San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-08-12
PERSONAL.


sojoun at Centreyille. Texas.
Thanks 10 our friend. T. j. Davis, for a
handsome present OF sweet potatoes.
DIR, ]. ]. Jones, OF Eath eoua,y, expects
10 remove 10 this place ea,ly in tho fall.
DIR. Woods Is doing his duty by urging
attention to sanitary matters in our town.
DIR. Bell left for home on Tuesday even
ing, lie has a desire to locate In this
place.
Our ex-Hoosier friend, Mr.. Bailey, the
artist Of Palestine, IL here and favored us
with a cali.
Miss Bette Eamey. OF Austin, is spending
few days in this city tho guest OF Miss
Minnie Mann.
Rev. Geo. Il. Killough made MS pleas
ant call ON yesterday. Gnd to see him
looking very we'll.
@. H. Rau and family have removed to
their ranch in tho suburbs. Their town
place IL for rent.
Mr.. r. @. Warn, of Cuero, IN uncle OF
Mr.. Chas. Hutohings, is visiting him, and
is delighted with San Marcos.
Uncle John Richards has favored us with
copy o, the CardiG News, a journal from
Wales. his native land. Thanks.
Mr.. Thomas, ST., OF Fayette county,
came in last week. having boen summoned
here by the sudden death Of his wife,
Our friend. Mr. ]. Z. Hunter, has favor
ed us with copy of the San francisco
Evening Post, Grand Army reunion special
edition. Thanks.
We trust we shall violate no confidence
when we state that the poem which we copy
ON our last page rom the Beacon is from
the pen of Rev. Mr.. DuBoSe.
John Marrast, son-in-iaw of Judge
Cook, died on Saturday evening last at the
residence of Owen Ford, Esq. He came
short time before from his home in Hous-
ton.
We overlooked, last week, calling atten-
ton TO the new Signs of tho Free PRESS,
both below and above. They are among
the best samples OF The skill OF our bio9-
lsh friend, Mr.. Richardson.
Mr., Bailey has favored us with copy OF
the Palestine Advocate, containing an en-
craving of Sam Houston's grave from
nboto of Mr. b. followed by some appro-
pirate lines by Mrs. Rose F. Deming.
Philosopher vogelsang, editor of the
Cosmos, is becoming famous. The Calves
ton News and the Assembly Beacon we no
tice are after him somewhat. But wont
the philosopher give them broadside in
return.
Poor vanlandingham, the blind man, is
living pretty much helpless at his brothers
in this vicinity, who being himself poor
man. should have public assistance in so
GREAT n charge. We think the county
sbould make him fair allowance.
Mr.. Robbins is confined to his bed with
something like infammatory rheumatism.
But with The superior nursing he is receiv'
inc ST, ce the return of his good wife, he
NAV reasonably hope for early recovery =
especially if the weather should turn cooler.
Mr. S. p. Chastain has just sold new
piano to Mr.. Pegues. 1t Is from the famous
n ano dealer, Vim Bourne d Son, of Bosto' .
By the way, Mr.. Chnstnln now has an Oh
& e aud depository Of instruments with MIR.
Knight Oh The square. More from hin,
anon.
Uncle Joe Burleson called on us on Tues
day. Being entirely out of the race FOL
sheriff. he asked us to request the newspa-
pprs which still run his announcements, to
take it out. We suggest that he be re-
elected to his present position rs county
commissioner ''by reclamation.
Our fair, and in every respect admirable,
younc friend, Miss Lilly Mcbride, accom-
/ panied by an entertaining young friend OF
hers, Miss Lula Armstrong, of Bell county
favored the FREE PREss with call on yes
terdav. Miss A. has been visiting here fol-
some weeks and is charmed with San Mar
| cos.
The walls of Hutchin's new bnilding are
complete, aud il makes a fine appearance
Our friend, Jimmy Forsyth, INFORMS us he
built the old building. and says Hutch'ns
when he left, turned over the new one tc
him for completion, hence the handsome
outcome. You can always bank on "can
ME Scot"
We met Miss Emma H. Eve on Sunday
and were glad to hear that she had found {
coneenial position with Mrs. Callahan, Of
Lockhart: also good homes for the children
of her deceased brother. They hare thu
best wishes of many friends. Judge Kon'
| and wife and Mrs Kone, ST., have beer
very kind to them.
Mr. Eozarth, of the Wimberly nurseries
informs us that he has God-send in thu
way of a well. He digged over So fee
when the water gushed up and filled it il
few minutes to within three feet OF tn
top. He thinks it will probably overflow
on the artesian style. He must have strucl
a vein of Jacobs Well"
We ought, ere this, to have noticed tina
Mrs. Creech, has added one of the larges
size cook stoves to her bakery; the building
has also been enlarged, enabling her t
keen some boarders; and she has found
necessary or expedient to employ an assist
ant of the other sex. She makes first
rate article of bread-hence her increasing
trade.
We mentioned last week call from tina
prepossessing gentleman, Prof. Saunders
of Georgetown University. We met hin
some ten years since. He was then con
nected with the Univers ty: now he stands
second in the faculty. He presented IL
late catalogues showing the complete sue
cess of the institution with which he is 81
honorably connected.
Judge Wood has handed us Kansas Git.
paper of recent date, containing an an
nouncement of the death, in that city, o
Mr.. David G. McCrohan, a young gentle
man who stopped with the Judge severn
months since while engaged in the study o
law. His disease was hemorage of tn
bowels His widowed mother. from Lex
iugton, KY. was with him when he died
He was 26 years of age.
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