Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-18

Honor, "..he said, 81 wish you would give mt
an op ortunity to apologize. 1 feel dread
fully sorry"
"That is all that is necessary" said Judge
Ewing, with a kindly smile upon his face
ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.
'I feel very much ashamed of myself, y
continued Mr.. Caldwell 'I would not have
| blamed Your Honor if you had sent me tc
Jail. l was excited. Last evening l wenl
down to CHARTERS and found them all cry.
ing"
II will say" remarked Judge Ewing,
"that was possibly little glum. But on
the evening after the hearing we marked
that case to be granted, which you, ofcourse,
! did not know"
Mr.. Caldwell turned to the press table,
saying: 81 want to say to the reporters here
that have known Judge Ewing long and
never knew him to do an injustice"
"Nothing more need be said about the
cast" said Judge Ewing, and Mr.. Caldwell
retired with tears in his eyes.
The Court heard, in short order, the last
IL applicants from Sharpsburg. Murphy
has been beer wagon driver for 2. VAIN
wright & Co. O'Donnell and Walser have
the two houses now licensed. Reddin-
ger has been for IA months on the Sharps-
burg police force. Ritter is farmer from
O'Hara township, who has bought the
Union House.
In Spring Garden borough there are four
applicants: Henry Bucher, Amalia Fischer,
George Oesterle, now licensed, and Charles
Schriner. All are on the Spring Garden
road.
Attorney Yost appeared to oppose the ap-
plicants for Verona, Henry Berg, George
Hahn and Daniel Ritter. Judge Ewing
hat hafa L
would hear argument by the attorneys on
the question whether or not Verona is pro-
hibitory district. Berg, who was refused
license in April, 1885, closed his hotel five
months later. Messrs Crookston and George
III. Moore, of Verona, testified in Bergis
favor. Hahn has been attending bar for
John Farmerie, in the Ninth ward. Ritter
has been keeping a boarding house in
Verona.
AS TO vERoNA'S DRYNESS.
John R. Cribs, of Verona, testified that
the present borough of Verona, as marked
out March 4, 1889, was originally included
entirely in Penn township prior to 1871.
That part of the old borough of Verona cut
out of Plum township in 1871 is now the
borough of Oakmont.
The two applicants from West Liberty
borough, Benedict Bandi and William
Has, are both on the old Washington road,
about mile apart. Bandi is at present
keeping the only licensed tavern in the bor-
oueh.
The Court then proceeded to hear Bald
win township. from which there are IL ap-
plicants: August Ahlborn, at Spiketown;
William Franev, on the River road; j. W.
Ostermaier, "Windsor Hotel" on the
Brownsville road; John Plappert on the
Sawmill run road; Charles Reiche, at
Jacksonville; Peter Slicker, William
Schaub, Peter frost, Peter Threnhauser,
Gotlieb Voetsch and Bernhard Wolff, all on
the Brownsville road, and William Young,
at Castle Shannon
Franey is now licensed. His bar bust
ness has not run over $40 day. Ostermaier
is also licensed. When Reiche was called
Judge Ewing said: "Now you've got ahead
of my geography. Blossomville may be an
appropriate place tor saloon, but don't
know where it is" Reiche explained that
he was on the river road about three miles
above the city limits. frost keeps the some
what celebrated old Buck Tavern. Thren-
hauser has been attending bar for his father
on the Southside Diamond. Slicker and
frost are now licensed.
CHARTERS township has five applicants.
Frank Collins, at Cork's Run, was not in
the court room when called. Charles
Downey is a puddler who has been disabled
by rheumatism. Thomas Fahey complains
Of paralysis in his arms, preventing him
from doing manual labor. Friedrich Hor-
lacher has been driving a wagon for j. c.
Buffum, the bother. Thomas Seymour runs
the "Cork's Run Exchange" near Nimick
station, on the Panhandle