The Portland daily press., 1874-05-01
Notes of the Crusade

At Xenia, Ohio, few days ago, saloon
keeper named Glassinger seized a n old lady
named Hving, member of the praying band,
and threw her headlong into the gutter. Her
injuries have proven to be serious, and at the
last accounts she was in precarious condition.
Glassinger has been held to await the result
Mrs. Hivling is one of the most respectable la
dies in the city, the wife of bank president
and the mother OF member of the city coun-
Gil.
One of two saloonists remaining in Hills
boro, o., is being prosecuted under the Adair
law by a Mrs Ferguson, for causing the death
of her husband day or two after she had
warned the seller against letting him have Ii
quor
In Morrow, O., there were on the 18th of last
January, fourteen saloons and one brewery
One saloon is all that is now left.
A Holly Tree Inn has lust been started in
Troy, N. Y. 1t is fitted up with lunch room,
dining room and well arranged reading room
and will provea formidable rival to the res
taurants where liquor is sold. The Albany
Journal calls for a similar establishment in
that city. At Oshkosh, Wis, an effort is being
made in the same direction.
At st. Paul, Mimi, there has been parade
of the Father Mathew Temperance Union of
the State. Delegations Of crusaders were pres
ent from all the leading towns, and the Cathol-
les were out in full force and displayed great
enthusiasm for the cause. In ST. Paul and
Minneapolis they are working hard to suppress
the sale of liquor.
Additional returns from the Illinois municip-
al elections are received from GAINESVILLE, Cairo,
Dwight Monticello, Kewanee and Yorkville.
The temperance ticket was successful in the
four towns first mentioned, and defeated in
the other two:
AT portsmouth, O., seven saloons were clos
ed last week by the crusaders Fl
AT Clinton, Ind, general capitnlation of
all the liquor dealers has crowned the efforts of
the praying women, and this result was wal.
coined by ringing of bells and a general in
bilation. j.
A new and important excise law has inst
passed both branches of the New York Legis
lature. The new law provides for the election
of three Excise Commissioners in each town at
at the annual town meeting. They shall not
hold either of the Offices of Supervisor, Justice,
Town Clerk or Village Trustee and shall be
ton is made as direct and as distinct from all
Others as possible. The plan presents the sub
ject of license as square issue by itself, and
frees it from all political and personal consid-i
eratiops 1t reduces the number of license
boards, and is, therefore, more economical and
tends to restrain the traffic. 1t insnres direct
expression of the public will on the straight
question of license or no license, and so affords
practical test of local option uncomplicated
with any collateral interests.
The movement in Orono, Me-, is very effec-
tive, much interest being manifested by all
classes. The different societies are united in
this great work, and all are well represented
On the l4th inst. deputation of sixty ladies
waited on the the magistrates of Dundee Scot
land, and presented petition gned by up
ward of 800 women, asking that no license to |
sell liquor be granted. Several ladie, spoke in
behalf of the petitioners, contendng that if |
would DE better to give the publicans a pension
to live on than to allow them to continue their
traffic.
A gentleman in Lafayette, Ind, gave the |
practice of ''treating" a very effective rebuke |
recently. On being asked to take drink he |
preferred, if agreeable, to take a loaf of bread.
The treater accordingly bought ten cent loaf |
which the gentleman had sent to needy fami- |
ly. l