San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1890-01-09
PERSONAL.

See announcement of W. II. Lyen fol
City Marshall
Our young friend Don. Price, Of BlAne'
Ia visiting at this place.
Why do We not hear any more from oul
Martindale, Pleasant Ridge and Riverside
correspondents.
Poor Ahrenbeck's effects arc at last
closed out Who viii be tho next victim
of the new stylel'
Jim Steele. having retired from the tin
ming business, Ia studying medicine, as we
learn. with DR.. Beall.
A letter from Mrs. james, of San An
tonic. records the death of j. W. Hannig,
with whom Mr.. James has for good while
been associated In business.
Our former townsman, DIR. Denton, We
notice, contributes leading article in the
last Issue of Daniels Medical Journal, Of
Austin.
Dock Alvey was presented with very
agreeable New Years gift, a bouncing boy.
We can safely say the little strangers are
always welcome viRtors at Docks house.
We were pleased this week to make the
acquaintance OF DIR. Joseph Jones OF San
Antonio, formerly Of indianapolis, dis
tinguished specialist In the profession.
Our valued friend. Mrs. Simon and her
sister, Mrs. Clemens, of New Braunfels
honored the FREE Press with call on
Monday. We regretted very much that
we were absent ut the time Of their call.
W. z. Driskill and family have arrived
and taken charge Of the San Marcos Hotel,
but will not be ready for business till about
the 18th inst. We IRE pleased to see the
place again occupied, aud wish for tho new
management successful career.
We regret to have to record the un
timely death Of William II. Andrews,
son OF our friend O. W. Andrews, aged
nearly % years. His disease was hemorage
of the bowels, the result of exposure fol-
lowing an attack Of fux. The parents
have our sympathy.
L. L. Tyer. ESQ.,, of Sulpher Springs, Is
about to locate at this place in the Insur-
ance and loan business. He represents
some of the best companies and large
amount of capital, and comes highly recon-
mended for pro5ity and business qualifica-
tons.
We were pleased to make the aoquain-
lance this week Of Prof. Parks, of Missouri
who bears the highest testimonials as o
teacher Of penmanship and worthy gentle.
man. He is teaching class in the room
oyer Johnson's store, The opportunity 10
a good one for such as desire improving In
this useful and elegant branch of education.
Rev. J. d. Scott, the able and jealous
pastor of the Methodist church, made the
FREE PRESS ON agreeable call on Tuesday. |
He is circulating card of queries on re-
ligious points addressed to christians. The |
idea is good one. Some of them are
rather pointed, or We might say personal"
but all the better for it.
We met our friend Capt. johnson of the
vicinity of Fischer's store, one day this
week, and in the course OF conversation |
about political matters he informed us that
be was student at Farmers College, near
Cincinnati. with President Harrison, and
also knew Rev, Mr.. Scott, Harrison's
and family. Harrison was
hen poor young man without brilliant
representing only IN old but
and locally unpopular family.
Murat Halstead, the noted Cincinnati
editor, also attended the same institution,
Farmers College. Capt. j., as we have
heretofore had occasion to state, is cousin
If the famous Gary sisters, Alice and
Phoebe, and also of VIM. ID. Gallagher, q
prominent western poet. We drew from
he captain promise to write up the
ocal news of his locality for the FREE
PRESS, in which strange to say it has sell
Iom IL ever heretofore been represented.