San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-10-30
PERSONAL.

An infant child Of Mr.. Harris, freigh
agent, died on Monday.
Thanks 10 Judge Fisher for some Oregon
maple seed, part OF a lot ordered by him
self and Judge Wood.
Mrs. r II. Rau and her sister, Miss Lu
meta McMeans, OF Cotulla, are visiting a
this place.
Recently We met Mr.. Teller In this place
He was in the employ Of Landa Bros at New
Bmunfels.
W. ID. Ward got 90 years for killing Bud
Fly from Medina county Jury. IL appear
they are vastly more severe out west thar
here.
Miss Iva Cook, well known here, wal
married on Sunday the 10Th at St. Marks
Episcopal church, San Antonio, to Mr.. J. q,
McConoghy.
+. +. Houston. well known citizen
formerly Of Lockhart, later of Kyle, dropped
The trouble IN supposed to have been heart
disease. He was worthy gentleman, and
we regret his death.
A relative OF Mr.. Gullett recently called
to renew his subscription 10 the FREE
PREss. He IL still in Mexico, but his post
Office address is Rio Grande city.
Peter Maxfeld. better known as "uncle
Peter" died on Monday evening. The use
Of strong drink was his besetting sin, and
IL no doubt brought him TO an untimely
end, friendless, in the calaboose.
Miss Ella Rogers, who spent several months
this during the summer with her sister, Mrs.
Capron, at Cleveland, O., returned q few
weeks since, but We inadvertently failed to
notice the fact.
We were glad to meet our old friend @.
H. Briggs on Monday. He resides at Alb
ilene, and we are glad to learn is doing
well. as also DR.. Blakemore and Bob Ma
lone. Mr. Briggs however still declares o
preference for San Marcos.
We are informed (but will not vouch for
the story that Uncle Tommy McGehee
reports that not less than five venerable
sinners who were without the pale Of mstri-
mony, have since, inspired by Uncle
Tommy's example, entered the fold and be-
came happy benedicts.
At last we have the pleasure of entering of
record the marriage Of our worthy friend
and fellow citizen Mr.. Fritz LANCE. The
lady of his choice is Miss A. Graeven. The
happy event took place on Monday last.
The FREE PRESS extends its hearty congratu-
lations.
Mr.. Hofheinz, the distinguished and pop
ular boniface of this place. again laid us un-
der obligations last week by present of
some extra nice vegetables from his gar
den, consisting of snap beans, radishes,
egg plant, okra, lettuce. etc. Mr.. II. is
o skilled practical GARDENER, and his
example shows what may be done in that
line in this country.
Newspapers, like Sir John Falstaff, are
sometimes not only witty themselves, but
the occasion of wit Cor fun in others. The
mistakes of the printer" have passed into
q proverb and even editors, we regret to say,
are sometimes caught mapping. Thus by
slip of the pencil we made Mr.. Hankla's
Old Virginia cabbage yard and q quarter
in diameter when we should have written
And the printer instead of
making Mr.. Fl. say that the free schools
we're "kept up right within the year" should
have had it eight months within the year.
But if anybody thinks it possible to avoid
similar errors, let him try his hand at running
A newspaper and he will soon learn his mis-
take.
A letter received last week from Rev. @.
W. Cock, of Coleman brings sad intelligence
from Ben. G. Hardin, formerly of this
county. On Sunday morning the 10Th as
he and another man named Ed. Craig were
going into the town of Trickham, Bob Hig-
don met them, jumping from his horse and
getting behind some trees and opened fire
on Hardin and Craig, resulting in Hardin
being shot twice, through the arm and in
he stomach. Some fifteen or twenty shots
we're fred, neither of the others being hurt.
Higdon was arrested and lodged in Jail. He
mad thretened to kill Hardin and Craig to
keep them from testifying against him as
witnesses. Hardin's arm was taken off on
Monday evening. He WAS very weak and
The worst was feared. Such was the account
If Mr.. Cock. We have since heard re-
port of his death, but it appears to lack
confir nation.