Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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GRAHAM;; TE^AS, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1880,
NO; 30.
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DR. J. H. DAVIDSON,
PHYSICIAN and SUEQEON.
OfUIIAM, TEXAS.
10 clttlMMlH Of
Offlkfe; utr Uyuk’
*mI«* I’ablh- Square.
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►rug Store, West
TEXAS AND COLORADO.
L TEXAS IN THE TAN OF ALL THE
STATES,
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^Drs, Price
Ryiiri«,Sngit
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
A recall nttendod to in town and oouutry
Offig^at.Kjus’jBrui? Store.
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T?T? A n A M If r -n hv pill learn that In Ilia
dWiAVfATI, ML, ^Af*|ow iv state there la more to engender in
nimv* > hiiF‘% thanksgiving mood, than in the
Physician! Surgeon.
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
Offloa West sido Putlle sgurao.
ltcsidonoe on^North Oak Street."
far-famed el dorado of which he has
heard guchiroiHlwSi triftr -fi is true,
indeedl that he may admire the seem-
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Dl.
Physician | Surgeon,
- yjRAHAU, TEXAS.
Ml sails promptly attended.
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8- Office Weat Skle Public Square.
S. V. ARMH.I). K. V. A RHO 1.1/,
ARNOLD & ARNOLD,
ATTOENEYS-AT-X.A'W, ,
GKR-OJHLA M.TEXAS
•ml Court*,. r> Prompt atteullo
Htateand Fed-
mpt attention
giveu to all Utf&iitess entrusted to them
Special attention to Federal practice. Hove it to be.
At-
side public square.
BRECKENRIBG
Wild* jwafctloe In die District Courtof
;CJblui-
T6“^3^!s| -»>q«ph»»»ed tut discouraged" when
lttl alert Undoes and crimlmd business read in one of the above mentioned
Correspomienee solicited.
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J. A. WOOLFOLK
Attorn ey- a t-L a w.
Belknap, - * Texas.
"VVILL practice in the Courts of Young
and adjoining counties.
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Colorado—Observations Intended
for Praettea! Adaptation. -
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Canxtn City, Col., Feb. 2ft, 1880.—To
the Galvestonian wh6 for t£e first time
travels from his home to south Colora-
do, there is at pvery step in his Journey
a surprise and a lhsson. lie will be
surprised to find that nearly^ every-
thing he has read and heard was agrees
ingly never ceasing rwheat1 fields of
sontliera and central Kansas; fields
that stretch, out for miles ‘ and miles in
_ fllyy tefflpffTir silent
h^t eloquent language of the - wonder-
ful progress of this state. But when
tlie iron horse whirls him onward to
the west, where the arid barren plains
weary the eye, he Is brought to the^composed ofgeVfrfi shareholders, wliha
^recognition of the dfsad vantages of this
boim try-, and once more places Texas,
with her woodlands and prairies, her
highlands and bottoms, her. mountains
and wheat- and- oats, and cotton ,aa4
iier thousand other products, In the
van of all the states. And so I be-
«m*>Y
^ TFo illustrate how little the superior
Ileal Estate Litigation, etc.
MRc*t of references gi ven %hen desired.. . „ _
fMneehrrRyfiA’ BHrk Hmhllngfr west f8*1^11^6* of. Texad are nudwtood
and how much this country is over-
ftf new
ngland, I would mention a Series of
articles that ha ve Just been j»inplate3
in llar|»er’ri Magazine. I.ike every
thing about cows, and I was uot only
I
read in one of the above mentioned ar-
ticles that in southern Colorado it re-
quired but 10^000 acres of land for 4000
cows and their accumulated and mul-
the writsr’* own-showing the herd
would then comprise 10,-000 head of cat-
tle, and all of these he kept fl|t and
J^TAfgc on"10,0<0 acres of Ian.r, wnhouf
feeding. He Values the land at only,
$o per acre, which, Jbrits quality;: Is
the cheapest real estate in the world.
I say l was Nonplussed and discouraged
by reading this Cfffcle, for the reason
0. E. .FINLAY,
/ATTORNEY - ST - LAW,
Graham, Young Co., Texas.
Wij* notice in Federal Courts at «V mrwci°' wlI,e reMon
Graham, and. State Oourta of. Young, that I had always prided myself otr bo*.
Palo Pinto, Stephens nndAadJcluin< Inga clllten of the cattle' state of ths
A Deserved Death.
[Special to tAo Dallas Herald ]
Charleston, March 2 —On ftatur-
A Colored Dorter.. ^ .
The other ^ssoMB^BIBi^
colored doctor, was arraigned bcfrrre a
day last g one-armed negro named Loop -Justice of the peace, charged with some-
thing like mal-raedtcal practice. He
severe weather to contend with until
they are nearly a year old; the mothers
as is the rule In warm climates, are
more prolific; and when the calves by-
probably knew as nmchJaw as the doc-
tor did medicine. When the doctor
had been arraigned, thti juntioe asked:
•'Doctor Washington, bow 1
you been practloln^ ob medicine?”-
“Bence de wah, oah.” ; ^
What books on de ilalck an' ae na-
U1MU rrtfiimMtriMdiftn did yt.T afndy?”
'“Oli, I studied ’nuff— Comstock’s
Phloephy ’mong de number. Now,
What
you eber study?’
' ‘ t’se heah, pris’ nor afore de bar, ter
try dis case, and not to stan’ a ’zaraina-
says, “it Is wipter nine month# In IBh
year and damnation oold during the
ha lance,” a much 'smaller percenta
of calves are born and a much small
percentage are. save<i' than In Taxi
and therefore, It Is that Colorado
Nebraska arid Wyoming draw their
supplies'in live stock front our great
pruduclug-country and then feed the
world on western cattle. I met a gen-
tleman from 8t. Joe, Mo., who was re-
turning from Texas to complote his ar-
rangements for an experiment^ drive
from Austin and Victoria to the
Hills in Wyoming, 800 miles north of
Cheyenne. It made me shiver to hear
him tell It; and yet it istrue, and I have
-every confidence iu bis sua-err. ’ As
villain captured Sunday morning by a
mixed white and black poses. lie was
takeu to the sceue of the outrago and
UMlflfd by his victim. A vote of ths
posse was taken^ and It was deeded
hot to lynch him, but to allow the law
to take Its Bondar w— thwr
taken to George’^ Htation and placed In
the guard-house under a strong guard.
Monday morning he was sent to Wal-
ter borojail, still under a strong guard.. Jydgc lc’me ax yells’ one pint.
On the way. to Walterboro the guard books on de law dk! you eber st
was overpowered by atr armed force,
consisting, ft is said, largely of relatives
Aft CANT.
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DEALER IN
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Graham, Texas,
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Office, West Side Public SquAre.
B. B. GARRETT,
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Material tarnished when desired. Also
CABINET WORKMAN AND
TJ 3ST D BRiTA KBRi.
^|BMrataetnrer of Gii»b8’ PatentRevol
ving Churn Dasher. Y.,
of the outraged lady, and the prisoner ( lion. ^Cornin’ from de law language to
Was conveyed toS. ■wnlmimt wpot yn jiiihaig|Mbsai=WSil; »hat da
n,i ■ ~g
th* lisae of the expcrimeiit will be of
greaVimportance to all Of the' .cAttle
.‘t-eglon of Texas let me state In brief his
plan. He represents a stock company
paid-up capital of $82,000. The geutlc-
man referred to, Mr. Bamuel Garth, bt
Ht. Joe, is a sliareliolder and the gener-
al manager. Borne Boston capitalists
"ind her coast, with her sugar, and corn are also interested, and if the expert-
woods, where be was kept Ttit night.
About 0 o’clock last night he was con-
fronted by the lady Whom his had out-
raged, and again identified. He was
-agqliL taken to tha woadsp
a rations-were made to hang Elm;
the last moment he confessed the clime,
and also confessed to a similar outrage
on a colored woman in Newberry, six
frirther aeknnw^|g^l
ment-proves sueoesstal tbe oompany
will engage In the business very exten-
sively. Mr. Garth bought yearlings "*t
from $0 to $0.00, two-year olds at from
$8.50 to $0; and three-year olds at from
$11 to $11.50—in all about 2,000 head.
rr»--" -—y it h iiiwrh i H*Mn a^
Victoria he purchased the ponies nec-
tbe killing, of a colored girl neor^Laug-
Inriiir April; and confessed to-
burglaries and innumerable thefts. At
Sf^riTpSt Baker & Confectioner.
----- ALSO, DKAL1B IK
Fancy Grocries, Notions,
Willow Ware, Toys, Stitioury,
Fntftt, CTBa«vT5lraeco, Etc
a Fresh Bread, CakflBL,J‘k.s. daily
Cash Pahl for Conntry Produce,
me a call. I will sell i
’thority on yg;’’
“Ef dars a man in dis county what
*an splatu bissclf, I’ae do-mau,” said
the doctor arising, “Borne few days
ago I 'vented a new medicine from
roots dug outen de grpyu’. Hit struck
me dad dat mediciu would cure rheu-
teaUs, asfcjEh^i l y ent ter s^Jfa ia«h
JSm' r~Z
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Victoria he purchased the ponies
essary for the drive of 1800 miles. He
calculates on making an average of
about nine mJles a day, thus eonsum-
8i30 o'clock hr was hanged,' and after
firing a Volley of jgistol ahote into bl•
body the crowd -dispersed. Render
was a dangerous dutinierwhm_
“K yWCY had fx»en the torror of the neigh-
borhood on which he preyed, and the
what is dead now 1 concluded to ’speri-
^jgieqt 'tni win. No medielbe np^ cheapest.
’oouut,Ull you ’speriment wld it. All
modiocq ’ventions has ter be proved.
Give
as cheap as the
Texan, I pride, myself on knowing some* -iug^even months in the Journey, Af- /S
action of the vigilante is heartijy en-
dorsed by the white and colored, ml-
dgnta of the virinlty, ~,
tep getting the cattle to their destina-
tion ho wqi herd them In the hills for
a year to eighteen months, and then
sliip large, fat, Meek, Wyoming Cattle
to market. Borne of. our largest cattle
men should look into this system,
Xma*, March 2.-T<wIay being (ti
ymivcicary of Texas’ independence
When Bright/vented de kidney disease
he didn’t know it- would work till he
r^frgyemllt tip ■ jNF'dfffiiyr
Bays I ter myself, ef dis medicine cures
dis man bit’s good, but ef hit kills him
it wont do to tamrier wid, or let lie
nroun’ loose ’mong (Jo chiluu. Well, I
gin him do medicine an’ ’bout an hour
at ter ward a he wo* dead.-
J. ID. RYTJS,
DEALER IN
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Chemicals,
Gds,Broshe8
'fiAt much work was done at the depart-
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. -£/- • pbbsomal. - •' '
lion. K. (1. Bower, of Dallas, arrived: I
tiplied off-spring for three years. By Ip^i^iy n.,w a» the Cuba market Is in Austin tliis morning.
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Rumor says Benalor Bruce, of Mls-
PKRFUMKRIES, PATENT
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flat and the oouutry rneedlng A depend^
able outlet for surplus cattle. By oon;
suiting a map you will observe that i ( ^isslppl, Is In the dtj working up the
UhSo further to southern Colorado thro’
the Panhandle than it ia to Kansas
City; and as land ia easily acquired in
Colorado, would doubtless be very re-
munerative for Texis -eattlefralsera to
rapge their young cattle there for .a
year or two before marketing. I have
MPteit and here by « fomottetaaster I ^^nm^^uTi^gUrnTr ^mil^
two Aunt on* a running stream Is token J
Blaine interest/ but he keeps
-HLaomwotost, March 2.—BuU was
entered to-day in the District Supreme
court against Senator Hill, of Georgia.
He is charged with seduction in tR77,
at Atlanta. Damages are laid at $10,-
Tne oomplalhaat is Mias Jessie
I a knowed dat medicine wa’nt fltten
* - %I Medicines, &c
Science must be’vanced yer kqow.”
Y/Dafs a foe,” Sabi the Justice, after
mhslng awhile, “Ue pints are well sus-
tained. Mt. Constable, turn dis man
loose, and caution him not to ’vent any
moah medicine in my township.
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Uayraond.
Readers of the Biblevrill he Interested
in the following expressions frequently
met with in the holy scriptures.
A day’s Journey was 88 and 1-6 miles.
A Sahhath-day’a jnurnay .was about
day or night.
PUALIC SQUARi-jY
0-5L-A.I3LAJV4:, rraS3CAJ3.
J. L In*, OmUu
ouse
nenj Virni.
2
Henry Warren-bi Do.
WFtTHB-RFnRn . -TEXAS
Atlomy-iUw? LiiUjiil,
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
WILL practice in the Courts ef Young
jtnd adjoinii^ countlcsr A
and adjmnii^ counties. _
R. HOLLINGSWORTH,
M E:Ute niHl
, GRAHAM, TEXAft-
WILL pay special atten 1 Ion to the pay-
MML
ing of taxes for non-rcstdents.
Graham City
Steam Flouring f
ton Gin,
A. 33. MtLODB. fT*,Vr
Flour, Meal, FeiU, Etc., For Safe.
Grind Eucru. Day. _
mciaOub, j^tpyr 4
_____Jgd
Every Day
Graham ^BotelJ
R. W. RICHARDS, Proprietor.
7; J{ oi^ham, tkXao. ^
Keep the bret the market affords af-
---yliiniH^Mlp! yULj
"— BOOK STORE
AND
as It requires brom four to ten acres to thing like our land foJiUflcates,_____
pasture a now, and ii is calculated that to soldiera and veterans as pensions,)
if the amount of land used by ope pow
exceeds in value six dollars the busi-
ness win result In a failure. Fortunate-
ly foe the consolation of Texas and my-
self, I am prepared to show that the
representative of the groat monthly
SB well fitted foT the doty assigned
bins as—is usual in like cases. (There
ia no need of a simile.) I, traveled with
Mr. Tompson, from Trinidad, Colora-
do, who Is an extensive eattle and
sheep-raiser, and from him 1 learn that
cattle are not liUlitod in their rttbge; as
a usual thing, and that when they are, ^ tl
twsiitjrrSfc
acres per head, and to are his own
words, “Its a great deal better to give
th< iu the twenty thanfty less.” This
gentleman informs me that all Colora-
our^tSa^t!.. ^ '™»' r"v'^ uf Affl.lVuwlV BSSBc
i of an English
Exeklei’s reed Is said to hare been ed. _We taake remittoaoss sud eoitections
AcoonnU of merckanU and etksn solicit*
jt.tH accasiihie poiahL.
TlftSIl,
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which Is always to be bad at about $1.$5
per acre. Having aeqaired this loca-
tion the water front Is fenced or left
coroarton, as oircumstoncesinay require
aud the cattle then have an unlimited
range back from the stream until they
reach the div(de betWi
located and another running parallel.
The land lying between two streams ts
safe against location, because It Is
worthless without a water privilege.
By a law born of custon, the cattle men
opposite etch other on the two streams
ye allies and friends, and guard each
other’s cattle on the common between
their locations of water fronts and Ii
would be hazardous for any interloper
to drive his cattle between them. Fen-
.elng Is only resorted fo when It is de-
ohlklren at the Orphan’s Holme, known
as the “Shepherd's Fold,” was trans-
ferred to-day from the Tombs to Black-
well’s island.
A finger's bredth Is equal to one ineh. A
A shekel Is about 00 Cents.
A shekel of gold Is $9.07. ^
A talent of silver was $1,660.86.
A talent of gold was $26,448
Baltimore, March 2.—Ex-Surgeon-
General Willian Maxwell Wood, of the
United States navy.died yesterday at
st Owing's Mills, -BaltL -
more county, in the 73d year of his age.,
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WABHlNtiTOK, March 2.—The Presi-
dent has withdrawn the nomination of
P. B.8. Piuchback V> be naval officer
of New O; loans*
Boston, March 2.—The employee of ^‘u Wli8 1 ^allou 2 pi»te.
the Lancaster wrvden vniH at GHnbm, * - * fiW W167 Plate* Alton
struck yesterday' for an advance in
wages. 'V- • % - • ,.
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A pieoe of stiver, or a penny, was 13
cents. ’ •
A farthing was 8 cents.
A gerah was 2 cents.
A mite was J a cent. *
A homer contained 78 gallons and 6
plnta. . ’
An ephah, or baih, 7 gallons and 4
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u. J. Christopher,
MACHINIST.
AKD WOMXKK IX
Brass, Copper, Tin, Lead and
SHEET X EL03ST. .
Gins, Pistols, Locks, Fire-reef .Safes,
aud Scales Repaired. '
g^aham^bxab.
TkaPs Hew.
Texas and leaned how tiT manage
them from Texans. The secret of their
great suocess in this opuntry: Is that
having procured the Texas cattle when
young, they allow them to attain their
__________r____ iwyli or
rhlch is that a Colorado four-year old
Signed to improve ihe stock. " •
In sheep raising much of the same
comparison may be InstUtpted between
Texas and Colorado as In regard to cat-
tle. The sheep here grow larger and
yield a fti^er fleece, but yacy do not Im
1 ‘,ty or thrive as well when
course, it Is impracticable to
A Kssslsa Baptlsak
The baptisiq of a child belonging to
T—' "t*' ■
is Worth half again as much in Kansas ffirfre sheep re teog a distance, even If cheerfully.
or Chicago a» a Texas four-year old. --- - T
Here they grow larger, sleeker and fot-
wlfiH'ipHHHr WT «<1b Tje mamteff
After a great stonn * little fellow
began to shovel a path through a large
snow-bank before his grandmother’s
door. He had nothing but a small
shovel to work with. _ . fi
“How do you expect to get through I*®®®- T1”’ l)r*ertt clo^Hi bl® no8v a
thnt drlfl?” a«k«l • man.' “ |«« wMkfcl. b»t tha ‘Jsjif
“By keeping ai
the royal fanilly of Prusia ia thus de-
scribed: v “The Csar bore him to the
front, where hie UtUe Highness was
taken out of all his clothes, dhd plung-
tlte water, head-first, three.
aud
JEFF'S SALOON
* -AND * "
Billiard HaU.
V, J £ FE ES T~‘ -4
Proprietor.
North Side of th. PMu
GRAHAM, ... TEXAS
» Sir -*
. \ Beer, with the best —
brands of *|
- ‘
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. * ’r
fd Into
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It.BOREN & CO.,
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in the best condition, Just m they OMne
from the range; while Texas eattle
the difference were oonslderublc enough
to make it worth the trouble, which Jt
Is not. As an indication of how IFmwuT
It,” said
•That's how.”
the t»6y
-wear-horn|” as ha is styled In l^trge cap^*
e Next door South of the
lias Just opened s fine stock
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oopy. and will receive subscriptions at
pahlishen prices. ‘
Em a Ofcoio# lot of Oigrarr and
>*/.
j Tobaoco.
want circulars,
sbbsKC
ehvelonf'S,
want 'hand-hi Hi
Tfrnn want himiness
‘ want neat" "
lrn>n want nice
HSa..,
must be driven for months across the
plains before finding a purchaser. The
'gtteeitfbn naturally arises, whj Is it
then that southern Colorado and other
Countritfi of like charaetor 40 net drive
Texas out at the business? Why not
raise their own yearlings Instead of
getting them lu Texas? The answer
la ready. When the gardner prepare*
v-iiil* beds ia early spring he dqwe.hls
seed In boxes so that late frosts msy
mot kill,the tender growth
plants have reached a Certain age they
are set out and allowed to mature. It
venient'
leave
umlyt—,--------
at-low rates, and the^ beet of styhn
la safer, cheaper, more convenient and
in every why more deiltable to propa-
gate /^k<l then transplant. * Bo with
cattle. In Texas they should be pro-
pagated. There the young have ne
le progressing In wool culture, I will
mention that I heard Mr. fhompson
ask k prominent wopl buyer from Chi-
cago what were the chances of buying
a carload of M^riuo bucks In Illinois,
and the reply, dt^'&at they were very
slim as Texas had exhausted the sup-
ply. This buyer Informs me that Bos-
ton gets meet of the Texas wool, hut
that he has bought some every year
during the last decade, and that N lm*f
When the |M»vea each year. I trust your read see
will be as gratified to read what I have
written about our standing abroad as
I was to team 4, aud with this wish I
bid you good night. In hay next you
«tMdljR$rn something of the mines. . ^
32 j; caumd*.
■llitals in the programme of the day,
then gtvau to Ms godmuthwwraped la
.every difficulty under the sun. If a
hard teak hi before you, itlck fcTlt, l>bT
not keep thluklug how large og- how
hard it Is; but go at it and by degrees It
Will grow smaller until.it is done.
Natteaal Vsteu Ureeakhrk Laker Ticket
Hr. LotTfS, March 6.—Tiic National
Greenback convention today nomina-
ted Stephen B. Dillay, of New Hamp-
shire, for president of the United States
aud B. J. Chambers, of Texas, for vios-
presldeut. ’''v"; _
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See the gentle candidate, — —
Around and around he gees, ifej
At every oorner, street and store, 1
■ T His anxious phis he shows. ^
Burnt will run for glory, ^ w ^
\ While others will nmfor cash; _
Some Just want the ofocial position, -
tyhlleothers Just wkntAheii hash.
up iu blankets, and he dosed quietly
while another prayer was soM. He
was only left In peace for a few^ mo*
meats. The pritet annointed his eyes
ears, mouth, hands and foot with holy
do any harm In life. When the little
feltowAatf MMveted from this Inter*
ruptlon and Joet begun to quiet down
he was again disturbed and all his
hair cut off.”
11 •, •' , * ",l'. /
“Wanted—a girl,” implored an ex-
change some tiaae back, but the blind
forces 01 nature moved pitilessly and
f. W. r*tm»
It was a boy
, **
A presidential b^om does not elect a
man president, any more t|Ua pouring
a gallon of kerosene Into a well makes
U an oil well. A**—^-4: - c
Book Sellers & Stationers, >
■KHEp
Oil
W«*th«rfbrd,
WICHITA HOTEL
jacksboro, Texaft * —
J^SS“3r.»&
will «d4 U> tk* w^itort •» Its wltMB.
BttMfcW W th* Wn.
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FOE SUE OR RENT.
I OFFEU for sals $46
89aerii nude* frees
vation, 26 scree In
to ault . purel
for Horses o*
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Graves, J. W. & Graves, W. L. Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1880, newspaper, March 13, 1880; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth879349/m1/1/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.