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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1885
Page
1
The Graham Leader lists weekly publication terms and subscription prices. One year and ix months rates are shown, with first insertion and subsequent rates. Notices and tributes priced per line, with a five cent per line rate for obituary notices.
Twin Mountain Lodge No. 2202 Extants of Honor holds meetings on the first and third Tuesday each month. W Greaves serves as Dictator and Bed Waners as Secretary.
Rev. H. O. Hoffman of Bloomington Indiana delivers a memorial sermon in Hillsboro Ohio denouncing Jefferson Davis and Grant with sharp anti Confederate rhetoric. The St Louis Republic and Philadelphia Times rebuke the sermon as sectarian and dangerous to national harmony.
In Palatka Florida county officers levy ten cents for each spoken profanity in the courthouse. A fund for the poor grows, with a potential lawsuit over the proceeds. A country man paid forty cents for a five minute conversation.
The San Antonio Times notes an optimistic business mood fueled by abundant wheat oats and expected corn and cotton surpluses. It cites strong immigration to Texas, cheap land, boundless resources, and growing railroad construction as signs of renewed prosperity and ready markets for crops and stock.
A garbled page item includes a Red Gulch Arizona promo for the Ripsnorter bar subscription with threats to collectors. It also covers Washington internal revenue collectors, Auditor Chenoweth on survey frauds, a rebuke letter to President Cleveland, and analysis of wheat prices tied to crops and meat supply.
In MaARLIN August 4 the District Court sustained a motion to dismiss the State versus A B Chapman murder case on grounds the grand jury was more than twelve men. The court held to answer on affidavit, citing the Lott v State ruling. Many county grand juries in five years exceeded twelve, and cases may await the next grand jury if not time barred.
In Louisville, all Citizens' League legislative candidates were defeated amid a light statewide vote. The reform group, formed from both parties, suffered a decisive setback due to poor candidate choices. Tate narrowly carried a statewide race, while the constitutional convention was rejected.
The Greenville Banner editorial praises a bright star of prosperity rising above adversity. It highlights encouraging news of better prospects for the future reported from various sections of the country, urging readers to feel hope and cheer in the toiling masses.
Since Maryland enacted the whipping-post law there has been a marked decline in wife beating. The statement notes wives stepping forward and suggests women with rolling pins may lose influence, reflecting a shift in domestic discipline norms.
Spiritualists hold a large eight week camp meeting at Neshaming Falls near Philadelphia with dancing each evening.
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