Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-19
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BUTLER, Pa, March 18.-Court will
meet here tomorrow to hear the petitions
for and against the granting of licenses to
sell intoxicating liquors. There are nine
applications for wholesale and 20 for tavern
| licenses. Remonstrances have been filed in
but one case, that of Phillip Nicholas, who
wants to sell ardent spirits at Petersville, a
| quiet little village in the midst of the
Hundred Foot oil field. Not only the old
settlers, but number of the oil operators
have petitioned the court to refuse the
license, for the reason that the sale of
liquor at that place will greatly interfere
with the business of those engaged in the
drilling and operating of oil wells in said
township, and in the community in which
the house is located" The w. c. 7. u,
which has annually protested against all
licenses, will not appear in court at all.
At Huntingdon-For the first time in
three years, petitions were presented to the
court to-day for license to sell liquor. Under
three years of nominal prohibition speak
easies and private drinking clubs have
sprung up all ever this town aid county,
with membership numbering into the hun
dreds. This coming to the attention OF Judge
Furst to-day, became the text for very vigor
Gus and pointed structure on prohibition ad-
vocates whom he accused of being responsible
for its existence.
PROHIBITION AND SPEAK-EASIES.
1T seems" said he, "that prohibition in
this county encourages the creation and
maintenance of speak-easies and private
drinking establishments and the increase in
the drinking of liquor.
Judge Furst is favorable to the granting of
licenses to responsible applicants, but as the
same associate judges who over-rulcd him three
years ago are still on the bench, favorable
decision on the present applications
is simply conjectural.
Licenss Court in Lawrence county begins
all b0t beng in New cass Thsre are
IA for hotels 10 for restaurants, 8 for whole
sale, for breweries. and for bottlers. Should
all be granted it will increase the present
number by eight The temperance people are
inactive over the matter, except in a re-
monstrance against VIM. Simpson, at Eden
burg.
Judge Wickham granted the following Ii
censes for Rochester borough to-day: Hotels,
Doncaster House, st. James; wholesale, BENZ.
F. Pfeiffer and Harry Streit. The usual re-
monstrances were filed.
LAW AND ORDER OBJECTIONS.
The campaign of the Law and Order League
at Reading has been opened by the filing of
81 remonstrances against hotel and saloonkeep-
ers who applied for licenses. OF these So are
against saloons in the city, and II in the coun-
try. The grounds for remonstrances are viola
tons of the law in selling on Sunday or to mi
nors, keeping gambling or disorderly houses,
harboring dissolute women and that the places
are not necessary for public accommodation.
Some 400 witnesses have been subpenaed to
give testimony for the remonstrants. The
hearing will begin on Monday next.
Seventeen applications for license have been
made to the Washington county court. The
temperance people are making great efforts to
keep these licenses from being granted.
Judge Wickham. of Beaver county. states
that he will depart from his custom Of refusing
Wholesale licenses, because he finds that it
merely leads to agents from abroad doing bust
ness in Beaver.