San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-22
PERSONAL.

Our old fellow siiilsa Joe v. hrown. is visiting a,
,hls place.
Alex. smith. aud WV. Patterson Of Dripping
Springs were In town the fore part Of tAis week.
The latest bouquet ~ grace our fancy vase 10
from our fair aud smabis young TREND. Miss BEETLE
Ellison. Many thanks.
WV, Ellison Of Kyle. abro,hsr Of Rafus kllisen
Of this place. died . lev days since. shsr lnser-
Ing illness.
Mrs. Hawkins. . sis,sr Of NJ. swsssy. died 81 HE
residence on Saturday last. Her remains we're
taken to Galveston.
Mrs.. @, W. Reed returned recently from Arkan-
sAs. She reports considerable excitement there In
consequence OF the discovery Of COLA In the central
or upper pare Of the State.
@. Rllingsisy has presented Ne With . sample Of
nice cherries grown BY him. thus demonstrating that
they may DO successfully raised In this par Of
Texas.
Mrs. Hofhsins 10 a. yet only beginning 10 be able
to be about In consequence Of injuries received on
the railroad some time ago. They sui cause her
much pain.
The wedding on Sunday Of NJ. Bennett. the boss
carpenter from Chicago. and the elder daughter Of
M. Bills. took our people BY surprise. The Pass
PnEss extends congratulations.
One Of the pleasant and eommepdsbis features Of
The picnic was the presentation Of basket Of good
things from the dinner to the prisoners In our JAIL
Miss Nay Joyce. assisted By Elder Pri,ehe,'. 10 On.
titled TO the credit.
We have heard some comment on the condition Of
the reservoir Of tho wassrworks. which vs are In.
formed 10 coated with green scum. John william
son says II might readily DO removed By hiking Il up
so a. 10 run over. '---
We have been shown two admirable samples Of
crazy patchwork" BY a lady member Of 81. Marks
church for Mrs. Gov. ireland. They arc creditabls
to the artistic taste and skin Of the lady. who
would not allow us 70 mention her nAmo.
We have never seen the San Marcos river 90 deep
before. AZ the Austin ford II 10 almost impossible,
and bridge 10 loudly called for, and should be bull
The San Marcos dam does not seem to "hold water"
10 did last year. when twas claimed By that
its fountain head was In danger oil being forced back
into the mountains. where's MsJ stsndiiert
NJ. Bell met with quite . painful accident the
day Of the picnic. lnhsudling gun belonging to
passenger In his hack. II went on. mutilatng the
ends Of several ofhis fingers. He made . narrow
escape. The gun "wasn't loadsd", for just as Il
went on the Isrealite who owned II exclaimed;
"Dere wash NO load init dot gun" Several others
We 70 In the hack at the time.
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We were favored with we'll written report Of the
festival Of last week for the beneH, Of the Presby
terrain church. We regret that. owing to . pres
sure ofJob work and lack space We are sompsll-
ed to abridge II somewhat, as follows:
Refreshments such a. Ice cream, lemonade cake
and other dainties served In good style By the
ladies and the children Of the church.
The curtain rose 1t $50. when Mr.. Goodrich Jones
recited "Ar.emus Ward on The Mormon Question"
with no little credit to himself Next In the pro-
gramme was "The Old Maid" q solo. rendered By
Mrs. Ed. Kyle. This lady has great natural powers
which were brought out with full force In her rom
ditlon u the above character,
Longfellow's "Evaugeline," in four scenes was
we'll represented By Mrs. Ed. Kyle a. reader. Miss
Sidney Kone as EvangslIne, Mr.. W. q. Davis as
Mr.. A. A. Alexander as Benedict, Mr.. Jas.
Storey as Basil, Mr. B. B. Price priest and B. e.
Ostrom as notary, with numerous guards and peas
antry, Suffice It TO say that the tableaux were In
deed very effective. The "New Church Qrgan' by
Miss Nettie Cook assisted by Mrs. 3D. Kyle was well
The performance closed with "Peanuts,"
side splitting duet sung by B. K. Ostrom and Mr.
Goodrich Jones' Sweet strains Of music wore In
.erspersed by the San Marcos String Band.
After the performance cl.- each one present
did his share In the purchase Entertainments, Th
net proceeds were $55 IS.
Rev. ]. B. French 10 entitled to large credit for
the success Of the affair.