Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1907 — FIRST ROUND FOR CITY [ARTICLE]

FIRST ROUND FOR CITY

Standard Oil Must Havo All lt # Cans Sealed at the State i Capital. THERE ’ARE 30,000 OF THEM And They Are Good for a Nicke Apiece to the Sealer—Hope Hbs for Old Maid*. Indianapolis, Aug. 29.—Judge Hanna, of the superior court, dissolved the retraining order he had issued against Jim city of Indianapolis to prevent the wholesale arrests of Standard Oil company drivers delivering oil In cans not inspected by the city. The court held that the city has a right to proceed to prosecute under the ordinance and any question as to whether the ordinance is applicable to cases like that of the Standard *hiust be raised in the court whore such prosecutions occur the police court. “Measures” or “Containers.” The application of the Standard Oil company for a restraining order was made after Wulfson had announced his Intention to begin Aug. 5. to inspect the company’s 30.000 cans at a charge of 5 cents for each ,can and to arrest every driver found selling oil in cans that had not been inspected. The order was granted and these pro emlings were on the application for a permanent injunction. The company’s argument was that the oil cans are not measures, but simply containers for oil that Is measured in measuring and tilling devices at that plant. Judge Halds Them Measures. These devices have been inspected and sen led by tbe Mty, the company says, and the city can go no further under the ordinance. No question of the validity of the ordinance was rafted, merely the applicability. This, .fudge Hanna said, is a question ot feet that must be decided by the court trj'ing the eases. The city made a point of the fifet that cans are stamped, “one gallon" and that the drivers have held them out to be measures of one gallon. “My opinion is," said the court, “that since the cans have been held out to bo measures of one gallon, tbe ordinance i,s applicable.

THEIR APPEALS ARE HEARD Plainfield Old Maids Are Receiving Letters from Men Who Want to Marry. Plainfield, Ind., Aug. 29. The mail.-' for the v last two days have brought a number of letters to the secretary of the Old Maids’ associn tion, of this place, as the yesult of its recent appearance on the stage and of notoriety given it through the press These letters are from bachelors and business men' in different parts of the state, all seeking life companions. The secretary. Miss Gentry, was asked to hand the letter to some one of her friends, who she thought would “fill the bill," or send her. address, which request Miss Gentry gladly complied with, and a number of love inspired messages are now on their way. As a result it may not be many months until Plainfield hears “something drop,” and State Treasurer Hadley may have to pay for a marriage license. The old maids’ entertainment last week made them $125. , Novel and Fatal Accident. New Albany, Ind., Aug. 29. —Grover Collins. 21 years old, was strangled to death in an unusual manner at his home in Greenville. While walking along a raised sidewalk he slipped and fell, and his head was caught in the braces of the railing of the sidewalk in such a manner that he was strangled. Hla sister sow him fall and reached his side before W died, but his

neck was fastened so tightly in the angle that she could not extricate him before he had choked to death. Petersburg Woman Is Widowed. Petersburg, Ind., Aug. 29. Relatives at^ this place have received word that Charles Lewis, editor of The Republican at Kersey, Colo., had been shot and instantly killed by a citizen of that place who alleged that an article Lewis published reflected on his wife. The man is said to have met Lewis on the street and shot him without warning. Ibree years ago Lewis married Miss Lucy Hoggatt, a society woman of Petersburg. Everybody Moving to Town. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 29.—That people are moving from the country districts into the cities is clearly demonstrated by statistics just gathered by the Delaware county school authorities. These show that though the population of the county has doubled in the last twenty, four years, all the increase is in the cities and towns, while the rural districts show losses. No Beer; No Tri-State Fair. Evansville. Inti., Aug. 29.—The directors of the tri-state fair, which was to have been held here from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5, have decided to abandon the project, because the city council had intimated that no beer could be sold the grounds this year. Dynamited Church Rebuilt. Sandford, Ind,, Aug. 29, The Sand ford Methodist Episcopal church, which was wrecked by dynamite last February, presumably in revenge for a crusade conducted against tlie illicit sale of liquor in the town, has been rebuilt on the old site. i This Ends the la>ng Dispute. London, Aug. 27.—Marriage with a deceased’s wife sister finally has become legalized in Glreat Britain, the house of lords having passed the bill sanctioning such unions by 88 to 54 votes.

Remedy For Bloat in Cattle. Here is a godti cure for bloat iu cattle, writes a Nebraska farmer In Farm Progress: Take a bucket of water from the tank or well and pour over the back of the animal. Repeat treatment If'the first does not help. This beats tide of tbe knife.