Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-02-26
THE WHlSkEY WAR.
LATEST ADvICES FROM THE
FRONT.
GENERAL CLOSING UP OF SALOONS
IN THE INTERIOR OF OHIO.
THE CONTEST in NEW YORK, PENN
SYLVANIA, INDIANA. ILLINOIS,
IOWA, MINNESOTA, ETC.

XENIA, o., Feb l9.-Xenia is in o
t 10 OF excitement The most no
torlous saloon eeper, Philips, who
kept q place called the "Shades OF
D cath" made an unconditional SUI
render a. 3 O'Clock this afternoon,
and The women roll I'd out his barrels
OF whisky aud wine, and poured The
contents into the gutter. The bot
ties were thrown into the street
The bells Of the city rang out the
news, and soon great crowds rushed
10 the spot. praise God from
Whom ! Blessings Flow" was sung
till il could be heard mile. Word
was sent TO the State Changers Cor
vention, then In session in the City
Hall, and 800 farmers welcomed the
news with cheer after cheer. The
men on the spot unanimously passed
resolution TO sustain Phi Ii ps Ia
any honorable business in when he
might engage. This is considered a
great victory. IL is thought the
capitulatiOn of many Others will soon
follow Xenia is conseI vative.
aristocratic old city Of 900 inhabi,
tants, but nearly every woman in
the tirst circles OF society ls engagei
in the movement. The excitement
is greater than at any time since
Sumpter was fred on. Several hun
dred women, divided into seperate
bands, are on the streets every day.
and they will peisevere till the last
rum shop i, closed.
CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 10. The
crusaders at Athens, O., gained vic
tory to day. This morning they visit
ed for the fourth time the saloon Of
Frank Mann. Heretofore they have
met with opposition, but to day there
was change. He after many pray.
ers and entreaties, hauled out the ale
beer kegs and emptied their contents
in the road. Only one saloonest now
remains in Athens.
Advces from Frankfort, o., ststes
that, under the persistent attacks OF
battering ram OF prayer, Mike Hell
fritch has promised to quit selling liz
uor. This dlsposes of Franktort's re-
/ manning saloon.
A special from Piqua, o., tonight
says: The women's whisky war has
commenced in this city in earnest, and
great excitement prevails. A large
number OF our most responsible fe-
males are engaged in the movement.
Although at the close of this, the Sec
ond day Of the crusade, no satisfacto-
| ry results have been obtained, to day
| theswomen marched in three divisions.
visiting number of the most promi
nent saloons. At several places they
were compelled to hold their service s
on the Sidewalk, and at but one place
were they rudely treated. Large
crowds of curious people followed the
crusaders from place to place. To
night large temperance meeting is
being held at the Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the ladies' wi
| pick their filnts and try it again to
morrow. One dealer, &. Shopurbarg
CIR, offered to pour his liquor into the
gutter if the ladies would raise him
81 900. Ofconrse, this proposition w as
mildly, though firmly rejected. Anoth-
er dealer, Charles Rose, claims that
the movement makes his business so
per cent better. Ofthe six drug stores
but three have succumbed. The
movement has the support of the bet
ter portion of our community, though
the effort Of wiping out fifty saloons is
herculean task.
| Among the fresh towns reached by
the crusade are NJ 4Arthurs, o., North
Lewisburg, O., and Hartford City,
Ind. At Chillicothe, O. prayer-meet.
ings are TO be kept up every afternoon
until the arrival of Do Lewis Then,
some different method, to be devised
by that reformer, will be adopted and
put into execution.
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 19 "A lead
ing prohibitlonist informed your cor.
respondent to-day that the women's
temperance movement is to commence
here about the LIST of March. Fifteen
hundred women have already express
| ed their determination to push forward
the work, d they propose to begin
the campaign by beSeiging the whole.
sale liquor dealers with prayers and
spiritual songs. When these are rout-
ed they will proceed to the small fry.
There are about 1900 saloon keepers
IN this city and they doubtless already
begin to quake.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 20. The Lady
Prayer Meetings are now being held
daily. The preparation for more ac>
tive movements ON the Liquor Dealers
are growing each day, ana much il :
tercst is manifested. No plan for the
campaign is yet decided upon. 1t is
asserted that the plan will be similar
to that adopted at Hillsboro The
general meeting, on next Tuesday, will
decide the plan to be observed.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb 2l.-The wo-
mans prayer meeting this morning,
Notwithstanding the rain, was very
large, and much interest was manifest
ed. A special request was made for
the prayers Of Christian people every
where that their efforts may be crown
ed with success, and they be given,
wisdom to conduct the campaign
| WHICH IN W pS OpSD' u NEAT Wctht
New YORK, Feb. 90 1t is said
that 5000 women Of this city have Of
tered their services, since Sunday, to
The conducting Of Union Temperance
Prayer Meetings, to inaugurate the
war against King Alcohol.
The Brooklyn Women's Temperance
Society, to-day, resolved to call a pub
lie meeting, to devise means to pre-
vent liz Tor selling on Sunday A
large number are III favor of adopting
the plan reported in the West
New York Feb. 2l.--Ih Rev
Henry Ward Beecher said TO large
congregation last night that history
would not show parallel to the efforts
making in the West to suppress dram.
drinking, which he characterized as
'the scourge of the household 1t is