San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


Ex. Gov. Davis. Il In now said, will dc
tate the Federal appointments for Texas.
The bill pensioning Mrs. Garfield, Mrs
Tyler and Mrs Polk, has passed.
The s5th birthday Of Kaiser William Of
Prussia was recently celebrated.
General Grant and various other sweet.
s,eifted stalwarts dined with their friend,
the Guitteau President" the other day.
A solution of the Whitaker case has been
reached by Diminishing him from West Point
for failure in his studies.
IL In estimated that this years cotton crop
will be diminished 500, 900 bales by the
overflow Of the Mississippi.
Wisconsin does not want capital punish
ment. The senate of that state recently
killed a bill reviving such penalty.
The Chinese bill has passed both houses of
Congress- and awaits the action of the
p .esident.
Prof. Ryder has forwarded from New York
City to Washington ten millions fertilized
cod fish eggs for Matching,
The death of the poet Longfellow was
announced on Friday last He was seventy
Ave years of age
The proposed LaSalle celebration at New
Orleans has been abandoned, on account of
the prevailing distress in the Mississippi
valley.
Secretary Lincoln's official estimate of the
number of persons rendered objects of
charity by the overflow is $1,000, chiefly in
NJ ssissippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
The general tone of intelligence from
Europe indicates, in the event of war be-
tween Russia and Austria, an alliance OF
France with Russia, and Of Germany and
Italy with Russia.
Judge Advocate Swain has submitted his
report on the Sergeant Mason court martial,
and gives it as his opinion that the sentence
is invalid, because of certain informalities
in the court proceedings.
DALLAS is funny place. 1t gave Thur
mond, the man lately murdered there,
grand funeral, and then, by resolution, pat
ted his murderer on the back as having done
little or nothing that was wrong.
The floods of the Mississippi have been very
disastrous to cotton lands In Arkansas
135 900 acres, in Louisiana 203, 600 acres
and in Mississippi 247,O acres are under
water. The crop has been injured about
23t per cent.
A sister of Edward Hannegan, once United
States Senator and Minister to Russia, died
lately in an Indiana poor-house. She had
been reared i'll luxury, but a complete loss
of relatives and property reduced her to
pauperism.
Crime is said to be rampant over the coun-
try and the field for exploration by the COM
Ing grand jury is rich, and the petit jury can
give their work the finishing touch. Next
week they 'should roll up their sleeves and
do their duty. "-Lockhart Register.
Mrs Daniel Slower, formerly Miss Mary
johnson, daughter of the late President
johnson, is living near Albany, Shackleford
county. She has one son and two daughters.
She owns and manages farm and ranch,
and is said to be prospecting.
The crossing of Gen. W. Il. Sherman into
Mexico, at Laredo, was made the occasion Of
demonstration that may be regarded as
significant The bands on the Mexican side
played "See the Conquering Hero Comes"
and "Hail Columbia" and the Mexicans
shouted and cheered when the General took
the hands of the Mexican officers.