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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1885
Page
4
Farmers in Bosque County offer yearlings at seven dollars per head while cows and calves go for twenty dollars but buyers are scarce. The Fort Worth Gazette criticizes Austin as the wickedest city in Texas. Curacao suffers a major fire with losses around seven hundred thousand dollars.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met in Dallas on the 8th with a large delegation in attendance.
A concise report notes a dove bearing olive branches to England Russia and Galveston signaling peace. It contrasts Afghan failure to provoke conflict with ballot manipulation and describes Galveston as choosing people’s arbitration while England and Russia favor royal or imperial arbiters.
The piece says J. D. Shaw of Waco, once a Methodist preacher, longs to discuss religion with Sam Jones. Shaw admits years of preaching left him ignorant compared with sinners he aimed to instruct. Jones is portrayed as a devout evangelist unlikely to debate an apostate who left the church two years ago.
Bowlin’s aggressive campaign against gambling in Fort Worth earns praise from supporters. He promises continued legal action to end gambling, with advocates proposing a 1 percent district or county attorney fee on collected fines as a supplemental incentive for enforcement.
Special to the News from Waco May 3 reports the marriage of Mr Charles Lachman and Miss Carrie Leason with Rabbi A Gul officiating at five o clock. The Waco Examiner highlights a severe marriage epidemic implied by the dispatch.
Rev. J. M. Clayton issues a month paper from Little Rock Arkansas called The Southern Rising Wave. It targets the house school church and law against the drink habit saloon brewery and distillery. Subscription is 75 cents per year to support a good cause and an earnest man.
At the State Bar Association meeting in Austin ex governor Roberts blames law execution gaps on limited state legal talent and venue delays. He argues courts and politicians hinder prosecutions by postponements while gifted defense lawyers rise through private and state-backed support.
The Dallas Herald commends local gentlemen who have started a Dallas & Northwestern railway plan and urges persistence for funding. It notes money motives attract capital and praises foresight, citing Gould’s Texas & Pacific as an example of regional growth driven by bold investments. The Post contrasts American optimism with harsher northern climates while favoring a sunny, vibrant land.
The article recounts Attorney General Garland deriding doctors and later catching mumps after a mysterious illness. It notes reaction from the Mexia Ledger about federal appointments, a Texas family estate dispute in Burrago, and Fort Worth's revival under a boy preacher drawing Houston Post commentary on national religious reform.
A Louisiana senator denounces Mr Cleveland for opposing a personal friend’s Office appointment. The piece argues Louisianans seek honest administration over personal grudges and cites Andrew Johnson’s 1840s defense of patronage as a cautionary example. It predicts voters will rebuke refractory congressmen.
An Arizona editor recalls a funeral where tension arose between the minister and a mourner over a flask in their carriage. Fort Worth Gazette praised for sharp moral stance while Denton Chronicle cites wartime gambling critique. In Cleburne Texas a jury finds John L White not guilty of murder after deliberation.
Decatur citizens held a mass meeting and raised funds for a new university campus. John Colier of Mansfield was elected chancellor and the preliminary arrangements were settled at the May 8 gathering in Decatur, Texas.
W D Scanton a dealer in Colorado and Texas sheep notes financial pressures from last winter's loss of sheep, leading to alleged insanity.
A section of cornice broke away from a Dallas bank building on Friday, sending bricks onto the sidewalk as pedestrians passed. Three men were seriously injured and rushed to nearby hospitals.
The report notes clerks in Washington face heavier duties than ever before with higher expectations and extended hours, reflecting growing administrative demands and governmental workload.
The Gilmer Mirror notes a permanent school fund of 100 million dollars and an annual 2.5 million for public schools, suggesting Texas remains not far behind leading states in educational spirit. It adds the cattle industry is growing in the south with Tennessee beef entering Florida markets.
Weatherford reports Mammie Sykes indicted for keeping a hotel with too strict or high standards. Local residents allegedly found fault with the establishment, suggesting dissatisfaction with its operation and service.
Kentucky is noted as a chronic whisky state yet has 4471 saloons. Ohio leads with 15390 saloons, while Minnesota has nearly three times the saloons of Mississippi, illustrating wide regional differences in alcohol outlets.
Major General McDowell was buried today at the National Cemetery in San Francisco with military honors. Flags on public and private buildings were at half mast. McDowell commanded the Federal army at the first Battle of Manassas.
The Weatherford voters approved a proposed public school tax of one percent by a large majority to fund the construction of a new schoolhouse.
Bowlin reports success in shutting down gambling dens at Fort Worth. Indicted individuals have pleaded guilty, marking a decisive crackdown on illegal gaming operations.
The state land board resolved to withdraw all watered lands from sale or lease. Dallas will host a new factory district for gins, cotton presses and saw mill machinery. The Georgia firm with $100,000 capital from Atlanta plans the venture. Permanent plans also set to begin a chair factory by investors from Tell, Indiana.
A night raid near Annine Texas saw cattle thieves drive off Peirce herd from the stock yard east of town. A posse formed to pursue desperadoes and force surrender, believed headed toward Indian Territory. A Washington dispatch notes President Cleveland plans to purge Republican drive-holders in Virginia over patronage, with possible broad removals at hand and similar moves warned for Pennsylvania.
An Arkansas aspirant from Heber writes to Grover Cleveland in Washington seeking a post. The brief note says the applicant wants a position, noting the daily demand for openings in the office and praising brevity over circumlocution.
Estrays reported by J W O Braniu and A Gare with markings ICEF on left hip and F on left shoulder for a sorrel horse about six years old and 14 hands high. An iron gray horse, age about one year, branded a on right thigh with saddle SL marks. Recorded before I A Ledbetter in Precinct No 8.
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