San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-29

people, with their household goods, are seen
at various points, seeking for ground to rest
on. At Sterling the colored people, horses
and cattle are Unfortunately huddled In
the upper story of the only store there Most
OF the fences and houses along the river bank
are still intact, though many of them have
floated away At Star Landing the dwellings
are full OF cattle, and the gin houses full OF
negroes The water In St Francis river
Is still flowing down from the sunk
lands, and slowly rising Mt all points The
river IL covered with saw-logs The suffer-
ing Is intense, and many people are believed
Go be dying for want of food" Later adj
vices report tho water declining at Helena,
but rising below, causing breaks in tho
leyees.
The Philadelphia Academy OF Music and
horticultural Hall have been engaged for
the Irish Land League Convention, to be
held April - and ~, at which Messrs Par
nell, Davitt and Egan are expected to be
present
, One hundred and fifty carriages fol-
lowed the remains of Jim Elliott, the muir
dered pugilist, TO the grave in New York.
1t is stated from Washington that the
new Tax and Tariff law underwent some re-
markable transformations from the time it
was passed in the Senate until reached the
President for signature, the responsibility
for which does not appear in the records
In several instances the intention Of the
trainers of the bill has been defeated by the
transposition of conjunction or punctua.
ton mark, and the probability is the Treas
ury Department. instead of being relieved
in the matter of construction of the law, will
have little time for any other business than
explaining the purport of the act of 1888
Judge Lilley, an aged Washington law
yer, called upon Stephen W. Dorsey, at the
latter's residence in Washington. few
nights ago, and in the course or converse
ton about the star-route trial Iilley made
some remark that greatly enraged Dorsey,
who struck his guest from the chair in
which he was sitting, and then jumped up
on and kicked him, inflicting serious injur-
fes
The storm foreshadowed by Virgins,
the Canadian crank, failed to pan out
A good many people throughout the country
had prepared themselves for the worst, and
some were rendered insane from fear and
apprehension. There was no unusual at
disturbance, though there were
local storms in several sections of the
country, as usual in March. None of them,
however, took the form of o tornado or
blizzard. There were strong gales and heavy
rains ON the East Atlantic coast On the
Nova Scotian and New Brunswick coasts a
heavy gale prevailed, but the damage caused
was triiing A great snow-storm ragged
in the region of Waterloo, Quebec. The
loss to the Gloucester fishing industry occa-
stoned by the refusal of fishermen to go to
sea on account of Virgins false prophecy
is estimated at not, less than $150,0O0
A Washington telegram of the 18th inst
says: "Mr VIM. Lilley, the gentleman whowM
assaulted by ex-senator Dorsey is in very
precarious condition from the effects of the
assault, and his physician thinks his recovery
is matter of considerable doubt. He is I'M
able to retain food upon his stomach, and
suffers a great deal of pain"
PROF -" Virgins says an Ottawa (CanadO |
Dispatch so far from being cast down,
claims that his predictions relative to the
weather from the 9th to the 18th of March |
were literally fulfilled, and alleges that the
So called tidal-wave at Halifax was the
highest ever known.
Patrick Levy, from Mullingar, Ireland,
confessed on board the steamer Samaria |
that he murdered farmer named Hurley, |
who occupied an evicted farm, for EGO, and
was arrested upon the arrival of the steamer
at Boston