San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-01-15
Personal.

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John. t. Townsend has returned from
MEXICO.
II. w. waldron, representing the Ban
Antonio Exprss-. made ~ call.
Tho p. ID. A. IL postponed until the 2sd
inst. viii meet at DR.. Meyers.
The eldest Of the Swanson brothers. from
Llano. was In town on Monday.
Rev. W. l.. Kennedy, now Of Huntsville,
writes Us 10 renew his subscription 70 the
Fax Pnxas.
We arc glad TO learn that our friend J. 8.
Billingsby is recovering from his protraeted
illness.
Mr.. Hardy. of Hardy A Co., has returned
from sojourn In Northern Texas, and IL
again at the helm on the South side Of the
square,
Mr.. Enron, Of Arizona associated with
Mr.. Alexander in mining interests in that
State and an old friend Of his, took cart In
the festivities Of Friday night Inst.
We had pleasant call on Tuesday from
T. b. Ford, late Of Dripping Syringe. but
who IL now about removing 10 BlAnco where
he has purchased . choice homestead.
The Blanco News learns that the killing
Of Joe Kyle, at Mason, Texas, few days
ago, by lack Light, was altogether unpro-
voked, Kyle having no weapons with which
TO defend himself. - s9ai &C.
Nessrs. Brown, Benson, Lewis, Hall,
Prof. Miller, Of the Lockhart Academy, and
perhaps others, were among the gentlemen
| from Lockhart In attendance at the ball on
Friday night. OF course they were accom-
panied by ladies.
An escaped lunatio stopped at Mr.. Van
Every's the first Of the week. Obtaining
an mixing Of the fact Marshall Prince tele-
Toned DIR. Denton, and he was returned 70
the Asylum at Austin.
I. j. Weir, printer, who spent some
months at this place, removed with his
family back to Austin last week.
They have Cannon in tho grocery store
on the first floor of the Wood Building
We notice they frequently fire him out" in
a delivery wagon.
Young Mr.. Ezell who came home from
Honduras some months since, has conclud-
ed to remain here, and is improving place
in the mountains.
Our old friend j. H. Horn, died at his
sons residence in this vicinity on Monday.
He had been declining for a good while,
He was successful man in his time, and
possessed some fine traits of character.
Will Burleson bRngs us word from Mr..
| Springer, who is attending commercial
school at Austin that it is mistake about
his having fallen heir to fortune, as re-
ported In our last
w. B. Orocker informs us that his son
and family of Liberty Hill, Williamson county
have come down on visit and report the
prevalence of O very fatal form of fever in
that vicinity. But few who have been Attach.
ed have recovered. f3i
Mrs. Allen Jones has favored us with a
beautiful bouquet of geraniums of different
colors, etc. There is peculiar charm
about flowers in winter. Mrs Jones has a
profusiou of them the year round. We
thank her. for so pleasant remembrance.
Geo Franklin returned home Friday
evening from the New Orleans Exposition,
He says any one con live cheap there on wa
ter and bananas. Bananas are worth
five cents dozen. We do not infer that
George lived on that diet however.
Happening at Mr.. Wootton's the other
day, we had pleasant chat with the Mad
am and her young daughter, Miss Lou.
The latter showed us quilt, the piecing
of which she had but recently completed.
1t contains nearly 10000 kistinct pieces,
and is very beautiful, and is besides a won
derful achievement for one SO young.
DR.. Combs, our Representative, left on
Monday for Austin to attend the present
session of the Legislature. We hope he
will not fail to write the FREE PRESS show
ing up some of the inside workings of that
institution" We are sure he would
thus oblige many of his constituents.
At the ball Friday night we met young
gentleman named Cowan, a printer and as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Neighbors, formerly ed
itor of the Lockhart Register and now pro-
prietor of the Kyle News. Mr.. Cowan in
forms us that the Office sold for 5000;
the paper will be published on Saturday,
hereafter. A. L. Cashell is setting type at
Lockhart.
James Gul,ett, of Mexico, called on us on
Tuesday. He, as also we believe the rest Of
the family is much pleased with life in our
sister Republic. He said they had received
nothing but kindness from the natives, and
have enjoyed perfect health. He said lsnd
sells for 7 cents an acre; $500 is the high
est price for q league. When we recollect
that this was about the case once all over
Texas, we cannot doubt that there is bril-
liant future to the emigrant to Mexico-pro-
vided he should not have to tcait too long.
Some of our friends among the old Texans
think they have good joke on us because
in somewhat personal editorial last week
we reflected on young New Yorker as
Yankee, while we, being an Indianian, they
say, are also Yankee. Not at all, gentle
men allow us to say you need to be better
informed on that point, Know, then. that
the people of the South half of Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois are nearly all of Southern origin,
and no more Yankees than those Of Virgin
ia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, or
Missouri, The New England States are the
home of the Yankee proper, and New York
(aside from its Dutch element) Is also
mainly occupied by them. More anon on
this subject.
From what we have incidentally learned,
contributions TO the census-always lively in
in this commuhity-are being unusually
brisk. As usual the ''sotfer sex" predomi
Mates no We Zine ont" the following for all