San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-06-17
Personal.


: Mrs. Hattie Mecay, moo Kone. Is Nisitin
; at this place,
HOr. Felix Smith, of Travis county, wa
here on Monday.
Ex-county Commissioner Ratlid wa
among our visitors this week.
Prof. Holtzclaw, Of Beeyille Academy
made us PLEASANT call on yesterday.
We are pleased to learn that Mr.. oban
ion IL recovering from his illness.
Thomas II. Franklin made one OF hi
frequent visits to this place this week.
w.o. Hutchison, Esq, was second II
command in Col. p. O. Woods regiment.
Mr.. and Ms. ]. Hickey, from Hendor
sou, Texas, are stopping at Mr.. Garrison's
J. II. Davis. an Independent candidate fol
State Senator, from Caldwell county, mad'
US call last week.
Mr.. Willie Connally IL on his annual visi
home. He has been teaching in the north
western part of the State.
Mr.. J. +. Hunter writes us he has I'm
ished his course at the University OF Vir
ginia and will stop sometime at Austin,
Mrs. q. O. Day returned from Florida
some two weeks since TO Pearsall, Texas,
where she will remain for an indefinite
time.
We had pleasant call one day last week
from are young friend, Mr.. Il. j. Davis.
He looks we'll, and we should think married
life agreed with him.
DIR. Burleson met with bad accident last
week. His horse fell with him, the result
being broken leg. We are glad to learn
he is getting along well.
We cannot undertake to enumerate all
the visitors from abroad who were In at
tendance at the commencement exercises at
Coronal Institute this week.
The Pearsall News gives a favorable
notice of Elder ]. J. Williamson and his
work at that place, and says the Christian
church there propose making on effort to
secure his services as pastor.
We had pleasant call on yesterday from
Mr.. Il. b. Ford, of Blanco. He Is an OLD
Hays county man, and says he feels IKE
coming home when he comes down this
way. TIC IN u CioNoi, Whoio-oVo'Se oSNs~
man, one of the sort we like to meet.
We acknowledge IN invitation to the "Sil-
yer Wedding" of DR.. and Mrs. A. N. Dem
ton, nee Maggie H. Murchison, at their
home, near Austin, on Friday evening the
25th inst. We heartily join their host OF
other friends in congratulations and best
wishes.
Our old friend Prof. Lyons attended the
closing exercises of the public schools last
ws,k. Considering his four score years or
more, he is certainly remarkable man.
His face wears the bloom and smoothness
of youth, and he stands more erect than
many young men. Withal his mind Is
sprightly and vivacious, while his gallantry
cropped out in an eloquent eulogium on the
lady teachers.
Prof. Droke. during this session OF Cor
onal Institute just closing member OF the
Faculty of the same, left on Tuesday
for his old home Fayetteville,
Ark. His departure was fastened
somewhat in consequence of the crit
ical condition of his wife's health Prof.
D., we believe both as n gentleman and
teacher, merited and received the very gen
eral respect of this community.
Rev. VIM. Rylander, local Methodist
preacher, who resides on Long Branch IN
this vicinity, was pointed ont to us in john
sons store last week. When we say that
we had never CHANGED to hear of him be-
fore. he might fairly retort on us in the
language of celebrated chalac In MIL
ton: mot to know me, argues thysef IN
known" We were informed he is the
father of six boys and at least two girls
One at least of the former is an old and
staunch friend of the FREE PRESS.
number Of our people will recollect
Miss Ona Holingsworth, the young music
teacher who resided for some time in the
family of Mr.. J. l.. Connally in the sum-
mer Of 1874, we believe. Coming from the
same place in Indiana, she has occasionally
let us hear from her. Her last letter, few
DAYS since, informs us of her happy mar
riage to Mr.. P. D. Mead, Brooklyn, Iowa.
It will be recollected that she was somewhat
noted as writer of verses. She still Incl
dentally woos the MUSES., and has favored
us with some of her later efforts, to which
we shall give suitable attention ere long.
81 have no appetite" complain many
sufferers. Hoods Sarsaparilla gives an ap-
petite and enables the stomach to perform
its duty.
DIED,
At her home, No. sol Franklin Street. San
Antonio, Texas, June 7, 1886, at O'Clock
D. m, Mrs. Mamie s. E. Bills, wife of G..
G. Bills, late of San Marcos, Texas.
We wrote reference to the reunion OF
Col. Woods regiment last week, which
somehow was overlooked. The occasion
will, no doubt, be one of much more than
ordinary interest.
Friends of the Sunday-school should try
to attend the Hays County Convention at
Kyle, commencing tomorrow Friday night
and continuing over Sunday.
We understand besides various subjects
to be discussed, delegates to the State Con-
vention, which meet in our Chautauqua
Tabernacle in August, will be appointed.
We wish editorially to call attention to
the card of Miss Lille Dirks, dressmaker,
in another column. Her mother is widow,
in poor health. without means, having two
younger children. We believe the family to
be highly respectable; the young lady, we
learn, is skilled in her vocation, SO that or
ders left with her will be worthily bestowed
and satisfactorily executed.
The Texas Siftings, with characteristic
enterprise, has gotten up a plate of the
Texas congressional delegation which will
appear in its issue of June 10. The plate
& aoaI,- axaoutad and the faces arc piyen