Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-25
The Temperance Movement.

ENTHCSlALT1C MEETINGS YESTERDAY.
The Congressional Temperance Society held
its 18th anniversary last evening at the Foun-
dry church, Senator Ferry presiding. Prayer
was offered by Rev. DR.. Butler, formerly chap
lain OF the House. The secretary, Rev. Dr.
Chickering presented report with an inter
esting outline of the origin and history of the
society since 1888, when Lewis Cass, Secretary
of War, was its first president. Earnest and
eloquent addresses We're made by the preSid-
ing, officer and Hon. Hiram Price, OF Iowa,
and Rev. A. VI. Powell, of New York. The
secretary said he had just received the sigma
ture of President Hayes, the fourteenth in
succession, to the following:
PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION.
Being satisfied from observation and eXpe-
rience. as well as from medical testimony, that
ardent SpnitS. as drink is not only needless,
but hurtful. and that the entire diSuse of it
would tend to promote the health, the virtue,
and the happiness of the community, we here
by express our conviction that should the cti-
zens OF the United States. and especially the
young men, discontinue entirely the use of it,
they would not only promote their own per-
s0nal benefit. but the good OF our country and
the world.
James Madison, Andrew Jackson, j. Q.
Adams, nj. Van Buren,, John Tyler, James X.
Polk. Il. Taylor, Willard Fillmore, Franklin
Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln,
Andrew johnson, U. s, Grant. Il. b. Hayes"
Yesterday afternoon an immense cOncOurSe
of people assembled at the east front of the
Capitol to hear MIR. Murphy and other temper
ance advocates. A large choir was present
nj. Z. Young, cornetist, and interspersed the
proceedings with appropriate music. Ad-
dresses were made by Col. Gray, Capt. Sturde-
want and MI Murphy.
In the evening,aJ the COngre gatiOnal church
there was large audience, and addresses
were made by Messrs. J. III. Vermilya, A. H.
B BSs and fF a HaFyey the Edsara M
OF the meeting large number of people
signed the pledge.
On Saturday night the Franklin Temperance
meeting was we'll attended, and a capital en-
tertalnnent was given, in which Misses Pros
peri, Neidfelt. TOrney and others took part
The Rotations of Miss Coggeshell, Mrs. Law
renee and Crypt PalmOni were fine, and the
addresses byJudge Oliphant, Charley Nye, A.
j. Bowen, of Baltimore, and H. G. Iitchtield
were short and to the point. The Legion has
rented hall, in which they propose to main
tain reading room.
At a meeting at the corner of It'll street and
Pennsylyania avenue yesterday afternoon,
DIR. and Mrs. Lawrence, MIR. George Savage
and Mr.. Mitchell delivered addresses, and
number OF people took the pledge.
The Washington Temperance Reform Club
held an interesting meeting last evening at
Temperance Temple, Captain j. c. Wall i'm the
chair. The choir, under the leadership OF Pro-
lessor y. A. Billiard. sang appropriate pieces,
Baltimore: Jerry Williams, Colonel A. T.
Maupin and others.
The; The Daasshaways held ro9sing meeting at
liamS presiding. Resolutions were adopted
thanking MIR: Charles Nj. Nye for his services.
and fully indorsing him in the course he has
pulSueu III the temperance work Ill this city.
wishing him God speed, and recommending
him to all people with whom he may come in
contact. After remarks by Mr Joseph viii
liams, the president of the club, Mr.. charles
M. Nye, addressed the meeting i'm very feel
ing and fOrcible manner, closing with a bower
full appeal TO 1.-THE boys, to sign the pledge.
said good bye to all and left the hall to take
his departure on the nine O'Clock train for
Parkersourg, w. Va, where he intends to
enter earnestly and energetically into the
work of temperance reform. Judge Smell,
SSa uSlg Ohpnants, A g Bower and c. w: Litch-
neld made addresses. One hundred and forty
t tSur signed the pledge: 1t was announced
meetings held by the club during the week in
Georgetown and on sth street northwest.
A NEW OPERA GLAss.-Ons of the most
striking patents of the year past is that of
HON John A. Finch a prominent LAWYER of
lnulanapOilS, Tor an opera glass which gives
the holder complete view OF the audience to
Tgns and eTt INV while the glass is levelled at the
and will sell itself" Mr.. Finch is in the eity,
on professional business and saws he had
almost forgotten he had the patent until he
saw 1t being shown at the Ebbitt House this
morning A gentleman. familiar with the
faris trade, says 10000 of this glass should be
sold this summer at the exposition. The
patentee seems more anxious to gain some
insurance cases than to reap the profits of his
patent.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO BoY.-Harry Ho-
upon the iron picket fence in front of Christ
Church, Navy Yard, and i'm attempting to
walk along the top, fell, impaling himself on
one OF The iron spears, which entered his
body some three inches. He was carried into
the church, where DIR. Robertson attended