Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-25

| ninth streets is on the speak-easy list, but abe
denied selling. He bought he said, keg or
Gottleb Pfeil, No. SSl5 Penn avenue, is a
chubby little man who used to keep saloon,
but now keeps grocery and restaurant. he
was refused by Judge White.
BIG BILLS FOR GROCERIES.
Albert Zacharias and R. ]. Richardson keep
a licensed house at No. 3S2s Penn avenue, near
the power house. Neither of their families
live at that house, but their meat and grocery
bill they say, is about s4O0 month. They
keep four barkeepers. Their restaurant is on
the first floor and their dining room on the Sec
ond floor
The gentlemen were cross-examined by AT.
torney B. c. Chrlsty who asked if they knew of
the Owl Club Mr.. Richardson said that he
knew the club; that it was a fishing club; that
ne had belonged to 1t for Is years. that it was
located in the Ninth ward and that beer was
sold there, without a license, at night and on
sundays. Mr. Richardson said that the club
had tents and tackle and actually went fishing
every summer. Attorney Fetternau said he
could not see what the Owl Club had to do with
the public house at the Forks of the Road.
Judge Ewing asked Mr.. Richardson, Have you
Kept an orderly placer 81 would quit the busi-
ness" said the applicant. IF could not keep
August Rub applied for No. S345 Penn ave-
nue.. He was refused under the Brooks law,
and last year went to Birmingham Ala and
dld not like 1t there. there being too rough an
element" and he returned to this city last
December.
A CARRIER OF PAPERS.
Theodore Support Nos. 35l5 and S5l7 Butler
street, is a young man, with feeble voice. He
owns the houses, he says, and gets possession of
them April l. Mr.. Support is a newspaper car
rier. He is a son of Karl Support, and old
keeper of public houses, and has been carrying
papers for II years. His wife recently died.
Andrew Scholn, No 3549 Butler. corner of
Thirty-sixth street, was refused In 1883, accord
ing to his explanation, because the number of
his house was not given in his petition. Judge
Ewing said, however, that there was much
more than that against the gentleman. Mr.
Scholn, like his predecessor Ruh. had Birm-
mgham experience, which gave him a keen ap-
petite to return to Pittsburg.
Jacob Stein, No. 35l9 Butler street, is great
big, blonde-bearded man. who could not talk
loud enough to be heard by the Judges, twelve
feet distant. One of the exhibitions of this
hearing is that the weakest voices are possessed
by the biggest men. while the good plain talk
els have nearly all been little fellows Mr.
STEMS house contains the unlucky number of
l3 rooms. He tried for license for it last
year, and though he was rudely refused by
JAdge White. he has not given up to his des-
pair. Meantime, he has been struggling with
an adverse fate, as the keeper of boarding
house.
DIDN'T SELL SOFT DRINKS.
Matthias Shenot, No. 1924 Smallman street.
not only has French name. but he looks like a
citizen of France. His black goatee has a cute
little curl to it which would make many
dancing master cross-eyed with envy. At mo-
ments when he was worried by the cutting gaze
OF the gentlemen on the bench, he would twist
his forehnger in the hook on the end of his
goatee, and nervously fan the air with his little
finger. Had he sold sold soft drinks7 No, sir;
not he; never.
He followed by Christ Shenot little
larger and not so swarthy as Matthias, but look
ing just as Gallo. He applies for No. 3429
Butter street, and says he will keep good
restaurant and saloon. He knows how TO run =
bar, and his wife is an expert cook, if Mr..
Shenot knows one. The house where he desires
TO locate he will not secure until April l. 1t is
now kept by Peter Galleece, and is on the little
ist of Mr.. Brown. Mr. Shenot said that he had
been in the place several times recently, but he
declared, by the great horn spoon, that he had
not smelled beer in the house. 1T don't do"
said Judge Ewing, ''to put a man in a house
like that Its reputation clings TO it. The
house runs itself" Mr.. Shenot walked away
with dim impression that he was not in 1t.
LIVING ON HIS MONEY.
Then came NJ. A. Snyder, plump, smooth
gentleman Of about As years. who desires again
to tap the foaming beer and draw the rosy
whisky at the corner Of Penn avenue and
Thirty-sixth street. He held court there in
1SSS, but during the past u months has been
applicant who openly confessed that he was
born and raised in Pittsburg. 81 thought in
1SsS," said Judge Ewing, that We were licens-
ing about the best house out there, butw were
grievously disappointed. There were many
complaints about this place. passed the house
one day and was much surprised to see what
Elias H. Waidler, No. S72O Butler street, said
that he had house which enjoyed the distinc-
tion of being rumshop for about Is years.
Judge Ewing asked: Have YOU kept rem
nant of those Butler county farmers ?'
Yes, sir; believe 1 have the bulk of them.
There are the names on my petition"
Il am glad to Know" the Judge said, solemn
ly, that they are not all dead"
T. Weldler, who is on the speak-easy list and |
keeps on Butler a few doors beyond Thirty
eighth street, is an uncle to the applicant, but
Elias declared that there exists no business
between him and his esteemed kins- |
man.
LAST IN THE WARD.
James Ward closed the ward. He wishes to
reopen his bar, now one year closed, at No. 1921
Penn avenue. While he could sell liquor he
kept travellers, ''some weeks" he said .'six or |
seven and some weeks none at ALL" Mr.. Ward, |
desiring to make sure of his woodchuck, has /
also applied for a wholesale house. |
The Sixteenth ward being opened, Philip |
Adler bobbed up serenely, applying for No 4i06 |
Liberty avenue. He owns his house, has lots of |
room, big bar. and a very large desire to sell |
intoxicants. He kept a saloon in the past and |
for two years has been growing fat and red |
checked as a brewer for L. Straub & Co., of |
Allegheny,
Another lady in black was Mrs. Margaret |
Blum, who held up her well-gloved little hand |
and swore to her story of Nos. AGO and 1852 |
Liberty avenue. Her husband died during the |
year. For l9 years he kept the house, having |
had liquor license until one year ago. The |
lady has struggled along with six to eight |
boarders, but finds that very slow way to sup |
port a family of six growing children. Her |
answers to the Court were straight, and her |
prospects seem excellent
BowLED OUT BEFORE.
Philip Biedenbach applies for No. 1923 Lib |
erty avenue. He was for four years a barten- |
der, and for four other years a saloon keeper in |
the Twelfth ward. He was bowled out in 1883. |
Mrs. Margaret Clinton, arrayed in a iaunty |
black hat a seal-plush cloak and a charming |
smile, applied for No. 1852 Penn avenue. She 4
keeps boarding house at that place, or as she |
calls it, restaurant She used to have a
licensed place and sold on Sunday. She said. |
however. that she never took no stock in sell |
ing to boys" She never had any trouble with |
rough men. A little civil talk from her always |
made them behave themselves Her brother |
In-law. Bradley. would run the place
Thomas j. Chalfant, who had applied for the |
corner of Penn avenue and Thirty-eighth |
street, stepping up to the bench, said: II wish I
to withdraw my application" smiled, bowed |
and tripned away.
John j. Dischner, No Ala Penn avenue, has
nothing in that house now except an option,
hut he said that he expected to put into it a |
hrst-ciass restaurant. The house is now occu-
pied by the wholesale liquor house of Thomas
Hogan. For l3 years Mr.. Dischner was in the
employ of Howe, Browne & Co. He made a
good appearance before the court.
MADE HIS STATEMENT.
Patrick Flood. No. 1915 Liberty avenue, had
no number on his petition, but he was allowed
to make his statement. He has boarding
house with as many as half dozen boarders.
Prior to lSSS he sold whisky on a 500 license
and sold on Sunday.
Andrew Gangwish No. 1916 Penn avenue. is
BADLY crippled. His legs are tied nm u a knnt |