San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-08-09

LOCAL BRIEFS.
Sleepy times.
Sickness Ia becoming somewhat prevalent
Candidates cards neatly printed at Low
rates at the FREE PREss office.
Tho idea Of q cotton compress al thi
place We learn has been postponed till an
cthsr year.
See announcement Of John II. Patterson
for reelection. He can refer to experience,
among his other recommendations.
The Lockhart Register says their / up road
is very successful and is greatly improving
the town. "wc told you So"
We ought to have mentioned last week
the change Of time in the call for the legis
latiye convention, being for the 22nd inst,
a week later than was originally announced
A good job that, watering the streets on
the square Tuesday evening. Why did moi
the dying young trees and grass in the court
house yard come In for share?
Miss Mary Word, student of Kyle Sem.
mary, was the successful candidate for ad.
mission to Sam Houston Normal Institute
at the examination at this place on the 9Th
ult.
The new city criminal ordinances have
been promulgated aud are said to be In
force. We have not read them. Time and
legal tests will prove whether they will
''stick."
We announce our worthy fellow citizen
O. w. Andrews az a candidate for cattle and
hide inspector. As there are number of
Andrews, he wants It borne in mind that he
ia of San Marcos.
Our last rain was July 7. The month
since seems like section of last summer in
jscted into the present previously promising
season, while the desert of Sahara like winds
are anything but refreshing. Strange coun-
try!
Speaking of cotton crops, there is obvi-
ously no advantage in larger ones than can
10 Tn tha I'm of N
the fields was estimated as being greater
than the entire crop for the next year or
two.
A friend residing on San Antonio street
complains of sickening odors from the priv
les. We saw proclamation sometime
since ordering them cleaned up ''immedi-
ately If not sooner" We hope oil the force
was not spent in issuing the proclamation.
At Huntsville they have begun a large,
new public school building to be complet-
ed by Nov. LIST, and the opening of the
schools will be deferred to that time. BY
prompt action we might have had new
building here in time for the next term.
1t must be obvious to every one, there is
a great deficiency of shade about the pub
lie square, not sufficient to shelter horses
and teams. A row of bois d'arcs should be
planted at the proper time at intervals just
outside the fence all around the court house
yard.
The Eclectic Magazine for August pre-
sents attractive and excellent papers in va
riety. Published by E, R. Pelton, rs Bond
Street, New York. Terms, $5 per year;
single number, as cents; trial subscription
for 8 months, 81. Eclectic and any 81
magazine, So.
A much smaller cotton crop than was
hoped for seems to be settled point. But
then with the abundance of everything else
which is assured, half crop of cotton will
be as good or better than full one without
the corn, sorghum, potatoes, etc., etc., with
which we are this year blest
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At the meeting last Thursday to consider
the Chautauqua question, steps were taken
to collect past dues, square up old accounts,
cit rid of complication with the real estate
association and start anew On ON assured and
liberal basis.
We learn that representatives of the Aus
tin part of the management are expected
over to-day to confer with our people on
the subject.
The BRENNAN Banner give the following
as an "open secret"
Colonel Bob Sledge, of Kyle, Hays coun-
ty, who lived many years in this county in
the Chappell Hill neighborhood, and who
has hosts of acquaintance here, will, it is
given out privately on what is considered
good auth ority, run for congress as Farm
ers' Alliance candidate against Judge l.. W.
Moore, of La Grange, the present congress-
man from that district.
The Lockhart Register, with oh aracteris-
tic mental obtuseness and confusion of
ideas, again charges us with making per-
sonal attacks on Sister Mcpherson, of the
Kyle Star, only because we have OCCASION
ally criticised articles in her paper. The
Register kindly admonishes us that sit is
not becoming in man to be continually
telling female of her faults" To all OF
which we have to say that We have given no