Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-01-05

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t and Petroleums, whose claims t.
e consideration are based only upor
= suddenly-acquired wealth and who
: by reason Of that glittering pos
r session, make fools of themselves
. by putting on airs, and vainly try
TO make people think they are living
+ and acting just as they have always
been accustomed to do. 1t is srati-
, flying once in a while to see man
who has been forgetful of self, and
who has worked with a will for tie
} good Of others get up far higher
Than he would have done had he
spent his time and strength in
"knocking for position"
----sOs---
In Mansfield large number of
suits against liquor sellers, institu-
ted by the wives and children of
those accustomed to patronize such
places, are now pending. Under
existing laws every husband, wife,
child, parent, guardian, employer
or other person who mary be injured
in person, property or means Of
support by any intoxicated person,
or in consequence Of the intoxica-
ton, habitual or otherwise, of any
person, has right of action in his
or her name, severally or jointly,
against any person or persons who
shall, by selling or giving intoxi-
eating liquors, have caused the in
toXication in whole or in part Of
such person or persons. The law
also provides that the owner, lessee
or person or persons renting or
leasing any building or premises,
having knowledge that Intoxicating
liquors sold are to be sold therein
in violation Of the law, or having
lea ed the same for other purposes,
shall knowingly permit intoXica-
ting liquors to be sold in such
building or premises, that have
caused the intoxication in whole or
in pIrt, Of such person or persons,
shall be liable severally or jointly
with the person or persons selling
or giving intoxicating liquors, for
all damas es sustained, as well as
exemplary damages. 1t is further
provided that the unlawful sale of
Intoxicating liquors shall work a
forfeiture of all rights OF the lessee
or tenant in the premises where the
sale took place and that for the pay
ment Of all fines, costs and dana
ges assessed in consequence of such
sale, all the property, both real and
personal, of the yiolator of the
law shall be liable and that such |
fines, costs and damages shall be a
lien uponsuch property until they
are paid.
The enforcement Of this strin-
gent enactment, which is as good a
prohibitorY LAZY as there is any ne,
cessity for, has resulted in closing
up large number Of the saloons
in Mansfield, and to such straits
have the liquor dealers been brought
that as precaution they have pro
vided printed cards which each Gus
toner must present with the sigma
ture Of his wife, ordering all the
whisky he may want and be able to
pay for. A citizen of Mansfield
who saw one of these cards is our
informant. 1t is doubtful, howev-
er, whether even this precaution
will exempt the vendor of liquors
from the consequences Of an illegal
sale
All that is needed to suppress
the traffic is to enforce the existing
laws against it. In no State of the
Union are the laws more severe up,
on it than they are in Ohio, and if
the same energy was exerted in
their enforcement which has been
expended in political temperance
movements, the traffic could he ut
terly eXterminated We would now
like to see the temperance zeal mani
Tested during the last political cam |
paign exerted to some purpose,
after the manner of our Mansfield
We hope the temper
ance cause may not suffer merely
because there are no political con
ventions lobe held or honors to be
distributed Let the champions
buckle I'll their armor and push
forward the battle. -Delatcare Ga
yette O