Directory consolidated for McCormick court and local offices
Directory lists U S District and Circuit Court officers, county officers and commissioners, justices of the peace, church schedules, Sabbath schools, Masonic lodge, and mail times. Includes names: McCormick judge F W Minor district attorney, Norton marshal, Girand clerk, Glasgow sheriff, Joline clerk, Kemble county attorney, J J Mercer and others on commissioners, and clergy across Presbyterian, Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian and Christian churches. Mail times show daily Eastern Mail arrivals and departures with postmaster Thos B Sivers signature.
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U.S. District and Circuit Court
McCormick
F. W. Minor
A.B. Norton
F. W. Girand
J. RR. Fleming
J. M. Moore
J. B. F. Shock
J. WU. Glasgow
James Melton
Chas. O. Joline
J. H. Kemble
J. F. Brim
W. H. Marshall
J. Massie
J. J. Mercer
W. L. Jones
W. HL. Keen
J. AH. Davidson
Tite Pracr
A. Lafferty
P. Jones
W. H. Keen
K. Franklin
County Criminal Court
County Civil Court
Commissioners’ Court
Presbyterian
WC Wallace
Myrnopist
Ma’elock
B. H. Johnson
Presbyterian Church
G. PF. Meyer
Cumberland Presbyterian
Methodist Church
Mr. Ware
The
B. F. Williams
Astox
G. W. Parker
Governor refuses pardon in case of Mrs Crummell
The State Gazette reports Gov. Roberts denied clemency to Mrs. Crummell, a Matagorda County woman who confessed theft after returning most of the money. Despite appeals by Sam Fisher and broad civic support, the governor affirmed his stance and left the verdict of the penitentiary unchanged, sparking debate over gender and mercy.
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Gov. Roberts
Crummell
State Gazette
Sam Fisher
Matagorda County
Grand and Petit Juries
Matagorda
Roberts
Fistier
Rattlesnake Den Battle Near Lord's Valley Pa
A whortleberry excursion to High Knob near Lord's Valley Pa ended with a party killing 38 rattlesnakes from two and a half to five feet long. Sam Helms, famed snake-tamer, captured most of the snakes at the Ball Hill den.
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High Knob
Lord's Valley
Ball Hill
Sam Helms
Philadelphia Times
Ocean Queen sweet potato cultivar in Kern County
A new sweet potato variety named Ocean Queen is being grown in Kern County. Picked samples weigh 15 to 20 pounds with yields high enough to feed to hogs as a profitable byproduct. Tests indicate potential to produce cheaper sugar than beets. Dr Stockton plans a sugar company to use his crop and neighbors. He also produced 125 barrels of watermelon syrup last year, encouraging expansion into a permanent industry.
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Kern County
California
Ocean Queen
Stockton
San Francisco
Secret Keeping and Yellow Fever Toll in History
A historical note asserts that women can keep secrets but many are needed, while a ten year span records 21 000 US deaths from yellow fever, including 1 000 in 187? highlighting a grim public health toll.
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United States
Giants and dwarfs in ancient and modern lore explored
Harper's Weekly surveys legendary and real giants from ancient legends to 18th century Britain and Ireland. It recounts Adam and Eve heights, Ruthless ratios, and the tall men of Edward III Elizabeth I and 18th century London. The article notes credible cases like Patrick Cotter and Charles Byrne, their lives, exhibitions, and fears of medical retrieval of their bones.
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Harper’s Weekly
Henrion
French Academy of Sciences
Adam
Eve
Noah
Abraham
Moses
Yunman
Eugenita II
Rouen
Chevalier Rincon
Bucart
Valence
Edward III
Elizabeth
John Middleton
Hale
C. Munster
Cajanus
London
Capt. Bates
Kentucky
Ner Swan
Nova Scotia
Cang-wu-gou
Patrick Cotter
O’brien
Charles Byrne
Ireland
Mason
Trinity College, Dub
The Giant Who Lived on Food to Death in 1577
A man who spent his life eating and drinking grew to 490 pounds at six feet eight inches. His weight culminated in a death early in the spring of 1577 after overindulgence. The report notes observers viewing his increasing size with curiosity.
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Lin
Magrath
Campbell
Ireland
Berkeley
Charles Byrne
Byrne
Downs
Cockspur Street
Charing Cross
John Hunter
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Haymarket
Patrick Cotter
Kinsdale
Bristol
Cotter
O'Brien
Boroihme
Trenchard Street
Clifton
Buckinghamshire
Wm. Stephens
Waddesdon
Aylesbury
Remarkable Whirlwind Accident In Reno
A man named J Moorman Cutter set out with whisky to visit his sick mother on Virginia Street. A sudden strong wind blew the cork out, draining the jug, leaving him unconscious behind a fence. He later recovered enough to recount the strange, gust driven mishap.
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J. Moorman Cutter
Virginia Street
Reno (Nev
Gazette
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Graham Leader
Directory
Judicial
Masonic
Young County
J. E. Ryus
M. M. Ginko
Wilder, Seel'y
Graham
Jacksboro, &c
B. Srrvens
P.M
C. J. Christopher Machinist
Scales
Texas
John Meisterhans
Horton
Jacksboro
H. H. McCconnell
First
Cass
Yoong, Chou
Jack 'Ale Tinto
Stephens, Sheekteford
Phrockmortor Alex
Girabim
C. W. Johnson
Young and
N. T. Sale
Attorney At Law
Graham, Texas
Jack Davis
Williams, Williams & Davyrs
Matlalini
R. Hollingsworth
A. B. Cant
West Side Public Square
Drs. Price & Atkinson
Ryus’ Drug Store
Nurseryment Florists
Larissa
Cherokee County
Graham City
A. B. McCloud
J.B. Ryus
Public Square
Giants
Rutherford
St. Louis
Houston
Cincinnati
Mexico
New York Sun
the Sun
Union
Confederacy
Southern Seaders
Fort Worth
Georgia
Granbury
Esther
Grant
Sherman
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