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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1889
Page
6
The Graham Leader notes Mrs Maybrick has wide sympathies on both sides of the Atlantic and reports a strong effort to secure a new trial or sentence commutation.
The American Newsdealers Association will petition Congress to create a half cent coinage. They report profit from one cent papers is only a half cent and they lose money due to not making change. Retail dealers gain the extra half cent on goods. Most other countries use coins smaller than the cent.
Justice Field was arrested in San Francisco on the 16th facing complicity in the killing of Judge Terry. He was held on a five thousand dollar bail on habeas corpus.
John L. Sullivan was found guilty in Purvis Mississippi after a trial ending last Saturday. Judge Terrell sentenced him to twelve months in the county jail. Kilrain is expected in court next week and Referee Fitzpatrick was fined two hundred dollars. Governor Lowry appears to be in a favorable position.
Throckmorton Times reports a local cattle and hog ordinance approved by voters to curb livestock roaming. The piece notes Graham also enforces a hog law, while asserting the town is plagued by roaming hogs and criticizes owners who let stock depreciate the town.
A Fort Bend county massacre is described as a tragic consequence of factional strife. The piece condemns prejudices fueling hate and notes the long simmering conflict that ended in murder, leaving widows and orphans in sorrow.
Lamar county confirms the shooting of Daniel Bud by Stanton Hixon on the 13th amid drunkenness and provocation. Brownwood sees Dan Lindsay kill Robert Claiborne in a feud at the saloon. A mutilated body washed ashore near Galveston in August with unknown identity. Loper fatally shoots McDowell near Ennis after an insult to family. Brooks, a negro rapist, is lynched at Orange by a masked mob. Two invalids are beaten near Van Horn by Mexicans in a robbery attempt. Joseph Maurer and son William die from arsenic poisoning at San Antonio on the Mth with no guilty party yet named.
A Friday confrontation in Richmond between jaybird and woodpecker factions escalated into a multifatal battle on the courthouse square. Sheriff Garvey and several men were injured or killed, including the sheriff and a prominent judge, as bystanders and two women were also harmed. A prior deadly clash in California involving Judge David Terry recalled the violence.
General Boulanger is found guilty of embezzling public funds in Paris and sentenced to transportation for life. He remains in England, reportedly ridiculing the French court proceedings.
John C Brown died in Nashville Tennessee last Friday morning. He was formerly associated with the Ex Goy organization and was noted for his community work and leadership. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Chicago plans a 13 story office building with an attic ten feet high. It fronts 93 feet on Washington street and 151 feet on La Salle street. Sandstone and terra cotta trim, hollow tile floors, and marble mosaic corridors mark the design. Steel frame, stone and terra cotta protection, nine large boilers, and a basement heating system underscore the project budget of 800000 dollars.
The Northwest Texas Press Association assembled in Henrietta on the 12th lnst. F T Daugherty of the Wichita Herald Light was elected president with H J Strickfaden as secretary J W Dale and J B Goodlett named vice presidents G W Coleman treasurer They endorsed cooperative printer supply and agreed to raise rates on foreign ads Wichita Falls chosen as next meeting site for February 1890. J M Spencer named elector for Alvord Budget and a grand ball was held before adjournment to meet again in Wichita Falls.
The piece muses on grieving friends and the desire to reunite in another world as life loses its appeal without departed companions. It quotes a Polanders’ punishment for character defamation, a doglike biting reform idea, and notes the difficulty of separating good from bad in communities.
A Minnesota state hospital in Rochester is accused of shocking mistreatment of young women. The report describes violent scenes and quotes ensured witnesses, urging reforms to stop such abuse and defend civilized standards at the asylum.
A clipping from the Lancaster Herald condemns alleged mistreatment of the mentally ill in Minnesota, reporting cells with no bedding or food and brutal acts. It laments the inhumanity and calls for humane care, while expressing hope the story is sensational and untrue.
The Austin Statesman notes a short Confederate Home subscription list though Austin has sent 1200 dollars and Houston 100. Other cities Galveston San Antonio Waco Fort Worth and Dallas have yet to contribute even a dollar. The paper urges ex Confederates in those cities to donate, aiming for a strong Texas endowment to honor the state and bolster the home’s funds.
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