San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-25
Personals.

Personals.
A. II. Farmer has removed TO sabinal
Uvaldo county.
Loo wootton has gone 10 Prcsidio county
10 reside,
A. @. Butler has removed TO Milan coun-
ty.
Major Hutchinson haa taken an interest In
and become q member of the San Marcos
Water Co.
II was Major Moon, not Moore az the
typos got II, tho sale Of whose property We
mentioned in our last
Mr.. Mcmillan, OF Harrison county uncle
of Mr.. Bell and Mrs. A. Jones, Is horo on
a visit.
Row. J. w. Stovall while attending con-
fercnce stopped with his special friend and
patron, Mayor Cock.
Commissioner Ratlif and Mr.. Rowe of
Dripping Springs were in attendance at the
conference last week.
Dufing tho ''pressuro" on our Office Inst
week, we were favored with the valuable
aid of our young topographic friend, II.
McIvor Church, of New Braunfcls-
Mr.. Garth, u painter from Iowa, and fami-
ly who stopped here, have removed TO San
Antonio, because he could not find work
enough here.
Guadalupe county. He is assessed on
this county goes him better over $40, 000 his
assessment being $6l, 200.
Judge Woods new residence Is looming
up, and makes an imposing appearance.
1t is q regular framed building after the style
of ''the States."'
Mr.. Ward left tho first of tho week to at
tend the trial of his son, OF Hondo City,
which was set for Wednesday, but the case
having been continued, MIR. w. is home
again.
The Claire Scott theatrical troupe, came
on Monday according to announcement, but
did not see fit to play on the ground that
they did not find the hall satisfactory. 1t is
true we ought to have better one.
Charlie Haynes returned from Tennessee
the fore part of the week, looking well. He
said the hills back there look rather poor,
and that his relations who lately went back
there from this county are not certain
whether they are jolly or not.
Col. Sledge has rented his home farm for
four years for $4,000 year. He will be
heard from in larger enterprises looking to
the progress of this region and the South
generally.
Mrs. Sutherland, of Daley q Bro, we
regret to learn, met with painful accident
a few days since by stepping on a needle.
It ran into her foot, and she cannot tell
whether it is entirely removed. She is thus
disabled from duty.
We had pleasant interview on Sunday
with Rev. Mr., Graves and his excellent wife,
former acquaintances. On our return we
passed Mr.. Collins's who Ito use Scripture
term) compelled" US to stop and take sup
per, and an excellent one it was. Mr. O. is
from Illinois, and W@tern hospitality will
not yield even to Southern,
Our friend Maj Donaldson attended the
wedding of Halsey Chonoweth, last week at
San Antonio, and was SO pleased with tho
style of tying the knot of the officiating
minister that he informed us on his return
(confdentially), that be was almost persuad-
ed to give him another job himself. Go in
Major as the man who couldn't make
speech said to the other, oven hold your
hat"
Though the FREE Press has not thus far
found it expedient to indulge in any ''origi-
nal remarks on the late conference, (cir-
cumstances beyond its control having pre-
vented), it claims the service of having ex-
tended its official hospitality to the reporters
of the San Antonio Express, first to G. M.
Barnes, and later to his successor, Rev. Mr.
Graves. We have some Conference Notes'
of our own which we expect to lay before
our readers next week.
We had pleasant call last week from
Ellis Pattie for 26 years with the State Re-
gister of Des Moines, Iowa, Clarkson Bros.
proprietors. The Clarksons are sons of G. !
F. Clarkson, a veteran journalist for many
years publisher Of the Brookvilie, Ind. } |
American, in our part of that State He
has acquired O handsome competency in |
Iowa, but still writes for his sons newspa- |
per. Mr.. Patio is prospecting in Texas, |
and was much pleased with this part of the |
State. At our suggestion. he promised to |
bring the subject of paper mill to the at |
tention of the proper parties at the North. |
What IL that saying ABOUT preparing the |
cage before capturing the bird? It seems
% us we have heard something of the sort,
md we were reminded of it lately in pass
ng the residence of a hitherto incorrigible |
I'D bachelor of our town. The way he has
been fixing up" bis home is very suggest
We of something about to turn up in his
personal experience of peculiarly interest
ng nature. Add to this the fact of his re-
,ent purchase of the celebrated "Obanion
oarlor Organ" and we submit that, at least
before a jury of the gossips of our town,
here is pretty clear case against our bach
,lor friend and the FREE PRESS confidently
anticipates an announcement and share OF
the cake" at an early day.
Our Railroad Business.