Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1894 — Editor Not to Be Muzzled. [ARTICLE]

Editor Not to Be Muzzled.

On Friday last Councilman David Smith turned his little finger over his thumb a few times tco often, became uproariously drunk and was promptly arrested by Marshal Davis and lodged in the lockup to cool off. He was taken before Judge Neal Monday and was fined $2 and trimmings. We wish to say in this connection that we were im! portuned not to write this up, but will say that it is a news item and is a mat ter that the public have a right through their local' paper to know about.—Vanceburg Sun.