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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1889
Page
7
The Rev. T De Witt Talmage preached at the Tabernacle on Proverbs thirteenth twenty warning young men to avoid evil company. He recounted a convict’s death sentence admission that bad companions ruined him and urged vigilance against scoffers and shop loungers who tempt with easy pleasures and wine.
The speaker warns against idleness and those who live for pleasure, urging young men to avoid idle companions who dodge work. He cites police as tracing crime to idlers and stresses to stay busy, retain usefulness, and cultivate Christian character for lasting fruit in old age.
A preacher tells of a young man torn between a guardian angel urging a godly path and a seductive demon promising revelry. The tale shows doors of fate closing as the bad angel leads toward ruin, while the good angel pleads for salvation and final destiny. Hesitation, he warns, can mean death.
A Victorian style note urges gardeners to use blue blooms like delicate blue flowers with pinks and phacelia in combos with straw and lemon hues. It praises blue as a natural palette element, citing June skies and the bluebird as inspiration for harmonious arrangements.
The Lowell Courier quotes Ruskin saying those who seek the straight will find it in this world. The remark is framed by a poker analogy as a nod to discernment and truth amid life’s uncertainties.
The report ties a Kansas lynching to a Wyoming constitutional convention, highlights the Sharon case, and notes a Guthrie Oklahoma mayoralty election as part of a broad regional unrest narrative.
Wasmixcron reports that military leaders urge Congress to consider erecting major, permanent frontier posts at key rail crossing points on the Mexican border. Gen Stanley, noted for his knowledge of southern defenses, has studied the issue and will address it again in a forthcoming army report guiding departmental recommendations.
Johnstown Pa June 3 Developments hourly show the fatal toll from the disaster will remain unknown with over 1000 bodies recovered since sunrise and thousands more believed buried beneath debris near the bridge area. The affected valley population is about 50 000 to 55 000.
In San Francisco June 4 Judge Sullivan of the superior court set July 15 for Sarah Althea Sharon's motion seeking the appointment of a receiver for the Sharon estate. He refused to recognize Judge Sawyer's injunction blocking the case in state court and ruled the U S circuit court cannot annul a state court decree.
Des Moines June 1 reports brief particulars of a whitecap attack near Mount Auburn Wednesday night. A farmer killed. his barn burned. he defended himself with a pitch fork, wounding several assailants. All suspects, except the wounded, are in custody.
Robert York, who says he is second mate, reports the Isaac Houston cleared Ashland with iron ore for South Chicago. Six miles off Milwaukee a Friday storms broke the vessel in two, causing the death of Capt Hudson, his wife and two children, First Mate Fowler, and eleven crewmen.
Gov. Warren issued a proclamation setting a July election for delegates to a constitutional convention to meet September 2. He asserts Wyoming’s population wealth and public intelligence justify immediate admission to the union and promises to appeal to Congress.
In federal court a verdict awarded Gerhard Schumacher eight thousand dollars against the St. Louis and San Francisco railway for the loss of his leg suffered while employed on the road in the Indian country. He had sued for fifteen thousand nine dollars.
Dangerously ill in Leavenworth Kansas Judge Brewer of the United States circuit court is reported to be suffering a severe typhoid fever attributed to overwork. All visitors are barred from his residence and his condition is described as dangerous in the extreme.
Pat Cleary escaped a Lincoln jail and was pursued by citizens of Lincoln and Ellsworth counties. He was shot, then hanged from a Fourth Street railroad bridge. Cleary had killed Josie Turner on January 3, 1588.
An Albany physician says he has never seen a cancer case among Hebrews and attributes the absence to abstinence from pork. He cites medical observations suggesting dietary laws may influence cancer incidence among Jewish communities.
Ricn Mono Va June 1 Dr S P Moore former surgeon general of the Confederate States Army died suddenly at his residence this morning from congestion of the lungs.
The first term for active business of the United States court opens in Meskoose Oklahoma Territory on June 3. Local officials anticipate efficiency in proceedings and prompt handling of civil and criminal matters.
The Indian Territory session opened in this city this morning with Hon. James M. Shackelford presiding on the beach. Of the forty six petit jurors summoned, all but three were present and nearly all were Indian citizens.
Dr. John Allen of Stanley county was robbed of thirty dollars by highwaymen near Crantotte on May 28. They placed a noose around his neck and hanged him for about thirty minutes before cutting him down, believing him dead. He survived by feigning death and returned home to tell the tale.
John A. Cleur and Washington Thompson, both intoxicated, went to the Cleur home. Mrs. Cleur objected to the negro's presence and was brutally beaten by Thompson. The husband did not intervene as the assault left her in a dying condition.
A morning collision on the Dayton Fort Wayne and Chicago railway east of Cotton Ohio involved two freight trains one carrying thirty miners in a caboose. On a sharp curve both trains smashed and many passengers were injured. Three men Mike Dow Marshal Shead and John Brown were killed.
In the general assembly this morning the elections committee report described bribery in Block Island. It stated 73 to 109 men were paid to back John G. Sheffield Jr. a Republican candidate, with payments ranging from 25 to 100 dollars per vote, revealing widespread corruption.
Ottawa on May 30 reports the department of marine and fisheries has no official information about any warship dispatch to the Bedring sea by England or the United States. Officials say there is no significance attached to the movement and express uncertainty about any orders.
Sheriff Lorenzo Lopez of San Miguel County NM halted a gang driving 330 horses toward Montana after they had stolen about 500 horses from ranches in San Miguel county. The capture occurred near Folsom NM and the thieves were brought to Trinidad CO.
Wienrta Kansas June 1 Mrs Catherine Schmidt found guilty yesterday of selling three glasses of beer and sentenced to three months in the county jail with a $500 fine This marks the first time a woman has been jailed for a prohibition violation in the state.
In Brookhaven Mississippi a large crowd gathered at the courthouse on June 3 for a prohibition mass meeting in anticipation of a local option election. Judge J B Christian of Brookhaven Dr Rowan of Wesson and Rev A A Lomax of Hazlehurst delivered forcible addresses.
Yesterday's storm in Sanp Beach Michigan was the strongest since the December 1885 storm. The Canadian steamer Chamberlain arrived about five o'clock with gangways stove in and fires out, and she was held up to the pier by harbor tugs.
D. W. Harvey, while opening a new road on Pigeon mountain near LaFayette Georgia, uncovered a rock concealing a stone pot with 2688 60 in specte. The find occurred about two hundred yards up the slope and was reported May 30.
The Caroline Miler commanded by Capt Miller arrived in New York harbor after an encounter with a Haitian gunboat that fired on her. The vessel outran the pursuing warship and escaped injury in the incident.
The Mark Lane Express reviews a week of grain trade. Weather promises harvests while English wheat declines 6d and prices fall as demand slumps. Sales total 2,502 quarters at 20s, vs 45,875 quarters last year. Russian wheat improves slightly. American, South American and Australian supplies tighten and prices hold. Flour steadies. barley and corn cheapen 3d.
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