San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-02-04
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We wonder II some Of our business friend
who arc inclined to la chary of their adve'
Using fayors, have thought OF the fact thu
in our two late large editions 400 haze gire
al our regular advertisers the 6eneft Of
circulation Of sons Too thousand C0pi
over and above our regular edition, an
what we contracted to do, and circulate
them right where they would do them III
m ost good2 The cost OF this extra advel
Using. il specially contracted for, woul
amount to about as much as We charge for
year.
Come. now, men and brethren, just thin
of this little matter, and We trust You viii
concede that we have done handsom,
thing by you, aud that you will allow you
purse-strings to relax little in the way o
regular patronage to your old friend, thu
FREE Press,
Dull times.
Colds prevalent
Subscribe for the FREE PREss.
All quiet on the San Marcos.
T. X. Hutchns is now running dray.
The small pox scare at San Antonio ap
pears TO have subsidized.
Mr.. Reasoner and his two younger sons
have purchased the Collyer place on the
Blanco.
See the advertisement of that splendid
literary and family paper, the Detroit Free
Press.
We learn that it is feared that the early
sowing of oats will have to be replanted be-
cause OF the late freeze.
The continued dry weather begins to ex-
cite some apprehension. Abundant rains
are now desired.
Methodist quarterly meeting was held at
this place last Sunday, when the usual exer-
cises were mad.
Fair and pleasant weather has for some
time prevailed, while we learn the farmers
are making the most of it.
Mr.. Rice, the blacksmith at Martindale,
caught IS pound catfish one night last
week in the San Marcos, and we notice the
boys coming in daily with fine strings.
A Mexican murdered another in drunken
frolic near j. l.. Malone's on Saturday
night. The murderer has not been caught
at this writing.
Our list of the business people of San
Marcos was gotten up hastily, but viii be
found, in the MAN, quite accurate. Among
the unintentional omissions are the names
of Drs. Payne and Daley.
See prospectus of the New Orleans Times
Democrat in our columns We need not say
that it is n number one paper. dubbed
with the FREE Press at 49, or to new sub
scribers for So so for both
The snow scene with photo of Miss Lun-
day, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lunday,
of Kyle, is something novel as well as beau
tiful, and generally admired. Chapman was
the artist.
The late dispatches from Kyle to the dai-
ly papers stating that smallpox, prevails in
San Marcos, caused much Indignation
among our people. The dissemination of
these false reports was certainly very short
sighted in whoever did it, for Kyle is not so
far removed from San Marcos as not to suf-
fer also from these injurious and unfounded
rumors.
We learn the management of the new
cemetery have adopted resolution forbid
ding the entrance of vehicles into the
grounds on funeral occasions other than the
hearse and those containing the family of
deceased persons. The reason stated is that
heretofore the graves have been desecrated
by being heedlessly driven over.
We learn they were reluctantto adopt this
rule but deemed it only right to do so.
The Bryan cave is great natural curiosi-
ty and well worth visit DIr. Bryan charg-
es nominal admission fee of ten cents It
Is popular resort.
About the meanest swindle being perpe-
trated at present is the bible trick. A prize
of 500 is offered any one sending the long
est verse in the old testament, accompanied
by 90 cents silver. 1t is mean, because the
holy bible is made the medium, and be-
cause the persons heeced are children. La
redo Times.
1t is fit that the papers which insert the
of this base swindle find
serving the devil for nothing, as
we learn the swindlers do not pay.
Mrs. Mary E. Presley writes us from
thanking us in the name of her
husband and her own for marked, copy of
the FREE PRESS we sent them, containing
our interview with Sam Stokes as to the sup
posed burial-place of their child. She says
Sam made an unconscious mistake, and
that their child was buried in the Gen. Pitts
So the mystery of the grave
with the broken iron railing, just outside
our old graveyard, remains 'unsolved. Can
not some one now reveal the real facts?
The following passage from the letter of
Mrs. Presley does her credit:
when you see Sam, extend to him our
best wishes for his future welfare. You
know We Southern people entertain kindly
feelings for those who were dependent on
Is so many years. Enclosed please find