The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-02-19

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GENERAL SURVEY OF THE FIELD.
Cincinnati, February 15.-Reports from
scores of towns in Sout',c,n Ohio, and Indi
ana show steady extension Of the Women.
Temperance crusade. The following is
DIR do LEWIS LATEST.
communication to the press:
LEBANON, February Is, 1874.
DEAR SIR: In three or four towns where
the Women's Temperance Movement has
been inaugurated, instead of beginning with
large meeting and enisting the leading wo.
men of the place, afew unhappy drunkard's
wives have gone about pleading, singing and
praying, and heartless public have laughed
at them and thus brought the movement in
to ridicule. The work in every town should
be begun with large, well-appointed meet.
ing. 1 am happy to say that several able
speakers are about to enter the field, and
supply the demand. trust the Temper.
ance Bureau formed will be announced with
in day or two. have more than hun.
dred invitations, and am definitely engaged
Tor Ten nights. ii the friends of the temper
ance cause will organic bureau, am sure
that ten able sIe,bet- and organizers will
spring 20 the work.
Yours truly.
Do LEWIS.
TIE WAR CONTINUES
a. its height in Springfield and Xenia, which
are the largest cities the movement has yet
reached. AT Xenia large prayer meetings
are held daily land the ladies go their rounds
singing and praying in the saloons. Quak-
er-women from Wilmington, o., are assisting
al Aenia. Substantially the same programme
is carried out at Springfield. The rumsel-
iers in these two cities are not numerous,
however, and all kinds of business are Ian
gushing. Merchants complain loudly Of
the unnatural dui'ress prevailing in their
stores. The C.n-n,!crs
AT LONDON, OHIO,
report that atie- three weeks OF effort, three
drug stores have l. "a IL orined, i've saloons
have been permanently closed, and all the
remaining saloon-l sep.rs except one have Of
tered ID sell out to ire Committee. A move
ment is on foot 70 r-o.ide the young men of
the town wits lfc uTe room and a iirs: class
Ky mnaslum.
Six saloons have been closed al Athens,
and grocery that sold only cider, was cue
oessiulIy besieged Yesterday BY the women.
A drink can be r: ocussi only in the su-
burbs.
There ia b"' one loon in Lebanon, o,
and that was surro;,n..cI sill day yesterday
and portion oi The night by
sixty DETERMINED LADIES.
One hundred women made the rounds of
the Gallipolis p lpons last night
The POmeroy ladies are interchangeable, al
though they have not yet succeed IN bring
ing one saloOn-keeFer t, terms.
South Charleston, o., Feb. 15.-At a
macs meeting COMPOSED of abou, 800 people
this evening, speeches were made by several
gentlemen in favor OF temperance. One of
the saloon keepers, james Gallagher, came
out decidedly in fsvor of temperance
throughout the United States. The ladies
are sanguipe "a st.cc.ss in the Temperance
here.
Greenville, Ohio, Feb. 1.-THE temper.
ance people o. th.s place are still busy. A
meeting was held in the Methodist Church
last night, and the pledge was signed BY
shout seventy person. Steps were taken t.
lead to perm. snen, organization. Some think
he Adsir law -trorg enough to drive away
he evil Of temnsranoe. while others are adj.
vocatipg moral russion. Intoxicating lou.
,rs are sold in twenty-five places in this
own.
The 81. Louis Gto5e gives reports from
he following named plsces:
Morrow, O., Feb. I3.-Yesterday there
was delegation down from Washington c, |
H., that encouraged :he ladies very much,
md did very tficient work. The ladies have
loLe more personal and secret work than |
ever before, and with better effect
Most Of the saloons we're visited BY the !
aides in q body, and also BY committees, 20 I
hat the work made progress, and brought /
he ladies AMI saloon keepers to better I'm.
lerstanding. All ;his day il has been very
bu. the ladies. acting upon Tie /
ldvice Of the Washington lsdiss, and also |