Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-10
Tracks of the Liquor-Trafic.

Last Sunday many Of the beer sa.
looms Of New York aud Brooklyn
were open and doing a heavy busi.
ness. In the afternoon a meeting
of Germans was held in Brooklyn,
at which resolutions were adopted
demanding the repeal Of the excise
law.
Capt Carleton Goodwin. form.
erly of the 1lth Cavalry and ex-
treasurer of Terre Haute, Ind, com
mitted suicide by shooting himsall
in the head with a revolver, ID she
loft Of his stable. Cause, intem-
perance and pecuniary troubles -
The deceased leaves a wife and sev.
eral children.
In a drunken brawl in Nashville
Monday night week, Edwin Price
was struck on the head with a stone
by Taylor Chiffon. Price died next
morning.
At Plymouth, indiana, on the
night of the 18th, in a saloon brawl,
one Thornburg was fatally injured
by two night watchmen, O'Conner
and Greer. Thornburg died the
next morning, and the coroners
jury rendered verdict of murder
in the second degree, and the two
men stand indicted to answer the
charge on February 18th, The
man Hasling, in whose saloon the
murder was committed, is also held
in bonds for his appearance
Thornburg was a school teacher
near that place, and was Of good
reputation. There is considerable
excitement over the affair.
The Boston Nation says: 1T is
a sad fact that the number of fe-
males convicted in the municipal
court Of this city is equal to the
number of males. Of course the
most Of them are foreigners. From
Oct. IL to Nov. IL, there were sew
enty-six persons convicted for
"secend drunks,' and just half of
them were females. Intemperance
among females is more prevalent
than many citizens suppose-more
prevalent even among the Ameri-
can women than many persons
think. The fashionable customs of
society that make the wine-cup es
sential in certain circles, have made
many otherwise noble women in
temperate" "
In recent religious revival at
Equality, Illinois, two liquor deal |
ers emptied their whisky into the
street.
The New Bedford MASS. J Stan
dard says that no time during the
past twenty years has there been SO
few drunken men seen in the streets
of that town as now. The good
result Of united and determined ac-
ton on the part of Temperance
people, who elected their Mayor
May other cities do likewise.
Two unfortunate German butch
ers were before the police court in
the other day, under the
charge of exposing unsound meat
for sale. They were fined fifty dol
ars and costs. A clear violation
of personal liberty Why don't
he city dailies cry out against il?
We understand that there is a
strong desire in Boston to have a
public discussion between DR.. Lees
and some one of the eminent Mas
divines who opposes his
views of Bible Temperance We
rope such a discussion will occur.
We doubt, however, if there can be
'ound a divine in New England
who will be willing to meet DR..
Lees.
The Marlboro Hotel, Boston,
vas visited last week by a squad of !
,ff1cers, who proceeded in a quiet
manner to "clean OUT the bar
Dom. The entire stock, amount
ng to about 81, 900 worth, was con-
and removed to the usual
depository for such goods. The
took taken was of the finest quail Il
Y, and comprised every variety Of
vines and liquors. Temperance {
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