He was first married with Ignacia Garcete, and later in his life with Estalación E. General Escobar was a hero in the War of Paraguay against the Triple Alliance.

That same year the treaty Aceval-Tamayo, with Bolivia was signed, the Agricultural Bank and the Official Newspaper were created.

On July 20, 1888 the Law School was re-opened and on September 11 the professor, writer and Argentine ex-president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, who collaborated in the creation of new educative plans, died.

General Escobar gave special importance to the development of education as a sign of progress for the country.

The law that established the purposes and conditions of the secondary teaching was approved and public schools were created in Villa Rica, Encarnación, Pilar and Concepción.

The rail tracks were extended from Paraguarí to Villa Rica, hiring the Company Patri, Travassos and Cía.