The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-12

refused by q vote of AZ to 30 TO- snbmit to
separate vote the section allowing
woman suffrage. Fifty-three votes were
required to secure such submission To a
separate vote
JeYersOMviIle, Ind,
jErrERsoNvILLE, March II. = After
Mrs. Hunt, the Quaker lady, had finished
her lecture on temperance today, the
crusaders started on their usual daily ga
loon vists. They had hold services In
front Of several, and arrived at
JOHN SETTLES,
on Spring street, Ut four O'clock Uore
they were met by Mrs. Settle at the door,
who attacked Mira. jackson, one of the
leading crusaders, throwing her down.
The police interfered and quoted the
distur bsnce. After several prayers and
songs, John Settle became worry boisterous,
PULLED OFF HIS COAT
and prepared to fight the ontire crowd.
The efforts of his friends Quoted him.
White drinks were being sold, and the
rafting OF glasses and oaths were heard
across the street, the services continued,
and the crowd increased so that the
streets were
LITERALLY BLoCRADED.
While the excitement was at its hight
the friends of the movement and against
II seemed ready for any emergency, and
fears have bcen expressed by a number of
good citizens that II may yet lead to
BLooDsHED.
Services we're continued n this saloon un.
I'll six pm, and the crowd wa, not die
persed until several buckets Of water
were thrown upon them from second
story windows.
Jackson, Mich.
JACKSON, March 1.-The temperance
revival, which has been in progress here
for over two weeks, eliminated this after
noon In very large
MASS MEETING
ct the Opera House. Tie building WAS
filed to Its utmost capacity with lalies.
The meeting WAS rather conservative in
its views and the feeling was very largely
in favor Of ignoring prohibition and slmi.
lar hobbies, which expressions have been
shown to be failures, and to bring TO bear a
| persistent and united public effort OF q
moral character, and to seek and dissuade
aud elevate. by personal solicitation both
| the
LIQUOR DEALER
and other patrons, and build up u sub
stantial barrier against an evil which
through relaxation had grown to alarming
proportions. The meeting was evidentl
not in favor of praying in saloons.
Dayton, Ohio.
| DAYTON, March IL. Aggressive opera
tions on saloons continued to-day with
usual vigor, but without impression.
| THEwoMEN
moved from headquarters, in columns OF
four, and marched down Jefferson and
adjustments heretofore not assailed. Tn,
exciting than yesterday,
| THE RABBLE
seeming generally to renew their ribaldry
The women formed near curb stone, and
were speedily encompassed by crowds o
who watch with varying manifestation,
and some emotion.
LINES or MEN
file in to the bars to quench their affected
thirst, and the chink of foaming glasses
chime in with the soft poetic notes Of wor
shipful women. But tho plain
tive voice Of prayer, when the
women on Bonded knees supplicate tn,
mercy of God, produces an instant ant
indescribable hush down in the bar-rooms
and ss the eloquent pleading sscsnds, th'
influence quickly strikes the nearest rans
| oil Spectators, pornioates anu pervades Il
the outermost rim of the semicircle form
cd about them. There arc moments when
the women weep and pray, that their in
| fuence 10 irresistible, and even men who
do not approve Of saloon devotions are
unconsciously and irresistibly affected
Excepting among the depraved, there il
| not the remotest suggestion OF levity
In these scenes 1t is touchingly solemn
| A dozen or more saloons were visited to.
day without the least sppsrent effect, and
with one exception, without insult to the
| rtsoluts crusaders who will not dcsis,
from the labor which they have under
| taken. In the west end suburbs, one wa,
man sat at the open window Of her saloon
drinking beer while prayer and prsise'
were progressing, making vulgar remarks
and flirting the contents Of her glass at
the earnest devotees, or flinging fragments
salOonists seemed 10 relax to-day some
| "o"s A'ouA yooso'o"y eoNoIby, tHty hIe
more or less bitter. 1t 10 like
HOPING AGAINST HOPE
to imagine that any considerable number
will yield to the demands made upon
them, though some will probably reduce
their business TO q strictly legal basis.
One ssloonist who closed up his
spIRIuToUs TRAFFIC.,
has an empty whiskey- bottle reversed and
drapped with black Grape hanging over
his bar with the inscription, "nlx. come.
arouse, in large letters above it.
Probabilities.
WAsHINGToN, March ll.-On Thurs
day for New England states, partly
cloudy weather with fresh to very brisk,
north to west wind with temperature be-
l.. q. II