Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-23
CLOSED OUT.

CLOSED OUT.
Practical Temperance Work by Our
Ncighbors Down the River.
Sioux City Journal, 2ed.
Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock a large
crowd gathered in front Of Fishers saloon
the stock and the sale of the a~ppurtenances.
When they arrived there they found a red
ribbon tied upon the door-knob. Rev. E.
H. Avery, president of the alliance, made
a few remarks in explanation of the scheme
for closing the saloon, assuring those pres
ent that the occasion had not been arranged
for any foolish demonstration or sensational
display. No raid had been contemplated
upon Mr.. Fishers business, but it was SIM
ply and solely a project to help him in his
efforts, undertaken with every indication of
good faith, to get clear of IN occupation
that has done him SO much harm. In token
of the fate to which we intend consigning
the concentrated misery and liquid trouble
which has come into our possession by pur-
chase of Mr.. Fishers stock, | now spill the
contents Of this bottle through which has
been dealt out SO long the whisky obtained
at this bar. That was emptied, following
which, Messrs, Swartz, Fisher, Tucker,
Fawcett, Galbraith and others proceeded to
spill the contents Of bottles, jugs, kegs and
other receptacles. While one of the jugs
was being emptied, Kirkie, IN old French
man who has been a sot hereaboQts for a
great many years, tried to catch some of the
liquor in his ragged cap, and he succeeded
in securing a drink. He again attempted
it, but was prevented. Some in the crowd
appeared to look upon the incident as ex-
tremely ludicrous, and calculated only to
make a farce of the proceedings but Mr..
Avery very pointedly remarked in regard to
it, that, SO far as its effect was concerned, he
was glad that it had happened, because it
showed the terrible degradation to which
whisky would take a nan To avoid Kirkie,
and to expedite the work, the bottles and
jugs were then emptied into buckets inside
the saloon and the liquor carried out and
thrown into the gutter. While John Tucker
was carving out one of the buckets, Kirkie
tried to dip his cap into it to get some more
liquor, and Tucker Just doused him with the
contents of the pail, effectually squelching
him. William Swartz, better known as
Perseverance William, the auctioneer, then
took a position on a table on the
sidewalk in front of the saloon door,
to commence the sale. He alluded
to the fact with which almost
everybody in the city is familiar, that
whisky had been nearly the ruin of him
sell, but that he proposed now to be always
found among its enemies. In whatever he
had to do with the present movement, he
had been melted only by a desire to aid
others to escape the bonds of the accursed
business. He did not favor a resort to law
to compel men to quit the use of or traffic
in liquor, but preferred to help them in all
honest effort which they made to clear them
selves from its tolls.
He then commenced the sale. The first
article offered was a glass, which was started
at SIS, and after giving a chance for other
bids, he knocked it down for himself, taking
it as . relic of an institution in the closing
up of which he had been 60 instrumental.
The next article was a big brown jug, which
went at SIS to Walter Strange, who, during
the sale, made a very large number of pur-
chases, making them simply to be sure that
their career in the saloon business had
ceased. The bottle first emptied by Rev.
E. A. Avery was then put up and sold to
him for S., after which John Tucker paid
S. for another bottle which had been used
at the bar. The remainder of the bar goods
were then sold, some of them going at fancy
p1ASSo vi mcWe0tVby soMV UoAuS PuACAaoSO
by Joseph Marks. Jams Junk and other
liquor men, and some going as they would
at any other public sale. The whole bust
ness passed OFF smoothly, with no more ex-
element than would attend an ordinary
auction, with the exception Of the incident
to. The proceeds amounted to
SOL 80, leaving still the bar, ice-chest,
and furniture to be disposed of,
which it is thought will bring At least $50
more. The arrangement made with Fisher
was that the alliance should take his stock
of liquors, for which it paid him $43, and
that . number of his friends should help
him in the sale of the fixtures of the saloon,
for which he agreed to take $3.50, although
a careful invoice of the goods showed them
to be worth considerably more than that
sun. These friends became personally re-
sponsible for 500 of this amount, the sale
being depended upon for the remaining
$3.50, and the indications are that this will
be realized. In return for this he signed .
bond never to again engage in the saloon
cuisines: in Sioux City, and those who know
Jonnie Fisher feel no hesitancy in say ing
that his promise will be solidly kept.
Th1s has been achieved what may be
considered = Wholesale triumph by the tenn
Perance movement in Sioux CITY.
HE R%oumanians occupy Florentine. tnus
completing the investment Of Widdin. The
bombardment of the Ronmanians set FIRE 10
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