Prohibition Which Prohibits.
The National Temperance Advocate of Jan. 7, 1884, says:— In Johnstown, N. Y., a manufacturing town of 1,600 inhabitants, the Excise Board have refused to grant licenses since May, 1882, and the Law and Order Society report as follows: From May 1, 1882, to Jan. 1, 1883, eight months, 39,520 gallons less of beer were sold than during the same period of the year before under license. The sale of distilled liquors in the same periods were: Under license, 10,200 gallons; No license, 1,160 gallons. During the same time the arrests for drunkenness were: Under license, 17; No license, 3. The town criminal expenses were: Under license, $2,475; No license, $407. Number of places where liquor was openly sold: Under license, 32; No license, 0.