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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07
Friday, Sept. z, lSSs.
The Saloon Again on Top.

Relying on the decision of the Supreme
Court in case of Bowman vs. the G. and N
w. r. r. which ruled that liquor bought In
another state and tipped TO parties ordering
the same could be sold by those parties in
unbroken packages, and the prohibatory OF
''local option" laws ofany town, county OF
state could not prevent such sale, such laws
being in contravention of the law of Con-
gress regulating interstate commerce. On
the strength of this decision the J. j. Doug
las Co. of Louisville, KY, whiskey dealers,
have issued circular to their old customers
in Kansas, informing them that the Com
pany shave therefore put up for sale whis-
keys in quart bottles, packing each bottle in a
separate bon numbered for ueyitieation and idcn-
LITIGATION, tkus making each qucrt bottle Il sep
arate package and giving you the right to
sell quart of whiskey to any one; by SELL
ing box aud contents to any one in its orig
inal shape as purchased from u.s."
Attached to the circular are the opinions
of Kentucky and Atchison, Kas., lawyers
verifying the correctness of the contents of
the circular. The circular further states
s.the highest tribunal of this country having
boldly laid down the law and defined that
this is free land" ETC., ETC., 1--WE now de-
sire to open up again our trade in your state
(Kansas) in accordance with this decision
of the Supreme Court"
If this view of the situation is correct
and there appears to be little if any doubt
about it, the state and county prohibition
laws-even of Kansas and Iowa, are scarce
ly worth the paper they are printed on.
The liquor dealers will pack their whiskey
in pint and quart bottles rnd in these pack
ages the saloon keeper can sell them any
where without license, except the govern
ment license, and if interfered with will
have the U. S. marshall at his back, to drive
constables and sheriff frem his premises.
and place his foot on the neck Of the circuit
court. Nothing short of special act of
Congress, investing the states with power to
enforce their prohibition laws, will enable
them to again shut up the "original pack
age" saloons, which may be looked for on
every hand. 1t need not surprise any per
son to see an open saloon in every town in
Cecil tounty before next Christmas.
No law of Congress can be got to remedy
this evil while the liquor power has its hand
~, hotl, h-aroboc re tho pat;npal 1eu;S1afura
as ii now has. Is there no necessity for
national prohibition, friends? What think
you of 'local option" card house, in front
of this saloon rifled cannon?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07

Pay promptly, if can, says an
exchange.Money is scarce; time tight
pay what you can; put the money in
circulation; part of it may come
back to you; every cent started
around to pay debts helps the COM
munity in which you live; it eases
things up; everybody who can
should pay all debts, no matter how
small. promptly, and financial stress
of many people will he relieved.
Try it. At the MIDLAND office is a
good place to start,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07
Blaine Gives the Prohibitionists 6
Whack.

Mr.. Blaine made speech last Tuesday
at Pennington, Me-, and paid his respects
to the Prohibition party. He said:
"Maine for the last thirty -seyen years has
been under prohibitory law. l think the
state has derive d great advantage from ii.
| think the state is far richer and far better,
that Franklin county is far richer and bet
ter. But we have party now coming and
telling us in effect that Maine had better
not pay any attention to prohibition until
we can organize national party, and W e
can suspend temperance in Maine practical
ly till we convert Texas and Alabama.
That is precisely what this national Prohi-
hilton parry MEANS"
AS commentary on the above showing
what sincere State of Maine prohibitionist
Mr.. Blaine is we publish the following in
tervieW of correspondent of the Voice
with Boston liquor dealers. Bangor is Mr..
Blaine's resident city.
OFFICERS WHOSE HANDS ARE ALWAYS BE-
HIND THEM' FOR A BRIDE.
next called on the firm of Deyereux g.
Meserye &c. J. Deyereux aud J. H. Mes
erve) of 62 Broad street, wholesalers Mr..
Meserve said he had just come from Ban
gor, Kennebec and Penobscot. He said:
Liquor is sold openly in these towns in
places like the saloons in Boston. The au-
thorities don't try TO enforce the law.
Liquor comes into Bangor on the boats, and
is carted in trucks up the streets with MOTH
ing but canvass over the barrels. There
seems to be a mutual understanding in Ban
gor between the authorities and the liquor
dealers, that if the saloons are closed by 10
o'clock at night and left closed on Sundays
they are not to be disturbed. All the whole.
salers here ship liquors up to Maine, and
they keep drummers there all the time. If
this Kansas decision holds good it will
break 'em all up in Prohibition States.
There are $50 licensed places-places,
mean, paying the United States liquor tax
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07
If Sufferers from Con
sumption

Coughs and Colds will try Puritan
Cough and Consumption Cure, they
will find quick relief and permanent
benefit the medical profession declare
it remedy of the highest value. Try
it, price Zoe.
A large proportion of the diseases
which cause human suffering. result
from arrangement of the Stomach,
Bowels and Liver DR.. Lees Liver Reg.
ulator removes all these troubles. Trial
bottles free at Gurdon G.. SilPs drug
store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07

If the gross receipts of corporations
were taxed what they would easily
bear, nearly all the taxes for the ex-
penses of government could be raised
in that way and the laboring class
would not show as much selfishness
as the monopolists either.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07
W. NJ. Singerly of the Elkton pull

W. NJ. Singerly of the Elkton pulp
works has taken the stump for Cleve
land-he always was a democrat
however-and is not convert. He
spoke in Philadelphia last Saturday
night and told his audience that be
had 100000 invested in wooden
mills which mills were mostly idle
on account of the high tariff on wool
and other raw material used in the
manufacture of wooden goods. His
speech was three minutes long. A
model in shortness any way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07

The intense interest in the wages of
laboring men by politicians will all
cease on the 9th of November at six
O'Clock p. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07

Presidential furry is over the party that
commands the intelligent, thinking and
progressive vote will have to talk of some
thing less thread-bare than tariff and wages.
The liquor traffic takes more money out of
the pockets of laboring men, ten times over
than any Tariff law will ever put in.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07

If laboring men studied their in
terest as intently as the money-bags
they would tax the incomes of the
latter to pay much larger portion
Of the taxes than the nabobs now
pay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07

Elections were held in Vermont and
Arkansas on Tuesday last. The Republi-
cans carry VT. by 81 900 majority, the Pro-
hibitionists make gains on former elections
and the Democrats carry Arkansas by 49,
900. All three happy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07

u No time for odUertis- -pa
~ ing this week. Goods-@a
10 arriving doily;; uery-ss
u busy putting them in 0a
70 position, and prepar- -sa
ing for the coming rush.
e. r. BURLINGTON.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-07

~SFIEssM LOG CABINS have be-
~ A come thing of the past
HSNAM%A From them have come
skRGZlW great generals, states
We. ~ men, lawyers and divines
skss equals in every way Of
those who were born in
the purple of European courts. No
better remedy for purifying the blood
was ever made than Warmers Log
Cabin Sarsaparilla. Try Warmers
"Tippecanoe" to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
Railroad Accident.

CHEYENNE. W. T., May Sl.---A collision
occurred on the Cheyenne and Northern
branch of the Union Pacific railroad near
Bordeaux, yesterday, between work train
and passenger engine which resulted in the
death of passenger Conductor Nader, Fire.
man Fem and Brakeman May field and the
probable fatal injury of Engineers Brooks
aud Mafsden and the serious injury of four
other employees A washout north of Dor
deaux occasioned the sending out ofthe work
train. Ga the arrival OF the north bound
passenger train at Bordeaux The conductor
was ordered to leave bis train and run with
an empty engine to the scene of the wash
out to learn whether the passenger train
could pass over or not. While making this
run, q collision occurred with the work train
which had completed repairs and was re-.
turning to Bordeaux at full speed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31

REMARKABLE STATEMGNT.--lt has al
ready been stated that judge Turner, of tho
Circuit Court of Clarke county, has granted
q new trail to Josiah Il Locke, convicted of
killing VIM. r. Jenkins. The Clarke Coz.
rier, in noticing the affair, says: I'm sup
port Of The application for new trial coun-
sci for the prisoner introduced Geo. w. Lee,
one of the jurors who convicted Locke, and
he made most remarkable statement for q
person who had been chosen as juror.
He declared that during the recent trial
of Locke be fixed his eyes upon the
younger Locke aud Gerlie Znmbro, the lat
ter child witness for the Commonwealth.
ami daughter Of Mrs. jenkins by her first mar
riage and that whilst watching them he SAW an
angel hit from ono to the other. and he then
solved the situation by coming to the col C usion
that young Locke was in love with G.rtie, and
thst Jenkins was jealous of him; that he was not
willing to render verdict the evening tho
case was given to tho jury, but during the night
he had made up his mind that Locke was guilty
and In the morning when he woke up y spirit
seemed to say to him, Justified, justified, iusti
fed He al stated that during the trial spirit
was whispering to him, Mercy mercy
"Dr Harrison testified that one of the jurors
Mr. Dcks-had declared in store in his neigh
borhood, before he summoned To act as a
Juror that the action of uror in not agreeing to
convict Locke at the February trial was ads
grace; that if bidcnour deserved hanging SO did
Locke Dicks, when put upon the witness stand,
said he had no recollection of making such de-
caratious and denied part of what was reported
IS having been uttered by him..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
HOUSE.
Bicycle Race.

CHICAGO, May 31.-Competent authori'
lies declare that the amateur bicycle race
from this city to Pullman yesterday was
the finest road race for bicycles ever run in
this country. The seventy one starters were
handicapped according to their records.
When the last man had been started from
Van Buren, street, he judges, time keepers
aud spectators took q suburban train for
Pullman. The officers of the day were rath-
er confused upon reaching their destination
to find that the leaders Of the wheelsmen
were there before them. Fortunately sew.
eral well known bicyclists had gone down
on an earlier train and timed the arrivals.
Arthur Lumsden, who rode light 81 inch
wheel, was the first TO arrive and won the
race. He started with II minutes handicap
and did the distance, corrected time, liz 81
minutes and AZ seconds. The distance is IA
and seven tenths miles. The winner wss
closely followed by several others. Van
SICKLE, the only scratch man, arrived in SO
minutes 25 seconds. II. R. Winship the
winner of last years race. who was handi
capped two minutes and 80 seconds, made
the best time of yesterdays run-53 minutes
and 20 seconds-beating last years record
by nine minutes and thirty five seconds
W. A. Rhodes, Boston professional, who
rcde to beat the best time, arrived in 81
minutes and 50 seconds. Nineteen of the
contestants besides Lumsden get prizes con
ssting of sporting goods of different kinds.
Winshp, for making the best time, will be
given valuable gold medal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
A DISTRESSING DEATH.-A delicious sour

A DISTRESSING DEATH.-A delicious sour
ball caused the death of thirteen-year old
girl in Philadelphia under the following Cir
cuulstances:- Clara Noble, living on Warren
street, pretty and bright child. was kept
home from school last week because she had
a sore throat. GA Saturday che desired
"sour ball." piece Of confectionery like
big marble, sold for penny in all candy
stores, which child delights TO suck By the
hour, for it is too bard to be chewed. Caras
aving was gra.ifed and she was enjoying
the ball to Der hearts content for liz sour
juice somewhat relieved her throat trouble,
when some one asked her question. and 10
attempting to answer the sour ball slipped
from her control and into her windpipe. Her
mother, who came to her assistance, could
do nothing, 50 physicians were summoned
AID q consultation held. The three physi.
clans worked together, and by simple
method finally succeeded in dislodging the
sour ball; but poor little Clara was then
dead. The sour bail had suffocated her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
Affairs I'm I1aIy.

ROME, May 81. In the Chamber of Depu
ties yesterday Signor Nicotera made mo-
ton that The government adequately fortify
the maritime towns of Italy. He declared
that Naples, Legholn. Messina and Salerno
were defepceless Gen. Viale, minister of
war, said that the problem of maritime de
fence had been studied by competent men,
and the necessity had been recognized OF
limiting defensive works to the most i'm
poraut points, while increasing the navy.
The greater part Of these works had been
executed. The government, he added,
would accept the motion only as recon-
mendatiou. The motion, thus modified, was
approved.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

John Hartman, successful farmer resi-
ding rear Winchester, died Sunday, aged 50
years.
John Seymour died suddenly Tuesday in
WarreEtoD. He served in he l7:h Virginia
Confederate Infantry.
DR.. Mann P. Nelson. orc of the lest
known citizens of Jefferson county, died a
few days ago, aged SIS years.
Mr.. james v Weir, we'll known citizen
of Warren county, who lived near the Clark Q
line, died at his residence on Monday morn
ing.
Thos. P. Bagby, as attorney for the own
ers, bas sold the Grove Hotel" property, at
West Point for 81 800. Morgan Treat was
the purchaser.
The residence of ]. NJ Cobb, near White
Post Clarke county, was destroyed by fire
on Tuesday with ali the furniture and other
household effects.
Three Pennsylvania horse and cattle buy
ers have been in Clarke county during the
last ten days They have shipped two car
loads from Boyce station during that time.
Mrs. Charlotte o. Leftwich, formerly OF
Bedford county, died in Danville yesterday,
in the eighty seventh year of her age. Maj.
VIM. d. Bethel, very wealthy man, died
in the same place yesterday afternoon, aged
more than ninety.
Anxiety ia felt regarding affairs at Poca-
hontas, mining town on the Norfolk ard
Western Railroad. The Pocahontas Coal
Mining Company has teegraphed TO Lynch
burg for Winchester rifles. IL is thought
another riot is going on.
An infant about two weeks old died from
the feet Of spider bite in Richmond yes
terday after few days of great pain. The
spider is supposed 10 have c:awled down
from The ceiling. The baby made DO cry,
AMI the mother knew nothing of it.
Chairman jones' of the republican nation
al convention, at Roanoke, has acknow!-
edged receipt of he credentials of the Ma
hone delegation TO Chicago, Lut there is
! nothing in his letter to indicate which of the
Vreinia delegations he will recogniz, as
] regular.
! A shooting nf1air near Norfolk yesterday
resulted in the death of Henry Boon, colo'-
ed, at The bsnds Of w. r. Luke, clerk in q
store. Boon came 10 the store drunk and
assaulted Luke. Both men drew pistols and
discharged them simultaneously. Luke was
uuhurt, and Boon was shot through the
bowels and died within an hour. Luke was
arrested.
Henry L. Jones, VINO shot and killed
Walter Sadler. in Isle of Wight county some
months ago. is on trial in Surry county
Jones was tried in Isle of Wight apd con-
victeti of murder in the first degree, but sue.
ceedtd in obtaining new trial and change
of venue to Surry. The murder was the
outgrowth Of dispute about the stabbing
ola horse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31

INTELLIGENCE OF RATS Rats are usual
y considered noxious animals and little
mercy issbown to them Doub less they were
created for useful purpose-perhups to act
as scavengers and help to remove offensive
objects. When they destroy young ducks
and chickens, or pillage grain in the stables,
it is right to keep them down. AT coun-
try house, where they had become very
troublesome, a barrel was sunk in the ground
behind the stable yard aud half filled with
water. A fiat stick was balanced us swiv-
el over it, and bait put on the end over
the water. Next morning the bait was
gone, but no drowned rat was ia the water.
The coachman pointed out, from the marks
left on the wood, that large rat had sat on
the shore end of the stick while a smaller
rat had in safety removed the bait from the
other end Ooe of the more humane ways
to get rid of rats is to run coal tar into the
holes now and then. The rats are excesd-
ingly particular about their fur coats and
do not erjoy coming in contact with the tar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Henry Willard proposes an expedition to
the South Pole.
John Bright is fatally i'll. He is seventy
seven years old.
The prohibition national convention met
at Indianapolis yesterday.
The trains on the electric railroad between
Ansonia and Derby, in Connecticut, run
fifteen miles ali hour.
The Georgia Peach Crop is now being
marketed The fruit is larger and more
luscious than last season.
The Methodist General Conference select
ed Omaha as the place for the meeting Of
the next General Conference.
The premier Of New ZEALAND has estimat.
ed the revenue Of that colony at G4,0l6000
and expenditure at el06l 900.
Representative Cox, OF New York, has
been cor fined TO his bed for the past three
or four days with slight attack of pneu.
monia, hu! is better.
The Florida democratic convention yes
terdny selected delegates to the st. Louis
convention. Balloting for n nominee for
Governor was begun but no choice reached,
The second Maryland district democratic
cony ention broke he deadlock at Havre de.
Grace yesterday and by the votes Of Har.
ford and Carroll, with one from Cecil nomi
mated Mr.. Herman Stump, OF Hartford coun.
ty, as DR.. Shaw's successor.
1t is announced that Mrs. Edwards Pier
pont, of New York, wife of ex-Minister Pier
pont, is the giver Of the $l25 900 to be used
in erecting the new recitation hall that is to
occupy the site on which for so many years
has stood the famous Yale fence.
The present is the greatest watermelon
crop ever known in Georgia. 1t is esii
mated that the counties of Dougherty,
Mitchell ard Lee alone will ship million
melons. The melon crop has come TO be a
very important factor in Georgia agriculture.
The League games for The baseball cham.
pionship played yesterday resulted as fol-
lows: Boston beat Indianapolis both morn
ing and evening New York beat Pittsburg
in the morning and lost the evening game
Detroit beat Philadelphia in the morning
and lost in the evening, and Washington
beat Chicago both morniug md evening
Decoration Day" was generally observ
ed throughout the country In Nav York
large procession was reviewed by the
President At the tomb OF Gen Grant the
Richmond Gfays fred three voleys Spe-
cal exercises were held at the graves of
Meade, Hancock and Mcclellan. At Ar.
lington there was procession and orations,
with the decoration Of the graves, and SINH
lar exercises took place at Gettysburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
The Methodisf Conference.

New York, May 3l.-Bishop Fitzgerald,
presided for the first time at to-day's session
of the Methodist Episcopal General Confer
ence. When the body was called to order
there we're not more than Is or 20 delegates
10 their places. A large number OF them
have returned to their homes Dr.. J. II.
Baylia, of Cincinnati, conducted the devo-
tional exercises after which DR.. Kynett NOV.
ed that the bishops be requested to appoint
any commissions not already provided for
which was ordered. Chaplain McCabe sug.
gested that the order of devotional exercises
adopted at Yesterdays session be printed in
the Hymnal and Ritual.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
1II.grOunded Fears.

OMAHA, May 31.-Lieut. Stevens, of the
9th cavalry, who was out with troops to re-
connoter among the Indians, telegraphs
from Hat Creek. Wyoming, that there is no
need of troops in that country except to re-.
store confidence among the settlers, some of
whom have LETT the ranches The aide of
Governor Church, of Dakota, now a: DEL
rchs, has ordered 200 stand of arms. A
number of frightened families have gone to
Fort Robinson for protection. There is not
the slightest danger Of any Indian outbreak.
The whole scare was started by q foolish
and frightened settler.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
From Washington.
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexs. GAZETTE.
WASHING TON. D. c., May 81, 1883

Especial Correspondence Of the Alexs. GAZETTE.
WASHING TON. D. c., May 81, 1883
At The caucus of the democrats of the
House that was held last night more chan
ges were made in the Mills bill. But few
members were present, however, and as a
resolution was adopted without division
binding the members to vote in the House
only for such amendments as may be pro
posed by the democratic members of the
ways ard means committee, the anticipated
injurious effects of the proposed changes
may be more imaginary than real. AS an.
ticipated in this correspondence yesterday,
Messrs O'Fe rail-, of Virginia, and Bucka-
lew, of Pennsylvania, prepared an amend
ment making it plain that the bill did not
change the existing duly on coal and iron
Gre. That amendment was offered at the
caucus last night aud adopted. Subsequent.
~, however. Mr.. Fisher, of Michigan, Of
Tered an amendment putting coal on The free
list. Mr.. O'Ferrall had then left the Capt.
tol, but Mr.. Wise, ofthe Richmond district,
immediately rose and stated that if such az
amendment were adopted he doubted if the
bill would be endorsed By either Virginia or
West Virginia A vote was then taken and
tie amendment was defeated by two.,hirds
majority. The North Carolina men,
hers attacked the bill for failing to remove
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-31
Burglary.

WICHITA. Kan, May 3l.-Oae OF the most
successful burelaries ever committed here
took place Tuesday night The residence of
Mrs. Jerome was entered and $40. 600 worth
Of diamonds and other jewelry carried of.
The inmates of the house were chioroformed
and it took the combined efforts of several
physicians TO save the life OF one of Mrs
Jerome'5 children. There is no clue to the
thieves. Mrs. Jerome is the lady who caused
considerable sensation soma weeks ago by
marrying the head waiter in hotel In this
city. She is worth $500, 900.