restmeyer, who had ordered him to
halt.
Mrs. Ferguson, an old lady living
near Bloomington, Ind, tried to light
,oal-oil lamp, by the fireplace, when the
amp exploded, setting fire to her clothing
and burning her to a crisp.
At Paris, Texas, on the 9Th, X. Z.
Roberts, Cashier of the Paris Exchange
Bank, handed the Texas Express agent at
that place apaceage of $4,000, addressed to
Bartholow, Lewis & Co.. st. Louis. While
waiting for the train at midnight the agent
was Knocked down and robbed Of the pack
age. The robber escaped.
A negro was summarily hanged near
New Franklin, Howard County, Mo-, on the
lst, for committing and indecent assault up
Dn'a colored female school-teacher.
Peter Herdic, the great lumberman of