The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-24
MEETING OF THE RED RIBBONITEs
LAST NIGHT.

INTERESTING PROGRAMME -- MUSICAL con.
CERT DAN RIcEs LEcTURE-sHoRr AD.
DRESSES THE CAT oUT.' ETC.
Last night being a generally pleasant
ami bright moonlight night, the audience
which assembled in the hall of the TEN.
perance Reform club was larger than usual
Almost all the benches were filled with
eager listeners, both members and non.
members, but all Of them we'll wishers of
the cause, as they amply demonstrated by
the hearty applause they gave to temperance
expressions
At 1880 O'Clock, the meeting WAS called
II order by President Geo. :. Fisher. after
which the choir sang Hold the Fort" and
two stanzas Of The morning hight is break
ing in which the audience Joined with a
hearty will. Then, while the audience was
yet standing, prayer wa, offered in which
the prosperity Of the club was asked and
the blessing of God upon the temperance
cause and all who were engaged m IT,
Thus opened the meetng-iu an earnest.
solemn, yet pleasant manner.
The Secretary, Mr. Yost being absent
the Financial Secretary. Mr. yesterday. was
called upon by the President, to perform
the duties of the Secretary The roll was
then called and the minute. Of the previous
meeting read. CAt this iunctur, Col. Wood.
Nice-P Pr Sident of the club, entered the hal!
and took a seat on the standDThe minutes of
the special meeting, held on Thursday last
were also read, and no objection being
made to either Of them, they stood approx.
cd, Reports of committees were then in
order, and several verbal reports were made
In connection with one Of the reports a lii.
tie talk was INDUCED in by several mem
barS, concerning the amount charged the
Presbyterian church for holding their fest.
val in the Reform Hail. but nothing Of pub
lie interest was said.
Mr., yesterday then stated that the club
contemplated giving musical concert at
no distant day; that the exact time had not
yet been fixed upon, but that in all proba.
bjiity, it would be given on some day dur.
ing the week following Lent An effort
would be made TO procure the best musical
talent, and he hoped that the concert would
not only prove pleasant to those who attend
cd but also profitable to the club
Capt. Williams then introduced a rcsolu-
ton ordering that receipts, with stubs, be
printed for the accommodation Of those
paying dues. etc. The resolution was sup.
ported, in a sensible talk, by Col Wood.
and passed.
God helping us, we will' was then sung,
after which Mr.. futile was called to the
stand and made talk OF about five min
utcs duration. lie said at the conclusion
OF his remarks, that in the northwestern
portion of Iowa (his home) Cairo had the
reputation Of being the most immoral
city in the United States, but that he had
not found it so during his short stay here
and was agrcebiy surprised. lie retired
receiving the applause Of the audience.
Capt Williams then explained the ar
rangCmcnts the club had made with the
agent Of Dan. Rice, concerning his lecture
on temperance, to be delivered in the
Athcueum on Monday next He said that
Dan Rice was not a christian as the news
papers had reported him, nor was he a
driuklng man since he had pledged him
self to temperance; but that he was sincere
in his expressions and was not coming to
Cairo to humbug our people, etc.