San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-29
PERSONAL.


Rev. Mr.. Thran was in town yesterday.
Mrs. Robbins left ON yesterday on her an
nual summer sojourn at the North.
Mrs. Hinxie has gone home to Palestine
TO preside over their hne new residence.
O. W. Everett. OF San Antonio, was regis
tered at the Hofheinz ON Tuesday.
Mrs. Cooke and family have gone on q
visit to Harper, Gillespie county.
Our always genial friend Charlie wetxel,
of Kyle, made us pleasant call on Mon
day.
Col. Sledge, Mai. Nance and II. Hellman,
Of Kyle were among the visitors TO our town
this week.
That picture which some one has hung up
In tho post Office Is capital temperance
lecture. II Is well worth careful study.
The Prescott boarding house Is pretty
well filed, but still has accommodations for
few more nice boarders.
Mrs. Shepherd and Miss Black, agents
for DIR. Cranes new life OF Sam Houston,
made us a call on Monday.
Our last bouquet was from the hand Of
our friend Mrs. O. s. Cock. Thanks for the
pleasant remembrance.
We forgot TO notice last week call from
Mr.. Erwin, Of Luling. He was looking un-
usually well.
w. O. Thomas returned last week from
Preside county, about 100 miles this side
of Ell Paso. Strange to say, there had been
no rain there.
w. T. Robinson, for some time in charge
of the Giesen store, has left for his homo in
Waco. Webelieve he made quito favor
able impression during his sojourn here.
Mr.. Harris, our freight agent, is con-
spicuous example Of the healthful effects of
our locality. We should think he had
doubled his ''corporosity" during his resi-
dence of about year.
Alex. Moffitt, the topographic artist of
the FREE Press, who as job printer has
few Supporters in Texas, now appears on our
streets SO disguised as to be scarcely recog-
nizable by his most intimate acquaintance.
AKyle correspondent of the Banco Star
relates that the youngest child of Mrs. Julia
Mitchell was very badly scalded by the up
setting of kettle of boiling water, but was
doing as well as could be expected.
Mr.. Soutor has three white rabbits, two
old ones and one little one, of the long
haired family, which are very beautiful and
interesting pets. Their hair is as fine and
soft as silk.
Mr.. Oppenheimer last week sold the re-
naming stock of the Giesen store to H.
Hellman, of Kyle, who has taken charge.
We learn he has since sold the hardware de-
partment to Mr.. Geary, who has placed Mr..
Giesen in charge.
Our irrepressible fellow-citizen, Sam
Townsend, has bought out the meat market
of Davis & Wyatt and will continue the
business at their old stand. Townsends
old stand will be occupied by Aleck. (Mexi-
CAM as chile-con- carne stand
Mr.. Wintrod, of Des Moines, Iowa, ar
rived here the fore part of the week. He
is stopping at Mr.. Chastains and made the
FREE PRESS call. He is printer and
newspaper man, and of course is "clever
fellow" He came with one of the com.
panies of eScursionists from the North to
spy out the land, now SO frequent. Owing
to the railroad disarrangements consequent
upon the recent rain storms, they were
twice as long on the way as they otherwise
would have been. They say the rainy peri
cd is pretty well over at the North.
The Cemetery meeting on yesterday was
encourageingly well attended, the number
present being twice as large as last year
An election of officers was had. We have
not space for further notice this week, but
will resume the subject in our next.
Gun county and justices courts have beer
busy this week, but we are pressed fol
space, and besides we regard the details 81
for the most part scarcely BETTING the dig
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