San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-07
Personal.
Baseom I.yell 10 In town.

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Baseom Iysil Ia In town.
The presence OF Major and Miss Fanny Donaldson
10 noticed In a late Canton. Mo-, paper.
VIZ. Driskill now resides IN Brown county, ad.
drem Williams Ranch.
Mr. Irion has taken position In an express office
at Palestine.
Mr.. Sam Hoard aud his fair bride LETT on their
wedding tour on Monday evening.
The H,rveys and Lindseys are expected home this
week.
We are sorry to lose Mrs. Stanned and family.
They have removed 10 Kyle.
w. s. Jones, late Of Illinois, Is assisting Nj lyle.
hart In his store.
David, son OF DR.. Combs, Is quite sick OF typhoid
fever.
Malone has returned, and an avalaucae OF gools
will soon follow.
Judge Walters has rented the room lately vacated
by Miss Russell for law office. So the "East side"
|. now all fal-the only one. we believe, that Is.
81. Thomas, OF Kerr county. c'lled on US on
Monday Mrs T, has returned to DR.. Cruseturner for
further treatment.
Mr.. Laumen, the shoemaker, has removed his shop
and residence into D. 8. Combs property, adjoining
the FREE PRkss office.
Mrs. Alyes has removed to D. s. Combs build.
inp. recently occupied by J. Ross Brown. 1t suits
her business better than her former place.
Can't. Gullett has favored US with a letter which
will appear In our next. He Is "hunting the wild
deer and following the roe" in Mexico.
Miss Lille Eicheberger asks US to state that her
address is now Falls City, Richardson county, Ne
braska.
Mr.. Powers has removed to Kendall county, to
look after his new property interests there. His
address is Blauco City.
Woolfork has shown US his grandmother'' hymn
book, published 1870 years ago. He got 1t on his
late trip to Missouri.
Miss Mollie Gotten returned from an interesting
trip to Forth Worth and Dallas, Just IN time to re-
sumo her duties as teacher with Mrs. Duncan on
Monday.
Mrs. Crews has returned from Northern Illinois
She went there thinking to remain, but found the
climate so chilly and damp she deemed 1t expedien'
to return to Texas.
W. G. Digger Is through with travelling in the
clothing trade, and has taken position to 'V"'e
for Geo. L. Potter Co., grocers. Houston, at lib
ers salary MID. ranks high his In line OF business
Jesse Driskill, OF Austin. is a much weather.
man than we had supposed. We hear men who
ought to know say he Is robably worth 100000
He made it In the cattle business.
John T. Wilson has presented us with sample
Of EGYPTIAN corn. sometimes called Ivory wheat,
his raising II is said to be valuable for bread al
we'll as feed, etc.
Rev. Mr. Gillett returned last week from visit t.
his mother in Bee county. He had not visited her
before for five years. He had good Scriptural. lex
cnse for his absence.
Thanks to Mr.. Gray for South Afri:a newspaper
which we have examined with much interest,". ~
ia strange to think how the "dark continent" II
becoming Illuminated.
is. Travis whose death was reported few day.
SINCE we are glad to learn, Is considerably beter'
DR.. Mullins, formerly Of this place. special e
the Express OF yesterday states, has gone to stten
some cases Of yellow ever at Santa hosa' seventy
| miles east Of Brownsville.
Allen. who was killed last week, WAS gambler
and sporting man, quiet when sober. but regarded
| as a rather desperate character His death hal
| been repo rted several times before.
Mr.. Heaton, our worthy P. NJ, has gone on an ex
cursion Of q months duration to his native home
'swsy down east in the State Of Mane." for nue.
needed recreation, leaving the office in charge Of hi
faithful assistant, Mr.. James. We believe II IL MI
Heaton,s first visit to his native homo since he lei
there young man. We h ope he may return In Wig
orous health.