03 Jan 1880
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1880
Page
1
The Graham Leader lists subscription terms of one year for 22.00, six months for 11.00, and advertising rates per inch and column. Rates show first insertion 1.00 per inch, subsequent insertions at varying scales, with special notices at 0.10 per line and higher charges for display ads and political notices. A 50 percent surcharge applies to personal ads, and advance payment is required for candidate announcements.
Wasilengton lepper reports a Maine recount dispute giving Democrats control, with Republicans furious and senators skeptical. A House bill seeks broad subsidies to extend American steamship lines to Europe and South America to boost trade. The Republican National Committee organized with Cameron as chairman. Congress adjourns for holidays without full business, and Morgan opposes Bayard’s financial policy amid currency debates.
George Burgess a prominent young lawyer of St Joseph Missouri shot and killed his cousin Carles Burgess last Friday in the culmination of an old family feud. The fatal shooting ends a long running dispute.
Former Missouri governor McClurg announces his candidacy for Congress in the 17th district to fill the late Hon. Lay's vacancy. The item mentions notary seals and a Georgetown Record note on San Gabriel water flow rising without rain, seen as a sign of coming rain.
A report describes a simple plantation mill turning seed cotton into yarn, boosting crop value and local employment. It cites a Georgia example with six-horse power, total cost 3700 dollars, capacity 150000 pounds, yielding 45000 pounds yarn and 5000 bushels seed, netting about 31945 dollars profit.
In a Saturday scene a lantern jawed youth asked postmaster Geo Poteet for Watts names. The postmaster refused all Watts inquiries including John Thomas Watts. Elsewhere 400 to 500 Black migrants pass through St Louis heading to Kansas with about 160 needing aid. Emigration from Mississippi grows and Arkansas has 500 heading north. District Judge A P McCormick’s opening term in Dallas earns praise and calls for civic aid to ensure justice.
The Troy Times notes Mr. Jones of Texas longs for celebrity as a financier comparable to Mr. Voorhees of Indiana. He introduced a bill to repeal the resumption act. It urges Speaker Randall to enforce silence on financial topics. Also reports risk of Indian outbreak in California, agent Usher killed by half-breeds, and a herder dead amid settler trepidation.
A long address on manners laments frequent interruptions in parlors as rude and pointless chatter disrupts rational dialogue. It cites Judge Story on virtue and women, then shifts to various short items: Senator Coke on railroads San Antonio to Rio Grande, concerns about newspaper circulation, and jokes about journalism and heaven. A note on electric light experiments in France hints at Texas frauds, Grant's presidency rumor, and a West bill fear of land raids, closing with Allen Palmer’s release in Missouri.
A compact verse extols self-reliance with the refrain hoe your own row. It contrasts diligent workers who prosper with idlers who claim the world owes them bread, urging ground preparation, seed planting, and personal effort as routes to riches and friends. The poem champions steady labor and responsibility.
Legal provisions punish marking or branding stock without owner consent as theft. Additional rules cover altering brands, unrecorded branding with fines up to 500, penalties for killing unmarked stock, skinning others’ animals, and milch cow use. A gubernatorial race discussion notes J. W. Throckmorton’s likely non-participation. A Jacksonville market report mentions green peas and cucumbers. a race incident in Nelsonville, Austin county, results in a fatality.
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