San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-28
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
Our venerable Missouri friend DIR. Crews
has been in this county on avisit for some
time.
Mrs. Winfield, of Cotulla, sister of the
groom, was present at tho Kerr. Booker
wedding.
Mrs. Souter has for rent, with board, q
comfortable room suitable for gentleman
and his wife.
Mrs. Florence Gentry, sister of the
Messrs. Taylors is now in our city. She ii
from Ccrsicann, Texas.
Messrs. Moore, Gillett and Rylander, o.
San Antonio, and Mr.. Erwin. of Luling
were among the persons from abroad who
were present at the wedding on Monday.
Tho married pair of Monday were cheat.
ed ont of their wedding trip by rains and
high waters, so have settled down to we'd
ded bliss ut home. a,a .....
Rov. Mr.. Billings, Universalist, recently
spent several days at this place. stopping
ut Mr.. Heaton's. He has new wife, a
very pleasant and intelligent lady.
Our friend Mr. Yorke lately visited the
school of Mis-. Andrews and speaks highly
of her and her venerable associate, Rev. Mr..
Hillyer. He informs us Rev, Mr.. Hendon
is improving fast in health. Glad to hear it.
Mrs. Duncan, owing to ill-health, was
compelled to suspend her school, short
time since. Last-week she went Oh visit
to Austin. We sincerely hope the good
lady may saon be restored to health.
Alex. Wilson writes to JEFF Travis from
Linn County, Kansas under date of May 10,
that they had a snow two feet deep on the
9TH. He says times are hard, and it takes
good hand to get rs cts day.
Prof Lincoln, of Dripping Springs Acade.
my, made us pleasant call on Tuesday,
aud extended to us an invitation to be
present at their commencement exercises
the latter part of this week, but we fear we
shall have to deny ourself that pleasure.
Prof. L. has charge of the musical depart
ment of the institution.
Typographical kleptomaniacs appear to
be Of literary turn of late. The case of o
former employe on the Kyle Nutshell and
News, now in Jail at Austin for stealing law
books. is one case in point. Another &C.
Cured recently in our Office. when typo
graphic tourist" made off with new book
of poems.
Geo. Ward has handed us sample of
cherries grown on his place, the one former
ly owned by Parson Fisher. They are al
most q curiosity in Texas yet we cannot
understand why, this being almost their
original latitude, that of Cerasus, in Asia,
from whence they derived their name; and
besides the wild cherry produces well here.
H. Ryder Taylor, Of the San Antonio
Merchant and Manufacturer, spent some
days in our town last week, and made some
calls on the FREE Press, in the absence of
the editor. We learn he proposed writing
up the business of our town for his paper.
1t would be of more benefit there than in
the remote papers which have been patron
lied in this way by our people.
Miss Bell Adele Belden, of New Orleans,
has come for years sojourn for her health,
and is stopping at Mrs. Hooks. She is the
young lady in VIII ose behalf Mrs. Mollie
Moore Davis recently wrote us, as mention
ed in the FREE Pass. She is the daughter
of distinguished physician of New Orleans,
is handsome and accomplished, and will no
d oubt be an acquisition to the society Of
of ur town.
uOhCcOuultDlc now We
CHANGED 10 fail to record in our personal
column last week the return of our popular
fellow-citizeR, Frank Donaldson TO our town.
He had spent some months at Maria engag-
ed on a house for Col Ellison. Frank Is
delighted with that region, says he gained
largely in health and weight during his stay
there. In short, his California stories al
most pale beside his glowing accounts Of
the region out towards Fort Davis aud De-
Wis River. We are night glad 10 have
Frank back again, his conversational powers
% enliven our street circles. During his
absence our only resource in that line was
Code but Code. though . good talker, Is
scarcely 90 plausible and insinuA,ing as
Frank.
Ought not San Mares 10 oelebrAts The
Glorious FOurihy- We should like % hear
of ''spoutaneOus uprising Of the people
% that end
The p. d. A. Cub MT lat Friday ., the
rssidsuos q Mr. Po15s We Ieara avery
plesszui tine "a bsA The chef feature
of the svcr5ng szs the rssding q lIam0rozs
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