Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-08
Lodge and soe1ety.

Lodge and Society.
 City Lodge No. 86, I. 70. O.. F.. gave It's an nual entertainment at the lodge rooms last evening. There was large gathering pres ent to enjoy it. A banquet wss served, ,Eafter which came historical sketch of the lodge for the past two years by s. D. Fairchild and speeches by J.sw Pond, L. P. Deming, George N. Moses and Rev MT. Samson of Calvary church and others. The affair was throughout highly interesting.
 Police Nofes.
 An Italian named Ross, stevedore at Steamboat dock, attacked his wife on Fair street yesterday morning, and with the hook he uses for moving boxes and bales caused 8 serious wound in her arm. The police chased and arrested him. day or two since Ross paid fine for breach of the peace.
 A student created a disturbance at Peck's Grand Opera House last evening and was promptly arrested and locked up.
 The Liquor Question.
 The fourth meeting of the commission ap- pointed by the last Legislature to revise the laws relating to the sale of Intoxicating H. quors, and to report to the Legislature, was held yesterday morning in this city at the County Court House. Professor Wayland, of this city, and Nathaniel Wheeler, of Bridgeport, of the commission, were present. They heard Prosecuting Agent Terry, of Waterbury, who favored no license to drug gists where they used liquors only in com- pounding medicines He argued that special effort should be made to stop the sale of h- quors to minors; and that saloons should have but one entrance-no back door en- trance It was hard work to reclaim drunk ards, but comparatively easy to nip the Ovil when young men commenced drinking. Lii censes should be withheld pending appeals to the higher courts, and great evil was that selectmen recommended indiscriminately.
 Mr. Terry was not prepared to say that he favored Judge Wayland's proposition that every saloon keeper should have @ certain number of names (say about dozen) upon his petition and that each slgner should be 8 voter and 8 taxpayer. He, however, thought 8 saloon keeper should have the signatures of property holders adjoining where the dealer proposed to locate. He would prohibit druggist from selling liquor to be drank on the premises. The druggist should only pay nominal license fee. In conclusion MT. Terry said that he didn't think prohibition law was practicable.
 Peter W. Wren, of Bridgeport chairman of the Liquor Dealers association, and the recently elected Democratic Representative from Bridgeport, said that he objected, through principle, to one man having the right to prevent another locating his saloon within certain distance of the first one's property. If the saloon was nuisance, there was 8 law already to cover that. He thought that no such law should be applied to the liquor dealer any more than to the dry goods dealer. q believe" he said, Gin unrestricted licensing I would give every applicant license, as Uncle Sam did, and punish him if he violated the law. I don't approve of licensing houses of ill-fame, but, as they are bound to sell and violate the law, you might as well give them license"
 Ex-Judge Henry E. Pardee said that he fa- vored Commissioner Jacobs suggestion to have every applicant obtain the recommenda- tion of say ten taxpayers or rather property holders. Judge Pardee opposed the system of the towns receiving the proceeds of liquor licenses.
 Hugh Daley was aso heard. He favored license and the payment of salary to prose cutting agents. About 90 per cent. of those licensed to sell beer in New Haven sold h- quor. MT. Daley favored uniform license fee and he arrived at that decision after prosecuting $50 cases during the past four years. He would not have liquor saloon in a dwelling house. Rather than pay fine of $6O, eighty per cent. of the law violators would commit perjury.