San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-03-19
PERSONAL.

Antcail THIS week
Jo. Earnest Is at ho,as from his ranch in
Preside county.
Col, J. F. Ellison Is preparing to remove
to Preside county.
Mai, Hinzie Is registered at the Hof.
heinz.
We had a pleasant call from Mr.. Wal
dron, repr esenting the San Antonio Express
last week.
Young Mr.. Chastain, Of Iowa, who was
here some time since ON visit, has return
ed to stay.
W. \. b. Owens, who resided on the
Blaneo, died ON Monday evening, after
lingering illness.
DIR. Cock is at homo. We learn he has
left his location in Fayette county for an in
definite time.
Mr.. Mcclellan, late of Paris, Texas, Is
prospecting for the purchase OF business
aud dwelling places in our town.
Mr.. Moves, said TO have once been
large circus proprietor. ia running very
small branch Of the show business at this
place.
Mrs. Day left on Monday evening for q
visit to her old home, (Florida), via New
Orleans. We wish the good ladya pleasant
sojourn abroad and a safe return home.
We learn that w. Goodrich Jones will
return here soon, and II Is thought will in
augurate some new enterprise at the San
Marcos water power, in which he retains an
interest.
We met this week one Of our subscribers
at kimberley, who said only one copy OF
last weeks FREE Press reached that Office.
We cannot understand this, for We know We
mailed the package as usual.
Quite number Of our citizens have gone
to the Exposition, among them Mr.. and Mrs.
Glover and part of their family, MIR. and
Mrs McAllister, Miss Annie Haynes, ETC.
Bascom Lyell has gone west to marry
Miss Willie Thompson. 1t is but fitting
that the 'heroine of San Marcos" should
make her home here, which we learn is to
be the fact.
The new street through DR.. Woods's ad-
dition il becoming quite attractive. Mr..
Borden is having new cottage built, Mrs.
Poole is occupying her handsome new
home, and Mr.. Pate will soon have one for
himself under way.
We met our frierd Cleft last week in
town, He appeared to have just come in
on the Blanco road, for he asked us to say
to whom it might concern that he found 1t
bad row for stumps," and to suggest
their removal by those interested.
Rival daily papers are contending briskly
for the supremacy in our town, and their
rival local reporters are going for all the in
finitesmal morsels of village gossip, 10
McLemore. man can scarcely go out or
in anywhere without having the important
fact published at San Antonio or Austin.
We lately complimented the Greenyille
Banner as a fine specimen of Texas coun-
try paper. Mr.. Harris our freight depot
agent, has since handed us copy of the
Greenyille Herald. conducted by brother
| of his, which is of the same size and style
of the Banner We learn there is still an
other paper there That must be first
class region for supporting newspapers.
We we're shown recently by Mr.. Code,
and should have noticed last week, large
and handsome painting of the San Marcos
mills and water power. The artist is our
townsrnan Mr.. Garth, and the work does
him credit Mr.. Code informs us that he
has sent it to Mr. Jones, sem, at New Dr.
leans, that people there may get some idea
of the situation. good idea
We were shown the other day the model
of self-ceaning pillow, the invention of our
townsman, Allen Jones. and for which he
has applied for patent. 1t is intended to
meet what has heretofore been regarded as
an insuperable difficulty with plows in our
peculiar soil, and if it works as is expected
and we don't see why it should not
must prove something of a bonanza to the
inventor. For the general good as we'll as
his, we hope it may be found to "fll the
BILL"
See in our columns this week the an
nouncement of Il. NJ Prince, for reelection