San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-30
West.

The street-car officials Of st. Louis,
Mo-. were arraigned on charge of vio-
lating the Sunday law, but the jurors
decided that the charters OF the COM
panies forced them to run every day,
and that cars had become necessity
to the public. &. . The Sheriff OF Hutch
inson. Kan. rescued n murderer, named
Texas Bill from the hands OF q mob OF
sixty men, who had battered down the
iail doors and were about to have q
ivnching :. g.. The e-Mitchell prize
fight is announced to take place at Vi
nita, Indian Territory.
A STAGE was stopped near Riverside,
Arizona, by robbers, who killed the
EXPRESS messenger and secured $3,2OO
in coin. Another stage was plundered
near Prescott, but the amount taken IS
not known. News has been received
at Rule valley of terrible affair
among the Soshone Indians. A buck
murdered his squaw, breaking her legs
and arms, and then buried her alive.
The tribe took the murderer, tied his
hands. threw him on his back, and tied
his feet to tree. A rope was coiled
about his neck, and stout bucks slowly
pulled at each end until he was choked
to death.
At Canon City, Col, l.. E. Watkins,
charged with cattle stealing, was fore
ibly taken from the Sheriff by an armed
mob of cowboys, shot to death, and
his body hanged from the timbers
of bridge in the suburbs OF the town.
=. The City National bank OF Law
renceburg, Ind, has suspended. The
assets are supposed to greatly exceed
the liabilities, and speedy resump-
ton is anticipated. =. The sum Of $780,
600 and 100 acres of land have been
pledged by the people OF Mitch
ell to establish the University of Da-
kota. .. In the outskirts of Lincoln,
Neb., three boys and dog, which &C
companied them, were killed by light
ming. Twelve men were killed by
an accident in the Northern Pacific
tunnel at Bohemian, Montana.
The wife of United States Senator
w. B. Allison, while suffering from an
insane attack, drowned herself in the
Mississippi at Dubuque, Iowa. Mrs.
Allison left home in the afternoon,
telling her servant that she was going
to one of her near neighbors, instead
of this, however, taking her gossamer
on her arm, she went in an opposite di-
rection toward the country, where she
had been accustomed to take almost
daily walks. 1t is ascertained that she
wandered around in the outskirts OF the
city during the afternoon, where she
was seen by several persons walking
rapidly and somewhat excited. Not
returning by 8 o'clock from the place
where she was supposed to be, the
alarm was given, and search was
maintained during the entire night.
The following morning her body was
discovered in the river about mile
below the city. She had cut up her
gossamer, and placed some stones IN 1t,
and tied them securely about her neck;
then walked deliberately into the river,
about thirty-dve feet from land, lay
down and drowned herself where the
water was Only two and % half feet
deep. Mrs. Allison was of highly
nervous temperament, and during the
past two or three years has suffered
from and treated for mental diseases.
While at water-cure establishment in
1881 under medical treatment, she at
tempted suicide in much the same
manner, but was fortunately rescued.
She was niece and adopteddaughter
Of tbo Lotto Senator q rimpS of Iowa.
and has been married ten years. She
had no children.