San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-05-04
Personals.

A. Trimble has gone to Gonzales.
Mrs. Houghton and her mother, of Ala
bama, are visiting at Mr.. Fourqurean's.
Miss Mary Kerr left on "Wednesday to take
the position of governess at Fort Ewell.
Mr.. Steele has built house at his new
home on the hills, and has removed to it.
Mr. Franklin is building an addition to
his residence.
Mrs. DR., Denton has been spending some
time here.
Miss Lou Markley, of San Antonio, is visit
ing here.
Dr. Blakemore was in attendance at the
State Medical Association at Fort Worth,
last week.
Prof. Garrison's father and sister, of Hen
derson, came down to visit him on Satur-
day.
Miss Coleman returned from Gonzales on
Saturday and goes next for sojourn at
Austin.
DIR. L. w. Cock left on yesterday for
Lynville Smith Co., where we believe he
proposes to hang out his single.
Mr. Fromme boasts of baby boy, and a
cabbage-head which filled half bushel.-
Glory enough
We met Mr. Deming, now of Palestine,
formerly of this place, at Houston. He is
still partial to the West.
Miss Fox was here last week preparatory
L. 49, % h. III.
she does much sooner than she formerly in
tended.
W. d. Keith has removed to Kyle, where
he takes charge of a hardware store, leaving
Newt Travis in charge of his lumber
business here.
Mr.. Northcraft has raised q fine cup of
rye. 1t, as well as oats and barley should
be grown for feed, being more certain here
than corn, and equally as good.
Grandmother Harm, of Austin. represent
ing we believe Bayland's Orphans Home,
washere last week soliciting subscriptions for
it.
Mrs Doss, of st. Elmo, formerly of this
place, was hero last week en- route for the |
West, and we learn will stop again on her
return.
Misses Matte and Lula Cloud Austin, |
Misses Lightfoot Martin, Locke and Tobin |
of Kyle. and Misses Eibaud and Hulda of |
New Braunfels were among the participants |
in the May-day ball.
Mrs. Robbins left for the North on Mon
day. Her many friends will regret the de-
parture of this excellent lady. She expects
to return in the fall. She was accompanied
by Mrs. lockwood, and Mrs. Crews.
At the Washington Hotel, Galveston,
where we stopped We found that the pro-
Vietress, Mrs, White, and her son-in-law
Mr.. Fulton, had formerly resided at Lock
hart and knew al the old settlers of this
region.
The notice last week of the picnic of Mrs.
Duncan's school was written in great haste,
on the eve of cur leaving home. We regret
the name Of Miss Fannie O'Kelly was thus
omitted from the list of those who read or
recited. We meant also to have said that all
acquitted themselves well.
We met at Houston last week, President
Baldwin. of Sam Houston Normal Institute.
He said he would be here at the Commence
mant exercises of orr Institute. He further
gave us the gratifying intelligence that a
branch Of the State Normal schools would
a gain be held here this year, about the same
time as il was last year.
At the Journal Of Commerce Office. Gal
weston, We had the pleasure of meeting
Ia0. w. Thompson one OF orr earliest
typographical acquaintance and employees
IL Texas He looks much the same. only
n9re manly. He is now a member Of the
i'm Of Geo. II Sweet. 4 Co. prOpr.etOrs
y sad paper. His brother H G. ThOmp-
sol. we believe is in the same ofice.