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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1885
Page
4
The Texas Attorney General rules that school district trustees whose terms expire next month may contract with teachers for the upcoming scholastic year ending August 31, 1886, before their successors qualify.
The column surveys editorials from Houston and Galveston papers on corruption, libel law, and prohibition, noting pressures on press freedom. It reports Mormon protestors in Salt Lake City, and recalls the not guilty verdict in the Adolph Spreckels assault case against M L De Young.
Austin report notes Indiana stone chosen for the capitol amid contractor disputes. Walsh calls foundation stone a failure in quality and quantity, while critics say land deals misled the people and funds drained away. Original board members include Lubbock and Walsh. others resist.
Proceedings show Commissioner Walsh ruling Gov. Ireland off the capital board. The governor may claim authority to enter the matter and overturn actions by land speculators and land dealers in Indiana.
United States Deputy Marshal Brown jailed moonshiner Roday Exel in Waco after a yearlong pot distillery operation in Coryell County hills. He produced corn whiskey biweekly near Failon on the Hitchens Central line, a town straddling Kentucky Tennessee lines with Kentucky enforcing limits and Tennessee hosts many taverns. Beecher’s summer sermon condemns Calvinist views on original sin and atonement, arguing humanity has not fallen and Christ’s work did not satisfy law for posterity.
Jason Haihorn, a colored man, was hanged by a mob at Trinity on Sunday night for an assault on a five year old white girl.
The excerpt records a Nashville conversation where speakers confess gambling drinking and temper issues. A participant vows to quit drinking while another insists on harsh punishment for mistreating a wife. The tone reflects moral caution and personal struggle with vices.
In New Mexico the Apache are to be supplied from army stores to avert a potential uprising. Officials blame ration scarcity for driving discontent among the tribe.
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