San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-07-29
personal.

DIR. Beckton, tho alleged bigamist, Is In
fail at this place.
Dr. Jaekman win stop, for while at
least. at Kansas City.
up. Caldwell IL on visit Of month or
no to Knox City, Mo.
Prof MeNeese, the phrenologist, will
lecture tonight at Martindale.
Rev. ]. II. French has gone on business
to San Antonio for few days,
MIR. Geo. Christian, of Burnett, was pres
ent at the marriage Of his brother.
Judge Moore, candidate for Congress-,
visited this place the first part Of the week.
Nv. Hutchins and Gid. @. johnson have
gone to New York to buy their fall aud win
ter stocks.
Mrs. Dial and son, from Arkansas, arc
visiting at Jere Horns, Mrs. ID. being
sister OF Mrs. Horn.
Rev. Mr.. Arnold, accompanied by two
young ladies', went to Baptist association ON
Sunday to Brushy-wherever that may DO.
Little Charley A., son of S. w. jackson
and Anna his wife died on the 18th inst OF
membranous Group aged months lacking
days.
John Motheral furnishes wonderful in
stance of the curative powers OF swifts
Specific in cases of cancer. He seems pref
ty well recov cred.
Mr.. Oldham called ON us yesterday to
renew his subscription. He is just in from
cattle drive to Denver, and speaks of that
rs being q delightful summer climate.
Mr.. j. T. Davis, independent candidate
for the State Senate. came here to speak
one day last week, but finding no sufficient
notice had been given, concluded to post
pone it to Aug. 2lst.
The father of the Professors Pritchett
ia now here and officiating as salesman for
TAYLOR & Taylor He informs us he has
been in Texas for some two or three years,
mostly at Huntsville.
Rev. E. s. Smith, pastor of st. Johns
Methodist church Galveston, and wife aro
on a visit to their daughter, Mrs. Sam X.
Kone. The eminent gentleman favored
the FREE PRESS with call.
The new dry goods store is open in the
Hinzie building. j. >. Killian, boss. Peters
and Borden, clerks. The room rs fitted up
makes handsome store room. More
anon, when their stock is oil in.
Following a notice in the Kyle times we
fell into error as to Rev. Mr. Hendon. He
died on his way to Michigan instead OF
Alabama. He leaves four children, two
boys and two girls. all quite young.
Young Mr.. Gillis, graduate OF the
State University, called on us with Mr..
Mann one day last week. He is receiving
the .sfnishing touches" to his education in
the hay harvest in this vicinity. He de-
serves credit for his manly pluck.
"Because I'm Twenty-Five" is touch
ing poem from the old scrap book from
which we resurrected the poem on Davy
Crockett on our first page As our readers
are arc aware, however, but few single
ladies have ever been known to attain 10
that extreme period of old age.
We regret to learn that our friend w. o.
Thomas was out of luck on his return from
his late trip north, having the misfortune
to leave in the cars his wallet containing
several hundred dollars in currency, and
draft for 81 900. The latter he will prob
ably save, but the currency will surely not
turn up.
We meant sooner to have noticed pleas
ant Gall from Mrb. EtruloI, 'tuuShOSA VI ~.
old friends, Mr.. and Mrs Chastain. OF this
place. Mrs F. and family reside some dis
tance west of San Antonio, and she in
formed us the crops were failure there.
She manifested her sound judgment and
good taste by leaving subscription for the
FREE Press.
DR.. John Collier, Of Chero kee county,
one of the veterans Of Woods regiment is
here to attend the reunion, and made the
FREE PRESS pleasant call. He first came
to this place in 1856, but left it after the
war and returned to Eastern Texas. He is
rs years of age but wide-awake and vigor-
Gus. He was one of the gold-seekers III
California in 1S49, and has had quite var
led experience.
The shocking accident to Mr. Holmes, OF
our waterworks on Thursday last was a
source of real grief to his many friends.
While at work on some machinery. silver
of steel struck him in one of his eyes, de-
stroying the sight. DR.. Mathis, the eminent
oculist of Austin. was called, and deemed
it necessary to remove the eye, which was
done. We are glad to learn that MIR.
Holmes is doing well and may soon be ex-
pected to be about again.