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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14


en-" while It also says 'let no man Undo.
you IN meat and drlDk.r NV views ~
the same as TIN GAZETTE on The silver
question, ian honest dollar for the ma.
pie These remarks are foreign IA ms
argument, and ! only offer them "a .ho,g
mat ! am not radical in ms views. bnt
very Jealous OF the rights of the pcorl.. IN.
ivINrI 70 lheir personal liberties no NJ.
.uru 70 my ARGUMENT, Mr. MILAN
says; "lf there is anything wrone In he
Ooycctt, or in any other pripripie for
one want TO know IT," lie then preeeed.
perhaps uncousciously, partially In Am.
s"er himself Measures more digiiBsd
more potent, more permanent chan how
cottiug must Doe sought and applied This
rs manly and honest" Mr.. Nolan. aud
am with you heart ana soul THAT how.
cpttlng Is not potent aud h undirniGcd
should he sufficient excuse tor It's
aDanconment by great organization
whose fundamental principle Is 10 elevate
lhe human race To Il higher aud norlrr
plane. THAT It cannot be defended ON
tne strict principles OF Christian bepcv-
oience' Is another good and valid reason
ana think fatal as TO It's success. In The
name of high heaven ask, are we 20 20
Dack to the dark ages and untold The
bloody pages OF the history Of heather
nations for precedeuts that will iustlfv
us In wrong-doiug2 This is an ACE IL
progress aud liberty. We are living nm
der the benign aud lovc-msplriug intiu-
ehce OF the gOsuei. Might does not ALWAYS
make right That other people have s1f-
lerea from unjust oppression should px.
cite our sympathy aud be q warning aud
not an rNimple of Justification No siuc
man denies the RIGHT uf another
to assert his manhood IL is
TINS underlying principle that forms
lhe great buipark OF our free institutions.
pui we should be- very careful lest ne iet
our reason be- blinded aud in So Going iu-
lrlugo ON the in8lieuable rights uf uur tel.
low men. Again, them 10 being human To-
err, great many of our suppu.td
grievances may be Imaginary. We should
pe Just q, wei AS generous. Air n iluu
no doubt thinks me adverse To the utgaui-
cation oi the knights OF Labor. or To the
organization of the ldburiug men general
~ II so, desire To correct him. avn in
l1Nor OF organizations that are tuundei ON
Ohll~tltn, humane or benevolent piiuCipl, /,
ana for the mutual protection and assist
ance OF my fellow mau; but cannot, as "a
good citizen, indOrse any species II bull
doing oranY act that think Is calculated
to array one SIT of humanity against an.
uiher, That Tam sustained umy argument
is proof that am right. The united labor
federation at Washington passed rcsolu-
tionS dcnouncng hoycotting and SIDE
precates 1t on account of the odlum cast
upon the working classes and the injury
TO their Interests Mr.. Nolan says; 81
need not dread the Knights OF Labor will
use the boycott to muzllc the press 80
What of the Houston Age? What about
the Lone Star, El Pasu? This much in
answer to Mr.. Nolan, which hope is in
the proper spirit and cuudor.
ANEI-BuYCoTT.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
THE CITY.
-, ARRIVALS.

.,ct. Mrs. Louisa Mat
be Bls...,,o children, Alyord; u. c.
4 aug ~" ,.,nsip; W. l.. Smith. Tenn
., VIZ ellis. Dallas; n. Frank.
lao',As,n ,s; W. W. Darlington, lay
n iA. g.s and Lee Dillon, cityi
i :, ~ GAINESVILLE, I. Galloway,
h BsIo0'n .,is burlington, Tex; a. 10.
= ,,sr, n. Samuels, Pltishurg,
eli raw DALLAS; Henry Hartford.
H. y. iobn G. Sarrony, Hartford,
~ ure'1y Denton Knox, Garrison,
4 MI nndt aud Joe Morgan,
lste peter sparkle. Cisco; Johu-
s'lN Abilene; r.. d. Cook, San Am.
N1o''', ., 4 Nsltbie, Henrietta; Jchcr-
hso'p Harrisburg, Pa; L G. VIM,
IN + M0rosco, sew J orNi Jno.
ea.s' t and j. j. lliil, Gainesvillei
Y r''i Thatcher, Waco.
Mansion. BIC. Smith, Tepee
" p McCutcheon, Boston; f..
,ringtowu; Marcus Flournoy.
% "a Glenn, Frank Finks, Gal
p winfield, Alyaado; w, b..
J. j. Jones, ST Louis; r..
q" New Orleans; William G..
:, Louis; lobe johnson, city;
HIsF.rland, Lexington, KY u.
city; W. H. Burton, Houston;
III ln,i-rou, r. N. s.; b Il. Groom,
~ XIV. +. e.. Brown. New York;
& Dallas; T.. T. Bunch, Wichita
e el g Groot, harrold, r Z. Cam
esnme; j. NJ. Vines, Jr. Ieffcr-
\ Dro1duu, Clcburne; Il HOus-
m.l. q. n WesthroOk, Loreno;
,rl HlrrJld; G. G. Gaines, New
ID Il. Patterson, Kansas w. r.
E Houston.
Al p.ckWick: John L. Burrus,
Ky;A. II Kuhus, Pitts1urg,
,yg Wells, Buffalo, a.. Y.;J. NJ
M WhiteshorO; J. ID, Merchant,
III N Aston, W. G. Wiley. Adj.
j SIS Johnson, Knoxville, Tenn;
Y ,mbpr. city; R. IT, Green, Aul-
8go ..I d. Polk, San Augustine;
4p,rrlmore, Abilene; j. c. Graves,
III J line. Graham; Tom Harvey,
I'M; Eng Warleldi country; w.
FL Abilene; L. G. Martin, Sher-
III D. Markham, New Orleans; b.
y ola st. Louis; +. Z, Knott,
ri sails FIN. ilouts, Hereford anch;
Drter ~. Louis; A. Il. Pitts, Dal-
II Mailman. city; A. j. Soderen, ST.,
John NJ Richardson, Memphis,
Edwin Pye, st, LOUIS; Jacob
ronieyillp.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
WAXAHACHIE.
The Fort Worth 4 New Orleans Road
Appoints Trustees to Pass
on Subscriptions.
securing Right OF way-od Fcnow.. PIee.
uons--An Aliumco ncai--a sad.
Looking Cur-ro Hang.


I a|A'''N ittA ~ AllN NraEnAkOs
WA1AuACHtR. TEN., Dec. IL Tbp
! f0lt Worth New Orleaus railroad com.
nilllee selected County Judge a. b. Dun.
I ZAP ul WaXahSchie aud Mai. Van ysndt oi
Fort Worth as trustees 10 pass npon tb,
soivency of the notes, and topay them Of
- they become due. They, with Mn
Hurley, held meeting Wednesday, ana
an notes given were accepted as good.
Ihe right of way committee is al work.
and up 20 last night had secured the right
OF way through the hrst two miles I'm
Ellis county, aud grading viii beglu there
monday. The surveyors are running two
lines, one through aud the other north of
Midlothian. As soon as they dvcide ON
the cheapest route they viii push through
and locate the depot grounds here. So
! iaf nothing has been done towards seonr.
/ ing them
WaNahachle lodge No. so, roo. P..
I elected the following onicers at.tseir last
/ regular mceungi A. A Thompson, noble
/ erNldi +. l. Powell vice; :. Z. WILSON.
1 secretary; n. A, Mcmillan treasurer: II.
/ g. Phillips, representative to grand
iodgr ant j. II 4. Nelson, alternate
! The committee ol the county alliance to
make arrangements Tor trad, for the en-
Suiug yearhaNe matte a contract with the
grocery houses of G. W. Gib,ou aud j. G..
/ William, Sou,and the dry goods houses
Of Joiesch & Chtska and l.. Mutvuulll s.
I Co There were many bid, made and 10
4 was severe task for the committee io
make a selection, though it is generate,
conceded That they made good one and
al parties are well pleased
I Key. Is y. Cooper, evangelist of Dallas
| prcsbyt,ry VIII begin series of meet
ns~ at the Old school pl,sbytyrim
church Sunday,
Rev Mr. Lutte and family now occupy
/ the Methodist parsonage
I The young mems prayer meetings uow
| being held at night in the Cumberland
| Presbyterian church are being well at.
tended and much good is being scCom-
/ plished.
| 4 carload of beer was shipped 10
/ Ennis, but ON account of local option car
/ ryng the da}, il was re.shppod Ia WaNs-
/ hrChie, 'Iis hard 20 part from those
we love, "Good-nyc my loyeGgood-bNen
aud such notices pasted on the cur with
u heavy display of cape, showed too Null
| the feelings OF the average EnulSito.
Since the defeat of local option at Wax.
ahaChic, the friends OF temperance who
/ live around aud near here say that they
VIII ga to Ennis, Palmer, Ferris aud MID.
lotGHuuud trade with God-tarng people.
saloon men are uSnImuutiug aud FIXING
np, predatory for the opening dry, which
wil toe Jan Z, $50
The WaXahacblr public school win give
a musical aud literary entertainment in
the college chapel next Friday night.
Judge Dunap viii deliver au address Ia
] tputkfs. Ify.pN l,t.Fy d. {ntif.I
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
oErLclAL cEon REroRr.


Month oF t,r,,suh.r
NAsnINgrnN ure ~ rbc rrc, nm.
norris of the dep.rtm,pi nf nol.Yltnr,
ior December cite toe fsrm nr,-.. ~ ny.
c,pnl rrpps Tho lp,.r,.,., !, t,, ,,r,
auet uf corn I'M. rednrpd tar n,,ras,.
yolec ~ tbo avon, ~ Ns.rrpt, ,n.ni
am, aycrorc y.lu, IN nm, ,r.,I,,,. rr,,, Ia,
n,rcub,r MA. M conn. m, r.,u,.'i,,
!. l,,,,.st i'm Ina nhi, ,,u., ANA 'n M.
Soutb,rn sintps v,..t ~ IN, N,s.,.si,,',
me increas, of stnck .fprdir,, b,.. rb,i.rd
Nh. t,ndrp,v tn .ytre,nnly in, r,i.,s
C,npar,d Win foriprr t,f,,,,s rnrp y,in,..
nm, y,Jy Inv l,,r IN nr,.r,,iin., No..
,.ar. uenrN NH nn,rr tbr o,n,,',o m
nrodurtiou. In nvpr,,,s tarit ,alnr ,,,,s
"a = cents pp bu,heL and lor tn, nr,ceJ.
ip.. zen, ,..,,,r. 90. r,,t.
Inc -Dric. of.Abrat. tb,uch sin In,, Ia
cou.i1irt,l, ,b,,rl.-t D,r.,u,,,,,'s mr..
,or when 0os IA r,nts Tb,lt a. i.sg
Nm. on ripr., tB, pr.,.gptis m ~ com. b,
vain ,.uol tn IN, unorpr,d,,t.a n.-iiu.
inuicyt,d l4.t Derruihft Fn. thr IN.
,,qr. psst mo aygr,,r nrp ,,lp, has
n,r8 ia ,pnts nrr b,sh,,, md ,nr IN,
rrrrc,iipU len vror, sIn5 Ia., wear
inrfn ,nine WAS IN n,r com lo,ycr INN
far th, len yrars ended In IH7e d1,,
m'bnIy n t1lIrr Enrnu,pl, rrndnct,0n
and n smaller f,relrn demand Tor q. eur.
MIN. n,,rlv ,pti,i f., a tI,,r,l ~ IA, ,,,tI,.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
THEArRICAL.

FOung Mrs. Winthrop viii have Il
stage setting.
n arst Madison Snpare attraction
Nd ever yisitnd Texas comes Thurs
~ ,,.., aa.,,orr riaro5
DySyoh M"Nvu'I OoH'l,iny r", ~. W.
AVu noV,ys ~ 80 l,IGoT ", , ~, A.
gpo" ia W lo'll'" '"''1 ~ w. y" H. con
HSuS mas zee" a"'''' " '"0 ~
4
Hoalg Mrs winthrop shows "liat
!Oata'ul memories have upon tne
since by recalling these, the oiu
lR~yer ana friend brings toscoAef
Daaand wife whose lives hau oeeh
ls apart.
Fender and true" is the sentiment
u aptly describes ''Youug Mrs. Win
\ since the play touches upon the
E5eSt chord. OF the heart, and AT the
d tine presents true picture OF
\ wealthy home.
hma Abbot, ord h.r Grand oncra com
Min ha tho ,ttro.tiGn NJ Inc o.ara-
4 pqyt Eridoy and Satnr,lav Dsc,o-
Ssud "a ,n1 ,"iI, nsrform thre, of
\ best ooarss in NIX civ The 40.
k,Onnsoy h. bocn rnr-n llv snccrss-
( season ana thn nr,ysngncrs have
unapimons in their praises
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14

touch bottom here with ioriv.toot pole.
Prohihitionists tried their hand
once I'm 1851 But were SO
badly plowed under that they have Kept
quiet ever since. Stnl ail the churches.
seven white and s many coiorsd. seem
TO be Ia she mlds; -. prosperity. but
where the ruruiting ion,e SO necessary 10
dWW 90 az timcs % keep The lines" in-
tact comes from Is thiag rot vet under
stood by the AVERAGE citizen.
Within the next two months Tovsr.
hanS WIZ Cpma ont as she has
never done hriore-in fan brick
"uuuorm.' SHE is inst now recovering
ifnW tle cl cts 30 tba destructive are OF
AUgasc2i last. uN mc.i 10 ,Be lou. ou
tby ierritr, included D. hnt lre splendid
oritN structures hsyc slrsady hccu
-trectad or Bra being tUiN tlercou. from
$50 loco 40 sto,0l3 orih ot hricE build.
mas arr n course of erection on two
blocks alone with as mitch more to toll
Tow within thy next few months.
Ruslue>S here is uotIceably du,lDr now
Than it WAS duuag The correspondents
period oi ]sS. add lSS8. This * d0uHf.
less owing Co the mvagcr crops raised
during the past two Years, although
IcN9r6aua depOuds principally Tor sup.
9or, upon Us manufactures aud railroads,
the farming advantages VI The section nut
yet having been developed,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
1ENARkANA.
A Poor Place for P,ohibliion-A Phouh
Ia 8rcs-- airEgrr CrOps.

A Poor Place for P,ohiblton--A Phonh
In 8rcs- slrsgrr Cr0ps.
Correspondence Of the Gazette
TExAHnANA, AK. Dec. 1.-THE cir
cult court OF MLitr county lArhanhas
,idey has been 80 session here since Mon-
day Both criminal aud ciFii dJcket- are
pretty fail, aud II b. tuuusht an adjourn
iuent will not Doe tageu uudlailef me illi-
idays. Judge Byrnr prrsides WITH AIS
usual dignity and ability
Onlte a number OF business chsuees
vii take place on JanlAy l.. several
.p.rsnns nov engaged ia the
traffic viii retire ffom the
li,gor business, but h IS learned that a
new crew are stnnniug ready to Ake iarlf
places NJ they retire. Iexarknna y the
boss pace Tor saiooua, and u there ~ one
Lass IN men that receives greater prDisc-
lion or il allowed greater Immunity irolA
Inc letter of the lsw than any other u u
The Ehskey class Prohibition couid nos
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
ON rHM srKEEr.

4 Huffman implement company
Iii two carloads of machinery and
cultural implements TO Forney last
|rAS
|. ladies' Of the Catholic church will
E6sir fair aud festival, commencing
,s.day evening until Saturday night,
n building ON Main street next to
|fD's
n GlzsrrE acknowledges the re-
dan invitation from win A. WGtkin
/ Of Dallas TO attend a musical >oiree
gwen at their piano and organ ware
Tuesday December 10, 1885, at 6
.preparations that are being maize
y ladies Of the Fourth Street Method
|slrh Tor the festival Tuesday night
h an entertainment of extraordinary
I,a. It will be given i'm the old
Inacy building, corner First aud
committee appointed to get up the
ranmeut 10 be given December %
le Knights ot Labor (col) met mt ID.
b, residence yesterday at 1880 p. m.
Understood they viii admit no i'm
HI persons, thereby assuring them
|sOi grand time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14

one Of the smallest things on earth
II tsa little disk, oval IN shape ana nor
the tbree-thousan1th part Of an lurh ~
length. The corpusCles give TO the blood
its bright red color. This color they owe
10 the iron that IS In them. without
iron your blood would be 80 p'le end
Thin AZ to be of no account. Iron en-
riches it aud gUes yol yltslily. The only
rrliable preparation Of iron for 10"
state Of the blood is Browns Iron Bitttr',
which does wonders for the ai,lng ana
ocblitatrd, Buy this valuable tonic OF
your druggist.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
Al ..llnN.h nntn

"Dont know what ais me latclY.
Can't cut woll-can't sleep well Cunt
work, and don't enjoy doing grytaug.
Amt realty sick, and really amt we'll
Feel an Kind o. played out sumewuy, "
That is what scores Of uru SAY every day.
Il they would mNe Or. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" they would soon
have no occasion 10 say IT, II pUrides
The blood tones up the system aud forti-
lies it against disease. 1t is a great anti
bilious remedy rs we'll
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
WON'T wANr wArCnaEy.
George Assinan Wurss hiue Hours on That
Lock, ana Gives u UP.
Snprial fr the Gazette

George Assinan Wurhs aiue Hours on That
Lock, ana Gives 1t Up.
Special To- the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Tax, Pee. lS.-The grand
test OF the great iron vault ui the stat,
Treasury in the new capitol building Wus
MI dc tO-,iay $. r. Hayes, differentiation
for this purpose, on saturday evening
placcd $ 600 in the new vsult etaudlng on
The foundation OF the neW capitol aGo
proposed to give it 10 any expert pro-
yidcd he took it out 10y O'Clock jhis
(~unda,) evening. Ihe combination VA
Set, aud u copy duly deposited with th,
bedding commissioners, a. AN evidence
that there was no CrouHeuners. Nj
George p. Asslnan, the faHou, local eN-
40, u, WHs nvt 10 work at O'Clock this
morning, aud worked nine hours, out
failed 70 open II or ind either oHc % the
eight numbers OF the combination ou thc
yauit. Assman admitted he WOrEed ON 3
system thgt hp might get the numbers by
feeling. lie asserts, also, there was only
one number ON the combinations -naust
The shipping number wien h"
nueued 10 the other day. A.
g O'Clock thi, evening, after As.mans
iailure, Euyes, attended y u crowd. IN.
cludiug Comptroller Swain, opened TIE
great door Of the vault Had took out ibt
cheek deposited.
II is thought by Aushuiaus that there
isn't the slightest doubt Of the security u
YeAas finances IN ,ho ncw vault. Whth
IN eXp,ri Of A,suau's Sro~n shill iAbs,
tIcre's 40 use 'or anyone else To tfy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14

s,yt Fonr Wusru, Dec. y, 1885.
Editor Of he Gazette
y 70 egoti>t nor seeker after notori-
~ ialns feel . just pride that my
VA boycouiuc wss deemed wortay
~ y prominent member Of he
= y Labor. Mr.. NJ. j. Nolsu's en-
'-slt by THE GAZETTE WIS sH'l-
iisAfAsiee Z me 10 give his article
wv perusN, While | plead guilty 10
I, 'lnsophistIrated' am always
~ meet MY frll3wmen in "manly aud
argument. IN principle be-
.sm conservative, While CON
!. curing the nifty years Of my lie |
ba a4s's voted for the leaders on the
Ss.sue ticket, yet when it came to
y, NV officers / did not let perry pref
!, w away Win my judgment, |
h sAh-pronibltionist, while / zbhor
ass.seNs. The good book Gays "no
u can enter tie Kingdom Of heaF-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
LlhrnrY Lamnps.

4 most complete and handsome STOCK
in ;biy line has Just been received a. the
Forc Worth China company's They nave
e,eeuat styles that would make the most
desirable and appreciatiye presents ior
your friends. NOW is the best time 70
cal and select for she holidays whatever
yon need. Everything sold cheap consid-
sriog the extra quality of the articis you
hing
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14
$40 northampton S. boston ilaIa.
IrcnInn. snALY. rIMrLY.

For the last year have had a species Of Itch
ing. scaly anf pimply humors on my face, ca
wHich have Appdrd great many methods 81
treatment Without 5ucreHs, aud which wac
speedily and entirely cured ly tntien a
MRS. ISAAC PHELPS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. l3,-DaVid >.
Judd, a farmer from Green county N.Y.
was found frozen stiR in the water uhuer-
meath the Ohio river bridge. lie hau
been drinking.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14

.,pra RDcs AID Austin Lime-works
.,.n,,,ectpre white lime Of the very best
.,.siitr Orders solicited. For prices
ia-.ss MARTIN a WALSH,
~, ,,- 'l1 9ocE TeY Proprietors.
FOR sale by 6. W. ollespie' "e'T
Fort worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-14

Cuiicura Remedies are sOld everywhere.
Price Cuucufa, aUc, hesoiYent yiW, soap,
gir Prepared by TIE Potter Drug and Chem
teal Co, boHtDn, Macs.
send tor '.d1w - cure skin Dischses."
ptyPLEh, blhGkhe4fs slim lleuistcs and
Tim EnIN Mnnnrs, ust lntlcnTa eDau.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Culled and Condensed for the
Freeman Readers.

Saturday was an occasion of riot
and bloodshed in st. Louis by the
street railway strikers. One of the
rioters was shot dead by q police
man.
1t is estimated that the invest
ment in cattle ranches in the West.
ern States and Territories amount
now to one hundred million dol
lars, where twenty years ago the
amount so invested did not exceed
one million.
The British Bible Society issued
a New Testament at two cents per
copy. In nine months $4,000
were sold.
Of 60 mutinous oonvicts who
made break for liberty near Rusk,
Texas, Sunday, 25 were shot, killed
or wounded, by the guards.
Rev.T. Dewitt Talmage preached
without the doors of John Wesley's
old church, Getty Road Chapel"
while in London, to congregation
Of over 10000.
Smallpox has been making fear-'
full ravages in Montreal, Canada.
The New Orleans Exposition will
reopen ia November, under auspi-
ces which makes its managers
hopeful that the second season will
be financial success. The railroads
of the country have agreed to low
er rates than during last season,
while the exhibits promise to be
fully as large and interesting.
The wife of Montreal policeman
has become insane because her
child took the smallpox. She has
been removed to an asylum.
About one hundred thousand
people have this season died of
cholera in Spain.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
Upshur Teachers on Temperance.

The Upshur County Teachers
Institute passed the following res
olution on Temperance
"Realizing, as we do, the ruin
Gus effects of alcohol on all who use
il, and the widespread suffering
caused thereby, and that the only
way to get rid of the evil of intern
perance is to inculcate into the
minds of the children true temper
ance principles and the necessity
of total abstinence, Therefore,
RESOLVED, That we will teach our
pupils the effects of alcohol and to-
bacco on the human system, and
endeavor to prompt them to abhor
the use of the same and to abstain
therefrom. Also that we request
the Legislature OF West Virginia
to add to the course of study now
prescribed by law for use in the
public schools, a text book GA Hy-
giene, that will teach the effects of
the use of alcohol, tobacco, &c.
We recommend book on Hygi-
enc, and that general use be made
of it.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
DAVIS ISLAND DAM.
Big Day for Pittsburgh and
Ohio River Men.

Last Wednesday was a big day
for Pittsburgh and all the business
interests connected with Ohio Riv-
er improvements.
The occasion was the celebration
of the completion and opening of
the Davis Island dam, the con-
struction of which was begun by
the U. S. Government seven years.
ago, and which cost 100000.
Fifty thousand strangers were
there from abroad to witness the
ceremonies. At II o'clock pro-
cession Of fifty steam boats, gayly
decked with flags and streamers,
left the Monongahela wharf for the
dam, carrying, among other august
bodies, the Ohio River Commission,
Councils of Pittsburgh and Allie
gheny, the Chamber of Commerce
of the petroleum, grain and furni-
ture exchanges,and invited guests,
including members of the State Su-
preme Court and members of the
River and Harbor Committee of
Congress. At the dam, at Davis
Island, five miles below the city,
were speeches, inspection of the
machinery and workings of the
dam, etc. The fleet returned to
the city in the afternoon, and the
ceremonies wound up with grand
display of fireworks at night.
The dam was built to give Pitts
burgh harbor. 1t is expected to
maintain certain stage of water
except during a flood, and on the
first day it has done so. Formerly
there was considerable difficulty in
coal fleets for shipment
on account of the irregularity of
the local stages. This dam will OBJ
viate all such trouble, and enable
coal shippers to carry on a regular
trade. If the Davis Island dam
proves success, it is the intention.
to recommend the construction of
a series of French dams in the
Ohio, numbering 88 in all, at an
estimated cost of $40,000,000.