Juniata Sentinel And Republican

In counties and districts where the local option laws are in force, and where the people have an eye on the dealers who sell intoxicating beverages, a "jug" line, as it has been appropriately termed has been, and is still in operation. To the uninitiated it is proper to explain the meaning of the "jug" line. It means that packages "C. O. D." are frequently sent from large cities, such as Pittsburgh, to neighboring country districts, said packages containing liquor, and the same is surreptitiously disposed of. For some time the "jug" line has been one of the branches of business successfully carried on between Washington, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh, and Washington and Wheeling. It will be seen, therefore, that it has been coming from the East and from the West, and that the topers of Washington, have been enjoying, uninterruptedly, their 'schnapps.' It may be of interest to the public, and certainly will to railroads and express companies, to know that during a recent session of the court in Washington county, his Honor, Judge Acheson, stated that it was his opinion that express and railroad agents in that county who delivered packages of liquor and collected prices for the same, would be indictable under the local option law. A Washington paper says that wholesale dealers in Pittsburgh and Wheeling who have been in the habit of sending packages "C. O. D." should take notice accordingly, and adds that the accuracy of his Honor's opinion is, however, questioned by some of the best lawyers of Washington.-Altoona Tribune.