Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1899 — Hit Him With a Schooner of Beer. [ARTICLE]

Hit Him With a Schooner of Beer.

Uncle Ephriam Fleming and Joseph Shindelaer, both of Jordan Tp., got into a quarrel over a huggy trade, Friday afternoon, in Rosey’s place, and during the heat of the discussion, Shindelaer ventured the observation that Uncle Eph was a liar. Uncle Eph took the remark quite seriously and gave Joe a punch with his left hand, with his bare knucks and followed this with a heavy crack on the forehead with a large and liberal schooner of beer, just from the fountain of nectar in Rosey’s ice box. The beer was wasted, which was the most lamentable feature of the affair, and incidentally Shindelaer got a bad out over the eye, which took 3 stitches to sew up. Mr. Fleming lit out for the leafy fastnesses of Jordan, but next morning Constable Vick went out and persuaded him to come in and appear before Squire Burnham. The case was tried by twelve jurors, and after hearing the evidence, they deliberated 2| hours and then failed to agree. The Squire dischcrgel the jury and set the case for another hearing next Thursday morning at 9 o’clock.