Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 27, 1877 Page: 2 of 4
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U1UHAM, TEXAS.
Gigantic Swindle.
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An Omrtiil Cwylnt/tethiflftlegr
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cifie that indorsement oflhe enterprise
which will insure the speedy construe-
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SatoNay, OrtSber 27,
1877.
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The editor of Lbfl Jewett Cabinet,
* that hit cash receipts since
IS—I— ■—nafca ot Lna4 Sotl **'
Verged TtUw ' ^ *\'■ip-:*' ~£~
Court Uuum>« Hunted to 1 irturFfldunt es
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»lpittg hated. L
it indispeusible for the transportation ’ , “~t - . ~ " -X. J. . • m
of troop* andWMlitoty enppties. It will -Ury C* 00(18? Glot.hillgf JBOOtfij Sh06S, GrOOCFlCS, ^ IQ
•iHMb in ■ilswlila swl» I T IT ^jSafcBifc .___'_ —
l-.-r
Sept. 24th, baa been only 75 cents.
Editing a oountrj^newspaper in TWm
is not a guilt ed^ed business. —
El Paao belong* to the military juris-
diction of New Mexico,, and not to that
of Gen. Ord.
Jjttiff PERSON* A KE( ARRESTED.
"T OpCt>U) lo the fort Wort* Democrat.
Kansas Oitt, Mo., Oct. 19.
A gigantic swindle was brought to
light yesterday, by the meat of J. W.
Ilans, Edward ti. Stevens and George
Lite Oak county is tired of local op*
tion, and will petition for Ua repeal.
. Oaaeral Folk telegraphed three chiefs
and one hundred and eighty-seven
Apaches have surrendered.
oils. Tuesday, withooTunfaipfable re*
Senator Morton was removed ffom------ ——» ~ - — r-
Bicbmond to bis residence In Indlaifl|g» jfamddmr^~and through ki« persuasion
W. Miller, on the requisition of Gov.
Hubbard, of Texas, charged with forg.
ing land titles and issuing fraudulent
deeds for lafrge tracts of land in Texas.
The scheme of the fraud was orgsnizec
by Ham and another person named
Thomas Tullis, of Austin, Texas. Ham
■
The Grand Loclge™of Odd Fellows,
“ $0*?. clitaiag foueUebJu<Jre<i
nual meeting.
enough in Congress. Indeed, indica-
tions are that the extra session will
have but little extrft.jntetfysl.
on
in cobwebs and ends in iron chains.
The mors business 4 man has to do
the more he is able to 'accomplish, fu
to economise bis timfr
trs niatii”
[ fighting Joseph by keening Miles abend-
r,v# ■--"
There is a terrible fatality among
the savings banks of the East. They
~ ■Msauja
ins Mexico or give ns a.rest.
Give us rbff state* of Sonora and Chi-
huahua, aud we Will take the rest after
awhile. J.
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Chief Joseph disdained to murder
the wounded soldiers. In one instance,
one of bis warriors-took off bis blaokei
and placed it "under the head of a
wounded white.
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A beautiful marble has been found
In California on the line of the newly
ilt Southern Pacific railroad. It ia 1
'Btavena and Sillier wura.
the p!oL Stevens, who is a lawyer end
son of Judgs Stevens, of this city, and
is believed to have gone into the oper-
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GRAHAM
(HIGH SCHOOL
byU‘h7!^Z^ ^ ^-SwrtnnSiu d.
ties oHVred for making mlm., r.1,i,ily, An"
entered freely in the swindling’ con*
•piracy, and was known in Texas as a
K*“H* City lawyerf in order ta blur
secure fhesuooeasof their plans. Ilam
~>dhis confederates caused'to be made
jpiicate copies of notorial and other
. „als, and proenrad spy-jmenf of aigna.
___ three of nuuieroua State officials of
oward kept from Tbey al®° caused to be print
— . . *d blauk -forms and exact copies of the
-deeds necessary for thleir transactions.
All the titles and patents used by them
and representing either general govern'
raent or Mate Iff tide, were forged. Au
Tb» Fort Wolth Standard remarks; "uoreD*e ■monatrfrflMd ha. beeo con-,
— ^veyed by them-under many different
al lasses to many* different , persons.
About a year ago tbrjttffntion «»f Gor.
■BMPPi
Hubbard was called to ikrhiartei. and
on lookiug into the letter he was sat-
of suoay wbUe ^oTbr, and exquisitely
notored with amber oolored veins: Itab ■ . ■ ■
ian exparts have pronounced it te.he *y p^soor simultaneously in various
the finestjnarble kuowu.
J Wade Hampton and Mr. Hayes
were together, in a carriage at Naslr-
ville, and Hayes, in making a gssluiw,
removed his hand from Hampton's
shoulder, the horses started, and he was
thrown down. “Mr. PmlffCEft,'* said
Hampton, quietly, “if you want to
?u mus&jean on the South.
isfied that a monstrous swindle /had
been perpeuated, involving the inter,
ests of both the State of Tsx&s and of
the United States goveruiueuk The
authorities at Washiugtou were notified
ol the facts discovered, and special
ngedt Foster was sent out here, where
be obtained clue^3wAMBTjltfth0iy-^tf the
swindle, winch have beeu closely ful->
lowed up, re^ltlag^Ih the arrest of six-
give accow to Taftretots xuUms, Tnd
lands now considered worthless will be
sold and *ettlemeotiM>peued, which will
otherwise remain without purdHfcers,
and that portion of the public domain
without development. This , question
is of vast interest and should he earn
esfjy discussed by its friends. That its
importance is estimated can be Jddget
from ti»e'hearing it will have on the
organization of the House as already
noted.— Cor. Meitiptii* Avalancht.
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wares, & c.
GfiAK- - - THIXLA.S.
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Stock of General
A boy undertook to torture a wasp
by touching a lighted match to its body.
► applied Its warm side to the"
in^dpand a $ B flewffwsy Ttgqye
fhebnythmrwor«H of wisdom: “Rev*.
er fry to beat amau at bis own gqrus.”
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Bates of Tuition.
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BED ROCK PRICES.
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Prinfaty branches, per jupnfl^1
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4.00
to Show Gobdsri
Intermediate.. .;n r.^
r .-. » • A » At S-wOrw - . •
A small incidental fee to
—,—tor wo<>dv Aciy will IiciCiiui^tu
each pupil. Tuition Jo be paidmnnihJy-
JNO. H. HUANTLY. J
" J. I. BOWIE.
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FOB YOUR
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Goodfiy Notions. Boots; ^hoeSj
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A Mediate Principtti*.
August 4, 1877. -
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Stafe, SaMles, gridles, Ilaraess,
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Whelesale and Retail Dealer la
Funriture, -Stoves,
OROOKRIBS" AHD HARDWARE.
Books, Stationed
LWull Paper, Tey%-
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parts of the country, who belong to the
gang. No less than sixteen court
houses have been set on fire and burned
durlug the past ten yearn, to destroy
the evidences that could bavo beeu
brought against the conspirators. Tlani,
ijtoveos- and Miltor left, fie Tmry»
terday, ip custody of the
that State.
one insensibly inquires: “If
to show
their skirts, why not wear their dret>eee
[short and thus both time and
clothT** ‘“
The Gi
fcf the morning paper first at a tetel,
Ike sits right down and freezes to it, and
spells through all the advertisements
market reports, and tables of ad*
rertising rates apd terms of subscript
ion. That ia the reason the Ameri-
i people hate him.—JY. Y. Observer
A$eatfrOct. 20.-Ti)(- Kanna^ City
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Times, in its account of the Texas laud
untie, says that irae of tHelargest
Rustic, Paper, 5 Oil Clcth Window
SRTAlCDES,
A/-.- - S&T FI; • _ '■*••• _i, “i
Musical Instruments
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~OP ALL KIiri5^r
A FU LL LflS'E OF
READY-MADE CLOTHING ON HAND.
Agon* fir OLIVER'S' PATENT CH[I,LED rWlV, .....I il,e 1JR. HA R-
TEB MEDICINE C03IPAKY,«f 8t. W.....
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Buy Ilomesteads-Ranches.
HmHj for, ^
Fancy Goods, etc. -
AGENT FOR E. BUTJEiilc k s
“ CEI.aBRATED PAT I l.l; NS-..
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■» lliciiiuu Street, Fort Worth, 'I'exa^.
"■deters! Colnny^ot
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and Land Company Lands
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in i^k i»y UK wn-«t nnq* to «li».W>ipwv On «f «f»I f.,r .I,,.,,, jh ] r v ,, |( |T| r
■STAR S*4SBS-1S®iS»iSi:.^rS
_'t x....... u„._. .... g j jjjjjjf •
Billiard Hall
are. so. courteous that
they speak of a woman with big feet, a
png note and shrill voice as a mistake
dtf the angels, .-..j^ -w - — -----
banking houses iu Austin^xas, two
Chicago Bankers and two real estate
agents in Indianapolis, and others in
Ciocwuat4 Cleveland and Pktebwrg,
are to be or have been arrested for Be-
ing connected with the fraud. It a'so
says that there has been-a well organ-
.9. 7?. J-MFFER
Proprietor.
Iji quantity 3400 Inlets or Purveys, each of 320 acres, and sonatcntvdLSer ,
Laiad 2o yea*# ago, title “i'hey CWpK7c oTtTie niostThdlce in Yjoing^ ‘
Stephens, bbm kidiortl, (..'allahnn, FastUad, Bavlur,'Tluoiktiiortoii, Arehti ,UIav,
MuuUgne, Jack uml l^alo I*into countiH. fldT) TTu^Tk
KnTfct—Th* I>pnhUrdf Jaxoa tnailc a ruutnu-i ntlli r*l<-n« mi! hi* a«*olia'r* in IMJ, « ICi'Kim* Ip-miDuOrtl —' I H IM.B H
in 1>.V.> l.y the rttrtWOlliting th«-M t««id* «<» Ui»«ypu«.v O. nf tl2j*>.t. .... r.„ .. ..■ y | - - 1*1 A V E jllli
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About ou^ fittb l»( long to h' ir.i, and are not for sale at present, because title
^nobgcmade. About lbur Uitiis of perim title can 'bklMkb^aVemtte-prictr.
^Priee owing to qnntrty, luiiiJIfluand view# *>f owners, who, liktrcrwifcrs of other
tlmii Polony land.-, lix thnr price and terms. On sale qf my own lunik, deed with
^patent femwh"dat outef for other lands l^to l&^aTirAi^
forward applicatiou for pnn lra8e and receive deed ami patent. MjrNo npplica
TRUE.
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T«x»na »r*ncqn»tntrj—ormijtit tob.—wit ft Ik*
wonderful m«nU nf tbit jrrent Ann^nnu Moiuod/.
eight pr ten years.
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The Texas A 1'aeifle.
The government by giving a portion
of its laud to a-railroad penetrating an
uninhabited country, ie enabled to sell
the reroaiuder adjacent to it, and the
railroad assists in the development of
. . . . ■ * . .
If a resident of a city is a citizen,
he who lives in the . country if .a the oountry, and issUts those wanting
ntryman, does il necewwrily follow | cheap farms to get to them and get
w ^ I ■1 ■■ ■ ■ 1 gw wow • o mm os b V ^ v V •.V# VSdX^tSX mm 11 vl JJLXZw
4 the man who lives in a burg is a j fromjtbem with their products to a mar-
ket. The land which the government
Mr. & J. Gouffe, ten years ago a
henb” in the Dallas Herald office, is at
Lreeeota corporal 19 the French army.
lia father resides in Dallas.
The sttoation fel^nmce is verv dis-
Tbe recent crashing conser-
Mi>. ,■—r - - sa££^Ss.r^s
*r*tioM of President MacMahon,
ie that a revolution is inevitable,
only be avoided by prompt Con
republican power, and all
of the character of the tode
the probability. 8b
ietigB, -the cla.h,^|be
£df^ may be, Avoided,
ty Is cloudy and
deepens with each
each passing hour
than its pre-
never live
of
sells to day, by reason of this railroad
next year draws gold from Europe
through the wheat which is produced
from it; If a railroad can do so much
for ft country that Is almost arctic m
Its climate fbjTiu.
would a railroad not;do fora region
where tee and snow would form no bar-
1 (Mti
-w^eTto
all, and where there is much
develop than in the frigid lati-
•hotild
lines of Tail road looking to the Pacific
for « terpthras, and some reaching bo
farther than the Rocky Mountains, but
all going through unsettled regions,
ere ail. with one exception, being en
tirely north of a line drawn due west
from the mouth of the Ohio ri«eik%tvU
had land granla. Iu order to equalize
the bumdU* of government aid, there
rid be ewteoded to the Texet A P0-
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lion for pqJchiirte enteruriii 'd except on payineut uf ei|mest mousy, the receipt
GRAHAM, x - - - . TEXAS ■£;»»>»'»;■*<1 of firtpaymxnjJi^diiid.hy^^eJbrpMi-t-lfBaewttlrc fi»trrgrfm7F7.T«;.i^T
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Mustang Liniment,
7'wo-
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Kevjts tbff vory li.'vt Liquor , Yitu*, and
—v Ciaadiowyfrr>li Struuia
. Bocf, with ilie brat
l*hind - of
-—1——f" flgUTWr
G.chool.....Hotice. •
— I propose tearhtny a Hmitcrf n umber
of schoiai# atmy rwideupc;, commencing
November f, 1877.
el
Tkrms.—Kuglifh, per month, 22 PO
French or Latin 44 “ extra, 2.0ft
Patronasre Solicited.
MRS. E,d. WILSON.
Oct. 6. tan!
TFO17 TF T Any p'r"°" wl,°niU "‘"k*au<l
n r\ Ht i (furvaut m«*,m.i of tuj* n«m»* «r-
m^ * |*fWlW» of rotrtktyw rw-rwinir Of IJ,plr
Rrmtalntntir* Wko wLft to JifWSf^tTTn«trtimt• 111
«*r l*l4»iH» or Or van. i will n*<MRX.I’r*- rnrtriton fr> *<4t ’
m*t, miff ftrtP #v#ry »'**«*« I om-w! In m iiinr to
tlx-ir li»l wltliln on«» -Oil I will . rr»|lt flii-rti ‘with t«u
dollnr*. »nd fcrtii-ij Orpti fl'»> dwllnr«.«to Iw Hp^lie-t
on |«4j-m*-:it of t-illirr tt l’IikDo Ot-Orgj^Uj, 4"'l » In-H 11
•moitul* lo « mint in |.uv fur Htiy1n.irim.nnt,
iwlnr-l*.! al tb« iowkot wnniJ^Ai.rt i-Kirn, I kill lunu«-
dlnirly *Hip th« trt.trnm.-nl, fr«»-, or nftrr any uniminl ft
crMlItwl the Salaaewmsjr he |mW we in no-h mhIH wiU ,n ,nnnftnnn,0 tHM
th*-n »lil|< them the lii.tnimniU Th<-> ne.-l no! Iw k nown ,LQUtinU6 10 monopolize IIIC Ifflllll _
i« th«Rialtf>i.'us win..fW'Saing issir fHewaareaiaer. mcr CMQ lOJorrn you of the verity oi such
▼let. 18 I fthAll Dlilks «rr.cn AI. OKIT.KS to thorn selUn* • a « / 'a .......H^ J
as U aiinoot arctic m iwinewiaiwryii^i Hiii rawing IR#1I |Hn
: ~~ , . Tire, a* I »han nwka m'.O vt, ofh-.iw to
•»r« iw llicpt/tellihg
nxic-riALr to 1 wq
Aa(!rw, Danu;1 p< Iku,
Washington, New Jersey^^VY
Hoary Warmf, -'
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TEXAf^
i Accounts w^ mvrt^snts and oihorn aOlicitr-
*d. We inpker*-Hiitittm d*, and Co1lcclie»Mi
»t all acceanihle ptfials. ----*|ttSUy, 1
of Juae SO. VS77.laaaa of tbU papm. A.Mrww *t -nee,
rr: * • L : F. JU Horton A GO.
Cuhiirhrr. *6.1 n .okblaSOM, 00 X Market St.
*■* . •' IraUaACOiB, Kau»<
tud^'br a more song a? some expert, for the first cost, seemed taxes and interest.
Will not admit ot it ou the principle that, a farmer having paid n stated price
perIRmFlWniw land, would nr-fer to hold than sell for the same or ks«.
rc owners ttesi,re to sell-part of ihefirinuds at fair prlc.^ onW, an.)
non-r« ridents, prefer cash *ak*: timte for less than oiie-tlnrd {n pup.Lair »-..u
ancq,on time, ten per cent.; lion no1@t! T.'r
1A.AH sale^, regard I ca^ of in what county the lands ore situated, must he made
apd coucluded at my office, whore most owuete can bo telegraphed to and accep
JaPceor rejection quickly kuown, if n^ed he.
Mft.CouWv- Maps tm some instance? show fwpro^cr Tooatljctti qf Surveys by
number?. -1 he Colony Map is correct. _Jz
E- S. Graham,
-1 OFFICE AT GRAHAM, YOUNG COUNTY, TEXA&
Walter Kaye, General Traveling Agent over the Colony Lunds.
E=>E/OSE:>E!C5TOLds,7
FOR MAN AND BEAST.
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This liniment Terr naturally oriRtuaSad In Amtrv '
. ra. wl.t-rr Nalitrr lior litlmralorr •utu
<r|#rUh.jr anlrfwrtra for the hialadrtwof ItWr ehll-
«»«-u. Ii» fa no* ioo. tw^ii »*r.-wSin)( for 31 yaara,
iinlll u<-vr it riHiirclva (U« liaMtable a In ha y ~-
- Thr «rxican .Mu»tan- Lfnlmrut h a BiaUtUtaa
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People Seeking Farms and Ranches in Yonne
Mar- ■-JrT""'.and Adjoftifiig Counties,
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Are 1 antioned against the many stories of Indian and other troubles; of persons
^•hq “would’ut give ten cents au acredbr any laud in the couuty,” of sterility of
soil, diseases of stock and other stories of d^paragBrneuts set afloat and continued
»y some of the nmny person? enguged exclusively in stockiruieing the otdTffsb-
ioned 'leza? way—done-in ortlcr to deter you front settlement, whcicbv they may
continue to monopolize tjiy graziax adynittaacs of tito whote country.
• o a* ft. > ra a #V t >. ra* r\ii l L ^ _ i > _ A _ a _ * . - ^ . '“ft
A m#r t'fttn »avts a Human Ufa or rw>
i xci-lleul bora*
•tort* thn iiiwfulii.>ka of
' wl|#S*|t, 1'
It cures foot-rot. Itoof-all. bollow Horu, grab.
oow. or »!ie«.
It cures foucro*. uooi-s.i, ..nm, (Oil,
screw.norm, slioul.l^i iot, inaii*n, the bits* and
»cr«-w norm, slioul.Iri rot. niaii|(«. tl
•tlo|» of |H.ikootiUi. H |itllr. anil In.rot
a* lamcysa, kcratclms, swluny, kprataa, Stuadw.
bona, at*, ft*. ' —
TSu-WeaUjan Mustau* Unimaut I* the «|utek«<at
eura la tlis world for acclilcuta otcurrin* In ibo
eura la tlia world fur acetdcuta oecuninc In tbo
teraily. in Urn aWuc of a phynicUn, sttali as ‘
bum*, scalds, spcalus, cuts, etc., and for rbawna-
It Is tlie cltcanest romed
It Is the dies pest rrtfticUr in tbo world, tor It
ponatratrs tbo muscle to tlio bono, and a ‘-nf
appMcatfa la noucraJl* suflBtoa* koouro. " ■
0*1/ much the choaposY
Mill Machinery
For Sale or Trade!
I have a 24 Horpe Engine and Boil-
er, Saw Mill and Flouring Machinery
v for-sale, or will exchange for lend or
r evtoh......h-is situated thraa«fiMa» y6rth
Of Alvarado, Johnson county, Texas.
-—- J: W. MTElk
Li a-----l — ’ '* — , icnkuuBvi Buvim, nconoi auu cnurcn
benefits to be rooeurod from more fanner?/ shonld as persistantly denounce, and
take special pains to inform all prospectors and newcomers of such malicious
- Certainly ^paituragq iqsufrisfti, and wouULhocihoq*.,
^ronTtvTwi five timer Amount of stocky.but utnaHy during the winter,
- it is unfortunately about al^Urned off, which would-pot l»e the oortaxVere fur-
raers ihore uumerons. who by tbeir psny neighborhood road?, ami protection of
their fences would eoN lira it the tire burns, thatlll stock would farewell >
------ JE B. GRAHAM.
ALAMO HOUSE; '
‘J. >r—w»
Robi. TK. Donnell, Propt’r.
7 *7 t
Corner Worth 8t. and Public Square.
WEATHERFORD, . TEXAS.
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LnT.PTIOED.
Any person desiring to exchange
F IAKQfl
MMBMa <rwnoT Other
bu|khil.
.DRGAjlS^"™—
mki tim i *~*«*f*Baaltl*.
4.'“^'“. r.r^
yN®d* for merchandise, or merqfittDdise N.#oiwaw*ta«k*ttii
and money, willow ell to oolf on nr
oorreapontf with
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Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 27, 1877, newspaper, October 27, 1877; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877998/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.