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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, 1885.
HOW Is THIS?
Perversiom or Ignorance Which,?

Those "non-partisan" special
pleaders, who cite the sweeping
Prohibition victories in Georgia
as proof of Prohibition party folly
and ''mom-partisaaa" wisdom, are Ell
Their guilty of wilfull perversion,
or cropping in objectionable ignor.
ance, and so far as their influence
goes to obstruct the ways of truth
and reform, it matters little in
which predicament they may be
foundering,
The fact is, that in Georgia, Pro-
hibition is the adopted and settled
policy of the dominant party of the
State. 1t is essentially a partisan
movement, within and by the
Democratic party Of the State, in
which the people Of the State are
allowed to vote the Internal liquor
traffic out of the Commonwealth.
The dominant party of Georgia
has given the people all they have
asked. If the Democratic party of
West Virginia had responded in
the same manner to the petitions
and demands of the good people of
the State, the Independent action
at Grafton had been i'm possible. Aye,
more! Had the Republican party,
the minority party in our State,
declared honestly and openly in
favor of submission, even, and thus
ohampioned the right of the peo-
pie to be heard in their own cause,
the organization could not have
been effected, and would not have
been attempted.
With no friend in the political
courts to champion their rights at
the ballot-box, the people met to-
gether, organized, and constituted
the Prohibition party as their at.
torney in fact, to appear at the po-
litical assizes and guard their in.
terests and press their claims, when.
ever and wherever West Virginia
homes may be put in jeopardy by
the trickeries and treacheries Of
the piratical saloons; and aoho shall
say then, mays Or who shall have
the cold, heartless impudence te
ohide an insulted, outraged and
suffering people for their provi-
~dence in having champion in the
political forum, where their rights
their liberties, their very homes
must stand or fall2
AS said at the GU Sset, to applano
Georgia Prohibitionists while con
demning their West Virgins
brethren, is proof conclusive of un
pardonable ignorance or wilful
perversion, and it matters littl
which, as both are alike reprehen
sible.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09
Welcome to the Consolation.

Our partisan political friends
who like non-partisam Prohibition
so we'll, are entirely welcome to all
the consolation they can get out OF
the Atlanta campaign. If they
will read the fruits of the victory
in the demand of the Prohibition
ists that all party candidates shall
declare against the saloon or have
Prohibition candidates in the field
against them, the consolation may
be not quite so exhuberant.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

kCongress con vened on Monday
AID commenced business with Hon.
John Sherman as President of the
Senate and John S. Carlisle, Speak
or of the House.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09
CONGLOMERATE NONSENSE.
A Remarkable Convention tor a
Remarkable Purpose.

IA
Remarkable Purpose.
The Wheeling hatellagencer full
inmates the following bit of conglo-
merate nonsense:
ASKING PROTECTION FROM PRoHIBI'
TON.
IA convention has been called
in Iowa for a remarkable purpose.
The Mayors of Keokuk, Burlington,
Davenport, Council Bluffs, Dubu-
que, Sioux City, Clinton and
Ottumwa, urge all towns of more
than 1000 population to send dele
gates to a convention which is to
ask the Legislature to relieve them
of the evils of free whisky under 3
prohibitory law.
in the towns and cities that
prohibition does not prohibit, there
has been a great increase in the
number of places selling liquor.
Under existing law the traffic is
uncomfortable and yields no public
revenue. The Supreme Court de-
clares the prohibition law I'M
constitutional, and yet the popu-
lous towns have no authority to
do anything whatever with the
liquor traffic. The towns do not
seek to interfere with the rural
communities which are not similar
ly afflicted, but for themselves they
ask that the Legislature shall give
them leave to impose such license
as may operate as a controlling and
restricting power"
That certainly will be remark
able convention, and for remark
able purpose. 1t will be nothing
less than a reasonable conclave of
cowardly suppliants at the feet of
the Liquor Power, seeking a base
surrender of the State to the law
less elements that defy its author
ity.
GIN towns and cities that Prohi-
bition does not prohibit" may be
ineligible to a Journalist who
states further on that the "Supreme
Court declares the Prohibition law
UNCONSTITUTIONAL" but to the
intelligent reader the former
is nonsense and the latter,
just the opposite of che truth.
The Iowa Supreme Court has
held the law to be constitutional,
and ifit not be effective in the cities
mentioned, it is because the off
Gals of those cities are either base
towards or in guilty connivance
with the law-defying saloons.
While the mayors of these
cities are together concocting
treason, the honest citizens of the
cities they misrepresent ought to
inaugurate measures for impeach-
ing the reprobates and removing
them from Office.
The pretense of asking power to
impose license as a controlling"
measure, is infamous, ming from
officials who have at their command
the authority of the State with all
the military power of the common
wealth at it's back, to drive every
dastardly saloon rebel into the dun
geons built for Law breakers.
Shame on any public politician
or journal that would show any
sympathy with or mercy for these
reasonable mayors of rebellious
cities!
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

Old Tyler is having a lively oil
interest Boom" Pittsburgh par
ties are leasing large tracts of ter
ritory and promise TO expend large
sums of money in developing the
hidden treasures beneath.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

The Georgia news gets better
and better every day. A "oold
water" wave is sweeping over the
Sunny South.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

"Marchimg Through Georgia, "
must now have new words to suit
the new conflict, so that all the
Bands of Hope in the land may
take up the strain.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

Congress met on Monday and
after organizing, adjourned out OF
respect to the memory of the late
Vice. President, Thomas A. Hen
bricks.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

The Supreme Court ended i's
Term at Charleston yesterday.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

Does Mayor Grace want the whole
World? He has sued it for $50, wv
for libel.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

Low Prices for the Holidays,
WETHERELL d Son.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

ALWA YS.-In 10rittng us about subscrip-
sions al,Uays give p. 0. at aUhioh you receive the
paper. This 1oiu snsc as much trouble.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

Everything in Fine Jewelry at
WETHERELL q Son.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

We warrant goods sold by US free,
WETHERELL & Son.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09
Fancy Goods in great variety,
w ETHERELL q Son.

And now the beer Bosses want
the President to remove Mr.. Ben.
Hill Of Georgia from office because
he has been guilty of the high crime
of making Prohibition speeches.
Louis Shade of the Washington Sen.
tinel says, by favoring Prohibition,
Mr.. Hill is assailing the very bull
works of Democracy. Keep 1t outct
poIaticsl
1t seems that Mr.. Thebaw, the
king Of Burmah, surrendered sup
pliantly to the British forces, with
out consulting his several hundred
Mrs. Fhebaws.
The idea of a man giving up
with nearly thousand wives at
at his service!
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09

PLEASE SUBSCRLBE.-Let every friend
snto aOItose hands q Sample Copy Of the FREE
MA " comes, take its coming as an urgent re-
quest TO subscribe.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
THE CLUB RAID.
Result of the Attack on the London
Clubs

LONDON, June 24.-Late. on Saturday
night, May 9th, our men were elected from
the European Club. They raised a cry
that they had been swindled in the club
house. The mob that quickly gathered
smashed the windows Of the building, The
police arrived, and searched the house for
the alleged gamblers, but none were to be
found. The police then FASTENED to a
.neighboring social club, thinking the gam
blers might have taken refuge there: Here
they made a forcible entry, and when they
were engaged in examining the upper floors,
the mob that had followed them wrecked
the lower parts OF the establishment, looted
the bar, and carried off the coats, umbrel-
las and other personal property of the
members. The police did not find here any
gambling. The members OF the club rallied,
and a free fight with the police followed.
The result was that a great number of the
members OF the club were badly wounded,
and some fifty arrested. Six only OF those
arrested were detained, however, for a fur
Their examination, when r~earraigned for
trial the e morning. Since that time the
authorities have been making searching in
quiry into the affair, and to-day d number
OF the police and members of the club were
committed for trial at the Old Bailey.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
A RUSSIAN OUTRAGE.
Arrest Of . British Clerk on the Afghan
frontier

BOMBAY, June 24.-The Notifications
around Herat, designed primarily to pro.
tect that city against assault by the Rus.
slams, are being rapidly pushed to com
pletion.
The Afghan boundary commission will
move in a short time nearer the line of de-
limitation. Ten laos of rupees are to be
sent Immediately to the Ameer of Afghan
istan to aid him in placing the country in a
better state of defense.
Rumors are in circulation here of the
arrest, by the Russians, of the Clerk of the
British Consul at Reshd, Persia, while bearer
Of a note from the Consul to the Russian
commander at Sarakhs, and that it was a
deliberately designed and carefully planned
outrage on the part of the Russians. The
arrest excites a good deal of Indignation in
certain quarters.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 24.-The Govern
ment hal issued al order forbidding the
newspapers to make any reference what:
ever to the action OF Russia in the Afghan
affair.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Oonaurmnon Cured

An old physician, retired from active prac
tce, having had placed in his hands by an East
India N visionary the formula of a simple vege-
table remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure Of, Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh
also a positive aud radical cure for general de-
bility and allnervous complaints, after having
thoroughly tested its " ,nderful curative pow
make it known to his suffering fellows. The
recipe will be sent free of charge to all who de-
sire it, with full directions for preparing and
neceessfully using. Address, with stamp, nam
on street. BrnOklvn. N. 2-16-wFv.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
THE TERMS ARRANGED.
McNalIy and Mcdonald to Spar on the
25th Of July.

Last evening, at 6 O'Clock, a party of
sporting gentlemen, fully fifty strong, as
sembled at the Elite saloon to sign articles
for the bOut between Miles McNally and
Duncan Mcdonald.
After a friendly discussion it was decided
that the parties shall meet in the ring, in
Butte, on the 25th of July. The contest
to be with soft gloves, and the parties to
spar for points, in six rounds-the best
man to take the stakes and the entire gate
receipts.
Martin Rooney put up $50 for McNally-
a forfeit for 500. Harvey Cole did a like
service for Mcdonald.
1t is probable that the contest will take
place at the Amphitheater. Both men are
in dead earnest and the chances are that
there will be an exceedingly lively contest
between the two "alleged champions"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Notice to CO-Owner.

To C. M. Sheppard: You are hereby notified
that we, your co-owners, have, in accordance
wlth se sts4as ~ 1azt,,n Kegl 1shor ss snd esq o. the
provements to the amount of $500 for the two
years ended December 81, 1884, upon the Little
Dorrit qua. tz mining claim. situated in Little
Pin mining district, Silver Bow county, Nom
notif ed that unless you contribute or cause to
be contributed your proportion of said expendi-
ture amounting to ESQ., fifty dollars. together
with interest n costs, within $50 days f ON
date of this notice. all your right, title, interest
and claim in and to the above described quartz
lode mining claim will become the property If
your co-owGers, who have made the required
expenditure. JOSEPH LABoUCHERE.
LOUIS lies RIvIERKs.
Soap Gulch, ". T.. Ma ch Is. 1885 3-2asw3m
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
They Got the Wrong Man.

KINGSTON, Ontario, June 24.-J. L..
Thorpe OF Chicago arrived at Rideau lake
recently to enjoy some fishing. He noticed
two men watching him close by. He subse-
quently got acquainted with them, and
they went fishing together. Landing on an
island to partake OF refreshments, Thorpe
was drugged and spirited away. When he
came to his senses he was old that he was
Scott, the Manhattan Bank embezzler,
who decamped with $15O,OOO. The stran-
gers were detectives, who were after the
$4,000 reward offered for Scott. Thorpe
soon proved his identity and was released,
the detectives bearing all his expenses.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27

LONDON, June "a. The Geographical
Society is mapping out another African ex-
petition. to be under the direction OF Mr..
Last. 1t is intended that this new expedi-
lion will start in August next from Fan
zibar, and proceed thence to Indy, and
from this point a southwesterly direction
will be taken. The expedition will endeavor
to reach Lake Sherwa, whence it will pro-
coed either to Quilmane or Angosha on the
east coast and about seventy miles from
the starting point.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Southern Bad Blood.

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 24.-Ex-Dis-
trict Attorney Waddell was arrested in this
city yesterday, charged with being about to
engage in a duel with C. A. Swanson, editor
OF the Hanover News. He was released on
bail, to appear before the court to-mor-
row. An orderfor the arrest of Swanson is
also out. The abuse of Waddell by Swan
son in his paper was the cause of the
frOuh1a
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Presidential Appointments

WASHINGTON, June 24.-George Holmes
Of Charleston, s. c., has been appointed
Special Agent of the Bureau OF Labor, vice
William l.. Trenholm, who declined his ap-
pointment. Andrew S.. Caldwell of Boise
City, Idaho, has been appointed Special
Agent OF the General Land Office to ex-
anime the fraudulent land entries, and
Joshua K; Speer OF Indianapolis, Ind, has
been appointed Special Timber Agent for
the same office.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Notice to CO-Owner.

Toe. NJ Sheppard: You are hereby notified
With section 1924, Revised Statutes of the
United States, performed labor and made i'm.
provements to the amount OF $500. for the two
Sheppard 4 La%bouchere quarts lode mining
claim, situated in Little Pine mining district.
Silver Bow county, Montana Territory, and you
are hereby further notified that unless you con-
tribute or cause to be contributed your proper
ton of said expenditure amounting to ($5O),
fifty dollars, together with interest and costs,
within 1870 days from date of this notice, ali
your RICH. title, interest and claim in and to
the above described quartz lode mining claim
will become the property Of your owners
who have made the required expenditure.
JOSEPH LABOUCHERE.
LOUIS DIS RIvIKKEs.
Soap dulch, M. T., March %, 1885. 5 2S-sw3m
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
A Legislator in Trouble.

S~PRlNGFIELD, ILL.,, June "a. Thomas
James, Democratic member of the Legis-
lature aged Ga years was tonight charged
with assault with intent to rape Mamie
James, a twelve-year-old girl, employed as
a page in the State House. Opinions vary
as to whether it is a genuine case or one of
blackmail. James is a man of considera-
BILE wealth and has an estimable wife now
in the city.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Ord.r to Show Osuse

Ord ar to Show Cause.
In the Probate Cont in AID for Silver Bow
County. Montana Territory.
In he matter RI the e. tate Of Charles h. Trow-
bridge, deceased.
Annie 8. Trowhr,dge and James K. Clark, the
executors Of the last WI aid :estanei Of Chr rles
B TrowbJidge. deceased, having filed their petit
ton herein, aTsying for an order Of sale of the
real estate Of the S I'D decedent, fn the purpO es
therein ret fOrt.:
II is tue,e ore ordered by the Judge of said
Court. that all persons inte-este . in the estate OF
said .:ecessed, appear b. fore tn sail Probate
Court on Monday. the goth dry of July. 1885, at
10 O'Clock in the forenoon of raid day at the curt
room If said Probate Court 81 Butte City, in raid
County OF silver Bow to show cause why an order
shout not b. granted to ire said executors to
tell 50 much of the real estate CT the said deceased
as shall be : ecs ssaIy.
Dated this 18th day of June, A. u. 1876.
GALE E. IRVINE,
go sw Nv Probate Judge.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
COurbet's Funera .

PARIS, June 24.-The Government has
decided to make the obsequies OF Admiral
Courbet a State funeral. The body will
be placed temporarily in the Hotel Les In
valides, whence it will be conveyed to Able
vile. where, in accordance with the wish of
the family the body will be buried.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Notice 70 OO-Owner.

To James M. Ryan aud Carl kleinschmidt:
You are hereby notified that I, your co owner,
Statutes of the United States, reformed labor
n made improvements to the amount of $1DO,
for the tso years ended December 81. 1884,
upon the Wa Eagle quartz lode mining claim,
situated in Cataract mining d~i-trict, Jefferson
county, Montana territory, and you are hereby
further notified that unless you contribute, or
cause to be contributed your prop rtlon of
said expenditure, amounting to (s5O) fifty dol
lars together with interest and costs, within
40 days from date Of this notice. all your
right, title, interest and claim, in and u the
above described quartz lode mining claim will
become The property of your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure.
PATRICK DOUGHFRTY.
Basin, Montana, March "a 1885. 3-2S-sw3m
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Notice TO Co-OWne

Toe. M. Sheppard You are hereby notified
that we, your eo-owners, have in accordance
with section 1894, Revised Statutes of the
United States. performed labor and made I'M
provemen3 to the amount of 5000 for the two
years ended December 81. 1884, upon the
Victor hugo quartz lode mining claim, sit
county,, Montana Territory, and you are hereby
further notified that unless you contribute or
cause to De contributed your proportion of said
expenditure, amounting to lS5Ol, fifty dollars,
days from date oft is notice, all your right,
title. interest and claim in and to the above
quartz lode mining claim will become
the property of your co owners, who have made
the required expenditures JOSEPH l. BoUcHERE
Louis l,Es RIvIEsRs.
Soap Gulch, M. T., March q, 1885. 8 27-sw3m
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
THE RESULT OF JEALOUSY.
A Negro Kills His Wife and ATTEMPTS
Suicide.

INDlANAPoLls, Ind, June 24.--Early this
morning the pedestrians on Madison street,
the most fashionable ~thoroughfare of the
city, were Mortified at the sight of the APP
parently dead bodies OF a man and woman
lying in an alley a few feet distant from the
sidewalk, with their threats cut. A patrol
wagon was called and the u~nfortunates re-
moved as speedily as possible. They were
found to be Robert Phillips, a colored la
borer, and his wife. The husband had cut
her throat and then his own, using a COM
case knife to do the deed. The wounds
were frightful lacerations. The woman is
dead, but Phillips is still alive. and it is be-
lieved he cannst ecover. They had been
married but three months. Jealousy was
the cause.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Alias Summons.

~ 0Ob11LAOAo0
In the Justices Court, Township and County
of Silver Bow and Territory of Montana.
Before L. A. Nichols, Justice of the Peace.
Sarah MCGEE, Plaintiff,
VS..
r. Thompson, Defendant.
Til people of the Territory of Montana send
greeting to R. Thompson, Defendant.
You NJ hereby required to appear at my Of
Ace init township aud Comfy Of Silver Bow,
and NNQ<1fy Of Montana, wi. hin ten days af-
ter the an1Vte upon you Of this m and
ansM q y kceonnt o file in an ac:i n to re
cover pf IN the sum of Tnirsy-seven and 9-lO0
d0llas, hIleged to be due and ewing f.Om you
to plaintiff. for board furnished you by plain
tif ct you instance and request.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear N answer said complaint as above re-
quired, 81 aid plaintiff will takeiudgment by
- egainst you for the sum Of 81 80 and
- under INV hand thin 18th day Of March,
k.$ts1&. 4 A. NIi.HOLS,
s61S Justice Of the PeAce.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
A Badly Managed Concern.

BosToN, June 24.-Insurance Commits
sioner Tarbox has made a report to the
Attorney General OF his investigation OF
the affairs OF the Peopl's Benefit Company
OF Boston, t%ransacting business as a life
and health insurance association on the
assessment plan. the result of which he
sums up as follows: 1.-The facts deduced
satisfy me that the management is grossly
incompetent and careless in it's trust, if not
willfully dishonest, and if it's affairs are not.
already beyond reformation the interests
OF it's members and the public demand a
change in it's business control by judicial
intervention
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
The Berlin Strike.

BERLIN, June 24.-The master masons
and carpenters have decided to refuse the
request of their workmen to raise wages or
submit their dispute to arbitration. If the
strikers persist the employers will close all
their workshops, reopening them only when
each workman agrees to their terms.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Asylums in Russia.

LONDON, Tune PA dispatch received
here says that an American who recen4 '
passed through Batoum, a town in Asiatic
Russia, on the Black sea coast, states taat
that there are many gun factories in full
operation there, and that they are being
worked secretly and under such Disgusting
names as hospitals, asylums, etc.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Tho Spanish Riots.

MADRID, June 24.--The riots in this city
on Saturday last, were made the subject
of an animated discussion in the Cortes
yesterday. Senior Sagasta and other Lib
erals, strongly condemned the rigorous
measures taken by the Government to re-
press the riots. They held that milder
measures would have sufficed to quell the
disturbance.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-27
Ar

New YORK, June 24.-Judge Wallace of
the United Stats Circuit Court to-day gave
a decision in the suit of the Bell Telephone
Company VS.. the Molecular Telephone
Company for an infringement OF patents.
The court decided in favor of the Bell Com
pAnY.