Show I 1 A coal com boni complication A somewhat arousing amusing combi combing com binai nw lion tion of circumstances lias has arisen in our city i in reference to the purchase and delivery of a ton of coal this coin originated in the following manner the tile western aaion 3 on telegraph f el evgraph co purchased of I 1 mr ilhard ja taylor a ton of coal and paid forit for it the teamster who delivered the coal instead of delivering it into the western union bin deposited it in the bin belonging to td the tha firm of taylor obier bierbower which adjoins too he bin of the western union NOT it seems that taylor taylora A bierbower had just purchased a ton jon of the same kind of coal and only a day or two before it was delivered in their bin the western union people notified mr taylor that they did not get jet their coal but mr air taylor noti fied ed them in reply that he delivered the co coal to to their duly authorized agent the canister teamster of course this released mr air taylor then the western union demanded their coal of taylor bierbower claiming ahat the coat coal which they lucy pur chased their bin to this demand taylor bierbower laid down ohp law as follows they told the western union people if they could identify their property they child take it but if they could not identify it then they could not take it they laid down tho the further legal proposition ro isi tion that hat if the western aliz union so mixed up their property with the property of another that they could no net identify it then enthat event t they hey being wrong would lose thi s they illey asserted was the law and the other lawyers agree with them here the matter stands at present the lawyers are in in possession of the disputed buted property and anti it etli is a cold day ay for the western union to be without coal |