Year: 1874

80


4 When the Ann Richardson shebang was
broken up Ann was unable 10 pay her
fine and Magistrate Norris sent her to Jail
for 40 days. Her friends wanted to get
her out and Mrs Moses proposed to secure
the fine by putting her sewing ma chine
into the Magistrates hands. to be re-
deemed in 10 days. The Magistrate, after
questioning her as to the ownership, where
she got it, if it was paid for, etc, told her
to have it sent up to his office, which was
done. Ann was released, and took up her
residence in Davenport as quick as posi-
bic. The machine after remaining nearly
month, was levied on and advertised to
be sold at auction for the benefit Of the
city, Then came Henry Reddig and re-
plevined it as his property, he being the
administrator of David Reddig's estate
and claiming that the heirs turned it over
to him. On the other side, we believe it
was claimed that the machine once be-
longed to Ann Richardson, Dave Red
digs daughterl and by was her disposed of
to Mrs. Moses.


The case was before Magistrate Crop
per, and he decided it in favor of Henry
Reddig-so the city gets nothing. VIM.
Fl. Gest, ESD, city attorney, appeared for
the city, and Sweeney & Jackson for Red
dig.


Ann will be quite likely to get locked
up on her fine if she ventures this side of
the river again,


The Iowa Liquor Law and the Railroads.


Title q, Chapter 6, Of the Iowa Code
provides as follows:


'SEC. 1853. If any railroad conductor,
| freight agent, expressman, depot master or
other person in the employment or in any
manner connected with any railway corpor-
alton or any teamster, stage driver, or any
common carrier of any kind, or any person
protesting to act as agent for any other
person or persons, whether within or with
out this State, or any other individual of
whatever calling, shall bring within this
State for any other person or persons, any
Intoxicating liquor, without first having
been furnished with copy of the certif-
cate authorizing such person or persons to
sell such intoxicating liquors, certified by
some Justice of the Peace to be correct
such person or persons so offending shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall upon conviction thereof, forfeit and
pay fine for the first offense of 800 or
be imprisoned in the county jail for thirty
DAYS for the second and each subsequent
offence shall forfeit and pay fine Of $50,
or be imprisoned i'll the county Jail ninety
days"
Freight agents Of roads running across
the river and into the State of Iowa, have
given notice to their agents to take no
freight If the kind named, into that State


There are pleasing indications that the
Democracy of Indiana are not all 50 insane
on the currency question as the platform
Of their State Convention would imply
them to be. The Fort Wayne Sentinel
says the financial resolution is greeted
with sneers and ill-concealed laughter"
aud thinks the honor of the State demands
the assertion that the influence Of Indian
apoIis was unduly exercised in favor of in
hation 1T was great mistake, it adds,
''to allow the tall blatherskite of the Wa
bash to draw up the financial resolutions,
and still greater one to vote Tor their
adoption But for this single blunder the
cause of which has been pointed out, the
platform would have won praise from men
of all parties. 1t would have been in ac
cord with the Democratic party elsewhere,
The only consolation we have is in the GER
tainty that the Democracy of other States
will, as a rule, advocate specie resumption.
The action of Indiana does not, happily,
commit the party as whole to the mon
strous folly Of indefinite initiation and ultl,
mate repudiation. This it was which killed
the party in 1868, and this it is which will
kill 1t again and again if it is adopted by
the National Convention. Never was there
finer opportunity for the declaration of
sound system of principles.


Here is comforting statement for