West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-04
What we License.

License presupposes the right of
prohibition. -Prohibaionist.
REMEMBER THE PooR.-The over
seers of the poor of the town of
Montgomery, Orange county, N.
Y, sued John Bowman for $4,000
penalties for 36S alleged sales of
liquor.
SHOT BY HIS BRoTHER-On Sat
urday afternoon, at about five
o'clock, Mr.. Charles Baldwin shot
and dangerously wounded his broth
err, Clark Baldwin, in his fathers
store. Charles was drunk
Brownsville Clipper.
True temperance men are not dis
couraged-they have sown temper
ance seed and in due time will reap
as they have sown. One with God
is a majority They are the men
that would rather be right than be
president. "-Prohibitionist.
PRooF ENoUGH.-The Tribune's
account of the drunkenness and
consequent rowdyism at Keyser on
Monday, that was thus observed as
Christmas by the license folks,
surely furnished proof enough of the
wisdom of voting down the disgrace
full business in that lively town.
FROM A SALOON, OVER PREc1-
PIcE INTO PERDITIoN. - Thomas
Hodgett, near Frostburg, Nd, after
drinking at a saloon near midnight
left for home with pint bottle of
whisky. Next morning bis man
gled remains, with the broken bot
tie, were found in the cut at the
entrance of the tunnel.
A man named Martin was arrest
ed and jagged for drunkenness and
bad conduct on the street on We'd
nesday evening last. He was SO
crazy drunk that he set fire to the
bed clothing in his cell, and had it
not been for the prompt action of
the attendants might have done Sc
rious damage. -Ga'ksburg Neeos.
CLARKsBURG WHISKY. - Harris
Jackson and a man named Gill be-
came involved in a quarrel on last
Saturday night, near the railroad
crossing to the north Of the Red
Bridge. Both were severely punish
ed, Jackson getting cut badly about.
the head. The pugilists were in
toxicated, No arrests. Meas.
The market: eggs, scarce; but
ter strong: whisky and beer abund-
ant and finds ready sale; law and
order, very little of the former and
none Of the latter.-Radicol.
This is in the county where the
Commissioners lost their back bone
and granted license again.
CRAZY DRUNK, = The Grafton
Sentinel tells how Henry Hays, the
other day, got crazy drunk, got en-
ragged in house where they were
kindly giving him his supper, and
being put out fired several times
into the house with his revolver,
and was finally landed in jail.
BURNED DRUNK.-The Piedmont
Observer says, a miner named Peter
Mccormick, was recently cremated
alive in saloon at Barton. Being
too drunk to remove he was locked
in the saloon for the night, during
which the saloon, together with the
brewery building adjoining were
burned. The poor victim being
unable to escape persisted in the
flames.
f NGEEIL osr.-The Barbour Jeder-
8o1aia1o says, E. G. Golden, while
drunk, created such disturbance
as lead to his arrest, and while the
jailer was getting him into jail, he
got his finger crushed between the
iron door and the frame, SO that it
had to be amputated. After relat-
ing the incident the editor enters a
vigorous protest against the whisky
curse, and demeanor Of those men
who under the pretense Of practic-
ing medicine or selling drugs,
keep low drunken doggeries, and
make their living by selling whis-
ky. 1--WE call upon the authorities
to abate as nuisance all places in
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