Chesterton Tribune - December 10, 1885
Does Mr. Zimmerman believe in Lotteries? The Louisiana Lottery, for
instance.
Hon. W. D. Owen, Congressman from this District is now in Washington.
Has the recent cold snap any thing to do with the coldness prophecied by
the Hon. Thomas Wood, when he remarked that "It would be a cold day when
Owen saw Washington." Wonder if it wasn't Ow'en to the scarcity of Wood
that this cold is felt.
The case of Gabel vs: Wolf et al tried before Squire Gondring last
Tuesday is the first of the kind ever tried in Westchester township. It
was a peculiar one. It was one for riot. The jury failed to agree
after remaining out six and one half hours, and was discharged by the
Justice. This case of itself, stripped of all outside influence, is a
very common one. The interest lies not in what was proven for this
case, but is in what was brought out bearing on other subjects during
the trial. It was conclusively proven that the Gabels kept a low,
disreputable, unlicensed hole; that the proprietor sold the major part
of his liquor to minors, and that the den was a nuisance to the town.
The attorney for the defense brought all this out, and the attorney for
the prosecution permitted him to. Charles Gable is retailing liquors to
any and all who have the inclination and money to buy, and is doing so
without a license. Now, the question arises, how long will this state
of things be permitted to go on?
Another thing is self evident. Charles Gabel is an irresponsible man, -
a man with all the meaner instincts of a rogue, but these instincts are
controlled and guided by a fool's brain. Were he a smarter man, he
would be a dangerous man, but as it is, he knows just enough to sell
whiskey, and pay for lawsuits. With all seriousness, we say that this
poor fellow is rapidly losing what little intelligence the lord gave
him. Teased by the boys, made a clown by men, and crazed by whiskey, he
is a sorry representative of the human race. Wednesday he jumped a
freight car, with the intention of stopping the train, and taking
possession of Henry Benson's goods, which were in one of the cars. It
seems a pity to prosecute such a man. It would be better to send him to
the insane asylum, and his boys to the house of correction.
Obituary
Died - Jessie C. Owen, only daughter of W. B. and Annie Owen, of typhoid
fever, aged fifteen years and six months.
Funeral Friday Dec. 11th, at 4 o'clock, from their late residence, 448
Englewood Avenue, Englewood.
Patents Granted
The following Patent were granted to citizens of Indiana, bearing date
Dec. 1, 1885. Reported expressly for this paper by Louis Bagger & Co.,
Mechanical Exports and Solicitors of Patents, Washington, D.C.
Adams, J.D., Marshall, Road-grading machine.
Anderson, J.A.E. Lebanon, Lock and latch combined.
Burgett, E. G. Wabash, Kitchen-cabinet.
Coburn, H.W., and D.B. Van Fleet, Newville, Ribbon-holder.
Friend, J. L., Perrysville, Brick or tile die.
Hufmann, Adam, Indianapolis, Two wheeled vehicle.
Hubbard, William, Oden, Caimney-protector.
Johnson, Cantwell, and L.W. Nuebling, Indianapolis, Roller-skate.
Akey, F. B., Indianapolis, Soft-pulverizer.
Parish, W.N., Richmond, Fence-building machine.
Rook, J. H., Jonesborough, Pump.
Wood, Valentine, Peru, Harrow attachment for plows.