The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
GENERAL.

Mr.. Beecher's vacation having expired, he
resumed his pastoral ministrations III Plym-
outh Church at the regular Friday evening
PRAYER meeting held on the ID inst. An i'm
mense throng OF people greeted his return
with much enthusiasm. Among those present
we're Mrs. Beecher. Charles Beechsr, DR.. Ed
ware Beecher. Col. Beecher, Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Assistant Pasto- Halliday,
all the members of the late investigating
Committee. Prof. Rossiter W. Ray
mond. and the trustees of the church. The
room was handsomely decorated witt flowers
and banners. on which were inscribed
Love" II Banner Over Us Was Love
and similar inscriptions. After 3 prayer by
Robert Raymond, Mr.. Beecher had his usual
fifteen minutes talk. in which he alluded to
the troubles Of the church. and counseled his
hearers to take the same ss one OF GoGs
wise measures Of discipline. after which
he took the Bible. read q few verses, and
commented upon them at some length. At
the close Of his remarks, a young lady sang
Home. Sweet Home" to al accompaniment.
which was followed sitter brief intervals by
the songs Aud Lang Syne." The Last
Eose OF Summer. &. The Marseillaise. and
other well-known airs. Mr.. Beecher then
promensded through the room and held brief
conversations with those present. which
brought the proceedings to q termination.
For the first time since Henry C. Bowen
started the stofy that Mr.. Beecher had vio-
lated the proprieties Ct life Chat is the de.i-
cate way they put II nowadays). and Theodore
Tilton corroborated it by accusations of
adultery with his wife, its truth or falsity is
in a fair way of discovery. Henry Ward
Beecher on the Sd inst. wen. before the
Brooklyn grand jury and procured the in
dictment of both TIlton and Moulton for
scandal. He laid all the statements Of Triton
and Moulton before the jury, and testified to
the falsitv Of every material ale
cation. He wound up al q question
Of one Of the juors as TO VIVA:
allegations he denied specifically. and in an
impetuous and emphatic manner told the
the grand jury that the whole scandal had
beck an ;-tful conspiracy TO involve him in
affairs difficult 10 explain. and TO eytort from
him assistance in the form Of patronage and
money. He had been drawn into false riaua-
tions, and seduced into imretuous and IN
guarded statements. which had been niscon-
strued and distorted TO his damage.
The Coroner's jury has handed in q YER
dirt IL regard to the Fall River holocaust-no-
body to blame.
Two dozen dwellings and thirty-two lives
were destroyed by the recent earthquake al
Antigua, Guatemala.
"A FIRE occurred in New Orleans, Inst week.
consuming about fifty small frame houses.
Lose S1O0, 900.
While q drove Of Texas cattle was passing
through the streets of New York. the other
evening, four Of them stsnpeded and rushed
II various directions. Before the steers were
shot, nearly fifty people were injured by
them, some seriously.
Nearly al the cotton mills IN New En-
gland have commenced running on two-thirds
time.
The recent conference of railroad mag
mates at Saratoga having advanced the
~freights on petroleum TO a ruinous figure. the
producers have brought a suit against the
railway lines, and it is said Will prosecute 1t
10 the bitter end. The charge is conspiracy.
1t is reported that parties in New York
will soon establish al immense Wholesale dry
goods house in Chicago, with a large capital
and unlimited credit.
Altogether eleven suits atIaw haze resulted
from the Beecher-Tilton scandal. Damages
TO the amount Of Lear!y z million are sought
in these actions, and the list Of litiGations is
not sc: completed.
A New Orleans dispatch Of the 9Th inst.
says: The Advisory Board is 1t work making
changes n the Assistant Registrars and places
of registry. Gov. Kellogg has called their
attention 20 the fact that he has information
that the Republicans IN s.. MartiDsvIl!e are
being prevented from registering Oh account
Of Intimidation. and intimating that he con-
siders this a violation Of the compromise
agreement"
The water supply in the lately burned
district Of Chicago il shown to be insufficient
III case all the engines are called OFT.
The annual convention of the National
Catholic Total Abstinence Society was held in
Chicago last week. Representatives were
present from all parts OF the Union. and the
convention was one Of the largest and most
respectable ever held.
1t is announced that Goldsmith Maid Will
be retired from the turf after this season
An Indians father has made application
to have he sou'z name entered as a candidate
d cadetHhip at West Point. The son in
question il now four years old.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.
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