San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-06
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GEORGE HENsEN, o negro barber of
Cedar Falls, Iowa, by the aid of his
white wife, abducted young girl
named Celissa Codner, cousin of the
woman. The girl escaped, and on tell
ing her story Hensen was arrested.
Just as Hensen had left the court in
company with a Deputy Sheriff after
the preliminary trial, Latham Codner,
the father of the victim, passed his
arm behind the officer and shot Hensen
so that he died in half an hour. "A
loss of $2000U0 was incurred at Moline,
ILL.,, by the burning of the mill and
yards of the Heater Lumber Company.
S. j. Heater broke his arm in two pla-
ces while at work fighting the flames.
.. Millionaire Flood is about to COM
mence work on brown stone mansion
in San Francisco, to cost $3,5OO,OOO,
exclusive of grounds.
MORTIMER HILL went to his father
in-law's house, near Muncie, Ind,
where his wife was, and taking off his
boots crept to the window of his wife's
room while she was lying in bed with
her babe. Taking careful aim he shot
her in the breast, and Immediately
fired ball into his own head and an
other in his heart, causing instant
death. The couple had been married
only year, but lived unhappily on
account Of Hil's drinking habits. 80.
On ferryboat, plying between Detroit
and Windsor, Luke Phipps, bar-tep-
der in the former city, walked up be-
hind his wife Efie, fired three shots
into her body and she fell dead. Jeal
ousy prompted the crime, :. Ezra
Douglas, printer, was killed by his
wife at Nebraska City. Neb., the wo-
man who was insane, then putting a
bullet through her own brain. AT
Cincinnati, Ohio, Burt Schlebel shot
and killed Miss Jessie Stubb, and then
took his own life. Jealousy.
The official reporter Of the Presiden- |
tial excursion party seeds word from
Camp Tenton, Wyo. Ter, that the par
ty were all enjoying excellent health,
but were unlucky as fishermen. The
report, describing the march. from the
preceding camp, says: 1.-THE course
was in westerly direction, along the
north side of the GrOs Nentrie river.
The trail was beset with but few of
those difficulties which the fortnight's
trail in the wilderness has made so
familiar. After having climbed to the
summit of long hill, about five miles
from Camp Arthur, there suddenly
burst upon the view q scene as grand
and majestic as was ever witnessed.
Below, covered with grass and flowers,
was lovely valley, many miles in eX-
tent, through which threaded the riv-
er on whose bank the last camp was
pitched. Along the whole western edge
of this valley, with no intervening foot
hills to obstruct the view, lowered' the
magnificent Teton Mountains, their
snowy SUBMITS piercing the air 5000
above the spot where the party stood in
reverent admiration, and 1900 feet
above the level of the sea. 1t was the
voice of every member of the party
that that sight alone would have fully
repaid all the tolls and perilS of the
march,"
The parade Of knights Templar in
san Francisco was brilliant spectacle.
\ Geographic account Of the affair SAYS
The grand procession Of the knights
Is admitted 10 have been an unquali-
fed success. The entire population
# San Francisco and 10000 strangers
have declared 80. There was cheering
Throughout the entire route. What i
the hest represented II not the most
numerous C0uclaye ever held In this
OF any other country. TO the people Of
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