San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-10-09
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beef hide cut his hand aud Ia suffering II
,, consequence from blood-poisoning.
Miss Ellxa Andrews. of Bryan, a progresses
ing young lady, niece Of tho Taylor Bros
has come TO make her homo with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Peyton Taylor. 't.H,.,.
Nearly all the candidates, we believe, and
also some Of their friends are busily engag
cd in electioneering.
Miss de Graaenreid, late Of Falls county
Is now residing at this place with her moth.
or, Mrs. Minter.
Miss Matte Heaton has returned home
from her visit to Pearsall and Is again on
duty in the postoffice.
Prof. Jordan, Of Kyle Seminary, preach
cd at the Baptist church on Sunday. Rev.
Mr.. Martin resumed his series Of meetings
on Monday night
DIR. J. B. King, of Gonzales county, call.
cd ON us last week. He was prospecting
for location. (The above was written fol-
our last, but was mHaid.) f
Ed. Christian Jr. Is the book. keeper OF
Christian & Co., our lumber dealers. He
has his Office in that formerly occupied by
Newt Travis. /
We learn that our old friend Mr.. Often.
hansen was his own lawyer in recent case
before Squire Cock, and ''faxed out" o
leading law firm Of our town.
Mrs. Sutherland, wife of the Methodist
missionary down in Mexico, has been
/ ksr,a hara a q
distinguished in church vocal musical
Giro les. .......
Mr.. and Mrs, Mullins came on q visit to
their old home last week. They now re-
side in Fort Worth. We were pleased to
see our friend Mr.. M. in better health and
spirits than he was on his last previous visit.
Jno. T. Townsend left last week on his
return to Mexico, his son having so changed
for the better as to warrant his absence for
a time, and business there being pressing.
He promised to let us hear from him more
frequently, the mails permitting.
Mr.. Mann has handed US the alphabetical
lists of Patents and inventions for the quar-
ter ending March 81, 1884. 1t contains It's
closely printed pages the size of the Con-
gressional Record, and gives one an en-
larged idea of the inventive talent and
enterprise of the Universal Yankee Nation"
Green has decided to open several
windows on the east side of his corner
building, up stairs, so as to ''let in the day.
light" and lay off the space into rooms suit
able for occupancy. 1t will cost him good
round sum to get through the solid stone
wall.
The Kyle News is quite unneccessa rily
exercised about an item we recently pub
lished concerning an alleged incident at one
of our restaurants. 1t was handed us by
boarder at said place, and published on
his authority, as an item of local news.
The FREE PRESS has no further responsible
lily in connection with the subject.
A colored couple brought their five year
old boy to Reynolds & Daniels last Sunday
to have grain of popcorn extracted from
his ear. 1t seems the little fellow placed it
there himself, and it was in so deep as to be
barely visible and very difficult to extract.
DIR. Burleson removed it and the parents
departed happy.
We have been shown very beautiful
work of art executed by Miss Katie Booker.
1t is picture of the San Marcos Falls,
supplemented by admirable lifelike represen-
tations of its aquatic vegetation, the main
figure being water lily. The whole reflects
much credit on the artistic skill of the fair
and accomplished lady. 1t was painted for
Mr.. Chas. Hutchings who designs sending it
to his mother in Old England. The San
Marcos may thus acquire transatlantic re-
nown.
We were favored last week with an
inspection of ''crazy patchwork" quilt,
the handiwork of Mrs. Ann Pitts, of this
visinity, which we could not but regard with
no little interest and admiration. Wefound
it quite an art study a magazine of beautiful
and out of the way conceptions speaking to
the eye in appropriate form and color. tits
the more remarkable as being the work of
a lady 70 years of age. It ought to be
sent to the New Orleans Exposition.
We read in one of the parallels of our
Saviour that on certain occasion messen-
gers were sent out into the highways and
by-ways, with very pressing invitations to
q supper. Southern hospitality has been
known almost to duplicate the narrative in
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though not sent for, we were actually called
to supper Sunday evening while riding by
the Prescott house, by the excellent and
amiable mistress of the same. OF course
we could not decline such a call from such
an agreeable source, and were favored,
with goodly company, to partake of an
excellent supper, comprising turkey and all
The 40 compartments. The entire spo1tani.
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The Ladies Missionary and Centennial
Society of the Methodist church, met on
sunday night pursuant to notice. Mrs.
dosher, the president, we believe, made the
opening address and was followed by Mrs. 1
steele with an essay setting forth some of the
inns and objects of the society. Both eff
orts were well read and creditable to their {
uthors. The centennial monument" I
which the society perposes is the building of
church at Rio de Janeiro, and kindred en-
erprises. Rev. Mr.. Harris followed with q s
pertinent sbeech. Twenty dollars were re- I
,orted as coming from a gentleman in Mex {
co to make Mrs. Sue Kerr a life member
4 the Society, and the same amount was
eceived for the same purpose on behalf Of
frs. Kone, formerly the president, and
ONE S25 were raised by collection
Grandmother Harm visited our town this
reek in the interest Of Babyland's Orphans
Home, of which she has long been q work
and made the FREE PEEss q
pleasant call She informed us that the
Home suffered loss by the burning OF the
tables attached with most OF their contents, :
rhich occurred on the I'D ult There vas :
.reAt panic among the inmates Of the build
az Itself. and some loss in consequence