Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1880 Page: 2 of 4
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•4 the Post Office at Graham a» second
Bfttifr.
»tHe departments. The Newt pat (tie
receipt* from the land office at $12,500
for the fourteen months prior to MsreJjj
t&f1sKd»,*loe oiricUrreport Of tU^-nom
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RHDAT, If A BOH 20, 1080.
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ve been watching with n *reat
n« of the prem
ve-to our uext candi-
of the state
date* for the
Having no IHendi to rewj
that the governor trill not regard the Bloody instruments of death.
ite officer*.
0 reward, but feel-
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tU»', jre moat cordially approve the
Wlowto* coping rppr, dem-
oerats, in different pirtT g the state:
For Attorney General, Hon. Banal..
Wilson, of Travii^ tor Comptroller'.
Judge Edwards, of Noeogdoches; tor.
Commissioner of the Land Offlee; W.
A. W>>rtt*jj^of Hopkhis. If the bal
'men as well qualified in every respect,
we are laellned to the opinion that the
•eonefnikm will he very harmonious in
placing a ticket before the people; and
‘ tJkmaman a larger democrittle major
ha* ever been given
jo tbe Union. Materials tor tlie
make-up of a good state ticket are
abundant; bat the only difficulty in
the way of getting a ticket that Would
Oar State A fair*.
1 Ip oar edi tion of la» t week, under the
above caption, we espied from the Aus-
efjhe
nirut
to the reoslpta dtpilimiM te
. engaged in endeavoring to develop a
; wfok am bfc**iy pj«u>i^hL
mlaatoner for eighteen month* preced-
ing Lost March ahowa that the reeripte
were$9i,29&5ft. Theoalj eripr of any
consequent* was as to the length of
consequence
time in cofieetlng them toes.
We are ra'ther iholloedto thf opinion
policy suggested fry the Watchman
months ago, which is this:
Impose a fine of $aOO and imprison-
_4 meat tor thirty days in the county jail
ofl upon every man touxui wlth the bloody
report of the comptroller as at all aatia-
factory. The receipts from patents,
for the eighteen moutb^ Were Iwglfiin
fifty thousand dollars; and we presume
that the balance which the commis-
sioner paid over must be mai$» up of
that part of the receipts classed under
the head of “office fees, government
dace and pre-emption fees,” but the
comptrollcr’*.report leaves us to pre-
sume that out of the Large amount of
fees collected at the different office* we
are to. take enough to make upthe
amdnnt reported by the commissioner
of the land offioe.
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The report of the comptroller shows
that the incepts tor the year ending
March 11dj|~lBeD, Sinnurt in >ftff7,087.wHp—j
The Pistol.
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Tkapeess of thr ^1 tor hi Just W?
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G. H. CROZIER
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There Is but oneway In our humble/
Judgement, bywhich this dan be effec-
tually dnyr, and thai ia to adopt She
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pistol on hls person, and a like Hue npy
on any merahaat who vends these
Book-Sellery StatioHer and
hatfieldIUCW$ IKk<l I IT.
GRAHAM. TEXAS.
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Thepi*tni is certain I v a groat evil,
Has an assorted stock of
and if it requires bars ii means to sup*.:
presa lt, why, weave In (aver of adop-
Sfe
the let-
ting and carrying them out
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Society most be protected^SaoShtT
law-abiding, good citizens must lA*
protected In their persons and property
but this can never l*e effectually done
until the pistol is taken from the bluffs
the bulllCs and tho bad men, who,
acme bow or other manage to e\
present ptotol la#.
Again we call upon the prem of the
state to aid us in this great work.—t /V»-
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Still Selling Gootts f mums,iBlank Books, Pocket ®toks,
And all kinds of
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School Books ami School Stationery, Chromos itml Mottoes, Tens,
CHEAPER
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Inks and Envelopes, Letter^ Cap, Note, Billtft aH'tTTiiited 'Pkper,
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Papeteries, ";V|
And a afaolce lot of — ^ _y, idi-
Cigarrf^igarettea^3Ep^«. Snuff and Tobacco.
•*“«r
Than any ono else in
a® srrrn.M * rrm t .TfTvn m rj.rraMmTT? xr .1 m a
ing March 1st 1879; and then in rclutiou
to disbursement tlie comptroller says:
There baa beeu no dei reane in tlio ex-
pcuu.tUrca fur the year ending Fcbru-
glve entlfip aa».i*ftn»tlon t/r pmpln, itt ttf Y 2it, ISbO, ast^mtpared with the prr-
ln the besto
In the bestowal of patronage that nec-
essarily belong to each of the depiu-t-
ments. To leave the governor's pat-
tt of the -qnestlon ttiere will
be meve than fifty t hoOsand fiana w to
lie distributed by the Comptroller,
Treasurer, Attorney General and C0111-
expehses.
r of the Land OflfCe. ThtTW^t.. °D* D,"!ht
1, * reasonably sup|»om Ana
•IWifriv gancrally given out under
the Influence of professional politicians.
ucuonthat ruius th&stAtc.
Bo tor as our knowledge, extends the
three Individuals we ha ye selected out
of the many named, are altwren of fine
> ^-egflribaat moral charac-
ter; and.have never figured among the
tPhTWCVl^ikg poIilieians of the state.
901.47. There arc only tbreti items
plaeetl in the report that show the die-
WccansHset men of thi.
among the democracy of tbeetate. Our
tate con veh lion can gtve in
ticket that will reopivo. the support qf
(he good mwof all .parties.
■■■_ Bam’A, Houston Mvk.rs was hanged
at Cleburne jast Priday, ftr fiHi fBffic
der of his step-mother, Mrs. Mary A
- Hester. He protested hls innooeuce to
the last moment. The murder was
committed on . the night of February
cd tosoe the law executed.
Editors Leather : In your' issue of
the Uth appears an arUcle Whlch does:| that of
me great Injustice, andi 1 claim space
in yow oolumns .to reply to It. " 7^,'
made certain statements damaging to
Jhtoa^jB$^airihP^hkhappears to be so
Thu Jaw
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Keep8 the leading publications for sale by the single number,
and will reedtoe subscriptions to any paper published In the Uni-
ted States at the*publishers’ prices.
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child*, teach their children a trade.
Borne wise man is credited with having
said: “If I had as many sons as old'1
i-fiaot, i wmrid havp them ail learn
vious yeiy; a redUciion tuur, however, trade*, sothey would have something
beeu made in several Items of appropri-
atlon, snch as appropriations ror frtm-
wIkh»Is, pensions,
to toll back on in case they fuile<l in
Phllndtilphiu puptr Lb
ttary, 1
but iq the aggregate there has heeo
reduction crrexpenscH.
speaki:
“The number of young men and girl*
who are brought up to no useAil trade
or calling is on the increase. The el-
; Til II ia
fll P" ** m m
incuts tor the year endtfig March!, 1880
Were about-equal 4o the expenses of
tboqsands of men arc begging, as at
present in Washington, for position,
with an Idea that vague, fin trained
fmbat the rrport nfthe wmptioH.t po^gframTlnJ
•how, tlmt ihe dl.hurBrmrnl« ftjr the noo|,( where they l ley at leaet draw
year ending March 1, m^txwUxlthe
expenses of the prcooedmg 'yCar |T7S,-
their pay.
“Being practically of no earthly use
to themselves or fcny one else,,they oii-
ly hope to find semo place where they
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and sundry- g l4^ yocmg man, without a
WbO IS nut i]U
fund and that to school ffind are vprj
saslly umlwrstood; hnf tmtr rt~fia^penf
that our current expenses are 1279,806,
97 greater this year than for tho year
1879 is difficult to comprehend/^The
to become a tramp,.
come one, or far worse by becoming a
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above extract from the coniptrullcrVroT . Jgow insidiously plans for spending
port would Very reasonably lead one to the people'« money can grow from
itciieve that ourctirredt expenses wonld small and innwent begliinlngs to large
and wasteful proportions is illustrated
by the liistoryof the ItotanicaL Garden
be greAtly reduced. The comptroller’s
flat 1877. He aeUvered a logg.aiMh^L^t,rt ****** ^ the actual^imn- _
tojbe luuUtUidenLpeqpU who gutber- cI“T operations ofthe state; andflTthcre at Washington, rn lWs CoifiMfidore —
i . .. . _ .truu u ffumnaud v tor u/i lavrvn on n m/vit nA
was a necessity torso large an amount
of money to pay current Expenses, for
tffe year ending 1st of March last, over
should be ad vfciod of the pri nei pul items;
and this, might Jead to a discussion
You quote the as having been Jnter*! which would l>rltig about a remedy. It
view by the Dallas Herald, and having | is feardiy probable that tho old alcalde
will let this 1
mmai
ory’rcpartpaas
Wilkes’ famous exploring vYpoditibu
returned home, bringing with them -a
large variety of rare cxtdiq plants. To
preserve these Congress a
$1290. From this small beginning has
grow-g.-the immense establishment
which recent investigation made by
th^Commlttce on Agriculture of thc.|iui
House allows lias cost to this time over
:jv g^QU^toB,
Proprietor.
very best meats the country nf-
fotds, kept constantly on hand. Give
mCatrial.
Itte^town QfJlahAtn andiliijmi-muad- withoutsmate TT^hnteoa>‘trM tTltrT^alfa inmioh doflars. And tor what tf Vnm CaU
lags.” Now, in the urtide .^ote-d from 'yittlw-^npanase W quereuljim tor puipsssisnll Uiiu' nnUuiilltenr? Only ==- MtoCniilBry
Mach
tiy 01
Market, North of the Gra-
mhi»tf.
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fees due
obnoxtenrtslh« Lkamik the former |>a- neye>-tor eonveylng prismers to th«.4iiiblic officials, raan^Mviio^wCnl
. pttdoto not say thatltlntefvl^wed mer nenitentiary?Ure much greater than they left th«lr rutol diafiffitr'TBiiiHBgi:
are en
YV have tor sal^chcap, 1 goc
gtne, 40 hqreej *-good Bt
California BmUtter, in k<hhI order
ig our. Mill ami
and as a matter of fact, I never saw the
Herald man when last in Dallas—was
theqeonly a few hours and it was rain-
ing heavily during the time. The ar-
iide in the Herald originrted iu -a Jest
about an occurrence at the lagt term of
the U. 8. Court here^-and my friends at
Dallas, learning I was going to leaVe
Graham, got off the whole thing aa a
fl^oodjokeon me. The expressive but
not elegant figure employed by the
HeraUl man about “a watermelon toss-
tor last year; but as these expenses,
are not paid they of course are not
embraced in the curreut expenses; nor
can any one find out fromthe comptroll-
er's -report edrat Itcms^ occasion this;
exesfia of cirrair expchSes Tu? the year
eudlng March 1st, 1880.
.jell a geranium from a Jamestown
weed, may be able to sport buttonhole
boquets and1 Supply their wives their
cousins and their ouuts> with rare and
choice fiowcTs nt jlic KovernmcnMs
*1 En-
ures, 1
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, plenty of Pulleys, Shafting, Bolting
oths and RCels, etc., etc,
Aamvord A BcrriNOTON,
CLOTHING,
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City MillJFort .Worth, Texas
js
The Geo'gla railroad commission last
Tuesday, iit regular session at Atlan-
ta, ted that after the expiration of !‘“v ?,.V«fh
thirty days, no railroad doing business
«d on the wave* of adversity*’ I never in that State should charge more than
four oehts per mile for passengers, when
tickets were issued,or four and a half 1
cents per mile, in money; nor shall the
sleeping ear fare he more than one cent
pCfTSC. Oh! tor the days of honest Dem-
ocratic administration oueemore, when
the prevalent idea of that It’s
no harm to steal from the tax-payers,
may be driven with its Republicail!su-
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■ssd, and never heard of before 1 saw H
la prink 8o‘the wrath ofthe Lbapkr
has been boiling hot about nothing. As
tor my opinion of the people and town
jKfiraJbam, that has never changed. I
re fluMWlalljLsald that 1 never knew
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Bprlngfield, III., In an address at Bprlug-
field on thnlTth hist., formal ly aoOsp-
ilf is
s: 3 on 51
G 0 0 l
tei! the position of candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President.
per mile. The ooimuiSBk>n has also re- In the course of hls address he saldsr
duped the rate* on all classes of freight «»! qm Cnm;kpIlnd.to bellflVi Iteat Th
•»’ °f "^4" wtth *»«“ L^whTl^nd^knk^iiafi.. to. w'7 f"? b,'^“!y.,>reJU;l'^"rn^r^
throughout have been of the happiest
character.
The Lbadbb Insinuates in Its article
son who shot and killed Ralls, the tele-
graph operator at this place, nearly
tour years agqs was tried In the District
court and the jury returned n
■res»vreree
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14 s. i 3 Corner 3rd & Oak
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Utat I »»m leaving hew because I was “not guilty.” Johnson was
deceived In not finding here an iguoraut
people, and that I was fllaappointed of
success in consequence. Now, the toots
are that thg people of this county have
gT shown a very high regard for me, and I
g£§f.i p
O' o 811 O «-►
repairer and hod u quarrel
Who forbid iiim the offjee. and wh
cams In Ralls shot at him with a shot-
gun, missing him, when Johnson re-
turned the fii
Ire with deadly effect.
“ tor ite-and I part from them Wi th heart-
: toll regret. Th* records of our courts
here will show whether th«^ have pat-
rooteed me or not. In (hot I'will, assert
e that It la, and ha* long boon a notorious
fjjfofi* t was doing quite an
slvi business here—and I can ooosclen-
tkmsly say that I hate endeavored to
deserve ft—and ffirther that the people
ef Young County have reposed ooqfi-
dence ln me. As the Lbaubb's article
'~9MBM|U01I^“Tla:< prevailed and
js still pre\'allifig In the ]
Cesra, Hrazil, and 5O0.noo,
tieth-of the entire population
province of
W. . gjMFiVtiFr
t ietb-uf the entire population of the em-
pire, have pttrfslied. Of thsso< 200,000
died of actual starvation, and thereat
from diseases and engendered by the
.the sivil war, and persistently kept
alive by their leaders, that tliey do not
sec that while they are aiding to sub-
connfry to the despotism of the
will of the reckless political mnjorit;
’riiaydTfgriTbvertlng'ttie llbeitles of aa.1
He retorred to the doctrine of IState
sovereignty as thq bulwark of the na-
tion, and concluded as follows: “I* 1 m a. ” 5 jr p oi
my.judgment the oonteat of 1880 is not g a
less important than lhat of I860, and if * O nJ ^ yf! »
E. T. HILLIARD, ^
Attoruey-at-Law.
HILLIARD & SPILLER,
f« GEORGE BPILLER,
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CivU Engineer.
Northwestern Tezas Land Agency,
Pi^ot Pplnte (Denton
aptaln Lkw, with a
sntou county) Po»t:
__________ T Ji a corps of fifteen
rnenj reached this City Thursday morn-
ing. surveying the Transcontinental
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less important than that of I860, and m —
I may he permitted, in the presence rot S
this club, to say, that as in 1860 and ‘
subsequent years of our great naiioital
struggle in reslstnnce to secession, ^1
gave my best efforts, in the cause of
federal unity. I am. how -prepared to
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Collectors and Conveyanohrs,
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iWBy do me Oonre injury where J am very deslrabie line from Whiteshore jo
aboitto locate, J ask yon to gtfe me this city—tbwwntire line being light
work. They pa usd over the old grade,
unite with the greateDemoeratjc party
qod. exert mytetf with equal energy
‘hhl.ltf Ijtoi sesl to support the right of
firoin Whitcsboro to" Den ton. Gnpt- the people to the blessings of regula-
Law informed us that lie had located a .,,,t1 n„.r T.»,rr.t
'Gilmore & Co.
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PENSIONS, increase of Pensions, and
all other classes of Claims for Soldiers
Prompt and Personal Attention to all business In sur Line—
by publish log till*. I do
beclosHcd with aflvotgM
1 or pen who, when they
a oeuntry lu which they have
, ende*
_ver to coyer their retreat
f their uUl neighbutlp-
**■ H. f j Sale.
setiing stakes with a view of repairlftg
t*d constitutional Ilhej-iy?
Jm ipre Gordon Bennett spends hla
money very freely at Newport, but
and Hol<y<prer Heirs, prosecuted.
Address with stamp,
GILMORE A CO.
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Choice Lands for Salt in
neverthrowsany away, m uexoe^JTHIS PAPER ftS m» AjukerrTsy!m^ Cl«y, Jackj Ihurket, PaTo Pinto, Stephens,v Cal-
rSasiPsfc
r Ban Antoxio, March 20.—An Ex-
press Special from Fort Davis says:
“On Monday a party of I ndlans attack-
ed tranche In this county, twelve miles
ingly geuerofikf and many a pooiyper-
son tells grateful tfilre of hls goodness.
file at Geo. P> Rowel] A Co’s New spa per
Advertising Bureau, (to Spruce Bti,)
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bf 1 mm i tot ions of
H*lr Renew-
from the mining oamp Ir
tains. Ths Indians kllh
carried off* a hoy. Lie______
and troops ore id pursuit.
It has been reining all day and is
In 6btnltl monn-
IIled one man and
uteuant llullis
and accept no other.
Tt Was doubtless d question Of legacy 1
which induced a mah In' Clinton, IUlr4
nuts, to marry a rich pork packer's
daughU'f, and when afterwards he
discovered that she had a cork limb, it
was a question of “leg I.see,” that In-
duced him to brihg suit tot damages.
I The citizens of Young and adjoining
00untie* cpn avoid pay ing for the build-
ing of the “brick drug store 1|» Graham”
hjrtojylng th^lr drug* a nir medicines 01
ahan, Eastland, Shackelford, Throckmorton amf other Counties.
Special Attcniieu Throughout the Slate total MattersDflUa-KetMealf.
Will be glad to give respUbsiblS references among patron* ef
long »tAading, aBd the leading Banka of Texas
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