San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-21


Preaching at the Presbyterian church
next Sunday by Rev, Junius d, French.
The road to the new cemetery Is very
much improved
j. NJ Turner was appointed city assessor
and tax collector.
i Owing TO the rain. the San Marcos So
oial is postponed until next Tuesday night.
There was an unusually large attendance
at the Methodist church last Sunday morn
ing.
Through an oversight we have failed to
correct our list of town officers on our first
page. It will appear correctly next week.
Our Stringtown farmers are getting their
crops in splendid order and they never were
more Aourishing than at the present season.
Brown and Lindsey lost one Of their buss
horses last Saturday night. He died in
consequence Of making too fast time to
New Braunfels and back.
The county convicts under Jim Turner
put in good days work on the Blanco ford
Monday. They are now to work on some
of the neighboring farms.
A proposition has been made to the town
council to purchase the old Jail and grounds
attached, valued at $1,000, on ten years
time.
We were presented not long since with
bouquet of wild flowers, and have since
been shown others of rare beauty. Few
countries,can surpass Texas in this line at
this season of the year.
Justice Cocks court convened Monday
morning. The only business before it was
the State vs.. j. A. Bell, maintaining pub
lie nuisance, continued, and same VS.. Lo-
renzo Serez, disorderly conduct, 81 and
costs; put ON chain gang.
A little daughter Of Mr.. Cox, about IL
years of age, who lives on w. s. Gray's
place several miles south of town, was bit
ten in the big toe by rattlesnake while
chopping cotton last Thursday. 1t WINS
about "a hours before she received any at
tention, but it is believed she will recover
The snake was killed.
An election of Trustees for our Free
Schools, either by the Council or people, is
now in order. 1t might be done at town
meeting. without the formality of regular
election. We notice it was recently done in |
this way at Gonzales. We learn the subject
will come before the next meeting of the
Council.
Talking by telephone it strikes us is not
just the thing for confidential communica-
tons. For instance we do not think it
would do for love- making, especially where
the parties are inclined to be bashful. 1t
would be exceedingly awkward to proclaim
ones passion in stentoran tones to pro-
miscuous crowd at either end of the line.
We fear the telephone will not be popular
rs medium of communication between
true 'lovyers.'
Robert PIERCE young man, resident at
Kimberley, had on exhibition here
last Tuesday handsomely carved headstone
of Italian marble as sample of his own
workmanship. 1t would bear comparison
with any work of its class. Considering
the fact that Mr.. Pierce has had no regular
training in the art, he has remarkable de-
gree of native talent. We learn he does
quite little business in his line at VIM
berley. The value of this headsome stone
was $50.
The alleged 'letting" of the county print
ing by the Commissioners Court to McLe-
more of the Kyle News, all the circum-
stances go to show was simply q very shall
low device to take it away from the FREE
PRESS, out of spite because we presumed to
censure the Board for their gross neglect of
duty with respect to the Court House
grounds. The proceeds of the printing for
doing it, would only about pay our Office e1-
penses for O month. Our bill for the last
quarter was some $25-about twice as large
as usual. They gave the work to McLe-
more at only five per cent. deduction on the
prices at which we have for some time been
doing it, SO it is clear there is nothing to the
county worth speaking of in the change.
1t is a very small business, and we should
scarcely regard it as worthy of any notice,
were it not for the spirit which evidently in
spired it. This may challenge from us
some further attention hereafter.
A SAD CASE.
4 Bereayed Father Leaves his Infant
Child in the Hands of Strangers.
About the 23rd of last month tall, dark
compexioned man wearing black mus