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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26
Prohibition Statistics.

Our philosophical friend OF the
Wetzel Democrat is cuttingly severe
on the wickedness of whisky, but is
little tender about prodding the
villainous "sarpint" with the pro-
hibition bayonet.
In quoting some alleged statistics
from Maine, in answer to his own
question, "will prohibition prohib-
it?" he says:
I'VE are informed that since the
Maine law went into effect the
number of convicts in the State
prison has increased 200 per cent
Well, suppose this is so, what
does it prove, but that the Maine
law has been most effectual in get
ting the illegal and law-defying
liquor-sellers all in jail where they
ought to be, along with other viola
tors of law, instead of having them
plying their ruinous trade in every
community, debauching the moral
sense Of the people, and 50 making
it impossible that any Of the law
less classes should be convicted and
sent to prison. Everybody knows
the difficulty of convicting Grim
inals in a community where
liquor-selling and drunkenness gen
orally prevail.
Suppose that all the thieves in
West Virginia were arrested, con-
victed and sent to MOundsville in
the next month. The penitentiary
wouldn't hold them; but would
that prove that prohibition against
theft doesn't prohibit? Hardly.
By taking isolated statements we
can seem to prove the boldest alb
surdities. AS a matter Of fact, the
criminal statistics of Maine, Vine
land and no-license counties of our
own State, and of every commune
ty where prohibition has prevailed,
prove overwhelmingly that prohi-
bition prevents and suppresses the
crimes Of the liquor-traffic fully as
effectually as other crimes are pro-
hibited by law.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26
Registers Argument.

Of the thirty-six petitions for di-
vorce recently filed in Cumberland
county, Maine, ten are based on ha-
bitual drunkenness. The question
now arises does prohibition prohib-
it? And if SO, how? ? Wheeling
Register.
Twenty out Of the remaining
twenty-six are based on charges of
adultery. The question now arises,
do the laws against adultery pro-
hibit? And if SO, how? Surely,
the Lord ought to know by this
time that "prohibition is a failure"
and the Seventh Commandment
ought to be repealed, and a good
license law enacted instead.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26

President Arthur's cooking is to
be done by French cook,-E1.
Well, that's an interesting bit OF
news, but we rather guess when
he's right hungry he'll eat in Eng
lish, like editors and other common
people do.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26

The screws Of the law needs sew
eral turns to squeeze out the illegal
lllquor-traffic at this place. CZarks-
burg Telegram.
Well, give 'em the turns, and let
it be "squz."
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26

The temperance ticket will win
in Ritchie county; good people
everywhere will lay aside politics
and 60 for the right.-Democrat
The good people all over the
State are getting tired of the selfish
ness and corruption Of current pol
itics, and the Independent voter is
becoming epidemic.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26

Seventy-eight indictments against
one man this week for selling
whisky.-Ritchie Democrat.
Well guarantee, if the Prosecut-
ing Attorney does his duty, that
man Will conclude that prohibition
prohibits.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26

TO Heaven one universal anthem of
sorrow; and the recompense is that
the world got much nearer Heaven
than ever before.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES
Their Notions and Ours.

ky did it Wellsburg Herald. WINS
And the two great political n.,
ties stood by and held the Canta r.,
clothes while the murder was cos.
mitted.
1t does not injure any ons 3.
drink a glass of Lou Schwart,S
best beer.-CdU.
Are you hired to say that, q,
does it come spontaneously from
your best inner consciousness?
A Charleston paper SAYS; aTbo
Governor of Kentucky, with an es.
cort of five hundred, passed III.
place Friday morning, on their wa ,'r
to Yorktown"
That strikes us as pretty heavy
force to manage one little Governo,
in a free country.
BROKE JAIL. Friday night last
seven prisoners made their escane
from the county Jail by saving a
bar loose and using it as a lever ia
pry the door off. This makes fopr
teen that have gotten out Of iajI
since the first of January. The
first seven were recaptured at a cost
Of $3.50 to the county.-CAarleston
State.
Wouldn't your prisoners be safer
corralled in one Of your mountain
ravines, with the jailor on picketat
the mouth of the hollow? Ifthat
won't work, send them over here
Capt. Beckwith can keep them.
Pocket-picking seems to have
been practiced as fine art down at
Wheeling during the Fair. Many
Of the rural roosters, and some not
so rural, mourn their losses. Wells.
burg Herald.
Why, sir, that's all regular.
That's always part of the pro-
gramme, at Fairs where horse
racing and beer-drinking are prom
inent features. The incomes from
the "greenies" from the country
"deestricts" is thereby enhanced,
you see. Of course the Fair must
needs be success.
Let's have spelling bee,-RjhbA
Democrat.
Let the bee up your sleeve, and
you'll have a spell.
On Thursday morning Lutte
Wolf, a character of the town,
died with a bottle clasped in his
arms, asking for liquor with his
last breath. He was once in good
circumstances and was the possesSor
of property in town now worth at
least S20,000.-C Iarksburg Nelcs.
So, one by one, the victims reel
and stumble, and fall, and are for
gotten, and the great body Of the
Press are content simply to note
their falling as cold, heartless news
How strange that every man ahu
woman with either heart or BRAINS
does not cry out and rest not un'n
a remedy is interposed! Up, tnenas
and neighbors! That which MUIR M
ders and destroys must be prohlol'-
ed. The Legislature must give Us
the privilege of prohibiting IT. Let
the petitions find every voter III
West Virginia.
Shoot chickens on week Gays
WetZeL Del1OcT0t. ,.,s
All right. But whose chickens
shall we shoot ?-FREEMAN' ++r
Well, that's so! And be 9, pre tts
careful where you shoot; ohoo n WI.
Democratic roosters in Ohlo'-D'"
0crdt. H.,
You haythen, what do you 'aA ~
us for? No dead chickens 1of US
thank you. If we can't ShoO' l,,t
ones our old fusee stays in her rack
over the door, she does.
One of our brightest and ne rasD5f@
exchanges is the Ritchle T G iucoin
M. Ls;ll;or+ minds of DlllCoin
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26

| All titled names. Our loved one suffering
No longer President,
| But husband, father kinsman near.
In homes sweet sanctuary now we bow,
| For death is coming here.
AT last "'tis finished" echoes forth
The nations weep and weigh in bitter tears
A man and brothers worth.
Nor weigh him now as head of State,
| But head of home, where Gods own scale
appears,
| And "good" outweighs the ''great."
Thus eighty days without relief
The echoes scatter seeds from sorrows cup,
To bring their crop of grief,
| And thu harvest crowds the world for room
In tears is gathered, and is garnered up
| In universal gloom.
Now look we back this track Of woe,
| Thus et-ploughed, the nation IS CULVER
ing heart
Right through for grief to flow,
And see a channel deep and wide
To common sorrows ever set apart,
| Forever sanctifed.
AS the days pass by and the
world is silently removed from the
terrible shock of the Assassination
and the immediate presence of
those days of agony and suspense,
the secret ways that lead to the sa-
cred depths Of the great heart of
the people becomes more and
more manifest.
Twas not that our President was
murdered, that Grape Swallowed the
door Of every home in the land,
whether mansion on the avenue or
howell on the alley, cottage by the
way orcabin in the mountain. No,
not that. That were a key to strike
the holder, louder notes of alarm,
and send q thrill Of terror through
the human family, and make the
people stand aghast and tremble but
the heart chords are yet unmoved.
Twas when the minor keys were
gently touched, and homes sweet
harp of suf1ering's sympathetic mel
odies was softly played upon, that
all hearts became responsive in
tremulous tones and swelled forth
the heavenly strains Of universal
coincidence.
GOOD reigns and the Government
still lives" Herein was President
Garfeld's faith fixed, 50 that from
the moment the murderous ball
went crashing after his great heart,
he could confidently leave all affairs
Of State with Him who reigns, and
turn all thoughts and aspirations
inward about homes blessed altar,
and upward to the Eternal Home of
which the family here is the type
and earthly sanctuary.
The longings for Mentor, the
heart-yearnings for the quiet sane
titles of his old-time home-circle,
the patient sacrifice Of prolonged
suffering in response to the courag-
eous words and unconquerable hope
of the fond and heroic wife, the
brave watching and waiting Of the
heart-sick and soul-wearied chill
dren-these were the angelic harp
ers that touched the minor keys,
whose heavenly-attuned chords en-
Irvine the world and pass through
every heart; and these were the
trembling chords that bore out
from the White House, homes
sweet harmonies of sanctified sor-
rows, and bearing them everywhere,
gathered quick contributions of re-
sponsive sympathy, till all the
world in deep, rich unison chanted
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26

Our word is made good, Ten sub
scribers Just received from our
good friend, Miss Lyon, gives us
over 100 at Morgantown.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13
NONRESIDENT Notice.

In the Circuit Court Of Shelby county. Ten
hessee-Ihe Mississippi 4 Tennessee Rail-
Ioaa COMPANY VS.. Mary Ann Winchester
appearing from affidavit in this cause that
4 the defendants, Mary Moal, William Wiz
ling, GeerRe Bear. Mary Haskell. Jesse Has
kell, Catherine Linn, Samuel D Linn. William
" lounB, Sallie Gather, John w Gaither
Lew Young, i, Williqm W Iglehart, Joseph I
dglehart' catherine Watkins, Mary 2eigier,
S SiiSRlSHi w AiIll9ElG5' A@gnes M Nichols | Jerry
Jenkins Lydia jenkins, Phoebe Striker.
A, Z Stryker, Mary d L Anderson'
WINFIELD ) Anderson. Amy MOampbeil, Alice
1 citing, Frank Citing, Mary Sloeum and
her husband, - SlOcum, Maria Winchester.
James P Winchester, Geoiee WiaeSestes
Lycurgus Winohester, Sydney Winchasss
ter, Marshall Winchester, blanche 0s-
wilson, Lizzie Davidson, Arthur q lie.
wilson,, Henry Davidson, Annie David
SOD, John Martin, il, Ida Marti1, Mrs. James
Mlnohester, Emma Winchester, William Win
chester, Arthur Winchester, NaDnie Winebes-
1er, Ellza6eth Donelson. Frank DoAelson,
Thomas MardocE, Mary q Murdooks
Lizzie, Murdock, arc all non-residents
Of the state of Tennessee; it Fl
therefore ordered that all Of above named de-
PENDANTS make their appearance herein. az
the courthouse in the city of Memphis, Tenn.
On or before the third Monday i'm ,Jannarv'
A. D., 1851 and plead, answer or demur to
the PLAINTIFFS petition and show Cause whythe
right of way prayed for therein should not he
granted, or the same will be taken for %eonfesso
ed as to them and set for hearing ex-parte.
and that q copy Of this order be pubiished
once a week for four successive weeks in inc
Memphis Daily Public Ledger.
A copy Attest:
JOSEPH UHI. Clert
Ggo. J.. CAMPBELL, D. c..
&c; F. vatco and II. i. Avery, Atty for
Ilalntlu. % l02 1903 ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13


EDITOR LEDGER:-I heartily com
mend your article o~fyesterday Calling
for More Money" 1t is well-timed
and to the point. An increased tax,
except for sewerage or paving pur-
poses should not be asked for, and
would not be tolerated at this time.
Other matters, more pressing than the
erection of new school buildings, when
those now available, are more than
adequate to the real wants OF the COM
munity, must have attention. A con-
tinuation Of last years sanitary and
street improvements is imperatively
demanded, and will involve all tax
alton burthens our people are willing
to bear. We cannot afford to rest oars
on what has been done. Far from it.
The work is but fairly begun. 1t will
take years of persistent labor and
an immense sum of %money-all to be
raised by taxatiOn-to give us the
completed sewerage andpaving systems
we are determind to have, and which
alone can render Memphis in every
way desirable for residences and bust
ness. This is our first duty to ourselves
and children. Meanwhile, let the
schoolsg go on with their present income,
which, with economical management,
and the looping off of unnecessary
fancy branches that never were in
tended to be engrafted on the free
school system, will be sufficient, as you
justly remark, to give US good schools.
And while on this subject, | would
respectfully suggest to the new board
of visitors that there is such a thing
as cutting to deep-of killing the
goose" as it we're. To demand a tax
of forty cents where a tax of ten cents
has heretofore suficed, is we'll calcu-
lated to provoke inquiry among tax
payers. Why this three hundred per
cent increase in a single item of taxa
ton? Where is the need for the money?
Where is it to 60? Who is to finger il?
What Job is at the bottom of it all,
anyhow? And then the despised tax
payer may also reflect on the marked
apathy displayed by the public in CON
nection with the late election, when
polls were not opened in many wards,
the vote in all absolutely insignificant,
several vacancies untitled, and all in
dicating complete want of interest.
Further reflection may also bring to
mind the evident disfavor into which
the schools are falling, as evidenced by
the fact that private schools are more
numerous and fourishing than ever be-
fore, and none more so than those sit
uated in the immediate vicinity of.
these very public schools that a forty
cent tax is asked to support.
Better 20 slow and let well enough
alone. Don't be too greedy in your
demands, and mayhap array an opposi.
ton to the tax that would seriously
interfere with the collective of a
proper tax for the support of a proper
system Of public schools.
CITIZEN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13
M-on-resIdent NotIco.

No. 3S59-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Q NJ Alsup, executor Of w II
Walker, deceased, vs. Eliza B Cornelius.
1T appearing from affidavit in this cause that
l. the defendant, Eliza B Cornelius, is a
nonresident of the State Of Tennessee; that
she is indebted to the estate Of w H
Walker, deceased; in the sum of s25,
due BY note, and attachment having been
issued and levied on her property; 1t is
therefore ordered that she make her appear
ance herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
first Monday in February, 1881, and plead,
answer or demur to complainant bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to her
and SGT for hearing ex-parte; and that q. copy
Of this order be published once q week for
four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 3lst day Of December, 1880.
A copy: Attest.
By =. B. MoHENRY, D. @. & NJ.
W Wilson, sol. for comprt.
los Ill III 1913
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13

played in your region, reader. The
other day Captain 4. A. Goodrich, OF
Chicago, discovered that an instru'
mentp was on file, for record, trans
ferring the Gardner house, his prop
erty, to one Peter Papin, without his,
Goodrich's, knowledge or consent, and
from Papin to one D. H. Reyes. Ger
tainly this was a very bold attempt at
swindling.
Another newspaper man has gone
to join the angels. Walter H. Fosters
day is done. Last Monday he passed
iuto the shadowy land. The Chicago
Times will know him no more as its
oldest and ablest p~roof.reader. During
the little difference between the Sec
tons he was a federal officer. Since
the close of the war he has been on the
Times. A wife and four children and
a host of friends mourn his loss.
Lately several Chicago respectable
girls had a very narrow escape from
being taken to Texas to lead a life of
shame. When entering the cars M
of them was inclined to believe that
something was wrong. She communi-
Gated her fears to the others, and they
all hurried away to their homes. The
police we're then notified.
Women foot-pads infest Chicago.
The other evening a night Waterman
was robbed by one Of them, named
Kate Higgins.
The WEEKLY PUEBLO LEDGER is a
model of typography and literary
ability. Long may it live. NAYR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13
Notice TO Contractors.
BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS, J
Taxing District. Shelby Co., Tenn,. J

Board on FIaE AND POLICE CoMMssioNERs,l
Taxing District. Shelby Co., Tenn. :
January 4th, 1881. }
CEALED proposals will bo received by Us
- until Thursday, January Goth, 1881, at II
o'clock, noon, for the following work to be
done-serVice to DO rendered and material TO
be furnished 10 the Taxing. District Of Shelby
county:
For tho furnishing of about eighteen hundred
us00) square yards Of block stone, similar TO
that now being laid on tho wharf. south Of
Union street, in dimension 5 10 II inches, top
and bottom, faces Of 5 TO 8 inches, and to 9
inches depth, the blocks TO be ~woll-shaped
and of good, hard lime stone.
Also for the,grading, furnishing gravel and
laying Of the above stone on Union street, be-
tween tho east line of Front street and the
levee, IS hereafter directed. The entire work
above enumerated to be completed not later
than the Goth April, 1881.
Proposals will also be received for the fur
nishing Of stone aud gravel, the Board resorv-
ing the right to lay the pavement with n Dis.
triot for 80, and the Board also reserves the
right TO reject any and all bids in the above.
N0TE-All bids must be labeled Union
Street Pavement" and under resolution OF
Legislative Council must be accompanied with
the names of two ~ responsible bondsmen
who are prepared to execute q pond for FIVE
thousand dollars each, and each and every
bid must also be accompanied with a certified
check for two hundred and fifty dollars.
By order oil the Board.
100 III d. Il. PORTER, President.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13
The Youngest Telegraph Oper-
naOr.
Waco Crexas) Examiner.l

Waco Texasl Examiner.l
The frontier telegraph Office at Will
liams' ranch, as stated in the Exam
iner some weeks ago, is managed by
Halle Hutchinson, a little girl nine
years Of age. A gentleman who re-
turned from there a few days ago says
Halle is the most intelligent little
elf he ever had the pleasure of meet
ing. She handles her instrument
with the success and precision of an
old operator. Recently, when election
returns we're coming in and the
whole country was wildly excited
TO know the result, little Halle sat
at her instrument, her eyes aglow With
intelligence, and gathered in the news
from all over the union, while dozens
of brawny men crowded around TO
hear what the tightening brought
and to admire the wonderful skill Of
the little operator. While controlling
the wires as she does, Halle is not
unlike other girls of her age in her
habits and inclinations. For instance,
one end other operating table is piled
full of dolls. and she spendsa great
deal Of her leisure time dressing and
nursing them. Brown county may
claim the yougest telegraph operator
in the world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13
Attachment Notice.

Before ID Slaughter, j. p. for sheIhv couutv
~Tenn.-Stewart, Gwynne Il Co. VS.. W b
N this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section 5455 Of the code eff
tennessee and returned levied mon tbe nroDA
erty OF the defendant, and affidavit having
boon made that the defendant il indebted 10
the plainth in the sum Of e447.97, due Nv
account, and that the claim is just, and nat
me defendant is a non. resident OF the state Of
tennessee, so that the ordinary process Of
law cannot be served on him; it is therefore
ordereu that said defendant make his personal
appearance before mo on the LIST day o. Feb-
auaIyI lsel' 81 " o'ei9ck M, at my Office, No.
defend said attaehmont suit within the
time prescribed by Law, or the same win he
proceeded with exparte; that a copy Of this
oruer pe published once a week, for four
Lhis the Mth day Of December. 1880.
~ l0 III ~ SLAUGHTER. J.. p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13

DR.. johnson is acknowledged by all parties
interested. as by far the most successful
physician in the treatment of private or secret
diseases. Quick, thorough and permanent
cures guaranteed in every case, male or female.
Recent cases of GOnOrThea and Syphilis cured
in a few days, without the use Of Mercury.
Secondary Syphilis, the last ~vestige, eradicated
without the use Of Mercury. Involuntary loss
Of semen stopped in a short time. Sufferers
from impotency or loss of sexual powers re-
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of SpermatOrrhea and loss Of physical and
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Particular attention paid to the diseases of
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Throat and Lung diseases cured by new
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Piles and old sores cured without the use Of
caustic or the knife.
All consultations strictly confidential.
Medicines sent by express to all parts Of the
country.
Office hours from 5 am to 9 pm. Sundays
from 5 to pm.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures dyspepsia
New Test for Triohinn.

British Medical Journal.l
A Holstein peasant, misinstructed
10 microscopical research, and not
possessing the requisite instruments
Of precision, has devised for himself a
new test Cor the presence Of triohina
in pork. When he killed a pig he was
careful to send a portion of tia ham
or a sausage-to his pastor, and
then waited for the consequences
for fourteen days. If his pastor re.
NAMED healthy, hen he felt perfectly
easy in his mind, aud well assured that
his pig fulfilled the requisite condi.
tions Of soundness Of food, and he
proceeded TO DISPOSE of ii accordingly
in his own family. This ingenious
method Of research has not been con-
sidered satisfactory by the district
physician.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13
Sleep, Appetite end Strength
Trustees Ia5e.

~-aw
by yirtHe OF the terri IS of a trdst deed exe-
H. c9VeG 70 me SyI n Shepherd on the 18th
Jay on AugusI lSP to secure the PAYMENT ef
: n9se OF hyo nW ldred and furty-two dollars
Snu -nts, being unpaid, / will, on
tuesday LIST day Of February, 1881,
Tithin 10 gal hours, in front Of the courthouse
y = .ty Of Memphis. county Of Shelby and
sS q IF Tennessee, sell at public auction to
sne ighest bidder for cash, the following de-
bed property, situated in the county of
? helby, in the state of Tennessee, and being
known and described as follows: One lot or
tract of land situated in sait county and
state, being iOFty-throe acres, more or less,
lying adjacent 10 and east of the town Of
Raleigh, and bounded az fellows: Beginning
in the north line of the Raleigh and Somer-
vile road, at the southeast corner of o lot Of
100 by 400 feet of ground, owned by WiliiamL
Marsh, lying north so degrees east. $50 feet
from a stake, it being J X Kings southeast
corners thence north 50 degrees east, with said
read II SO-lO chains TO the Raleigh and Cow
ingtOu road; thence with said road north IS
degrees east, IL 75-l00 chains 10 a stake, bv
two. elm %sapplings; thence north IA 40-1OO
chains to q white oak marked ii &, il being
the southeast corner Of Henry CannOn's 3lS
n degrees west, 20 So 100 chains TO the north
east corner Of 20 acres owned by ii b Shep-
herd; thence with said Shepherds line south
Is degrees east 60-100 chains: thence south 10
degrees east. II chains; thence south 50 de-
grees wesr, 63l 1G0 chains 10 northeast corner
William l. Marsh's lot; thence south 6 13-lO
Chains said Marsh line to the beginning, be-
ing the same property described in the deed Of
] N Shepherd, registered in book No. I13,
page sos Of the records Of the Registers office
of said Shelby county.
The equity Of redemption iswaived. Title
believed to be good, but / will sell and convey
as trustee only.
VIM. L GRAHAM. TRUSTEE
TB Edgington, Atty. I02iO8il4J N