San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-11-05

on several occasions with marked success
Remember tho fnvorite StuttE dramatic
company will DO at Harper's Hall tonight.
Of course all our theatre.going people will
DO out.
Preaching at the Presbyterian church
next Sabbath Of IL q. m, $3.50 and p. m.
In the afternoon sermon will be preached
by tho pastor to the children. All are cor.
daily invited to each service.
Don't overlook the wonderfully liberal Of.
fer Of the Farm and Ranch In connection
with the FREE Press. It fairly leads the
field. Specimen copies of the Farm and
Ranch may be had at this Office.
Reoollect that Mrs. Saxon, tho eloquent
Temperance lecture, aunt Of Mollie E. Moore,
Is announced to speak at this place on Friday
next week. We trust oil necessary arrange
ments will be made for the occasion.
Intelligent advertisers will not fail 10 see
the superiority an old-established newspa-
per Of good circulation, over new newspa-
per ventures which can have as yet little or
no regular circulation. "A word to tho
WISE" etc.
Dissensions continuing to prevail among
our colored people as to tho right to use
their school building for the public school,
the County Commissioners permitted the
use Of the jailor's former residence for that
purpose.
The Merchants Exchange ct their last
meeting endorsed by resolution the pro-
posed road continuing Guadalupe street to
interseot tho Seguin road, and asked the
prompthction'of commissioners court toward
opening Il.
There is great need Of starting Tom
perance organization at this place to make
head against tho saloon influences. The
approaching visit Of Mrs. Saxon would DO q
suitable occasion for an effort in this direc
ton.
We regret to see the Blanco News falling
into limo with the star- yindicator. Kyle
News and San Marcos Cresset In the matter
Of advertising and putting saloons. From
Its temperance professions heretofore, we
had hoped better things of the Blanco News.
To Improve Chautauqua Grounds.
We are informed that the ladies' Of our
town propose giving an oyster supper to
raise means for the improvement of our
Chautauqua grounds. The date will be an
nounced hereafter. A most oommendable
enterprise.
The southbound train due here al 1886
was half an hour late Saturday night. II
was reported that the delay was caused by
q man falling of the rear car about three
miles this side Of Kyle. The train stopped
and slowly backed to Kyle and o search
made for the missing man. Only his hat
was recovered. We did not learn the
sequel.
We learn that at the next meeting of the
City Council three very important ofdin-
enoes will be presented. One to prevent
vicious animals from running at large; an
other to levy a tax on all vehicles doing
freight or passenger traffic within the city
boundaries third requiring the city mar
shall to test the meat markets scales and af-
fixing punishment for using false weights.
Convicts will then be required to pay cash
or work out their fines on the streets.
Our enterprising miller, Mr.. Code, Of
the Steele & Code Go. and who has fourth
interest In the head of the river mill prop
erty, is a man Of ideas no Is always on
hand with something new. His latest, and
we believe Il to be worthy OF careful CON-
is a scheme for lighting the bust
ness and adjacent portions Of our town by
As the result Of some CORE
spondence with the Texas Electric Illumin-
Ating Co.. at Dallas, Mr.. Code believes that
D plant capable Of giving one hundred 90
lights can be put up in San
Marcos for two or three thousand dollars.
He also says the cost to the consumer would
be about the same as under the coal oil re-
gime, say 90 to s5 per month. A plant of
this capacity would not only light the
city TO perfection but would furnish q 200
lamp, which from the eleva-
ton Of the court house dome would iIlumin-
ate the entire plaza in such way as to rival
sol himself. A stock company, II strikes
rs, might easily be formed and the work &C
II would be q step forward
and good advertisement for San Marcos.
Sir. Code viii furnish power 10 run the dy-
namo for six months for nothing. We may
this matter further and give our
readers the result
MILITANT CoNPASr.-we are requested
10 give notice that there viii Be . meeting
Of our young men next Tuesday night At
the Cressek Office for the purpose Of organ
izng = military company All interested
are invited 20 attend
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