The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-07
THE BATTLE RACES FlERCER
EACH DAY.
NEWS FROM ALL ALONG
THE LINE.
THE WOMEN PREPARED TO
FIGHT IT OUT If IT TAKES
ALL SUMMER.
TIE FIRST DAYS PROCEED.
INGS AT DAYTON.
THREE HUNDRED SALOONS TO
BE PRAYED TO DEATH.
INDIANAPOLIS.

made by several gentlemen, including
Rev. DIR. Halliday, DIR. Abbott, Hon. q.
+. Nixon aud others.
MADISON, IND.
MADISON, Marsh G.--The temperance
excitement possesses the whole town.
Public speaking and prayer meetings in
behalf of the cause are held three times
each dsy. The ladies called In a BODY
upor tue county commissioners to-day,
and prevented the granting of three ap.
plicstions for permits TO sell liquor.
COLUMBUS.
CoLUNBus, March G.--The crusaders
adopted tho plan Of working by commit
tees to-day.
NUMBER OF LADIES
are running around In carriages and omi-
nibuses % the weather Ia very bad. Ar
rangements have been make for two visits
daily to tho principal restraints of the
city. The proprietors resist more than
one prayer meeting daily.
THE SALOON
department Of the Ohio and Mississippi
depot restaraunt has been closed, which 10
the frat signal victory of the crusaders
in Columbus.
BhLLEfONTAlNE.
BELLEFoSTAISE, o., March 6.--One
liquor seller surrendered here to-day and
another was closed up by the owner Of
the room. Tho results have been most
valuable-ons week ago wo had twelve
places within the limets Of our town
where intoxicating liquors were sold be-
sides the drug stores, and at this date we
have only elk places besides the drug
stores, and our drug men stand most SOL
EMMY pledged not to sell any liquors TO
be used IS beverage.
JAMES JORDAN,
who has Just given up his business as a
liquor dealor, lie addressing a large audi
once in the Lutheran church with great
effect.
RIPLEY, OHIO.
RIPLEY, March 6.-The crusade on sub
urban places has not quite concluded, the
ladies having been continually shut out OF
the only doggery in LsvAnna. The owner
was stubborn and kept up songs and rev.
cling inside, while the ladies prayed
without. Day before yesterday he sold
out, but his successor 10 as bad rs he, and
requested the women with peremptory
order not TO pray in his house nor on his
premises, threatening them with the law
not At all baked tho ladies had . carpet
spread outside his pavement and there
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the meantime, advertised free blow out.
Although the liquor cost nothing, there
were lew hard cases to be found dry
enough to gulp it down in the presence OF
the women. The crusaders say they will
never lay their arms down till the work
of faith ia done. The mass meetings are
still unoomfortably crowded.
CISCISsATI
CtScIysATI, March G.--The Wesley
Chapel temperance meeting tonight Wa
immense. All the standing room was Ia
ken. Mayor johnson WAS on the stage
Chss. johnson presided. Brief speeche
we're made by men and women. Muci
time was spent in praying and singing
Another
MASS MEETING
was appointed for Monday evening, II
| Wesley Chapel. A union temperate
meeting OF three churches WAS appointed
for Sunday night.
}. &. Nanpeit spoke and said he saw
many Cincinnati saloon keepers in th
audience, interest appear we'll brought vi
and the attention WAS excellent. The fol
lowing resolution from eight firms, n
wholesale druggists, WAS received
WHEREAS, We believe the use %
spurious liquors as G beyeridge ia Pre-
positive injury; its excessive
use the source of many crimes which ID
law is called upon 10 suppress and punist
| Al 81, ,La1n Ia at n
Cincinnati, feel that every movement this
will tend to mitigate or suppress this ev
should have our moral support and'aid j
coed faith. Therefore
Resolved, That we, as Wholesale drul
gists Of Cincinnati, will not sell or fill al
orders for spirituous liquors except
physicians or druggists. Thst we wi
not sell II or I'll orders for it when "
have reason to believe that it 10 to be sol
ms a beverage. This was the result OF IL
meeting Of druggists, 1t WAS announce
during the afternoon that another drui
gist, absent from the city would sign tn
pledge 1t was received with great al
plsuse.
DAYTON.
DAYTON, March G.--Friday, March Ct
will be mem orable in tho annals of Da
a ton. The
: woMAN's PRAYER LEAGUE,
] in two divisions of about 200 women
each, commanded by Mrs. Rev. DIR. Wea
ley, wife Of Presiding Elder Weakley,
tho Cincinnati conference, and Mrs. j.
% liooy Thomas, a handsome young marie
3 lady, Marched upon the three hundrod b
rooms of Dayton, through drenchir
q rain and sloppy streets. When the CO
, umns branched from the English Iiut
n eran church after morning prayer, u
# commolion was intense.
a THEsALoOSIsTs
IN were Instantly notified to put tho
Of houses in order and stand guard. Tn
o. were visably affected ss n natural COM
1. quence Of an assault to which no physi'
o. or even legalesis,ance could DO offer,
v. Mrs. Weakley's column marched up JIG
~, erson street to Fischer's and marched I
~ rcctly to his door, which was shut in tn
"a. faces. Tho women dropped TO their KIN
an in tho nasty sloppiness and began tn
"a devotions. Some Of the spec
~ tors were vissbly affected
~ many made course side remarks, but
30 indignity WAS offered and tho devo'
90 20 spectators wore profoundly impress
10 Fischer firmly refused tho pledge. Nj
~ ing door or two South. the won
W halted at Winships cellar, which v
ns full Of mon drinking. Mrs. Medley
Of fered him the pledge over the count
' which no plumply refused and
ceeded TO wait on his eustome
To- who took their toddies Is If nothing
co usual was going on.
ny In front of Nick Clemens restaur