San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-01-10
TIE GENERAL RECORD.


L The 3G,inch lens of Lick telescope successfully
mounted.
L. United States house Of representatives passec
bill empowering the president to appoint {
commissioner Of fish and hshericS
10. United States house OF representatives passed
Dngey's resolution calling for inquiry int
alleged discrimination In Wellaud canal tolls
10 Lucy Barber put on trial at Buffalo for voting
ut general election. She was convictec
later and imprisoned for one day.
| 20 workman IA O PittSburg, Ia, iron mil wl&
pulled through the rolls,
% Delaware reported free from debt and with Q
surplus OF S2j0000.
| "a Adebert college cleveland, o. trustees de
clared against co.education.
81 The California supreme court affirmed tho do
cision in the Sharon divorce suit 70 the effect
that Sarah Althea IN was the wife Of Senator
! Sharon.
FEBRUARY.
| L. Tho governor Of San Domingo granted con
cession to American railroad contractors.
! g. United States senate postponed consideration
of the British cxtradltiou treaty.
| 49, Commissioners OF immigration abolished the
bureau Of labor at Castle Garden, New York.
! Frederick Mayer, Austrian vice consul in New
York, committed suicide,
| H. Two American var ships ordered to Tangiers,
Morocco, because of a row between the United
States consul! and the sultan
| ~ VI ISL ia 4NSh
York city.
81 The president of tho United States transmitted
tho fisheries treaty 10 the senate, accolapa.
MED by message and protocol.
n. Cases against seized lshing vessels David J..
Adams and Lila IL. Doherty discontinued by
order Of the Dominion priTy counsel
MARCH
l. Mills tariff bill presented to the United StStes
house OF representatives
International railway connecting the Mexican
Central and Southern Pacific opened Tor bust
ness.
RoIin H. Squire and Norris b. Flynn acquitted
in the court Of oyer md ternlner, New York.
B. Albert Dodge, insane, OF fergus Falls, Mimi,
locked Ills wife end neighbOr I'D with him
SELF for twcaty.fOur hours and talked religion.
He was armed with q shot gun, u revolver and
knife and finally killed himself will the 10
volver.
G. Msyor Hewitt, O. New York, declined To rcvtew
t,.1 parade Of Irish SOCIETIES o. St pGivick's
dGy
10 Mayor Hewitt forbade the raising Of an Irish
flag over the New York city hall on 81 Pat
rtc;'s day
81 Remains OF Jcse Faez taken to steamer Pensa-
cola ind shipped to Venezuela from New IorI;
under military escort.
IS Gen Abram Merritt committed suicide In New
York hotel
J. secretary Biylru "EOL5 10 NlLG3CeT fCuulctDN
expressing diaapgroval Of the United States
of Gerno ny's action regarding Samoa.
4 Morocco declined to accede to the demands Of
the United States with reference to persons
under consular protection imprisoned at
RGhGt
II Recorder S1nyth refused to submit 10 the grand
jury in New York u criminal charge OF the
Kansas Pacific bon Iholdsrs esaiast jay Goud
District Attorney Fellows, Of New York. lad
previously refused
u Close Of eight days deadlock over Direct taG
bin in United States house OF representatives.
81 Death of Dexter, famous trotttuZ horse.
81 Corner stone Of the new Catholic university
lGil at Brooks Station, near Washington, by
Cardinal Gibbons.
%. Eighteen members Of the Ancient and Honour
abs Artillery company, of London, arrived In
New York and went 10 Niagara Falls. They
were welcomed by company Of 1vo from
Ancient aud Honorable artillery, Of Boston.
AErand blowout OF several days duration fol.
loved
IS. The Methodist conference decided IN favor Of
creation Of en- order Of delconcSses for
charitable work.
20 William Gore, OF New Jersey, who was bitten
by a rottlesnake, having been kept scieIt.
ncGily drunk for two weeks, recovered
81 Trial OF Rev. George Woodrow for preaching
evolution begun In tho Southern assembly Of
Inc lIISNy terrain C1uGCL, LlLtAlOlc lIC ut~
cision was against him.
-. The General assembly Of the Southern IITsby
terrain church resolved TO take 10 steps toward
organic union
JUNE.
. Steamship EtruriS beat the record Of trans
atlantic passage, by run Of six days, one hour
ffty-ivc minutes, from Queenstown to sandy
Hook.
L Governor TIL Of New York State. signed hill
substituting electricity fO- hanging Is q means
Of exccutinE criminals.
:. T-4iD g,.Ts c1nQlctSt tho surveys Tor Nioara-
Tua canal route.
& Il I. Harrison Garrett, OF Baltimore, drowned
IA Ta:apScO river. Ills steam yacht G!eSa
was run down by the steamer JoVTG-
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gun ~ Fort Hamilton, y. y.
q National conference Irish National Laaruc Of
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