San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-22
ATE NEWS ITEMS.

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Throckmorton has accepted call to be a
candidate for Congress in his district.
Tue number of candidates now out in
Texas would make small army.
More de ,tructive cyclones in Kansas,
Missouri and Iowa.
J.P. Newcomb has been nominated for
post master at San Antonio.
Indictments are falling thick and fast on
ExUnitod States Marshal Russell.
Oscar Wi de is booked for lecture ut
San Antonio.
Boerpe will celebrate the 4th. Purgatory
Lane is the name of one of the principal
streets of that town.
The Khedive has expressed the hope that
$4,000 Turks will soon be on their way To
Egypt.
Ex-Governor William Dennison, of Ohio
died few days since ut Columbus at the
age of sixty-seven years.
1t is said Col. D. c. Giddings is disposed
to tackle Col. Mills, and contest his rights
to the congressional nomination.
Marshall is to have electric lights soon;
the City Council here granted company
permission to establish system there.
The fremen were given grand ball Mt
Brenham The Broom Brigade was out i'll
full force and easily vanquished the boys.
Track-laying on the Texas and st. Louis
Narrow Gauge road has been temporarily
suspended at McGregor Springs, on account
of the lack of material
Guiteau's dependence is upon Arthur. He
says My dependence is placed in President
Arthur, II made him what he is and he
can't afford to go back on me-"
The congressional race between Colonel
w. l. Crawford and Hon. DIN Welborn in
the Sixth Congressional District is getting
to be quite interesting.
The recent warm weather has had the
effect of causing cotton to grow i'll most
remarkable manner and crops of all kinds
have been greatly benefited.
The citizens of Tyler are anxious to
secure the construction of the Kansas and
Gulf Short Line Railway to that place, and
are raising subscription for that purpose.
Connt de Lesseps, who is now in his
seventy seventh year, was presented Il few
days ago by his young wife with another
child the tenth
President Arthur has approved the find
ing of the court-martal in the Flipper case,
aad the colored lieutenant viii be disms 'ed
from the army
Gen. Weaver, the greenback champion, is
to make some speeches in Texas soon. He
l.. ,,I 20 h1,I Ina IralunI Ey CIV
Hubbard and others.
The Examiner says that Col. Lang, while
in Europe, will MA his headquarters at
Liverpool. He is general immigration
agent for the Gould aystem of railways i'll
Texas. He will be absent two years.
Out at Llano this week. a ten-year-old
son of Mr.. Joe Brown had his shoulder dis
located. The Rural of that town says the
soapStone of Lano county may turn out to
be good photographic stone.
Regular trains will soon be run over the
Texas aud St Louis Narrow Guage road be-
tween Waco and McGregor Springs, con-
Meeting at the latter point with the Santa
Fe road.
The Firemens' association resolved to
erect monument for Texas firemen at Aus
tin. The monument IS to be made of Texas
material and is to cost not less than $1,000.
Joseph Chambodat. young man EN-
ploved by the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe
Rad AT Galveston. was the lucky holder of
the ticket that drew 500. 600 in the Lousi-
a.S Lottery last Tuesday.
A heavy storm caused a food at Indian
apolis. and several persons were drowned
through the breaking Of staging from
which a crowd were watching the rush of
waters.
The grave of David Wilmot. Of "wilmot
Proviso" fame. and regarded a. the father
81 the Republican psrty in Pennsylvania. is
IN the cemetery az the town Of TOWanda.
and i marked by plain slab bearing a. an
inscription the words q the "Proviso.~
which rendered him famous While living.
This j. As follows: Neither slavery nor in
voluntary servitlde shall ever exist IN auy
pan Of said Territory. except for crime.
whereof the party shall In; be duly con
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