Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-20
The Temperance Movement.

New YORK, Feb 20 ---Dispatches from Clu
cunati SHOW that the novel movement OF the
women against the rum sellers continues to
spread III Ohio. In Mount Vernon the bowl
ing alleys billiard saloons and gambling PAGES
arc all alike favored with prayer. When the
war is to be transferred to Cincinnati, has not
yet trauspired. The Cincinnati s, loou keepers
are loud in their threats uf insult aud use of hose
pipe upon the WOmea 10 case OF female lnya
sion. The Cincinnati brewers met for consul
tatinn yesterday and have appointed next
week as the time for defuie action. They
claim great damages from the new movement
To the saloons already closed the Cincinnati
brewers furnished per day as many as QUO kegs
OF beer Diminishing the trade at this fearful
rate, is more than they propose 10 stand quiet
ly. One hundred brewers and saloon keepers
held similar secret session in Springfield last
evening with similar results, and appointments.
La II :uia one oIthe most violent advocates
of free speech and free rum has Just surrender
ed. His name is Phillips and he was proprc
tor Of saloon called ''lhe Shades of Death. >
He swore that he would never succumb to the
power of prayer. Yesterday he dragged his
rum barrels aud kegs to the street aud spilled
their CONTENTS upon the ground amid the songs
and hailelujahs of the enthusiastic women.
1t is safe to say that five hundred ladies
We're in the streets yesterday engaged 10 the
laudable work. Hundreds arc signing the
pledge. Que old man who has been Il hard
dIinker for many years, sad IS he signed the
pledge, ''rwout do any good; can't reform:
but for Gods sake save the boys" There are
four praying bands in the streets, each mum
beriug fifty ladies' while SMALLER parties are
visiting families by invitation that they may be
enabled to live better lives. \ band of little
girls are in the street singing temperance songs
with telling effect.
In Athens where, nine days ago the future
looked SO dark, 10 nine out Of fourteen saloons
the proprIetors have put up their shutters and
signed the pledge.
PlTrsBCRG, Feb 30. = lremonity SYMPTOMS
of the Onlu antl-~h lskcy fever have shown
themselves here. The ladies have held two
meetings and are making preparations to iuau
guratc 4 crusade,
A temperance movement was inaugurated in
Dayton last uight
MONTREAL, Feb 20.-.la the Qucboc ten
perauce aud Prohibition league in session here,
the report Of the Geu,rll Committee rccom-
mcnds that all ministers Of the Gospel deliver
at least two sermons each year TO their con.
gregations on the su ject of temperance, and
the congregations hold meetings as often as
practicable to discuss the sui CT; that public
meetings be held in all the school houses in
the province for the same purpose; that united
meetings for prayer to invoke Divine blessing
on the cause, be held by the several dcnomi-
nations, aud that all Sunday school teachers be
urged to Impress temperance principles on the
minds Of their scholars One delegate assured
the meeting that he had been Informed on the
best authority that the subj ct would be taken
up by the Dominion Government on the meet
log of Parliament.