San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-10-02

Go to Taylor Bros for fancy candy.
Some of the stiles leading into the court
house grounds need repairing.
They are rising money q to build Pres
byterian church at Kyle.
TAYLOR Bros. is the place to buy fresh
and cheap groceries.
The finest lot of fancy candies in San
Marcos is kept by JOHN A. THOMAS.
If YOU want to get the worth of your mon
ey buy your groceries from Taylor Il Bros
Fresh lot of fancy canned goods, Californ-
n Fruits. etc. JNo. A. THOMAS.
The PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL for October
contains portraits and biographical sketches
of the Candidates Of Reform" Butler and
st. John, and about dozen other articles
of interest besides editorial and miscellany.
Before the late rains, water sold at 12a
cents a bucket at Kyle, so said Kyle
special to the Statesman. This scarcity of
water is one Of the worst drawbacks to our
enterprising neighbor.
WE thank the goodly number of our sub
scribers who have responded to our bills of
last week, and trust the remainder will fol-
low suit soon. Apropos, we should have
said that renlittances may be made by mail
by postal notes which cost but three cents
each.
The court house should be furnished with
a bell to announce the sessions of court. the
coming in of juries with verdicts, and pub
lie meetings of all sorts, as is the custom In
sthe States" The present state OF things
is very awkward. An inexpensive bell
would answer
The ''old flag" which belongs to the FREE
PRESS office, was flung to the breeze for the
first time from the dome of the court house
the day of the tournament. A permanent
flagstaff should be placed there for use on
the 4th of July, Washington's birthday, San
Jacinto day, etc.
WE are not in the habit of giving much
space to theological discussions, but admit
this week communication of that nature.
Local matters being rather dull, we thought
it might awaken interest. We promise to
hold the balance even between the opposite
sides, and will say now that we shall not
permit protracted controversy in our col
umns.
The recently recognized adaptation OF the
court house yard for festivals, etc., forcib-
ly suggests the importance Of extending the
fence so as to include all the ground belong
ing to the court house. The fact that the
county is not now able to purchase an iron
fence, as has been talked of, affords no good
reason why the grounds should not be in
closed, planted in shrubbery, and otherwise
put in order. A simple extension OF the
present fence in the same style would be
sufficient. We hope to see this matter at
tended to ct an early day.
WE notice by the Post that the public
schools of Houston did not open till Sep
TENDER Goth, the term being nine months.
This rule should, we think, be gener-
ally adopted, especially in the South. The
weother is generally so hot during September
that little or nothing is gained by opening
the schools earlier, in q scholastic point OF
view, while positively injurious to the health
and studious habits of the pupils. Let the
schools open with cool weather, and the pu-
pills will feel like going to work at once with
activity, and really gain by the delay.
The San Antonio Express of Sunday says:
Robinson, the slayer Of Kone at San mar
cos, who was convicted there and awarded
penalty of two years in the penetentlary,
and brought here subsequently for safe
keeping, was taken to the CONVICT camp
yesterday afternoon by penitentary con-
tractor Galbraith."
We do not know what this convict camp
is, or what they do with the convicts who
are sent there.
TIE San Marcos FRRE PREss is pleading
WIN oennquent suoscr1oeh. Ano - :.
country newspaper In not the best, but II
publishers would run their business Just
Ike other business men and demand pay
promptly, they would get along mnch bet
ter.-ISan Antonio Light
That isprecisely what ne did, no plead
ing" in the case. We want nobody to take
Our paper Who does not wish 10, nor shall
vePermit any 10 do 80 unless they pay
WITH reasonable promptness-