San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-05
PERSONAL.


Miss Beverly is now teaching the literar.
branches as well as music.
The admirable Mrs, Julia Mitchell len
new attraction to our town by her prosenc,
on yesterday,
Mr.. Mott, of the San Marcos Grocer Co.
has been in poor health for some considera
BILE time.
Prof. McGeheo, the principal of the bust
ness department Of Kyle Seminary, made III
pleasant call on Saturday.
L Powers returned last week from DallaI
where he has been in the service OF tho Y
M. @. A,
For q new and unframed courser We
think it will be admitted that Lu Daley
ran remarkably well.
Preachers and other pious people should
not forget that they are citizens, and that il
is their duty to vote as well as pray.
And still Jimmy Forsyths sole is march.
ing on, while his works in the way of new
pavements and crossings do follow him,
d. A, Nance has sold his home in this
place to S, M. Heard for $4,000, and will
remove to his ranch on Plum Greek,
L d Porter, son of Rev. d. A. Porter,
has accepted the position of bookkeeper
for Mr.. Schlemmer, merchant Of Kyle,
Mrs, Lyell, we notice, has handsome
pavement in front of her residence in one
of tho mountain wards.
Mrs. Harding, of Burlington, Iowa, is
stopping at Mrs. Prescotts, and expects to
spend the summer in San Marcos.
DIR. Petty ia having his house on San
Antonio street brought more to the 'front.'
elevated aud otherwise improved.
JEFF Travis has his building completed,
sign up, and ready to serve the people in
all the lines of enterprise of his multifari-
GUS genius.
In noticing Hofheinz splendid new pave
ment last week, we should have stated that
the job was supervised by Frank Donaldson,
and is to some extent California ''idee."
Mrs. Lizzie Wood and and family have
removed to their new house near MIR. Bar
ber's. John McGehee is occupying their
late residence.
We had call from Mr. Benson, of
Stringtown, last week, an old settler, but
whom we had never met, he living much
abroad.
We ore pleased to see the worthy and
amiabe Mrs. j, A. Bell again ably presid-
ing over the millinery department of
Daley & Bro.
Mr.. Talbot, merchant of this place, has
favored us with nice present of new Irish
potatoes, the first we have seen. We pre-
sumo they were grown on his home place
in the mountain part of town.
There were two funerals at San Marcos
cemetry on Thursday of last week, viz:
those of Mrs. Phillips, widow of the late
Robert Phillips, and Mrs, Hankla, wife Of
J. B. Hankla.
Sam Kone was again thrown from his
sulky few days since, receiving good
many bad bruises. The fault was defec-
tive harness, Sam says he is considering
the question of taking out an accident in
surance policy. Better at least look to the
condition of the "breetching."
Our friend. Mr.. Chastain ST.. has favored
us with some interesting samples from his
grounds, viz: bunch of alfalfa, which he
says is, when cured, greatly relished by
stock; and twig about foot long from
one of his peach trees, which, with its side
twigs, contain 90 peaches. Rather too
thick, but some will fall of,
Judge Wood has purchased the two lots
of Capt. Ellison, only separated by an alley
from his (Judge WIS., present building on
the square. The price paid was $4,000,
something less than the general rate of
similar property. We understand that if
the season continues favorable, Judge
Wood expects to build good brick build
ing in place of the old balloon concerns
which now occupy these premises
Squire Leath, of Wimberly, in atten-
dance at the County Alliance meeting, call
ed to renew his subscription to the FREE
PREss. He informed us he came from
Middle Tennessee to Bastrop county in
1851, and to this county three or four
years later, and has resided here ever since.
He expressed grave doubts as to whether
Tennessee. climate and ALL is not q better
country than Texas. Many share in those
doub is.
Mrs, NJ, E, HanlIla, whose death took
place since our last issue, we feel deserves
something more than q passing notice. She
came to this place the same year we did and
for the most part, has made it her home
ever since. We haye occasion to remem-
Der her well, as lady of superior intelli-
gence, refinement and Christian character.
We deeply sympathize with her. husband
and family in their irreparable loss.
Little George, son of G.. NJ. Briggs, we
are informed by his father, met with quite
a perilous adventure on Friday last. He
and his older brother are boarding at
Esquire Reeds and undertaking to cross
the new railroad bridge over the Blsnco.
little George fell through at the highest
place, receiving terrible fall The conse-
quenees at first seemed alarming, rs there
were indications of internal injury, but we
learn he is about at his mothers and seems
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