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Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22

the balloon. AT Allegheny City, Pa,
he had secured two people who we're
willing TO be married in the balloon.
On the day OF ascension the couple to
be married failed to materfalize.
Rather than disappoint the multitude
Young determined to have a mock mar
riage performed. Laura Schwartzel
was travelling with him as his employe,
it being her duty to make ascensionsf for
him. Leading her to the basket, they,
with the magistrate who had been en-
gagged for the occasion, stepped in, and
while floating dreamily in the azure
blue the ceremony was performed. Not
until weeks afterward did IL occur to
Young that il was a genuine marriage.
1t frightened him. He informed Laura.
She was frightened, too. Straightway
he filed a petition in court asking to
have the marriage set aside. She filed
an answe and cross-petition praying
the same. Both claimed that II was a
mock marriage and they have not lived
together since. Evidence establishing
the above statements was heard and
Judge Evans took the case under ad-
visement.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22
Married in Aiid-Air.

Cincinnati Special to the Chicago
Mail: A queer divorce case came up in
Judge Evans room, in which Samuel G.
Young was the plaintiff and Laura
Schwartzel defendant. Young is the
man who made balloon a~scensiOns and
parachute decensions at Coney Island
last summer. In 1884 he was in the
business of giving balloon a~scensions
over the country. La order TO add in
terest 10 these displays il was his GUS
tom TO hunt up some couple in each town
he went TO who were on the verge of
marriage and get them TO DO married in
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22
She Revised the Laws,

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton recently
told a story about the way in which she
began her work of reforming the world.
When she was a girl OF ten or twelve,
she used to see her father, Judge Cady,
administering law from the bench.
She noticed hat the Judge, in laying
down the. az or giving his de-
%cision, always referred to his law
books for guidance. She set to work
and as she thought he could not say
anything but what he found there, she
carefully tore out and burned those
pages that contained principles or de
cisions of which she disapproved. How
could he, while on the bench during q
trial. make application of an ything not
to be seem in the books by which he was
guidedP She discovered n great deal
that was offensive in every law book that
she inspected in his library. Out came
the pages, which she cast into the fire
until the book suited her, and she felt
sure that her father would be compelled
I o confine himself to such law as she
left. She kept On at this work for a
long while, until she was caught at it,;
but by that time a great part OF Judge
Cady's law library had been spoiled in
her efforts to reform the world.
Among the people of to-day, there are
few indeed. who have not heard of the
merits of Prickly Ash Bark and Berries
as a household remedy. Teas and
drinks have been made of them for
centuries. and in hundreds of families
have formed the sole reliance in rheu-
matte and kidney diseases. Prickly
Ash Bitters 10Y take the place of the
old system and is more beneficial in all
troubles of this nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22
OF THE ALTAR.

Dack and I-They Died for Unre-
quieted Love.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22
Died for Unrequited Love.

Leavenworth, Kan, Special: A
tightly corked bottle was found in the
Missouri river, this morning, near the
sugar works, which enclosed the follow
ing message. II am about to make a
fatal jump. Iregret my course, but it
is all caused by love. The object is Miss
Belle Howard, of Lawrence. / have
been night operator at Lawrence for the
past six months. The finder will please
publish this in all the papers so hat my
family may know where | am. r. H.
Drummond." No other evidence has
como to light to show whether Drum
mond kept his promise or not.
DETROIT, April 10.-George Shear 4,
a farmer living about fourteen miles
back of Harrison, went to Gladurn re-
Gently to get married, but when he re-
turned he despairingly asserted that
the girl he sought had married another
man, and all he got was her best wishes
and n chunk of indigestible wedding
cake. He put the cake away in a trunk,
and Sunday he went out and hanged
himself. He was thirty years old, and
had a good farm and money in bank.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22

CLAIMED BY SEVENTEEN WOMEN
How He Won n Widow-Marriage in
Venzueia-An old Mans Darling
Ruined by His wife-A
Wedding in Mid-air.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22
An old MANS Darling.

Memphis, Tenn, Special to the New
York: Three weeks ago Andrew j.
Smith. of Byhalia, Miss, thirty miles
from here, was married to Mrs. Bur-
ford. He was seventy-four, she twenty
four. He has two married daughters
living in this city, she another husband.
Mrs. Burford is q pretty brunette. She
was married at seventeen to John Bur-
ford, a worthless drunkard who deserted
her within a year. She returned to her
parents, Shortly after the death of Mr..
Smiths wife Mrs. Burford visited her
brother, who lives lear Mr.. Smith. The
latter fell in love with her, and they
were married very secretly at Bolivar,
Then. A week later Mr., Smiths daugh-
ters heard of the marriage, by which
they were cut out of their fathers for
tune. They investigated Mrs. Burford's
past life, and finding that she had never
been divorced from Burford, went to
Byhalia and had her arrested for big
amy. The father engaged counsel to
hefend his wife, and sent her to Arkan-
bas TO sue for a divorce from Burford.
Smith VOWS that he will again marry
her and leave her all his property.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22
He Got the Widow.

Atlanta [Ga.) special: Lafayette, the
county seat of Walker county, has been
under martial law for several days. The
affair grew out OF the marriage of u
colored couple. Mrs. Bailey was the
widow of n colored man who had left
some property. w. j. Johnston, a
contractor, sought possession of both
widow and property, to which her sons.
JEFF and Lee, objected. The groom
swore out a peace warrant against the
sons and a possession warrant for the
widow. The sons were heavily armed,
however, and resisted arrest. The
mayor called out the citizens and it was
only on the appearance of these i'm
posing forces hat the sons surrendered
and Johnson had u chance to change
the widows name.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22
Seventeen Women Claim Him.

A Detroit special to the New York Her
aid recites the following remarkable
story: Detectives claim to have informa-
tion that no less han seventeen women
claim n man named Brown as husband,
but they are as yet unable to lay their
hands on him and confront him with
the numerous Mrs. Brown. His latest
victim is an intelligent German girl
named Annie Winter, twenty years old,
and until just before her marriage was
"a cook at No. 4S4 Woodward avenue.
She says that she saw an advertisement
in one of the English papers here for
q housekeeper and sent an answer to
the address given. Four weeks ago the
man Brown called at the house to see
her. He told her his wife and
family were dead and engaged her.
He promised Miss Winter So q week
and every comfort to become his house.
keeper. Next day he wrote her that he
was terribly struck with her; that out of
the twenty-five applications he had re-
ceived he liked her best, and asked her
to marry him. The deluded girl wrote
him that she would do so if he con-
WINGED her she could trust him. He
answered that he would always love
her, ETC., and the following Saturday
evening, when he asked her her in per-
son to marry him, she accepted: 81 con
sented," said she to-day, because he
seemed to me to be such a good man."
A week later they were married, and
last Monday he deserted her. He Dor
rowed $500 of her small savings and
stole all her jewelry when he left.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-22
Marriage in Venezuela.

Says q Venezuela correspondent: SIN
the far intericr there are no churches
of any kind, and it is only at intervals
Of many months, ever of years some-
times, that priests can visit these dis
tant villages to baptize and marry, and
hence results u curious state of things
ms far as marriage is concerned. Men
and women are accustomed to live
strict honor and faith until the priest
does come t o marry them. Then both
church and state legalize the union and
all children resulting, and no one finds
fault. l saw one man in Caracas whose
wife had borne him sixteen children lin
succession before he married her. Then
the opportunity came ana they are
looked upon as being entirely en- regle."
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-15

Our mission among the nations Of the earth
and our success In accomplishing good has
given the American people the right to re-
qui;c Of those Entrusted with the making and
execution OF our laws perfect devotion above
all things to the public good. This devotion
will lead us to strongly resist all innovation
Of constitutional limitations Of federal power
and to persistently check the increasing ten
dency 10 extend the scope OF federal legisla-
tion into the domain OF state and local juris-
diction Upon the plea of subscribing the pub
lie welfare. The, preservation OF the par
titions between proper subjects of federal and
ance under the constitution, which
is the law of our very existence,
tina no consideration Of expediency or
sentiment should tempt us to enter upon
doubtful ground. We have undertaken to
discover and proclaim the richest blessings OF
a free government, with the constitution as
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
Our West Virginia Dailes

| We call special attention Of or
readers to the prospectu ses IF o our
West Virginia Dailies. ouf
We present you a variety Az Il.
you may not 60 amiss. "'
The Wheeling Imtellioenc.r ord
REGISTER are old and well know
and if you have An interest in Soe..
ing our Mountain State no"
is the time to consult either ~
them. Of course pugnacious p.
publicans and Democrats will w.a.
these leading West Virginia da;las
during this year of political pan.
demonium.
Next in age and vigorous growth
comes our own Parkesburg De;L,
Journal, that has proven Itself
very marvel of push, pluck and
courageous persistence, in Over.
coming the many obstacles comb;n
to prevent the success of a Dailv IN
Parkersburg.
In the face of all former failuras
and fate itself, the Joas'naI pressed
right on, adding column after coI.
umn and pushing to the front until
now it has become fixed aud nsr.
manent fact, Parkersburg sine ana,
non, as well as state institution
And then we have the Charles.
town Star, the coming and grow.
ing Daily OF our Capital City.
Here our readers have four West
Virginia Dailies, two Republican
and two Democratic; after Won,
have subscribed and paid for the
FREEMAN, by all means have one.
or more of them, and keep up with,
the West Virginia procession that
is about to spring forward on the,
double-quick.
Yes, and there's the Huntington
Times. This is the latest venture.
and we are glad this ivest CITY Of
the State is determined not to be
left when the big celebration day
comes.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
Keep 1T Out OF Politics.

Keep the saloon out Of politics
and politics out of the saloon. Eli
Their is bad enough whore it is
Draw your political instruction
from higher source, and settle the
liquor question independently.
Estate Gazette.
Those are our sentiments, too,
Bro. Pilchard.- [Ceredo Advance.
All right, Brethren let the poll
ticians keep the saloon out of pol
itics, and Prohibitionists will soon
drive it where politics can never
reach it. The trouble is, the saloon
is already SO intrenched in politics,
that it defes all efforts of good men
in the old parties to drive it thence.
Let it be dislodged from this strong
hold and it's doom is sealed.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
PervePsfty and Presump-
ton.

David D. Johnson has resigned
the craftsmanship OF the Prohibi-
ton party. 1t would not injure
the chances of the amendment if
the whole committee would resign
and go out of the business.
There is not much demand for
a Third party at present. Wayne
Neaos.
David D. johnson hasn't resign
ed the craftsmanship of the Prohi-
bition party, and the Prohibitions
lists will never go out Of business
while the saloon remains in bust
ness.
And our brother may rest assur.
ed they Will not 60 to the press
and politicians of the old parties
for information or advice as to the
demand fo7 "rhird party" In
that matter the deliverance of the
Ne,0s is as presumptWous as its
statement is perverse.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
PrOhibfsfOnists, Attention!

En- view Of the offer made by Har-
rison, harrington & Co., of MINES.
sofa, I am DESTROYS of obtaining,
the first prize for the State of West
Virginia, and although 1 might,
succeed of my own unsided effort,
I want to make sure by enlisting
others in the enterprise. To all
who will aid in this e4fort l make,
the following proposition to give
$4,000 Cash in Premiums for tie
largest lists of su bscribers for the,
". Y. Voice received before March
10Th, 1888, provided that altogether
| shall receive a sufficient number
of names TO secure the first prize
offered by H, G. & Go. Failing tos
secure frot prize--premiums will.
he reduced in proportion to psize.
secured.
On the above conditions I will
give for the largest list of Subserib =.
Iers. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SA !.
For the 2 next best lists $25 ea> 81 J.
" I" 10 10 no 0.
i" I" 20 :" Ga NN.
Total for the 33 best lists. .....S 90.
Although the prizes are moi 80
large as those offered by H. N. & Co.
you stand a much, bstter chaNf 10 of
obtaining one Of them as the com.
petition between the club g'etters
of tAe state will not be 80 gre at as
batween those of the Unitsa States.
One person in every tow can
easily send from ten to twenty
names and this would undo III btedly
secure the FIST prize to. the state
and many prizes to the i'ndividual
club getters. I have sega red twelve
names in day myself and Others
have done better than that.
Names may be sent as taken or
altogether, but must reach me be-
fore Mar. Is, 1888 and be accompan-
led by the full su Inscription price OF
One Dollar each. Remit by regis
tered letter, P. @. Order or U. s.
Draft Temperance men of every
name or party who desire reliable
information in regard TO the cause
all over the world invariably sub
scribe for the Voice.
Sample copies and circulars sent
on application.
GEO. E. FULLER,
1914 Jacob st.
Wheeling, W. Va.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
That Discussion Again.

Last week our readers suffered OF
enjoyed, as the case might be- Judge
Ferguson's terrific fusilade against
the "Third party" and especially
against Mr.. Carskadon. This
FREEMAN brings a reply in which
Mr.. Carskadon wisely refuses to fol-
low the Judges bitter personalities,
but challenges him back to the
real issue. An anti-prohibition
business man, an advertiser in the
FREEMAN and reader of it as we'll
said to US last week. "What do you
fellows mean by publishing such
severe articles against yourselves,
as that by judge Ferguson? Why
he JUST GOES for one of your lead
ing men,"
We replied that the FREEMAN,
like all Prohibitionists, was always
ready tor an open field and fair
fight, and that our columns were
always open and anxious to draw
fire from the enemy's biggest guns.
We little care for the battle smoke
of ridicule and abuse, if under its
cover we can storm the fort with
argument and spike the rum-bat-
teries with everlasting facts.
Mr.. Carskadon efectually spikes
several of the Judges heaviest
guns, in this FREEMAN. We ask
for the letter a careful reading.
See inside page.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
Open to Both Sides.

Rev. Mr.. Ogden replies in this
issue to an a. icle in opposition to
prohibition written by Rev. Mr..
Ultert and published in che West
Virginia Zsitung. The time is not
far distant when the people Of West
Virginia will vote upon the ques-
ton of prohibition and the subject
is therefore consequently growing
in interest each dav. Like every
other important question that is to
be decided by the people, it should
have the fullest possible discussion
and the News LETTERS columns
will always be open to both sides
of the question: Wheeling Neaos
Letter.
That's fair proposition. What
the friends of the Amendment ask
is ''fair play" on the part of the
State Press. With an
open field and fair fight the edvo
Gates of the Right have nothing to
fear. See Rev. Mr.. Dryden's able
letter in last FREEMAN.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
Now Well Have 1t.

We have never heard any one
advocate the saloon in politics it
is an evil wherever it exists, and
it ought to 60. The question is,
how TO deal with it. Clearly, wild
enthusiasts can not do 80 success
fully, neither can theorists who do
nothing but write and agitate. 1t
should be dealt with by moral,
temperance men in a practical
way, not by force in politics.
Eagle Sentinel,
The world has been seeking light
on this puzzling problem for a CEN
fury, and surely, mooo, we'll haze 1t.
The Eagle has thus cast little
shimmering of its reserved light
across the political horizon; now
what we want is the full blaze of
its superior wisdom.
Let US have it; let it come full
and free. What is this practical
way p and what lie "force in poll
tics ?" viii the Eo0le-S Sentinel an
swer?
And by the way, will the Eagle
now answer our oft repeated ques-
ton, Is it for,or against the Amend
ment? We are waiting and long
ing for light.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
A Happy BestOwment.

The FREEMAN is glad to note this
happy bestowment of practical
kindness. We clip from the Eagle
Sentinel:
"The members of Rev. B. B
Evans charge in Preston county.
presented him, few days ago, with
an artificial arm which comes
about as near serving the Office OF
a genuine arm as art could make
it. 1t cost $85 and is 80 construct
ed that it can be bent at any angle
and the hand arranged in such a
manner that a valise or other par
eel can be carried in it with perfect
convenience. The longer Rev.
Evans stays with the people up
there the better .hey like him."
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
Comfort and Grief.

To see how the Grafton Eagle-Ssss-
tanel draws comfort and grief from
the "cFanks," in alternate doses,
take these items clipped from the
same issue.
First take THIS: @Grandon's Ora
phic Prohibition oxgan at CHARLES
ton says:
''0ne of the ma1vels of the age is
to see man get Gown on his, knees
and pray for heaven to bless the
temperance cause and then get w
and vote the Democratic ticket
Eagle Sentinel.
Then take Mis,: There is a reas
enable hope of the Republican,
carrying West Virginia this year
hence Tom Csrskadon, Frank Burt
Ike johnson and other Third party
leaders are determined to run
Third party ticket to raake Demo
cratic success doubly sure.-Eaqle
Sentinel
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
The Business Convention.

The FREEMAN has pressing in
vitation from The Wheeling Cham
Der of Commerce to be present at
the Big Business Convention on
the 29th inst.
The FREEMAN will be there, in
hearty sympafny at least.
What West Virginia wants is less
whisky and beer and more bust
ness. Let the live men of the State
come togther at Wheeling and de-
wise ways and means for spreading
the solid bottom facts of the untold
wealth locked up in West Virginia
hills and valleys, and as this news
goes forth the FREEMAN will
shout abroad the invitation to the
sober, honest brain and muscle Of
the land, Come along come along
Don't fear the saloon; we have al
ready given it orders to vacate, and
it must go. Come in and help us
make our mountains resonant with
the buzz of machinery, aud glaC
with the music of peace and pros
perity,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
The Freeman's Apology,

We owe our readers a double
apology and viii sum up in a word
that delay in getting paper made
the FREEMAN late last week, and
then at the last moment we were
compelled to buy the miserable
stuff on which Last issue was print
ed. We are late again this week
but come in better shape. We
hope soon to have you welcome the
FREEMAN on time and in the best
of trim for the fray.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
The National Platform of 1884.



The d g m ocr a t | G
srty has failed COM
pletely to relieve the
people of the burden
of unnecessary taxa
ton by a wise reduc-
ton of the surplus.
The Repubublican
party pledges itself
to correct the irregn-
larities of the to. fiji
end to reduce the
/ surplus.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

We count the FREEMAN w. G. T.
y. department this week model
in many respects. 1t has meat
and spice, from the wise counsels
OF Miss Willard down to our earn
est, busy local workers. The letters
from various parts of the State are
short, pointed and newsy.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

On first page Prohibition Dem
ocrat, of Lewis county, says many
pointed things in pointed way.
If all Amendment friends in the
two leading parties would take his
advice, a vast amount of now vast
ed ammunition could be utilized.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

If all Democrats and Republicans
were such as speak out in meet
ing on first page, the saloon would
go at once, and not stand on the
order of going. These are party
men who can think and talk OF
something besides "Tariff" and
"Turn the Rascals out"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

Let US stop the folly of trying to
keep our boys out of perdition by a.
high tariff on whisky which the
Devil is only too willing to pay.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15


That change is nee
esary is proved by an
existing surplus of
more than 500, 900, 600
which has yearly
been collected from
a suffering people.
Unnecessary taxation
is unjust taxation.
Tue Democratic par
ty is pledged to revise
the tariff in a spirit OF
fairness TO all ipteres
ted,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

A Richie Republican talks to
the point. We heartily grasp his
warm Prohibition hand and will
march with him in the Amend
nent fight.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

Scatter the truth. Send 81 or
more to w. c. T. U. Headquarters,
Parkersburg, and secure the very
best Amendment argum ents to
scatter in your neighborhood.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

Get up FREEMAN Campaign clubs
81 a year, 80 cts. for 6 mos, 25 cts.
3 mos Will send 10 FREEMANs to
10 addresses month tor 81.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

4LWA vs. IN Urttfn0 us about subscrfp-
IONS, always gtpe 2. o. at a0hteh you receive the
paper. This aofU save as much trouble.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
High License is High Bribery.
THE SALOON MUST GO.

We call special attention of all
W. G. T, U. workers to the appeals
from superintendent, Mrs. Duval,
and Mrs. Swinburn.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15

Cadwallader a. Loomis, the pho
tographers, employ more skilled
artists that all other galleries in
the county combined.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
THE FRY :: VAN.
Parkersbur W. Va.

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