San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02
Personals

DR.. W. A. McGehee, of Bastrop county,
called on us last week.
Uncle Tommy McGehee has again come
down from Llano.
Geo. Ward, having purchased tho Parson
Fisher place, has removed to town.
Mr. Glover, ayoung man who resided with
his parents near MIR. Ezelrs, died last week.
DR.. Ford Burleson, of San Antonio has
been spending some at this place.
Thos. johnson Of johnson Il johnson has
gone to New York to buy goods.
Our late townsman, Geo. Briggs Is now
clerk of the Beach Hotel, Galveston.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Henne-
man who reside with Mr.. Laumen, died sud-
denly on Sunday night last.
w. G.. Sneed, one of Austin's prominent
young gentlemen, is spending few days in
our town.
Lanham is furnishing wood to such as
want it, and we are glad to learn will open
a wood yard next fall and winter.
II was cotton worm psison that was so
disastrous to the the Mitchell family at
Stringtown.
NJ. s. Hutchinson. representing the mar.
bic works of Underhill g. Co., Austin, will
be at this place on the Goth inst.
Mr.. lockwood, formerly Of this place, we
learn is still in or near San Antonio. His
health has not improved.
Miss 10 Nance, we are sorry to say, Is
lying very ill. Her mother and brother
have returned from Arkansa, in consequence.
Mai. Donaldson will leave on visit to the
North in about a week. He will take IN the
Louisville exposition.
w. T. Chapman had the bad luck to get
three of the fingers of his left hand crashed
between cogwheels in Steele's planning mill.
Henry Clay Kent Blackstone is promis.
ing young prospective lawyer OF tbs viclni.
ty, but he is not of the first ,oater. SSa6e
la rata?
We were pleased recently to meet John
Scott and DR.. Cruseturner, who have beer
on the invalid list for some time. Glad to
see them out again.
At the camp-meeting on Sunday Rev. Mr.
Horton, of Seguin, preached ia the fore
noon and Rev. Mr.. Gi'lett 10 the afternoon
The subject of the latter's sermon was thu
work and Office of the Holy Spirit
c.. Kane called on last week with {
fine sample of cotton raised on r. Martiu
dales farm down the river: 1t was cia'met
to be the first bale. and weighed 6OS pounds
VIM. Giesen was the purchaser.
A correspondent from Temple writes u
that Mr. Freeman the photographer, i
there with good many fine specimes o
Young men and ladies' of San Marcos Gu
correspondent thinks they are good "sam
pies" to take uywhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Il. .McGehee will leav
to-day for trip north, the Louisville Expo
sition etc. His father will accompauy hin
to North Alabama, his old home, which h
has not visited for SO years.
Mr.. Moore, teamster, has bought tw
lots in Barber's addition to San Marcos, an
is building residence thereon. We ha
often noticed the place as one of the hano
someest building sites in our town. Their
are good many more of the same SORT j
that vicinity.
Can't. H. P. Johnson, editor of the Koi
ciusko, Miss, Star, who had been spendin
some time at MIR. Kil'ough's for his health
died on Tuesday, of consumption. His n
mains were sent home by the Texas En-
press.
The old house which was removed to Civ
place to Judge Woods new building, wei
on its second trip. We leara it once stoo
on the Mitchell corner, and was his mr.
store house. 1t now goes south, to o poil
nearly adjoining the livery stable OF Barrie
IL Manlove.
Mr.. Scofeld, who removed here for b
health, being afflicted with long diseas
has returned to Missouri. He found no in
provement in his own case, and one OF b
bows was taken down with typhoid feve
Just as he had begun to recover, his moth'
was taken with the same disease and die
of il last week. She came here in tir
, health. A most disastrous end to the hope
, and prospects of the family. Persons cor
ing here for their health make mistal
when the fail to seek high, airy locatic
and spacious houses. If Mr.. s. had done
= the other members of his family would pro
abably. have escaped disease, and the
, would have been more chance of his ow
recovery.
> Law Card.
The undersigned, on East side of Plaz
second door South of Post office in San Ala
cos, can be found at all times. Has for ga
, Farms Business Houses in town, and coun
of HAYS and other counties in Texas. T
offers cheap, on easy terms, invites pu