San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09
PERSONAL.

r. II. Manlove has taken the San Mar
COS Hotel
Willie Joyce succeeds Claude Ivey as Boil
Leavell's lieutenant.
w. II. Jackman has returned from his
soiourn abroad in the stock business
The Hutchins store room will soon be
ready The opera house will come in later.
The Music House and Jewelry Store of
Chastain & Knight is being handsomely
fitted up.
Mrs. Richardson is in her elegant new
room, and awaiting her fall stock of m!llin-
cry goods.
Mr.. McNaughton, son of our neighbor
of the Kyle Times. is working for Mr. Rob-
bins at matchmaking, etc.
The wife and child of Mr.. Haskett
reached him on Friday from Illinois.
Doubtless joyous reunion.
Revs. Gassaway and Harris, from Other
points in the State are conducting revival
meeting at the Methodist church.
Mr.. Claude Ivey has gone 10 San An
| tonic to take position with Fred Smith &
Co., of that city. They will find him
valuable assistant.
Mr.. Raspberry has sold his fruit and con.
fectionery business to Mr.. Mcclellan, Of
the Candy Factory, who runs branch bus
mess where MIR. II. held forth.
! We learn that our P. NJ, has been al
lowed an additional 300 on his salary, and
| that the business of the Office was rever
before SO large, and is steadily increasing.
Our casual observations at the late Soma
| torial convention lead us to the conclusion
that dead lock cannot be very ENJOYABLE,
either to the candidates involved or to their
friends.
Mr.. J. B. Martin while sleeping in Col
Inns hay tent a day or 30 since was bitten
by polecat, and fears it may terminate in
hydrophobia He is here to test the virtue
of DR.. Payne's maidstone.
Victor Julian, who has been working on
the Corpus Christi Caller for over two
months, came home on Sunday, being O
witness in case which is expected to come
of OF the present term of court.
The new pavement in front of Donaldson
g. Co. g hardware store is one Of the i'm
provements which are of special advantag @
to the public, while subscribing the in
terest of the owners of the property.
Mr.. Porter has removed his saddle and
! harness business into the old ID. II. Cocre-
han property, and Owenby u Son will
move with their stove and tin store to the
old Donaldson corner, of which they are the
owners.
John NJ Killough, our County Surveyor,
occupies the Office in the Court House OF
his predecessor, Prof. Eve. He has for
some time been engaged in indexing the
records pertaining to his office, by order
of the Commissioners Court.
We mentioned last week the meetings of
Rev. J. Il. French in the Gatlin neighbor-
hood, some seven miles from Dripping
Springs. We are since informed that Elder
Driskill of the Christian Church held meet
ings in that vicinity about the same time,
and received IA accessions to his church.
We learn that Elder d. is devoting most of
bis time to preaching.
While in San Antonio last Sunday, our
Junior met Mr.. q. NJ Barnes, the newspa-
per man. Barnes is a 'rustler'' and has
few superiors as local reporter on the daily
press. He has recently given mp his po-
sition on the Express for less onerous sit
on the Times, tins enabling him to prose-
cute his canvass for justice of the peace for
the San Antonio precinct, an Office which
we believe he is peculiarly fitted to adorn.
Mr.. Barnes was n practicing attorney for
number of years and it will be remember
ed is former resident Of our little city.