The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-31
Temperance Notes.

ENohCss
a large audience was present at the
OTIS Hall temperance meeting Saturday
night. President Young conducted the
meeting. Alter reading portion OF the
Scriptures Mr.. Wincher followed with
short prayer. A note was read from b.
b. Porter, stating that he could not pos
sibly attend This was disappointment
to the audience, as he had been announced
to speak. Mr.. Morgan Il. Gregg was
substituted, and made 3 short speech.
Vice President G. w. Bags was the
rext reformed man to speak. He enter
tanned the audience with short snd
interesting speech. MIR. +. Jennings
Thompson, of OHIO, doctor, we believe,
and who is also reformed man, was
then introduced. From the doctors re-
marks he has been very far down the
road OF dissipation; so far, indeed, that he
was placed in the aims house, snd was n
many other respects as low as the lowest.
The Doctor thanked God and the
Christian Murphy people for what
he Is to-day. He looks like one
that had indeed passed through all he re.
lated, and was listened 10 with marked
attention, ard could have interested the
audience if he had spoken as long agsin.
Capt. j. Bags, another reformed man,
spoke next. He did not speak long, but
in his speech he referred to the article In
the HlteLLigencer5 in which he had been
accused OF going tor the saloon keepers.
He id ne did not have any personal Ill
fee 7g toward them, but was fghtin :
the business, and that he would always
do so,
The Captain having concluded, "the
seige gun" L. q. Cracraft, was called
upon, but he declined to speak on &C.
count OF the lsteness OF the hour, but this
did not answer MS an excuse, rs the audi.
ence clapped their hands, stamped their
feet sud called until Mr.. Cracrst re-
spondod in happy and highly beneficial
| speech.
The Ladies Temperance Band held
their usual meeting yesterday afternoon
in this hall. Miss Taylor, of the Femaie
| College conducted the meeting. There
was large audience present and several
persons spoke. These meetings are
beginning to be quite lnteres lug,
! Judging from the msry speakers
and persons who attend regularly. Last
night another meeting WAS held in the
above hall, conducted by Vice-President
! Wincher. After the usual opening
services were gone through with, Mr..
| Wilbur Trueman was introduced and
spoke tor a short time. lie was followed
! by Dr. Thomas in an Interesting speech,
occupying about half San hour, IN which
| he gave some very good advice in regard
TO the best wishes OF the Murphy move
ment in the future. When he had
closed Mr.. James Cunningham was in
troduced, and although but q short time
was allowed him to speak he acquitted
| himself well and held the audience in
| perfect silence during the time. a no.
| ticeabIe feature last night was the large
number OF gentlemen IN tie audience. A.
| least three fourths OF the entire audience
being gentlemen. There were two sign
ers TO the pledge. There will be q tenn
porSnce matchmaking tonight. at OTIS
Mail.
Some of the OTIS hail Temperance
Union members are forming II bible
class. The first meeting will be held IN
OTIS hall next Sunday evening at halt
past one o'clock Any person inclined
to take part is welcome. Capt. John
Baggs has returned from PIttsburg,
where he has been talking to the "lIttle
folks" cold water army. A temperance
watch meeting is talked of to-
night ut Otts hall. Some good speeches
are promised shortly by some of the
prominent MurphyItes, including the
Seige Gun, Cracrsit, Little Monitor
Kemple and Hon Geo. o. Davenport.
The meeting at Psrkers Hall, last
evening, was quite an interesting one,
aud vas conducted by 5. II. Creighton.
Addresses were made by Messrs. Ora.
craft, kemple, Baggs, Trueman and
| Cunningham. The speakers were as
usual listened to with marked attention.
Three new sgners were procured to the
pledge. The cause in Wheeling is grow
| ing more and more interesting, and from
the way the halls are filed we must con-
clude that unless larger rooms are soon
engaged many who come well have TO be
turned away Kemple declared in his
speech that he would lot sleep with a
bottle of brandy in his room tor 81, 200.
Al Parker's Hall over two hundred have
already signed the pledge.
Tonight there will be a rand temper
aece turnout snd free exhibition At Park
err Hail, South Side. A presentation OF
n token of esteem will be made TO d
prominent temperance leader. After
this performance scropticon exhibition
will BE- given, comprising many fine
views.