San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11

| Wednesday next. Some of the preachers
will arrive Monday, the Bishop will preach
Tuesday night.
Personals.
Shane, the old timer of this place, now OF
Blanco, was here on Friday last.
Fry's stock is being sold at auction Of
Saturdays.
Lee Wootton has returned from the In.
dian Territory.
See Lee, the Celestial laundry man, has
returned.
Jake McMullin has succeeded J. w. Dan.
forth as jailor.
Mrs. Lawson and family have returned
from sojourn of some months in Edwards
county.
| We have failed to note the welcome re.
turn to the Institute of favorite of our
people, Miss Willie Thompson.
The infant son of our neighbors Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel, has been quite sick for some
ten days past. Hope he may soon recover.
Mr.. Danforth succeeds Mr.. Hopkins as
agent of the Pacific Express Co., at this
place.
Rev. Mr.. Allen, the new Episcopal minis.
ter, preached here last Sunday, and we learn
will make this place his headquarters.
Mr.. Kidd, the vegetable dealer, informs
us that he recently sold rs gallons of snap
beans in one day. We regard MIR. Kidd as
public benefactor.
Mr.. Rogers, Sem, informs us that he finds
the cotton crop turning out much better
than he anticipated. Wehope it may prove
30 generally.
Mrs. Prescott had the misfortune to lose
her purse containing some $40 in money
and valuable papers on the seat OF the car
on her return from San Antonio. The con-
ductor was telegraphed to at Kyle to secure
it for her.
Master Henry Peoples, son of Mrs. Pres
colt, left on Thursday last for South Carroll
mia to prosecute his education. He will re-
side with relatives there, and expects to be
absent for five years.
Elder Hatcher was here few days this
week. We learn he has been assigned to
ministerial duty somewhere in the direction
of Abilene As yet we hear of nothing OF
his successor at this place.
Thanks to the fair lady and valued friend
who sent the editor generous slice OF de-
licious ginger-cake She must have been
endowed with the gift of Second sight" to
have diagnosed one of his weakest points.
Mrs. E. Northcraft returned last week
from visit to Blanco, and is full OF praises
of Prof Holtzclaw's school at that place
She thinks that in its conduct and appoint
monts it would be difficult to find its equa
in the State.
MIR. and Mrs. j. W. Earnest have recent
" returned from trip to Niagara Falls anc
the Eastern cities. Many Texans are giving
themselves this grand treat this season. i
is better than five years education in any
other way.
Happening at the marble works of Under
hill & Co, at Austin, last week, we saw
fine monument recently completed, for th'
late Peter G. Ragsdale. 1t Is to bepiaced II
our cemetery. Another similar has beer
contracted. for for the late James Petty.
J. w, Brown, representing the telegraph
ic department of the Houston Post, was here
on Friday to secure reporter for that valu
able paper of the proceedings of the com
ino Methodist conference which we Learn
he did in the person of B. B. Rose Esq.
MIR. Fortson was at Blanco last week, ant
returned full of praises of the improve
ments on the road, and of Mark Rogers
who superintendent the same. lie says witt
one slight exception it is now an excellen
road. Those having similar work in view
would do well to secure the services of Mr.
Rogers.
Mrs. Petty and her daughter, Mrs. Cor
Thomas, we learn are about removing t
This place, and will improve their propert'
above that of Mr.. Manlove. Ii is one o
the most elevated and beautiful locations II
town. Mr. j. G. Rogers is to build th'
house, which we learn will be handsome
one.
Among the new acquaintance we mad
at San Antonio was Judge Mason, Count,
Judge of Bexar We rode with him IN m
procession, and had occasion 10 notice that
ike our own Judge Kone, he is quite Ia
dies man-he was kept busy taking OF ~
hat 10 them a. we passed He dee net
however to state how many babies he he'
kissed lsee Beecher's late lecture) IN can
wasting for his present position.
Several times we have seen some three o
four quite small boys-school boys probabl.
running races on horseback along "a
street leading past the old graveyard 81
TUESDAY while thus engaged one of then
xas throxn from his horse and hurt, RI
know not how badly. Pars-ts and teacher
sho-Id take thee snail chaps n hand
they are too young to become Texas ranger
lust yet