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TEXAS.
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16.00.
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THE ECHO J03 OFFICE
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U. W. HOB OX.
Proprietor.
professional.
VOL. 1.
FORT GRIFFIN, SIIACKKLFORD COUNTY. TEXAS, SATURDAY. I AY M, 1873.
NO.
A. A. CLAHKE.
lawteu axdl xd ageyi
Hfrmfi w - - T *a<.
Utti f rnMlc ov r a q'-artcr nf a million
•f acres of Hue laiul belonging t<. tli*
rnin«*TfSan mim! Cniinmiiy.
PETER HART,
Attarnay aft Law <fc Land Agent,
"Ali33A3STV
Bfcftekelford Count jr, Texan.
Sum
, ir law,
Sllectlitff Agent.
personal n'itriitton given to all
" ■ . buslne**
f,texw
NOTARY PUDMC.
*,<- • Tew
«KIFFHr,
- - Texas.
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" ALBANY,
HratiDOAR RYE.,
IF * i'OOXSELOR
.r.WAT-.n-.'"
*gM#' ■ ^
- TEXAS?.
jr.;
0B. W. M. POWELL
i pittfentonal wrrlec* to the
j&iMta mid Kurrouiidiiifr
f.lkXtdoor to Conrad a RntliV.
' .. uSJjr
seme nts.
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Proprietor.
l Text**.
but the bent of Wines,
IENSTEIN,
Agent.
i highest. |>rfc>es In cash for
'In, Peltries, Furs and
! J. T,. KAN*.
i Cashier.
EN & CO.,
mm-.
. ,, Spj|it Tex««
A vioNNT «if ItienMiiinTs *in<l otliers-
XVsollciteil. Wo make ivinitiinceB und
collections in all accessible points.
~T"■;..'
lit Every Gift Wants J
kI Square %'ttl unit u «oo M.'luan
I of whlo i can be obtain -d at ill**
NTIE R HO U 8 E
M WILSDX, Proprietor.
fJWMWmv - -: - - TEX AS;
WOLFROM,
A Ufgn WAG >X YARD willi plenty
Sfhajr aud grain f<>r wile
fOMT (KW1K, . -'V ' V • - TEX AS
-
HUNTER, EVANS & CQ.,
y&v MVB8TOOK
COMmiOX KERCH IX PH.
HATIONAL STOOK YARDS.
— Illinois.
Casti advances inatle on ronal^nmcnts.
Con*s|ton<lence solicited nn>l market re-
ports Aimlshed n application to
Wl. lllimn. Gea'l igl.
Pott Worth. • . - . ,■ • - lV\!ic.
CQNMERCIAL HOTEL,
breckekkidge .
TEXAS.
Mrs. QAUT'IIF.K, Proprlolor.
PAIR FARO PLAYERS.
JM-.-w York Stur.]
Somt* itioiiilia a>rt - a \V.*9t *ni
Jounial. startU*.I the- pi«>jniw,y <>i
ill*1 roiuitry by u di'lhilfd (!<•«-
< iiptiuii o|' u g.'iiiiiiig hutise Hit-
tfiiivfivd ami |iutr.iniited iiit thai
diy by tVuml^a. Siiuv tluMi tli**
•'XiHteurt* iif •noli in.stitutioiis in
vuiious tjllifi- of our t'irieu likW.
been made knowu. 'l'iie inoat
promiiittiJt and noiewuriliy of
rliein till, howevvr, has b«*fii
>v«'H<n>ked. It is Kwuled in it
'•usy. ijuiet.lp )k ing < >11 in 11sit hi
• •I" the stuN'ly m«t liflily Ornct-
tueiual NVw York iyj)<j, aud
vithiii, rwo blocks,of the Bruv
<>( r! Uoiwe. Tt. all outw.iivl au-
, euraiu es the pliiVe is only oni-
til" liie many rejidttiuvs of ari^
tticratic Miiidiatieii which lit e
tile streets. All of tire windows
are; however, Wavily cui taiii«d.
'tnd a fae# rady ''en at any.
Even at night it is ae) loiu li^ht-
ed upi.i fioirt. So quietly and
unoblnaively lias the nefanmis
basiness of tilt* ettjtublishiH^iil
beta carried oil that.; although
it has been in exi r«-ii<' * f« r
months, its real character h^n
never been dreamed of, milfh
leca 8iisj) 't't#*di ;-.
The pivprietri'SS ot the house
was^prrKiualjy th« itilstress of
rl.e [tropWetor of on* of the
most fittuotis gaining hous.** in
New York, tjheqttarreled willi
her ioveraiid left him. Fitiding
herself east Upon ht-r own r. -
■ oijire«i arid b^ing owtier of ?i
vaVaible eollet'tion of j^wel.-t.
•site deteimined to prolit by h«i
"Xperience ill h«*r «>ld lovnr's
Prpfessinri. She hired a ftiru
ished house, the same in whleh
tnltt> now carries oil her tru le.
and after iimtrueting two or
three of her intimate friends in
the mystery of dealing and
manipulating cards, began
work. The place was ad vert is
ed extensively among the deini <
niotide of the metropolis as a
"Lutdies'Gltib Eouse," an 1 soon
became popular, the n ; r?> s:> t-«
no men were admitted, au I the
fair frequenters were con-e-
quetitly allowed more freedom
and abandon. Roulette und
fato. as well as aecasi^na I
gaiues of "R itigeet-itiiir," were
at iirst dealt, but the srame sovui
resolved jisclf Into fal-o al« ne.
Some very heavy playing ha-
occurred ill- re. One lady car-
ried <ft over $5000 as the result
of day '* j u« ky piiiy. A llot her
won, upon three d yfiV p'ay in
siiccest.ion. $4800 The- baijk
ry to have eis ! .* * a cud froui
the projirlet i us* <n .im i at rod tie-
tioii from a daily fi;:q:ienier.
Uvular hithiiu'es have latch
keys, which abuii tiieiu lijlo
lii.it
(in
,i ..
widi "ilie vliop ' and
leputaiipu lor c u
may be Avon.
We nee-1 4 diff'I.Mit, ediK't.
tioii O il b.ivs need to
tfie piicsapi; be I wetii the outer taught that bravery doe«
and inner floors, both of wliicli
are alwayk kejit < lose:}. The
ittuer di>dr i3 guar led by a piet•
consisit in Hiaji.-j'anghriMv; 1J1V
men can be biav.* and *v
si-oin to take advaiitage of **t i> •
ly quadtooti. whoS' or lcis ure dr< } *"■ and do foil} iuurd< •
•o adiuil 110 «it!j-gfi uwprovi- * h,'t\vs'*<£ li'ist carrying conceii
ded witlj !tie piojit-i creiict/:iiiis .'vrii >^:apQivs' avail iiaii'ilit - *
The pi>Ktofllce li x nf ;!iv jc, >•; j |V>(Vjj' .;i,s '-Jiit* '• tin•.i IiiCjlic.ite
prieln'ss is dfiijy tiiiv'd, ^ i 1 i 1 ap '•cVi^tV;*' u> the pistol, aii'l coii
plication# l«ir ;';i>' j'-^tVet'v>.1 Msf;ti\-mi'^i.v t«.• i viols'llou; of law
place. ♦, Aii t .his 1 1 w a^iiiust coiicealeii
No in!!ii'l'-r,'>i' !*h: t'l;\ i is not aioiv ligiilly fen
has i-vi t t i-eu tt-diii-Ujexi;"exs >vpi j.'iumil b< cause the men choseii,
in 11 j lie baseuie 111, a t >v.iti<• 11
glni'eru H, w lin e, ftc., are i'.e
liv -i>(i. 'i'lie.' aeryVtii'tf, of
whom I lieIV' ;i|— se"vci«i, are all
fi'lualcs,;'Vis' ale al^o ail the
dealers, casek>ep>T«. e(C„ at-
tached t« th*^ gnriu upsiaitH.
The house origiiiully helonyed
to a dow town millionaire, «
It inner agent fiirone of the trans-
athintic steamship lines from
whom its pres«-ni owner .rented
it Since tile a she lias piuvhas-
• d the iiuildiitg fi.iitii'glit. ,It 'is
fui uislied in the most luxurious
si^le tJiroughout; notiiiair that
taste dtiUld suggest or money
procure being absent.- The
guine is carried' on iu a bark
dly5^wi'l;;g^r«^i^^'^:im', the set ond
flvior; in the front drawiiig-rooin
tin elegant tuhch. is always laid,
and the ni 'St d«;licale and cost-
ly wines in lh,e market are on
li an d to w 11 sh it down. The
upper tli 11 us are devoted to the
use of the aitaclies of the estab
Iishmeiit. who a 11 refide oil the
pi> mHes.
:'tM r svo lve.a m j at go* '
[Foil Worth Dciuocrat.]
If till Souih—if Texas—real-
ly desires to achieve that repu-
t/i tioii for I aw and .mler w Itich
has been ;woii by som#* states
and by some (•«triiinunities, tlie
ensign raised, t lie bannei plain
ed. 111 list* bear the 11 iicqilivttea-
teil device, "The Rev>1 ver Must
Jo." There is too umcli revol-
ver lit thiscouulrv. l^fo fijicere
lover of his seciion. no lioncsi
friend of th,u S mtti. can deny it.
Soiitheiu juoruais decry North-
ern sland' is of the South :
S<Ultheiii «>l*ati;rs wax eloquent
over the fal«e stoiies of Si nth
ern lawlessness; hut Stmt hern
editors write while the revr.l
ver's belt tijalileiis al'o'it thcni.
and S.out herij Kjiwitki'rs # i 1:«1 *;•
with I he dea 1 w.-iiflit «.r a -;i
to e {oive the laW have not been
e'iui-ateil to legiird the uct as <r<
crime.
Buford killed a.judge. Why V
because Buford was the pro
duet of Kentueky education,
where personal satisfaction,
personal vengeance,; too rtften
tirkes the place of an appeal to
jaw, The ev.il is the growth oi
years. It is wide spread. 1.1
can only he eradicated • y tine-
aud hemp, and a liberal U9« ol
hemp, will gresitly accelerate tin
work of time.
Let Texas use hemp freely—
withoi.it regard to fear, famr or
atlecion. Let if choose itieii t<
be judges, sheriff'* and prosecu
ting attoru«'ys who were not ed
ucated in the revolver sclioid.
'I lie people are responsible. H
lhey will not punish men ft>l
taking "the drop," let them . ui
s met their Representatives, to
repeal nlPlawa against carrying
deadly weapons, and tlius place
the law abiding citizen 0.11 an
equal footing with the coward
and murder.' ,
BENEVOLENCE IN BEER.
hooter or a 'I"i t'i i'4,,jr:1 i<-i)
was so low at one tiuie that the! peisons, f■ i'f}><<•!'•'
[Philadelphia Time*.]
" What will be d ine with it f"
N the paitifnlly iuterestihgqaes
lion utiked iu reg.tr I to a Michi-
gan clergyman a id a donation
recently i><;ieved by him. This
brother'had called 011 a wealthy
brewer for gi fi ft r ii i V eh ure11.
The brewer dH, not once re-
spond, but u >w astonished the
Michigander by sending lit.n a
dozen barrels ot beer. "Sil ver
and gold have 1 none, but such
as I have give I thee," sai l
Peter to the poor fellow who
asked aim". And ho thV brew-
er bestows his charity<iu what
he h:ippened to have on halld.
The NlichUciin 111:01 is <Mui:t;irras -
e-i:■'Il>- 1 lues ii'•* iike.tirselI the
beer, or 'y vive it ti the breth-
5'■ > jind sifters j'ii d:ink;. Neitli
er :l';e:) tie t l]i Ilk it Willil'l
ay ai d i>y ni^iit. ainl u<- «isii
es he had uevei te« n rliai uiisei-
It>|e bleWer.
BREAKlNU M* j rt£ CHAIRS.
A Cllieago father of seveia>.
ittructiv. giils put fashioiiabh
thill legged chtiiis iu Ids }>aihii.
• nd was annoyed by the Ire
jueiic'y with which 11.c fraiI ft. 1
1 i t ure was broken. He askec
tne girls about it, and one 01
tiieiu. as reported by the Cllica.
g 1 Trihwie, dit\i\: "1 was su
ting in the easy chair "oy the
tine,. iid Churl— that is ip sax.
Air. Saiitii—was silting ««u the
<of;i by the window, when sud
ileely—crack, down went tl;>
little rocking chair that no on«
was sitting on at all. It iiiiioi
be the poor glue they use; or
perhaps it wus the'frost." The
'ather studied the subject u leu
•lays. Then he gave to each
daughter a rocker plainly in-
scribed With her name ami
weight, and 011 each chUir rivet?
•d a silv< r plate beariiig the
Words, "Wairanted t< bear up
—pounds." Calling ill tjle
Kirls. lie said: "Now if theieV
any more eliaiis broken it is be
cause your young men can't do
a sum in simple subtraction. 01
•dse because I hey are bent on
malicious mi>chief and dintruc
tionl of property." y
TROOPER MAXWELL'S CON*
QUEROit.
A niid<lle-aged man with «a
ppleouic ft-ai urt-s, but uieaiily
elotlied, was' befoVe t lie deslf in
1 lie Fif y first street V< Uce i^ta
lion last evening. One sleeve
of his co t hung empty at his
side. "James Maxwel ot (he
Fit t|i Uiiitcd' Si a tes: C: ya I Ky,"
he replied, when the sergeant
asked for his nanie. "I 'was
among the last men that ^en.
Phil Sheridan met when j he
dashed through his •retreating
irojps at Winchester. I wa*
still twining, arid it was while
waving may hat above ih\
m ad, to welcome our gai^iiit
General as lie cuUie !o tile tl>ait
at tlie Ifad of his rallying
toices, dial this aim was shoi
off". 1 whs jn the hottest batjl- s
i*f the rebellion—but ihul (lipid-
i.lig up a li.isk nearly eiup'\| if
tlie 011 l.v eijeuiy 111 at ever tini-
qijeied me." life passed im.
night in a cellr
I U JU|i^>!ipil nub MB lypf tea
htvc I lie
BEST PSi-SS
la t .# ci/BiiirT.
O sr prhir* lor .lob Work nr>- •
•iy coiiiitry e.Hcf mn wv.i f !
A VERY O00 YOJHU LA3 .
The Rev. H. Jae <bs. of Cam
'uidjjjepwit, Mass . ciouM, wlj-.t
lecessary. admini&ler tepi.i t
Very favorably, though the g. n
leiiess Of Ids character was al-
•vays seen in the maiinei in
ylticli it was done. Some voting
Iadies at his house were title day
'.liking about one of their fe-
inule iiiends. As soon us lie
Mitered the room he heard the
-pitheis, "odd,' "singular," etc.,
Ipaiied. lie usked und was
.old tlie name of the young lady
iti question, and .then said very
iravely, "Yes. she is an t dd
young lady ; she is a very odd
young lady ; I c?«iisider her ex-
tivnieiy singular." He then ad-
ded very impressively, "She
w«8 jtever heard to BpeUk ill of
all absent fileud." Tile rebuke
was u< l forgutteii by those woo
heard it.
THE ROSE Of SHARON.
The so called lose of Sharon
is one of IW most, exquisite' _
SPEOIMEN OP LBQAL ELOQENCK.
" When I come 4o die I little,
hope to go straight to he14v.Mil
I expect to go down iur tiie"
other place and see the sights.
I eXpei I to see old A. (attoi uey
for-the other side), down t here,
roasting and wheezing and
lioihiug. I expect to see the
ittle devils and the big. devil*,
: lie stump iai ed deyiIs and the
sweet scented devils cluitblug
^ud galioppiug and cavoiting
er old A.'s Crooked back, aud
paying whoopdedoodendoo all
ouud the seething carcass of
die Worming old codger who
l/as instigated this diminutive
#11 it." Now that is what we
<jall clnsHiOi—Ex.
... .' - '■ ■
I A WORD TO WRITERS.
,"\~i '
In writing for the press, li1. g
ywlir slil\Je !t closely, and d<ji 't J ^
e| It out ol ypu griisp ()i li se
night of it for a moment. < If
yoil haVe been led i 11 to writ:|ig
an introdiK'liou, cut it out. more
^specia'ly, if it strikes you y s
|!ii.'in.g .iiticVnniupiily good. i lie
ic hate iutioduciioiis. ' If
Veil have said why you write.
klrike lhut out also. Y< ■ 11 u 1 e
a , uoiieiitiiy, and the i>ai Jn-
don't care utiy tiiiiig aboiit yonr
motives for writing. P uiis;
uead lirsi into your subjci t an>I
g.M riil of it' in 'the ieWesi possi-
ble, and silortest Words that will,
le-cribe* what you have to say.
lloSvers in shape and hue. ltsj
j. | blonsouis are bell shape'1, und
prourletiess ' ('.oiiteltiplatefl clos- j It is vv-hlrin
ing. and would have done m> UimwIi'iIji.' t.V,;ii
but for the appearance of a. nev \yliije i .i i.\',
cietile gamesil'ess, fiesh 'frt>:u . |i«ni to a cu i
New 'Orleans, who lost over drew a pis'n'
#8000 in niiiitey and jewels at a ' in iii w lin.-,- i,;v
sitiiug, aiidthtlM ivpleriished tne j iii;> 3:11.
1 liir ; j: 1 «!;> ■ 1! :ei-sicte . ><
■ii+it i-iffiivH':. .. If
•<::;• '.t*.>«■ I■ -< s ;:iie 1,f; the
'j.' .-:!i^V«iigl'rgjd'i<'m pr-
•*'n-1 ill 11 i i 1 \ a lids tliei-eof.
nearly
g.rine.
eniptv
Fin- fin
Citf' ts of the
fast six inoiitlis
jlie j'aifk is sai.l i>' ;li:iye
ed an almost 11 n«-x«-«n! .'•
e t,! h .
I'll- 1 ! i!
enjoy ; law
d 1 tiii iti'.itui t
.N'.lliii -r.iit,
\lf .' M l ill
\\viiu _ r</
'i > A'
luck, sc;ireely ever toVinif.
] a- j.!-:- . mii
Fol obvi' (is reasons t li* g.Hii ;s J H il: pi"i.ul
U« nil conlint'd to diyli^.i'.'e
11: p 11 K.'I|
tiiV.it !c.l. vi-
lavv,
his
Si e 11
After dark the bank U ejose-il--| ihey fia-i bet-a eh
and the^uiiiblers ivsuiii'' jheir forci- ls-i.h.e ca-e
piisitionsin the respective ra ik^ione j II"* manv
ui society to which Tin y lie .of Tt \as live in <lai|v
lot'g. At H'st.as we have !iin->f' riie !;i« (
. . i.ol liiauv mingleddiiiesundd\es.
1eHit11. it t< the J \ . . , ,
. . . J Bui its history is h ueiulaiy ui.d
•H silita'eiifed that . . ., i - ; 1 , 1 .
.. . . ■-. . louiaiilic in the ugliest ileuiee.
pli vsn-ians in the!'. -. . 0 " .
' * . , Iu 1 he east, ihiollunoui lla,
t'T'V- | i'lii'-i-: 1; .-; <• ri'ii'l vyaiio.lJ pi'Mel i be If. to tile I . . .
. . . Judeantid Arabia,it is regard-
to be taken. .•
.... .. , 1 ed willi the pitilouiiucht it-vt 1-
•tf ill " 'i"';m tilcall v. Ihii tj-i-is suggestion I , r , •'
! 4 ,. . 7 r ;etiC'i*. Jhekiivis that em lic e
e ii autl p 1 oh ,d".s nut In: i general favor. , ... * , .
■ . ' , ... the round blossoms dry niil
yv Wdll'h I In; I Soltl'e o| TlrC le.Jlp r.fllCe llietr , ■ , , ,
,| , ; , , ;close toaether when the seasoi'
iti-i 1 itlii!ii the [threaten to kit ick the heaos
... . . - , , , .11 1 . l ul blossoms is over, alio tin
like viola out of the barrels, aiu.1 thlis l"t! . ... ... . . , . .
and alsa drew j .|,e bev.-l a^ be |Bl-d, bill ,!,talk' n"« I? ♦ j .11 propoiiiwli U> the increase of
;away Iron, the stem, the lloweij (i||gi a|1(1 „|0!H ,i)an luilf
is b.owit away at last fiom tin ; ||(. t(f govern-
casiilsvl *V",l,iu" Whicll it grew, havn,^! ^(|) , jllt,M. ,1JtVe nothing to do
j#!diied 111 the sliiip!.*;of a b«b
wiiicli iscai'iied bv tae t-i **. !
igieeil to.
to certaTn
br lij'-r ollict jtlii". has ini
i'oi;f>,."Sc.l. .Sell- The CjiHe U-
as of the .i't'tt j inteie.stj.'ig qln-stions in
elected ..".'lb. en | tie ili viitit'y. (\'>c brewer It
III 1860 the whole force efn-
liloyed lu the executive depait-
ueiits of the United States g< v-
•riimen: was h* s than 5W. To-
.lay there aVe more than 2.500
-Mttployes in the treasury de-
pariuieiit alone. The Re|iubli-
}.,his Hay ihe ilicicjlse iif em-
,tl'iye> is due to ihe vast Widens
| f business. The fact is, the
cre.ise * if employes is on* of
1 can do all theli wi,rk in two
til Isolated jjiyeii a c:i
mn
Anil ion. would "it
la w offieei -; not I111A' bren a part of tin }
viiilatii'.'ii; ceeds'i'tf the saUyf be> r ! Cold
r.
; tt
led members of tin-dctni in >11 le j Tee revi ver mint go. I:
t la's * e ullage— '!-. ra!li•
1 ei vi -; nil inhen iit cow •
M" II e:iny revolver"-
• liix'ii It •• ii: 1 !>ie —-;it l*'asf.
- I!;.• i • . '.V'l"I-e 1 liey al e t'.seil
lie '.Vui-l " bat i'i tin* li-'pe
TTongr *n<!
•i"! U f th's*
vrViv the niil \ pill!< lis ol Jli*; invrs
mime, but as lite chaiiwier' of; ei. it
(lie place became wliNp;1. d J ai"l'-,:
it IUtiit« Wealthy.- so'iety ladi •■*.
who wonI I shudder with hori01
hi public contact with tlieir fraii
d.tcis, also appiied for a<i-
iiiissioti into the giiardo l 'pre
ii- •'
- f.-ir-
' at "
KuiT.il 11 :T
.. . \ ,
cniirptv
now . {
1-. 1
cincts of the In>ii<•
111 ordel h 1
; * Te'i.'t' "J
lil'lt til • l
• hf. !' a'1
• I. \ • . -
. 1 • i c •: 11 • • I
a lv an'.i^
Ui.i'-!i !:
u cap ,11 wiii
■ iil til-' ''<:Vl
■- c. <ni'ea!e-..1
■" 'J'IV.IL'" ;
be less sinful to lecclve his
111 Miey thi „ receive the
beer. Whie! 1 lie riltilif have till II-
e ! into in iiey ? Would it be
litj-ll oi- \vv liiy 11;,<!■ i' : lie cir
i'IHII •<! il Ili't-S. t- S"ll the liter lOi'l
put its cash 1 q'ftivale'it i 11111 Ii:e
i'hnri'li 11 •'.• s;ury '. Wonid i; l e
liuht or «.v 11 'ti< i" ■ ! tie.' I •••fi
kick to tlie brewr-r J iiescaii'l
otliiT kia Jre.l ci.iiiii! li utns per-1
pkx t'tc Micldgan pu'itor by
log eat 'lisiitin i'S. in litis wa_.
iLis b iliie over'to [lie waslc-
and Sittrly deje its, 11 nlii at last
touching so:ne tij ii-t places, 1
clings to the soil, wiii'ie it im
media lei v tukc.-;' Jivh.h 'root fill'
ipiings t" life and i.'iify agai •
' Dm iiiii'i it'j 111 1 oa tli
u p si'le uC ci".iiio!i." -ni l .
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at t.ie b,i time."
urs of each day.
Two old Texas rangers who
• ad just helped Icily a :••!-rk
b.ir.WHi'e talking it!" in (• igioit',
•ind oin asked 'lielit], 1 i . .jv
i' IIS he thought it v. J 1 ' - I
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Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1879, newspaper, May 10, 1879; Fort Griffin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233065/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.