The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-14


course. s"s had '1 p.sd 'D nspscoa
Delaney dssin.y fhsy were a' sunk With weights ana
had evidently been put there 70 avoid Dissection and 70
be nshsd up when they could be tr.nsporsd 70 some
other point Delaneys distley was seized Dy Inc gov
egnment and Is being connscated. .U a sfl
SEIZURE At PEORIA. 81 -
Dunn, Fuller l. Co., of the above place, manufactured
on any Of them, They were short on the "a. h:
turned between two and three hundred thousand dollars
Their wnes' were found seoretsd in coal pits on me
walled up, and the wines were embedded in coal
and earth inside. About four hundred and twenty
SEIZED and proceedings commenced against the parties
The tax had not been paid on those wines II Is said
that the defendants in this not in the state but
travelling somewhere for the benefit Of the health OF
members Of their families
DUBUQUE CASES.
Two great Dubuque Of fraud against the govern
ment are those OF Woodwork Co. and Jaeger 4 Co.
One Of these dstIeres is sad to be valued at the are
some Of 100000 All Its machinery, dxtures &C, are
case in Dubuque was ha. Of Rbombers in Which the de-
lnquent tax amounted TO over $3.50 Property was
seized to the amount OF from one hundred 70 one hun
dred and Hfty thousand dollars. portion OF these
wines seized In this city and Buffalo, and were then
in the hands Of sugs Sons Of this city, who had made
advances on them. 1f s
SILVER CREEP, NEAR FREEPoRT.
At Silver Creek, Freepor in this State, seizures
made in the Of Conrad Fry and Others The
seizures were not to large amount The parties were
also held in Chicago.
CASE AT DECATUR.
In this case the dlstillery Of Priest was >d1ed in
June last The charge Was general fraud against the
ties
r CASE At PEKIN.
In snu cuye I'VE hundred and Atty barren q "wines"
were seized for the payment of dutes The party
was Mr. Rupert, who owns dstillery there
49, INDIANA. t
In this state an important seizure was that AZ the DIS
n Some
the "wines manufactured by this 6rm also found
to be In the hands Of innocent parties 10 this CITY,
ALL REPRESENTED IN CHICAGO.
In fact In the seizures made In the city OF Chicago
almost every dstlley throughout the country Is repre-
sented Ll
sr. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
At the above place fraud has lately been discovered
in the case Of the arm OF dstlers known as that OF
Joseph, Josephine Gerhard Bensberg. The delin.
quent tax In this case amounts 10 ten thousand dollars
SEIZURE IN OHIO.
The has also us seized the distillery OF
Mr. Espy OF Northern Ohio for nm alleged violation OF
the Revenue law The question III dispute lie somewhat
Rhomberg tDubuquel Wines. Tho matter is now under
consideration before Secretary hcCuoch al Washington.
Mr. Espy Is represented BY counsel there This case IN
wolves several hundred thousand dollars
SMALL STILLS IN VARIOUS PLACES.
In various places throughout the State
small dseres have BEEN and no doubt are now being,
great and The profits large that there will be SNUG
Cling Of this kindf not by the large concerns at least
Dy the smaller Tnero are thousands OF places IN the
State where the manufacture be carried In this
way almost with mpunty and thus the cross road gro
ceries than likely great extent sup
piled with spirits from this source. In many instances
private parties manufacture this Illicit su6 which, Of
course Is Of Q miserable quality and poisonous In It's
effects
In many small stills have been found in corners
Of lager beer breweres where whiskey s manufactured
ostensbly for home consumption the parties contendng
tnat tney uaVe Hsnt 70 where 10 not
SELL
BEER FRAUDS.
In this city most Of the seizures have been for frauds
In brewing beer Such was the case Of John 4. Huck
Co., in the North division Of the city. This hrm IL
charged with fraud In the Of the quantity Of beer
brewed by them. About seventyfve thousand dollars
worth Of property seized by the government. The
alleged penalties amount TO twenty five thousand dollars
The case has not yet been disposed Of
In the case Of the brewery Of L. Eel Co., La Sale,
twenty thousand dollars worth Of property seized
In the Of the brewery Of Jacob Schieswohl, Of
Lake View, one hundred barrels Of beer were seized
In the case Of the brewery OF Simon Eichenscher Of
this city Chicago ten barrels Of beer and fixtures Of
brewery we're seized
In the instance Of the brewery Of Philip Behrend, st
Peru, barrels Of beer and brewery fixtures
| were seized
In the case Of A. g. H. Mueller Co., OF Lyons, ~