San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-23
Personals.
W. B. Moore has removed to Kyle.

Mr.. and Mrs. ID. A. Porter were on TIT
: train for San Antonio on Monday
D J. L. Malone and J. E. Hunter were a
New Braunfels on Monday.
Mrs. Lynch, of New Orleans, is visiting
her daughter Mrs. Lea
Major Hutchinson returned from Virgins
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Ragsdale Is having her town lot neal
the Baptist church fenced.
D. A. Glover is building second story
to his dining-room.
Mr.. Forsyth has built handsome add.
ton to his residence.
julius Rudorf has returned and now has
a position with Giesen.
There will be services at the Catholic
church Sunday at the usual hours.
Northcraft Il Donaldson are to DO the build.
ers of Judge Woods %, 700 dwelling.
Judge Kennard and family, of Navasota,
are in, town, and stopping at the Prescott
house.
Parson Hatcher has been numbered among
the missing" from this place for several
weeks.
A. LeSmith, I. Il G. N. r. r.; II. M.
Cohn, N. Y, and w. II. Kimberlee, are
registered at the Hofheinz.
| Donaldson l. Co., are finishing up their
new building in fine style. They will re-
move into it this week and next.
J. H. Durham is now monarch of oil he
| surveys at the new passenger depot, being
ticket agent, operator, and baggage master.
Parson Williamson's meetings begin on
Friday night and continue over Sunday.
Services at Christian church Sunday.
H. G. Dickinson, a young attorney of San
Antonio called on the FREE PRESS on Tues
day.
Mrs. DR.. Denton and her daughter, Miss
Alice, are visiting at this place; also Miss
Annie, daughter of Rev. J. B. Denton.
Judge Kone's new residence begins to
loom up handsomely from the mountains.
AS yet we have only seen it from distance.
A negro boy hauling water on Saturday
accidentally ran over child of S. l.. Town.
send, inficting serious injuries. The child
is doing well.
Maj. Bishop has made ON addition to the
part of his house occupied by Miss Cook, so
as to allow needed extension of the post
Office.
f. NJ. Hardeman has removed his family
to town. They occupy the property of
Mrs. Ragsdale, on San Antonio street. Mrs.
HIS mother, Mrs Day, resides with them.
The Reid boys, Will and Alb. will occupy
Books new building as soon as completed
with grocery store. 1t is an elegant bust
ness room. 1t is being plastered outside, as
well rs elegantly finished within.
Mosher d Gladue are soon to build the
first house in Cook IL Woods new addition
to San Marcos 1t is to be dwelling for
Owen Ford, and will front on Maj. Hutchi-
sons home place.
Thanks to w. H. Owens for copy of
the Pine Bluff, Ark, Commercial, contain
ing article on the celebration at that place
of the completion of the Texas and st.
Louis railway.
Miss Lyde Davis left for home on Friday
last, after pleasant sojourn here of over q
month-pleasant alike to her and her friends.
She would do well to come oftener, or stay
longer.
Major Trimble is now "at home" at Miss
Coleman's boarding house. Besides the
additional attraction of the brilliant and vi
vacious Miss Russell. The Major occupies
q truly enviable position for an old bachelor.
The sheriff this week began selling at auc-
tion the stock of goods of the late firm of
P. r.. Turner g. Co. We understand they
are being sold at the instance of certain par
ties who filed attachments pIior to or in dis
regard of the assignment
DR.. Jackman has favored us with severa
copies of the Columbia, Mo-, Herald con-
tanning o series of articles on Texas written
by one of his friends who passed through
here some months since. He reaches the
conclusion that Missouri is preferable to
Texas.
Mr.. Ratliff, one of our county commits
sioners, called at our Office on Monday du-
ring our absence with samples of corn rails
ed as we learn by ex-commissioner Peter
Schmitt, which it is fairly estimated will
average 40 bushels to the acre. We believe
he, as also Mr.. Ratliff, have considerable
crop of this kind of corn. Mighty, good
for this season.
Miss Nellie Byrd, very intelligent and
attractive young lady, representing that no
ted literary journal, the Sunny South, of
Atlanta, Ga made the FREE PRHss q very
pleasant call on Tuesday. She is travelling
agent and correspondent for said paper, and
one of the kind who will add to its circula-
ton and popularity.
G. W. Briggs has been spending some
time at home. By the way, his baby met
with quite a serious accident few days
since. pistol which was kept in bureau
drawer was left out a short time; the baby
got hold of it and let il fall II exploded
and wounded the child in several places IN
It's lower limbs They were only flesh
wounds however, and We learn the child is
doing veil A narrow escape.