Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1880 Page: 2 of 4
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fam Leader.
t. mu'u, . ^SSaETmiftSI
j. w. «**▼*• esox,
Bitten sad PwhHsters.
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idaaa matter, -l" ^...:.;• • —
FIIPAT, ATXLU* mO
f^AM FnAKClSh, April 16.—The storm
which hu prevailed throughout the
state for several days has been'the se-
verest ever known. On the line of the
the limrcUd it happy lu the belief thatLCe^Ual Pscllto jlgtasd felMfh thfj won In the
tu »r tiM.iiutiflUl 1msInn— mountains the enow sheds ire break- have been at
lug down, between Emigrant Clap and
Cisco. Yesterdisy the jmatorn t>ound
express got only as far as Alta.’ A
anffV*plo
Active preparations are being, mads
Han Antonio for the reception of the
»xaa veterans on the flit lost.
Two Texas raised camels were taken
in to Ban Antonio a Ibirdcyi* ago.
- A huge vampire »mt haa lx*tn caught
in Texas, near LuMng* The nwa*
/!plile_ 1 "P"****1*44™ to«ro*rsm,_w>o should
LhxHfoteC thorn to without partiality to any part of bis
*« ss: —in
mentngeiU, Is ravaging the town of
Lawrence, Mias.
surroundings,
5e
Worse liiuu yellow fever epidemic of
»h7^ ,7" v; . v- ”**'
—am s — *—* /,
of the Kurt Worth lh:mo-
* rat, la aald to be a candidate fur the
Legislature.
Ex-governor Throckmorton heads
3{»* Ouulqatenly fUtofxMoii to dal vet-
ion. ------ *-—-L
Sum. O. n’t^fiiTTWa* ,«lw
Wuhtutcton uwiuD' delation b. tl.«
bf
-^tefekhorse will take the purse. Mayer*
»|.p«r or.»«m^.v- wttt win ,-Jw.t ---------
.Iwote 'fiaag*grg|
■ Au*uudly.
■Ppw tmu irf wiper or* wm woelv-
from the Candelas mines In Mexico.
to u ~
j The Bpringllehl Jiepublicam thinks
that If Gen. Grant receives the Chicago
natelnaltou, the reform .alameul 0/ the
Wttl place Mr. Brie*
taur Mi the Itagl ssiq^npposHton *ate
v aWateT
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Geu, Jo.' lame, although nearly’
eighty yearn old, still takes an active
parTTn the poTiOos 6f Oregon, having
i <—4
prteOigdWllit llllwmiHBfWlktc enn- crenwrt mst
The Ht. Louis Thnm says Mr. Mor-
rijnnrttf
iVffie"!
candidate
Rhteiiiial hofolnliHon wTio
with a strung backing from his own
section. ''
] Texas derives a revenue of UMBs
-from the tax on drummers. The total edition can bring, thut large sunt down
nuniU'r lirtnaed under the law is. KiJi.
fi,-.;.....
The Hi-Mild fuud exceeds $ftjn,oon or
IWt iitoftnft Hhrnntrll|| fflat
by the Irish relief committee of New,
York, amt te *iUl growing.
-ap
man’s life, his marriage does least 0011-
cern oilier people; yet uf*nU aotions of
our life, ’Us most mtnidh| with by
other people. -Srldtm.
JU
'Tists follow lugtIs the New York #f*e*
uUr» canvass of the Tenues*** Legis-
lature: Seymour, .V>; Tilden. 28; Grant
- 18; mjEAKCP; ThufSDSB,^
. *5 1 ~ ~_ ' ~ ~ ^
mu
Cuba Is la a bad way agriculturally.
The totiaccocrop is a foilure ami the
cam* crop even worse. It la predicted
that the sugar crop of Cab* this year
will not exceed 400,MW tons, a delielt of
B4.WXHwu.w4a percent.
u ^ — - wpteB
the Uto of the ^pitx
lwyoml cure and produces hydropho-
bia sooner or later. He Is of wolf orglu
hikI has all the virulence ami savage
nature of this snapping ogtet
^ilirt>--four IhouiWinl Michigan wo-
r
| a petition to <vmgrras|
to stop the sate of whisky In this coun-
try. . illhsJL idea is carried, Uwre wilt
spirit exhil^tod
. **N«i6r t* Wham Honor la
Z Under Ute abovewspUon tiie Dallas
Jf«tuUl ouwptlinsnts Colonel Olln Wjl*.
hotim for his vigilance In “pursing the
appssprl^Uous for Worth Texas, and
the great bulk of the .Judicial business
la to be eeutered 10 Pallas; and all ow-
ing to tlis remarkable energy of “the
silent worker,” Col. Wellborne. His
neglect of the balance of his JJistrlct
may make it neces—ry for thd,yptors to' Wl for BummU this morulog
see to It that our u«Si rcpr^entfUvwJ
In eungrcssshoiiTd not be Influencad^
the men of wealth in the city a#
The court it Graham was establl
when Gov. Throckmorton was our rep-
resentative, and If Col. Wellborne sees
proper to Join the U. B. marshal,' Who
resides at FteUast to break down the
oourt Hfra It to hto prtvilsgsss spriv
cUisen, but wholly out of place for a
Jtathc ahMjgfOf a represent
and Maxsy to see that w* have what
to JustAgd right. c ? ; : v
Before the bill passes the senate, the
ever watchful senator Coke wilt iea
that Waco Is not forgottem ^
Tmk contest; tof
SW--
the- gubernatorial
HUmilwitoH jinijMlte exciting U tweeu
the friends of Gov.' Roberts and hts
competitor, Uuv. Bayers. If the major- are ws clearly taken as those of Lleh-
Ity rule prevails we predict that the
old alcalde gets the nominathm on the
ftrst halleftf if the taro-thirds rule hr ad- -pto
telteMi»H wHHn too Jmrd-wetoog- ttoMto present administration has them from those who-went Uforc us;
the well preserved
Special Ti teQrani to the Hew*. <
of the ooniptrnlt-
tvernment for
Holierts’ first
The Itemised report of th
«t of asylum, penitentiary
ne liuildtofa te Ineluded;
ReVHtodBtatutea, and oth-
Grounds concurred in the reeomihenda-
tion of the sub-committee appropriating
seventy-five thousand dollars for pub-
lic buildings at Dallas, and fifty thou-
jpr satul for .public buildings at JalferMUtr
lltT. Wei bom succeeded yesterday In
athM'bing an amendment to the Indian
and (fUkfsnti]
alao printing I
cr items which are not of the ordinary
character of
; appropriation bill the provisions of the
bill reported by him from the Indian
comminaWfWFlibe protection of western
.ymatl—r H- tbt prddWtin" it fffflryn
quit* the rwiuetrun in aalaric»; and oth
current expenses except frontier de-
fense.
The Aral'report, published by the
WMMpteuiii
tor IMUHTal «IJQ5*Ti7Jif; and ths
for lfW-xu at $1,660,624.41. ThU
would show $aw,«te U7 to
fMiwslTipOMri for the latter period
oyer that of lSTiW. • How the revised
Thauid atoahle wiH onms nilt ISte lUi
ter than some otiicr state offictato if he
w MI have a foir explanation of reecipte
aa well ascxjicndlturve.
sSs*» *
Jn th* recent convention in Bosque
Marriage.—Of nil the actions of j, county thirty-eight of the auoo voters
explttotd their aoutinumt* on the gx»V-
t/rttuburp Yklette
We suppose they are all Grangers,
and are for Lang
7*
VYh have received the first number of
g^jTM/.irr Stock Jimntul puWbd*-
«l *t Wwthcrfwd, by o«. B. l*vln«.
|lit**.I* iw paper, naall}- printed
and ably fitted, ami supplies the
want long foil in North-west Texas.
Bueceaa to the Journal.
Til x last number ot the Seymour .
Sff anmmncca tlis death of Its pnUlllll- ^^iUrinkee
" Vf Sk I ’LSa U Il*nk— >s .. — — nnv.
H. 1 hill La u. after a pn*a
t raclcd illuesa. Another good man has
taiiiu. •
Wk acknowledge the receipt of an
tovtoatote te attteMl tea .Vaigjgfete A
Mite ou the Std and 4B> ot May
mte ■ — • m
‘i-r
daring elections.
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i-*r:
.The Cleburne Avakutche reports an
avalanche, or rather a shower, of flesh
and blood:1 U
We learn front Mr. B. R. Itoppa, of
this county, that ou Thursday laii,
whilst Mr. Henry Cooper was in his
•tel, tea mttce sooth of Ctaburne, on
Til k negm. Bill Walker, w*» hung
tCalvmtlate Tf«ay Tte ttshlKHtf
nt Calvert last
|James Monroe. He wufoased hia crime
olu hr wtraW tw
In haa non la Aw* miauleat
alt to meet him there.
foil Item a clear tejFh=*h«’wer of hinod
and particles and large pitH-t** of 0eoh
ft—nr of the pteosk teats
assn’s hand, , V.
^ reer-ntty^pubJishcd stati-tic- of
the PteloHei Denaritteot show that
6,066,000 toilers are seat every year to
Uto dead Iteter ettoyoa acooant of
jSrdirectbms, explaining au average
and SI,toO,U00 on
60,000
of UMwohandUe go astray
every year. .The Clnrtaoatt Cha
eteX to «tef$rte*d te find text New
land, which h— a renstafiim to.
The poalth>n_ of Attorney genermtl
mvmm to be a very desirable one from
the number of aspirants. We have
been told confidentially, yon know,
that Mr, £o and Bo will be a eandkkate
at least a-dosen times iu that many
days. Ws desleetostnto that what to
tote wmgqeutiaiTy, we keep confiden-
ttaRy, and that our aid rates for nd-
jvsrtealng candidates art the same.—
lira Tie— SUna Ever Known
'But ofpToMtic't.
i in
poli-
tics and baVe held office, birt Uijrvv jh»w
retired to private life. *vt
x They'always strike us as out of place
train with height engines'! from the lips of ag American cithton.
It Is very well not to be an office-seek-
er; bat It is highly uubecoming a eitfcteu
of a rbpubllc b» be indifferent to public
affairs. In our conn try, before a man
to old enough Co vote, he bhouf<l begin
to Inform himself of the nature and
Special to the patthi m*rald.
-Wac o, April, 17.—The p*Hy fbte
phone, to-morrow morning wdll publish
an open letter from Hon. W. W, Laog,
defining his pewition in Btat* politics.
After announcing Ills willingness to ac-
cept tha Democrats nomination, If ten-
dered hint, he discusses questions of
Btate policy, taking Issue with the
Roberts ad min 1st ratio* all the way
through. He favor* mje-fburth of the
revenue IBi.-|reo schools and
by th* last Legislature, Ha also oj>
pos*s Die governor’s ,.pei|cy of-sriling
off tlis public lands In large* bodhs; in
in favor of n conMtitutiounl
td provk
provide means to secure itnmlgra-
ti».n; the pi-cacnt system of Ojpcupatte* public Stettoir.
taxes he stigmatised as grievous, un-
necessary and unjust, and sets the hell-
punch down us u failure. Hi* positions
tenaqLGovcrnor Bayer*, and the issue
between Governor Robert* and the petfc.
iltsrcganlnl Uin pledges mmlc.at JLmsu -those uro the noble prompting* which
tin in 1X76 by cOtCthg shaft the school
ofthe army and agents of the Indian
bureau, under .penalty ofdlsmissat from
aorvlce, from permitting Indians toen-
jh
Just as we exported, ami. In fket,
*e we predtetedte vw toot 'tew,
the itemised statement of the expen-
ditures of the state hangs Are In the
comptroller’s office. Upon thly account
depemte the Haim for economy
hy the present gfimlnlatratkai
taxpayeprs wiH never know where
tbfir mOncy
gnee, anlm the legtsln-
t uri. unearth* it.- Ft H’», 'b I> mh not.
- Our District Con rt renders an opinion
on the E$tr*y law which teaterlall.v
arcass.assr;
t imure ©r leas) have not yet spoke*.— Individual w*ho sstrays ^an animal, 4s
23* tequired to have lived on the prepusv*
for one year— that he most not be a
teandcut parson. That the late does
not require an estray
as^altobc
iH'6»rv it can l>e legally jKStei.jjWf
Is the meat reasonable and MMsfoetory
construction we have ever heard placed
upon that unsatisfactory section of th*
K-stray iate.r-'GcrtitoWry Vnfetfo.
I ■LM^r^a.W
1 »‘Oh, 1 am entirely oqt of politic*
now, and tohe no interest in public af-
aint M*
folrs.”' ^
Expressious like this arc Very coni-
TheBritk Livery,Fwd andStage Stable,
&4ham. Tbxas. .
rZ’Zr:"^ X irteo^fe to ^ your stock cared for
saiW^rBSnktink tee wh — j.ou conie to Gralnrm.
. •%...
AW h.ive on hfnul ami will keep Corn, Outs, Folder, MHlett and
©ht
A
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m
Prairie liny for your ,^&£k and $ee JhaT'they have the best of
attention.
y£^
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chsrachj-of ohr Institttt lonsand of their
previoni history, so that lie may act In-
telligently in casting his first ballot;
and he should never cease to perfbrm l jq V66 at
his public duties so loug as he MtoifoL
lila mental and physical strength to
perform them.
Whett weTEcor aformer offlce-FibMer
say thut since he ha* lieeu iu private
life he bus token no part in politics,,wl |
ooucludc and fhis seems to Us —
r»**i*til»le inliTHKu iliat bi* previous'
tn -putme questions grew en-
tirely out of his own selfish desire for
But it is not mainly from any such
source that a.fhminauto activity in ev-
erything that concerns the welfare of
the State should spring. The senti-
ment of patriotism and determination
limvuour pnhlbvtnyrttilUpn* mb pure,
as simple,^and as free se -wtrdnherited
to Amerh
The Boston Journal is authority for
the statetncul that Just before the meet-
ing of the Chicago convention Gen.
Grant wilt announce that, he will con-
sent to be a candidate only on condition
teat the demand upon him is a very
nt one, and (
qjrgant one, lind that under no ctrcum-
will he consider it unless it Ja.-—
aeeompaiUctf'W a perfect understand-
ing that b^*wlll not be urged to accept
a fourth tertn. "'
BThe report'h** g»hifd considerable
cuirciK^‘~Hm'>Ughoat"*tii^te—^that
James Gonlou Bennett proposes a gi-
gantic newspaper enterprise, embracing
taking on tfaoway Hntfalo, Vlcrctand,
(\dnml>us, Cinciunall, Bt. Louis, Clii-
cap*, K«i
(teas (Tty, Omaha and San
Francisco. The,general manager of
tee enterprise is said to l*c John Bussell
count
ptrpXr
who is now in the west for the
of arranging detail*. TIk» pix>-
posrd papers wiii share in the telegraph
ic system of the Herald, be kfa ked by
"tertepltol at command ^of Mt. Benoelt
tiudk'ttke the Herald, be ludepeudcut
iu ikditics.
Anif ih we have the iftformaflou at
last that M;. Tlklen will <helin** a
Fistelteitiot
nomination. A
pondent of the New-* York Star say*:
“Last week a caucus of Mr. Tilden’s
ImM koi|t1t*I fill min and lieu-
tenant* was secretly held in this city,
and to the chosen band, was oominimi-
siek
n. n,ci
physieiaus whin latoy teak an
hanstive diagnosis of Mr. Tihto*^
health. Re consented to submit to
a searching examination at the bends
of live eminent mcdlcat practltlouer* of
3Cew York. Their consultation; tcsul-
ted in a unanimtms opinion U > the- nf-
teVtotet HSR* df tk* iiteB Thdtod
tb|s State yesterday, in the .northern
foci that the strain of any unusual ex-
citement would prove total to him he-
seCtiou. Several Inches of snow foil,
impeding trains ia the vicinity of Qsh-
koah. Xo Wtou* d*Her> have u
yet baea reported •• tee lakes, hat It to
feared th* gale was severe on vessels
Sod nropertv. ami reports
ate axpested. The
ted careful and nnxi.uis consideration
to thto subject and Cbncludexl to a$k
theii
strength in fkvorof Henry; B. Payne«
Horses Buggieoand Hacks for Hire. Passecgertfonveyed to
......^-ripLr .., any Point.
Also, Daily Mail from Jfieksboro to Grfthnm in Six IIoui*s, and
from Graham to Belknap ip Tb^ee Hour*.
Leaves Jackfiboro at 0 o’cl§sdc, ^t. M., arrives at Graham 12
leaves Graham I p. jl, arrives at Jacksboro 7 P. leaves Graham
3 p. m., arrives at Belknap 6:30 p. m., leaves Belknxp 6 a. m.
rives at Grabam 9 a. m.f Sundayfi^?cepted.______________
Give the brick stable a trial., We propose to give satisfaction.
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. JAMES A TATE, Proprietors.
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Hardware, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, Etc.
or. B.
Invites an inspection of his large assortinent ^pf
‘ ‘*fam
Hardware, Tinware, Cooking and Heating
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Cutlery, Gaatings and Plow Gears
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A car-load just received.
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CULTIVATORS.
nmniiMnii,
AT Ft. WORTH PRICES.
Smooth anti Fncing Wire, Wagon Sheets and Bows,
Wheel Barrows, Metalic ash Tubs, Etc., Also, Agent for
> D M. OSBORNE A Co’s
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^gdooiTWWiff^rmwirii... in tiiwtauMt-
Korth Side Publifi^-gwire. ^GRAHAM, TEXAS:
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DRYGOODS,
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GROCERIES,
Bo*ts, Shoes,
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WEST SIDE SQUARE, (WADLEY A BUU^ExVS OLD STAND.)
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Sarsaparilla
i VF
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of Ohio, who Is • wealthy gentleman
‘ of rscy wooithy rclsttooshlp.
Wimto^s reached port last evening
tod rtfom Iwivlng tetehnv
■- wq-1
growing.
Communists In France nr*
1 11toiii i—l liy—One oiX,
WNfrrr n \tten after rc*cu-
iug th* crew. The otkoostf Soak
soon after between Moaltewn* and
Sheybagsn
UitLi ucgwu*. UiX^ygalito, puUi*lW
tee following paragraph:
“At the
The Wood Telephone .has advanced
Its subscription price from ? > cents to
$1 per mouth—-cause, advance in print-
MWof
The Meet end free*«
requested of a number of our readers,
and in commemoration of the work-
men1* blood which was shed like water
in April and May, 1871, the Egafite
Will continue to appear in red during
the two months teat the red flag of the
Commune fioated at the Hotel de ViLie ^ *5 5* S. %
w
>
mi t
the Boose. Side and
Weeknees, Sterility, l^aeorrhwa, arista ^
ssshfwi
eases. Dropsy. Dyspepsia, Emaciatica.
General Debility, and for Parifyutg the
Blood.
This Sarsaparilla Is
This is what Mrs. McPherson in the
Sherman Dc»**ru£~~M^ri about the
pmntioeut oaodSdales for Gm eraw. It
will he remarked liy |he ntoet, casual
oheerver U»at she doee not eeponae the
cnees,of Jefiy?
i/e
‘‘W« would fovor Roberts first, be-
stsse We kttow ermssthing about him, highest prior.
of good. The crops were injured but
link ind myrxids of roung
that feud But earns out «f tee
ground were killed
A New* York dl
KriMlidull, filth no
/A
finkt ef Jehheri te anticipate
wants; and It In Is he preeume
this rim
JL The Druit Soulai, of Lyons
of might toT^h^^the
foccn for tKe good of humnalty. Th*
foil of ftmrt-
the only element of pro-
wl th their hopes foe nn
eppruuchiug triumph, their brotherly
to their eo-re^gfe*iat of the
S5IM
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Z !i''V«,v2.bih*mb
MM
*att**L».A* *4 '||x>i:.f|fina
Long next, lismnns ige knew nothing
nhont.bim, nnd toonfed here te take
' the 1 m?fcnow tea much aboet him. Wf|
test Kite once and heerd him hike
speech^ and we took htti amena
mlfflfo Soli $so te egefetem te*
henvj; he is self Important and unte.
Itoun. In hie own estimation there fo
1 net nmna in Texis hotter qfikllied ^ lie'
•U tee futethd chair than Joseph D.
i HBViBft
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on th* _ w ..... ^
And “amen!” is the ( response *U oVec
Providence doe* things in fits our*
way. A* Iowa woman pn^ ed that her
husband might be struck hy lightning
and the next day hfiwae kicked hy a
mule.' The write says that didn’t
write UAfe quite mttlns that. ;-r- -f -
of Potsswam eag hen. nod I* tbs
the fiissepes it is intended to cere.
raS,3fo Ingredi* nts ifintePMIjiiin
bined. that the fntt ahontiv* egret nt
nmsi e w wne*0 Ok
KXX«
each is sowed, and while it ie so mild
••tehe hnrnkhee even te ehddrcn. it to
spefeeteel es!o porge net from the
system thorn imporHie* end
which ikrr^opf
-"The rppaut
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Machinery For Sale.
XITE ste enlarging ear Mitt nnd
* have ft»r sale. Hump, !
antwl ____
reyettotoe M enjoy* to grind------—^
from ho mete, end «he eeufidoum white . -
prom in mt plitetiten* all ever the eown-
%Xt <keto.e«pnwme -
of its nsvfelsses. "T r.y A
iU vu-toee h»rv .. ^
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m
schools In tee wrote! an to
fljfifof’T- ^ ”nlp^
* ■ r;-
-TV
sorrow, hrighioeM phun
and wa«*s shard tec.
,.LL£f-~ .’furs'1*.*.!1* " -— ^^'4-—
.Tin* year Germany will, send an In-,
to the!
SSK^SgSP «5fSE"4?
mhfister, and the seeemi chief i* r*^-1 ‘ ■ ■» ■«
creaxed
r
■ nfipA- f'%n~
The Creek Indians, who n half n
tury ago were
Un.{
Vtontonk, n Presbyterian elder. No
temted^' ^ : -tetoitonti,ng
Uqwers told. At the
only tee EhgPeEJahguegeto Spoken:!
.the homed ftwg of Texas is exiled a
'r ■
la
Is, etc., ete.
= PATENTS
Ore, area recetps
nw-U A rirlrneir_
•** air rmr*..
mpariU*. over everv ester mlterstive
■"fttetet Be itetorilv to fto snperi
ority in any Stee* medi»ie> known, tka*
we used do no mssw-'tete to t it d>«
d»« tee Wss qanlittoe ft hanrifiS.
ted M tfwfatfytifctdu ~
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Graves, J. W. & Graves, W. L. Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1880, newspaper, April 23, 1880; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth879808/m1/2/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.