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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
Affray-AnOther Kill
ing i'll Wood County.

The peaceful neighborhood of
Badgers Mills, on Tygart creek,
this county, was startled and terri
fed last Friday evening by the
killing of Calvin Williams, former
ly of Braxton county, by the well
known citizens, Walter Coe and
his son John r. Coe.
1t seems that trouble had been
brewing out of the fact that Will
liams had been waiting on Goes
daughter, and this evening the
father and son met Williams in the
road and charged him with having
talked about the young lady, which
he denied.
Words led to blows and a general
melee, in which Williams was shot
in the breast and almost instantly
killed.
Scott Stevens and C. M. Deem,
who were early at the scene, took
charge of the Goes, and on Friday
brought them to town, when they
were committed to Jail.
The Goes claim that Williams
first drew the pistol and in the
scuffle shot himself by accident,
but this story seems to have but
little weight among the neighbors.
A coroner's jury found promptly
that the deceased came to his death
at the hands of the two Goes.
Surely this is a most pitiable
plight for an old citizen like Mr..
Walter Coe, nearly 70 years of age.
AS we saw him through the bars
on Sunday, he seemed to feel his
situation most keenly.
Again do we insist that the
reuolver-trotic ought to be prohibit
ed. The use of pistols in country
like ours, like the use OF intoxica-
ting drinks, produce evils and Ca
lamities, and evils only, continu-
ally.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
Give us License.

There must be a terrible sight of
~"tangle foot" whisky sold in Graf
ton. Some Of our city detectives
should find out where this stuff is
sold contrary to law, and turn them
over to the proper authorities
The sale Of it has not cost us cent
directly, but it has cost us over one
hundred dollars indirectly, on ac-
count Of drunken printers leaving
US and trying to supply their pla-
ces in the past three months, and
we presume it is the same with all
business men. Give US license
Grafton Eagle.
What a wise and intelligent
specimen Of the American Bird this
Grafton Eagle must be, to be sure
1t is quite common trick of the
friends of the misunderstanding
traffic, to raise big noise about Vi
olations of prohibition laws, while
they are as dumb as oysters in the
face of more shameful violations of
license laws.
The last sentence in the above
quotation uncloaks the covert
meaning of it all. "Give us Lii
,cense!" And who are Gus" that
want license in Grafton? Surely
not the Christian and moral people
of the town! Not the merchants
not the workingmen not the order
loving citizens of the community,
and not by any means the women
and children of the town and coun-
ty! For whom then does the Eagk
scream" when it says, "Gjve as IL
cense? Evidently for the liquor
sellers and the enslavod and de-
graded classes of their patrons.
O shame! That our proud Amer
lean Eag'e should have namesake
SO low and groveling as to hover
over the outlawed dens of vice and
iniquity, to mutter and croak the
complaints of these home pirates
whose throats are being pressed by
the strong grasp of the law Be a
true Bird Of Freedom, and instead
of this goose squak of, "Give US Ii
cense," soar abroad over the happy
homes Of Taylor, crying, More lar
and less license.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
Gone to the Asylum.

And now, ii we are not thought
to be impertinent, we should like
to inquire if the Register and Sentj-
mel are in favor of High license
well enforced" which they so high
ly commend in the splendid ad-
dress of their favorite tenn perance
orator at Moundsville, Rev. J. r.
Thompson ?-FREEMAN.
We are in favor of sending fools
to the Asylum, and letting every
body else alone so long as they at
.end to their own business.-Senti-
Ell.
Of course tn en-. Bro. Horner has
one to the Asylum.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
Editorial Nonsense.

There is no more reason for pro-
hibiting the traffic in liquor be-
cause of its abuse, than the traffic
in deadly drugs or weapons, fuel,
or any other destructive agent.
Let the laws punish the abuse, as
it Furnishes other crimes. The
PRIVATE JUG is the offspring
of Prohibition, and it is fast chang
ing thousands Of honest and honor
able persons into hypocrites and
knaves, and drunkards.--Hjnton
Republican.
There is probably about as much
cheap editorial bosh and nonsense
in the above as could well be put
into dozen lines of ordinary Eng
fish.
In the first place, sensible people
are not insisting on the prohibit
ton Of the liquor traffic because Of
its abuse, but they do demand the
prohibition of the Abusive liquor
traffic.
There is just as much sense in
talking about prohibiting murder,
as the liquor traffic, because of its
abuse. The liquor traffic itself, not
it's abuse, is the hideous, monster
crime of crimes, that needs to be
prohibited and abolished.
Who ever heard of a proposition
to prohibit stealing because of its
abuse; to prohibit perjury because
of its abuse to prohibit wife-beat-
ing because of its abuse to prohibit
rape, robbery, cruelty to children,
child starving and all kindred out
RACES and crimes, because of their
abuse?
And yet, the liquor-traffic in and
of itself, logically and inevitably,
everywhere and always, is the
known and notorious origin and
propagation of all this devilish
brood of crimes and cruelties! And
shall sensible people longer go hair
splitting between the ''use" and
''abuse' of traffic that knows no
use but to abuse humanity and dis
honor God?
Away, with all such nonsense!
"Let the laws punish" the crime,
not "the abuse" "as it Furnishes
other crimes"
The bosh about the "Private
Jug" in big caps, is as old as the
grog-shop where it. originated, and
is US false and perfdious as its
source.
"Hypocritss, knaves and drunk
ards are the legitimate fruits of the
licensed liquor-traffic, and the "pri-
vate jug" at worst is but one Of its
many bad off-shoots.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
Lottery Logic.

Whoever advertises a Lottery
swindle, either helps the swindler
to swindle the swindled victims, for
share of the proceeds of the swim
die; or else. he swindles the swim
dler by taking without considera-
ton, part of the swindler's pro-
ceeds of his swindling, without aid
ing the swindler in his swindle as
the swindler pays him to do.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25

Addresses by Hon. C. T. CALD-
WELL, of Parkersburg, and 9TH
ers.
There will be grand Mass Tenn
perance Meeting and Prohibition
Rally at Harvey's Opera House,
Huntington, next Tuesday even
ing, as above, under the auspices
Of the Huntington Prohibition
Club.
Let everybody be there and hear
some hard facts about a hard bust
ness, told in a business way.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
Scatter the Freeman-25C till at.
ter Election.

Oar friends over the river would
do we'll to scatter the FREEMAN
well, along the border.
We will send it to all new sub
scribers till the election for 25
cents. Now, please send US names
by the score.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
Y. w. C. T. q. Reading Club.

The Reading Club of the Young
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet in the First Pres
byterian Church, on Monday even
ing, the Both inst, at s o'clock.
F. P. c..
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.
Their Notions and Ours.

Apples will be apples here this
year, as the crop is extremely slim.
= Wetzel Messenger.
And if the crop were a big one,
would they be pumpkins?
We care nothing personally
about the prohibition amendment.
We have no opinion of it as re-
medal measure. But the people
have the right to the experiment
if they want to make it. This is
above and beyond all party consld-
erations. - Wetzel Democrat.
So far so good. There is nothing
more just, fair and reasonable than
the proposition that if the people
want to vote on Prohibition they
shall have the privilege, and there
is nothing 8urer under the sun,
than the fact that they aciL hare
a vote on it, and that "above and
beyond all party considerations"
E. Boyd Faulkner, of Berkeley
county, announces that he is a can
didate for Governor in 18S4.-Nich-
olos Chronicle.
He that says the women don't
know what they want, a candidate
for Governor! Why, there would
not be hair of his head left by the
time he got through with the cam
paign! And what does West Vir-
ginia want of bald.headed, anti
woman Governor?
Prohibition is likely to ruin the
Republican party in Iowa, at least
the party leaders think so.-ATqus.
You mean the whisky bosses say
so. But the temperance voters and
good women Of Iowa have superced-
ed the whisky lords, and propose
to do little "bossing" themselves,
so far as protecting their homes is
concerned.
MARRIED.-At the residence of J.
M. Greer, near Ripley, Sunday, by
Rev. Il. D. w. King, Mr., Lafayette
Knightstep and Miss Nettie Par
sons.
The Herald force was kindly re-
membered on the occasion with a
bountiful supply Of cake. Jackson
Herald.
We guess that last remark Of the
Herald is all Choctaw to Parkers-
burg printers. They never heard
of such thing.
Over 1000 people at West Union
on last Monday. The show and
the court were the attractions
Ruchie Democrat.
And from the Record we learn
that over 5000 of them were badly
swindled.
The first jury struck out boldly.
A whisky case was called, tried and
verdict of guilty returned inside
of forty minutes. Vest Union Re,
cord.
O, for jury like that in Wood
county! Our whisky juries are
won't to construe all the doubts in
favor of the saloons and against
the homes. If a baby in its bibs
buys whisky, the jury will raise
the doubt whether the witness be
not second Tom Thumb setting
up job on the innocent saloonist.
BUILDING BooM.-John Cochran
is building an additional building
in rear of his new planning mill, tC
be used for storing supplies, etc
Huntington Commercial.
We are glad to note Johns pros
perityin his new field OF operations
See his business card in another
column.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25

Stock MARKET.-See Mondays
Baltimore Stock Market in an
other column. We hope to give
this regularly hereafter.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25

The University having had
quite a lively free advertising
boom all around, let US now hope
that the elements may subside,
and that the next term, beginning
Sept. 5th, may be. the ushering in
of a new life of progress and pros
perity for this proud hope of our
young State.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25

Rev. l.. E. Peters, Clarksburg,
will receipt for subscriptions for
the FREEMAN. Please call on him.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-25
A Grand Prohibition
Rally!
HARVEY'S OPERA HOUSE
Huntington, ". Va,

Tuesday Eueaing, July 31st, 1883.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17
The Troubles OF IL Boy.

Poor boy Down to his grave he is
self. willed, disobcdient, foolish, slow to
learn, hard to manage, born to evil, and
full of corrections ms proof-shect. II,
reaches in the fcnce-corner for black.
berry and picks mp "pisen" vine, and
so he learns too late the mine he bought
was "salted."
He is spanked in the cradle, logged
at school, aud scourgcd all the rest of
his life, and still it seems to do him no
good. He lives under an Interchangeable
law of pains and penalties. necessarily
his ears are boxed, to every "Thou shalt
not" is appended n threatening "and if
you do" and cvciy laundering "Thou
shalt is seconded by the terrifying "or
you'll wish you had" Inexorable is
the master OF bis school. He can appeal
to no Board of Pardons. No tender
hearted Governor, figuring for re-elec
ton, overooks his misdeeds. The adj
ministration has no need of him or his
influence. Do not keep such late hours,
and do not cat hot slippers at midnight.
But all the same he docs keep late hours
and have good times on the sly, poor
boy, thinking if he gets in ut roll-call it
will never be known. But as he answers
to his name the order is entered, 'Dock
that mans life ten years." Take care OF
your teeth is regulation of the school.
But, while nobody is looking, the fool
ish boy let's his teeth take care of them.
selves. SO he is sentenced to lose hall
his teeth and fined $50, to be paid ovci
to the nearest dentist having iurisdic
ton, "Do not bite on TINT broker
tooth" comes the command from thu
head of the table. But the boy tries j
Just to see what the master will do abou
it, and instantly he gets such box Oh
the Jaw that makes him think he hal
bit on thunderbolt 1t is not bail
able offence, and execution of sentence
cannot be postponed until next term o
court. "Do not run through the we
grass in your slippers" is shouted t.
him from theup-stairs window. The in
slant the window is closed he skip
across the lawn, knowing no one can Sc
him, and for this he is collared and LEI
into the house, doubled up withrheuma
tism for ten years, or perhaps torture'
all the rest Of his life. He plays law
tennis until he streams from every pore
Then he hastens to refresh himself wit
glass of clear, cold ice-water. "1f 20
: drink that ice-water," says his watchfr
master, 81 will kill you" He believe
that no one could be so cruel as that, an
drinks the ice-water. Often the cond
tons are ripe for the judgment, and tn
sentence is carried into execution
t Sometimes the execution Of this sentenc
r is preceded by hours or days Of fearf,
. agony, to teach him that these lave i
not to be triAed with. -BURpEyyE.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17
A Philadelphia Hero.

Readers will remember Charles
l,cnle's hero, who saved many lives
from drowning, and in whose behalf the
wnrm.hearted novelist addressed the
American public nearly ten years ago.
But in Philadelphia they have Just dis
covered modest young man OF about
thirty who, if his exploits are to be
measured simply by the number 2t lives
he has saved, is greater hero than
James Lambert. "Reddy" Shannon,
who is n Woodworking stevedore in
Philadelphia, living in an humble frame
tenement In "Crooked.alley," near the
wharyes. is accredited with nm astonish-
ing number Of rcscues-of no less than
one hundred and sixty.three men and
boys. He says he never "eot woman"
in his life, which is partly to be account
ed for by the fact that his life-saving
W, rk seems to have been done abouttbe
wlarves. He began when he was ten
years old, and has been at it ever since,
because, rs he said modestly to re.
porter: cts my nature to drop in II
secs anybody in trouble, and l have
pulled out a tidy few" But he remarked
dcprecatingly ct looks as though
somebody was making a fuss about moth
Ing. They are always tunibling in about
here" he said, "and never get more
than thank you from any of them, and
sometimes l don't even get that. The
first thing man does when he's brought
ashore is to shout for his hat" He ex-
planned that they we're usually poor men
and he wanted nothing. 1t was a strange
irony of fortune that Shannon, who
saved so many from the water, lost his
six. year old son by drowning. The boy
seemed to have inherited his fathers N
inc for the water, but got beyond his
dcnth. and drowned with q hundred men
and boys looking on who did not realize
fiat he was not in sport Congressman
O'Neill is interesting himself to obtain
a Government medal for Shannon, who
| is modestly grateful for this and other
attentions, but seems disposed to think
that the chance to earn more than $l2 a
week for his wife and four children,
would be pleasanter reward than many
medals.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17
American Drinks In Russia.

A letter from Moscow says: "Ameri-
can drinks" are the latest novelty
brought from the country of the Yankees
to that of the Gar. Now you hear men
in all the hotels and large vodka shops
here asking for American drinks, and
many joke is cracked on such occa'
sions. l heard gentleman say:
81 prefer American to Russian. .,
"What American to what Russian Z!
he was asked by fellow countryman'
Spirits, of course"
'In what sensew
"In any sense the American drink In
spires" IL, ar Con, 7
A tipsy Russian remarked; u reel l
am getting Americanized.' ,,
American drinks are in good demand
here, and the Treasury reaps, a large
profit from them. Yet the word Amer
ican," being used too often, and particu-
larly by loose tongues, annoys the auto,
cratic Government in good earnest. II
[ is very probable that American drinks,
like Nihilist pamphlets, will soon DC p"'
on the list of forbidden things.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17
THE RUINED WE'LL.

what seek you hero, my little maid2"
asked, M by the ruined well
hho Stood and looked M il obey.d
ny her, was some unholy spclh
ms not the hour MOI this the place,
For maidcn such as you to roam.
Come, from thy brow that sad look chase
Ana md with me your forest home r.
NAY, sir, It's not chance brings mo here,
No folly does my steps attend,
The hour has for me no fear,
No teriors does the wild scene blend"
Then tell me what invites your carr,
Has misplace pleasures t..1h, for thce2
such lonely vigil seems so rare,
For one who should be sorrow free"
"A lover, sir, had |, but ho
Is far away-cross oceans foam
Ten thous nd mites from Normandy
stranger land Is now his home"
"on many an eve, like this, tonight
We watched yoD bright stars cast their speii
ger the dark scene, aud knew each light
That kissed the water in this we'll"
II, was the we'll he said to me;
Deep love and clear my heart;
Tic twinkling starabovc was 10,
Steady and true, tho far apart"
"lle babe n,o some whcnecr the sky
tbs seven stars Of the dippcr showed
And looking from those gems on high
See, where in yonder well they glowcd."
"Thcn think of him; FOR that same hour
That saw me watch each twink ing light
Would draw hin like the magnets power,
To watch them in the silent night"
"Oh, Sir, tho unseen now to you,
My lover lcols from yondcr star,
In this old well, reflection too,
Of lis dear form shines from affair.""
She paused, and on each bright gem fix'd
Alook of hope, content aud love
Such tNSt with doubt and pain unmix'd,
Enough the heart of stone to novel
o clild-likc faith, we need such, more
Than what this earth q, present Yields
Whore hope aud trust together soar
To blight,r skies and heavenly d,hs.
n. q, HESyoco.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

The guard Of an English railway car
rage recently refused to allow a natural
lit to carry live hedgehog with him.
The traveller, indignant, pulled a turtle
from his wallet and said: Take this,
to =" but the guard replied, eood-natur-
eddy: "Ho, no. sir. It's dogs You can :
carry, and dogs is dogs, cats is dogs, AMI
'pLs e'ogs is dogs, but turtles is hinseo's.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

RrvrNuE-The returns for the mrs!
month of the new schedule Oh in Eao
revenue duties of the United states
sbow a decrease Of revenue Tor july,
1850. Of go, 7l3, 500 or at rate OF ovel
xSS DOC. 600 a year. This may De takep
s :. a fair estimate Of the reduction fo'
the year.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

AFAsHIoNABLE New York youth has
succeeded in getting himself dubbed
King Of the Dudes" His name is sup
pressed for the sake Of cousin Of his
VINO is respectable and sensitive hod.
carrier in Philadelphia.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

THE velocity at which man can move
varies under different circumstances.
Go ng to dentists, quarter Of mile
away, can be easily traversed in three
and one-half minutes, while in chasing
train, or hurrying to the bank just be-
fore closing time, a man who can run
300 yards in twenty minutes has to have
wings to do it.-Burdette.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

A SENSATION. A sensation has been
caused in Baxter street, New York, by
the clandestine marriage Of Christian
resident Of that street with the daughter
Of Jewish neighbor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

r. was At the close Of the wedding din
At I've, WaS ." One of the guests arose. ana,
br' akias'' W aid: ~ drink TO the
Sesl.A i z ,hi it s,ia sssIs The intention
many aays Int The bride looked up "a
Il Use something Displaced her,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

WHAT happy way of putting thing
the real poet has Now, Burns, instead
Of saying "Beware OF pickpockets r eI-
presses the same idea by "a chieis
amang ye takin' notes"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

every young man ought to take W,
cation, especially il he has glrl, l..
will enable her to retire at an early hour
when he is away, and thus get much
needed rest, - Rome Sentinel
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17
Population OF the World.

The latest estimates by German scion
dsa Of the total population of our earth
are, In round numbers, as follows:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17

EUROPE is the most dcnsely popUla''o
OF the continents: Asia contains more
than one.half of the inhabitants of the
globe. As long os there is EVIDENT,
room for untold millions of people there
need be no fear of over population. &C
cctrding TO their religious creeds, the
above I,443, OOO,0O may be classified
thm:-2l2, 0O0,0 900 Catholics, $4,000,
eVO Professionals. 81, 600 200 Schismatics,
1907, 600 Israelites, 900, 900, 900 Moham-
mnedans, lG3. 900, 900 Brahmins, 423, OOO,-
Wo Buddhists and 23O,O0O,00O pagans
The number Of Christians aggregate,
therefore, 420,000,0O0, tho worship ers
Of one God are less than one-half the IN,
naoitants OF the earth, aud S2S,OOO,0o0
are given to idolatry. The foregoing
statistics reveal the extraordinary TACT
mat ua the Catholic religion has only 1000
@ worshipers more than the othe'
christian confessions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-09
The Fluctuations in Detail.

To the Western Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. SIN the regular wheat mar
ket speculative business was large, but the feel
ing was decidedly weak; opened 12c lower, de-
clined in all to point 2ss02lec below the close
recovered. Sales ranged at 91le09314 for Octo-
ber, 930947se for November, 95097c for De-
cember, 96097sac for January, $1.O301.o5
for May spring, 92l4 40927sc; winter, 99%c0
$1.0O'9. On call there were sales of /, 500, 900
bu regular to i4c higher.
Corn was active at lower prices; opened about
1sc lower, declined os0 alc additional. and closed
ac under Saturday. Sales ranged at 46la 047l4c
for October. 46ls@46s4c for November, 450
45isc for December, 44s404514c for the year,
4sa045c for January, 47la048ls for May. On
call, sales OF 720,0Uo bu at 1880 higher.
Oats were duh and easy. Sales ranged at
267s027c for October, 27ss027bsc for Novem-
ber, % 02S4 for December, 267s027c for the
year, 314031lae for May. On call, sales of
$4,000 bu at 1sc lower to leo higher.
Pork, only moderate business was transasteu
and prices $4,000 lower on the whole range
Sales ranged at Sl0.55D1O7O for cash. SlO65
@1O.70 for October, $10.3001o.42la for No.
vember, $10.4001O.50 for December, $4,000
1895 for the year, $40 950112o for January
$ll .2o011.3 80 for February. On CALL sales of
$500 brls at 15e lower TO 7lac higher.
Lard was quiet and easy declined .206 25c
on October, and 100 15c more deferred de-
nveries. Sales ranged at 7.8008c for cash.
7.7508c for October, 742l2 al. 55c for Novem-
Der, 7.4O07.50c tor the year. 1852 IeO7 81 lac for
January, 7.67 12Q770c for February.