Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1897 — Two More Common Drunks. [ARTICLE]

Two More Common Drunks.

The epidemic of drunkenness with which our town has been afflicted for some time past, has resulted in still two more cases in Squire Burnham’s city court. Saturday afternoon Jacob Miller, a waterworks worker, was so drunk that he went to sleep bn the sidewalk, in front of Williams’ furniture store. He was run in and Saturday evening the Squire made it $1 and costs, or $10.85. No money and its the workhouse for 10 days. Sunday, John Kelley was the drunkest man cn the job, and he made a great nuisance of himself at the Foster House. His was $1 and costs, $14.45 in all. A check and cash amounting to $9.52 found on his person, and applied pro rata, and the balance was remitted, as it was said he would go to work, if released. He is a railroad worker, and has been pretty straight until this fall from grace.