Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-14
License Court.

The County Court, on Friday morning OF
last week, first examined the different applica
tions for license to sell liquor, TO that they
were all in proper form and then announced
that the applications from Butler borough were
under consideration. Thereupon several mem
bers of the Bar spoke, each in their turn, in
favor of granting licenses to the different appli-
cants of the town and assured the Court Of the
necessity existing for granting them, from the
fact that Butler was fast becoming the great
commercial metropolis of the Western CONT
nent, through whose gates daily passed thous-
ands of thirsty travellers, whose parched lips
and dried up outlets should, in charity, be
moistened with drop of Buffers best. They
also referred to the fact that there were no re-
monstrances filed against the Butler applicants
which was, in fact, tact aequiescence on the
part of the people of the town to the granting
of license to all of them. Mr.. Brandon denied
this inference and spoke against all licenses,
and particularly the restaurant licenses, the
evil effects of which he thought exceeded those
of the tavern licenses. Mr.. McQuistion put in
good word for S. Sykes application, he being
the only applicant from the South end of town.
Mr. Cunningham called the Courts attention
to the fact that the December Grand Jury had
returned Mr.. Sykes house as being disorderly
one but that the Court had taken no notice of
the report He also stated that the Cou had
the power to refuse all licenses, if it chose to do
So but in this Interpretation of the law the
Court did not agree with him, and read a Sec
ton of the act which the Court thought sustain
ed its position, and asked Mr.. c. to put his
ideas in writing, which Mr.. c. did, in the shape
OF general remonstranee to all the applications
from Butler, setting forth that these licensed
houses were not necessary for the accommoda-
ton of the travelling public, for which reason
the Court could, under the act refuse them
license to sell liquor. Mr.. McQuistion spoke
in defense of Mr.. Sykes and Butler was passed.
The applications from Zelienople and Petrolia
were next considered and there being no re-
monstrances they were passed. Those from
Millerstown were next taken up, when Mr.. Nc
| Bride presented remonstrance against Mr..
Lockhart's application, signed by several per-
sons and setting forth among other things, that
Mr.. Lockhart kept bar room and billiard
room in the same house, contrary to law. Mr..
| Lockhart's attorney presented recommended
ton of the house signed by many of the best
| people OF the town and proved, by several wit
nesses that the bar and billiard rooms in his
| house did not directly communicate with each
| other. Several letters in Mr.. Lockhart's favor
were also read, and after lengthy squabble be-
tween Messrs. Scott and Mcbride during which
| both attorneys got pretty warm, Millerstown
| was finally finished and the Court passed to
] Saxonburg. Here the biggest fight of the day
was inaugurated by DR.. Montgomery and Mr..
Seton presenting remonstrances signed by 455
| of the voters of Jefferson, Penn, Middlesex,
Clinton, Buffalo and Winfield townships,
against the granting oflicenses to Messrs. Laube,
Muder and Kohnfelder setting forth that their
| houses were not necessary for the accomn.oda-
tion of the travelling public, that they sold to
men OF known Incorporate habits and that
| they were not safe men to entrust with license.
| nnmbpr of
other citizens of the town and vicinity were
put on the stand and Saxonburg was proved to
| be popular summer resort whose three great
hotels were filled every summer with sickly
| Pittsburgers seeking health and recreation.
| The three hotels were proved to be necessary
for the accommodation ofthese persons and the
| large number of commercial travellers who stop
there; the three applicants were proved to be
| men of uneXceptionable character-church
members, borough officials, ETC., the harvest
homes, to be innocent, harmless affairs, and Sax
onburg a little heayen on earth, where the
weary farmer rest himself after hard
days work, and, with the assistance of glass
| of beer or whisky discuss the affairs of the day
and natiou We have heard it said that Sax
onburg is very nice place" but after hearing
| the evidence IN its favor, we go step further
and say,
| "Sweet Saxon lovliest village of the plain.
| Where beer and preZels, cheer the laborlng swain
1t was towards evening before Saxonburg was
finally disposed of when the applications from
Harmony, Evansburg, karns City and other
points were considered and there being no re.
monstrances, they were passed and the
| Court adjourned TIL next day. On Saturday
morning the applications from COalyille and
Siipperyrock township, to which Rev. Knesal
and Mr.. II. II. Vincent, presented remonstranc-
es, were heard and considered, and that after
noon the applicants from Cherry and Washing,
ton townships, against which Messrs. Chrsty
and Byers presented remonstrances were heard
and considered. These finished the list and oc-
cupied the attention of the Court during the
greater part of the afternoon, when the Court
adjourned and the three judges on the bench re-
viewed the situation, with what results as ap.
pear in another place. under the heading OF
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