San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-04-02
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Prom April lat will soil groceries posi.
lively for cash only, In consequence OF
which have reduced the prices ON every
thing, Call and satisfy yourselves thai
i these are facts.
Respectfully,
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| VIoToR JULIAN,
Free Press Once.
The prevailing eolors in worsted dress
goods will be the mixed eolors, similar 10
the eolors last season, in bsrge, eeru, Hong
Kong, brown with black figure In squares,
diamonds, disks aud half moons. all Wool
nuns yelling In cream colors, eonus, hg-
ured in leaf pattern in natural eoiors, then
comes the beautiful English checks or small
plaids In new combination OF colors, only
costing about 81 cents per yard. The white
goods come figured this season IN well ~
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elsewhere Il will be seen these goods will be
offered here soon. DALEY a BRo.
The first OF the month Is here. Please
call and pay what You owe us.
The spring fights have opened. The first
was called draw" Nobody hurt.
The p. d. A. Club will hold its next meet
ing at the residence of Mr.. J. O. Rogers to-
morrow friday night.
A man named Ford was tried and fined
before the Mayor for beating his wife. He
pawned goods 10 secure payment OF line
and has vamosed.
See advertisement OF Prof. Whitehead in
our columns. II will be seen he is about
opening dancing academy at Harper's
Hall. We notice that the San Antonio pa
pers speak very highly OF him, both as
master of his vocation and as gentleman.
Our new fire. bell is Just about the size of
the Old Liberty Bell of Philadelphia, now
on exhibition at New Orleans. Maybe ours,
too, may be on exhibition q hundred or
more years hence.
David Combs fine gray gelding came up
missing Monday morning, and the suppo-
sition was that horse-thieves had been get
ting in their work. After distributing post
al cards Offering liberal reward for the ami
NAL he was soon forthcoming. There is
nothing like printers ink"
See announcement of William Giesen as
candidate for Mayor. He is one OF our
oldest citizens, too well known to need any
introduction from us. His candidacy is not
of his own seeking, but he is brought out at
the call of a large number of his fellow
citizens as a friend of the independent pub
lie school system which our people have de-
cided to establish and maintain.
The PHRENoLoGIoAL JOURNAL for April
has IA interesting articles besides the edito-
rial Among the articles are the following:
Shaking Hands, illustrated; Ell Mahdi the
Fighting Prophet of the Soudan, with por-
trait; The Christian Religion; The Curren-
cy Question, from the point Of view of the
Laborer; The Education of the Future;
Temperance in Schools, etc.
Elisha Pursley, who was indicted for
horse stealing at the last September term of
district court, and who skipped his bond"
arrived last Sunday in charge of Sheriff
Barber from Richmond, Arkansas whittier
he had gone. His bondsmen, however,
were not liable for his absence, as the bond
was shown to be defective.
McLelland & Bills have bought from D.
S. Combs, all his property on the square
from the old FREE PRESS building to the lot
occupied by G.. W. Reed; also several lots
across the alley in the rear. Mr.. Bills put
in his handsome property in the central part
of Kyle, on the trade, wisely prefering
property in San Marcos.
Our friend Mayor Cock thinks we did
him an injustice in our comments last week
on his not ordering the school election the
same day with the corporation election. He
says he merely followed the law. We be-
lieve he is right, and technically speaking
our comments were misapplied. But sure
ly it would have been easy to have made the
petition conform SO as to have had both
elections OF the same day. However it was
probably quite as well to have them sepa-
rately.
We were shown the plan of IN elegant
residence for jeremiah Horn Esq, to be
erected on the Cof1ield place, now owned by
him. The cost it is estimated, will be some
where in the neighborhood of 81, 700; it will
be frame building, two stories, A feet
front, "a feet high and 16 feet wide; with
double front gallery 8 ~. The house will
have back gallery and an ell addition and,
we understand, will front west.
G. w. Donaldson will add to and remodel
his residence on the Stringtown road and the
work will commence Immediately.
We also saw plan of very nice resi-
dence for Robt Petty which will, in all
probability go up in good time.
The enterprising contractor and builder,
E. Northraft is the builder, work will COM