San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-08-03
Personals.

Lu Robinson is chief of police of this
city,
An infant child of Capt. Martin died thu
FIRST of the week.
Capt. Mcclellan has little son who is
quite sick of typhoid fever
jeff. Sanders, of the Luling' Signal, gave
us pleasant call on Sunday.
Miss Maggie Markley of San Antonio, is
spending week at this place
@. Billingsley brings much the best
peaches that We find in this market.
Mrs Tally, of wimberly, anivedon Tues
day, we presume to attend camp-meeting.
Parson Kennedy has sold his homestead
to Mr.. Motheral, for $500. Cheap enough.
Mr. Westerfeld informs us that his apple
than ever before.
Mr.. Irion left on Tuesday, for an excur-
sion of some weeks to Tennessee, Kentucky,
| etc.
Mr.. Reed, of Col. Frost's mercantile
house, San Antonio, called on us on Mon
day.
We are glad to see Miss Nettie Zivley
again on our streets, looking as bright and
handsome as ever.
Miss Thrall, formerly of our town, an
nounces in the Signal, that she has opened
photograph gallery at Luling.
j. M. Malone is ut home for few days
from his business place, Lampasas. He says
there are some 1000 summer visitors there.
Mrs. Daniel, on her return from. Blanco,
enabled us to sample some of the most de-
licious peaches of the season, grown in that
country.
We are pleased to notice that our fair
friend, Miss Bette Coleman, has returned,
and to learn that she will now remain with
us.
Dr. John Gaddis, prominent and wealthy
gentleman, of Mississippi, we believe, call.
ed on us last week. He is seeking loca-
ton in Texas.
Mr.. Laney, new and live man from
Kimberley, call ON us on Monday, and sub
scribed for the FREE PRESS He said he
could not understand how anybody could dc
without the local paper. Neither can we.
Mrs. Glover. wife of the younger of the
Glover brothers, has gone on u visit of few
weeks to the North, and our sympathies
have been excited by the forlorn and des.
pondent appearance of her ''worser half"
Mr.. Freeman, stockman of Northern
Texas, called on us on Tuesday. He says
crops are good in that section, but that
there is region near Waco, including part
of Bell county, which is dried out
DR.. Cocreham and w. o. Thomas re-
turned few days since from horse drive
to Illinois. They did well, and found peo
there flush and prosperous. Interest Oh
money only from six per cent down. Wher
shall we get rid of our monstrous homestead
law, which cuts us off from similar advan
tages?
James L. Malone has handed us some
fine samples of pears and apples grown OF
his place, and desires information as to the
cause of their falling off at night. He hal
lost much of the fruit in this way. 1t re-
mains on the GROUND in the morning, show
ing that it was not done by thieves, ano
none falls during the day. Perhaps some
of our readers con explain the matter, ano
give remedy.
A very brilliant and attractive young lady
of our town, whose grand passion" hereto
fore has been birds, flowers and ''sich, has
named her favorite young singing bird Ollie
in honor of our popular assistant P. M
('wich is postmaster. W We mention THU
evidence of broadening sympathies on the
part of our fair friend, SO as to include pool
humanity, even in the ruder sex, as en-
couraging TO its members-more especially
to collie"
Joshua Barnes. of Dewitt county, with
his sou, who is All invalid, were aere las
week. They have gone on tom
further up into the mountains to'
the benefit of the health of the latter. Mr.
Barnes formerly resided in this county fol
some years and is well known to SOME Of
our older citizens He was the ''old master
of "Aunt Ann" who gives HIM her endorse
ment as good man, which we regard a.