San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-10-15

"droceries, groceries,
The cheapest m town,
Remember We put tho
. Prices down.
b. +. BLousT a Co,
A Valuable Paper Free.
Texas Farm and Ranch is a splendid pa
per published twice month at Dallas, 10
81 a year. We have 30 subscriptions TO III
paper to give away, aud the first 30 person.
: that pay US all past dues and year in ad
vance ON the FREE Pass will be given cop,
each of the Farm aud Ranch for twely
months free Of charge. This offer will b
withdrawn as soon al the 80 subscription
are disposed Of. First come, first served.
To the Public.
This Is TO give notice that we some tim
since bought out the dray and delivery wa
gon business OF Griffin 4 Son, they agree nj
not to resume the business in San Marcos
But to the contrary, Mr.. Griffin, ST., hai
again started in the same business. w
leave everybody to form their own conclus
ions from this statement Of facts.
SMITH & Co.
Three for One Dollar.
Bailey's artistic and elegantly finished
views OF San Marcos scenery for sale at the
Bookstore and Reynolds d Daniels Drug
store. SPA 4w
Mr.. Howell. the photographer, whose
gallery is Just south Of Hinzie's grocery, we
notice is kept busy, and continues to turn
out fine work. He is now enlarging small
pictures and having them finished in natural
colors. They are very beautiful.
The weather is delightfully."- cool, mercury
400 above of mornings.
The Shoaf murder case is in progress q,
Luling.
Rev. G. W. Briggs recently preached the
dedication sermon Of the new church at Prai-
RE Lea, also several times at Lulng.
The Cresset experiences an "aching void =
had to come out, and fills the space with its
unreliable "plate matter" The plate mat
ter of the circus was altogether preferable.
The Free School is progressing fairly, al
though the new desks have not yet come to
hand. There is an enrolment of about $50
pupils, and an actual attendance of 100.
And now the nice young man of the Cries.
set, who started out SO meekly, praying on
ly to be let alone, is already, as appears
from his columns, spelling for a fght".
So rapid moral declension is very sad.
See statements of our two National Banks
in our columns.
Intelligent advertisers will not fail to see
the superiority of an old established news
paper of good general circulation over new
newspaper ventures, which can have as yet
little or no regular circulation. "A word
to the wise", etc.
The Galveston News, noticing Geo. H.
Snyder's article on the San Marcos recently
copied into the Cresset, says it "outgushes
the river.
"a Baptist who says he went into a sa-
loon and drank says also, he wants the peo-
pie to know that he did not vote for Prohi-
bitlon, because he expects to run for office"
A Baptist who will 90 into saloon and
drink ought to be excluded from the church,
and the precinct and county had better look
sharp after that man who pretends to be a
Christian and is looking after whisky votes
to elect him to office.-Baptist Herald.
We believe we have had and perhaps
have yet some Baptists of the above de-
scription. And then what about Baptist
preachers and teachers who will endorse a
newspaper organ and champion Of saloons,
aud certify toAthe world that they "gladly
welcome it into their families?
An article on dengde appears on our first
page. 1t is still timely, for we hear of fire.
quent new cases.
Dengue being well understood to be a
sort of tender on yellow fever, and |
never having been known before in the up
per portions of Texas, it becomes an inter
esting question to consider what it means.
1t would seem clearly to imply that our sup
posed exemption from yellow fever may yet
prove in the future lamentable mistake.
IMpRovEMENTs-We notice various i'm
provements in town. and'name the follow
ing. Mr.. Fourqurean is building himself
a home between Mrs. Hooks and Alex.
McGehee's. Mr.. McAllister is adding a new
dining-r room and kitchen to his house. John
Williamson has made considerable additions
to his house, and Squire Cock is improving
the place lately occupied by Mr.. White. @.
Fl. Haynes recently purchased the Mrs.
Stanfeld place at the remarkably low price
Of $3.50. He is adding to the house and
will soon remove into it. Mr.. A. W. Bryan
has purchased a very slightly place of Mr..
Steele, near the reservoir, and built himself
a two-story dwelling thereupon. Mr.. Greg
DRY is repainting and otherwise improving
his place.
REMARKABLE CAsE.-We publish the fol-
lowing by request of a colored friend:
My father suffered for more than two
weeks from an abscess on the knee. This
evening, after being opened by DR.. Pendle-
ton, it discharged nearly pint Of matter.
"A. W. BRooKs, f. m. 9.
Tuesday, Oct Is, 1885.
"Alasl for the rarity
OF Christian charityl"
W. ~. ,ao,ia Of r,aapo ava