New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-01
NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS.

n CONt EhENCE CIEAhO ON bhAA'N Il
DR.. A. T.. Ballard, secretary of the State Temper
ance Alliance. made an address on the subject of
the work of the alliance at the Newark conference
yesterday. He said that for the first time in the
history of New-Jersey the Legislature's action on
temperance bills had been favorable, as showing re-
spect for such bills The subject was considered
with moro Importance all over the State also and
the encouragement was great. Ihc following reSO-
luton was passed by II rising vote
Pesoircd 11t the Senate OF NewJersey be earnestly
requested not pass the bill which takes from boroughs
Of the second the right OF deciding by their munich
pal authority the licensing or not licensing OF the ranc
in Intoxicating drinks
The Rev. Solomon Parsons, counsel for DR., Bris,
tor in his trial before the Select Committee, moved
that the committee be not required TO SIT later
than II p. m. He SAID that he was afraid undue
haste might be taken by the committee which was
not through and would not be IN time to make q
report on Wednesday The defence had good
deal of evidence to submit and they could not be
cut down to q, few, hours. Presldlng- Elder Elder
Knowles requested the Conference to appoint some
one to take evidence in the trial 1t was stated
that there were two stenograDhers at WORK ana
both are behind in the transcriGpg OF their tbr
third of the four delegates 10 the General confer
ence without result, Presiding-Elder Craig, of
the Jersey n City District GooI Leading tb fn
French Methodist Episcopal Church, delivered
an address on the necessity of evangelical work IN
France He gaye history Of the Meth3dst EescO
district in France community of Methodlsts II
there were money to establish them. In over 81 900
deity is on the increase. the people becoming tired
Of p0pery. He asked that money be sent from
America to France to advance the cause OF religion
there This is the time to take hold OF France"
said the speaker, " for in ten years more France
may be an iniidel country. The conversion OF 49,
600 Frenchmen would be more for Christianity
than the conversion of 100000 Chinamen."
TEMPERANCE CRUSADE IN NEW-JERSEY.
Four meetings on Sunday testified to the increase
Of the temperance movement in Plaintield. n. j.
The first was prayeT-meeting for reformed men:
Another praycr-meeting for reformed men was held
in the afternoon. In the evening two union goS-
pel temperance meetings were held at the Trinity
Reformed Church; the crowd was great he Row.
Drs. Kctchum and Yerkes and the Rev; Mr.. Kay.
mond made addresses w. j. Leonard, editor of
The Pldafed Times, also me 'e an address. Vice
President Brokaw said that they Intended to have
the name OF every resident of Plainicld on the
pledge-rOll before they stopped. Eighteen new
signers to the pledge were secured. The meeting at
the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church was con-
ducted by the Roy. Mr. HOncyman. john Cnthbert,
an ex-wine merchant; Chauncey SchiifeT, the Rev.
Dr. Lowry the well-knOwn hymn writer; the Rev.
Dr. Lewis, of the Seventh Day Baptist
church and James McGee made addresses. On
the call for signers 10 the pledge thirteen added
their names to the list, which is steadily going to
the third thousand.
The village of Wcstfeld has been thoroughly
aroused by the temperance spark from Plainiield.
BY special invitation the Panield Reform Club
sent delegation to conduct another meeting on
Sunday evening similar 10 the one held week ago.
Over seyenty-iive ran9 from tlamheld and
marched in body from The depot 70 the Presby
terrain Church. Noah W. Pike lead the meeting.
Speeches were delivered by Judge Harper, Ethan
Lamphear, John II. Sayre Robert Manning, Albert
Cooke T.. =. Williams and others. A chorus of the
Planield people led the singing The call for sign
ers to he pledge responded 10 by the audience,
over go going forward and signing A Reform
club will be organized this week, and the ladies
will form WOmen's Christian Temperance Union:
feature of the Westfcld movement is the fact of
great many young men signing the pledge.