San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-04-23
Personal.

T. N. Johnson Is at Hot Springs, Ark
Miss Russell went to Austin Saturday, 10
naming over Sunday
We had pleasant call from Maj Moon
ON Tuesday,
Nils Luneta MeMeans and Henry simp'
son were ma. rlsd on the 2lst at the real
denes of her brother, II, A, MoMeans,
Miss Bettie Coleman, Of Austin, came over
on Tuesday evening and siaid I'LL this morn
ing.
Mr.. Pate, IT,, now occupies Mrs, Dur
hams place, aud Mrs, Bruce that OF Mr.
Canadian.
Mr.. Pouraursan andson Are "roughing it,
while improving place in ihesan Marcos
bottom,
Mr.. and Mrs. STATION and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cook, prominent people Of Galveston, are
in town and stopping ut Preseott's'
Miss Sara Mitchell, of Edinburg, Mo-,
formerly teaeherin Kyle Seminary, at
tended the New Orleans exposition In
March.
q. W. Buchanan, graduate OF Central
College, Nashville, Tenn, an institution for
colored people, and practical printer, Is ON
visit TO this place
F.M. Alley has removed his shop to that
lately occupied by q. w. Jones, who has
gone out with conveyance 10 sell saddlery
he had on hand.
Thanks to Mrs. Major Dixon for present
Of green pcas, new irish potatoes and lettuce.
Surely never before were such gardens soen
in this country at this season OF the year
Rev. A. r. Norris, minister of the A. nj.
E. church of this place, adds manual labor
10 preaching, after the apostolic plan, being
practical shoe maker. We commend his
course,
Col. Jackman has qualified as U. s. Mar
shall, with Maj Hutchinson; d. A. Glover
and Ed. j. l.. Green az his sureties, and
will soon establish his headquarters ut San
Antonio.
We notice that Prof. Richardson has
placed an appropriate headstone ut the
grave of his daughter Lille Il. in the old
cemetery. She died in the fall Of 1873
aged Ii years and months.
Two weddings in our town on Tuesday
pretty good considering the "hard times"
Although Miss Jessie Lyell has lost in part
her poetcal name. we doubt not she will con-
tinue to be spoken of as a fair Sample OF the
lovely ladies of San Marcos.
Mr.. Fromme has shown us q handsome
plat of his plan for improving the court
house grounds, which he submitted to the
commissioners court at the last term. To
carry il out would be too expensive at this
time. but we hope some day to see some
thing like 1t carried into effect.
We learn from the Austin Statesman of
Tuesday that A. L. Cashell late of the Kyle
News, has come to grief, having been arrest
ed and jaile1 for stealing law books from
the office Of Smith n Trigg and selling them
to a second hand bookstore. We are sorry
that any newspaper man should ever come
to such pass, ana especially are we sorry
for the innocent wife and children of
Cashell.
The committee appointed to work up the
interests of the railroad from here to Luling
have engaged the services of Prof. John Il.
Pritchett, of Coronal Institute, 70 draft a
plat rhowing the line of the r0na, the NUM-
her of acres of arabic and grazing lands in
Caldwell, Guadalupe, Blanco, Hays and
Gillespie counties. He is engaged in the
work, and il will be ready for exhibition in
short time.
Mrs. Shipe, wife of Rev. H. Shipe, whose
illness was referred TO in our last, died, we
believe on Friday, and her remains were
sent back to her old home in New Jersey
We were somewhat acquainted with the IN
fortunate lady; and were favorably impress
ed with her intelligence and department,
which made her friends among those who
had occasion to make he acquaintance.
We deeply regret her untimely death.
Smith Bros. & Co., of Kyle, we learn have
an improved circular saw fixture by means
of which, operated by hand, 25 bee-hives
and frames (the "Simplicity'O ten frames to
each hive, were made on the Sth inst
These srames are of superior workmanship
and strongly constructed, more so than any
others in use. These hives can be made as
cheaply as any which are shipped, and are
much more durable. the material being cy-
press. while the Northern hives are of white
pine.
One of the most interesting of bipeds is
the "neighborly hen" Her Operations"
are so provocative of peace and good will'
that we are only surprised that her friendly
offices are not more sought after and ap-
preciated We need not enlarge on the
soothing influence she exercises over ner-
vous and irascible christians engaged in
gardening, etc. But we merely set out to
notice one of her achievements. Not long
since the ladies having in charge the Old
Grave Yard employed man some days in
filling up and smoothing down the graves
In twenty -four hours or so the neighborly
IL h. nl,a.,t taIA
had leveled the work of days and scattered
it in all directions. We can scarcely repress
n smile to think how extremely diverting
this must have been to all concerned, and
how all must have internally blessed the
neighborly hen
MARRIAGE LICENSES issued since our last
report to the 23d inst:
Henry Simpson and Luneta G. McMeans
j. p Sample and Jessie Lyell.
j. w. Pounds and NJ. F. Jones.
San Marcos is making al effort to have
the Baylor university located there. There
are few towns in Texas that can plead better
inducements than San Marcos, and it is
probable that she will be the lucky candi-
date.-Blanco News.
Mr.. Peter Woods, living above fifteen
miles west of town, after the rain last Tues
day morning, went in search of his work
horses with the design of coming to this
place. But soon found the best one struck
dead by lightning, lying under tree
Blanco Star.
Mollie Shropshire, whose baby was muir
dered about q year ago is in the city on
visit to JEFF Henson. who is in the county