San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1890-01-02
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Fielder ID In from his ranch again.
Prof, Watson and wife have returned,
Miss Jennie Fry Is taking second weel
OF holiday rest from teaching.
O. W. Grooms raised and marketed owe
100 bales Of cotton the past season.
Mr.. y. L. Hopkins and Burns Connally
spent several days in San Marcos during
the holidays,
Mr., Murchison has handed us som,
giant radishes grown among his turnip,
during this fall and winter.
Miss Addico Iyey has returned from hel
sojourn in louisiana. Mr.. Iyey. a cousin
accompanied her on short visit to this
place.
Jeh. Travis ia fitting up the first story OF
his frame building in order to the reception
of full line Of ladiss dress goods in variety.
Mrs. Ragsdale has returned from sojourn
OF many months in FL Paso, the City OF
Mexico, etc, San Marcos welcomes home
one of her foremost ladies.
Postmaster McAIeans, from the indications
has resumed his old avocation of CONNER.
cial traveller, from which we infer he does
not expect much longer tenure Of office
from the present administration.
Rev, VIM. Swank, formerly resident Of
this place, died on the 22 ult. at his home
near Austin, aged 80 wears aud ten months.
He was a member Of the Methodist church
for 60 years and Mason for SO.
We meant to have mentioned last week
that our friend, Mr.. BRYAN. favored us with
his son Lyman, from Basel, Switzerland,
where he resides.
We are always glad to note the success OF
any of our San Marcos boys. One of them,
Henry Peoples, we learn. is railroad agent
and telegraph operator at New Birming-
ham, Texas, at salary of $50 per
month. Good for Henry.
Capt. Adams has bought the place ad-
joining Mr.. Hollands and is building there
on new house. the old one to be RELOCATED
to the rear. Mrs. Shane, who lived in 1t,
cas- removed to the talked-of Episcopal par
sonage place.
Our good friend, Reuben Donnell. one of
the ''stand-bys" of the FREE PRESS at VIM
berly during dark as we'll as bright times
sent his subscription for the past year and
the pay in advance for 1890. Go thou
and do likewise"
Mrs. Nash of Elgin, a niece of G. Bill
lingsly, was here last week, proposing to
rent tho San Marcos Hotel, she and sister
having experience in that business. But
W. 2. Driskill had got the start and taken
the house. We regret the Elgin ladies did
not find another suitable location here,
We mentioned in ovr last our dinner on
Christmas day at the Hofheinz Hotel, but
had to 60 to press without completing the
record of our dining out experiences. We
now resume the story. The very next day
we received an invitation to dinner from
our friend. Mrs. Prescott. Nearly every.
body knows the quality of her dinners, the
excellence of which is all the better appre-
ciated in consequence Of the grace and
amenity with which the. fair hostess presides.
so we need not particularize, but are sure
our appreciative readers would have been
glad to have been there to see and partake.
While at Madam Prescott's on Thursday
asst we had occasion to notice some of her
,andi-work in the lines Of painting, ems
oroidery, etc., which we thought highly
,reditable to her taste and skill. Verify,
he girls must look out or they may find
themselves distanced by Grandmother Pres
,ott Apropos we have very kindly
ceiling toward grandmothers generally,
hough not having attained similar digni-
y, being, as is well known, too young
3ut we confess to peculiar Partially for
he class of grandmothers who, like Madam
,, masquerade, SO to speak, in the guise
f blooming danes of 40 or thereabouts.