The daily Argus., 1874-02-11

to be admitted are refused admission for
want of accommodations: also to examine
into the financial management of the
Home, and especially the amounts paid for
fuel, lights, and salaries, and the items of |
miscellaneous and incidental expenses, and
report to this General Assembly wheth
er, in their opinion, there should be a |
change in the laws relating to the age when |
the inmates of the Home should be dis |
charged thereform and also, whether the |
Home is economically and efficiently man |
aged.
The resolution passed, although Rey-
nolds said he believed everything was all
right. IF so, what does he want to inves-
tigate?
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Feb 9.-The House
passed the Senate bill amending the law
regulating practice in courts of record SO
that suits may be brought in any county
through which railroad runs Hereto
fore suits had to be brought in the county
where the principal office of the road was
located
Wicker's memorial asking Congress to
dig canal from Rock Island to Hennepin
so as to connect the Mississippi with the
Illinois river, was laid hold of by Cassedy,
and sent to Agriculture. because that Com-
lmittee knows most about digging the canal
and river improvements. The Senate
adopted the memorial.
| CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 9. The woman S
whisky war spreads like widhre. Private
dispatches received tonight state that it is
on the eve of breaking out in Toledo, Col
umbus, and Wheeling. A large and en-
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Toledo to night.
RIPLEY, O., Feb. 9,-For four days the
war on Intoxicating liquors has been waged
here with astounding success. When pro
posed, over week since, there were very
few to be found who had the least faith il
the enterprise, and none who anticipated
such wonderful success as has attended
the effort; however, few women, with twt
or three preachers, began to get the peo
pie in a spirit for the work, by prayers ant
preaching, showing only spirit of Chris
tian love for the saloon keepers, and anxi
, GUS for their good. A missionary BAN
: was formed They have had four workin
days, and before their powerful prayers
!, sweet songs, and tears, the hardest heart
: have been melted.
: EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. ga speci,
. to the Journal from Hazleton, Gibso
! County, Ind, says last Saturday, the |;
! dies of that place organized for NOV
% ment on the liquor dealers. To-day the
70 visited the saloon keepers and drug -stor,
a in body held services, and besought IL
,e liquor-dealers to give up their traffic. Ol
at of the saloon keepers acknowledged b
"a business was not as holy as it might be, b
or has thus far resisted all entreaties. II
n. work will be continued to o-morrow, the
O. dies being determined to carry their poir
he FoND DU LAC, Wis, Feb. 9.-There
general religious awakening in all t
of Protestant churches of the city, and ma
an conversions are reported, There is a
r. much interest in behalf of the temperar
cause. The Hon. James Ross, of Madist
and Gen. John A Kellogg, of LaCross
~ both eloquent advocates of the cause, W
us have had much experience on the oppos
~ y; side of the question, will lecture here t
=. week
Ily Il CINCINNATI, Feb. l0.-In drunk
' QUARREL at Osgood. Ind, last night, } Josf
Mitchell killed his step-son, Emmet V
ave Dever.
;o ;on ST. LOUIS. Feb. lO.-Edward p Rol
law son, colored, shot and killed his wife
ter morning in quarrel, in which he now
orr leges that his wife first assaulted him v
ION a knife The murderer was arrested.
nd RICHMOND, Feb. l0.-Henry, the def
nth ing clerk of the Lynchburg internal rt
ong nue. Office, has been arrested. Over 5
20 a 600 were recovered.