The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-03-13
LTONOR NEIIING

LIQUOR SELLING.
BY reference to the Court report else
where given it will be seen that the
Grand Jury found al Indictment a.
gainst G. W. Smith, Of the Drug firm
of Miller & Smith, for selling liquor.
The charge, we understand, was selling
a pint of brandy to A. &. Bozarth On
prescription of DR.. Craft.
We have heard but one opinion ex-
pressed as to this case, viz: that it is a
clear case Of spite and persecution.
Not that the Grand Jury were influence
ed by such motives, for we suppose that
they felt bound, under Judge Dickin-
sons rulings, to find an indictment.
But the matter was talked of on the
streets for three weeks before the Grand
Jury met, and it was daily reported that
citizen was engaged in hunting for
evidence to indict'Smith because lie had
been one Of committee on invitation
to a dance and had left the citizen g son
out.
But, he this as it may, it does not af-
feet the main fact which we wish to get
at, viz: that the liquor laws are being
used in this community to prosecute
one set of men and shield another set.
Both Law and Smith are indicted while
Barber escapes. lie confessed in a tenn
ance meeting last fall that he had sold
liquor in violation Of law. C. B. Love-
less, when foreman of the Grand Jury
last fall, stated that he had obtained 4
pint of liquor from Barber for his sick
wife. Another thing. More men have
been made drunk by the villainous cider
sold at some Of our restaurants than by
all the liquor sold by our druggists.
Yet none of these men have been in
dicted.
The result is that good temperance
men are becoming thoroughly Disguised
at this spite and persecution on the one
band and this favoriteism and partiali-
ty on the other hand. Men who have
risked everything to make this tenn
perance community are nearly ready to
vote license to end this prostitution of
good law to the basest personal ends.
TI0N PAPERS,
The following named parties have
taken out naturalization papers during
the present term of Count:
FIRST PAPERS.
John Fetsllar, Paul Schmidt.
Tlmdeus Scherzihger,
SECOND PAPERS.
Aaron Lambert, Frank Pierschell,
Thos Jay, Pat. McCann,
Samuel Edwards, John Nichol,
k"bt. Williamson, Chris Olson,
Frank Heger, Paul Glbertson,
Jos. Selvus. II. a. SeversOn,
VIM. e. Williams, Samuel Jameson,
Jos. e.. Thorn, H. J. Rindy,
Andrew uenkel.
COURT.
The following cases have been dis
posed Of up to the time of going to
press:
CIVIL CASES.
Montieth VS.. Cornell. Judgment for
defendant for amt. counter-claim.
Distad VS.. Dukes. Settled.
Loveless VS.. Cooper. Replevin case.
Judgment for plaintiff, $46.29.
In several cases against Bennett &
Grissell, the answers were withdrawn
and judgment entered for plaintiffs.
Van Brunt & Davis vs. Sheriff Town.
Verdict for defendent.
c. A. Aultman & Co. VS.. j. A. Kill
ST.. Machinery case. Verdict for plain
tiff, Sl2l.99.
Judgment was entered in some 20 ci-
tations, or tax cases.
The case of Lille l.. Bennett vs.. J.
A. Town, Sheriff. for illegal seizure and
sale Of goods occupied Tuesday and
Wednesday and goes to the jury to-day.
INDICTMENTS.
The Grand Jury found indictments
against the following parties:
NJ. L. Miller, charged with embez-
cling school funds.
Cl,as. W. Smith, druggist, for selling
liquor to A. G.. Bozartl,.
VILLAGE ELECTION
The village election will he held on
Tuesday next. There will probably be
good-natured contest, as usual, for
some of the village offices. The issue
now, if any issue is made, should be up
on retrenchment. The village taxes
are Unfortunately high, and a Council
should be selected pledged to retrench-
ment.
GOOsE.-We GOT even with that poose