San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-08-09
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MIR. Ezeil, sr., lett on trip 10 hississip-
pi few days since.
J.v. Hutchins has gone North to purchase
new goods.
We regret to hear of the serious illness OF
Mrs d. II. Cocreham.
james Howard. of Navasota, nephew OF
Mr.. Woodall, is visiting at this place,
Mr.. Robinson, of Boerne is stopping here
and thinks of going into business.
Bascom Lyell is making an addition to
the house on his property known as the
Jones place.
Miss Walker, an accomplished young lady
of Seguin, was among our recent visitors,
the guest of Miss Joyce.
Mr.. Parks, late editor of the Hondo City
News, was in town the first Of tho week and
made the FREE PRESS q call.
Mr.. Richardson, of the Williamson cor
ner meat market, has been confined to lis
house for several days by sickness.
Mr.. Garrett, gardener, we learn, has rent
ed Uncle John richards place where he will
resume the business with facilities for irri-
cation.
jeff Travis has Just returned from q trip
to Shreveport, La, and reports yellow few
er there. JEFF now has number one car
riage finisher from Illinois.
We ought to hove mentioned in our last
al agreeable call from our steady-going
friend and subscriber, NJ. M. Echols. OF the
vicinity of Henly. We are always glad to
meet him.
Hon. John Wood, of Lavaca, candidate
for lieutenant governor, visited this place
last week in the course of his canvass. He
appeared to us to be a shrewd and active
politician.
Ira Haskell has retired from the butchers
trade and taken al interest with Capt. Prince
in his lunch parlor. Ira is wide-awake
business young man of pleasant address. We
wish him success.
On the authority of one of the "passed"
teachers we published last week statement
that but out of 16 applicants received GER
tifcates, and none from San Marcos We
are assured by one of our leading lady teach
ers that there we're only II applicants. none
of whom were from San Marcos.
Judge Kone narrowly escaped severe in
Jury on Saturday evening. While driving
on the north side of the square, his horse
made Il sudden turn aud threw him out of
his buggy, FILLING on his face and head. He
was considerably bruised, but got off re-
markably well.
The one of Judge Woods new store rooms
-. hrillp.r haor q al
ready taken, and that w. Wood and Fl.
]. Williamson will open clothing and
gents furnishing store there about the first
of Sept .mber, The new firm has business
training and experience, and we doubt not
will make this their first venture ION their
own hook" successful one.
We happened at the residence OF B., f.
Ezell on Monday, learning for the first time
where he lived. Though so near town-Just
above MIR. Pegues-his home is quite hid
den from view. A nice, retired place. The
Ezells, father and son, own quite scope OF
land back of his place, and have
some ~ acres in cultivation in grapes and
other fruits and products. B. F. E. resided
several years in Honduras, and expects to
return there as soon as he can sell.
Our friend j. E. Hunter has favored us
with n copy of the Illustrated Los Angeles
Herald, a very handsome 38 page paper,
large pamphlet, columns to to the page,
which we have examined with much inter
est. MIR. Hunter endorses on the cover:
From dead-head subscriber to the FREE
PRESS for the past five years" Not 30, how
ever, for he has paid many times over by
his interesting letters in times past. Apro-
DOS, like little Oliver we call for more"
That paragraph of our California letter of
last week which reports Mosher, Gladue and
Richardson as still 'in cahoot in that dis
tant land will be suggestive here in San
Marcos Who that knows them cannot
fancy them cracking their jokes as of old,
and iudulgirg in "reminiscences Of the old
home? Add the grapes and other. luscious
fruits and we fenr they will be found going
r ther SOW. We hear that NJ. and r a'so sti
fgure in church and Sunday school choirs
rs Of old.
One thing puzzles us about most of the
California emigrants from this plnce, and
that is their keeping so exceedingly "shady"
since their departure, not letting their
friends hear from them. 'Tis said that tout
of the abundance of the heart the mouth
and hence this singular silence
seems 10 MS rather ominous. They do not
even seem to want to hear from San Mar
eos. Among them are some old Subscribers
10 the FREE Pass. who have allowed it to
stop. 1--WE trust not on account of some un-
paid dues on it, On the whole we guess
he great question with the departed" is,
Are we Jolly or are we notl"