Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-09
HASTINGS JUSTICE.
A Sample of the Way That Brilliant Town
Drives Away Business.

A sample of the Way That Brilliant Town
Drives Away Business.
Hastings has for some years been a. very
quiet town and we should judge was de-
stlned to become more so. Some of the
leading business men have already moved
to st. Paul and have proven that in a live
location, they are live men and understand
now to build up big trade. 1t is not sur
prlslng that they should seek other quar-.
tiers and that more of them are con-
tempiating coming here If we may Judge
the Hastings style by the following Incl
dent:
Mr.. Jacob Yanz, of Hastings having en-
gagged IN the wholesale grocery business at
st. Paul was DESTROYS of selling his house
hold goods at auction. For this purpose he
engaged the services of Mr.. Fitch. a local
actloneer, who proceeded TO advertise
the sale in the usual manner.
The day before the sale was to occur
Mr.. Fitch's father died and he teIe-
graphed to MIR. P. T. Kavanagh, the well
known st. Paul auctioneer, asking him to
make the sale. Mr.. Kavanagh Immediate
ly sent his head salesman Mr.. Dohertv. to
take charge of the matter. The CITY
council was in session the evening Mr..
Doherty arrived and he went before them
and asked permission to make the sale or
offered to take out license for a wear if
necessary. The circumstances were ex-
planned, showing that no goods were being
brought into the town, but simply the
household effects of one of their citizens
were to be sold. The council informed
Mr.. Doherty that the local authorities had
no license, and it would not be necessary.
under the circumstances, for him to secure
one Tor this sale. Soon after beginning the
sale the next day, the chief of police
notified Mr.. Doherty that he had better
stop as he had no license. Upon Mr.Yanz
assuring the chief that matters would be
made satisfactory the sale was allowed to
proceed. The authorities sent Mr.. Kaya-
nagh demand for license and he re-
Piled stating if they would make him
license for year he would send them the
required sum. S25. This did
not seem to suit, for the
next move was to send up the sheriff
to arrest both Kavanagh and Doherty for
selling without license. While the sher-
III was IN Mr.. Kavanagh's store upon this
business the postman brought a letter
from the city clerk, Owen Austin, stating
that they had decided to give permit for
that single sale instead of license, for
which charge of 81 would be made. Mr..
havanagh accordingly gave the sheriff the
money to pay for the permit
and told him to report what was necessary
relative to the arrest, the superstition being
that the permit settled the matter. Not SO,
however. The authorities after granting
this permit and accepting the pay therefor
imposed fine on Messrs. Kavanagh and
Doherty, of $15 each, MAX
ing bill of about $50.
which Mr.. K. was obliged to pay for the
privilege of accommodating citizen of
Hastings.
1t is no wonder that town run on such
narrow and rascally principles does not
prosper. 1t is no wonder that her enter
Prising citizens are leaving as rapidly as
circumstances will permit. 1t is perhaps
owing to depleted revenues, resulting
from these departures, that the authorities
resort to such species of robbery to swell
their exchequer.