The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-29
LETTER FROM CLEVELAND.
NuABRR FIVE.

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A case of considerable interest was tried in
our Court of Common Pleas last Monday. A
wife brings an action against a saloon proprie-
tor, to recover damages caused by the selling of
int t)xicatir drinks to her husband, this being
the first under the law which was passed April
18th, 1870, by our lie gslature. This law provides
that every husband, wife, etc. who shall be in
jured in person or property, or means of sup
port, By any intoxicated person. shall have a
right of action in his or her name, against any
person or persons. who by selling or CIV
ing intoxicatirg g liquors, shall have caused the
intoxication in whole or in part of such person
or persons. The defence made a strong effort
but the jury brought in a verdict of S500,OO
damages.
Another case in which the science of photo
graphy, was used as powerful auxiliary on
| part of plaintiff. was one in which mechanic
brings suit to recover 500, which he claimed
was due him for work done. The defendant an
swers by claiming that the sum demanded was
all paid, and in proof of which, brings into
Court two receipts of 500 each, the plaintiff re-
plies. claiming that one of the receipts is for
| gerry. The plaintiffs attorneys have taken the
pre- lution of getting the receipts photographed,
the negatives are brought into Court, one is
placed over the other, and it is discovered that
1 the letters of one correspond exactly with the
same letters of the other, in height, size the
space between, and the length of each, line the
same showing conclusively that the genuine
receipt was placed up to the light. over which
the forged one was traced on a sheet of paper,
as it would be among the impossibilities for aper
son to produce u receipt which would CORES
pond to another SO perfectly, in any other way.
The defence did not want to have the case ar
gued but withdrew juror and agreed to set
tie by paying all that was claimed by the petit
| toner. r.,.- b
Last Sabbath evening about nine O'Clock, the
alarm OF fire was sounded and in few minutes
the sky was illuminated by the burning of a
large two-story planning mill with three or four
surrounding buildings. We were not long in
fnding ourselves near the scene of fire. There
was a large crowd of people, over thousand,
among which were a number ofladies, who had
collected to witness the fire. There were seven
steam fire engines, with their quick, rumbling,
jarring sounds throwing eight powerful streams
of water into the burning buildings. while on
the surrounding wooden buildings were seen
men with buckets of water, endeavoring TO save
their houses while the sparks fell in showers
around them. Their efforts would have been
4 unavailing had it not been for the aid given
them by few of the hremen who turned a
stream of water from the hose upon the build
ings, deluging not only the buildings but those
| who were upon them. In less than an hour the
| fire was subdued. The damages are estimated
from SIT OOc to $4,000. 5.i -EETJJ
Cleveland is blessed with music, professional
| music, from early morn until late at night. The
| auditory nerve is kept in one harmonious vibra-
| ton, to the celestial music produced by the me-
lodious hand-organ. Who the inventor of that
machinc was We never have taken the pains to
learn, but we can wish worse fate than to be
obliged to listen to the music for one short hour,
that may be ground out from all the band-or-
| gans that ever existed
About half mile from one of the docks is a
boat anchored and every morning between the
hours of five and eight may be seen in that boat
from six to twelve young men. AS the reader
may wonder what they are doing we will tell
them that they are fishing. 1t is a capital place
to fish, SO nice to get up at five O'Clock and
breath the fresh air, and try ones luck in that
| boat. So we were told, and we were foolish
enough to try it one morning early when the
| lake was not quite as smooth as it might be-
| We went out to that boat feeling very good; we
came back feeling very bad. One gent OF the
company insisted that was sea sick Perhaps
| was and wondered if any other one of the
company felt as did was not left long in sus-
! pense, however, for this said same gent soon
leaned over over the side of the boat rolled his
eyes, opened his mouth, run out his tongue,
heaved his chest, and-fnally Strengthening up,
remarked if we could all do the same. we would
| feel better. We have not any of been a fish
ing ON Lake Erie since. JENKINS.
| June 14;h, 1871. 500 iEs sVa- u .I1 o