, 1876-01-01

| 8,0o0 bsrrola on iandt aud II wo had boom con-
J fcious OF Inability to be retzel NO wenldnt ho
| likely to bare had thai much tr,1ck,
| At tia cuhc'uaion Of thu Interview With Mr.
! Dnlicntiuo. tho party
nrrpnHED TO THE OFFICE
! wlsoro Rovonua Agent Drown and Deputy spsinE~
or wore bilai1y engaged In milking MI invontoi ,
! ot tho dis:illory uire2ta. The tso Gnuycrs. Il.
kennseolt, onc.armed ex-soIdIrr. ami 9. h..
Vale, wero prcspnt, M nero Also the twn Seorc-
! kocpesa, Louis Desgor an.l Atn!ph Mueller, their
colnpanion, Jack Harrington, being a}eent.. All
present hsaatcd In tho work of making out Ill
vontotter. and al wcte worry busy talking tho ae-
counts IT rtock belonging to sAsh ltrEe diht!l-
lory. Revenue Agent IIfo"n WAS engaged u,
drafting tho following written nruarr which lo
presented to tho parties named therein, after
WHICH Ll,e ,orckeopers took tno[r uAtts to vfef-
nutky K,lar,i the promises. Tho first otdor MAS
on tho aecruiary, Ms. EaIlenslnct and whs as fol.
lo1a:
Us,rrp arA1ya Ir7rnxA1. nxyKxuE nrrAnEaysr,
Co1LruroHs oFFicE, ftnsT Dts1nlcr. cnicA"o, nce.
3l-'amta II. hd.ntint. E,q.. secrsta,y j!i1os D,s-
", ~ Ets,, az e CIT
No. . ot .le FRA Collection p!s.ris. of Illinois, o.
apparatus ronnectsd Herewith, anil III ssnat prop
essy fomhd In lilo d!siotJ or any building. Fooln.
pss m s sp VII
violation Of tic 1utsrna heyenuo laws of tho United
statce.
AL persons ard warned not 10 vila!e TIM tei.uto un
der the penalties Of TIN law. UnAaLrs L. Dnows.
Uutled States Internal Revenue Agent.
TIE REMAINING onpkfs
wero 10 tho storskceper aud hsH assistant. and
we're ~ fnliowss
us1rEp srA7ks 1NTxasAI nsrRHuE rxrrTx ooI-
Irc1oa's Orr1cE, f1a1r D1ssalor or ltt1Nots, crl.
eaao. De-. al.7:te' Re,y,r. E.y. [.tr.a4 Rsutnss
% rsstpn Il On. % j. 5. wstntes, "s caitctos e', Of
" t' ns { ssT, hsEay rsa r.
as ss,ed,sn under tho seizure 1na'e Vi. 1ay. veFY
respectfully, C,1AnlKs r. naowx,
Internal Revenue Abrut.
UNITED STATES 1srznNAt nrsESrr. bxrurr
coLtxc7oa's Oss1os. Elnar ptsrR,cr 1'.,l-
dirseson II Collector l. .. Webster. You .ro lrroiy
Ac.sgu.tc' custodian, 10 assist se1ekecinr 5gsr
III kepnF charge Of The dlattarrs Of tho Illinois DID
GMAntxa P. BRows. 1ntern", lsevenno Agent,
Wbiip tho work Was going Gu Mr. Da1senttno
remained rather listlcss spectatos nnsil. in
rou,o way or another. tho anb}oct Of thu seizure
WAS casually broached, nul than ho had nothing
to ssy except III regard to ono matter-that Of
HrAstrs.
"Thoy know Thin morning 1t tho ColIecsor'a
ofIlce,' eaid Dir. 1}a!Icntuo. "tiat this gelzuro
was TO bn 1nnde, and YET thcy sold :us as0ol
worth Of stamps. That'B What call id small
business"
Thon ensued sln following dialogues:
air. 1srowu-1 think you arc somewhat rnis-
taken ntou: this. becAuBo Con. Webster kbeT
nothing abous tho intention 10 soizo Until 10
o'clock.
atr. Dallontino-Wcl!, there's snch thing IA
using them aouo othre wny. They took tho
money for ti,oso stamps, when they knew Cd
d-A wnll so coulnt use silom.
Mr. issoan--l guess sonze llts!o nl'ssakon
Apont TINT.
Mr. Na1lcntino -Thore's property enough hero
80 taat thty needn't undertake to plhy that
gamo-taking our money aud locking up our
things in q llttlo too mnch to stand.
Nf. vnil-You hare got to pay 80 much money
anyhow.
hlr. Aallentiuo-Yes, hut they've sold ns these
ntAsup8 And gok our money Tor thrm. Wn
would..s haso paid 9B. 600 fur Stamps il va had
known vo couldn't uAo them.
Mr.. DyoMn-tf you bond out, whkt difference
will that n,kkn7 .
Mr.. bal!entiue-Yos, but 1t taken aomo time to
loud ont, and this thing IL entirely unexpected
to It's OF no wouldn't have lAl ouch ssock on
hand aa Ns have hero.
The CONFORMATION ceased, Apif thcrc WaB y lulI
for faw mtnutos. onch one Of tho hetzora busy
Ing himself NTH his particular work. when At
leuEth tho alaeneo WAS brOkea 0y GauGet ketnt-
colt who tncl,ttoncd tho fact that h uar+lrlver,
esizo tho Illinois Distlllcry, sl!erc Will DO no lT-
ina thi. town for Tom Lynch" Everybody MP
pearcd to understand the a1lusion, and emilio
wsns aronnd tho little circle.
Mr.. Ballautina-l hnppoBa NO don't atop
grinding down hors7
Rtr. q : nj tlou't k,,on as IL makes much
: Gnor,' ':ar'sc going to
roNp OUT,
nnpnoae. Immediately.
1Ir. Eallon.lne-1sut TIM. tales somo tlmp you
know, aud, II boliayo what NIL tho papers say,
1t will take hoap Of money to bond ont too,
according TO what thov say about Patlmau.-
that tll snko noarty eI 00u 900 to bond hin out.
Our Intention IL to hond-at least sllats n,tuo--
II tho ter1ns arc anywhere within reason, l
think this stamp bus!neAB, howesef, waA id
small potatoes. II 1t wan known in ito Office {1af
- T.xk Al.
all boon sharper than we we're. How about EtS
Mr. nrovn7
Mr. Yrawn-1 shall havo 10 tako thom.
Mr. nallentine-You hayo 10 night to take
those books
Mr. i,rown--it tho distilers wcsa only running
should not take them.
klr. nnlicntue-Yes, Int NO arc running.
Mr. Brown--Ouly bY courtesy, though.
Mt. Daf!en.ine--Wcll, shall protest aga!l,at
tbs Collector.
Mr.. nrown-My order doesn't specify about
tha bnohs, but Burposo it IL implied that I
should tako t,e.,+ peyer made seizure yot
Nlr. }alsenstne books don't happen to
bo kept in the safe, hut ITO kept by the 6lore-
koepor.
Mr. Brown-No. hut no wonld bo obliged to
produce thom il they woto cn!lel for. don't
SEQ what objection YOU could have. Of COURSE.
we'll take good caro- OF them.
Mr. ra!lentine--Oh, we'll vo're In tho hands
Of tho Government, and DON'T hnow that din
tlonablo wheshor hs has or not. don't doubt
Gen, Webstcrs authority 10 do It.,
Sir. BroWn-l know l nra oxpectod to bring In
those hooks IN uso now to biz o!hco. lilo dlda't
s.ood, and shal! te consnred IL I don't do It.
Mr.. Ntlleutino--yeu can tako tlnm aud leavo
nn u receipt.
NJ. Nroun-Coslai.s!y, III do that.