San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-04-25
Personal.
Major Moon is again with us.

Major Moon is again with US.
Col. Sledge was In the city yesterday.
Mrs. Capron, of Austin, Is visiting her
parents here.
Uncle Tommy McGehee came In on Mon.
day Of last week.
Peyton Taylor has rented the Standifer
place down the river, and viii remove TO IT,.
]. Fl. Davenport, Esq, went to Waco tho
first of last week and returned Tuesday.
Mr.. Ed. A. Christian was In town last
week.
Miss Jennie Fry Is at home Her school
term at Hondo haying closed.
We notice Mrs. J. L. Sample, of Calvert
in the city.
wal. some pure Lard and Graham Flour
from MoAllisters.
Mrs. Hensley, Of San Antonio. Is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. g. Storey.
We are expecting new hand lat tho bel
lows" in Society Notes"
Charlie Luck, who removed to San An
gelo some time ago, Is again establiahed
with Smith and Rogers.
Mesdames Code & Briggs are contempla,
ting attending the State Convention Of the
W. G, I. u, at Denison. May LIST and End,
r. Petit is in charge of our waterworks
good man for the place. Many improve
ments are in progress.
Miss Annie Martin, of Galveston, Is visit.
ing her many friends of this place and stop
ping with Mrs. Prescott.
See card of j. W. Nance, dealer in
Furniture, etc., well known as ono of the
foremost business houses in this place.
We were pleased to meet in our town a
few days since. Prof. j. l.. Andrews and
wife of Science Hall.
We were pleased to meet on Monday our
old friend MIR. M. l., Reed, postmaster at
Henly.
We were pleased to meet, recently, Mrs.
Isaac James, of the vicinity of Prairie Lea,
a very intelligen. and attractive lady.
Rev. MoMurray. of Burnet, it is expected
will accept call to the Presbyterian
churches of this place and Lockhart.
Our best thanks are hereby rendered Mr..
Pegues for nice pair of Plymouth Rock
fowls. 'Tis present which We prize.
Miss Pearl Hardy on her recent return
from sojourn at Dallas was accompanied
by her aunt and cousin, Mrs. and Miss
Harrison.
Only within few days past we learned
of the death of Maj. Trimble. He will be
remembered as having spent some time in
this place few years since.
Joe Brown, of Llano, was in the city last
week. He thinks Llanos prospects good,
especially in view of the probability of her
having one or more new railroads ere long
The news reached here recently of the
death, in Washington City of Mr.. Henry
O'Conor, husband of Mrs. O'Connor of
Coronal Institute.
Miss Carrie Hart, one of the bellies of our
city, was married last Sunday night to Mr..
Clint Winston. Her may friends wish her
all happiness.
Judge Jennings, attorney of Blanco coun.
ty, is in tho city. He is cripple from an
accidental shot from Winchester through
one of his feet
Through inndvertence we failed to notice
a very pleasant coll from our friend MIR,
Hankla, short time since, and to acknowl-
odge q special favor he did us on that &C.
casiOn
We received pleasant call ON Monday,
Mr. w. A. Stone, one of our subscribers
at Dripping Springs. We were glad to
learn from him that Mr.. Durar's wound
was progressing fayorably.
Mr.. j. w. Nance is erecting new build
ing for livery stable on Guadalupe street.
which is to be leased by Messrs. Wood
& Hawks.
Our veteran Townsman Mr.. Kercheville,
attended the veterans reunion Mt Austin,
and reports good time. The roll showed
twenty deaths during the last year. The
uext meeting will be at Fort Worth.
DIR. J. B. Cranfiill has accepted On invi-
tation to speak at our Chautauqua. Judge
Reagan writes that committee work will
prevent his coming. DIR. G. can scarcely
fill Judge Reagan's shoes, but is qualified to
draw and entertain an audience.
The vegetable dealers are out in force
with full supplies of the best in their line.
Mr.. Garrett and Mr.. Billingsley get their
supplies from their home gardens, while
Mr.. Green is furnished from the garden of
W. r. Cummings of the Patton ranch.
We had lost sight of Mr.. Bob Manlove,
for some time. but met him one day last
week in regular granger costume, sun. burn
ed and horney- handed. He said he was
farming out near snake lake, and luxuriat-
ing on early garden truck" We were
glad to find him in SO useful and commend
able line of life.
The newspaper business we should judge,
was unproductive of wealth in Temple as
well as San Marcos. The editor of one of
the papers there, the Herald. has gone into
the patent medicine business. He is an
economical advertiser. He offered us for
the insertion one month of O two.column
nd. of his Royal Germetuer" the munih-
cent sum of $40, or Sl.25 per column per
week We feared the temptation of so
much filthy lucre these hard times, so were
to decline.