Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-08
PRAYER AND PRAISE.
DiO Lewis Wants to be Put Where
He VIII Do the Most Good.
Progress of the Raid on Rum.


CLEVELAND, March THE interest in
the temperance movement is constantly in
creasing. and the ladies are organizing in
various parts of the city for a determined
campaign. Several saloons were visited
yesterday in Newberg, suburban town.
One dealer, o. Osborne, was induced to
renounce his calling. A committee of la
dies from the First UniverSalist church at
Mount Gilead visited the saloons in that
place yesterday, and received the signatures
of all the liquor dealers to their pledge.
At Elryria the largest temperance meeting
ever convened in the city was held in the
city hall last night. More than 1000 per-
sons were present, and unusual enthusiasm
was manifested, indicating the earneStneSS
of the people. The crusade is gaining
strength. At Alliance q large Deeting was
held in the Opera House. Two bars have
been closed.
The Work on the street
will begin next week at New Philadelphia.
The ladies' army numbers over 200. Daily
PRAYER meetings are held, attended ymany
of the business men. \ mass meeting is
appointed for Sunday night. COmmunica-
tiOns were read from the Grand Jurors,
urging immediate work. Out of eighty
four indictments presented TO the present
Court, seventy were for selling liquor. At
WorSter thorough preparations are being
made to move on tie saloons early in the
week.
Truce Till Monday.
COLUMBUS. o., March THE crusaders
moved in four squads to-day. No liquor
dealers have yet signed the pledge, but a
number have informed the ladies that they
have ceased their liquor trade. The pre-
sumption is they want to hold themselves
free to resume the traffic if the women's
movement should not succeed and therefore
will not pledge themselves. The ladies
close the weeks work with the nerve and
enthusiasm that characterized the COM
mencement, and announce that they will
resume hostilities Monday morning.
Pouring Out in Place Of Pouring
Down.
TOLEDO, March AT Findlay, Ohio,
| the woman's temperance movement is pro-
| crossing beyond the most sanguine expec-
| tations. After three days work more than
200 have signed the pledge, and four saloon
keepers have surrendered. This morning
large quantity of liquor was emptied into
| the street. Ladies are encouraged and
viii not stop singing and praying till every
| saloon in town is closed.
Private. Prayers.
New YORK, March THE ladies who
have been meeting in private and praying
| for the success of the crusade against
| liquor, collected for the first time in mass
meeting yesterday and considered the best
| course to pursue to win over those church
membess who lease their houses to keepers
of saloons and worse places. DiO Lewis
| telegraphs he wants to be
Put where He VIII DO the Most Good
in the fight soon to begin in earnest here.
| The women prayed in the church on the
| heights of Brooklyn yesterday and reSOlu-
| tions were adopred favoring daily and
weekly Temperance prayer meetings in diff
! ferent parts of the city, the circulation OF
pledges among all classes and remOnstrances
with landlords and liquor sellers. Bands
of six women are to be assigned 10 limit
ed number of saloons and try to persuade
! the dealers to give up the traffic. \ mass
meeting is called for DIR. Talmadge's Taber-
/ nacle.
Philadelphia to Have a Sober Sunday
| PHILADELPHIA, March THE Suprme
| Council of the Liquor Dealers Association
request all persons connected with the as
sociatiOn to close their places of business
Sundays. The Mayor has issued procla-
nation giving notice that in consequence
of the Interpretation placed by the Court
of Common Pleas upon the law relative tc
the sale of. Intoxicating liquors on Sunday
the Police have been instructed to aid il
bringing yiOlatOrs to justice. The District
Attorney says he will treat all cases of vio
lation of the Sunday liquor law the same
rs other cases.
Both WeII-KnOWn Citizens.
ELIZABETH, n. j., March T.-EdwarL
York fatally stabbed Davad C.. Stiles at a
hotel on railway last night, during {
quarrel about drinks. Both are well-knOwT
citizens.