Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1885 — Whisky Row at Blackford. [ARTICLE]

Whisky Row at Blackford.

XasT Saturday night the Nubbin Ridge boys had a matinee at Blackford,, which resulted pretty seriously for a young man named Marion, as one of the bones of his leg wrs broken. It seems that one Geo. Cooper is running a quart whisky establishment, and that on tho evening of the di fliculty he had filled up a number of his neighbors with tangle foot, aad waxing wrathful in proportion as the boys waxed hilarious, he essayed to clean oat the crowd, and himself was incontinently cleaned. The broken leg came about ill this wise : The whisky seller and F. M. Goff, a* Nubbin Ridger not unknown to -fame and the justice’s court.,' were* engaged in a rough and tumble squabble, and in passing young Marion he tliruSt out one of diis feet for the purpose of tripping them up, and one or both Of them kicked, or stepped, or fell upon the leg in such a way as to break one of the bones. Tiiis was about all the damage done to any one. On Monday Cooper came down to Rensselaer, and swore out warrants rfor the arrest of Golf anti Geo. Markin. Deputy Sheriff Gant went out and brought the gentlemen In, and in the evening they had a trial before Squire Purcupile, in the Sheriff’s office; DeptProsecutor Douthit and M. F. Chileote for the State, and Judge Hammond for the defense. The verdict of the Squire was a fine of one dollar and costs; but, as we have previously remarked, the nub of these things is in the costs, as in the Case of Guff, -they footed up to about $25, and iu that of Markin to about $22. The trial lasted till towards two o'clock Tuesday morning.

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