14 Feb 1880
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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1880
Page
1
The document lists court calendars with district and county officers, justice precincts, and meeting days. It also covers lodge activities, religious services, Sabbath observations, and monthly mail routes to San Saba with arrival and departure times and stopovers for nearby towns.
Fragmentary verse laments a mother or guardian addressing a beloved boy, contrasting innocence with looming adulthood. It invokes heaven as guide and warns against folly while praising the child’s purity and potential, ending with a suggestive, unfinished cadence.
Wasttmcrox February 2 1880 correspondence critiques Grant as a national figure for the North and criticizes Secretary Sherman’s bid for the presidency. It notes alleged use of government agents to influence delegates, lists appointed supporters, and questions civil service ethics amid party maneuvering.
A cautious market scene in Boston shows weaker hide prices and limited demand while manufacturing and speculation stir hope of revival. The piece notes upturns in some sectors despite price pressure and cites broader economic anxieties including potential starvation risks and legislative debates on policy measures.
Fragmentary dispatches describe political tensions over apportionment in a proposed three hundred member house, labor strife in iron mines near Reading, and a NY police chief's suicide amid domestic strain. Reports recount Indian Territory silver finds, Oklahoma plans, and border anxieties, plus violent incidents in Ontario and Hancock County outrages against Black migrants.
A historical committee reports severe crowding in 1877 and 1878 with many pardoned inmates leaving, notes extensive fogging of prisoners, and deficient beds bedding ventilation and air. they deem confinement an assault on humanity and urge the immediate dismissal of the prison keeper.
The Wane Examiner reports a frontier tragedy where James Barbee and James Harkey, both under twenty-two, fought with pistols at a Pease River camp fire over a playful remark. Barbee died instantly. Harkey bled to death four hours later as the two men were buried together near the scene.
Col Peters of Georgia extols Angora goats for southern elevation regions. He cites six importations since 1848, praising rapid fleece production via crossbreeding with native ewes, and notes thoroughbred bucks ensure steady progress toward superior, full-blood stocks. He claims Angoras thrive on poor forage, need water far less often, and outlines stock selection criteria focusing on fleece, size, vigor, horns, and pedigree.
A fragment notes Angoras as valuable acquisitions boosting California husbandry. It claims the goats yielded substantial pecuniary benefit and that the first Angoran brought by Milandram laid a foundation for extensive, profitable farming in the state.
The senate inquiry on the exodus process on the sixth inst and testimonies from witnesses across North Carolina show former slaves now owning substantial tracts, with figures from 200 to 2000 acres. Witnesses including Wooten from near LaGrange discuss motives tied to agitator Perry and government aid claims, while others like Kelley of Raleigh and Arrington of Nash County describe rising landholdings postwar.
A pamphlet by Professor Glimmer forecasts worldwide calamities through 1887. He warns of depopulation in Asia and near collapse in Europe, with North America entangled in civil strife unless a Napoleon rises. Global plagues, famines, storms, fires, and shifting coastlines are predicted, plus political upheaval and widespread destruction.
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