building and closing the building for one year, unless sooner released.
6. The owner of the building may secure its return on giving bond for the value of the property that the nuisance shall remain abated.
7. The possession of liquor without lawful permit, whether in a saloon or private dwelling is presumption that it is kept for unlawful purpose.
8. The penalty for a second conviction is three months to three years in the penitentiary.
9. The unlawful transportation of liquor is a fine of $100 for each off-use, and jail until the fine is paid.
10. The-penalty for concealing the contents of a package by false mark is $100, and police officers have power to break suspected packages.
11. All property of defendant, except the homestead, is liable for fines and penalties, and may be confiscated therefore.—Capital—(April 21, 1886.)
Hon. J. A. Harvey, President of the Iowa State Temperance Alliance, and chairman of the executive committee, spoke at Kelley, the twenty-seventh of June, upon the work and object of the Alliance, etc., after which he organized an Alliance there, with twenty-two members, and for officers, appointed A. Wortman, President; Elmer Keeney, Vice President; John J. Wiltse, Secretary; And David Raymond, Treasurer. The name is the "Kelley Temperance Alliance," which will meet the first Tuesday night of each month, for the transaction of business, declamations, reading of essays and anything, in fact, fostering and encouraging prohibition and total abstinence. These meetings are public, and we cordially invite all to come, who will behave well. SECRETARY. —Ames Intelligencer.—(July 1, 1886.)
Judge Stutsman is reported by the Clinton Herald to have given rebuke to a law evading body of city ordinance makers, in words burning with the eloquence of truth, and fitting close to the hides of culprits outside the cage. Sentencing one more unfortunate, a Democrat, who, under the license of a city council, was caught in the act of "promoting sobriety and suppressing free whisky" on the Democratic plan, was fearless to say: "If I was a member of the city council I would come to the rescue and pay the fine of a man like this. I think it is a shame for a city like this to hold out inducements to men to violate the law and the order of the court. Here is a bottle of whisky and the affidavit which are clear proof of his guilt. All this grows out of the fact that the city has induced this man to take out a license with the implied understanding that he can violate the law which will land him in jail. If I were the city treasurer I would not sign such a license. I feel humiliated that the city council has brought this upon this man, and I hope they will come forward and help pay the fine." Defendant fined $500.—Ames Intelligencer.—(July 15, 1886.)