San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-06-25
FROM BLANC0.
BLANco, Texas, June -, 1885.

thing Of importance moro than the
compromise Of the quo warranto case,
by which it was agreed that the pres
ent county Judge should resign, and
that neither he nor the contestant
should be candidate before the
commissioners court for appoint
ment. The injunction case was re-
moved to Hays county, for trial sin
chambers The balance OF the
docket was continued. Tho case
against Austin Robinson was dis
missed. The grand jury returned
twenty-four indictments = six for fel-
onies, and the rest for misdemeanors;
one of the latter for a violation of the
local option CD law. And by the way,
we had vote on local option here
last Tuesday, which resulted in tie;
81 to S4; which compared with for
mer elections, shows large gain for
the anti-prohibitionists, for hereto
fore the prohibitionists usually car
ried by about two to one. The cause
of the change is very apparent--a
failure on the part of the officers to
enforce the law; and the citizens are
also to blame for not encouraging and
sustaining them in doing so. For an
officer cannot enforce the law unless
he has the moral support of the peo-
pie to back him up.
The commissioners court met Mon
day as board of equalization, and to
accept the resignation of the Hon.
County Judge, and to appoint his
successor, which they did in the per-
son of j. Il. Dignan, Of Cypress Mills,
who, 1 understand, is q man well
qualified to fill the position, and who
will contribute largely to reorganiz-
ing the disorganized state of affairs
in the county. They peremptorily
refused to appoint county attorney,
and gave as n reason that the county
did not need any. One tall granger
from the north end Of the county said:
"We don't want any lawyer as county
attorney; but if we had some good
old farmer we'd app'int him, as all
lawyers are id liars, anyhow, and
they'd keep the counte = q muss all
the time" Which, to say the least Of
1t, is very consoling to any one con-
templating going into the legal bus
mess.
The last weeks FREE PRESS was ca
gerly sought after, and read with in
terest. The court house is going up
rapidly. I have been informed that
I was mistaken as to the dimensions,
in my last letter. 1t is exactly the
same in size as the San Marcos court
house, and will be foot-and-a-half
higher. At this writing it is nearly
halfway the second story.
Prospects for good crops never
were better, though a little rain now
would help things very much. Har-
vesting is about over. We had splen-
did weather and heavy crop-most'
ly oats. The wool clip is about all IN,
with good market; though the clip
is ratherlight, owing to SO much rain
this spring. Cage Bros. have already
bought and shipped about 10000 lbs
Most of it went to San Antonio; which
reminds me of the miserable condi
ton of the roads from here to San
Marcos, and the difficulty of getting
teams to haul from there. Kyle is
making strong effort to get the
trade from this place, and with some
success; and San Marcos had better
see to it that her end Of the Blanco
road is put in good condition, if she
expects to get the trade from here.
L see that Coronal Institute had an
unusually large gathering at Com
mencement this time, and / venture
to say that parents as well as pupils
were well pleased with the result
The Institute has many friends in
this county. was glad TO see the
honor conferred on my young friend,
Lawrence Mcbride, who, 1 predict
will make a success in the world.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Judge W. W. Martin in at Llano
attending court
DIR, J. L. Daley, Of johnson City
is in town.
i Willie Donaldson, son OF HfanA
of San Marcos, is here
W. W. Burnet, esq, has just re
turned from the north end Of th'
county. where be went TO attend Z
some legal ''biz
] Smith KeIlam was in town Sat
+ urday. looking as Of yore- 1 lear
Z c-,;.f, - e-ceeedinv admirably as