Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1886 — For Hotel Men. [ARTICLE]

For Hotel Men.

A case of interest to hotel men and commercial travelers was recently decided by a St. Louis judge. It was as follows: “Black, a commercial traveler, put up at the Everett House. He carried with him samples usually carried by drummers. When he fell behind in his board bill the proprietor took possession of the goods under a hotel keeper’s lien. Black brought action to replevy, claiming that he was not the owner of them. The court decides that in absence of notice to the effect that the goods were not the plaintiff’s, the fact that he (Black) had the rightful possession thereof when he came to the hotel, and that the fact of such possession placed the ownership ostensibly in the plaintiff, upon which he could obtain credit to their apparent value, must give the hotel keeper a lien from which to satisfy any indebtedness that may arise.” The Michigan Agricultural College people are testing the vitality of seeds buried in sealed bottles six years ago. The seeds which thus far prove to have most vitality are those of common weeds, their percentage being from 90 to 100, while plant seed did not germinate freely.