San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-10-24
LOCAL BRevITIEs.


LOCAL BRevlTlES.
Use Dr.. Combs Tooth Powder. ssv
your teeth.
Charming weather, az we write.
Dr. Nye Is still extracting teeth.
Methodist conference IN session this wsel
at Seguin.
Protect your homes and insure with Mrs
Manlove.
MIR. Talbot has gone on o visit TO Louis
lana, his old home.
There is o remarkable scarcity of first elias,
eating apples this fall. We wonder why9
DR.. j. W. Combs, Dentist, N. Side Plaso
Tho music of the "orchestran IN SOLITARY
hddler) at the "theater" brought down the
house."
Still they come-payments Of back sub
scribtions, renewals, and new subscribers.
Thanks, all.
venerable freedman named Field, who
once belonged to the Cheatham family, died
Tuesday night.
In all the best appointed public schools,
singingis one of the regular exercises.
Apropos, read the inspiring verses on our
first page.
We notice that the Griffins are fitting up
the front of the Barbee building for stove
and tin store, while the shop will be in the
rear.
Owing to the interest now attaching to
the subject, we give place to the injunction
in the case of the Kyle school in full
DR.. J. II. Combs, Dentist N. Side Plaza
The treasurer of the Star Dramatic Co.
after their performance of Saturday night,
initiated the latest fashionable style and
decamped with the funds, SO the combina-
ton "busted."
Adams Il Haynes are now receiving
their stock Of furniture in the Adirondack
building. Look out for their advertise
ment in next weeks FREE PRESS.
The coming show may be justly regarded
as an index of better times. We have not
had one we believe since '85 or 's6. The
managers know when it will pay to come.
We hear rumor that it is contemplated
locating the Baptist school OF this place, on
its reorganization. All right. We don't
care how many denominational schools we
may have, always provided that they are
sustained from other sources than the pub
lie school fund.
We have been favored with tho proceed
ings of the annual meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Society of the West Texas Con-
ference, which met at this place on the 18th
inst, but owing to their length and the
ateness of the hour at which they came to
hand, they have to lie over till our next
"Our young man" attended the theater
IN Saturday night, and undertook to write
up. The following is the result:
The theatrical performance last Saturday
vening, "The Fools Revenge" was we'll
and made very interesting by the
star troup. which stopped here en- route
rom San Antonio to Bastrop,
The ''Duke of Feanza" was we'll repre-
ented by Griffith Evans.
Gabriel Santim acted q prominent part in
be character of the Dukes Jester" But
Is love for his beautiful daughter, Fiorde-
,sa and his noble revenge on Malatesta
who had robbed him of his wife in his {
arly days. proved that his outward mask 3,
+ Jester concealed q noble heart within. I
his shows US that we cannot judge mans I
.ue worth by his outward appearance.
Francesca. the Dukes wife, had many
ials; her husband false to her, she could
nd but one friend in the entire palace.
his being only the Dukes Jester, could not, ,
course, be of much service to her.
The Poet, too, acted an important part,
Q being the means of the TESTERS startling
scovery that he had assisted in kidnapping
Is own daughter, and not Malatesta's wife,
J he had supposed.
The actors were dressed in the gaudy
of italian mobiles of the year 1897.
Official Blanks.