09 Mar 1878
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1878
Page
1
A devotional lyric praising neighborly love inspired by a biblical command. The speaker admires Edith as she tends her garden describing her appearance and virtue, expressing growing devotion and the desire to love one’s neighbor with wholehearted sincerity.
Polly admires Lafayette Sims while Will Bruce pursues her. A mischievous Billy goat charges the trio, foiling Sims and forcing Bruce to intervene. The goat hauls Sims onto a fence, sparking humor before Bruce safely helps him down as Polly favors Bruce for the rest of the day.
A Crusty Lodge letter jokes about naming Welsh village Llanfairowleungwil gogger hwllclysiliogogo for godchildren and recalls Persifer J. Smith's claim that Captain Robert E. Lee was the real hero of the Mexican campaign. The piece recounts a dinner toast where Smith praised Lee, and Lee modestly prevailed with Smith’s dramatic speech.
Mrs Deshler of Columbus Ohio died recently leaving large charitable bequests totaling 90 000 dollars. Eighty thousand funds are to establish an art gallery in Columbus and ten thousand to build and support the Columbus Law Library with lectures. The insanity plea will not be entered and the other bequests are expected to stand.
A member recalled Hewitt’s anger in the House and a quip about a short distance to the dueling ground. The exchange hints he once worried such an event might affect bond prices, though no duel occurred.
A distressed woman, hungry for her children, begged for $5 from the National Trust Company's safety funds but was refused. She ranted at a hotel crowd against savings banks and told police she had lost savings in the Third Avenue Bank, driving her near madness. The case ended with her release after the officer withdrew the complaint.
Lord Dufferin was awarded the degree of LL D by McGill University in Montreal. The presentation and the recipient both spoke in Greek during the ceremony.
Mr J P Alexander of Perry county Alabama visited Sciester's auction store in Selma and drank what he believed to be water. The liquid was poison and he collapsed dying within minutes in a chair.
The Pine Bluff Arkansas Press notes more than a thousand Pennsylvania families plan to settle in a local region within a year. Governor Holliday appoints General Joseph E. Johnson as Virginia’s first commissioner to the Paris Exposition.
Six masked men boarded the south bound Central train at Allen Street and robbed the express car of 2500 dollars after forcing the train crew to open the safe. Messenger Thomas fired on the robbers, wounding one or possibly killing another, as the bandits fled on horseback toward the northwest. The pursuers began at once, with authorities contacting the city marshal. investigators suspect the same men who earlier abducted a prisoner from Sheriff Reid in Calcasieu parish.
Newspapers avoid mentioning the Hellenic Government in all future references as a show of respect to Beecher and Inger Soll. The directive aims to prevent political mention in coverage.
The noted race horse Geo. Palmer, valued at over 40 000 dollars, died in a stable last week. The horse Palmer met with a fatal incident while stabled, marking a tragic end for the equine performer.
The Democratic party in Houston faced a setback as independent tickets secured a majority of the elected candidates. Congress ended this session with the whisky tax reduction proposal defeated.
The widow and children of McDuffie killed in a drunken Meridan brawl file suit for 6000 dollars against the bartender who sold liquor. Massachusetts law makes liquor sellers liable for damages when patrons are killed or maimed while intoxicated. The case highlights state liquor liability.
Mr. Harper, a Missouri farmer, hauled sixteen three year old short horn steers to St. Louis. The herd averaged 2,000 pounds and sold for 8.50 per hundred.
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