San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-01-27

have renewed to Luling. His sou, Geo.
W. has removed from Schulenberg to the
name place. We believe he is keeping
hotel there. III.
And now comes our friend Esquire
McCarty and reports the advent OF ten
pound girl baby at his house. Bully
for the Squire! Now we think report
from our friend James l.. Msloue is 10
order. At our latest advices he bad only
some fifteen responsibilities" We want
to know if he is going to stop short with
that meagre number and allow his neigh.
bors to pet ahead Of him 10 this way
Verify, friend James, thou shouldst be
up and doing!
We ar, in re.eipt Of the Southern
Amarauth," q small 4 page paper just
started at BremoDd, by Sam. II. Dixon,
who is teaching there. We notice he
proposes to publish 10 it his "Poets Of
Texas" Price of paper Is cts. . year.
/ Robert Davis, Of Llano, was here re-
Gently. He says they had snow there
five inches deep. He further informed
usthat his brother John is 10 California
Mrs. Geo. @. Dsming was here on
Monday to look after house, her hus-
band and family being about to Locate
here. They are printers and writer's,
and have fer some time been connected
with the Palestine Advocate. Mr.. D.
will run the mechanical and assist in
the local editorial department Of the
FREE Press during the next month,
after which he will probably take an 10
terest in the establishment.
The march of Improvement is still
going on ia our town. Mr.. Manlove,
Deputy Sheriff, is building on part Of
Rogers addition, just above Parson
Fisher -k.audsome and elegant site.
Judge Kone has already tenement
house and stable up on his new place,
just back of Parson Belvin some Of the
handsenest and most elevated locations
in all our ssbafbs. He has a cisteru
under way, and his dwelling will come
next in order. Various other improve
meuts are in progress which we cannot
just now enumerate.
Father Heaton and Ollie James, OIL
the Postofficc, are minus "the stamps
An awkward state of things.
Thanks to Representative Storey and
Senator Burgess tor fsyors.
Quite a misfortune occurred to Capt
Ferg, Kyle on Monday last. The Capt.
ain is iu attendance on the Legislature
in the c.p,city OF Sergeant-at. Arms
About ten o'clock on said day some Of
his little children were playing in the
coru-crib with matches. The result was
that the FIRE got started 10 the husks,
and some 6u0 bushels of corn, crib, and
corn shelter we're consumed, $50 bush.
els Of the corn belonged to the Bur-
Lesson heirs Capt. X. lives on the Bur.
Lesson Ilomes,ead) and 100 to Capt. Kyle.
Prot. Edgar, who is teaching in the
Captains family. gave us the aboys
particulars.
The Austin Statesman says that Miss
Stella Sisson has arr;ced from Leipsig
Saxony, where she has been Tor years
perfecting herself in music. She will
engage in teaching music in that city.
tits proposed to name The new Normal
School .whieS it is hoped we shall get
here at San Marcos, ed. Burleson ln.
stitute," in honor Of Major Burleson.
Our merchants, we are told, have to
keep extra clerks to entertain the unm-
erous drummers.
Miss Josie Nance, with her mother
is spending some time visiting at Mem.
phis, Tenn.
A new tailor, 40 excellent workman
has reached our town. Mr.. Gieses sent
all the way to the old country for him.
Mrs. Swisher in her last Sketch Book
rays handsome poetic tribute to Miss
NJ. C. Fox of this place on her birth
day, which both because of its merits
and the merits of the fair subject Of it,
we mean ere long to transfer to our
columns. One note from it just now.
The poem refers to Miss Fox as poor
sick bird flying for health to our
Southern cline. We dislike to spoil
the sympathetic sentiment, but fear it
will be seriously damaged when we
state the fact that, under the benign in.
fluence of our Texas climate, Miss f has
already gained 90 pounds in weight,
and from m invalid has become the very