Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 2, 1876 Page: 2 of 4
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Platform* *|Ml the People.
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FOR VICK FIlKSl I>KNT,
THOMAS A. HE>TmUCK^
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The republicans c looted Ben Buttlcr
a* ft Jelegatoto the (VjugreesioiialCon-
vention of his district. Tlte General
requires but sixteen additional vote? I©
( iu»ure his nomination, Which is deemed
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liable.
nmef-Mrld Cora|«iny With
lan, *ill Uv.'e4riy io R«ll
f ember for a totir of iospcclion of the
Lsavenortb military prison au«l
various military posts in the west
Gen. Fh
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Tlirfeutheni-AgrirultOTaHst, offer
a Visit of ifoeditoy amongft the Orange
ers of (irayson county, saytfr*T^~r*-~..*.
e—**frifc mrfdiuit that the. plalfosmi ©£.
the Democratic snt^Republican parties
art not endorsed By oue-bpJf of the
ycpnninry of the UnJ» buFhow they
wiii yojLe is another question.”.
Wo «r« im lim.il to tliliik that the
Agriculturalist hi right—that the people;
arc not heartily in favor of the platform
of either party; but any hope for the
succase of the Peter Cooper ticket is
fotile. He has no earthly chance of
success; while there « a hope, and a
well founded nfle, for a change of our
present rulers and a chsngeofour pre-
sent syatenf of finance by the election
Democratfc caudWaUsT^r -
v'tu retain the presentpoliticuldyna#-
i/power, with its terrible financial
Or.WlJlllv!l located Itrtlrr! loveliest
Tha Commaucbc and Kiowa.Indians
are all reported quiet and peaceable iu
the Indian Territory. No hunting or
E3£
scouting parties are out at present hr
likely to-dio soon/ - --r-r——-t ---
Seventy bead of ponies were sold at
Fort Sill on the 31st, ult., by order.
They brought from MB to twenty dol-
Sr
Jars a piece.
acclamation tor Governor ofHadi'ork -Confidence of resulting good
by a big Democratic Convention beld
aryrr-YoHt-on the 80»hS*Ur
We learn from the latcet diapat cites
that the yellow fever in Rav*t«i»h ir
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imt e’^dhtntc. There are oaly^Jt
B«..V rej
ported duriu" the past
nine l
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"J Qcvcnpersons were murdered «u
miles south of Uio^town of Montague
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last Saturday night by parties iu dis-
guise. It was done with’ knives nud
it is supposed’to^have been. for. money
which was in their possession.
r Doc Adams, the mighty scalp hun-
MroTtSo W«*tb«fl&<r TSiraTcSuuft
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his connection with that paper recent-
ly. llis many friends in this section
wiU regret this exceedingly. 4’. > _
It is the prevailing opinion in the
East that Texat has less rain through-
out the year than the oldor States.
This wo know to be a mistake, and we
are glad tlnti Ihe government has
placed at each of the telegraph offices
" along the line in this State instrumonts
fur meteorological observalions, and
we now have the most reliable data
upon such subjects. At Jacksboro dur-
ing the month of August the total rain
fall wm ihrtfo inches j$od. twenty-eight
hundredth* which, at astfnimeraver
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33*
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average of the months of January and
August would increase this amount to
over fbrty-eight iochcs. The avorage
of Kentucky and Virginia is not over
forty inches. The mean temperature
of Jacks hero was ninety-two for the
same month/ However art average
velocity of 91 miles of wind per hour
fans this down to tho seventies. The
prevailing wind being 33.1 per cent
stronger than tboso of the eastern
states. The mean temperature o
- nights during . August w*l» 73. „„Th
• 4 mean humidity 74.
ima.
It is gratifying to think that while
we have occasionally been too wa
someday* of the post summer,
the people of the east and north h
been sweltering during night and day,
and while with thebr sun-stroVes were
of hourly occurrence, with US it Wlia ID-,
deed very rare. Throughout the,State
of Texas the nights are cool and re
falling,-frequsutly requiring tsrnuad
three blftji^ets to keep comfortable
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A petition is now an foot
signal station established h<
to lmva
l^firfcd
out with a Urge, handsome plnd vane,
barometer, maximum, minimum
sfcMMUrd . ..thermoftieter, a
nod other inmrum«nU» to
Uvmtdity of theatmosph
vegUtering 1“
the -Telocity
M
policy, is lo invite the destruction of
every industry of the couutry and to
entail ruin Upon all business and all
classes.
stabnmh QtMmtJ **7^ bring
about something better. It cannot
bring auything worse than w« new
have. Tho niassCrf of l he TDcmocrtic
party arc in favor of a change of finan-
cial policy* and by the i lection of good
men to .uougres* they can forco the
Tilden ad m iu is t ration *o financial relief
and the recuperation of tins ^exanimate
enter again a fnlcfquit prairie” valley.
This stretches away out for a mile east
to the Dry Creek timber, aud, pk»*
industry*of the land.
itsU theJwope upon which we net
Shawnee valley to the cast a«d even tbesigDS being painted on the
which makes us hope (hit every grecu-
back man U America Will give bis
Yu Tllilsrt >»d Ilsmliii ks Ti \k this
hope which impels us to work earnestly
for a change of dynasty and a {change
of financial policy in the Government
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- A Manly Ntand.
General Butler, of jfouth^ Carolina, and. mills IjyJu ba?A of tlie hills, and
'fimn houses here and there half-hiden
nge
legal investigation, lie knows my
residence, nn<l knows that the presence
of CuTfad States solfltera is not neceaaary
for my arrest or that of auy other
white man who was at Hamburg; and
before that investigation closes, if I
do not show that thwnegrort were the
aggressors and the whites not to hlnrot;
that the e ttissnries of his Excellency
were the instigators of the riot, and bin
appointees could bavo prevented and
did r
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hand of rioters and hiflfhwaytncn^ and
for ns riot.
that lie is responsible for the riot. . If
7 do not show all this,and show beside*
a condition of affairs at Hamburg, un-
der a radical government pretend mg to
be civilized, which - would almost <1 is-
grace the purlieus of a Coomassie settle
age would protc that this section ^^fii^rt;HhwHlitndert4ke to answer per-
country has over thirty-uioe inches ofT
rain fall during the- year. A fair
sonalljr for the death of every man,
white and black, who fell in that riot.”
/Hurrah for General Butler, of South
Carolina t - There is a clear note of true
patriotism and honesty in that declara-
tion. Such conduct persisted in by the
South will soon overthrow the cohorts
of Republicanism, and ere long, instead
of tho “Bloody Shirt4” it will be the
rry Banner, that
-—-In triumph shnll wart
OVr UuOand of the fn-c, and the homy of
the brave. , /
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valley we.have ever seen.. Along its
€
Western side mhanders Halt Creek, its
exact position indicated by tlie luxuri-
ant elms tha{^ skirt the stream and
shade the flowery, grassy banks, so at-
tractive to anglers and picniccr*. , Just
beyond the creek, Hke towering battle-*
ments, are ranged the mountain blufls,
whose huge boulders would awe the
looker on w ere.Ctbcir precarious hold
uot bidden by the foliage that imparts
such softness to the scenery ulong the
mountain aide.. From the creek east-
ward is a gently rising slope—jiali" a
miU-—to Jhp public squaro intended to
serve the purpose of a -pack, * vrisou that
title shall be justified by the tncrensed
importance of the town. Just ..as we
reacli this commous wc enter the post-
oak timber, which extends a few hui/j
dred yards across the ridge to tho far-
by 145 or 2G 3-12 by 1& feet; those
in the blocks next back are 42 feet
wide anil f? 1m^tlwp7
ami jn remaining blocki%50by 2(K) feet.
(’(•Megejlliir lot is 555 Wf U40 feet,
Oak Hill Cemetery is of same extent.
The commons about 600 by 800 feet.
Alleys 20 feet wide extend through
every block,- thus, passing aloug the rear
*f every lut in the towm * . "
Graham, as laid off*, is nesrl^threc- ^
fourths, of a mlli wquure, and there ]
is room eqpngh around to build a city.
There has never been any excitement,
the village merely keeping pace with
the growth of iheMMToondtpg country.
Two years ago tlie people went ^teu
miles to BelkuafL for their mail now;
we have *«mi-weekly service between
Jncksboro and Fort Griffin, soon to be
increased, and a route baa been ‘estab-
lished from Graham to Hills Ferry on
Red River. We have a
ther side of the comraone, where we
ing tlie Twin Mountains on the uorth, dealers in general merehatodiee, besides
reaehes out toxards the Blue Mountains
one and a half miles distant. The square
iteclf Occupies a broad knoll, slightly
elevated above tho ridge. Froin its
summit, <4there is beauty alt around.”
The various mountain- peaks near
or in the distance; "the brOnd green
Creek valley on the west—both covered
with as ricit and verdant pasturage us
ever bison ravelled . in—the range of
customary iu unsettled business ycn-
moUAtainaabove alluded to beyond the
creek in wavy outtine against the hori-
ton, the rocks lost in the distance, the
various tints of the oak, ash and elm,the
mhequite and theTOinach, in
contrast showing, with the salt works
in the groves—a!
the scene is
who has been the subject of so mud
vituperatiou about his alleged partic* q
ipation in the so-called “Hamburg
massacre,” is out again in the
papers and boldly challenges tho car-
pet-bag Go veruor Chamberlain to order
“And I now challenge him to his ,insight mouths from a group of uine
unsurparsed. “Graham City” is a mis-
nomer bestowed by stangere who are
so impressed with the eligibly of the site
for a metropolis. But we Grahamitea
content in Belize th» inprease with-
or ten little houses, gensrally with but
one room, to a collection of buildings
that constitute a^hrtrh and compose
favorably in point of comfort and archi-
tectural taste with those in. any place
“this able the railroad.”
We are plain and unpretentioys to be
surf, aud we are on the frontier, but he
who com< a here from sections where all
the apptbrneer of^xury and rafincl
social enjoymen)sare within the reeoh of
every one is surprised At the total error
of his preconceived ideas of the Texas
frontier, ^iut wo wander. One of the
features of Graham is “Shawnee
Springs/in the bed of Shawnoo branch
where the rocks have been blasted to
make a reservoir which covered by a-
leafy arbor affords daily a supply of
water to the town.' Below tho springs,
along the b:auoh are deep hollows in
its i^ky~bverhanging banks, and these
caverns, fringed with lichens and hardy
creepers that find foot-hold in the crevi-
ces and draw subsistence from the
moldcring loaves, are a favorite resort
'Ptnanrial Planks of the^Two Platforms.
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DEMpcm^Yte....................-
44 Wo denounce the.financial imbecili-
ty and immorality of the party which
during eleven years ef peace, has made
wasting our resources And exhausting
all our surplus income, And whileannn
ally profadnglo intend a speedy return
to specie payment,have annually enAct*
cd fresh hindrances thereto. As such
hindrance, we denounce the resumption
act of1875 and v tve hero demand its
REPEAT.. Wc demand a judicious
system of preparation by publio econo-
a rntes, official retrtpehments, and by wise
finance which shall enable t|ie nation
soon to aestire the whole world of Its
perfect readiness to meet Spy- of its
gauga promises at the call bf a creditor en-
rtaln tow titled te payment^ ^..... 7
and also] jikpi dtew,
“In the first act of Congress
r
Thera is also a prt*bah.Iiiy^ that a prog
the wind, hy President Qrtjt the national gov-
Thera is ale
nnaticfttioa of the weal
to 48 hours rfwtifbm
fat froth 24
will.5,bo sent
predictkma ore remarkably correct and
i much relied u(K,n
.the farmers of
til
for three
two day# an
* forty-liiim
1
ernraent assumed to renew all just
of legations to public creditors, and
solemnly plcilge_it/faith to make •pra-
line. These vision, at the earliest practicable period
for tl o rtdemp.ion of ito Currency In
coio. Oowmiercial prosperity, public
morals and national credit dtmond (lint
this promise bo fulfill^ by a continuous
and steady pragrertfon toward specie
payment.
Lard Oil anil I’iac Tar at Mc.finwey*.
of stroller# and yobthfiil seekers of ad-
venture. “The Falls” are uoted too,
and though there is
here no foniniag
Latest By Telegraph'.
m
but without, it is
Specials to the Graham
mer tliat I have eve
D.VbfcAH, Augu-t 31.
Throckmorton wns noirttuutcd' t»*‘ place
Jay for C*«itigr<v>e 7* /
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vv iiU *omo money,
i’li.or Point, August 31.
I^est riumlay Geo. Skiuuer, aged 21/
HIT
ttcr in California
Talk about cool
the coolest sum-
passed in any
To day, August 13th, is cold
enough to sit by a tine with comfort,
*(,m the older inhabitants here say this
has .been tho-warmest summer that we
bave-
thermometcr gets up to 85 degrees in
/..
Ccurt-House
and offices, post office, printing office,
telegraph office, two hotels. livery
stable, saddlery, boot aud shoe maker,
tln-ehop, gun smith, 'black smith, one
drug store, two groceries and four
lawyers, doctors, land-agent*, etc.
People arc coming in constantly- and
embarkiug in jtew enterprises. All our
mfixsbwfftriiave built -or are ereeifflJJ
comforLnblo buildings, contracts are let
Atone and brfck dwejlixiga.
Everything has an air of stability;
sfores, eto.T instead of on canvass, ae is
turcrt.
Finally; our people are wide awake
ami being al[yc to the_- impoxtaftCft . uX
__ .♦ays # v. . -
progress, extenda cordial invitation to
g«io<rcilll«ns nf wiiatcFer calling and
ha&ver quarter to come, to their
town^pr country.
Graphic Sketch of Frontier life
The first heavy Indian raid made rh
Parker county was in 1850. About one
hundred and fitly hostile Indians made
on j* at tack on the settlers’ of Ktagg
Prairie. A Mr. Sh^nnaq and his wifej
wele ieaWdlTllrPtf Ittnucr-fable when
a body of Indians charged tho bouse.
They ordered 'them out of the house*
which they obeyed, and when they had
gotten some fitly paces one of the sav-
ages overtook them and seizing lira.
Sherman hy the hair’ll ragged her beck
to tlie kbusO
which they were then
plundering, and there she was coin pel I
cd to submit to the insatiate passfons of
seventeen, of those Red Mona tors in the
preseneo of Iter husband. Tlfey then
shot an arrow into her breast aud left
her in the agony of. death. She
survived for two days.
After robbing Mr. Sherman’s houre
they went to Mrs. Teeters taking all the
valuables she had, trad theu directed
riicfr course for Palo’Piuto couuty, find-
ing a lone woman on the way they
captured her, and what has become 6f
her is unknown. r „
Now, ladies of Parker county, you
who are in safety and in the enjoyment
ofahe sweets ef n"new home, remem-
ber that your^iiraable sex stood side
by side with the hardy pioneer who
made you safe 111 a home, and tfhile you
read thi* °«»e incident let sympathy
consecrate the memory of Mr*. Sher-
man, who was tho first lady that'fell n
^tm
there is something remarkable. Halt)
Creek (we refer to tnc-summer stage of
water) flowing in am miinterrupted
stream, from five to eight feet deep for
three quartets of a mile; jnst below the
mill at the falls ncquircs-its name and
changesdts character,for here the pave-
ment like bottom coascs, and a sad-
den descent of twelve or fourteen Inches
changes tlieTiTrorTreifi ftfild alffidmntfl '
brine. Just above this point, the water
is taken for drink, while Immediately
below the eattlo refuse it. From this
point up to the source of the creek the j in our power to avoid thl* than to re
water is good; below to its month it is
s#lt. “The fells” fills-our beau ideal
of a bathing place* for one can take it
deep or shallow, salt or fresh, add the
shower bath, that almost carries one
away is exhilarating. 7-,
Tha bluff descends precipitately-to
the slwliiar iliu Jtmswmf-
v.igoofiUsuBMnit Is imbet’d da bould-
er as hig as a buildingl/ ^VhcifTonec
the climber is, pursuaded Ahem it BO
danger, lent it foil, ami mounts this
mammoth rock, hjs position commands
the view of * village in a valley whose
transcendent lovililima, 'w^'
for futdro artist#, to describe, foaling
county.
P.TACKITT.
Tho llanil of Hope.
On Sunday last, Dr. Young, the tein-
peiauoe lecturer, after a brief address,
organized a Band of Ho pc,'Comprising
thirty-eight little folks nod big folks—
nearly all who itere in altcudaiicc on
IfiYSaTftWtteldUlpl. v*4'—‘ ’ --
We believe this a fortunate step.
‘We say “dsliver us from temptatiou,”
and how can we better use the menus
solve when young and before our habits
are formed, and agroo with our friends,
that we will refrain from what, - when
we arriveat manhood's estate, we So
^dieted to drink or even to "the execs
jiyc use of tobacco, but afe given to
regrets th
Iniprtssions formeil in childhood are
HtTfouItTastlyijg.^^ '^Hvenrt atfoiblfor
the first six years of ito life, and I will
mould its obaracfol^.llJ^MffodMa^
Mort, and the sentiment is sustained
hy tin-experience of sgsa and an a<
knowledgcd principle (tl moral phlToW
nliv. Tbs members of the Baud c
tbs full measure of its glorious beauty.
rA map of (graham Sprtad.before US,
gives dhrteudb||ns of its p^rts. The
streets are one hundred feet
,, k, 1 ; ViT” \
lots fronting the oblong squf
idc, the
I___ I I I ^ flope pleilge themscl vos to abstain from
assured that no conception! can reach the use of intoxicating or toalt liquor
ms a l evcraj
ge, cKc \ing or sm6kibg 16-
bacco,or“dippiug.”suuCsnd swearing.
Although sewn* ofihese may be in them
selvas harmless, since tboy prove.awt1
curse to so many, we Would say lo the
Band ‘‘Dial spew.
, -;-f» _■* . - ,
while trying to peu a horse, ran
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Funeral .the same day.
of importance.
Jfo other news
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A. Judge and BharJft lierngu to Deaparadoea
Foiit MtIv avitt, August 31.
4V white, nian -was-skilled here night
before last by n desperado. Cause un-
known/ The murderer ie at large there
being uo officer to make arrest. Sheriff
Blakoy was chased off by Sow boys anH
has resigned Our couuty Judge has
resigned also.
-Two discharge*! Cubed Htatsr sol-
diern were 1yj.11
Menard Vifle a
rdered and tobbed near
few days ago. K.
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Negro Homicide. .
■4/ Four Concho, August 31.
Two colored citizens had an alterea-
tion'nt Stdckton on the 2$thj And were
confined in-Aiilit#ry guard Iwwse. That
night hostilities were resumed and one
negro cut tho throat,, of. the pther from
ear to car. „x
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Indian W»r N*wj.
... BOWIE havingbeoo obuinsd. school
Ucmbcrt of fFe“BiouX Tcacc COnrKtB tawa of Graham,
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mhamn..xxixpt iibkup
Rev. II in man, ^expeetto leave io-nicr-
row for Fort I^ariinio via Clicyenrtc.
—WaSHINUTON,—August —Th«- r:“r>grfPhY. Fnglyih gj-amniar,
Tribune says cilitorially, the cml'of the History- and Composition] 15 par
campaign in the Yellow Stone Valley
is most importaTifr~~*^
Three columns set out early iu the
gummer to drive Sitting Bull and bis
Sioux across tbeJMissouri to their res-
ervations. Tlie advance of one column
was checked in a skirmish on the head
waters of the Rose Bud, and the cav-
al^y of the northcru division was led
inlo a death trap in the Little Big
Horn and butehere<f Itfcsrdngs. __
Gen. Terxy ou the Yellow Stone and
(Jen Crook at Goose creek, called for
reinforcements atid after protracted de-
luyi ctlected a junction. Then began
A wild goose chase after the Indians.
The valleys of the Rose Bud, the
Tongue and Powder rivers were ran-,
shcki'd hot no Indians found. Sittipg
Biitt and his entiro/force had quietly
crossed) the Yellow Stone and gone,
•north. ' -Two M*giincuts will he
the viilleys <luring the fall and winter,
and, preparations will be made to'rc
sume operations against tho SionX early
in tho spring.
The campaign As,a whole reflects uo
credit on our army!. Bitting Itull is
the only^General wl»o boo-won a repu-
tation.
CftKTNWK, Angnst 28.-q A discharg-
ed soldier of Crook's com maud arrive-
ed at 1-VtUrman, leaving Camp Supply
on the 24th, up to which time'no news
from Crook had been received. >
The remaindet, of the Utcs deserted
Licut.i$j>eucer before reaching Supply
Camp.
V
‘ Pension Officer*,.Resinnattw*.
tVAsiiiwoTpy, August 28.—Twenty-
eight of tho pension officers of Wash-
ington have beett notified that their re
siguation will be accepted and that one
months pay from Scpterube! 10th wifi
bo granted. ~
Oov. Hayes and WIT* Oo to Lons Branch
WTsifixOTON, August 28.—A “New
York Herald Long. Branch letter says,
President Grant has extended an in-
vitation to Gov* Hayes aud wife to
spend nr few days with bim at Long
Branch ami that tho Govefuor ac-
cepted.
We are indebted to Mr. J. E. Ryus
for tlie following, which is an extract
irotn 1*Tetter written to that gentleman
often deplore. There are few, perrons. iforni*, that is for a poor man. There
that have plenty of money have chanoea
to make money easier than ever. Im
igratitm of those wl o have not means
ami the depreciation of silver, help to
make-money seaVeo and bard to get.
There aoefp U> be more carpenters fhftn
any other dais of medianioy, and aL
though there is some building go.
U»g4>n wages are low.
f fofh tbirts dtdlara per day at work that
I ought to havo four duffers for. I re-
ceived a letter froirt brother Dave, he
thought he Would come to California
after dosing out lil« istm k
Tliis, I thiuk, would bo a poor plac'd for
hitl to cotno to without
'’ thousand 01
a couple of
r so to start aith.
vtry seldom goes higher-than that,
am speaking of this vipinity, in other
pnrto of the Rtate it is a great deal
warmer. The Presidential campaign
has a bad outlook iu this State, will not
iurprise’me much if the State goes Re-
publican for the first time fora ddmbet
of years.
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NHW AHYEKTISFMENTS.
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WcUlutfonl
^JA\T k MABRY,
W 8 M»br]r
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LAND LOCATORS,
Graham, Young County, Texas.
Solicit
D6>-a general Laid business,
•‘-•-certificates for location on shares
or for cash.
- RKVKRDkXCX. Ol\XN WilEH aKQHaia>
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School Notice.
The serviceA of Professor J. B.
g~Oounty, Texas, on the 1st Mon-
dgf trf tfopigmbwr.--*——-—
Tuition at the following
Orthography,Reading, Writing, Arith-
gTlifoXf
iVrititie, /
mouthv , Tr
For all ‘ intermediate brauche*,
eluding the foregoing, $3 per month.
‘ * and hict
Latin,'Greek' and higher’Mathematics
Including the foregoiug $4 per moqth.
T. L. ClLOWm
G. A. <4Jhaiiam,
James T^ Ktrt
Gkaham, Aug. 28th, 1876.
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qitation
THE STATE OF TEXAS—To the
-Sheriff or -any Constable of HhsCkel-
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lord county, greeting;
Whereas, Oath has this day been
madejbefore me by II. C. Hmith lhat J.
II. Baldwin ia a transient person so
that the ordinary process of law cannot
be served upon him, you are hereby
commanded that you, by making pub,
Hcation of this writ in some newspaper
printed in Shackelford county if there
lie one, but if there be no newspaper
printed iu sahj comity, then by publioa»-~~
tion in some nqffiMfoU J
nearest county ’ for th
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iree successive
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weeks before tho return day hereof,
summon tho said J. H. Baldwin to be
and appear before ine, at mjr office iu
the town of Grifiiu, in the county /of
Shackelford, ou the 23r«l day of Hep-
temner, A. D. 1876, to answer the com
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plaint of . the said II. C. Hmith for the
friira of nineiy-nfno dollars and seventy \.
four cents, due on acoount with interest.
Herein foil not and of this writ
make due'’return-as the law directs.
Given under my hand and official'
[L.S.] signature, this 1 he 28th day of • ’
August A. D. 1876.
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J. W. BROWNING.
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Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 2, 1876, newspaper, September 2, 1876; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth880060/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.