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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-19
Personals.

Voolfolk has replaced his bath
house, recently carried of by high
water.
Since Major Penn is coming to Lu.
ling, why not invite him to extend biz
visit to this placer
"A Tight Squeeze" 10 the touching
title Of . lecture against waltxins
which Elder Hall. the eloquent Chris
tan preacher, Of Austin, is delivering.
We are ashamed of our failure last
week, though quite unintentional. to
notice present Of some nice roast
ing ears, on Monday week ago, from
Mr.. Wootton, from his place in the
mountains. and the first We had this
season.
For some time after the late high"
in the San Marcos We did not learn
that :he bridge over Smiths race. had
washed away. The bridge is needed
daily, and the place is dangerous to
nocturnal travellers. A fresh "Byronic
inspiration" or something Of the sort
to replace it. is called for.
Our late towsman, o. G. Shane. now
of Blanco City, writes Us under date
Of the third inst. We make the tol-
lowing extract:
We are having more rain than we
need; if it don't hold up soon farmers
will not be able to get out Of the weeds.
Wheat crop a total failure in conse
quence Of so much rain and wind.
What little was cut had to be done
with a moving blade. but was ruined
by the rust. We have no roasting.
ears yet. Wish was in San Marcos
for few days to get q few square
meals OF vegetables; Navy beans and
bacon are all the go here. Sometimes
I manage to catch few soft shell tur
ties for a change; that is all l can
catch here in the way Of fish, and you
know if anybody can catch fish, l can.
The following, which we find in the
Blanco Star, suits US so we'll that we
copy. We have never felt like ex.
planning or apologiziug for our course
but the Star has done it 80 handsome
y for US that we adopt what it says,
and extend to the editor the right
hand of fellowship"
We hope our friends will not think,
because we do not lounge on the cor
ners and in the stores and gas about
politics aud theology, and discuss the
faults OF our neighbors, that We are
thus necessarily lacking in sociablIity,
Or that We are of q cynical nature.
This is something we were never 10
the habit of doing. and we are too old
now to take to it; and we believe too
that we have about as much Of the
milk of human kindness about US as
thos. have who can find the time to
thus enjoy themselves. Mind, though.
we are not finding fault with anybody
who can afford to loaf, but only ex.
cusing ourself for not doing it, SO that
our habit of keeping so closely con-
fined to our Office will not be miscon-
strued.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ELECTION. NOVEMBER 2, 1880.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ELECTION. NOVEMBER 2. 1880.
COUNTY CLERK: g
We are authorized TO announce h.
A. McMEANS 40 Q candidate for
County Clerk Of Hays county.
COUNTY JUDGE:
To the voters Of Hays county: I am
q candidate for the office OF County
J udge Of your county. My past record
10 Q similar capacity. 10 my only guar
ansy for the future. Inl..t
Respectfully,
@. W. GRooMs.
COUNTY PROSECUTOR:
We are authorised to announce o.
T. BROWN % Q candidate for Prose.
cutting Attorney for Hays county.
.asE TREASURER: 81
We are authorised to announce D. p.
HOPKINS as candidate tor Treas
urer Of Hays county.
SHERIFF:
We are authorized to announce H.
Il. BARBER as q candidate for Sher.
if Of Hays county. tliioI.
-7 ASSESSOR:
We are authorized to announce r.
3. FORTSON as candidate for As.
SCISSOR Of Hays county. s.ii9 gf
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT
NO. /.
We are authorized to announce T..
j. MCCARTHY as candidate for Com.
OF Hays county. m,
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Leoal Correspes dencs
VICINITY OF MOUNTAIN CITY
June 10th. 1880.

Ouuo AOsos AoSvs
EDITOR FACE PREss Perhaps .
few lines from Mountain City will be
Of iuteres. to some one. The farmers
around here, who are not In the weeds,
are all 10 smiles. and crops arc good %
they could wish. The very heavy rain
that fell some time ago injured the
small grain considerably, In fact car.
ried some of, but the corn and cotton
are so promising it seems to me that
they all ought to be satisfied ss for
myself I am truly thankful for the
prospect, and that things (such IS
heavy rains) arc no worse than they
are. but there are some men who in
time of dry weather will almost pray
for rain, and if they should have .
little too much. will stick up their
noses and and almost ''ouss" little,
and am real glad that men can't hold
the helm Of the universe, nor of the
solar system. anyhow, for l think
there would be as many candidates for
water clerk as there is for county
treasurer. , alte ~ tte
The health of the courtry is good,
las usuaD so every body is fareing
pretty we'll, but do otors, Schools l pre-
sumo will all be out within q few
days, and We have had some very good
schools in this section this year. The
Sciencs Hall pupils are standing an
examination this week, and if they
get through will return to their re.
spective homes next week. There
are many fair and very promising young
ladies at that school, and We hope they
will be bright shining lights and beacon
stars to many poor wanderers in this
world. The ministers of the Gospel
are looking anxiously ahead for their
harvest time. Rev. Abbot a Baptist
minister, has already commenced a
protracted meeting at Live Oak church
at the noted camp ground on Onion
creek.
We have had several singing classe.
10 this community also. lately organ
lied. and I believe the seed sown has
fallen in good ground, they have
pretty good start and l believe will
hold on until they will accomplish
some good. / find pretty good open
ing for singing teachers and it is pity
that there are not more good teachers
than we have. ! you'd be glad to see
some of the most intelligent young
men of our county take bold Of the
science OF music and study and practice
until they could teach they would not
only benefit themselves to an unbound
ed extent, but would help to splighteu
their tellowmen in something that is
sadly needed. l hope the time is not
tar distant until everybody, young and
old, including every child that can read,
will know how to sing we'll. The rail-
road through here is in rapid progress,
and we are & lad to note the majority
of the men are industrious and of q
more enterprising class than we usually
see at such work. understand they
will or have selected q location for q
depot within one mile Of Independence
Hall school house. En- Fin.
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Price Reduced.

We have ccDeluded to reduce the
price Of the few rensining copies OF
or DESCRIPTION e H.ys county one
hall. viz: single copies 5sis: 6 copie.
for 25sfs; 14eeriss iar 50 e;s. sn4 ~
cor5es for 81. Jus';he thing 20 Send
10 friends abroad. For Y.rtie1lsEs see
st page oUkis paper.
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CHOICEST Fresh and Canned Fruits
a. J.L. ENTREKIN's.

We want a local correspondent at
every post Office within the bounds OF
our circulation. Stringtown. Wimber
ley, Martindale, Dripping Springs, &C.,
&C., ought to be reported in our col
umus, and all are or ought to be more
interested than we are. Will not some
friend in each place wake up and send
us the local nezs2 81
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AFTER to-day l will be found at
Daley Bros old stand, west side Of the
plaza. Having concentrated my stock
/ will be prepared to keep full stock
of General Merchandise, and will sell
as cheap as the cheapest.
LU. J. DALEY.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-19

The rains have not been general
though so profuse in several places. In
this vicinity there has scarcely been
enough, and some localities have had
much less.
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A CARD.

TO all who are suus ring from The srrers and In
discrstlons Of youth, nervous weakness, early de-
cay. less Of uAnheod. Be-. will send recipe
that will cure ysu, vR.n OF CHAn0s. This
grss, remedy vss discovered By missionary 10
South America. Send . sslf.sddrssssd envelope
70 the Rsv. Jossrn r.IrsAx. Station D. New York
CITY. Nay l6'ly
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THEY are just beginning to lay the
stone for the abutments of the railroad
bridge oyer the San Marcos.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-19

ALL kinds of Lumber at Luling
prices may be had at all times Of W.
H. Harris T. 60 Kingsbury. Texas
Nav 22-l mo.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-19

THE three vacant lots South of the
the Institute are now for sale. Some
one will have chance now to buy
nice home. Apply to Basil DALEY.
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SEE advertisement Of Ridleys' Fash.
ion Magazine. Subscriptions received
for il st the FREE PRESS Office.
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the same no doubt. May Peter live
long and prosper much, and announce
in the paper If no likes. More by and
by. MELR0Y.
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r. SUGAR, Coffee, Bacon, Lard and
Flour at hard time prices. Call and
examine at j. L. ENTREKIN's.
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Our Bear Greek correspondent reads
candidates for Office lecture which
they will do we'll to ponder.
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Tailor Wanted !!

A good sober, industrious tailor can
secure permanent situation by ad'
dressing r. DUaaER, San Marcos.
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AN MARCOS PROVERBS :

SAN MARCOS PROVERBS
Donaldson has the the largest aud
best selected stock Of Groceries 10
town. Donalson's is the chespes,
Store in toBp.
Donaldson keeps the finest goods.
Dooalion gives best quality and
quantity.
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ALExANDER's popular Family Med
icines are for sale at the drugstore Of
Reynolds & Daniel, San Marcos.
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revu Property for Sale

A house ard lot joining M'jOr
Hutchiscos.
Two v,east lots joining Mrs Man
loves
App'y to
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If you want to buy lots near the In
stitute call on Basil Daley.
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GLASSWARE and Crookery at aston
ishingly low prices a j. L. ENrREK1N's
Next to Hot heinz Hotel.
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Go to Lu J. Dailey's, soest eide plaza,
to buy your shoes.
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CALL for some of that fine Molasses
and syrup that itso cheap at
J. ENTREKIN.
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Cut This Out and Keep 1t.

Cut This Out una Keep IT,
Why buy inferior grades of Groceries
at as high or higher prices when you
can buy the best and at loao prices OF
G. w. Donaldson.
All goods guaranteed or money re-
funded.
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CALL for Luxuries and snow Flake
Flour at j. L. ENTREKIN's.
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that Dried Beef will be received
todayat j. Il. ENTREKINs.
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IF z O u

l. Il L ~ "
Want cook,
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Want salesman,
Want q servant girl,
Want to rent q store, i93',
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Want to lend money,
Want to buy q horse, p.2N
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Want job of carpentering,
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Want to find any ones address,
Want to advertise to advantage,
Want to sell piece of furniture,
Want to buy second hand carriage,
Want to sell agricultural implements,
Want to find anything you have lost,
Want to find an owner for anything
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Having permanently located IN ean 1aysss, %.
spsetfaiy tenders hls professional services = The
cItssns Of the town and veiuiy in The pvastioe 81
Medicine. Obstetrics and 0ynscole9y. ne eere
regulated By thess Of the physleisas = ~ loyn.
Object Raynoids , Daniel's Drug otore. Once
hours. TO n An, and tetP.t.
April sam. efl sf ne .ltt
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svBs.RrsEss- :ss FaEE Psrzs.
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HOME NEWS
I PROPOSE to suit everybody.
49,. J. /. ENTREKIN.

MAGNOLIA HANS
.g... Don't buy any
other; sold only by G. W. DONALDSON.
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Z A. DIAL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-03-05

once during the proceedings was the
stolidity of any face disturbed. except
one wee little fellow, not more than
four or five years old, whose mouth
spread in a broad grin of delight as he
proudly maneuvered before the inter-
ested spectators. Some curious meth
ods have to be adopted to overcome the
numerous obstacles encountered in in
structing the "aborigines." When
they first arrived it was found neces-
sary to give them English names, as
their Indian ones were unpronouncea-
BILE to an English tongue, and being
translated, would make, in most cases,
whole sentence. The Indians were
notified that their teachers would read
out list of names and they could
choose whichever name they liked. The
result was startling. General Grant and
President Hayes now do honor to the
bountiful board supplied at the bar
racks, while Edith, Evangeline, Ger
trude, and Bertha sup lovingly with
John Smith, Jake Jones, Bill, and Tom.
The method of instruction at the school
is on the kindergarten order. If a
teacher wishes to teach her scholars to
Sptll UOW SIG uTdWS plCbuTe OI
in upon the blackboard, and writes
large letters "bow' above it. Point
ing to the word, then to the picture,
she conveys to them the idea that the
word signifies the picture. The Indians
are regularly marshaled to prayers in
a neat little chapel, on the wall of
which, over the pulpit, is painted in
large letters: GLORY to God, on earth
peace, good will toward men" Thus
far the school has been complete sue
cess, and, if it continues as it has been
doing, promises to furnish satisfac-
tory solution to the troublesome "In-
dian question:" There is a rumor 90
ing around that the authorities at the
barracks have hired out Indian labor.
ers to neighboring farmers for ten
cents day. Some of the troublesome
element among the working class are
consequently aroused, but the report
as yet, lacks confirmation. Cor. PhiIa.
| delphtG NeCoS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-03-05
Teaching the Indians.

Nesting costly together, about mile
to the northwest of Carlisle. is cluster
of a dozen low yellow buildings, ar
ranged almost in a square. A long
drive leads from the gate to the center,
winding in its course around a dilapi'
dated though picturesque old stable,
whose period of usefulness is about
over. To complete the picture, an Indian,
clad in Uncle Sans uniform, PAGES on
guard up and down before each build
ing. Odd as this sight naturally seems
to stranger, to the citizens of Carlisle
it has become so familiar that it excites
scarcely any comment. The cluster OF
yellow buildings is the Carlisle bar
racks, and the indians who pace up and
down before them are members of the
school, into which the barracks has
been turned, carried on under the SUI
pervision and at the expense of the
United States Government. The school
at present consists of one hundred and
fifty scholars men, women, boys and
girls. 1t was opened last September,
most of the Indians coming direct from
the West. A few of them, however,
were sent up from the school at Hamp-
ton, Va. The institution is under tie
charge of Captain r. II. Pratt, of ne
United States Army. There are TX
school-rooms in all, located in the &c
ond story of the longest building o the
grounds. When your correspondent
entered the first room the lac in |
charge was busy at the blacDard
solving the mysteries of "addlon"
for a burly Indian about tweu- one
years of age, and did not notice en-
trance. "Now, my dear, she " say
ing, "you see you have not 9 that
quite right. Three and two, yolnow, !
don't make nine; three and twmake
five." There were probablyyenty
scholars in this room, most them I
young men. They all seemed ger to
learn and paid the strictest attdon to
what their instructress was say. In
the next room there was a comngling
of girls and small boys.
"Do you see that girl in green
DRESS" asked the teacher, poing to a
tall, ungainly maiden, of obably
eighteen or nineteen summer that
is the daughter of "SpottTail."
Miss Spotted Tail, who wasacidly
printing her A b C's on sla'looked
up and smiled family at thgisitor,
though she understood scaroa word
of what was said. She has lily been
joined in matrimony to the f-breed
interpreter employed at therracks.
One day Miss Spotted Tail u some
other Indian girls was sent 10 some
scrubbing; her husband, hover, in
terfered; he said his wife wDf royal
blood, that she was the datter of
chief, and he only wanted Ito learn
what the white ladies do. Teacher,
after dismissing a class VIII was re-
citing, put her pupils thigh their
calisthenic exercise. The amer in
which they acquitted theilves far
surpassed in unity of moveht that of
many of our white schools,li ,lich have
been drilled far longer thaIey. Not
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-03-05
Oowley Convicted,

The history of Cowley's Shepherds
Fold has already been largely spread
before the public. Pretending to take
care of poor children and to be kind to
them, this man practiced enormities in
comparison with which the manage
ment of Squeer's Dotheboys Hall was
angelic. Twenty-Five children were
starved, beaten, kicked and otherwise
maltreated. Little Louis Victor case is
the only one of these as yet settled
with the Shepherd. There are twenty
four other indictments, a separate one
having been made out for the case of
each child. Whether the whole twen-
ty-four will be pressed or not i5 as yet
uncertain. The public does not ex-
actly thirst for vengeance on Cowley,
but it does want to see a wholesome
example made of him, sufficiently pow
erful to discourage other professional
almoners of the bounty of the charita-
BILE from following in his footsteps. He
is sent to the Tombs, whence he will
be brought on Friday for sentence.
The full penalty for his crime is one
years Imprisonment and $3.50 fine.
There is much about this remarkable
case that the general public do not un-
derstand. People ask what object Cow
ley had in taking lot of children to
starve. The "inwardness is this. Our
city charities receive aid from the pub
lie treasury according to their magni-
tude and the good they are supposed to
accomplish. For some time Cowley's s
concern received $4,000 year.
This was fat pickings. He could on
this vote himself comfortable
salary and live without doing any
great amount of hard work. Being a
doggish and disagreeable person he
was not likely to be called TO the charge
of parish. So he selected this as a
promising way of making living. In
1877 the mismanagement of his "fold''
was exposed and the exposure resulted
in the withdrawal of the appropriation.
He hoped to get this appropriation re-
newed, with back pay for the year:
during which it had been omitted
This was a prospective bonanza worth
working for. The public had no conf
dence in him, hence the meager contri
buttons which kept him in poverty and
his lambs on short rations. 1t looks
like an act of self-sacrifce TO work with
very small salary or no salary at all
But when it is considered that the willy
shepherd was working for bonanza Of
about SO, 900, it is easily seen that his
labors were not without hope. TC
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-03-05
A White Negress.


The practicability of converting a
nigger into a white man has usually
been placed in very much the same
category as that of changing the Eth
opian' skin or effacing the spots from
leopard. 1t will, therefore, be some
what surprising to non-scientific readers
to hear of the case of Celine Henry,
which was recounted lately to a society
of anthropologists by certain DR..
Smester. This woman, who was a
native of Hayti, and was about thirty
five years old, began in the year 1860
or Whereabouts to notice that the color
which she had always supposed to be
natural to her skin was slowly fading
away in many places, and being re-
placed by hue resembling that of a
white woman. Far from being pleased
with the transformation scene which
the fairies were thus working upon her,
she entirely objected to the proceeding,
and took every imaginable step to pre-
vent the completion of freak of Nature
which her enemies might make bold to
call eTpertnlertstnl IN cOrpore Oth.
Doctors were called in, and the native
sorcerers were all consulted; but nothing
seemed to arrest the progress OF the
malady, which the astonished negress
was at last fain to consider as disease.
For fifteen long years the detested tint
of the white European encroached
steadily upon the frontier lines of the
African black, until in 1877 there was
no more of the original color left than
few spots, which, if all added together,
would not as much as cover mans
hand. The affiiction which caused SC
much terror and chagrin to Miss OF
Mrs. Celine Henry is, however, one
which is not unknown to psychologists.
1t is no other than disease commonly
called vitiligo, which is occasionally
congenital in the African and other
dark-colored races, and is sometimes
developed in an accidental shape in
Europeans or white men. The name is,
of course, derived from the Latin
UituIats, calf, and is meant to express
that color which is best known as dis
tinguishing the flesh of these animals
1t appears to cause no pain whatever.
and to have little or no effect upon the
general health; and if the fair Celine
as she may now most fairly be called
had not been dominated by an extrava
giant fear, she would not have haC
much cause to lament over her conver
sion from black to white.-Londo,
f9Inbp