The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-02-24
sHELBYYILLE SUgTINGS.

81 FyELING UP" ON THE TEMPERANCE WAR
i FARE-THE MEETINGS on SUNDAY.-wIs0
WERE THERE, WHAT THE DID AND WHAT
THEY SAID-CoUNTING TH e RESULTS OF THE
CRUsADE-NEws, AND GO SsIP OF THE CITY.
lErom an occasional cerreson dent of tie Sentin(:
SHELBYvILLR, Feb. y, 1S74.-4n, my last
letter gave yoa a son lewhat lengthy ac-
count of my interview with the different
saloon keepers who continue to hum some
what after the masane of Shakespeare in
Henry ":
HThus far our fcrtuns k .sps an onward course
And we g-st@ed VaiIn wreaths of victory"
but Just how long. ahe will Barble that dull
Get strain is beyonG ne pale OF your cores
pondent to conjecture, as the rOusing tenn
perance meeting this afternoon serves TO in
dicate resumptsOn, not of specie payment,
exactly, bat renew ed and active hostilities
against the liquor Inen. But am still of the
opinion that the st ar of the crusaders passed
its meridian line some ten days since, and
has been on tlse decline since that period.
Last Wednesday morning few of the faith
ful assembled at Maize's old stand, and, ac-
cording 70 a pre- 5ious arrangement, fitted the
old saloon. up n ) a reading room, and in a
few days will dispense to the bibulous a
beverage peEao eed few degrees in tone and
effect from sh Q "blue lightning" formerly
sold by Maize hot coffee from twelve until
six O'Clock dlaily, and will doubtless be a
draw card.
This aftsr1 loon at half past three O'Clock,
the temperance people the number of about
800 assep0bl ed at the NJ. L. Church where a
very inter esting meeting was held. The
moametinys was called to order by Mr.. j. III.
Enos, who having stated the object of the
meeting. nominated Prof. w. A. Bales
as chair1lan. Mr.. Dan J. Shaw was elect
secretary, and after the usual devotional ex-
ercises were gone through with, Mr.. Boles
requested all present who favored the tenn
perancs3 cause, to rise and make the fact
known by few remarks of encouragement
and sdvice. Mr.. Enos. Mr.. w. w. Lane
Il Mrs. George Il. Dunn, Mrs. Jeffras and
MIR. Thomas Caughey arose in response to
the call, and spoke earnestly in hehalf o,
the cause % temperance. Mr.. Lane urged
L the women to not falter or look back as did
4 Lots wife, argued that the honor ofthe tenn
tperance cause was at stake in the PROCESS o.
1.-The temSersnce movement thus begun and hs
4 strongly limited that the crusaders should
Il repeat their visits to the liquor men. tenn
4 poarially abandoned.
Il SPEECH OF JUDGE WRIGHT.
That venerable apostol of the Temper
rance cansee Judge Cyrus Wright the,
) arose and delivered himseltO his usual TRAD
, of garrulous nothings. The Judge denie
having said that he advised mob law O
using any violence whatever in the sur
/. preston of the liquor traffic, but parties
E who heard him, differ with him o
that point, alleging that in recer
speech he said: $50 to the dist1lleries an
n tear out the furnaces, and drive out an
NJ force the employees to seek other and mo
I" honorable employment" Your correspol
y dent was present when the judge used Il
v, language alluded to above, and in the a
a. sence OF any explanation this afternoon
to what ne did say on a former occasion,
'ir must hold him to the record, although i
d. discreetly made by the Judge. He furth
e- remarked that no money would employ hi
a to defend'a saloon keeper, but took occasi
nc to allude to the fact that few DAYS ago
by liquor man from Cincinnati called upon t
ty with some collections which he took. q