The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-09-01

Hendcc Adutant, n 5 Commissary,
Frank Shedd Sergeant Major, Il p
Nash Adjutant, Henry Hurd Chap.
lain Albert Fletcher.
Seventeenth Regiment-C Colonel +, !
V Randall Lieutenant. Colonel, James
s Peck Major, George S Robinson
Adiutant, Charles d Brainerd Quarter.
master, Buel j Derby Surgeon, r
O'Meara Edison Assistant Surgeon, j G
Rutherford Chaplain, David Conway
Sergeant Major, VIM. Cronan Quarter.
master Sergeant, Charles Hughes Com.
missary Sergeant, A T Woodward; Drum
Mojor, Grin LOOMS.
ANN ELIZA APPLIES FOR DIVORCE
FROM BRIGHAM - Sail Lake City Aug
26.-Application has been made by Ann
Eliza Young to the third district court
of Utah for a divorce from Brigham
Young. Her application states that she
was married to Brigham Young April
9th, 1868; that for period Of about one
year after their marriage Brigham lived
and cohabitcd with her, but after that
time he treated her With neglect and un.
kindness, and pursued toward her sys-
tenn Of cruel and inhuman treatment,
ending in absolute desertion and she be.
lieves $4,000 is reasonable sum for
for the services of her counsel in this suit,
and that 81 900 per month is reasona.
BILE amount for the support of herself and
children. The answer filed with the
clerk of the district court by Brigham
Young denies that on the 9th day of
April or at any other time himself and
Ann Eliza intcrmnrred and that since
that time or at any time she has been or
now is his wife, alleging that on April
10, 1868, Ann Eliza married James l..
Dee, who ia still living and that she still
is the lawful wife Of Dee never as he be.
lieves, having been divorced from Dee,
but that on the 9th of April, 1865, he
was Informed and verify believed that
prior to that time she had been legally
divorced from said Dee, that on the 10th
of January, 1864, he being an unmarried
man was lawfully married to Mary Ann
Angel, at Kirkland, Ohio, and that said
Mary Ann Angel is still living and 10
his lawful wife, all of which facts Ann
Eliza knew on the 9th Of April 1865.
He further says that on the 9th of April
himself and Ann Eliza were members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, and it was doctrine ard belief
that members thereof might enter into
plural or celestial marriage, and admits
that in accordance with such doctrine of
the church ceremony was performed at
the time stated to unite them in what is
known as such plural or celestial mar
riage that she was informed by him, and
well knew that by reason of said marriage
in this manner she could not have and
need not expect his society or personal
attention as in the ordinary relation be-
tween husband and wife. lie denies any
neglect or unkindress. but declares that
she Voluntarily left his house He de-
MES that $4,000 or any sum whatever
would be reasonable or proper fee for
her counsel. or that 81 600 or any sum
exceeding 500 per month would be
reasonable or proper allowance for the
plaintiff aud her children that to the
best OF his knowledge and information all
his property does not exceed in value the
sum of 100000, and tina; his income
does not exceed $4,000 per month that
he has large family, now consisting of
sixty.thr.e persons, all OF whom arc do
pendent upon him for support, and prays
that he may be discharged,
The DECApENCE OF GREAT PARTY. -
We sec little evidence that the republican
party will ever be able to restore to the
commonwealth the able and brilliant pc.
litica representation which it possessed
ten years ago. Take the coming elections
for instance. 1t is expected that six of
our eleven representatives in Congress
will retire Who will be their successors ?
In at least five eff their six districts there
is MT a single candidate Of more than
mediocre ability. In two of these dis
tric:s, il not more, the party is in great
danger of defeat, not because OF loss Of
members, but because it has no candidate
at all. Who are worth mentioning There
is q scramble of small men for the offices !;
but those who deserve to Gil them refuse
to take a nomination. At the same time
able men are retiring from the service of
the party, not because there is not. great
need Of their assistance, but because the
honor does not recompense them for their
labors. 1t is noteworthy also that the
new candidates are in nearly every case
elderly men--men who have been waiting
long and contributing freely to "ihe cause
in the hope Of official reward, The pur-
pose of the republican party now
seems to be not so much to govern
the country WELL as to pay cfi the
claims of its faithful adhcrents So far
as the officers are concerned it is begin
ming to be, like the democratic party dur.
ing the last years it was in power. ICON.
viently small 1t attracts no Young men
, to its councils nor instincts them in polit.
ical leadership. The wiser politicians of
the party see these tendencies, but are un-
able to prescribe remedy. We fear a
long time will elapsc and new political or
CARNATIONS will need to be formed before
Massachusetts, will again find in her SER
vice such wise statesmen as Sumner and
Andrew, and such able political name gers
Wilson and Bird, who together formed the
backbone OF the republican party ten
years ago.-fBostoa Herald.
Tng GRAssnorrER ScouRGE IN KANSAS.
"A correspondent of the New York
Times dercribes the terrible ravoges Of
the grasshoppers in Kansas, whittier the
pests appear to have emigrated from the
scenes Of their visitation in neighborng
States, The regions visited aud destroy
ed in Kansas include the splendid valleys
OF the Republican, Arkansas ana Solo.
mon the fine fields along the Ncosho and