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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-03-13
District Court

At the present term is more largely attended
and attracts more interest than usual. As
we go to press only few civil cases of no
special interest have been reached, and one
criminal case disposed of, viz: the State Vs.
John Richardson (negro) two cases, burglary
aud assault to murder. Sentenced to the
penitentiary in one case three in the other
seven years.
The grand jury has found twenty -four in
dictments. Robinson and Whitley are in
dicted for murder, and their cases set for
Tuesday next.
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ANYTHING and everything can be had
at the bankrupt stock OF Giesen's for less
than cost w. 4. RoBIssoN, agent.
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Sorghum and millet seed at

VARIOUS hiudrauces have prevented our
keeping up the publication of transfers of
real estate. We resume them this week,
and will now try and bring them up to date
as soon as practicable.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-03-13

James Taylor & Bro, have just received q
fine lot of tobacco and cigars.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-03-13

Not to be outdone, Townsend, too has
added an ice-c chest to "the old reliable meat
market. He expects to continue to reside
and sell meat in this place.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-03-13

We are now almost daily in receipt of
fresh new goods of recent purchase, for
spring stock. We have now in store at rea-
sonabie prices, full line Of ladies', misses
and children's fine Shoes White goods,
such as piques, lawns, checkered and striped
nainsooks, table damask, napkins, towels,
ETC., in splendid variety, at low prices.
Also, cottonades, checks and stripes, mems
boys and youths clothing. Spring hats-all
grades, of newest designs. Our stock of
linens, lawns, seersuckers and dress ging-
hams deserve special notice. Ladies' and
misses hosiery, lace and linen collars, fchus
in good variety. Come and see us-will
give you our best attention.
JOHNSON d JOHNSON.
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GENTLEMEN attending court are invited to
call at the FREE Press Office, examine speci-
men copies of the paper, and if they like it,
leave their names as subscribers.
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Mass from the Texas Sour Springs, CIV
ing their virtues in condensed form, for
aaie nv RAYNoLps d DANIEL.
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Notice..

The taxes for the corporation of San Mar
cos are now due and am ready to receive
the same. All concerned will please give
the matter prompt attention.
T. NJ. PRINCE.
Marshal.
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BARGAINSi BARGAINS!! At Giesen's
bankrupt stock Call soon and save big
money. w. Il. RoDINsoN, agent.
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A nice line of canned goods OF Leavel Is,
including California fruits.
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GLADUE & MosHER, carpenters and build
ers. Can give the best of references. If
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Picture palettes, panels, plaques, &C., at
San MARCOS Book STORE.
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SAVED fifty per cent by buying at the
bankrupt store Of VIM. Giesen.
w. T. ROBINSON, Agt.
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MARRIAGE LICENSEES since our last record
to the 18th inst.
Charles Johns and Emma Maberry.
Peter Ault and Elmirs Dykes.
Tony Bunton and Emma Friend.
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WE find ourself short Of few copies of
our last issue. Any of our subscribers who
may be willing to hand their copies to us
will confer a favor and will be paid for the
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LAST chance for big bargains at the
Gesen bankrupt store.
w. 7 ROBINSON, Agt.
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SINGLE copies of the FREE PRESS for sale
at the Office, five cents each.
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BABB1rr METAL always supplied at the
FREE PRESS Office,
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LOUISIANA

e OLD NEwsrAPERs for wrapping purposes at
the FREE PRESS Office.
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G. W. DONALDSON u Co.

ANYTHING and everything can be had
at the Giesen store for half price.
w. L. ROBINSON, agent.
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Magnolia hams at LeavelPs, fresh and
warranted.
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Horse Bills
Neatly printed at this Office.

James Taylor Bro. always have some
thing good to eat at their store, and don't
you forget it.
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BANKRUPT SALE. Bargains Bar
gains II Giesen's store. W. T. ROBINSON
Agent
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I'm FEEx PEEss is one Of the best sdEsr-
tsiag mediums in Western Texas. while It's
dob Printing Offioe IS ucsurFassed outside
TIE larger towns and cites Of the Stats- All
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Eist VII receive prompt attention
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Svasey has enroute car Of line -four.
and has in stock now ss 6ne a selection OF
family groceries as can be found anywhere.
What you buy Of him is guaranteed and de-
hvered free anywhere in de city Give him
a cal and c0nvince yourself New goods
Aruving all The time.
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San Marcos Retail Price Cnrreut.

CORRECTED WEEKLY FOR TIE FREE
PRESS. BIZ O. W. DONALDSON & co.
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DOLLAR SAVED is dollar made. A
the great bankrupt sale Giesen's store.
w. T. ROBINSON, agent.
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1T WILL pay to borrow money and take
advantage of the bargains to be had at
the Giesen store.
W. T. ROBINSON, Agent
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Thpe and Pig Tongue at
McAII1srER'a-
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LOUISIANA
SUGAR, IL lbs. 81 90.
MOLASSES' SOC gallon.
These goods are pure and we guarantee
satisfaction.
q w DoNAJaoN A. Co
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REGULAR services next Sunday and Sum-
day night at the Baptist church. Preaching
at IL o'clock by the pastor ON The house
we live in." Preaching at night by Rev. l.
ID. jackson.
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Legal Card,

Legal CAr0.
w. d. Wood and Owen Ford have associ-
ated themselves together for the practice of
law in civil matters in Hays county, Texas.
Office for the present, at the Court House,
San Marcos. Dot. 25-ly.
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FOR BARGAINS go to the bankrupt
stock of VIM. Giesen's. w. T. RoBNsos
Agent.
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ls AGENT IN SAN MARCOS where GOLD SILVER
Spectacle b
tn mch66m A AWKES.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
Mifiin'S Great Gun.

The Norwalk Conn Hour says: On
the floor in one Of the rooms of the Nor
walk Iron Works Company is q long,
heavy cylinder. Its length is about
twenty-eight. feet, and the diameter of
the bore is about four inches. In
another department men are at work
constructing an air compressor. When
the latter is completed it will be con-
nected with the tube mentioned above.
and what the inventor confidently be-
lieves will he most tremendous engine
of war will be completed and ready for
trial. Several years ago, while in Wash
ington, a gentleman from Ohio heard
naval officer say that if a gun could be
constructed that would throw dynamite
it would Observation-Disclosures modern
warfare. Mr.. Miffin--that was the gen
tleman's name-proceeded at once to in
vent such gun. and he has reason to
believe that it will be a perfect success.
1t would not do to use powder as
a propelling power, for it's sudden action
would explode the dynamite cartridge at
the start, and blow the gun to atoms.
Compressed air. at pressure of about
800 pounds to the square inch, will take
the place of powder, and the gun now in
South Norwalk is expected to throw a
three-pound cartridge a distance of two
miles. Imagine the effect of cartridge
of even so small a weight striking the
side or deck of a vessel, or the ramparts
of fort. The explosion would he terri
hle in its results. If the gun is a sue
cess others of size sufficient to throw
100 pounds of dynamite ten miles will be
constructed. The gun, loaded with sand
instead of dynamite, will be tested in
South Norwalk at an early day in the
presence of naval officers, scientific
men. and others.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
Colorado Watch-Tinkers.

Greeley is also noted for its watch
makers. Isent my watch to the first one
heard of, and he said itneeded cleaning.
He cleaned it. [ paid him two dollars
and took it home, when it ran two hours
and then suspended. Then took it to
another matchmaker, who said shat the
first man had used machine oil on its
works and heated the wheels so as to
gum the oil on the cogs. He would have
to eradicate the cooked oil from the watch
and it would cost me three dollars.
paid it and joyfully took the watch
home. The next day found that it had
gained time enough to pay for itself. By
noon, however. it had fatigued itself so
that it was losing terribly, and by the
day following had unfolded its still hands
across its pale face in the sleep that
knows no waking. I took it to the third
and last jeweler in the town. Every one
said that he was good workman, but a
trifie slow. In the afternoon I went to
see how he was getting along with it. He
was sitting at his bench with dice cup
in his eye, apparently looking at the
digestive economy of the watch.
I looked at him some time. not wishing
to disturb. him and interfere with his
diagnosis. He did not move or say any
thing. Several people came in to trade
and to get the correct time, but he paid
no attention to them.
I got tired and changed from one foot
to the other several times. Then |
asked him how he got along, or some
thing of that kind, but he never opened
his head. He was the most preoccupied
watch SaYant [ ever saw No outside
influence would break up his chain of
thought when he got after a diseased
watch.
l finally got on the outside of the
shop and looked in the window, where
[ could get good view of his face.
He was asleep.-BILL NYE.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
The White Elephant.

The most recent authority on white
elephants. Mr.. Carl Book, tells us that
the sanctity of a white eIephant dates
from the earliest period of Buddhist his
tory. One of the prOudest titles of the
King of Siam is ''Lord of the White
Elephant" Not very long ago a real
white elephant, who exceIled all his fell
lows in beauty. was brought into Bang
kOk with all the pomp and ceremony of
an emperor. According to Mr.. Rock, he
was quite an albino. the whole body
being of a pale reddish brown color,
with few white hairs on the back. The
The iris of the eye, the color of which is
q pale Naples yellow. He was blessed
the nobility. One of the high priests
presented him with a piece of sugar
cane, on which was written the ele-
plants name in full, and which he very
readily ate. The following is transla-
ton OF his description, painted on red
tablet, hung over one of the pillars of
his stall: can elephant of beautiful
color; hair, nails, and eyes are white.
Perfection in form. with all signs of
regularity of the high family. The color
of the skin is that of lotus. A descend
ant Of the angels of the Brahmins. Ac-
quired as property by the power and
glory of the king for his service. Is
equal to the crystal of the highest value.
Is of the highest family in existence. A
source of power of attraction of rain. Tt
is as pure as the purest crystal of the
highest value in the world" The ele-
phant has for a companion a white
monkey
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
Household Hints and Helps.

One of the most reliable receipts for a
white LAYER cake is this: One cup of
butter beaten to a cream, with two cups
of sugar; add one cup of sweet milk,
three cups of -four, with two teasponfuIs
of baking powder mixed with it and the
well beaten whites of five eggs. This is
also delicious if baked i'll a loaf, with a
large cup of chopped raisins in it, put
them in last. reserving a little of the
flour to sprinkle over them.
Pieces of layer cake that have become
too dry need not be thrown away.
Steam them for five minutes, and serve
as dessert with nice pudding sauce The
layer cake made with boiled frosting and
chopped raisin filling makes delicious
pudding.
To get the full flavor of dried or evapo-
rated peaches. they should first be al
lowed to soak for at least three or four
hours, then cook them slowly; when
they are almost done add the sugar, then
set them away and let them get perfect
ly cold. If not used until the second
day they will he still better, as they will
absorb the sugar and be much richer APP
parently. If for use in buildings, treat
in this way also, as it will repay you for
taking thought. Use the juice in the
pudding sauce.
This rule for corn bread must be care
fully followed to procure the excellent
possible result: Take two tablespoon
fuls of Indian meal, two of molasses.
one not at all heaping, one of soda, one
and a half teacups of buttermilk, a
good pinch of salt: thicken this until it
is about like thick paste with rye flour;
bake i'll a moderate oven for thirty-fve
minutes.
Excellent breakfast cakes are made of
three eggs, one teasponful of sugar, one
coffee cup of sweet milk, one cup of
warm water, three tablespoontuls of
yeast, -four enough to make stiff bat
ter Leave the white of three eggs
until the batter has risen, then add
them; a pinch of salt is needed. If
started the night before, these cakes are
delicious. They will be as light as puffs.
An excellent rule for making nut
candy is to take two pints of maple
sugar. half a pint of water, or enough
to dissolve the sugar and no more. Let
this boil until it becomes brittle, when a
little is ''tried' in cold water. Butter
some plates or tins, cover with nut
meats, and pour the candy over them.
Hickory nuts or butternuts are nicer
with this than almonds or peanuts.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
What Is a =" Sheeny."

In summing up for the defence in a
suit, in Brooklyn, the attorney gave the
following as the origin and meaning of
came from the words Meesa," a
Hebrew word, which means death, and
6 NTashinpah." Sanskrit word which
originally signifed sudden. Collectively,
these two words signified sudden death
T They were first applied as a mark of OPP
pro6ium to the Israelites by the Egyp-
ttians while they were in bondage in
Egypt, and were atterward applied to
each other for the same purpose during
forty years wanderings in the wilder
ness. After the Israelites arrived in
Palestine the epithet continued to be
applied to them by the surrounding
tribes, and it has chung to them to the
present day, after having been corrupted
to its present form of " Sheeny." Origin
oIIy il was g Mesa ashinna, p" or "Sud-
den Death "
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
Those Little Birds.

Mr.. Talmage, in his sermon recently,
illustrated some of his remarks with the
following picturesque anecdote 81
have been told that the Cathedral of st.
Marks stands in square in the centre
of the City of Venice, and that when
the clock strikes u at noon. all the
birds from the city and the regions
around about the city fly to the square
and settle down. It came about in this
wise: A ge-hearted woman, passing
one MONDAY across the square, saw
some birds shivering in the cold, and
she scattered some crumbs of bread
among them, and so on from year to
year, until the day of her death. In
her will she bequeathed a certain
amount of money to keep up the same
practice; and now, at the drst stroke OF
the bell at noon, the birds begin to
come there, and when the clock has just
struck II the square is covered with
them"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
The Market OyerstOcked.

The Rev. S. B. Halliday. in letter
to the New York Tribune, saws Both
New York and Brooklyn are bad places
now for any person, male or female. to
come to to find employment of any kind
whatsoever. Multitudes out of work
for weeks have already exhausted thes
little store saved from their season s
earnings, and are obliged to resort TIM,
carly to public charity for food and fue
In this condition of things people livin g
away from the city are coming here Il
great numbers where they are certain 70
meet disappointment and suffering
lie cites a number of cases of SUFFERING,
that have come under his attention. and
adds If the papers throughout this
country and other countries as we'll will
give this warning they will help TO pre-
vent the disappointment and suffaring
so sure to come to those who womb
resort here. Hardly any sort of service
could be called for from the commences
labor to the highest skilled or the most
competent accountant, that could NOT he
duplicated hundred fold for almost tho
smallest compensation that could ha
named. "O
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
Prussian Soldiers in France.

In the very dining-room where VIC
take our meals. says a lady, writing from
France, the Prussians a few wears aoo
stabbed their horses. and wrenched the
doors of their hinges to burn as fire.
wood Allusions to such "reminiscences
often occur. One elderly lady, fatigued
now with a walk OF couple of miles, re-
marks
"Yet I had to trudge on foot all the
twenty-seven miles between this place
aad Paris, and with the snow on the
ground, too, when / slipped through the
German lines to re;oiu my husband here.
for Il was the only way in which the
journey could be accomplished. 1t was
long before [ recovered from it's effects. &"
Yet justice is rendered even to the in
hictOrs of so many hardships.
81 went at first to friends in tbe
south, - said another lady, thinking fine
siege would only last few weeks. After
waiting SIX months, ] had TO return. and
found my house occupied by Prussian
soldiers and completely dilapidated
Whenever they came to houses which
ba been abandoned they felt irrltated
aad damaged them recklessly: but I
cannot deny that when l returned and
took up my abode with them. they did
not behave badly. And, Frenchwoman
as l am to the core, l must own that our
enemies had one good qualitv-they
were wonderfully kind to children. The
great stalwart fellows were often seen
trotfing ont our little boys and girls for
walk, or even hushing our babies off
to sleep in their arms. Very likely they
We're themselves fathers Of familit S, and
would far rather have been peacea6ly at
home with them than here fighting with
as. Heaven send that we may never
again go to war !"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
OF q Broken Heart,

Lura Vellie Libby, aged 10, was
missed at Strong Village, Me. A large
number of neighbors deployed them
selves in a long line and went slowly
through the woods. One man saw a
patch of ground which appeared natural,
except that some brakes had begun to
wither. He rolled back a sheet Of turf
and found the body of the girl. All eyes
instinctively turned upon Lawrence
Doyle, who had been for years in the
employment of Mr.. Libby as a farm
hand, In the trial he accounted by wit
nesses for all the time during which he
was absent from the homestead, except
one hour, which the defence claimed was
too short for him to have reached the
spot. The jury refused to convict him,
but on the second trial he was sentenced
to be hanged. By reason of the influence
of his counsel, Mr. Pillsbury, who
thoroughly believed in his innocence, the
sentence was committed to imprison-
ment for life, and he was sent to the Maine
State prison at Thomaston, where he
died of a broken heart. Mr.. Pillsbury
has never ceased to consider his client
wholly innocent. DOyle's death hap
pened sixteen years ago.