Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-26
Capital Doings.
HARTFORD, May, 18S

HARTFORD, May, 1881
 Editor Enquirer. Army of the Poto- mac reunion which occurs here on the Sth of June next is causing considerable excitement in military circles. An effort is being made to have the display second only to that of Battle Flag Day. Acting on the suggestion of the Army and Navy club the Mayor called citizens meeting Wednesday evening, the 11th to appoint committees of the citizens to act in conjunction with committees appoint ed by other organizations to give the veterans welcome and reception such as by their deeds and the prominence to which some ef them have risen, they deem them justly en- titled At that meeting committees were ap- pointed and what is rare in public meetings men who were emlnently fit and qualified for the respective positions were selected. Among the notabes expected to be present at the reunion are President Garfield. Generals Han cock, Sherman, and Sheridan Daniel Dough- erty, the silver tongued orator of Philadelphia, is to deliver the address. The citizens of Hartford will exert every muscle to give the veterans reception such as they deserve. The Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Club and citizens in general have begun the work for their reception and are laboring with an unction and harmony both commeuda ble and unusual. A Post of the G. A R., of Philadelphia accompanied by Gov. Hartranft and also one from Springfield are expected. The First Regiment will act as escort to the -.f~:l~ rAo attend to the visiting post of the G. A. R.
 The Sunday liquor law is creating quite commotion among the liquor dealers of the City. It has been an open secret both to the public and the police that 80 far as the saloon keepers are concerned the statute proh ibiting the selling of liquor or Sunday has been prac- ticaly dead letter. While the front doors would be shut and the curtains drawn tightly down over the windows, yet with three or four honorable exceptions the saloons were virtually as accessible on Sunday as on any week day. Owing to the continued agitation the Chief of Police, in order to have the ''un- knowing ones" believe he was enforcing the law would make trip every Sunday and arrest one or two parties Yet it always happened that the parties so arrested never had as yet played an important part in the political arena of either party and the public began to sus- pect something was wrong. The liquor dealers themselves, too, believed that everything was not done as squarely as it should be and so voted, at least those who belong to what is known as "The Liquor Dealers Association" to close their respectative saloons on Sunday and exert every means to prosecute all offen- ders As result, on Sunday the 9th inst, goodly number of saloons were closed but some were still open, and on Monday one party who is probably the largest dealer in the city and has almost openly defed the law at all times was arrested, or at least notified to appear at the Police Court and answer to the charge of keeping -open on Sunday. His de- fense will be that it was not open for sale of liquor but to supply his regular customers with lunch. The case was adjourned until the 21st inst, and the decision is awaited with considerable interest for if he should be ac- quilted on this ground, this city will swarm with restaurants and the number of persons who will be regular boarders will cause stran- gers to wonder if any body at all in Hartford keeps house.
 Manufacturing here is on the increase All the shops are running full time and with full complement of hands Skilled labor of any trade is almost impossible to be had. Good workmen command very fair wages, while poor ones will not be hired at any price.
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