New-York tribune., 1884-03-26
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WHIT TEMPERANCE WORKERS ARE DOING
PRACTICAL WORK IN MoNTcLArR, N.J.-M'TAKINd \.

PRACTICAL WORK IN MONICLAlh' y. -
REFORM CLUB FOR ODD FELLOWS.
The plans of the Temperance Reform Ciuo , III
Montclar, j., are rapidly taking shape' lno
leaders in the movement are not spending tneiI
time in discussing prohibition or high license Dut
are vigorously pushing the work for which there Is
Immediate need. On the, executive COan- con-,
mittee are represented all classes OF ioTrsecf Tsecf
and thus far they have worked In perIect
harmony. The club has met in MOutclalr Hail, put
it intends to make its headquarters IN the old slo
Tis homestead fronting on the main street, atel
day or two. The building is three-story HaIle an .
house, having q large room and kltcnen Oh tne
ground floor. with four rooms on each OF the upper
stories The lower floor will be used for a chedp i
restaurant and coffee-house. Steps LEAD 9lTeGIuS
from the street TO the second story where the cIuD
rooms are. Some of these are to be used asTeaqlh
rooms where there will be kept on 1le all me ioaaI
ing newspapers and magazines One rooih W IL II
probably he occupied as a smoking-rOOm, though
some worthy persons look doubtful when tnls u! IS
suggested The other rooms Will De oeV0teI JdaI ~
bowling-alleys and other games. The liquor uea-
ers are confOunded by the energy with whIeh tlIs
opposition movement has been pushed, One OF
them has with great difficulty secured Snougn tusa
names to petition q renewal OF MS llceuso'
Public meetings continue nearly every ekohJI
ing A three-hOur meeting was hold
W. were eIyeTed by Channcey shafer Of New-York,
and Mabee and English, the leaders OF the move
ment IN New-Jersey. -, -
gress. More than in Montclair it has reached the
drinking classes. ave have pretty hard-looklng
crowd at our meetings" said leader i'll the WORK
yesterday. Over 600 names have been enroleu oi
the pledge and a Reform Club has been organized
with membership of 16O. Its orlglnatOrs pL0pose
a work similar to that already undertaken IN MONT
clair On Monday night nearly three Iitad RInom
field and were escorted to Library HAL DytWo
brass bands. The club was warmly welcomed by
the 800 persons who crowded the hal. AhVuus
the speakers were Mr. Rougel president of the
Montclair Club and Mr. Crump, proprietor oi
Crumps label factory at MontclaIr, who SAID tnat M
he had been n " moderate drinker" for twenty-five
wears He stated as a result of the temperance
movement in Montclair that where year ago t%lelc %
were thirty liquor stores there were now only I0I m
Edward Madison of MOntclair, brother OF VIII
lam Madison who committed suicide two weeks
ago SAID that he wished this spirit had been man.
ifest few weeks ago. None OF you can teI II Wldi
SORROW il would have saved President Russeli
smoke strongly against sweet cider. Yesterday a
Woman's Christian Temperance Union was orgah-
ized NJ. c,,I, 90
Painfeld visited Elizabeth on Monday night TO as,
slst in the temperance meetings whlch arc hoIu
every night this week Their coming had Deeh Hll-
nounced but owing to a mistake they were NOT inet me
at the DEPOT After waiting teW minutes, tht
company started out to find the meeting. snort
distance from the depot they met q drum coiPs
which struck up a lively air and escorted them 20
a lodge room. Explanations followed ana tue
visitors were taken to the temperance meeting Ine
band had been engaged to meet visiting delega-
tOn of Odd Fellows
In December, Cyrus Sturdivant. the Temperance
reformer, of Providence. Il. l., visited Panap2 ana
Ward Temperance Association was then formed Oe-
ginning with twelve members. Weekly meetings
hook now shows a membership 130 and 300 have
signed the pledge. Nelson |. Lee lately spent d
week in the place with good results. III,
Bedford in Westchester County, is alive win
pOlitical excitement. The great issue IL on thC
liquor question. The attempt of the i9roT-se lers
to capture the Republican caucus last Friday, was
an ignonlinious failure Enough voters TO make q
respectable town-meeting turned ont, and the pro
hbltion candidates were triumphantly nominated
Matters are warm for the rum party: Last Noyein-
her G. +, Sarles was fined 5000 and G. W. Briggs
SI5O i'm suits tried before Cyrus Lawrence IND oi
Sonth Salem Since then Alr. Briggs has been hned
500 c. W. Brundage $50, A. Van Scoy 800, Alsoph
Green $50, Timothy Malone $50, and three months
in jall, J. Evans Brown $3.50, and Patrick, DAVIS
$40 A. j. Ferris has received 80 DAYS III jail. JUS
flee Hammond is sIngnlary independent and etfec
tive, nor have the defiant law breakers Jared any
better at the hands of the Grand Jur., OF IN the
County Court The case Of John Dennis and the
second complaint against G. F. Sarles are yet to be
heard.