West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-06-15
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES
Their Notions and Ours.

iiau better look to its laurels. Nor
RS says the Enterprise man attended
the Martinsburg Convention. and
we 100, thought he was there. But
there must be a mistake.-Soutb
Branch Gazette.
The FREEMAN has no laurels and
desires none that it would not free
ly share with any journal that will
earnestly help along with the
righteous cause of Temperance and
Prohibition.
The Parkersburg FREEMAN gets
on It's ear and sets up big howl
because all the papers of West Vir-
glnia have not inserted double
column notice of the State Temper
ance Convention which convenes
IN Wheeling in a few weeks. Lit
tleness does not always mean short
of stature.-Weston Republican.
Well, brother, we hope you'll cool
Oft, presently; but we got you to
notice the Convention, didn't we?
The Prosecuting Attorney else
where in our columns tells our law
abiding people how to rid them
selves of the nuisance of the unlaw-
full selling of whisky. Any Justice
can issue his warrant upon the
sworn belief of person-it is not
even necessary to have positive
knowledge. Upon the warrant the
parties accused are brought before
the Justice, and if he finds that
there is evidence sufficient he binds
them over to appear at Court If
they can't give the bond they go to
Jail. The witnesses also can be
placed under bonds to appear and
testify; and, as a general thing,
they ought to be, If the good peo-
pie of the county would do their
duty, the whisky business could be
cleaned out in,this county.-Preston
County Journal. r
Amen. If every Prosecuting At
torney in the State would call the
attention Of the people to what
is law, and what is their duty.as
citizens, in reference to the traffic
that is crushing them with burdens
of taxes and misery and suffering,
it would bestir them to their own
self-protection.
We see from the Mountain Herald
that the Hinton town Council have
passed "a stringent ordinance en-
forcing prohibition, and the Mayor
has published notice, that all VIC
lations of the laws against the sale
of liquors will be vigorously en-
forced. This is business. Any
town or city whose officials want
prohibition can have it.
A RELIC OF THE WAR.-General
VIM. j. Bolton, Norristown, Pa,
was relieved on Saturday, by ma
tural process, of a bullet which he
had carried in his lower jaw and
neck for nearly seventeen years,
having received it in the battle
which followed the famous mine ex-
plosion at Petersburg, Va, on July
! so, 1864. The army surgeons prob
ed for the bullet, but could not find
it, and after the wound healed, Gen.
Bolton did not suffer much from it.
Recently he experienced sharp
pains in the neck, especially dur
ing damp weather. On Saturday,
while waiting on customer IN has
store, he stopped to get something
from under the counter, and was
instantly taken with violent fit
of coughing, during which the bull
| let flew out of his mouth. 1t weigh
ed 273 grains troy.-Free Press.
Stop MY PAPER.-A subscriber
residing in Bradford county sends
the following: "Stop my paper at
once 1 think you favor the Demo
cratic party"
Truly this is short and to the
point. Well, brother, we are sorry
to lose YOU, but you are judging US
harshly. We wish it distinctly un-
derstood that we do not favor either
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