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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1889
Page
14
The Graham Leader notes Mrs Maybrick holds warm sympathies on both sides of the Atlantic and reports a strong effort will be made to secure her a new trial or commutation of sentence.
The American Newsdealers Association urges Congress to establish a half cent coinage. They claim profit on one cent papers is only a half cent and change losses harm dealers. They note retailers gain the extra half cent on goods and that most countries use smaller coins than the cent.
Justice Field was arrested in San Francisco on the 16th on a charge of complicity in the killing of Judge Terry. He was released on a writ of habeas corpus on $5,000 bail.
John L. Sullivan was found guilty in Purvis Mississippi last Saturday. Judge Terrell sentenced him to twelve months in the county jail. Kilrain is expected in court next week. Referee Fitzpatrick pleaded guilty and was fined two hundred dollars. Governor Lowry is described as on top at least.
Throck Norton Times notes a town hog law approved by precinct voters prohibiting hogs sheep and goats running at large. The piece mentions Graham also has a hog law but asserts the town is full of hogs and criticizes owners for allowing stock to depreciate the town.
An opinion column condemns a Fort Bend massacre as a cautionary tale of heated prejudice and factional strife. The author laments long simmering hatred and notes strong men committed the killings, leaving widows, orphans, and grieving communities.
The report lists violent incidents across Texas: seven year old Daniel Bud shot in Lamar County on the 13th after drunkenness. Dan Lindsay killed Robert Claiborne in Brownwood on the 14th in a feud. a severed head seen near Galveston on the 11th by unknown party. Loper fatally shot McDowell near Ennis on the 13th after an insult to his family. Jim Brooks, a Black man, lynched at Orange on the 13th by a mob. two Invalids murdered near Van Horn on the 2nd by Mexicans for robbery. Joseph Maurer and son William poisoned in San Antonio on the 15th with arsenic in ham. no guilty party yet identified.
A Friday melee in Richmond Fort Bend County pits jaybirds against woodpeckers as a intoxicated man fires a winchester on the courthouse square. Casualties include Sheriff Garvey killed, Judge Parker wounded, Jake Blakely dead, and several others hurt or missing.
General Boulanger was convicted in Paris of embezzling public funds and sentenced to transportation for life. He is reported to be in England, dismissing the proceedings with a sly attitude.
Former Tennessee governor John C Brown died in Nashville last Friday morning. The passing marks the end of a long political career. Brown served as governor and remained a prominent state figure through the later decades.
Chicago will see a thirteen story office block with an attic one foot shy of ten feet. It fronts Washington street 93 feet and La Salle street 181 feet. Sandstone and terra cotta trim define the exterior. Marble mosaic floors and corridors will cover hollow tile floors. Structural steel frame and stone and terra cotta walls promise fireproof design. Nine large boilers in the basement will provide steam heating. The project costs about 800000 dollars.
Mrs. Barron of 1427 Seventh Street San Francisco and others attest to Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla preserving vigor and nerves. The ad extols a $5 bottle price for six bottles and claims the product builds strength for women.
The Northwest Texas Press Association organized in Henrietta on the 12th with F. T Daughtry elected president and H. J. Strickfaden secretary. J. W. Dale and J. B. Goodlett were named vice presidents, G. W. Coleman treasurer, and Wichita Falls chosen for the next meeting on the second Monday in February 189. A cooperative printers and publishers supply house was endorsed and rates on foreign advertisements to be raised.
A pastiche of moral reflections and a note on social punishments. The piece discusses bereavement and the urge to believe in an afterlife, then recounts a Polish custom where those who slander others were forced to bark like a dog and proclaim lies as punishment.
The Atlanta paper argues America lags in public road quality compared with Europe and urges permanent highway improvements. It contends posterity owes a debt for future comfort and that present taxpayers should fund lasting transportation improvements.
The United States must reform as reports from the Minnesota state hospital in Rochester reveal distressing conditions. The piece describes abuse of weak girls and women and condemns the facility as a state institution rather than a private sanitarium.
The clipping cites claims of inmates kept naked, denied bedding and food, with brutal punishments. It argues such abuse would be an eternal disgrace for Minnesota and questions the clipping’s truth while condemning harsh treatment of the insane.
The Confederate Home subscription list remains short as Austin reports 1600 dollars raised with 1200 from Austin and 100 from Houston. Galveston San Antonio Waco Fort Worth and Dallas have yet to contribute, even a dollar, despite a call for at least five thousand dollars from each. The piece urges stronger regional support to build the endowment fund.
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