San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-03

s. Persoaals.
Maj. Ragsdale has gone 10 tho Eureka
Springs, Ark, for medical, treatment
Mim Fox Is visiting her Hebrew friends at
Austin.
Miss Emma Heaton Is visiting friends at
Austin.
Misses Sallie and Mary Polk were here ON
Monday on route for the San Antonio fair.
A. F. Harvey isat work at his trade in
Austin.
Ed. L. Green has gone on trip 10 Tom
Green county.
Mr.. Gus Brackney, merchant Of Staples
store called ON Us Tuesday.
Major Penn, wife and daughter, were reg
istered At Hofheins hotel ON Tuesday.
We met Mr.. Lancaster at Austin last week.
He il connected with wholesale house
there.
Mr.. Murchison and family have gone on .
visit to 'the States" Miss Coleman il
keeping house during their absence.
Prof. Shook, Of musical renown, called ON
us this morning. He il now on Maj. PENIS
stat.
Des Hopkins complains that young
lady the other day called him GRANDPA"
We sympatise with our gallant young friend
The Blanco Star learns that Judge W. W.
Martin, formerly of this blaze, was ordained
as minister at q meeting at Williams creek
the other day, and is now preaching.
Mr.. Gilis architect, Of San Antonio, has
the contract for the proposed new Baptist
church in this place. Also for . $4,000
Court. House at Fredericksburg.
Through Judge Ratlif we had the pleas
ure of making the acquaintance Of Mr..
Rufini. architect, Of Austin,
Capt. Perg Kyle and J. R. Williamson ap-
pear in the proceedings Of the Wimberly
meeting as delegates from this precinct
Mrs. Jane Jenkins (colored) makes .
special request that we state that the chicken
thieves are not all '.niggers Pretty good
for Jane.
Mr.. Frank Malone has closed his banking
business here and accepted an off er to 60
toSan Antonio. Win leave about the 18th
inst. Sorry to lose him.
We learn that Mr.. Mead received tele-
gram yesterday announcing the death of
Clarence E. Dilley at shelbyville; Ill. Mr..
Dilley was connected with the lumber bus
mess of Dilley & Christian.
DR.. Denton, and his interesting family re-
moved to their new home in Austin on the
first. May good fortune attend them.
Prof Garrison, we learn win occupy their
house here.
Mr.. Swinney, of Howard county Mo-, and
family, acquaintance of DR.. Crews, arehere
for the benefit of the health of Mr.. s., who
will remain until spring.
Mr. Charles Guenther, some years since
''devil" in the FREE PRESS Office, made us
pleasant call on Saturday. He is now
regular six-footer, and has position in
mercantile house at Austin. We wish our
worthy young friend a successful career.
Some of our citizens attended the Wimberly
meeting on last Saturday. Whether with
view to speculate in corner lots" in the
prospective new county seat, or with refer
ence to future offices to be dispensed
therefrom, we of course will not presume
to say.
Col. Geo. M. Snyder, the publisher of the
Pioneer, the first paper of this county, call
ed on us last week. By some partial files
of his paper in our possession, we notice the
Col. dropped into poetry" nearly every
week. He now represents the prosaic bus
ness of agricultural machinery and the like.
Messrs Nipper and Maddox, just from
Howard county Mo- called on US last week.
They are looking at our county with view
of settling They are endorsed to us as
good men, and we trust will receive the at
tention from our people, to which they are
fairly entitled:
Uncle Tony McGehee. (our ''oldest inh abb
tant" we had almost said, but take it
back" lest we might injure his matrimonial
prospects), called on us last week. He is
more sprightly and buoyaut than many
younger men. He makes his home in Limo
county. He still believes in the mineral
wealth of Llano, and promised to report to
us as to new developments in that direction
.
Allhallow eve was celebrated Monday
by party at Mrs. Franklin's. Two young