Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-07
TEMPERANCE TOPICS.

TEMPERANCE TOPICS.
Casselton has prohibition and tenn
perance club that is terror TO evil doers.
By order of the Grand Lodge OF l. U.
g. T.. the territory has been divided into
districts.
Mrs. Booker has been appointed snper-
intendent of juvenile temperance work,
for Beresford.
The Good Templars lodge Of Madison
is in tousishiug condition, with forty
members st present.
A movement is on foot for organizing
branch of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union IN Pierre,at an early date.
The Good Templars lodge at Plapkin.
ton, has strong. active membership and
will compare favorably with any lodge
in the territory.
Tue voters Of Edmunds county will
decide on the question, March 2sth. by
y general election. The Temperance peo.
pie arc thoroughly organized aud will
make strong fight.
Deadwood lodge of Good Templars
has inaugurated series of public enter
tainments, consisting of lectures on va.
rious subjects. music and history, exer-
cises to which the public are admitted
free.
Capt. Van Etten gave series of leo
lures in Blunt last week which were we'll
attended. This gentleman argues that
prohibition is the cheapest and only
complete remedy for the evil OF intem.
perance.
Elk Point Courier: The temperance
lecture last night at the NJ. E. church, by
Col. Hoadley, is spoken of as the finest
and best ever delivered in the city. An
auxiliary temperance organization was
effected at the conclusion of the lecture.
Mitchell Republican,: Rev. W. h
Hoadley Is in the city. and will rest q
little from his work. Mr.. Hoadley says
he is surprised at the interest manifested
everywhere in his temperance work. He
is organizing county alliances aud hav.
ing delegates elected to the Mitchell con-
vention which meets in April.
Mllbank Review: Mr.. Penuiman, Of
Minneapolis, addressed meetings at the
Congregational church on Sunday
Monday and Tuesday evenings. The
exercises we're conducted by the ladies
of the w. 9. Z. o. At the last meeting
Mr.. Pennmun organized lodge Of the
Temple of Honor with twenty eight
charter members.
Canton Advocate: The phantom social
at the residence Of Mrs. J. W. Taylor
Monday evening was an unqualified
success. over 100 being in attendance.
The ladies of the VIC. T. U. were the
instigators of this feature and deserve
praise for the management which rem.
dered SO successful an outcome, f1nan.
cially and socially.
Geo. W. Penniman. of Minneapolis.
working for the Grand Temple of Mime
sofa and Dakota, organized the Milbank
Temple of Honor last Wednesday evening
starting out the first night with thirty.
four members, with several more signers
to the petition for charter. Mr.. PENN.
man reports this one of the finest
temples he has ever organized.
The membership of the lodges now in
the Black Hills. as reported to the Grand
Lodge of Dakota last December. Is ae
follows: Fidelity Lodge No. 10. Custer
sixty members; Hickman Lodge No. 3
Rapid City, torty.one members; Fidelity
Lodge No. 81, Fort Meade. twenty-five.
members; Friendship Lodge No. 81
Sturgis City, ten members; Deadwood
Lodge No. Al, Deadwood, sixty.twe
members; Golden Belt Lodge No. IS
Lead City, twenty-nine members. Tota
membership. 227. The Deadwooa Nmel
says: Initiatory steps have been takel
to organize district lodge, and thus b,
o concentration of forces place lecture
and organizing officer in the field.