San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-13
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minerals have been found IN III fas'
county.
The Southern Pacific railroad hai
been constructed 10 a point 23o miie'
east of FL Paso. II is still advancing
eastward.
The st. Louis & Texas Narrow
Guaoe railway, we are informed, will be
completed by the first OF October next
Five different construction forces are al
work, and some Of them are making one
and a half miles per day.
Mr.. Joseph Ralston. Of BRENNAN,
has received the gold watch and chain
and gold medal awarded him NJ the
Atlanta Cotton Exposition OF 1881, for
the best cotton cleaning machinery on
exhibition. They are both suitably
inscribed. The medal weighs sixty-two
pennyweights.
1t is stated that Senator McPher,
son. of New Jersey, has offered S60O,OOO
for the contract to build the state house
at Austin. He will accept the land
granted by the State, and for this land
will build the capitol rs agreed on, and
will nav the parties 100000 for their
contract end relieve them of the entire
matter.
-Messrs. Harrison and Rogers, OF
Jefferson, have headed subscription
list for $4,000 for the erection OF
cotton seed oil mill to cost Sl5O,oOo TO
100000. Forty thousand dollars nave
also been subscribed for cotton fac
tory. Such citizens are worthy the past
glory of Jefferson, and their enterprise,
deserves Il better return than IL Will
probably receive.
CHILDREN frequently make original
applications of Scripture texts or trite
proverbs. A little girl four year DID,
daughter OF the rector OF church IN q
neighboring city, had ten cents gwen
her to spend. She made some foolish
purchase which was in pieces before
She reached home. Her father had a
long talk with her, and in the course OF
it quoted: "a fool and his money are
soon parted" impressing the lesson by
every means he possessed. Some sun
DAYS after, in Sunday school, the plate
being passed, she had to think for
text to say, as is the custom on making
the contributions. Finally dropping
her money into the plate, she reclted
triumphantly: "a fool and his money
are soon parted"
Columbus Citizen: Married at the
residence of Mr.. j. Nj. Moorse, in this
city, on Friday, 18th instant, Mr.. q. Il:
Smith and Miss Sallie Taylor, all of
this city, the Rev. G. w. Thomas offici.
tating. There was slight tlnge OF
romance connected with this wedding,
the happy contracting parties, it is I'M
derstood, having determined upon its
only six hours before its
realization. One of cur retired mer-
chants has been given the credit OF
doing considerable part OF the talking
in the management of the affair, and
his friends are banterng him to open a
bureau for the transaction of business
in this line. The gallant groom is one
of our most trusted and honored young
men, and the beautiful and accom-
plished bride one OF the "fairest OF the
fair"
Some months ago an elderly gen,
tleman whose home is in far-oif Canada,
advertised in Northern paper for
wife, and invited correspondence from
ladies' desiring to contract matrlmo-
NAL alliance. The advertisement met the
eve of a comedy widow lady living i'll
the neighborhood of the village Of Lex
ington, Lee county, Texas, and cor
with the view to matri-
mony, was opened. 1T was kept up for
some three months, the parties being
pleased with each other. y
match was made, and the gentleman
from Canada arrived at Lexington a
few days ago. A marriage license and
a parson were soon procured, anu the
couple were duly married. On the
I'D instant the gentleman, his newly
made wife and her three children en-
parked on the Central railway at Gid
ling, on route for the gentleman's
home.
Globe entO5rat, March, IS: Col.
Ohm Nj. Swisher, OF the Texas Veteran
Association, stopped yesterday at the
leaving for continuation OF
MS way home at San Antonio i'll the
evening. The Colonel has been at
d. c., for nearly month,
where he went TO present congress with
4 petition, that in the fixture of the T.
line between Texas and the 1
Indian Milton, Green county be granted b
us state. O.ur 1900 900 acres Of ex-
,ellent land are involved, and should .
he petition be passed fayorably, the 4
veterans OF the Texas revolu- .
ion, or their widows, each of whom
holds laud certificate granted by the .
Texas legislature, giving each l,2SO .
lcres, will receive what they have APP .
Dealed for. The petition was read and
-eferred To- the committee On territor-