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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1882
Page
2
Villa Point is eighty five and among 171 descendants. The piece mentions a dining room valued at $62,000, a tax suit dismissed, medical oddities in Ennis and Garrett, and various local anecdotes. It notes a bail decision, a wedding anecdote, a suspicious man in Dallas County, and several nameless items from Fairfield and Lancaster. A storm, ducks, and floods are touched on along with immigration efforts and a Dallas Herald note.
Fort Worth Gazette examines Jefferson's 1801 pledge of equal justice to all, limited entangling alliances, civil supremacy, economy, free press and religion, and the Democratic party's adherence to these tenets. It urges voters to decide on November seventh whether these principles should guide the nation.
Brick Pomeroy announces in The Great West his return to the Democratic Party after six years of study. He argues reforms can be achieved within Democrats, disputes Greenback influence, and predicts the 1884 contest between Democratic and Republican administrations.
Fort Worth Democrat reports Edward Bear, badly wounded by fourteen buckshot, lying on a cot at Union depot while his desperado acts are recalled. Bear and his brother allegedly murdered Caldwell marshal on June 22 and sought to shoot Deputy Regus at Van Zandt county, Texas, plus planned a Dallas train robbery thwarted by a storm. A posse killed James at Sunset Wise county. Edward remains near death.
An official inspection of Iron Rod Montana reveals a chaotic postoffice scene with a saloon, mislaid mail, and a bartender who admits no postmaster. The agent learns the post office is run by an absent crew and the keys are not secured prompting discontinuation of service.
An editorial note recounts a Sunday observance of thanksgiving for British military success in Egypt and a hymn praising conquest, contrasted with peace on earth. It cites a misgiving about war gods and records a reading from Psalm 89 about God’s judgment.
The audience at Craddock's opera house hears Hon. John Ireland, the Sage of Seguin, campaign for governor. He criticizes opponents, defends Democratic principles, and laments central power and tariff and bank issues while urging party unity and adherence to constitutional principles.
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