The Grange advance., 1874-07-29

the committee Of inquiry, ne feels bound
to come to the defense of Mrs. Tflton of
whom he says, tone less deserving such
disgrace | never knew" He denies point
blank that Mr.. Tilton ever saw him, Beech
er, caress Mrs. Tilton or ever found him in
her chamber. Indirectly he denies the
whole Tilton story. His utterances in this
regard and his argument indicate that in
some manner he was mixed up with
great trouble in Tilton's family, either
through Tilton's being wrongfully Jealous
Of him or else by his actually having COM
mitted some offense against Tilton in his
intercourse with Mrs. Tilton-but no offense
in which Mrs. Tilton was joined. The let
ters and utterances quoted by Tilton as
proof OF his more serious charge are, ac-
cording to Mr.. Beecher's statement, all ex-
plainable by what he intimates are the
actual facts. The glass blowers strike
at Pittsburg, Pa, has ended after years
continuance, the men finally consenting
to twenty per contradiction Of wages.-
The stone block, Nos. l2l and 1913 State
street, Chicago, occupied by Hollister &
Co carpet dealers, and Giles Bros. & Co.,
jewelers., was burned yesterday morning.
TIE loss on building and goods is
about $250,000, nearly covered
by Insurance. .-Clevelan: is
agitated by suspicion that Mrs. DR..
Bass, Of fWarsaw, Ind, who died recently
at the water cure in Cleveland was poi
soned or otherwise killed by her husband.
A post mortem examination, after the body
was much decomposed, failed to reveal
any indication Of foul play man ar
rested in Yonkers, N. Y. yesterday, for
burglary, was identified with John Schick,
noted forger wanted in Germany, whith
er he will be sent at once.--Schnitzer'
jewelry store in Providence, R. l., was
robbed Tuesday night of about $1,000
worth Of goods from show case within two
feet Of which the proprietor was sleeping.
His clothes, still closer to him were also
emptied Of valuables, including $50 in
money.-The mayor and postmaster Of
Vicksburg, Miss, protest against troops
being sent there, as requested by the acting
Governor Of the State, to preserve order
on election day.-Two thousand miners
in the vicinity of Marquette have been on
strike since the Goth and will not allow
others to take their places. The strikers
are principally Scandinavians. The Irish
and Cornish continue at work party
of tramps are under arrest at Norwalk,
Conn.,, for having beaten to death the wife
Of handorganist, whom they found sit
ting by the roadside and attacked, for
what cause is not stated.
FRIDAY, July pa statement from
Mrs. Tilton, in reply to her husbands
charges against Beecher, is published this
morning. She denies any criminal init
macy ever existed between herself and
Beecher and says her self-accusing letters
which are published by Tilton We're OBJ
tanned from her when she did not know
what she was signing or for the purpose OF
shielding and keeping her husband.--The
Attorney General of New York decides
against appointing receiver for the Erie
road, pending actions to determine the le-
gality OF the company's acts in purchasing
coal lands and stock.--Three men were
engaged early yesterday morning in draw
ing of oil from tank cars at the Standard
Oil Works, Cleveland, when the gas ris-
ing from one Of the cars caught from q Ian
tern carried by one Of the men, and six
tank cars exploded, one after the other,
killing the three men, and bursting into a
dangerous conhagration from which the
neighboring property was saved by stren-
nous efforts OF citizens and 6remen.--Ed-
ward Lanse, convicted At New York last
fall Of stealing mail bags, has commenced
suit for false imprisonment against the
Judge who sentenced him, the Supreme
Court having declared the sentence invalid
on technical = grounds - The trou-
Die at Vicksburg, Mississippi,
on account Of which the Governor wanted
u >. troops stationed in that city arises
from the refusal Of negro militia COM
Pany which the Governor desired to dis
oano' refusing to give up its arms.-A
bottle containing a slip o: paper, with
writing Purporting to be from passenger
on the City of Boston, and telling Of the
laundering OF that vessel. which left New
York January 25th, 1870, and, has not
since been heard Of, was picked up on the