San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-07-22
Personal.


Young Mr Richardson, OF Martindale
: made IN pleasant call few days since,
Rev. ii. NJ. DuIiose preached To a lars,
congregation In the Methodist Church las
Sunday night.
Mr.. drioe, ons OF tho principal editors Of
the San Antonio Express, visited our tow
d the latter part Of last week.
A banana tree In bearing may be seen
: In the back yard of HofheinI' hotel. II Il
> curiosity worth inspecting,
Elder j. j. williamson has returned 10 this
. place and resides ON upper San Antonio
street. Glad TO have him with us again.
Mr.. Lyttlo Crawford and family, OF Gal
weston, spent last week In the city. Mr.. O.
returned Sunday night, and his family will
remain longer
Among the teachers at tho Institute are
Miss Chaudoin Of Prairie Lea, aud Miss
Mclaughlin, Of Bryan, friends OF Miss
Bette Ellison.
Hon. ]. V. Hutchins attended the Blanco
county convention last week. We learn
that some two-thirds of tho delegation from
that county will 90 instructed for him.
Our old Topographic friond, Mr.. Moilitt,
writes us an interesting letter concerning
tho wonderful changes In his old Indiana
home during his absence of eight years in
Texas.
We meant to have mentioned in our Inst q
pleasant coll from Mr.. Worloy candidate for
Sheriff. lie stated that he would positive
ly run the nce through ON his own merits
and responsibility.
Rev. J. w. Stovnli, q Hays county boy,
goes TO Huntsville to take the place OF Rev,
DIR. John, who has been assigned to church
work of q different character. promo
ton creditable TO Mr.. Stovall.
Messrs. Earnest, Thomas and James re-
tured ON Tuesday from the north after
two months absence, during which they
visited Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
Glad to see them looking vol.
Rev. H. G. Horton, presiding elder of
San Marcos district, preached ut the Meth.
odist Church on Sunday morning. He held
the third quarterly meeting on Saturday.
The love-feast was hold at o O'Clock sunday
evening.
Prof. McNeese, the veteran phrenologist,
is still in the city. making his headquarters
at the free school building. Sec circulars
announcing his free lectures, giving his
free blindfolded test of the truth of phre-
nology, tonight. Ladies' and children are
expected.
Professors SrIllman and Thomas are en-
gagged in visiting various camp.meetings,
etc, partly wo presume to stir up the pure
minds of the Methodist fraternity by way
of remembrance to renewed zeal and activi-
ty in behalf of their old favorite, Coronal
Institute.
We mentioned in our Inst q call from Mr.
Jay e. Hunter. We notice by San An
tonic paper that he left day or two later
with his two sisters on q trip to California.
He will return in September to San An
tonic, and will take position In the low |
Office of Waelder Il Epson.
A Dripping Springs correspondent of the
Kyle Times says:
Mrs. Becton, the unfortunate daughter OF
Elder E. X Brauch and her father passed
through here Sunday, en- route for her SIS
ter's in Kendall county. Mrs. Becton has
the sympathy of the people generally OF this
community. The unfortunate step OF this
lady, which is known to all, should be q
sufficient warning to young ladies.
We regret to learn of the death of Rev.
]. H. Hendon formerly pastor OF the Bap-
fist church at this place. For years he had
been an invalid from consumption, and for |
the last year or two had ceased preaching
and found home on Col. Sledge's farm
and specially kind treatment from Mr.. s.
and family. Still growing worse, change
of air was decided on; he started for his old
home in Alabama, his devoted wife &C.
companying him, but he died en- route,
near st. Louis. His remains were brought
back to Col Sledge's and inferred in Kyle
cemetery. His wife and two little children
are the Recipients of much sympathy.
Mrs. Emma Belle Holcomb lectured ct
the Christian Church on Monday night,
subject "A Western Womans knowledge
of Texas" drawn from her own experience
and observation A leading object OF her
lectures is TO raise means to publish the
poems of her mother, Mrs. Matte Collins,
of johnson City, in which we were pleased
to hear she bids fair to be successful. The
mother is q venerable pioneer woman, yet
still continues to write The daughter is also
ready writer. She impressed us as an
earnest, worthy lady. and we regret to hear
1--WE were unavoidably absenD that she had
only o very small audience. She told us she
was member of the Baptist Church in
good standing, and was generally warmly
welcomed by the clergy and membership,
and granted permission to speak in their
churches. She is not professional lecturer,
but modestly takes this plan as the best open
to her for effecting worthy object. Her
experience has been q remarkable one In
many respects, she Is good talker, and we
doubt not her lectures are well worth hear
ing.
400 Doses One Dollar" Is true only of
Hoods Sarsaparila, and it is an unanswer-
able argument as TO strength and economy.
We believe there are nolonger any vacant
houses In this place
We are requested to state that all our bus
mess houses will close up on Saturday, the
31st inst.
The secretary of the late county conven-
ton saws 'as O matter of courtesy" he fur
nished the Kyle Times with the proceed
inRs. Did he not know that 1t was his
DUTY to do so-that he had no option in the
matter?
CONNECTION. -Miss Sallie Cullen writes
us from St Elmo that q recent announce