Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-26
THE NEW MICHIGAN LIQUOR


The Legislature of Michigan passed
a prohibtory liquor law last week,
| which provides that all liquors shall be
| considered as Of no value whatever.
Any money paid for intoxicating
liquors can be recovered with cons true
tive damages, by wife, father mother,
child or guardian, at any time. Any
contract made for the payment of liquors
purchased, or any note, mortgage or
other writing given as security fer such
purchase, shall be utterly void against
all persons. The leasor Of the prem
ises where Intoxicating liquor is sold
at retail is held equally responsible
with the Sc Ter, but can recover from
the rum seller. The Circuit Court is
empowered to enjoin any retail dcalor,
to protect the leasor at any time when
a complaint is entered Other portions
of this section describe in detail the
manner Of proceeding, aud who shall
be considered interested parties against
the rum seller. All moneys recovered
go to the complainant. The other sec
ton imposes a hne of $50 for the
first offence, $50 for the second, and
500 for every subsequent oifense;
Imprisonment to follow in every case
if the fine is not paid, and an addition
al Imprisonment of SIX months IN jail
for the third and every subsequent
conviction This is an amendment to
the former law passed some sixteen
years ago. The original act provides
for the sale Of liqurr for medical pur
poses, and those provisions are re-
tainod unchanged. The original law
was a dead letter from the time OF its
passage This law is based upon an
entirely different principle, which may
prove practical upon trial, The pro-
vision is as stringent as could be ex-
pected to prove operative. Remove
the chances profit, and the liquor
traffic will remove itself-Nl. Sentinel
CAPTAIN HALLS ARCTIC ExPEDI
TIoN--Captain Hall, whose expedi
ton to the North Pole was fostered by
the last Congress, is now engaged in
fitting out his ship called the Peir-
winkle at Washington. He expects to
sail during next month. There are at
present about $50 workmen engaged
on the vessel, which is onthe ways, and
they are doing the work in the most
substantial manner. The vessel is
about 400 tons, 1873 feet in length, %
in breadth and 10 in depth of hold,
and will be riggea as a top-sail schoon-
er. There are two thicknesses of 3
inch v hiteoak planking on her, so
arranged as TO secure the greatest
amount of strength The frame is
solid about four feet below the load
liue. The bows will be sheathed with
iron distance of forty feet as fur
Their protection against the ice, and
she has hosting propeller for use in
working through floating ice, it was
originally intended to line her with
cork, but this plan has been abandoned.
Ter engines are building in the stron-
gest possible manner for the rough
service she is intended to undergo.
According to the terms of the Goa
tract made with Strakosch in April
last. just PRIOR to Mile. Missions visit
to this country, she agreed not to sing
in America for fifteen months after the
expiration of her American engage
ment, This clause in contract drawn
in the usual fashion, will be under
stood by all who remember Mr.. Stra-
kosch's promise to bring Adeline Patti
over in the fall of 1871 1t was a
business precaution to have the field
clear. Three months ago Mile. Nils
son expressed desire to remain in
America, and doubtless from that
moment the terms of the agreement
became irksome However, Mr. Stra-
kosch, as soon as he was assured of her
determination to remain here, tele-
graphed to his brother in Paris to
postpone the ratification Of the con
tract with Patti, and be then offered
Mile. Nilsson sixty thousand dollars
for series Of performances covering
sixty nights. This proposal has not
been accepted or rejected and it
is not improbable that Nilsson will
appeo~ in Italian opera here under the
sar management which has SO far
pl ed so successful.
Versailles, A riI 24-Morning.-
The expected general attack on Paris
has not yet commenced. Valericn con-
tinues to cannonade Neuilly, Clichy
and Porte Maillot The army of the
Assembly is being continually rein
forced The rumor that the Prus-
slams have evacuated Fort Charenton
and that it has been occupied by the
Government troops, is officially CON
tradcted. It is reported that in conse
quence Of the difficulties between the
Prusians and the Communists the for
mer, who hold St. Denis, yesterday
stopped at that point all supplies for
Paris from the North The insurgent
batteries continue to reply to the fire Of
Valerien, but the FIRE is feeble and in
effective.
NEW ORLEANS IN DANGER-NEW |
ORLEANS, april 24.-Assistant State
Engineer Hatch, writing yesterday
from the Bonet Carrie crevasse, says it
is now from six hundred to six hun
dred and fifty feet wide, and a vast
volume Of water rushes through with |
a roar like thunder, piIing itself up in
the middle, in the form Of an arch, Of |
which the center is FIVE or six feet |
higher than the sides. The torrent
has cut its channel to the front batture
fifty feet, while steadily, foot by foot,
the great levea crumbles into its boil
ing waters. The closing Of this
crevasse is beyond the range of pos
sibilities, so the next best thing to DO |
is to prevent, if possible, the widening
of the breach. A continuous body of |
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