San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-02-11


Alex. f. Sweet. the funny man OF Iexa
Siftings, now writes for Ryder Iayior's pa
per. Texas Figaro, OF san Antonio
Rscollect your taxes are due and payabl
before March LIST. After that you will hav
10 pay penalty. There is no extension o
the time his year.
Mr.. Bills, sen, has just returned from
sojourn of several weeks Mt San Antonio
He says there are now only about half-a
dozen cases of smallpox in that city.
A capital good thing are the verses or
Federation" in another column. Had they
been written expressly for tIis locality they
could hot have been more 10 the point.
The FREE PRESS office is again under OBJ.
legations TO Mr.. Coppic for appreciated ia
vors. He has perhaps the freshest line oil
fruits in town, and also keeps stock OF
vegetables, confectioneries and family gro
ceries. Give him a call.
There will be services at the Presbyterian
church Friday and Saturday nights, prepar.
atory to communion services on Sunday
morning. On Saturday night Rev. ]. A.
Thomas will occupy the pulpit The pub
/ TIC are CofuUuy iuN'''u W "''shN'
Mr.. Bozarth asks us to correct an error in
his notice rs it appeared in our last two H.
sues. For 5000 trees, vines etc. which he
will have for the fall of 1886, it should have
read IL, 900. He thinks he will have even
more than the latter number
Sunday next will be St. Valentines day.
OF course our susceptible young people, as
we'll as some older ones, will not forget to
lay in q supply of tender missives approprl'
ate to the day. Russell d Ellison have
some of the incest we ever saw.
Novel Lecture.
Col. Dan. Rice, the veteran Snowman OF
past years, will deliver one of his wise and
humorous lectures at Harper's Hall, on Sat
uIday night next His lectures are attended
| by the best classes of people. Reserved
seats for ladies without extra charge.
We mentioned last week the return to
this place of A. r. Norris, the colored
shoemaker, and his resumption of business
at his old stand, east side of square. He Is
q very good workman, and solicits share
of public patronage. He makes specially
of work for ladies.
The "cheap- enough town property" adj
vertised elsewhere, affords tirst-rate chance
for some family wishing to settle here fol
educational and other advantages. The
place is convenient to all our schools, ano
the main strests and sidewalks to the bust
ness part of town, churches, ETC., point il
that direction
We had occasion on yesterday to visit the
new warehouse of Reynolds g. Daniel, 0
most important aud admirable adjunct tc
thsir business and were astonished to sec
tueir immense stock of mixed paints of al
descriptions, the casks of linseed oil, and al
the appliances generally for painting. We
can safely say that no such a stock IN this
line was ever before seen in this place, and
is seldom if ever found in country towns.
ST. Nicholas for February has fine table
of contents Among those articles which
may be classed as timely, is an outdoor
sketch entitled, "Fish Spearing Through
the Ice" which shows how some Clever
boys improved on an ingenious Indian mode
| Fishing; Sophie SWEET has an amusing
(" coasting story" called "The Girl Who
Lost Her Pocket: and there are bright Val
eptine verses by Elizabeth Cummings anc
others. Then, appropriate to February %
is the second inStnlment of Horace b. Scud
der's George Washington" and the com
parison between the governments of Eng
land and America, in among the Law
Makers: and there is q great deal else
that is good.
The editor of the San Marcos Free Press
is out in long article asking the people
not to withdraw their patronage on account
of the fact that he has been on the side OF
| l..,.-l Il. - nyNI
vicious Don't fear, Brother Press as long
as Journalist does his duty, and runs q
nawsy sheet. so long will the people support
him. We admire your outspoken and dig.
nitied manner of conducting n paper, anc
trust the good people of our sister county
will accord YOU that support necessary tc
the maintaining of q first-class paper. The
editor says he has followed the pillow, and
can do so again if necessary Such plucl;
is to be admired and when a man cannot
conduct paper in genteel and dignifed
manner, he should step down and out.
We gratefully appreciate the above, from
our friend of the Lockhart Register.
Wonder If Bro. Julian, of the Free Press
hasn't those articles on the San Marcos
River stereotypedp 1t seems to us we have
seen them about seventeen times in si1
years.-Seguln Record.
Our brother of Seguin is mistaken - thu
al ticles he refers to are not stereotyped, bu
their repeated publication has been the re
suit of continued demand. He is certainl,
mistaken as to having often seen the create
part of the last edition, for the article O
Mrs. Billings appeared for the first time las
summer, and we have already had to ISSUE
it twice more. By the way. would not he b'
glad if he lived in locality of which 81
much of continued interest, both at homt
and abroad, could be said?
NEW TIN-SHOP.-G w. Donaldson & Co
have opened tin-shop in connection will
their hardware store. Mr.. Keylich ha
charge. and will be pleased to furnish est
mates on work. Repairing of all kinds at
tended TO.
The February Century.
The publishers respectfully call attention
to the fact that in the contents of the mid
winter" CENTURY may be found remark
able variety OF subjects of public moment
and an equally remarkable list of names as
| sOciated with tne history, nteIature, anu al
of America. If this issue of the magazine
has an inhospitable look to foreign contribu
tors, who happen to be wholly and by acci
dent excluded, they may find recompense Of
courtesy. in the plain speech from forty. fv'
/ American writers, on "International Copy
right" spoken in the open Letters" de
partment. and which is one Of the mos
striking features of the number. the lead
ing article IN Topics Of the Time" express
es the editorial view Of The Demand o.
American Authors"
A peculiar interest attaches t. Genera