San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-10-21

We welcome back our Martindale corrol
pondont.
Sec card Of Meat Market OF ). NJ, SimI
son. Try him.
The Band of Hope celebration has bee
indefinitely postponed
The fayors of our old friend O. and "ot
server" were crowded out by election mat
tiers, but will appear in our next
The saloons keep their front doors opei
now on Sunday, not seeming to know o
care that there is law prohibiting It.
A Farmers Alliance has just been organ
lied at High Prairie with IL members ant
some rs or 80 applications for membership
An alarm of fire. was sounded on Thurs
day evening, causing some excitement but
proved to be only pile of burning bruSh
Mr.. W. l.. Steele has become q resident Of
this place, end, as will be seen, Is announced
as candidate for constable in this precinct.
Dame Rumor says there will BIO several
marriages in this vicinity before many
weeks. We have fine line Of wedding In
vitations.
The W. O. T. u, of this place had an oil
day prayer meeting in the Christian church
on Saturday, pursuant to the call OF the
president of the National w. Q. L. U.
In the Public School, on Friday evening,
the medals were presented 70 the winners
by Prof. Williams. These medals should
have been presented ore this, but were de-
layed at the factory.
A large political meeting was held few
miles out in the country on Friday night,
almost draining the town of its male popu-
lation. The meeting was under the aus
pices Of the colored element.
The water in the reservoir is now unfit
for drinking purposes. 1t has very disa-
greeable smell and is not pleasant to the
taste, Those families depending on 1t for
water are in bad fix indeed.
It would seem that the Chautauqua
grounds are left to take care of themselves,
and that some injury and loss to the prop
erty have resulted. This state of things
should not continue, If 1t can be helped,
and the law should be enforced against
trespassers.
We have, quite Internationally, been re-
miss in not sooner noticing the enlargement
and Improvement of the Blanco News 1t
is now an eight column paper. The pub
fishers, however, we feel sure will soon rea-
lie that they make mistake in putting
the price of such a paper at $3.50 per year.
And still our City Council is letting the
subject of walk for the children of the
Public School go by default 1t is true it
is not needed this fine weather, but that
cannot be expected to last-the terrible
muddy period is bound to follow, and what
then? Do the city dads propose to adopt
the philosophy of the Arkansaw man about
repairing the roof of his house?
One of the best family papers within our
is ''rhe American Rural Home"
Of Rochester, New York. 1t is large eight
page, closely printed paper, full of interest
ing matter in all its departments. The
price is only 81, year, and dollar prem
um goes to each subscriber. How it can
be afforded at such rate is more than we
,au understand. Address as above.
We invite the attention of political circles
10 the announcement of DR.. Morris, of
W ilnberley, as an independent democratic
candidate for Representative. The Doctor,
While he is q practicing physician. is also
of the agricultural class. He
,ays he is a lifelong democrat, but may
IF course, expect now to be read out" for
lot abiding by the democratic nomination.
Ed. FREE PREss:-I have been much i'm
pressed with the importance of the city
,wning the water works-many cogent rea-
IONS have already been assigned by the press
If the city. The authorities, SO far as can
earn, have taken no steps to secure this
important franchise to the people. Will
he corporate authorities look into the mat
Ell at once and either buy the water works
n "give q reason for the faith that is in
hem" for declining to do so. CITIZEN.
Purify your blood, tone up tne sysCen'
md regulate the digestive organs by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold by all druggists.
Our enterprising and whole-souled fellow
,itizen, Mr.. Coppio, dealer in choice fruits,
to-, west side, is determined to lead in the
ow prices of standard articles in his line.
jail and see.
Martindale.
MART1NDALE, Oct. 1S, 1886.
ED. FREE PREss:-The silence of your
is attributable to two causes:
sickness and absence from the village.
Quite q number OF changes have taken
place in Martindale of late.
Some building has been done, the most
extensive is DIR. Petty's large barn.
Mr.. G. Mcqueen has opened up crock
Try store. Il
A good deal of the mercantile business OF
his place is changing hands. DIR. Porch |
las sold out to Mr.. J. s. Killian; Hill d Hill
=. ia - NJ w n Crunk We Under |