San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-01-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

J4SUARY
70 Edward BRAGG confirmed as unHoi st"'@
minister 70 Mexico,
10 Don N Dickinson confirmed postmaster Gen
eral Of TIE United States
LO O. Lamar confirmed os associate InhIlcc W
the supreme court Of tho United states
II. l.. Q Walthall reelected United States senator
from Mississippi
Wesley Merritt confirmed a8 brigadler general
nj tho United States army
% Unlted States Senator Wilson, or Iowa. re
elected.
49, Henry George withdrew from the Ana'FoVeTty
society
H. Charles s. Carey nlado solicitor Of the unitod
States treasury
8. Gen Eadelu brought hts Guit against the
Grant family Settled late In the year
April.
/. Dis DaDas excitement ut It's height In Ne"
l. Rhode Island election, Carried by the Rcpnb
G. Gen George Crook made major general. and
Col J. r Brooks mad, Grigadier general
r. Louisiana election. Carried by the Democrats
25 Episcopal Bishop Courtney consecrated at
Halifax.
BiShCpJansson cou5ecrated a. BeHev,uc' MS
30 Melville w Fuller nominated chief justice
MAY
10 r. \ Roosevelt confirmed Cs United StGtoi
minister to tho Netherlands
Union Labor convention nominated Alison y
Streator, OF Illinois for president and Charles
L Cunningham, OF Arkansas, for vice presI
dent.
Il. Union Labor convention nominated Robert H.
Cowdrcy, OF Illinois, for president and " IL
l. Wakefield, Of Kansas, FOR v'co president
%. r. /. Gibson elected United States senator
from Louisiana.
Equal Rights national convCntionin Des Moincs,
Ia, nominated Bplva Lockwood Tor president
30. T. D White elected Uuted states senator
from louisiana
81 Prohibition national convention nominated
Clinton b. Fisk for president and John y.
Brooks for vice president.
g. Oregon election. Carried by the Republicans.
O. Democratic national convention nominated
Grover Cleveland for president Of the United
States and Allen &. Thurman, of OHIO, for
vice president
H. William s. Fyanchlyn and s. 3. Tuck made
United States commissioners to the Paris ez
Is Mime. Dis DeIar sent TO the pemtenttary IN
New York.
e5 Republican national convention nominated
Benjamin Harrison, Of Indiana, 70. president,
and Levi p. Morton, Of New York, for vice
president
O. Col Thomas l. Caaey appointed chief Of the
engineers OF the United States army, with the
rank OF brisadier general
August.
Is National convention OF American party az
Washington nominated James L Curtis for
president.
2t IIx-pregidant Solomon, OF Tayti arrived IL
New York on route 70 Paris IN exile.
%. Robert Garrett reported completely dementod.
81. Cuarles II litchnlar resigned the general
secreCGryshp ol Che Knights OF Labor.
SEPrE@DER.
TO- Republicans carried the Maine election.
49, J. H. Cbery nominated Indian commissioner
OCTOBER
25. Daniel Hand, Of Connecticut, gave SfM0C2o
for the education Of colored people in the OLD
slave states.
30. Lord Gackvil!o given h,spGssport.
NOVEMBER.
g. Presidential and congressional elections
throughout the United States; Benjamin liGr
risln and Levi Z. Morton elected president AMI
vice PRESIDENT
IL Joseph Chamberlain, VI. p, and Miss Endicctt
married In Washington
II. Perry belmont appointed minister to SnGin.
States senator from Georgia.
%. General Master Workman Powdarly, OF the
Knights Of Labor, reelected
DECEMBER
:. J. Y. williamson, Of Philadelphia rlaics the