Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17
NEAL DOW.
John Neal and the LlQuss Law VI HAlaG
TcOnsludOd.l

IConeluaed'l
II was the unanimous declaration Of I'll the
watohmen and police, that the city was an en-.
trely new place, 80 quiet and free from al In
dioations Of intemperanoe were the streets both
by day and night. Many shops, which before
were run. shops, were converted 10 other branch.
es trade, and almost every indication Of intem,
perOnoe was banished from the city,
AT the end Of the municipal year, lS5l.62,
the Mayor made an official report to the City
Council on the operation Of the law In Portland.
This was ordered TO be printed and distributed
through the city, which was donej and itS state
ments were not then nor have they since been
denied,-Parts Of that report were afterwards
printed in tract, by the Central Executive Fem.
perunce Committee Of Maine, and distribWsdsx.
iensively through the State. The following
ex raots were taken from that reports
"a great many families situated thus (poeE
and miserable) year since, are now eOmfortU.
bic and happy, being entirely relieved by the
suppression Of the srog-ShopS from their former
Intoxicating drinks will not only be the means
Of saving great amount Of money to the poorer
part Of the people, but the productive industry
Of the country will DO stimulated 10 an extent
that we cannot at present foreSee. Tho whole
Of the great sum which was formerly expended
for strong drinks by the people Of this City and
State, will henoeforth be expended for neoeSsa.
ries and comforts Of life, with the additional
amount which will accrue from the more indus.
triouS habits Of the people, or will be added year
by year 10 the accommodating wealth Of the State"
"Thero were committed 10 the Aims. House
from June ], 1850, 10 March 20, 1851, (berure
the mw) 252; from June l, 1851, TO March 20,
/ 1852, Gutter the laW)l46-dfIerenoe in nine
months, l06, Number in Alms.House March
20, 1851, ll2, number in Alms.House March
! 20, 1852, 90-dliference %. Number of fam
lilies assisted out of he Aims. House, from June
l |, 1850 to March, 20, 1851, 1856; from June 1.
1851, TO March 20, 1852, 90-dfEerenee in
nine months, just one.third, 45. Seventy.Rve
of the ninety in the Alms.House March 20,
1852, came there through intempsrAnoe-fO
of the ninety were not brought there through
that eousej the history Of the remaining eleven
is not known.
COMMITTED to the House Of Correction for
intcmperOnoe from June I, 1850, 10 March 20,
1851, 46; for larceny, etc. etc., l2--ln all 6S,
from June ], 1851, TO March 20. 1852, for in,
temperance, 10; for larceny, eto, etc., ain oil
10; difference in nine months OfmeTs than tArN.
tourths! Committed in April, 1851, Din May
1919, The Maine Law was enacted June
2, 1851, and from the LIST OF that month to March
20, 1852, 10 months, the number committed was
only 10, although great activity was displayed
by the police in arreSting all offenders.
"At the term Of tho District Court in Port.
land, March, 1852, but one indictment was found
for larceny, and that was the result Of mistake;
while at tho March term Of 1851 seventeen iNdiet.
mcRtS were found, These results have been OBJ.
tOned notwithstanding an increased vigilance in
arreSting persons found under the influence Of
strong drinks,
"Committed TO the jail for drunkenness, lar.
oeny, &c., from June |, 1850, to March 20 1851,
2I9i for corresponding period OF 1912, 1885,!
difference, la. Deduct liquor sellers (62) In,
prisoned in the latter term, and we have 6S fer
drunkenness, larceny, So So, against 270 for
the corresponding period before the enactment
OF the Maine Law, deduction Of almost seven.
ninths in the short period OF nine monthsl There
were in Jail on the 20lh March, 1851, 26 per.
sonsi on the Goth Of March, 1852, 7perSons, 81
OF " HON were liquor sellers, without them the
number would be 4 against 20 Of the oorrespOn.
ding day Of 1851, falling OF Of more than Is
per cent. in he.short period Of nine mOaths.
"There were committed to the watoh.hoats
from June l, 1850, to and including March, 1851,
4Sl persons For the corresponding period 4
1912, after the enactment Of the Maine hwI
the number was $50. deduction Of almost three
fifthsi notwithstanding the increased VlgllGnOs
Of the police in the latter period In aEEeOling per
sons found In the Otroe&R In nfnka AZ fnkaeioa