Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-03-23
License Court,

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and conditions, called license court, be-
gan in the Court Room wednesday
morning At Q am. all the applicant;
were present in their "best bib and tuck.
er," and prepared to show clean skin IS
well as clean record, if necessary, and
an hour later the Court Room was crowded
! with witnesses and spectators.
Judge Greer stated that he considered
the sale of liquor by the bottle to be one Of
the greatest evils of the license system, and
that he would require all persons to whom
he granted license to file paper agreeing
not to sell distilled spirits by the bottle to
be used off the premises.
The application of Daniel II. Carol for
a tavern license at Karns City was the
| first considered; q defect in it was noted
by Mr., Galbreath, who with Messrs Bran
don and Robinson. appeared for the re-
monstrants, the Court sustained the objec-
tion and Carol was knocked out in the
first round"
The application of sMr. Jellison OF Pc
trolia came next He has kept hotel there
for eighteen years, entertained 5000 people
last year, and was willing to file paper
agreeing not to sell by the bottle.
Geo. Graham, Plummer Christy, o. June,
John Irvine, John McMamara, and Stew.
art Hindman testified as to Jellison's char
acter, his hotel accommodations meals, etc
and the Court questioned them as to the
return made by the Constable of Fairview
which said that men came home drunk
from Petrolis. No remonstrsnce.
Campbell & Byers of Petrolia, came
next, and they with Jas Lyon, f. NJ.
Fritz. Chas. Cochran. Geo. H. Brown, and
John Irvine testified regarding the necessi-
ty of the house, character of applicants,
accommodations, bond, etc.
David Stewart of Renfrew has had no
license for the past two years, but kept
open house, feeds to 10 persons day,
and never refused a man a meal. Jas
Patrick, Gilbert Brown, Jno. McFam ney,
D. W. Roberts, Frank Maxwell, Michael
Stanford, e. E Price, J. l.. Stevenson,
Jas. Hammel and Wesley Hammel were
his witnesses as to character, necessity OF
house, etc.
Roberts SAID they had no disturbances
in Renfrew excepting those made by
drunken men who came from Butler; that
there was more drunkenness there now
than when Stewart had license; that the
stuff was shipped in and drunk under the
boardwalk and other places. There was
some doubt as to the amplitude of Stew
ants bond, and after dinner the Court
ruled that that part of the case must be
settled first
That afternoon the applications from
Evansburg and Millerstown were heard and
before adjoarning Judge Greer made the
following entries on the docket
Daniel NJ. Carol of Karns City March
81, 1894, petition not in accordance with
the Act of Assembly, the same is refused.
Simon Frankie, Millerston. 1t not ap-
pearing to the Court that the license is
necessary it is refused.
David Stewart, Renfrew. 1t not appear
ing to the Court that this license is neces-
saIy it is refuse
Charles 81. Miller. EYansburg. Petition
being defective the application is refused
Jacob G. Hyle, Evansburg. 1t being
shown to the Court that the applicant has
frequently violated the law during the last
year this license is refused.
The application of Henry c. Keasy of
Winfield twp. was withdrawn.
Thursday morning the application of
Pfasbe of Saxonburg was heard, several
young men testified to getting liquor there
and the license was refused
Rabies case followed and his license
was refused for same reasons as Pfabe's.
Geo. Stahl of Zelienople was refused
wholesale license, and acob Enslen of
Harmony withdrew his application.
On Saturday. last, if you are son of
the Ould Sod, you celebrated St. Patrick's
Day, Ireland's patron saint This saint
was born, no one knows where, in the year
372, and when 16 years old was carried off
by pirates who sold him into slavery in
ireland, where his master employed him
as swine herder on the well-known
mountains of Sleavaish in the county of
Antrim. Here he passed seven years, dur
ing which he acquired the Irish language
and made himself aequair.ed with the
manners and customs Of the people. Es-
Gaping from captivity, and, after many ad
+ha ~
successively ordained deacon, priest and
bishop, and then once more with authority
of Pope Celestine he returned to Ireland to
preach the gospel to its then heather in
habitants. He is said to have died at Saul
March 18th, 493, aged 121 years OF the
many legends the following is one of the
most popular: One cold morning the saint
and his followers found themselves on a
mountain without a fire to cook their
breakfast, or to warm their frozen limbs
Unheeding their complaints, Patrick desir-
ed them to collect pile of ice and snow
balls; which having been done he breathed
upon it and it instantaneously became
pleasant fire-a fire which long after serv-
ed to point an Irish poets conccit to these
lines:
"St. Patrick, as in legends told,
The morning being very cold.
In order to assuage the weather
Collected bits of ice together;
Then gently breathed upon the pyre
When every fragment blazed to fire.
Oh! if the saint had been so kind
AS to have left the gift behind,
To such love lorn wretch as me,
Who daily struggles to be free;
I'd be content-content with part;
I'd only ask to thaw the heart
The frozen heart of Polly Ree."
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