Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1890 Page: 1 of 8
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GRAHAM LEADER
Entered at the Post Office at Urn ham, &jcas. as Second-Class Matter.
GRAHAM. TEXAS, APRIL 1890
The Leader
HIS EXCELLENCY, THE HOB.
Also
J. POUTER & SON,
Arl irh b
PUBLISHED WEEKLY KY , the nunr Small Capital 4 . oi me united States
w. An \ t/OQ......| p ’ ; were not inured by twenty-five year?
J ■ »V . vrivrv V -Ly»J. ! W,~T). StonTbuugh, ofOamhrirtgc,^of ^rhrmlrrin^trr'ItTttmost reckless
Neb., says nothing but the truth in schemes of expenditure they would
the following artiele, furnished the j be startled and aroused bv the prop-
Orange Judd Farmer. Ositiori of the Senate committee to
Farmers of capital can oontrol cir-1 add $.>5,000,(XX) to the already enor-
cuinstances; but the poor renter or ; mous pensioh list. This is tf»> sum
homesteader must have have some- { coolly announced by Senator Davis,
tiring which requires small capital, | chairman of the committee on pen-
ami which w ill turn into money t sions, as the “estimated cost’’ of
quickly with the greatest jibe dependent pension bill now un-
profit'. While oircumstahces and 1 der consideration in that body. The
locality govern to a certain extent, | history of every general pension bill
all things considered, the-hog is his j passed since the formation of ffie
animal. I hough lie isi calledlilthy,'j government proves that the actual
ainl.ia sure tudiaanc Iris head onjfiu*-< coid oxeeeriH-Trmn -iwtvfo ten trrrimy
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Saddles
Bridles,
Harness
nix month*,.- -
ADVERIStVG RATES
Oft*, inch, flrst insertion
subsequent insertion, - - 50
A reasonable reduction mn^to regular
advertiser*. Terms furnished on application.
Local notices 10 roots per line first insertion,
6 emu per lino each subsequent Insertion. A,
liberal reduction miido to regular advertiser*.
All kinds of repairing neatly done. Prices roa
(rive uh a trial/ Shop West Side Public Square
3- R, A. H /L1VL, :
country seems tri bb on a big bobbij
wrong end when you drive him, the amount of the estimates. The
and ttrough, when at liberty, he is j arrears of pension act was estima-
always putting his nose where it ted to cost $15,000,000. It has ah
does not belong, the hog is, finanei- ready cost more than teri times this
ally speaking the “poor man’s sum. ~Tf the dependent pension
friend.” Hogs at two cents per hill shall pass it will oost nearer
pound are better than corn at ten $100.000,000 a year than $55,000,-
eents per bushel. With a good 000, and will mortgage thb revenues
hretuLapd proper care, pigs farrowed of the government to a system of
in March or April can lie put on ! bogus pauper support, or “out-door
the; market before theV ever see I relief,” for the next fifty years
in the farming lind/' Wheat is look
itig well; oats were i
roost all killed !
in the last cold Snap; corn is all j
pLmUd hut not up yep a good rain
our desjre just now. .Since corn
planting', preparing new land for
cotton is the order of the day,: 8. I).
Davis is taking in 4O'or 50 acres,
Terry' & Holiday HH), Donnell Bros.
4t», Bill Akers 20, and It. L. Parrott
15 which is in addition to w hat was
planted in tin* neighborhood last
year. With a good season Young
county will raise several thousand
hales of cotton, and the. merchants
ufLralutm and other towns iii the
county should be prepared to bity
Iii the Bower Brick ~.... ~rr
Will keep constantly on hand a good assortment o£
or liamlkLii all; if fogy are not
list. It is fair to presume .that
those and the claims pending in-
clude nearly every deserving and
needy soldier. And now the sur
pUi- squanderers in. the senate |>r<>-
posejo add $10,OK),(MX) more than
the entire cost of pensions fourteen
years after the close of the war \
Is this Hotfooting?
FOtJROF THE*.
It is stated editorially by the Par-
is News of the 12th instant that
“Hon. Henry Mel humid has de-
cided to become a candidate for the
gove rnorship of TttX;is.'” ' Witli
Hogg, McDonald, Wheeler and
.Throckmorton candidates tor gu-
bernatorial honors the race will
doubtless increase in interest until
the selection ot u standard hearer
has been made, by the convention.
Mr McDonald is a man of ability,
and like Mr. Hogg has the courage
of his Convictions and Aye believe
would make an excellent governor.
We have kfiown Mr. Hogg, howev-
er, for many years, bEtffve him to
he the best man for > governor men-
tioned and will support him as long
as he - is before the people in’lhe
present contest. The people
"throughiyur~TTr?~state lire tak irig an
-Unusual interest in this campaigu
and will doubtless speak th**ir choice
plainly ^vhen the proper time comes.
—Sulphur 8pring» Enterprise.
B UCKi EX' S'- A ft A71C A S'A L VE.
The Best BaiVfi iu the world for Cut*
Bruise*.,.Boren, Ulcer*, Sait Rheum, F«ve
Sores, Tetter, Chapped, Hands, Chilblains
.Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and poutively
cures Hips, ot no pav required. (1.-i«> guar-
Breckinridge writ run the buttress
for th<*m as it did last year.
G. W. Ellis ami ])..(,'• HiiMfcllurc
talking of creeling a gin somewhere
in ille forks-if the cotton crop proves
He also keeps on hand
to' be good; the more cotton the
mop.-gins.
Mrs. Nan "McDonald litis been
quite ^ick. lllll, i>; How butter. -
Bril Akers has bought a hew Pekin
plow and sav-' it is the best. Bill
says th&t Gallic and the children
shall not hue any this spring, as he
can
•Did Agrieultural Implemeets, tiuns,Pistols
AMMUNITION. FISHING TACKLE A
SEWING MACHINES.
tend his crop with bis plow (If
'-•hf'tbvrWrite brfTmnirrmvL Ihffini-
ihh them with bread next vear.
The mill still stands on account
of low water; Tom is having .» good
time wolf hunting and the two Jim*
spend most of'their time attending
literary societies and courting the
giris.
Edwards Bros, are slill at their
" old stand" ami are selling a great
many gooejs— good goods and cheap
goons. .
• Some of tl»e Kliasvillcites are
training up on yarn spinning. The
blacksmith has the ribbon now, hut
0 Dr. Ritchey says lie will down .’em
at the next regular sitting; (if ho
1 ^ Y. M. Edwards is the referee.
The time is Almost at hand and
the people are beginning to look for
the men who come round every two
years and talk so much about the
homey hand farmer. lAt ’em conic
am£ make their little political
DEALER IN
table victuals are salted, arid if it
?pfd -veather a little pepper ad-
1 will help. This kind of care,
wBh jdgnty of food, pure wntormwl
good shelter, with very little nest
ing, cleafi and changed frequently,
will “astonish the native's” in
jfcvowth of pigs.” *
n - ^ ....
THE BLOODY PAST.
A camftil poruml of Mr. *Vitb*rg«r’a book
entitled '‘Indian Depredationa iniTwxK*,”1 ro-
V«»L. a long liat of the bloodlKft battlw and
urn Mat-re* ever rect>rded in the pioneer hiat<>ry
of any insiiitry. ~*t ho*e who are to-day lia-
. tan ing to tlie ehiming of cljurph holla and are
in the ftill enjoyment «>f peace and nJonty
can aearcely realiw: that Iom than halfiToen-
ten ago the warwhoop of the wild t ouiancho-
could be heard upon the street*of our capital
city. Yet such i* a fatet. Many thrilling in-
cident* are narrated it^.Vtr. Wilbarger’* book
whii-h occurred within a radiu* of tweuty-Jlv*
milea of tbs city of AUlBn. If L rfo,n 8Uch
a work that we b-arn of the hurdahip* and
peril* tlirough which our ancestor* pa**ed,
and w% learn too. a hiatory of our Indian
warfare which ha* hitherto been known uioat-
GRAHAM
Keep* constantly on hand the following popular brand* of Liquor*: .
B. J. SemWs & Go.. YannQsMue. Rye, 0. F. C.
Tiivlor and Belle of Nelson, (ease goods;) also Belje ol
gpeechos :uid help U* ent fish, &
tli on sell us out to thft first bifid
Nelson, W. H MeBraver. Btnid Lillard, Guohenheiiner
Rye in bulk: also, th<* finest of Apple and Peach Brandy.
I have all of my goods shipped direct from distillery
pure* Pile*,
an teed to give
Respectfully
ADONIS
refunded. Price 25 cent* per box. For
•ale by R. G. Graham A Co., Druggist*.
Three petitions went to the Mas-
sachusetts legislature last week
which tfill bc read with the curios-
ity a hundred years hence. Oue
% A SAFE INVESTMENT.
* I* one which TS guaranteed to bring you
•aHufactory pwult*, or in ca*o of failure a’ re-
turn of purchaae price. On this *afe plan
you can buy from oqr advertised Druggist a
bottle of J>r. King’* Nrtw Di»t:overy for Con-
•UtuptTijn. 'Rif guafahleed to brlhg relief in
evejy oi*e, when uaed for anv affection o(
Threat Lung* or Chest, *nch ax Con*tm>p-
U«*ot .tUkmmation of Lung*, Brunehitiii,
Axtlinia,^ Whoopiiqf f'ough. Urotlg, etc.,
le to taste.
R.L. RICKMAN & CO
DEALERS IN
petition asked that a mother ifiay
have the same right to her child
that it$ father has, and that neither
parent Shall have a rigl^t in firwp«>r<<>
of its custody or to apprentice .the
child without the consent of tlie oth-
cf. Another petition asked for an
amendment of the law of contracts
between husband and wife, so that
if either borrows money of the oth-
er and gives a not* or promise to
pay, toe note or promise will be
«t'\ Hi* pWxnnt «nd agreoHbh ...
perfectly and 'c*n always he depended
U|vmi.- Tri*l bottle* free nt*R. G. Gnthani
A Ce’« drug store.
Tile Kaufman Sun says the peo-
ple of TexAs “owe ft to Throckmor-
ton W elect him governor.” With
all due respect to Gbv. Throckmor-
ton tve can’t help asking how it ig
tljAt the peopfie of the state owe
Kim jui cloctibfiAvheh they have
kept him in otttjo forpekrly a quar-
ter ot it < ciriury, so long, in fact,
that he iio rally wore himself out
“hokliri^ iffib-i*” and had to quit for
U»e vnnd,if 1 ix Ui>«|*ii .
--—
- KttgfiirrSfmvm UMwuwrt rfemure* *lHt*w|,
tfu&or (i»lli>w»l fsunp**ixl lH«Bifhw frrw
K.irerei kl.md HyvkNr Owrhm' BpllnU,
Hwvwwy^lUu^lKMW* HpmkHi, *dl
PwoHcn Oou; i, otev S*v*$50 by
Alw Katie. Wiuretcd tbo mo*t fnto
,M|I W min* Cure ever known. Hold by
m Co.^ DruggMat Grebun;
valid, A3 it would be if given to any
other person. The third petition |
akked for a law that will allow a
widow to live*mure than forty day#
FARMING IMPiJSMMTS
in Die house of her deceased hus-
bwitJ without paying rant. And
this is in Massachusetts l A Boston
paper well says, “Now that.we have
wir/.’n,.
Also, dealers in and manufacturers of Stoves, Tinware*
Metalie Wash Tubs and Buckets, Metalic Flues, and Cor*
a Specialty
i* and Berateh« dd human «r
h tO reinut«* by tt oofford’*
*. Tbh Mnr fcil*- Bold by
i A 0*., druggist*, Graham.
Job Work done on short notice. -Call and see os.
North Side Public Squire, OR A Hjlm^-TEX *s
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Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1890, newspaper, April 3, 1890; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116772/m1/1/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.