Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-12-18
The Liquor Trahlic In Augusts.


The ''card' of the City Marshal, published in
the Journal, reminds one of the bear story in
which the would be valiant father of the family
figures at an upper window, cheering his wife on
in her tussle with the bear-"Go il, Hannah
That it Hit him again. | knew we could kill
him" &C. If there arc, as is stated from time 10
time, through the pres, and hy men about town.
thirty or forty liquor nuisances among US. the in
dvdda vino should best know their locality, and
be fotemo ST In efforts to eradicate the nuisance
mi .ht be supposed 10 he the City Mar-ha'. Either
the statement, OF individuals. privately and
thr ough the press, are a foal SANDER on oui c'v
OF The Maisbals card is challenge to the know
ins ones to come forward and be used as a cat,
paw among the burning Goals. That any one,
even an officer, should "liuget trembling on the
blink" OF an inirencfed rower l. presented by
thirty or forty strougholds Of wAiskey, is hv no
m,au. snrpiis NJ, but that an unclodentialed cit
izen should assume the duties of CITY Marsh. l.
would he more SO. The morstet rum, has, It
wonl seem, a most foru liable tentatle spre ID
forth here in our city, and to uproot and cru.h
that tentarle. 1siant and resolutc measures are
demanded from every ryecu've officer A police
officer stationed night and day AT the door nf
/ ~ euspeC'ed place ,-vigilant watch,-arrest
and imprisonment Of every Offender; such and
similar mS asutes would have The God sneed of
every fiesd of temperance in the community.
The temper army, gathering from near
and from FAR" have Thus far been powerle,s to
bsdish the great national destroyer, Rum, from
our midst, in that it is exclusively Of
i "privates;' the largest army of "privates' ever
known.
Meanwhile the monster is still amoug US
Temperance meetings have not killed him. Even
the wavin. in his face Of silken banners bearing
the motto, Death TO the Tyrsnt," has not
I abridged his "rations" single dav.
Is there individual among us willing to take
the peneral,hp If the Temperance army in a
hand to hand conflict with the monster' None
such has vet been discovered yet such leader is
the pressing need ofthe hour PEDESTRIAN.
Sup. rior Court-Judg- vhitehouse.
TUESDAY December l7th.
! No. ll3. Charles Emery VS.. John Emery. E.
w. Whehouse for p'f Blake for deft. Rerle
vim fer wagon valued at 800 50. The ptf. claims
the wagon by purchase from the deft. and deliv-
erv. He saws that deft's wife was present at the
sale and asseatei to it. In defence, in addition
/ to the general denial, the deft. SAYS the wagon
WAS not his property, but the property of Cor
della Emery his wife. The verdict was for the
! def.
No. Isl. Alexander Grant We. Alfre Pro and
| Amon Aroute. Action on account annexed the
principal item being 800 for money lent ad-
3
sculptors and work at the IIsllowell quarry They
are foreigners; the pf. Scotch, the defts. Spanish
+ The ptf. took Job of work in Rutand. Vt, to
cut statue. At his invitation the defts went
| there and went to work on the figure. After
/ working n while thev wanted money to paw their
board, and the ptf. furnished it. Soon after TIE
ptf turned over the job to them and retired. They
to look to the contractor for their paw, in
fact to stand in all respects in the pf's place in
regard to the lob. The action is brought to re.
cover hack the money so pa' Trial unfinished
: Thursday afternoon an assignment will be made
of cases to be tried by the court after the dsposi
tion of the jury list
A Returning Board In Augusta.
Mr.. Editor:-- As regards the late walk inc
match and the many opinions expressed as to who
the match, it is all set ted and by fair nves-
O tigation of the matter it W i'll be that the
awarders of the purse, the "Reiurning Board"
mean, are all of different political creed from the
rightfnl winner. Mr. Tavlor and they had to con
snlt shy ster lawyer, who has -four little small law
books and bg, big secretary.
/ JAMES FLANDERS