Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-11-03
From the Ssar in the West
WORKS OF WHISkEY,

"CRAZY WITH LiouoR y Yesterday af
ternoon German named Martin Leukel
went into the house of a>brother in law
near the Mohawk bridge. and destroyed
nearly all the furniture in the house HI
has been on a spree for several weeks, anG
was so drunk at the time that he scarcely
knew what he did A warrant was issued
for him this morning by Esquire Dannet
ell, aud he was arrested By constable
King. He was so drunk. however. that
the magistrate, instead Of trying him,
committed him to Jail until he got sober
"WHIsKY-Martin Minets drinks lio
uor and abuses his family He whipped
his wife on Monday evening, and last
night raised quite a rumpus with his
neighbors. and destroyed good part OF
his furniture. Arrested last nign, He
was fined sic as punishment His wife
says he is a good man when he leaves
whisky alone"
"DIsTURBING FuSERAI..-Yesterday
afternoon Thomas Men.zer, a Mllcreek
gardener, interrupted a funeral procession
near>the corner of Sixth and Western
Row. He insisted on driving through
the procession with his wagon, and came
near upsetting a carriage He was drunk
Officer O'Meara arrested him. and he was
fined So and costs. Not enough"
''SENr up.-Henry Fisher was pronoun-
ced a drunkard, and poor one at that :
consequently be was condemned as a poor
devil, and sent to the rookery to be fed
on bread and water for twenty days"
"BELLlGERENT.-JamesD Dacey tried to
raise muss in a barber shop, yesterday
He was drunk, and hourished large
dlrk-knIfe, which he came near plunging
into the barber. His conduct was entire
ly unapproved Fined So aud costs"
"WHAT is IN NAME ?-Georgv Wash
ington was before the Police Court this
morning. George is an old negro, and to
the shame of his name be It said. is rude
one, too. George. unlike his namcsake, is a
fighting man, aud last night for want of
something better to do, whaled woman.
Whiskey did this work"
"PREcIoUs YoUTHs Two boys. named
Jefferson Moore and James Mosson, were
arrested for fighting. near the corner OF
Sycamore and Franklin streets, about
O'Clock this morning They had been to
a ball, where Moore drank ardent spirits
Mason accused him of being drunk, hence
the fight"
''RowDYIsM About one O'Clock this
morning, three young men, named Pat'k
Rooney, VIM Mcnamara and Thomas
Waliace, perpetrated high-handed out
rage in the thirteenth ward They went
into Honhouser's bakery and commenced
eating and destroying his pies and cakes
Honheuser demonstrated. when one of the
PARTY struck him over the head with a
colt. They then attempted to escape, but
rested them The blow with the colt in.
flicted quite wound on the head of Mr.
Honhouser. The three prisoners were
fined $40 each and costs"
CAT IT AGAIN-Robt Ewing has been
up once or twice on the charge of abusing
his wife and family The excuse he had
offered, was that he was in liquor, and .on
his earnest promise to do better, he had
been suffered to 90 without punishment =
On this occasion he made the same ex-
cuse; but the court, believing that leni-
ency was thrown away upon him-sent
him as vagrant for ten days"
"OLD FAGRANT.-Mary Ann Cole was
brought up again, on the old charge of
drunkenness and yagrancy, and sent to
Jail for ten days"
"DIsoRDERLr CoNDucr.-Nicholas Ry
der, Michael Healey, Michael Concoran,
VIM Holland, John Hall, Peter Gallag-
her, James Parks, John Duncan, Thomas
Hartshorn and j NJ Hill, were charged
with drunkenness and disorderly conduct
in various portions Of the city. They
were fined from 2 to $40 and costs"
The foregoing was the work of single
day in Cincinnati, as recorded in our po-
lice report, and published in one of our
daiiies week before last Many other
persons were brought up on the same day
on charge of rowdyism, quarreling, disor
derly conduct, etc, etc, etc, OF whom 1t
was not stated in so many words they
were intoxicated; but who, nevertheless,
scere as sober men are seldom disorderly.
Annihilate Intoxicating liquor, Of all des-
criptions, In Cincinnati, and we SHOULD
have but little or no necessity for the
rookery, Jail, and chain-gan apparatus
The above list contains not tithe of the
number who were drunk ard disorderly
on the day referred to. These are mere
ly the street gutter drunkards The more
genteeg class are seldom molested by the
police, and '-their name is legion for they
are many" The question of temperance
is great moral question: 9Yestin
which millions Of innocen
persona
in the