San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-08-17
Personals.

Personals.
Messrs. Franklin and Rose have gone to
the Sour Wells
Mr.. Brewer of Lampasas, was here the
first of the week.
James Kerr was here on Monday, he is
travelling for mercantile house at Houston.
Mr.. Prescott has gone to San Antonio,
he has position in the Vance House
Mr.. Haynes, SIR, and Miss Mary Walters
left on Tuesday on visit to Tennessee.
Miss Mollie Cotton left on visit to re-
latives at Fort Worth on Saturday.
We noticed Albert Burleson in town on
Tuesday.
The wife of Mr.. Baldridge of this place
died last week.
Mrs. Rounsavall has gone on visit to
Huntsville.
Walter McGehee is back from Kansas
where he has been with herd of cattle.
Mr.. Brown, representing Jemison Groce
& Co., cotton factors, Galveston, is an adj
miring visitor to our town.
Woolforl's boys killed, catamount on
their place few days since. 1t was four
feet in length, exclusive of tail.
Mrs. D. A. Glover will please accept our
thanks for some of the largest and most de-
locus peaches of the season.
Miss McMeans was summoned away
on Monday, by the serious illness of her
sister. Mrs. Rau.
Miss Breeding and Miss Painter of San
Antonio, with Miss Anna Pegues, made the
FREE PRESS pleasant call last week.
Capt. J. w. Lane of Dallas, made us q
pleasant call last week. Glad to hear that
his health is much improved
DIR. Cocreham and W. O. Thomas have
again gone North with horses.
Prof J. E. Bishop is announced as prin-
cipal of Lockhart high school, with Miss
Julia Mcleod as one of his assistants.
Joe Earnest lately went west to buy horses
but found the price SO high, he changed his
programme and has gone to louisiana to buy
| cattle.
And now comes Master Eddie, son of our
neighbor OKelly. with wounded hand. the
result of toy pistol practice. The doctors
as vet have not been able to find the ball.
c. D. Erwin is the name of the gentle
man who, with Mr.. Love, is about opening
dry goods store in the fine room in Hutch
inson's building.
Mr.. Gum, of Lavaca county, and MI.
Robinson from Tennessee, are about open
ing family grocery in DR.. Woods building
next to Reynolds q Daniel.
James M. Turner, from Manshack springs,
has rented DR.. Denton's place, and Major
Borne, route agent Texas Express, that OF
Mr.. Green, opposite the Baptist church.
Mrs Jones and Mrs. Lee have had their
millinery store papered and reftted in hand
some stvle, but have closed itfor few weeks
till their fall business opens.
Rev. DR.. Luther president of Baylor Fe-
male College, called on us with Mr.. Hatcher
on Saturday. We learn he occupied MIR.
Hatcher's pulpit on Sunday last.
Mr.. Love has resigned his position as rail-
road AGENT at this place. He will, we learn,
take an interest in the new store soon to be
onened in the Hutchinson and Glover build
ing. He is succeeded by 7. d. Ungler.
Prof. Baldwin called on US on Saturday.
He was accompanied by Prof. Carleton. an
eminent educator of Connecticut, and his
wife. They ''took in" our town, the head
of the river. etc., and seemed well pleased
with what they saw.
Mai. Donaldson left last week for the
North accompanied by Miss Fannie Donal,
son While abroad he proposes to attend
tbe celebration of the anniversary OF the
hattie of Blue Licks in Kentucky, where we
believe a monument is to be erected III hon
or of that event.
The following is list of persons stop
pinc at Mr.. Pegues near the head OF the
river Mrs. J. X. Painter, daughter and
son Mrs. Breeding, daughter and son
Mr.. Carr. Mr.. Nairn. Mr.. RuSsen-all OF
San Antonio Mr.. Kemp and family, from
Calvert Miss Mccormick, Austin
We never TIL quite recently were able 70
sneak from personal observation OF Mr;
Pegues new boat, plying between his NH
and the head Of the river. We escorted a
yTinnesota editor On that line few DAYS
siDce. The boati is a great improvement on
former efforts. holding some % persons
Trins l,v II are nov quite frequent A
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