San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1890-01-16
PERSONAL.


PERSONAL.
DIR. Cock, We notice, Ia located at Laredo.
Thanks to Mrs. b. W. Smith for her nice
holiday remembrance.
An AT home" card informs us OF the
marriage on Dec. 22d Of Mr.. Albert 3. Bur-
Lesson, of Austin, TO Miss Adele l..
Steiner. The FREE Pass tenders congrat-
ulations.
| O. W. Mechanism has no connection
with the FREE Pass, and never has had
any save as an occasional type setter and
loealizer. for which service he WAS paid In
full from week to week.
Mr., Code, having sold out his interest
here, Will shortly remove to another field.
His business energy and skill will cause him
to be welcomed In any community whore
these qualities are appreciated,
At the timely suggestion Of friends, the
fair and amiable Miss Leavell resumes her
poetical contributions to the FREE PhEss.
Her poem in this weeks paper indicates
progress.
A brother of our Mr.. Robbins, a distin-
guished geologist from the North, Is here
on visit, and to take observations In his
line on various sections of Texas.
We were pleased to receive the subscrip-
ton last week of W. Watson, of the famous
Long Branch neighborhood, one of the
foremost communities of successful and in-
telligent farmers in the State.
Mr.. Shelly. of Missouri, and family, have
rented Mrs. Ragsdale's residence, and ex-
pect toremain some time. Mrs. II. will
board at the institute
One of the most steadfast and liberal
supporters of the FREE Press is our friend
d. s. Combs For years he has regularly
subscribed and paid for two copies besides
bis own.
Rev. s. II. Brown, the new Methodist
minister at Pleasant Ridge, made the FREE
PRESS an agreeable call one day last week. |
We we're pleased to make his acquaintance. |
He was transferred to the west from the |
Texas Conference.
A late San Antonio paper contained the
which relates to persons we'll |
known here: Miss Hosmer M. Carey. |
daughter OF Col. W. D. Carey, the we'll
known and popular Galveston News travel
ing agent, after a year spent in Kansas,
has returned to San Antonio and is guest
of Mrs. Leach on East Commerce street.
Mr.. Ownby has removed to San Antonio.
He sold his corner building for $3.50 less
than he gave for it some five or six years
since. That does not look fatter:ng to San
Marcos, but similar instances will rise thick
and fast should the pending scheme of the
ring in the conncil be contaminated.
The opening day of the San Marcos Ho-
tel under the new management, was ON yes
terday, and in company with Mayor Hardy
and q number of our other distinguished
,itizens, we were favored with an invitation
10 dinner. We found everything about the
house as clean and bright as a new pin, and
he dinner was very good one, consisting
Of the substantials, prepared in excellent
style.
At last we are happy to say, we have our
office in tolerably presentable shape. Our
,lever friend Mr.. Travis, ST., assisted by his
brother "Ben," recently return ed to this
place, has at last got up nice awning in
ront. The new, wider, and higher side
walk, new fence, etc., he says, will appear
ater. Mr.. Travis. like the FREE Press, is
perhaps little slow so netimes, but toler-
bly, sure to ''get there" in the end. We
AVE our "sanctum" and printing office, too
n q much better condition, We cordially
invite our friends in town and country to
all and see us ct our new and more access
BILE quarters. No stairs to climb. Our
ady friends are especially invited.
BY note from our former townsman, E.
/. Mackln, we are glad to hear that his
Ian OF the new school building at Taylor,
, cost about 1886, 900. has been adopted.
aylor is an infant in years. as compared
18th San Marcos, but mark the contrast u
q the way of intelligent enterprise! MIR.
[ackin was one of quite number of good 1
orkmen who left here not long since, from
,e lack of something to do. They will be G
,llowed by others, if the policy sought to
9 manipulated by the city council shall be II
ernitted to go into effect. There will be
tile or nothing in the way of improvement =
hold them, besides, intelligent white II
en of average sef-respect, will scorn to 9
main in town thus lifeless and mis-
any longer than they can prud- Z
ltly get away. q q
have some nice Clocks and Watches
at / will sell. GEO. W. KNIGHT.
East side. IL
The place to have tin work done is the q
Top of G. Fl. Steele, at the old G. W -
onalson corner. o
First In the Market. II
andreth's Garden Seeds.
Fresh and Genuine at
RAYNoLDs & DANIELS.