The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-19

News ftsa Tho Frsat, - Con.
doasod from eur Exchanges.
Progress Of the Revelation.

0o09od from eur Exchanges.
Progress Of tho Revelation.
The Chicseo 1fiSsas says tas var in tha-
city AasGo0oeaeed n earneN. Heretofore
says The 1Si6sas, fsw l.diss have been viz
iting alo0as il various pasts Of the city, bu
u Tie naas meeting held On Friday evrainG.
six hundred vere enrolled tor sc1ivs work,
aad il hegins aoV to look Ike busiD0s
1peakisg Of The ehasacaes OF ladies esgaged
IN The Vosk, The Tfibsns says they were al
veil drsad, enlsivassd, md orderly, though
many q the0 Vsse sinid, becanss unsccus-
toned 10 paEticipaaiag ID public meetings
A Saturday dispatch from Day ton, Ohio,
ays tour pssying and singing divisioae, Of
about twenty vooes ssch, visited the usual
sunber Of sal,oas % that day. in spite Of
the cold and chseslos vosiher. They en-
joyed P:ces :vs'y.her:. and we're hardy
o6ended By the Eudsss dppaen. They VIE
lied the saloon keelefs. Who generally took
pain 10 shisld them froa The cold, and
urssd shsn 70 occupy bet e. Rooms.
vIn Xenis, Ohio. . Dispatch says the
pomen shses are sill on the vsr
path. and though hey seem u have sccom
alished nolhing - yes. they are nat decOur-
lleed, bot 70 about theis work with ~ much
deaesninaiioa and eaahniasm - Ut iirst. A
meeting Of The busineo men Of Xenia va
hid the other day to coosider the subject
and rs.oluiions were passed commending the
,dies foe their determination, and urging
tbem 70 peEsevere.
spatches from Urbaaa, Crestline, Mans
Warsaw, Lims, Alliance, SAndu-ky,
MeeoviIle, Seubenville, Bucyras. LsDdon,
naumee, Pefrysbusg. Bryan, Tif6n, and
umerous oaher Ohio towns, state that the
lsdies are ssill going ahead With unabated
enthusiasm, the movement every day gain.
ing serensth, and though in many places
their efforts do not seem to be fruitful Of any
immediate good. their determination y equal
to the occasion. And in the big cilies
they appear to be making more head
way than At FIRST. A special from Columbus
says:
THE vomans' crusade against intemper-
ancs brgan in earnest here to-day. The lead
ing ladies Of the churches have been meeting
daily for . week paet. organizing and pre-
pairing. The 6rt attack vas made On the
Wholesale houses, and the owners Of proper
~, Who are asked to sign iae pledge not TO
drink liquors, beer, wine OF cider. or lease
property for salOon purposss. The entire
force OF ladies met this morning at the First
Presbyterian church. A halt hour was spent
in devotional exercises, trese being charac-
teFiz.d BY intense fssvor and sarnestness.
Another half hour vas spent in consultation.
planning and assigning the work before
them. A considerable part Of the city has
been divided into districta, 20 that the cam
palgn may be conducted in . systematic man.
ner. About IL O'Clock the crusaders started
out, going By Iwos and thSeea. some in car
raises and others on foot. The went in this
manner in order that they might not atten-
ton. All the delegations we're provided
With pledge books About City ladies wtre
out lor the opening skirmish."
At Toledo and Cincinnati saloon visiting
has moi been eomuenced YET. bot active pre-
parasions are in progress and large NUMBER
are being enrolled 10 tie ranks Of the crusa-
defs.
At JED .rs,nvilieIl iiAa,, opp,.it. L ris-
vile, the crusaden are steadily augmenting
their members, AMI though they have 70 far
succeeded in sfIectiog very little apparent
good, they show no sisns Of weakening; they
admit that this 10 one II the harde.t Plsctsi
the country, and that 1t will probably tax
ten yeas to completely reform it;
but they say they had en-
lsted in the work for life. and il they die
Of old age before il il completed, their girls
will be old enough to take their places.
A Loganspors, Indiana di-pstah, eays:
"Another exciting day, and crowded Com
missiouera' Court So far about twenty petit
tioos for licenses have been lors, and - many
saloons that were ceiling during the pending
OF petitions for licenses have closed. Every
announcement that p titiOn 10 lost il greet
ed With v0ciferous cheers from tls hundreds
in constant attendance"
From Seymour, Lafayette, South Reud,
Winchester, Evansville, and other Indiana
towns eoue reports to the eject thas the ex-
citemeni i sill increasing and the movement
daily gaining strength
In Illinois saigon visiting is nov going on
IN most Of The towns Of the State. Dispstches
from Danville, Alton, YorkviIle. Quincy
Urbans, Ottawa and Springfield. say the ladies
give encouraging accounts Of their prospects,
and the work is going steadily forward.
Dispatches from Mich. an. WISCONSIN,, aid
New York bring reports Of the same chsrac-
ter. The movement appears TO be tecoming
national.