The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

htWS OF the WEEK.
TUESDAY, Aug. l1.-Frank D. Moulton
was before the Plymouth Church commit
tee yesterday afternoon and made his
statement concerning the Beecher-Tilton
affair in half an hour while his cross-ex-
animation occupied only another half
hour: but it was agreed that neither should
be made public until IL A. n. to-day. The
Chicago Tribune of Yesterday morning
publishes conversations with Moulton and
"ilton, which indicate that Moulton's
statement will 90 farther to confirm TIL
TOMS charges than even The documents
from which Tiltoq quoted. One most no.
tieeable feature Of houlton's story is that
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton have all along
kept up secret correspondence and have
had private meetings. The correspon-
dence includes number Of love-letters
from Beecher to Mrs. Tilton, which were
found in her copy of Beecher's
Life Of Christ "...A fire
broke out yesterday morning at
Montreal, in Henderson's saw-mill on 4the
canal bank, which destroyed about $780,
600 worth of property. -. The circulation
of national bank notes is said, since the
limit Of contraction after the panic was
reached, to We been increased S98,O0O,-
NO....A man named Wheeling, manu-
tacturer OF post office supplies and pub.
Usher ofa postal journal, is charged with
having sent his journal to nearly all the
postmasters in the country, who were not
subscribers, without prepayment, and yet
took the publishers oath that they were
subscribers. The fine, and penalties in
his case, if enforced, would amount to
about $4oO, 900. IA professed midwife in
St. Louis, Madame Tortinmeyer of No.
1917 Morgan street, was arrested yesterday
for abortion. In her house was found the
dead body Of young mulatto girl and
another young woman was lying very sick.
The skeleton Of an infant was also found
there and the partially burned bones Of
fetus. The judicial inquiry is expected
to develope startli ing array Of facts, in
volving families hitherto highly respecta-
BILE. Austin Mississippi is reported to
be in : late Of siege by al armed body of
negroes who are incensed because DR..
Smith OF that place, who killed a negro
some weeks ago, was released on bail ..
Brooklyn has second excitement over
tie killing OF leader of the
plasterer's union Saturday by
watchman over building, when this
man, Kilduff by name, and ether society
men went to attack some non-society men
who we're working ten hours day. .. AT
Bennington, VT, yesterday, a woman was
arrested having in charge child answer
ing to the description of Charley Ross, the
stolen child of Philadelphia. The child
being taken to a telegraph Office, answered
correctly number Of questions dictated
from Philadelphia, and is with the woman
held at Bennington until Mr.. Ross can
reach there. Col. Richard Tenbroke, Of
Kentucky, was fatally shot Saturday
evening by lawyer of Louisville named
Whitaker
WEDNESDAY, august l2.-Mr. Moul-
tons statement to the Plymouth Church
committee is still suppressed and may be
withheld until the committees report in
full is ready for publication. 1t il said to
consist only Of the necessary explanation
accompanying the documents referred to
by Tilton, while all other documents and
information in regard to the affair in his
possession are withheld as unnecessary to
the inquiry. In the rumors Of yesterday
the idea Of compromise having been
agreed upon was most prominent. -. Hon.
F. H. Hurd, of Lucas county is the Demo
cratic nominee for Congress in the sixth
district Of Ohio. -. The child at Benning-
ton, VT, was not Charlie Ross. . "A. C.
Hesiag, of Chicago, yesterday afternoon
knocked down T. McClenthen, reporter
of the Chicago Times, on acct,..4t Of
charges in the Times of Hesing's c. upli-
city in q fraudulent purchase of hcspital
lot Z. i. Marshal Bazaine has escaped from
his prison upon the island Of Ste. Margue-
rite. It is said he lowered himself over =
precipitious Cliff on a dark, stormy night,
by a rope ladder and was rowed by his
wife to vessel of the coast ready to con-
vey him to Italy. But the French govern
ment is acting on the theory that the rope
ladder was not used and that his escape