San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01
Personals.
Mrs. Coereham is son eonyaleseeut.

Miss Baldwin's department in the Insti-
tute will close a week earlier than the others.
Giesen has commenced work for the
foundation of his new building,
Giesen has sold II Mccormick haryesters
and binders thus fur
Rev. Mr.. Joyce has returned from the
General Conference.
Miss Randall continues to turn out fine
dresses in artistic style.
Our colored friend Chas Brooks has fav-
ored us with early cotton blooms.
Mr.. Robbins has fine specimen of petri-
fed wood found in this vicinity.
Ed. ]. L. Green accompanied by Ed. ].
L. Green. Jr., have gone on visit to Ark
ansas and Missouri.
Mr.. Pegues has new and much larger
boat for the use of visitors to the head Of
the river.
A subscription paper is out to procure
portrait of Col. Jack Hays for the new
court house, A commendable idea.
It will be seen by our advertising columns
that Mr.. Black has retired from the firm of
Igehart Il Black.
j. M. Malone will take charg of their
branch store at Lampasas about the 10th
inst.
Rev. E. 8. Smith will preach the annual
sermon and Judge Moore will deliver the an
nual address mt the commencement exercises
of the Institute.
Columbus Mitchell, who has been sick in
Concho CO.. we are gad to learn is recover
ing.
Recollect the closing exercises of Prof.
9TH and Sth inst
Mr.. ID. A. Glover. who was up in Concho
co., a few days since, reports that the rain
was much heavier up there, and accompan-
led with heavy hail storms.
Mrs. Randall has presented us with some
fine sample beets, to show, as she stated,
what woman could do in horticultural
way. They are quite creditable to
her skill.
Thanks to Mrs. ]. NJ. Malone for
branch of small variety of white rose. 1t
had some 40 or 50 roses on it in bloom, with
about three times as many buds
Hon. Wells Thompson was in town on
yesterday, and called on us. His announce
ment as a candidate for Congress will be
found in the proper place.
Our venerable neighbor and contempora-
~, Mr.. O'Kelly, has been presented by his
''better half with a bouncing boy. The
old adage is, "Old men for COUNSEL" but
here in Texas they appear to be good for some
departments of action as well. We congrat-
ulate him.
Mrs. Gentry has returned from her stay
of nearly year at Kerrville, in improved
health. She will be welcomed by many
| friends.
Miss Fox writes us of her safe return in
| fair health to her home at La Crosse, Wis.
She made the acquaintance of Mark Twain
on the steamboat part of her route.
Mr.. Deming, of the Palestine Advocate,
made us visit of couple of days last week
business and pleasure combined.
At San Antonio on Monday we called on
Mr.. Love, formerly of this place. He is
| still in business as watch maker ETC., and we
were glad to learn is doing very well. We
are sure he deserves success.
| Some of the Texas editors who went to
| California, called on COL Jack Hays at his
residence in Oakland. They represent him
as in feeble health, but vigorous in mind
and spirit.
Col. Whitehead, of Laredo, candidate for
| Attorney General, made us, a pleasant call
on Saturday, and also addressed our people
! at the court room. We learn he is good
LAWYER. and well qualified for the position.
| He was clerk of the Senate in our last legis-
lature. As yet he has no opponent. We
| learn he made favorable impression here.
We believe we heard the other day the
| voice of our fair and vivacious Austin friend,
! Miss Oxie Clifton, one of the bright partlc-
| ular stars of the corps of teachers of that
| city. Why comes she thus early, il the
question for hitherto she has only been
consider 'due" at vacation. Have the
school vacations been fastened SO as to be
on par with the other crops Truly we
think they should be cut off about month
at each end in this warm climate it would
be better both for teachers and pupils.
A pleasant local "Reminiscences is connect
ed with the fine poem on our first page
1.-The Organ of st. Mary's,' which we hap
pened on in Dallas exchange. The fair
author, Miss Ona Hollingsworth, will be re-
membered by not few of our readers as
having spent about year at misplace and
vicinity several years since. She has resid-
ed at her old home, Richmond, Indiana
nearly ever since, where she has been ell
gagged in teaching music and in literary pur-
suits, adding to her reputation as writer
T: both in poetry and prose- We have some
reason to believe that she still holds our
country and those who were her friends
here in pleasant remembrance, and it is not
improbable but she may yet return to our
more genial and salubrious cline.