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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1885
Page
4
The Graham Leader notes Central Park New York as the resting place of Gen General Grant. Hon Thos McRea is nominated for the 3rd congressional district by a Democratic convention at Texarkana Arkansas.
The 20th legislature plans to publish the names and residences of all persons who have acquired 50 000 acres or more of Texas lands within the past eight years and the prices paid. The move aims to show how officials treat free schools amid local and foreign land speculation seeking cheap lands.
C R Johns and Sons of Austin announce An Essay on Texas Land Titles and a monthly Texas Review devoted to Texas affairs. C R Johns, long-time state Comptroller, leads the firm and promises capable, energetic stewardship. Price three dollars per year in advance.
The LEADER denounces the Galveston News for bias and misinterpretation in the Wren vs. Galveston News ruling. It accuses the paper of unnatural construction and questions the need to refund $7500 over a national democratic platform misread. The LEADER denies malice toward contemporaries.
Henry Ward Beecher challenges the Bible quote about a serpent being wise and harmless. He argues no wisdom in serpents and warns of their danger to humanity. The fiery preacher counters Beecher and urges avoidance of what he calls the serpent’s glittering gaze.
After days of discussion the capitol board settled that Tex as has the finest building stone in the United States. Ireland and Lubbock stood firm for the original contract while the Indiana stone was dropped. The contractor, eager for a contract change, is pleased and the public relieved though concerns linger about the aldermanic legacy and Burnet granite praised as a true looking glass for officials.
The Interior Secretary has received numerous communications from cattlemen since the President's proclamation requiring them to leave the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations. They seek more time for removal, but none protest the order.
The interior secretary announces immediate removal of all cattle on leased lands in the Indian Territory. Fences will be cut and removed. Senators and congressmen are implicated in the cattle scheme, with Senator Plumb named as part of a syndicate controlling 600,000 acres.
The Philadelphia Press dismisses rumors that Col Thomas Pythagoras Ochiltree of Texas will appear on a lecture platform next season. It states he is permanently in the railroad business with a four year contract to serve as a locomotive headlight on the Pacific railway.
The Bulletin notes from San Francisco dated July 26 say Captain Lewton's command guarding the pass to the reservation intercepted a returning Apache party and killed seven. Kreyer also reports Lee Davis in the Sierra Madres attempting to capture Geronimo.
The scorching spell extended beyond Texas with Iowa Missouri Illinois and Nebraska experiencing extreme heat levels and associated impacts. Residents faced high temperatures while regional services reported strain and advisories during the period.
Washington reports General Grant has died at Mount McGregor New York. President Cleveland proclaims mourning and orders the executive mansion and departments draped for 30 days. Public buildings and many private homes lower flags while bells toll and business pauses in tribute. Cleveland’s proclamation honors Grant’s military and public service and orders federal honors at the funeral.
Greenville Tenn lawyer E T Johnson, deaf and using an ear trumpet, responds to taunts by describing the torment and tragedy his affliction has caused. He recalls a dying child, a ruined ambition, and pledges deep sympathy should misfortune strike the taunter.
A muddled transcription shows a speaker railing against hypocrisy religion vice and race as a broadside on society. The text shifts from jokes about critics and hecklers to harsher indictments of hypocrisy and exploitation including anti Chinese sentiment and calls for exposing abuses on the Pacific Coast.
A massive bee hive is discovered in San Bernardino County atop Old Baldy. The wild hive holds a vast reserve of honey estimated at 150 feet deep and 200 feet wide, containing over 500 barrels of honey.
The Bonham News cites Iris claiming 200000 able men in Germany and a similar number in the United States living as tramps. It argues all should be required to work at a legitimate occupation and not rely on others' labor.
An agent of the cattle interests ordered off the Indian reservation by the president is in Austin investigating school lands for possible leasing. Rumor says they seek four to five million acres and may apply for heavy leases in the Panhandle at the next land board meeting.
Telegram from Washington sparks alarm as cattlemen with leases for 2,000,000 acres in the Nation fear being forced to leave the Indian Territory. They warn they cannot find grass elsewhere after Cleveland's inauguration.
An old Georgia settler who never killed a deer tries to claim his first deer by tying a rope to the buck’s horns and firing. The gun blasts the rope, the deer breaks free and bolts into the woods, leaving the hunter with a failed boast.
The Weatherford Sun notes improving war prospects between England and Russia and a poor wheat harvest in Russia, with a shortage here. It argues farmers can hold grain for higher prices, predicting wheat may rise toward a dollar a bushel as market conditions tighten.
Monday reports show 1850 new cholera cases in Spain with 761 deaths. Health authorities warn the outbreak is still rising and fatality rates remain high. In Mexico near Eagle Pass vast swarms of grasshoppers have appeared, signaling agricultural concerns.
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