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

Wear pleased 10 sec W. II. Lyell out
after his protracted illness.
Mr.. and Mrs, b, G. Collier, of Hillsboro,
are visiting friends and relatives In THU
vicinity.
Miss Annie Haynes Ia visiting her friend
Mrs, Nellie Julian Thomas at Wimberly
this week.
| Mr.. Whitley who married Mrs. Mathis,
OF, Austin as noticed in our last. we hear ID
printer.
Thanks to G. R. West, our former Martin.
dale correspondent, now Of Santa Ana, CAL,
for papers.
Our old friend John Richards, now of
Montroso, Colorado, has our thanks for in
teresting papers.
We regret to learn that Rev. Mr.. Beverley
10 sick at Wichita Falls, where he had gone
on visit,
Chas. Hutchings is taking In the Dallas
Fair this week--not in the way Of pleasure,
but strictly business.
Mrs. Manlove's valuable horse very i'm
properly and ungallantly laid down and
died the other morning. No insurance.
Miss Blanche Storey ia assisting her faith.
er IN the Clerks Office. move in the
right direction. and most charming change
on masculine employees.
Miss Lulu Ragstlaie who came here as
the leading lady of the theatrical company,
Is resting since its collap It Prescotts. She
10 better known in the literary world m a
writer for the N. o. Tines Democrat. etc.
Madame Mcpherson was here on Friday
soliciting donations for the festivities
ut Kyle in aid of the Confederate Home,
and reported fine success Our people are
never wanting in matter of this kind.
We meant to have noticed at the time the
marriage week or so since of two pop
ular printers, viz; Miss Matte Payne, of
San Antonio and Mr.. Edward A. Smith, of
Austin. Both stand high in their vocation,
being members of the Typographical Union.
Miss Payne's parents were residents of this
place some Is years since.
We were shown by Judge Kone in his
Office one day this week elegant portraits of
his father and mother. They were enlarged
from small ones by an artist in New York.
The likeness of his father. as we recollect
him, is especially good. The Judge deserves
credit for thus obeying the soriptural in
junction, Honor thy father and thy moth
err"
L. E. Haskell. our former foreman. now
editor and proprietor of the Childress Index,
having come down to Austin az one of the
300 delegates from the Panhandle to inter-
view Attorney Grneral Hogg, came over
here on Friday to see some Of his friends.
and made us pleasant call. We are glad
to learn that he is doing so well.
During call on our neighbor, Mr.. Lem
uel Powers, the other day, we casually learn
ed some facts creditable to his antecedents. |
and which we think will interest our readers. |
His grandfather, Rev. Lemuel Powers, was q |
noted Presbyterian minister of New York. |
His father was largely in public life as dis
trict judge. etc. A sister of his father,
sIsss Abigail Powers, became the wife Of
Willard Fillmore, the 18th president of the
United States, and Rev. John s. G. Abbott,
n his Lives of the Presidents" speaks OF
Ter as "a lady Of great moral worth, and
me capable of adjoining any station she
night be called to FILL"
We forgot to state in our last that we
net at San Antonio, Prof r. l.. Stanfeld,
ity school superintendent. In response to
suggestion that he was growing old look
ng as compared with his brother Of San
1arcos, presumably because still out of the
Matrimonial fold, he proved himself equal
} the emergency by pulling out of his
ocket marriage license, but forbade us
taking the matter public till further de-
These we find in San Anto-
10 paper of last week as follows: Prof. R.
tanfield and bride. nee Miss Matte Hamil.
IN. arrived in the city last night and took !.
oartments at the Southern. They were
arried at Davilla, in Milan county, on
'ednesday night.