Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1890 Page: 4 of 8
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grander and
than last year.
THE CHEROKEE BOOMERS.
May will be fc'T. Louis, March 8.—Late ad-
more elaborate scale Ficon ^fwnn Oklahoma Territory are
to effect that not only scores, but
hundreds of prairie **»choOners”fill-
ed with ‘‘boomers’* hunting for
Wichita Falls has had a hoorn 1 A committee from Dal las went to ('!1 “boomers” hunting for
»* *»"» « «*> "-1,0 MM the Othr, day. to mvrtn Snm
tmukert* wt?ro nil (Icurl ? Jones to i)rt*ii(;n in tImt wirltnl ntv — ... • •.»
, iz* * "r‘“ch in ***■» «**•*■ ».•« :rs on
, Dallas has her lamp street, Fort their shoulders; ^haelaim tote'
0 0n‘1 Worth her Hell’s Half Acre, and hunting, but why are really select-
■ * iflK land, are encountered dailv.
More than halt a dozen iKiomers’
Abraham Lincoln,*’ son
Uobt. Lincoln, Minister to England , the Disciple who downs satan m - — -.......r-.....—
died in London oft thee 5fh'iilst. feither localitr wiH hav<! Wl;u.‘nH in half a dorou Ik,on,,
--- - -- . , , . . .. 1,, organization* have been formed m
^^nds and songs on in., bps.” Kansas and Oklahoma, and the
A iliniwU'h ft..... Aiiuuiv of 7th I','; "Um"Sl’
•’ and it is believed the government
The Provident Life Assurance Co.
haslet the contract for the erection
of a six-story, 8.5x1.50 feet building -u
at Waco.
Webb & Hill have will find it Very dith'ult to'sup.lress,
jUst closed a deal with Mf; C. IL .or even control them. The booth-1
Felt, of Michigan, for four leagues, ers are also collecting on the Iowa
reservation, east of Oklahoma, and
Wonder when the Weatherford'----> —--------«—•» ,wv“ ^ * ' ........* w,,j
and Mineral Walls railroad will be ! 17,713acres of larfd, in Upton corn,- ?-l°f Mklaho,nut ttn(
be built? To the WeMheffcMI »*» »«Bie being the Throckmor- Th»trii J 'iToVlhri^w
Sub : Don’t head your next article hxi county school lands. 'I he said loaded with boomers with blankets,
‘‘Journalistic Jealousy.” land brought a good price and is a tents, camp Equipage and there is
—..................................... verv *finr tract. Mr. Felt intends activity on all si deg, Itishe-
Tha Mississippi river is very high, to establish a colony on the same.1 lieved ;hat tbe Indian police, who
and fears are entertained that the ! i ,uwiH :n t tiiQri . • , aro Wider orders from Chief Mayes
win WeaK, ana thereby.,vet. | IT
to“u
______A.. Uliftn in nil fiLa.
How targe plahtations in botli
sissippi and Louisiana.
The North-wfest Texas Cattle
Kaisers’ Association met at Fort
Worth yesterday. Tom West is
- ‘
a member of the reception commit-
tee and the boys are sure to have a
good time. *
The court house at. Hayrick,
Coke county, was burned one night
last week. All except the judg-
ment records were destroyed It is
supposed to have been the work of
an incendiary—no insurance.
The supreme court qT Mississippi
has affirmed the sentence of the low-
er court of Jake Kllraiti, which is
two months’ imprisonment in jail
and- $200 fine. The way of the pm
gilistic transgressor brirSrcTY ;
■g. eb ■ .
An Jllyiois crahk has declared
himself Jesus Christ. Strange as-it
may seem, he has proselyted many
heretofore consistent and exempla-
ry church members, and rallied to
his standard quite a number of fol-
lowers.
vest in this county.
lation in Guthrie that all the Chero-
kee boomer colonies have made an
agreement for concerted movement
to invade the strip on April 22nd,
the anniversary of the Oklahoma
opening. ThAe is apprehension
that the military will be ordered to
The Day has strong hopes that
the State Democratic convention
will be held at San Antonio, Lots
of people want to go to San Antonio
anyway, just to see. the town, and «■**»* me mimary win Do ordered to
the convention furnishes a first',)ejt!cL them, but the general opinion
class excuse for going. And in the ^fh^t the government Will
next place and chiefly we desire to them to remain, and their le.pev nr'--
*~r' 1 v ‘ -funning high.—-■-«--—------------
SILVER IN ThFTeRRITORY.
Paris, Tkxas, March 1. A pb\ ,
sioian at ^toka, I'. T., has written
a letter ,to a friend in thi eitv in
which he gives a r;rther‘roman:i(
■account of tbe disroverv of who f
believed b>, .be. riel, silver dupoHtF
in the mountains near that place.
He says that a party of hTiTibciwj
wlm were in the mountain- -triu-k.
tnoruauas. We have frontier <^uip about dark, and while Jim MIC II1USL (it
«
Jones Lumber^Company,
CISCO, TEX A S,
DEALERS IN ALL tyNCS OF
Roui» ii& Dressed I aituber,
■ M •'***" '-. a. - '
Shingles, Sash,
DOOBS, BLINDS, PICKETS, LIME, CEMENT, FLUES,
PLASTERING, LATHS CEDAR POSTS, ETC.
McPHAIL. & AKIN,
LOAN AOIAN'TS,
ABSTRACTORS AND
Fire Insu^mce Agents,
C3-E?/JVI3:7!LayE, TflXAS-
1890 ANNOUNCEMENT.
fleo the esteemed Kxpresft spread
itself and do justice to the occasion,
as we arc convinced,ikwill do if giv-
en the opportunity. Us efforts, as
Brer Dartow would say, will illus-
trate what a “frontier journal” can
<lo The voice hereabouts is for
San Antone first, last and all the
time.—Waco Day.
- The people of north-west Texas
want the convention hehl at Ft.
Worth or Dallas. We have frontier
On February 13, fHfifi, at Lower
Merion, Pa,, I)r. Joseph H. Lever-
ing was assassinated on his own
premises. The mystery was never
solved until a few days ago, when
the veil was lifted by,the death-bec
confession of John. G. fMfcderson,
—who wan a near neighhtu of Dr.
Levering and said he killed him.
The base ball season will open
in Texas, at Fort Worth, on the
29th insl. The members of the
Texas league are paid-good salaries
for indulging., in. this.sport. How
much more profitable woul^l it b
to the whole country Cf thTW hase-
baflists would exercise their muscle
in some productive pursuit
- r An associateil press report from
Greenville, Miss., of 7th inst., says:
News received from Lunar, Ark.,
says that the levee at Point Chicot'
Ark., broke thure to-day. The gov-
ernment steamer Osceloufia went
there to assist in repairihg the break.
This was the only levy on that
p’oint and was of but little impor-
tance, as it protected but one or two
plantations.
A special from New York of 7th
inst. says that twenty-nimj disgus-
tedemigrants from Rio tie Janerio
arrived thereon the steaiher Billa.
They aro Germans and their faffit-
lies who went to Brazil some time
ago tn work at farming. A coloni-
zation scheme held out many" at-
tractions to the would-be settlers.
A tract of land and farming imple-
ments were promised. The soU
Purckll, I. T., March 5.—While
under the influence of liquor this af-
ternoon a young man whose name
it was impossible to learn, attemp-
ted a cowboy imitation and received
what will result in his death. His
first performance was to ride his
horse up and down the platform of
the Santa Fe depot just as the ev-
ening train pulled in until he was
Stopped by the depot employes.
He then rode up town and attemp-
ted to enter a livery stable yard with
his horse at a gallop, but struck the
barn and was knoeked off, sustain-
ing injuries from which there is no
hope of his recovery.
The report of the attempt to be
made by negroes under thf* lead of
McCabe to colonize Oklahoma is
causing intense excitement in the
southern portion of that territory,
which is almost exclusively settled- - SAVimr unn#
by whites without regurd to politi- c tr • ,, ..
cal affiliations, tt w the nniSZk _ »• N«m.- “I
sentiment that such an attempt will! not"'e ->fp»rk upoih'ng.m
1te fPpTsii^'sttiTtTmrniyity t1"eThiit-7 ^f‘^Qllnt,‘>f■*|t|lth.|T—Rluay
mi it, On event «£ u. JL: »•>•' frying. Ifi
tainted the least bit parboiTin wa-
ter containing soda, borax or salt-
stuck in file ground to a depitj ..i
four or five inches. Jt wa- pulit d
out with great difficulty, when some
bright particles of metal were found
adhering to the blade. Impelled
by curiosity the huTilers removed
several feet of tin* sutfacc of the sod
and found a solid bed of metal.- A
eonslderabh- rppTnTrty was cut out.
and the plan carefully covered up.
The physician made nn te*7*ay ofthr~
metal and pronounced it one-third
leatl and tWo-fTlirds sil ver. St-veral
years ago a prominent citizen of Dal-
las found silver nmr Atoka, but was
notified to leai*e. / He started away
W. S. McJIMS^Y, ~
DEALER IN
Furniture, Queens ware, Undertaking’,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, and Brushes,
Lumber, Doors and Window Sash.
Daily ordering and have en route one of*
rr-L “•.<,8V jrf)14lp^!te ttbsks ever liroaght Xe
W. S. .\h ll.\lSHY.
but was never heard of any more.
The remains of a man.-were found in
a gulch, in the ilirectiou'he was last
seen going, about a year later. The
hunters are keeping the place a se-
cret, as they will not he permitted
to work them as the laws now stand.
DAILY MAIL AND STAGE LINE.
FROM GRAHAM to WEATHERFORD.
TURNER &’ GALLAHER, Proprietors.
Careful drivers and good teams
Kramkk & IJitoYLEs. Agents.
< ini ham, Texas.
•c
and in the event of tin? threatened
action being taken fearo-of serious
troubles are entertained.
petrfe and salt to replace that wfiieh
boils out. I’ack and Cover with the
fat that fries out.
To keep fish fresh as when caught,
fi \ in salt poik tat until well cooked,
Miss Nellie Patterson, one of the
prettiest girls In the village of Mt.
Carmel, Montgomery county, N. C.
prenticeship1 '^tht'"L^aehhii *ts"’ v<-sseis, cover each
trade. She is now workibg at her ' K T- W‘ ! ^ pUt U“n cottoa doth ! •
lathe and vise in the faeW ^ the ^ ^ hTft outby »"«!.. f
Mount Carmel belt companv and f. nt bTt‘Jk*I>g- It retains all
there isn’t a machinist in the^whole ifX'I’il^ ! ^FaS VT
shop who can do a better mb or in 1 * ^ S ancl best cIcuc
any less time than the fah voun^ f ^ Xt can hft dipped:
workwoman. Four years ago ^when ^ Y3 PHrt Wot1(1 hl frei8bt*
Miss Nellie began to think of the ? ^s no^effect on^ it.
means whereby she Could earn her bot!J «‘»uld he sold in this couqtry,
living, she looked over the entire a8 ,lU We abroad is med or
field of woman’s work among the si; ’ 8P!" 'nR ^e/bvvor' .
trades or occupations whlM* the °7 Put ,n when
with a great deal of cleverness And ---------» ^ —,
considerable ingenuity and invent- Put hog in your smoke-house in-
iveness, and having been advised to 8tead of in the governor’s chair,
enter a machine shop, 'sRe applied Sherman Courier. *
for a place as apprentice. For the °Ver this way we propose next
past four years she worked foithful- next tall-having such an abundance
ly. and a few days ago her terni ex- °Ithin ii Jsperisible article that our
I Hope You Are Well
r-
Enough/'to (\o withimt &nrpn>f jwiv kind; but if yon
an; not you ou^ht to :Act the vci V
BEST A1TD PUREST
lTou em. imttr—-fiigtr; tliu nr. Yhny msy im mry/loaRmi t
to take but they are DIME, and when you hjtve occasion
to use them you may lie sure that
you Drink Your Own Health
In a pure medicine. But Drugs are Wall , I have a'
ftra line of
ODORS, TOILET PREPARATIONS,.BRUSHES, &c.
My prices are as low as they can lie made.
DAVID R. ABOUT,
4
3|
f-
Lfc.-.to ••iiwi,*f
y. and a few days ago her terni ex- ii xJspehsihle article that
pirod, and she is now afulbfiedged .‘^moke-houses” won’t hold it, and
was RAid m k«V Vi-, **‘u ov,lJ machinist. She is able to block up "the Courier man will hold hack
s said to be very fertile, and im-|a piece of work on the planer or bis protest we aim to utilize the
migrants were assured*of speedily turn UP arJ arbo»on thelfethe. She ‘"Governor’s bhair” preserve the
acquiring a comfortable homestead UHes „ dnl1 and handles the file remnant, which will be, if we mifl-
Th“ ------ - - we” M any man in. The shop, take nob, fdsmt-2St> pounds aroir-
Miss Patterson is the only woman <Ltpois.—Mineral Wells Herald
machinist in North Carolina. to- .......
acquiring a comfortMble homestead
The emigrants were xarfiy rtfpap-
pointed, and returned to New York
Jetewbfad and u,wy Cm Re,, Di^lwiiSS. after an
broken' in health. They have now , |heeight-hour labor league are »«cmpt to convert the ungodly of
r^toVioorta, KanJ. rS™ '1“*“^ untasiBga in^.Fort Worth, ia now worlHng on^thn'
[ ‘ ' people of Dallas
IF YOU WANT
Letter Head-, Bill Heads, Statenicnt^. Cards. Weddine
Invitations, Ball Tickets, Funeral Notices. Dodgers
Posters, Pamphlets Legal Blanks, or any '
Kind of Job Printing, send it to Hie
LEADER OFFICE.
[OaiTy JVfail and Stage Lfine. ■
Graham to Henrip:tta^
— FROST & WHITE. Proprietors.
^ teBmH an<l careful drivers. - WiH put passengers
thtwigH on good tithe. Office in Gralmtu, at the Bell
FARE—$4.Q0 one way; #I.0t) Round Tri^.
McGir
sea, is ii
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been m l
We sell
'Corn
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Violins,1
at all pric<
w. p
are at ho
Chicago
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sold out at
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at all prita
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lady maj
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and othoi
tendance
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houses art
lice btlsilK
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V tow box
‘46 cents a p
got soldo of il
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been shaki
here this v
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to reap aXi
November.
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fraternity a
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lodge there
Partis* wan
attendo<l to b>
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villc Quilt
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Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1890, newspaper, March 13, 1890; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116748/m1/4/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.