Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-10-13
TEMPERANCE NOTES


mrs. A. i. Riggs, president Of Oregon
W. {. 7. T., is making q tour OF her
state for the purpose Of visiting All exist
lng unions and organizing pew ones.
In the new Chinese treaty with the
United states there is a special provision
that americans shall not import opium
into China.
Wyoming has just held its annual w.
{. i. l. meeting and reports a fine con
V%entlon. well represented unions, and
eight unions instead of four ~ reported
last year.
Mrs. l.. NJ. \. Stevens was unanimous
ly reelected president OF Maine w. G. T.
l. At the late convention. The Prohibi-
ton party was indorsed by . vote Of ~
to ii
The committee Of the Chicago AN
choragc Mission, for the saving Of
women and girls, gave o reception 10
friends Of the work 1T their r0oms Thurs
day, september 81.
Nrs. Hugh Harrison, wife Of tnc Pro.
hibltion candidate for governor OF Mime
sofa. has been elected president OF the
loung Woman's Christian Temperance
union OF Minneapolis.
No boy viii be admitted to the Cham
b%ersburg, Pa, academy who uses tobacco
Ia any form, ON the ground that tobacco
produces banetul effects on the minds and
health Of the students.
According TO the statement Of the ex
mayer of St. Louis the revenue from sa-
Icons was over s.. 00O less than the w
ptuses with which they taxed the CITY.
ms exclusive of the poverty resulting to
homes and individuals.
The w. c. Z. t. of Calcutta has had
printed and is circulating two .eutlels
written 10y Mrs. Icavitt: two sue .rssful
public meetings have been held and sig
natures 10 the pledge and the worlds pc
titIon are being secured.
Mr.. Lang, for thirty years jailer of
Simcoe county, Ontario, ia a long letter
detailing his experience, states that nine
ten'hs OF the inmates Of the iaii found
their way there through the use Of inteA-
icants.
ST. Nalachy's Ladies Total Abstinence
union of Philadelphia, printed and dis
tributed 5000 copies OF . souvenir
containing the address IF bishon Ire.
land, delivered in Chicago last April,
anG other interesting temperance
matter.
The fourth week Of November ia set
apart by the Right Worth Grand lodge
Of Good Templars as Missionary week
throughout the order Each lodge is
urged 10 hold an open meeting. and TO 10
all in its power 10 advance tie interests
OF the organization.
A bill appropriating $50, 900 70. aLsne
for Mormon women has passed the senate.
This work has been accomplished through
the efforts of Mrs. Anaie +. Newman.
national W. c. T. L. superintendent. for
work among Mormon women.
Miss j. Armenia Ackcrman Of Cali
%fornia, who has recently been in Alaska
on III organizing trip for the National
w. {. I. L., has remarkable powers Of
endurance. During the past year she
has been able to work without a weeks
rest, and on one trip spoke ninety seven
consecutive nights.
Because of the quarantine established
in many OF the Tennessee cities and
towns occasioned by the spread OF vel.
fever, the state officers 81 The w. &.
/. t. lave announced 4 rostp0ncment Of
the meeting Of the annual convention.
called for October 3, 1 and 5, at Knox
Vile.
As an outgrowth Of the w. G. 7. L
formed in Paris, France, 8 loyal
temperance legion has been Organized
among the children of The orphanage con-
nected with Miss De Broen's mission.
The temperance work is spreading fast
among the poor. A. a late meeting Of
the union Thirty nine signed the pledge.
Mrs. Leavitt, who is now in Cevlon.
there has been mach more tenn
pcranCe work done in that country than
IN most places in India. Bands of Hopes
are common and there are some total
abstinence societies Of adulc men. An
stfOrt will be made TO effect n union Of
throughout the Island 50 thQt
greater influence may be had upon the
government.
The ~faloonkceper Is alcohol's soldier:
ne is Americas danger and disgrace. DO
rot. | pray you, go OF into tie regions Of
he abstract, and dresm of tn. possible
'aloonkceper-thc law abiding saloon
engaged IN licit bart ring, horest
nd honorable in his dealings with his
,us:omers. Study him IN actual life
},shop iieland.
Ii ID stated on the authority Of The
Russian physician and publicist, por;u-
that stryChninc in subcutancous
Injections is an immediate and minfalli-
lie remedy for drunkenness. The cray
NJ for drink is said TO be changed 10
aversion, and after = treatment
# eight or ten days the patient mag be
discharged. The establishment Of in
briatc dispensarics in connection with
stations is recommended by Or.
'~ortugalotf,
AT the great Fisk and Brooks rallies IN
Chicago, Minneapolis, etc. whit
edged with gilt for the officers OF
be day, and white badges for The rank
nd file with the white rose pins to |as'en
hem gave TO the Prohibitionists the
look of any political professions
xtant. They also carried brooms led
nth white ribbons. with which to SWEEP
lean the dirty pool of politics"