Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-16
The Crusade Against whisky by the

SPREAD oF THE MOVEMENT IN THH wRsT
e. ne prayers OF the pious women Of the west
ior the conversion of the liquor sellers are still
going up, and numbers of the wicked ones are
experiencing change az heart. The excite
ment mas broken out at Jacksonville, Ind,
and Covington, Ky.
At Cincinnati one hundred and fifty postal
cards were mailed for Covington (Ky.) saloon
keepers on Saturday, which reads as Follows
dear sir: You are requested and entreated 10
abandon the sale of intoxicating liouors for
your own welfare and that OF humanitv Re-
member that Il Is degrading TO yourself and
spreads vice and poverty among us IL Won do
not do this We viii unite our PRAYERS and visit
YOU and every saloon in q body, feryently
pleading until our object IL attained" lSigned
by The Ladies Committee OF temperance
Ii is reported that the CovingtOn ladies' will
commence moving next Wednesday. The sale
OF liquor in Covington is licensed by both the
city and state. There is nothing new with re-
ference 10 the situation in Ohio. except that
the movement is taking hold OF the small vii
lagos.
At Ripley, Ohio, one or two dealers who were
pledged 10 sell no more liquor have undertaken
10 renew their old business quietly. The ladies
have renewed their efforts with these, although
the new suburban saloons are now receiving
the most attention. A vigilant eve is kept on
all dealers who have surrendered
Special dispatches to the Cincinnati Gazette
from various parts OF southwestern Ohio report
that about eighty out of one hundr d and forty
places where liquor was sold have been closed
since the beginning OF the Temperance move
ment. These reports come from fourteen towns
NlHARSS- AT Logan, IecShurg. New Al-
emma, Washington and Manchester a complete
victory has been gained. Muncie, Ind, reports
eight out of eleven places closed. The average
duration OF the movement in these places is less
than two weeks.
At Jacksonville, Ind. Saturday, about two
hundred ladies met a. a Methodist church. and
after preliminary arrangements marched
quietly 10 the most prominent liquor saloons.
At the first saloon they were refused admit
lance, and services were held on the pavement.
At two other saloons visited they were invited
N aaFu - . q.
ness II bought out. An immense crowd cOngre-
gated, and drinking continued during the ser
vices. The ladies will make another demon
stration to-day.
In Sbelbyville lively antogonism has devel
oped. The saloon keepers served written no.
tces on the ladies that they would hold them
responsible for loss in business. Next day an
immense meeting was held, and an incOrpo-
rated company was organized, with ~3o0.OeO
capital, TO light the liquor traffic legally III other
means fail. The ladies then prepared a reply
20 the saloon-keepers, charging them with de,
strOyiDg the business OF the community ex-
haustiDg its resources, adding to the taxes, in
creasing crime, and defending their right to
pray Tor the removal of such an evil.
In Muncie intense excitement prevails The
day after the first meeting, aud before the
pledge had been circulated, the druggists vol
unfairly rendered pledge not TO sell LIQUOR fo-
drinking purposes. Since then two saloon.
have been closed. One was ousted by the owner
of the property and the signatures were with
drawn from the petition for the others license.
Two SPANISH LIBERALs.-Azamat Batuk
describes, IN the London Examiner, the leaders
OF the Madrid Federalist party CASTELAR, and FL
gueras. Both are gentlemen of unblemished
reputation, but IN their physical appearance
and habits OF life they are unlike. Castelar, is
q man OF middle height, thick-set ami bald-
headed, OF affable manners, and who 'seems al
ways ready TO deliver an grafton" lie goes into
society great deal. Figueras is tall and thin
and gray headed, and always goes to bed at 9
O'Clock In the eve ming and gets up at O'Clock
In the morning. lie Is man Of weak health
and frequently spits blood when hard pressed
by work. He is Of that cast of character to
which the late Mr.. j. S. Kill belonged; person
al grief intensely affects the whole OF his being
and ahsorbs for long time all other feelings
ana thoughts. In April last. few DAYS before
the coup detaf of the sd, Senior Fig1eras lost
his wife, and his grief was 80 intense that when
AZaBat Batuk saw him, about three weeks
later, De spoke like a man who had perfectly
made mp his mind to leave his post as soon a. il
was in any way possible, and even to leave the
country.