The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-19
The Women's Temperance Hove
mert In LeavenWOrth.
Work Of Saloon Visiting Inaug.
urated.
The First Organized Raid YeSter-
day.
Ciacomini and Dexter Visited.
A Few Brave Women and . Hull
titude OF Curious Men.
A Lively Time on the Street.

The ladies' @: the Women's TemPeranc.
A.scis,ion yss,erd.y renewed the aegrss
i've movement On tie saloons. NOtwith.
4le' ding the unaepicious skie'. ths deluse Of
rain. aud the muddy condition Of the strse's'
nipe women. headed by the veteran Mn
Williams, marched from the Aetbodis'
.hurch, shout 4 O'Clock. and according to
appointm emit, visited the Delmonico r-s,au-
rant and saloon OF !. Giscolnini, on shaw.
nee ctr. ri. The appearance Of the women
a. they formed in double file aud marched
along Fifth .tseet, vss the signal for rallying
I'll the uc.ins in that vicinity and assem-
hing 10 the vicinity Of the Delm0nic0 the
curiou-, tie eager, and he int rested adults.
Tom G &C D,;ui VS. absent when the lsdn &
got taere, and Tony, the sunny Italian"
Who rup+rin,ends when the chief is away,
s,ou'Iy objected t, any d-voct demon-ira-
lions until he r. turned. Fiu.lly. after much
arguing, objections and coun.er-obisctioos,
the ladies Withdrew from the saloon end
form. d 10 a circle On tie sidewaIk immedi-
stely in front, and commenced
rin ing ''Come thou fount ofevsry blessing u
tiizc,mini arrived ju-t Is the ladies' Yer.
singing the let line of the 6rrt verse, and
c!esred ~.y To the door, inv ted the Lsdis
10 the & nesOus precincts Of the Delmonico.
,ruv ding seats for them around the stovs 10
the dining hall. A great crowd Of bysland-
.rs rushed IN after the women, fling through
he bar.:o IN and filing the dining hall.
The anxiety TO nee what was going on could
not t.e rsrtr.ined. The multitude convened
l.r- VS. absolutely bent on getting their
.,e- on the brave women, and to accomplish
this di-,esarded the ordinary rules Of Ell
qut,te snd climbed upon the tables. regard.
le.s Ct the fir@ cloths which overrpread The
fs.,ai boards OF The famous Delmonico. The
repre- ent tive OF THE TINES, who always
ta,,psnr arouSd when imP0rts. events oc-
car, found an elevated 8 alton in one corner
al the rom, where he c. u!d survey the bar
Z ON add me PRAYER room Vt the same time.
Nv the time the iadier were resfy to resume
. aver ard praise the DelmoDico vas dense
iy packed The bar presented . ecrne Of
ua,,-u.sI ACTIVITY. Ohe would Lave imagined
that all the Thirsty customers Tor biocks
around hal beea seized With an uncontrolls-
bic ds-ire 10 ''iiqnor up" SO busy we're the
m r. tenders snG 81 numcrt us were the calls
for beveTsgss.
Then a f-w minutes after entering the
Iadi-s, ,e-nu.ed singing the hymn which they
ne.un op tie sidewalk, and al its cloee, prayer
wss offered up. The men gathered in the SAL
6s,r, uncover I'd their heads out OF respect
I the services, and paid closs attention 10
the .uppl,cs,ion. The ladies then sane an
other hymn, and while the vocal part Of the
?. rvice was getting in,sre- ting. . colorsd
&c Of The masculine gender, in lis sfiorts
10 pro,.c, the rponns from the feet of burly
locker on gave cfi-nce TO q ,talwart gentle
uau in he audience, who threatened 10
pvere the said domss.ic's head rom the said
iou,~r' ic'- body. The gentleman declared
hat he visited the rsstanrsnt Ia nee and hear
.i,~ iAji.s, ard would n. submit 70 an ipsin.
nation o isrsling the silver.
the ladies runy anOth her hymn, offered IN
}. her prayer and then took up their line Of
M, Oh for the we'll known ssIoOn OF Silss
D. xser, under the National Bank. The cru
.ders moved rapidly ard we're almost upon
DEXTER before he knew they were coming.
He met them at the thr abOld Of his place
md d, MED them sdmision. They ssked for
he privilege Of holding services on the side
walk. which Re granted without q murmur,
nd there in the drizz'ing rain, and exposed
q the caz. of q vas, crowd Of men in the
l.A:o- III,
ai-h in the prayer movement BY Offering to
he Throne Of Divine Grace supplicztions
n behalf OF The fallen and wayward.
When the ~erv 'ces at the corner of Fourth |
md Delaware streets were concluded, the
adie. returned to the MetkodiG Church and
exported ,.rcgress.