San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-18
Personals.

Esquire J. Is. Stevenson has removed q
johnson City Blgnco county
Upole Ir'ly Alodru has sold his place in
tAo irolu,sing 20 kc!lGn 4 Bro for S62s5'
q. Oadlrlonk, tho famous nursoryman OF
a.!aion Valley, being In attendance ut con
ference, gave us u call
N. D. Mclean has located at this place In
tho practice or his profession of dontigt.
win call on persons desiring his services at
their ro4iloacoa on request.
We notice Mr1. J. NJ Black, of Prairie
Lea on our uroota, looking as blooming al
ever ana happy Ia tho possession Of an &c
conFany!as responsibility.
P.I Farmer haa removed from the Mag
IHoIa o. tho Exchange Hotel, AID will IA"
! sul Tho lhtt'r. The property still belongs
! o. ! $. Travis, and wo notice he IL repair
| Tag aHd O.Aorwiso lifting 1t up.
Our town Is full Of Methodist preachers,
lay delegates 20 the conference, and mem-
| beers Of tho ladies' missionary sosioty and
other ladies' besides visitors reporters, etc.
Among tho ministers We have had the
pleagure Of meeting during conference wore
MsrrB Thrhll and Brown, who were form
orly stationed ut this place. Glad to seo
them both looking well
County Commissioner Wyatt called on us
tho first OF the week Ho reports quite
unprecedented mast in the mountains, the
Ike hardly ever was seon. Pity but there
wac plenty of hogs to cat it, but such is not
tho fact
"Unc!e Peter, " the well known dealer in
vegetables, fruits, corrections. etc, has
opened a store in tho rear of Williamson's
saloon, where no has full stock Of every
thing in his line of the best quality and OF
low prices. Give him call
Frank Nowotny cut up badly Martin
Schubert at Fischors Store Monday morn
ing, near the close of German ball there.
II thought Schubert will die. Newotny's
father is tho man who killed Dan MGlon
Gomo ten years ago. He hns money and
friends, aud it is Thought will not have any
very serious trouble over the matter.
J. L. Malone jr.. was q student OF the
Gam Houston Normal Institute. There was
u call from Victoria for teacher, and Pres
ideut Baldwin recommended Mr.. Malone,
and he was tologrnphed to come over at an
advance on tho salary he expected. He ID
thoro and giving good satisfaction rs q
teacher This shows tho advantage of at
ionding tho State Normal school, and also
how merit will win.
G. NJ. Barnes, was sent to New Baunfels
10 write up the Luthorfost on Sunday last
md thence was sent on hero to report the
conference. We hear at his boarding house
no was mistaken for Methodist parson,
md asked 70 Say grace" which he did
We preguno of course he 'loarned how"
before he became newspaper man).
Whom he was found out" no doubt the
genuine preachers aud Christians wore at
once reminded of Job III.
A child of Mr. Farmer of tho Exchange
fotcl foil In tho well at tho Wootton place
uGt before his removal The child is boy
bout 10 months Old. The well is 40 feet
loop with some five or six foot of water.
fortunately tho child was missed very soon,
nj Mr.. T. wont down in tho well by means
f tho bucket rope found him floating ON
no water and brought him up. Strange to
ny no received no injury; it was certainly
most narrow escape.