San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-07-26


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: We had no so long spell of drouth in 81
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/. 1888 Dame Texas seems again ooqusltlshly in
olned
VS. "Axes to grind" in variety, arc by nj
..-- means unknown on the Hill
on the same A o,auo. ., .o,,,o,a ,,o ,o,, ,,,o .0o.
on Sunday, Our railroad aud mail table
.-= are corrected accordingly
NO, or NH The latest eclipse of the moon on Suuda,
own benefit night last was q most interesting phe
nomenon, which we fear many of our peopl,
TRAINS. "'''''' '''''s'
We have heard of wet weather and dr.
FLOWS; d,y ,eo,hor nrorho,s nm, Wa ho,;ova on
market gardeners must be Of the wet wealth
5,OOp NJ. err kind of gardeners,
We have had no since the 7th inst.
o,opv and even cotton is beginning to need it bad
i:4Op NJ ly. The prospect of large crop is daily
. Agent. dwndling
Our worthy friend Mr. Knight, has made
- qnite timely addition to his watch and jew
ery business in the shape of an elegant and
es of the perfect regulator.
vance.
Corn, oats, sorghum, irish and sweot po-
may AT tatoes, fruits aud vegotablcs-all are made
i. ,ia but cotton deemed the most important of all
HE hone haugs in the balance,
like ~
r subscrp Mr. Wolf is intending to remove to farm
in Travis county, 81 is selling groceries al
$500 cost He has sold his timing outfit tc
syrup in Steele q Griffin
LISTENS. -
We notice that neighbor of the Times
very fine oool ~ Gonna If o,r n,orchonts t,y;ttino
him on the subject of bustles. We should
think that would be q tender subject for
HSsoN's the Times.
nifty at the The Monteglean, new monthly maya
diamond. zine published at Nashville, Tenn, the
all kinds official organ Of the Montoagle 5. g. Assem-
10 plaza. bly, and devoted to the interests of chris
tian culture, is table.
N at We are pleased to note the return of a
number of our previous subscribers who
ice Co.'s" felt called upon to stop last year in view of
DANIEL. the hard times. We hope to welcome oil
md Jewel sucn O"ch III snof' Tine
n'-' We noticed while at the cemetery Tues
VACANT If day that the colored folks have done good
Q them deal of work IN their part of the grounds,
We learn that Ben Dixon and Prof, Sim
,ho mor mons have led off in the work. Much more
at is needed on both sides of the line.
LISTERS. ;,
And now tappears that lecturer Black will
@ feathers not be at Chautauqua, So many fail
supplies uros n "hig gunsn confidently announced
IL o"- forcibly remind Of the story of the din
ner party contained IN Goldsmith's poem,
, ont her II he Haunch of Venison"
snn,s d. Friday will be teachers day on the Hill
Gov Ross, Supt. Cooper, and other distin-
guishel gentlemen have b. en- invited. Even
Jn'Vei"9 If they soud fail to attend interesting
NO nstitu programme will be provided. Our people
should turn out en- on the occasion,
wing fresh The entertainment at the Hill last night
red to give was one of unusual interest and there was
SD. They m ,,,,,S,,,ly loroa ,ttsndance Miss Pow
o'lii0iNA ell favored the audience with Of her
best Evolutionary efforts, and there was
some good music Quite number were
$ in present from Lockhart.
city, G000 -
ulanufac Again hear of an Unsettled question as
20 100 lbs to the future of our Chautauqua. There
{, Prop. 'fo 'aiio"' ~. ~ ,,,,,,,o,,ot
investigate and do the best they can. Our
or leave conviction however remains that if they will
agents, j. - s: ,,o,, tbov will decida IN
Hill Api- sno te"aDn -"'' r.' 49, u,;,I not ho
found derect of duty, and, in our judg-
e L KEE ment, at any other point failure Will con-
he best front the enterprise.
r doing Surprising, as is probable the Texas obau-
.. All tauaua will remain at San Marcos, then the
. i'm portance of new public school building
IN inc here becomes, if possible, the more con-
SOn9ble spicuous the want of it tie more glaring.
Only think Of our 500 public school pupils
consigned to imperfect educ alton or no edu-
nd at H. cation at the seat of the Texas Cautauqua
Would they be in condition to profit by
It's, treS1 that institution? Obviously not. To build
ion salts up you must begin at the bottom We trust
ed Ham, this most important matter VIII receive COIL
rythng in sideraton on Teachers day at the Hill to
rocees al morrow forits of far reaching significance
A Pleasant Gathering.
"N '''iN' The teachers reception at the residence
of Mrs Briggs last night, Immediately fol
III lowing the reception on the Hill, passed Oh
most pleasantly. The large elegant anc
rIOr UNIQUE mansion finely located, oVei
ilIOl, which fair Luna smiled in waning spendor
70. was precisely adapted to the occasion, while