San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-06-26
PERSONAL.

Prof. Hubbs Of the vicinity Of Fishers
store called on M ON Tuesday.
Thanks to Uncle Billy Pitts for present
Of some potatoes, among the finest We have
seen.
Misses Sidney Kone. Storey, and Katie
Booker, were on visit last week TO San
Antonio.
Frank Leason Of Eagle Pass came in on
Sunday, and a. usual Is guest at Mrs.
Oottens.
Some sneak thief stole % out Of JET
Travis's pants at the residence Of Mr.. Fort
son on Tuesday night
T. ]. Peel contributes 80 cents towards
the Walker Wilson gravestone. The bal.
ance yet due is $ll,5O.
Rev. ]. A. Thomas has bought out the
grocery store Of A. Reed, and will continue
the business at the old stand.
e. A. Dial did not go to Saltillo, Mexico,
as was expected, but has taken place with
the firm Of B. @. Atlee & Co.. laredo.
Our neighbor, Mr.. Neighbors, Of the
Lockhart Register, called on Tuesday in
our absence. Sorry we failed to see him.
Mr.. Deming of the Palestine Advocate,
revisited our town on Tuesday. Glad to
see him looking well, and TO hear OF his
prosperity.
We notice that Mrs. Mosher. Of our town,
is writing on bee culture for the Blanco
News. She is competent to give needed
information on the subject.
A saloon man pitched into q prominent
opponent of local option on yesterday
morning. The latter might well exclaim,
Save me from my friends"
Tho family of Mr.. Hockett. formerly Of
this place, later of San Antonio, We learn
will spend some two months of this summer
at our town, occupying with Mrs. Poole the
former residence Of G. w. Donaldson.
Mr.. Gorsuch is here to spend his list
birthday at the home of his eon-in.law, Mr..
Carter, after which he will repeat his excur-
sion of last year to his old home, Indiana.
We rather envy him the privilege.
The Luling Signal says: Prof. Thomas,
of Prairie Lea, and Mrs. Andrews, Of Kyle,
were in the city last Saturday to present
their claims to the Board of Directors Of
PIERCE Instinct for the position of principal
Of the school.
Miss Matte Heaton. we notice, is assist
ing her father, our P. NJ, as delivery
clerk. A very proper arrangement, We
should think, under the circumstances. It's
q business well suited to ladies, and in which
they often excel.
]. b. Patterson, wife and child, J. g.
Burleson and wife, H. E. Barber, wife and
child, H. E. Runnels, Owen Ford, Kirby
Dial, Victor Julian and probably others, left
ON yesterday to attend the festivities at
Dripping Springs.
A Mrs. Hall was here the fore part Of
the week, taking subscriptions for Blaine.s
new book. Now is the harvest time for it
after the ides of November, as the work
of q defeated presidential candidate and
permanently played out politicianit will pos
ess vastly less interest.
DR.. Walker, a distinguished dentist of
New Orleans, is still here ON other business.
but will attend to professional calls during
his stay. By the way, we are indebted to
him for a copy of no doubt valuable man
ual, by Mrs. Walker, entitled "A Mother to
a Mother or the Care of the Teeth"
We mentioned the recent marriage of Mr..
Bennett and Miss Bills, wherebya Texan
girl captured Union soldier and member Of
the Grand Army. That is the right way to
hssmonize the late warning sections and &C.
ment theUnion. The happy pair are board
ing at Mr.. Goodspeed's.
j. Wheat Thompson, wrote us last week
from Bolton, that he would leave in few
DAYS for New Orleans to take position un-
der Col. Elliott, Texas Commissioner for the
Worlds Fair. and expressing his pleasant
Impressions of San Marcos during his recent
stay here. and the hope Of revisiting it
again in the future.
We regret very much to haye to record
the death of Miss Aurelia Brown, leading
teacher of the Austin graded school, and
a sister of ex-Comptroller Brown. She
will be remembered here as an attendant at
the first teachers Institute at this place in
1881. She was very attractive and amiable
lady.
Recently, Rev. Mr.. Harris of the Methodist
church, preached on the danger of the de-
vout being ''unequally yoked with unbeliev-
ers." We trust, however, that the good
pastor would not really have the heart to cut
off "a friendly sinner" from all hope of en-
tering 1.-The saints rest" by the way indica-
ted. If he has. we shall be compelled to
withdraw from him our invaluable support
as his matrimonial aid-de-camp, for we can
not consent to become party to any such
cruel discrimination against our friends.
We found crop prospects en- route for San