Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1883 — Lots of Licenses. [ARTICLE]

Lots of Licenses.

The regular September term of tlie Commissioner’s Court convened Monday, with prospects for a busy and important session, A large portion of Monday and Tuesday was given to the consideration of the applications of James F. Ellis and George Dalfer, of Remington, and Eugene O’Niell, of Rensselaer, for saloon licenses. No opposition was made to any of the applicants, and as they proved, by abundant testimony, that they were among the very choicest ornaments to the human race; Jasperites, indeed, “in whom there is no guile,” the Commissioners had no choice but to grant the licenses. One of the Commissioners informed us that the three applicants had been proven by unimpeachable evidence, to be, beyond question, the three very best men in the county. As politeness required, we asked fur an exception in favor of the Commissioners themselves, but it was positively and almost indignantly refused. In this connection we must pause to commend the wise forethought of the Town Board of Remington, who, evidently, take a very lively interest in the man who sells them their stimulants; as four of them came over to testify to the innumerable noble qualities of Jas. F. Ellis, and all of thelh unite in a written manifesto, addressed to the Commissioners, setting forth, in moving, and, doubtless, heartfelt terms, the great yearnings felt in their souls, and esophagi, that the said Ellis may, as heretofore, be permitted to deal out unto them, ,in less quantities than a quart, (but tfhey don’t say -liovv much less!) their beverafcps. >.*

The Town Board, at their regular meeting Monday night, passed an ordinance fixing tlie license of street fakirs, auctioneers, and the like, at a high figure; and also ordered a sidewalk on the east side of Front street, north, across Make-em-self ditch.