Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-06-28
SUPPLEMENT-.
w. G. 7. U.
For God and Home and Native Land.


Edited 5y a Committee of Ladies.
The regular business meetings OF the Lancas-
ter W. Q. t. U. are held the frst and third Fri
days OF each month, at three O'Clock p. NJ.
Oflicers:-
vTCE-PREsIDENTs. :. Mrs. Jas. F. Rhodes.
Mrs. G. H. Baxter,
Mrs W. P. Stone
Mrs H. A. W. McNalr
seq. .;.......... Mrs. F., W, Jones.
IhEAs.,.... ..... Mrs 9. l.. Harper.
There's many slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip, and the world would be
better off if there were more.
1t is said that at least one-third of the
saloon keepers in Auglaize County,
Ohio, will quit business because of the
increase of the liquor tax and the local
option feature of the Dow law.
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Children of the Sabbath schools of
New Brunswick pledge themselves to
abstain from the use of intoxicating
liquors, tobacco, the reading of bad
books, and the use of profane language.
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The real estate owners renting their
buildings for saloons in Kansas are
liable to become responsible for the
damages. A test case is being tried in
Wichita.
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When prohibition became a law in
Iowa there were in the state, outside of
the river counties, 5000 saloons. In
the same territory today there arc only
twenty-four.
During the summer the W. G.. T.U..
will meet in the Social room of the
Congregational Church and the time
of meeting is changed to o'clock The
next meeting will be Friday, July 9th.
The flower mission committee will
meet as usual on Tuesday from o'clock
to 3. There were three large boxes of
flowers sent last week. We hope
the mission will be as kindly remem-
bered as before.
The executive committee Of the Ohio
w. @. i. D., has appointed June, 10Th,
as day of thanksgiving for the pass
age Of the bill providing for scientific
temperance instruction in public
tschools.
The city of San Diego, CAL, has
granted petition of the w. c. T. u,
against the licensing of saloons in the
favorte residence part of the city, EN-.
bracing an area of 2 and one-half square
miles.
DR.. Grosvenor wealthy citizen of
Providence was recently arrested for
letting bulldogs for the sale of intox-
icating liquors.
The Chamber of Representatives at
Belgium has agreed to the convention
for presenting the liquor traffic with
fisherman in the North Sea.
1t is reported from the London Tenn.
Hospital that there were fully one-fifth
more deaths among non-abstainers
han moug fr,Fnl #ters, the rate of
mprt4H u- .o 5aui q ~ 10000
c.ses Nnlce ais 4! a~rr han IN any
other hospital. AID Ne showing Of
the N4tioual Temp rance Hospital Of
Chicago is thai 90 deaths lad occurred
upio Nov 1887. since the hospital
was opened May, 1886
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The Cook county, Qll..) grand jurys
report tnr NJ ,rch calls especial attention
a the facl that n every case Of murder
or manslaughrer Except one) brought
before them, the cause heading to the
crime came direct from the saloon.
The grand jury of Philadelphia lately
i. ed the following language in a report:
Ii the performance of our duty we have
been deeply impressed with the fact
that four-lifths. if not nine-tenths, of
;he 5000 paupers and criminals which
I'm our puahc institutions 3rc ii their
pre>ent sadly. depiorable condition
through the Influence OF intoxicating
liquors
The grand jury Of New York recently
made d long presentment Is the Court
They comment unfaYorably on the en-
forcement of the excise laws, and say
that nearly I'll the eases Of homicide
passed ON by them we're committed in
drinking saloons. ~ when the actors
we're under the influence Of strong
drink
Senator Stanford in speaking of his
plans for bis California University said
that the desire to have the students IN
derstand the evil consequence of in.
temperance. He believes there are in
California today more adult men sell
ling liquors than there are tilliug the
land, and the lose from this source is
equal to 20 of the power of product
ion.
A Letter From Dakota.
EDITOR HERALD: SRA few words
from this land of billiards and other
destructive storms may be of interest to
some of your readers. Your correspon-