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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1891
Page
3
The author discusses charity funds that loan money to those in need and recycle repaid sums. He rebukes notions that English language laws aim to suppress other tongues and argues for orderly conduct. He notes the policeman’s club is only for rough elements and urges restraint and propriety in public life.
The last census shows population moving toward higher elevations with the greatest gains between 1000 and 6000 feet. The rise reflects shift from mining to agriculture and manufacturing, with average elevations inching from 687 feet in 1870 to 788 by 1890. The piece discusses intellectual laws, societal behavior, and a London editorial view on American dynamism, interspersed with local Texas reports of suicides, accidents, and natural gas finds.
In Waxanacair Tex Sept 12 a late night club shooting left Bart Reed dead after a rapid firing by City Marshal Shan Partain. Reed, a horse trader and boarding house operator, had been in town about two months as the grand jury investigates his acts including an on street confrontation with County Attorney Maxwell.
In Brazoria Texas Andrew Armstead was shot and killed during a night bear hunt with Alves James and Walter Crain. Authorities arrested Crain and James on murder charges after questions about the shooting. Crain later claimed he killed Armstead unintentionally, mistaking his headlight for a bear eye and pulled the loaded buckshot from the body.
Blossom Texas Sept 12 Charles H Hancock in poor health rode to visit his brother at Yiven three miles away. He reached his brother’s at sunset and search began. Found next morning unconscious in a creek bed near a water hole with a partly used morphine bottle in his pocket. He died at 11 am. Authorities think overdose accidental due to pain.
Near Bremond Texas Humhreys family left two children at home while picking cotton. A kerosene can used to light a yard fire ignited. A neighbor rescued a six year old boy who suffered burns to the waist and died two days later.
At night in the prison ward, two inmates secretly filed through their cell walls and brickwork using improvised tools. They escaped by making a rope from bed clothes, sliding down from the wall, while two companions chose to stay to face trial. Bloodhounds could not be procured to pursue them.
In Paris Texas yesterday details emerged of a fatal sawmill accident last Friday at Sanders creek near MrsDrinkwater's mill. Brittan of Grif Morris farm was crushed by a moving carriage and the saw cut across his neck and shoulders splitting the body. One arm and a leg were thrown aside as workers stood stunned unable to intervene in time.
Mrs Grif fice wife of George W Griffice of Crawford on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railway gave birth on the 6th to four boy babies at once. The mother and quads are thriving. In July 1890 Mrs Griffice bore three girls who were praised at the Dallas fair. The three girls Coral Ruby and Pearl were named by Mrs President Harrison. Griffice began as a blacksmith nearby and he says the future holds no terrors for them.
Quanah Parker head chief of the Comanches arrived in Harrold with 250 chiefs and warriors on Sept 5. They bought forty five wagon loads of lumber to build houses on their reservation, saying tepees were insufficient and they would adopt the white man’s way. A three hour dance drew large crowds before the party departed for their territory on Sept 6.
A young Englishman Guegesberg died after Thurbern and his wife unknowingly swapped drinks. Thurburn invited him to drink, the whisky was moved, and Guegesberg drank a glassful of carbolic acid from a wine glass, leading to his rapid death.
Font Worm reports a mysterious assault on a south side resident named Palmer. A thief stood outside and reached through a window to cut away more than half of her hair while she slept. The act went undiscovered until the following morning.
In Hovstros Tex on Tuesday afternoon the Koenig residence near the city outskirts burned to ashes. Mrs Koenig, returning home after a brief absence, rushed back into the burning building to rescue her infant. She escaped but was badly burned along with the baby who suffered severe injuries.
Vernon Texas September 10 report says William Anthony a thresher was assaulted and robbed of 4170 twelve miles from Vernon on the Vernon and Margaret road. In defense he was shot in the thigh and knocked senseless by a Winchester. Officers arrested Dillard and his son as suspects.
In Cleburne Texas on September 9 Professor J L Bushong was adjudged insane by the county court. Officials cite financial distress and religious mania as factors and note he claims a remarkable revelation but will not disclose it. He raved violently and showed great strength, necessitating confinement in the county jail.
Walter Hinds died suddenly on a road near Wortham Vox. He was taken ill while riding and suffered a convulsion. A doctor administered morphine and he died beside the highway within minutes. The convulsions are said to have been caused by excessive cigarette use.
Galveston Texas September 9 John Hutchings attempted to take his own life yesterday morning by shooting himself in the forehead with a 22 caliber pistol. The ball flattened against his skull before he cut his throat but not deeply enough to cause fatal injury.
A digest of dramatic items from distant lands and national moments. Highlights include the Monterey and Mexican railroad reaching Tampico Fla. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes turning 82. frost ruin across Minnesota and Wisconsin. a Georgia fatality from a buggy accident. Alaska census showing 31,000. a Pensacola crew desertion. a Chicago canal condemnation. multiple murders, suicides, and accidents across Kentucky, Tennessee, New York, Illinois, Georgia, and Arkansas. rail and labor tensions. and political shifts affecting Kansas and Topeka.
The article notes heavy washouts on the Southern railway in Mexico and President Diaz's plan for an economic course amid tight foreign exchange markets. It mentions grave China conditions, a need for allied action to maintain peace, renewed piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean, and orders for small arms on Levant trade ships. It also reports the Russian Empire authorizing a 25 million rouble note issue, Mexico's tariff cuts for paper, Diaz favoring cheaper journals, the Marquis of Lorne denouncing German colonies aside Kilimandjaro, and Vienna-borne reports of landslides in the Drava valley dam area.
New York report notes improving trade across cities with rising wheat, corn, and dry goods sales. Encouraging signals include stronger iron markets in Philadelphia, cash for legitimate trade, and increased shipments to cotton markets while southern trade shows activity and rising rice demand amid plummeting barley and cured meats prices.
Wheat receipts across Kansas have surged, creating a major backlog in Kansas City rail yards. Missouri Pacific holds 500 loaded cars, Santa Fe 400, Union Pacific 250, with about 800 more on other lines. Railroads attempt to clear the backlog by reallocating engines and speeding movement.
In St Louis on September 9 a quarrel between two prisoners Colbert Jackson and ex-convict Johnson led to violence inside the city jail. After a guard ordered a cell cleaning, the men confronted each other again. Johnson ripped a piece from a mop iron and fatally struck Jackson, who cannot survive. Johnson, already serving a forgery sentence, was moved to the murderer's row.
In Withinetox North Carolina on a Saturday afternoon near Garland station on the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad a Negro assaulted Mrs. W. B. Peterson, a middle aged white woman. He was arrested that evening, confessed, and Sunday night fifty masked men spirited him away and hanged him to a pole by the railroad. The man named McBest said he had been discharged from the penitentiary about ten days earlier.
The United States beer case against A St Derant went to trial. Defense moved to quash the indictment claiming no offense under federal law. The court overruled, ruling beer is a spirituous liquor and settling the beer question in the Indian Territory, opposing Judge Bryant of Paris.
In Hancock County Tennessee a long standing Barnard Sutton feud led to a man fatally shooting Barnard and Barnard’s younger brother killing Sutton. Big John Barnard, driving a buggy with a young woman, was shot and is believed fatally wounded. Sutton’s father had been murdered by the Barnards in 1886 and pardoned.
Nine carloads of Texas cattle are held at East Buffalo awaiting orders on disposition. United States Inspector Clark barred unloading upon arrival. Four cattle died en route and two since. The herd is linked to a fever infected district.
In Lebanon Pennsylvania a trestle gave way above a work site causing a car carrying three tons of crew to plunge onto workers. Henry Smith was killed instantly, an Italian was seriously injured, and William Shivers suffered a crushed skull and multiple rib fractures. Separately in Little Rock, Mosaic Templars of America meeting denounced separate coach laws in several southern states.
Dr. Charles E. Ballard of Saybrook Illinois and Miss Ison formerly of Baker City are linked to a crime case reported from Broommaron dated September 8. The article notes allegations and upcoming legal proceedings surrounding the pair.
A massive temblor near San Salvador on the 9th devastated numerous towns including Comasagua Cojuetepeque Santa Techla and San Pedro with widespread destruction and loss of life. Coastal cities largely escaped, but damage spread fifty miles inland and beyond. The quake lasted about twenty seconds causing walls to crack and people to flee in nightclothes amid dust and thunder like rumbles.
In Topeka yesterday morning German count Gustav Berger aged 46 shot his wife Johanna 26 during a breakfast quarrel over rent money then killed himself. The couple had lived in the U S ten years.
Lucien Baron, a rich former New Orleans butcher living in Bay St. Louis, instructed a stable worker to move a projecting object. The object proved to be a pot containing 123,000 dollars in gold, discovered yesterday and valued as Baron’s fortune increase.
In the Frankfort penitentiary yesterday morning Eli Lucas and William Bellmeyer, both long term convicts, fought. Lucas fatally cut Bellmeyer with a putty knife and Bellmeyer beat Lucas unconscious. William Johnson, who intervened, had his skull cracked.
Curiaco Illinois September 7 Jay Cook a Philadelphia financier who funded 20 million dollars on bonds for the first Northern Pacific project and placed vast government bonds during the war left Saturday on a diet trip over the Northern Pacific line.
An old game once popular in grandmothers' day, cattledoor and shuttlecock, regains interest as a light, graceful exercise. It requires agility, not strong muscle, and is closely akin to badminton though not yet widely revived. The charm lies in airy movements and elegant arm actions as players strike the feathered cork toy.
The article recalls how girls chase a simple battledoor and shuttlecock game, with hats tumbling and cheeks flushed, praising its accessibility and modest cost. It notes its health benefits, old court traditions with Louis XIV and Henry IV, and how equipment and dress have evolved while the basic game endures.
A Louisiana congresswoman's companion recalls French traditions in New Orleans. She notes young women needed escorts and mothers present at theatres and rides, recounts aBaltimore youth unable to pay opera tickets, and a northern man overwhelmed by family costs and maternal chaperoning.
The bones of Camilla Douls, the French explorer killed by Arabs in 1888 near Acabli, were located at the Sahara site. Douls, who aimed to reach Timbuctoo, escaped captivity, reached the coast, and sailed to Liverpool before perishing. The Paris Geographic Society sent an expedition to recover the remains, which will be buried in Rodez, Aveyron.
The term windfall for good luck traces back to medieval forest laws during William I. It was illegal to cut timber, so only wood blown down by a storm could be gathered. Peasants hailed a heavy windstorm as bringing “windfall” luck, shaping the modern expression.
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