San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-07-30
PERSONAL.


Jeptha Dibrell and family, of George
town are among the new acquisitions 10 San
Marcos.
IL. Q. Hobbs, Esq, of Wimberly, made
us pleasant call the first Of this week.
The streeper dramatic company is waking
up the theatre'goers OF Kyle.
Our young friend Green, of the First Ma.
tional, is q grandfather. Only think
Mrs. Markley, of San Antonio, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs, Shultz.
], S. Malone, of Pearsall, is registered ut
the Hofheinz,
Miss Fannie Hutchins, of Austin, is visit
ing at this place.
or "What Is It," il is announced will make
its first appearance on Saturday.
Major Donaldson and others leave to-day
on an excursion TO Sour Wells. to be gone
about two weeks.
The ice cream parlors of Mcclellan Il
Granger are fayorite resort of our young
people.
Mrs. Lindsey, au excellent lady Of this
place, is nursing Mrs. Fromme, who is i'm
proving under her care.
Rev. Mr.. French was summoned to San
Antonio this morning in consequence OF the
sickness of his brother.
McLemore, of the Kyle News, acknowl-
edges "A most pleasant call" from Mrs.
Rice, representing the Galveston Opera
Glass.
Mr.. Rowland has sold his homestead to
Mr.. 4. j. Lee, for 5000. Mr.. Rowland
will remain with us.
Our reporter was in error in stating, last
week, that Frank Buck lives on Il. ii. Eli
sons place. He lives on Rufus Ellison's,
We hal pleasant call during the Bap-
fist association from Rev. VIM. 7. Drew,
associate editor the Baptist Herald at Austin.
JOS. G. Burleson, our popular county
clerk, may now be overheard rapturously
exclaiming with the poet; "My daughter,
oh my daughter"
Rev. Mr.. French is understood to be the
San Marcos correspondent of the Kyle
News. The Rev. gentleman shows himself
to be "no SLOUGH" Us localizer.
Mrs. Fry, with q part of her family, re-
turned last week from visit to Williamson
county Sorry to learn her health is no
better.
And now we hear it said that B. W. S., Jr.,
is the coming man matrlmonially
speaking. He cannot afford to be SO badly
in the race by the Senior.
Our pencil made fearful halt in our no.
tce of John Richards irrigoting wheel and
pump last week, which throws 1000 gallons
an hour, instead of GO gallons as was stated.
Prof. A. A. Thomas again favors us with
n report of the Normal School, 1t will
close on Frislay, save the examinations,
viii III will take up some days of next week.
We notice that the name of our distIn-
gushed townsmap, Hon. j. V. Hutchins, is
mentioned in the newspapers as among the
candidates for gubernatorial
honors.
We regret to learn that Mrs Emma Fra
zier, whose mind has been somewhat af
fected since her husbands death, was sud-
denly taken worse few days since, and has
been sent to Austin for treatment.
Capt. Eve our county surveyor, returned
q few days since from q surveying tour IN
she upper end of the county the widest
part. He states that the Blauco and other
streams up that way are SO high rs to be
scarcely tordable.
Sam Kone showed us basket of very
large and beautiful peaches of his rroduc-
ton. and as delicious as beautiful, Judging
by the sample. Our vicinity is exhibiting
marked progress in the cultivation of i'm
proved varieties of fruits
Prof. Whipple, of Science Hall Academy,
made us pleasant call last week. He has
recently been honored with the degree of
A. NJ by the University of Iowa The
outlook for his school at Science Hall,
we are pleased to leaan, is very good,
We publish in full on our first page the
funeral sermon of Judge Cheatham, recently
delivered at the Presby terrain church by the
pastor, Rev. MIR. French. 1t will be read
with interest by the many friends of the de-
ceased, as well as others.
Mr.. Harris, of our freight depot, asked us
to publish word of warning to number
of the boys of this place, who are in the
habit of recklessly boarding the cars at this
place, and misbehaving generally. They
are making themselves liable to arrest, be-
sides endangering their lives.
Prof. Rote, on Tuesday night, at the
court house, made most edifying talk to
q fair audience ON the public school system,
especially with reference to the interests OF
our town. We have nearly complete re-
port of the speech, and in order to bring it
before wider circle, propose publishing it
in our next issue.
The San Marcos correspondent of the
Kyle News says misses Queen and Mary
Lindsey, accompanied by their cousin, Mr..
Lindsey, of the firm of Brown d Lindsey,
left on Monday afternoon for Sour Wells,
and expect to be absent month or so.
The object of the trip is for the benefit of
Miss Mary's health, who it will be remem-
bered has been sick for some time"
We we're glad this week to meet again the
eloquent and fervid young minister and mis-
sionary of the Christian denomination, MIR.
Houchius. from the Island of Jamaica,
whose visit to this place last year is pleas
antly remembered He is holding series
of meetings at the Christian church, and of
course commands large audiences,
Decidedly the most remarkable man in at
tendance at the late Baptist association was
the venerable J. +. Hillyer. We learn he
he is eighty-four years old, but there seems
TO be no abatement of his mental or physi-
cal force. He is man of great natural
ability and ripe scholar. One must nat
urally wonder that such man Is not found
in one Of the high places of his church, in