Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. LIQUOR STOCK DESTROYED. Had Been in Care of Sheriff More Than a Year. Winamac. Ind., March 20.---A drayload of liquor, consisting of seven barrels of bottled beer, whisky and wine, was destroyed by Sheriff Zellers, acting under the order issued by Judge Pentacost. The liquor was seized in August, 1913, when the Jim Campbell blind tiger was raided. It had been stored in the courthouse basement. A drayman hauled the liquor to the rear of the school house, where the jugs and bottles were smashed.