The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
IN UNION STRENGTHEN KNOWLEDGE POWER.
mt PAUL AND RED W1NG MINNESOTA. WEDNESDAY,
NEWS OF THE WEEK,

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TUESDAY, August 4.-The election for
delegate to Congress from Utah in Salt
Lake City yesterday was attended with a
good deal of disorder. Delegate Cannon
was the Mormon candidate and received
nearly all the women's votes.-A great
deal of improbable scandal against H. W.
Beecher was published yesterday and this
morning in the metropolitan journals, but
the only authenticated fact Of interest is
thstthe committee of Plymouth Church
announce their last session this evening
and invite all who have anything to say
about the Beecher- Tilton affair to appear
oefore them.-The trouble between the
philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
railway and the general post Office stands
ss follows: The company baving demanded
higher pay for carrying the mails, the
Postmaster General refused to make any
advance. Then the president of the rail-
way notified the department that ifit con-
:tinued to send the mails over the road
that would be taken as concession of the
advance asked. Thereupon the Postmas-
ter General notified the president OF the
road that if the company continued to car.
ry the mail it would be understood it did
80 at the old rates. And there the matter
rests-the mails continuing to be Cal ried
as usual.--Areportc comes from Fort Sui
ly that Custer's expedition was seen in
camp near Bear Butte at the foot of the
Black. Hills Oh the evening Of Friday last.
The Indian runners who brought this re-
port say the so-called hostile Sioux knew.
nothing Of the expedition, We're peacefully
disposed and wanted to come in to the
:agencies to trade.--The man knewn
as Lord Gordon committed suicide at his
residence in Headinglv, sixteen miles out
from Fort Garry, Saturday night. He had
,just been arrested by Toronto detective
on charges Of felony originating in Scot
land and, though closely watched by the
officer, managed to secure pistol, upon
which he exclaimed, "Now am through;
i go no step further" discharged the pis-
rtol at his temple and fell dead. Up to that
moment he had seemed quite willing to go
with the officer provided he was not to be
taken through the States.-The main
reservoir which supplies Trenton. N. j.,
with water, gave way yesterday afternoon
and &c, ,000, 600 gallons of water rushed
down Pennington avenue, but no damage
was done more serious than the carrying
away fences and filing cellars.-rhe
American base ball players had 1000 spec
tators at their exhibition game yesterday,
each of whom paid shilling for Witness
,tng the play.-Barney Lamb. an express
man of St Panl, was killed last night by a
neighbor named Mike Kelly, with whom
he had a quarrel arising from quarrel
sbetweeen their wives. He was stabbed
through the body four or five times by a
:sword bayones and soon after died.
WEDNESDAY,, Aug. 5.-Theodore Tilton,
lin reply to request Of the Plymouth
Church committee for the originals Of pa
fpers quoted and alluded to in his state.
:ment against Beecher, informs the COM
mittee that, by advice Of Judge Morris, his
counsel, he declines to have anything fur
ther to do with the committee, and will
retain the papers to present in court, where
Ae has directed proceedings to be begun.
It is presumed he is about to sue for di
vorce. Beecher and Moulton were not be-
fore the committee last evening as was ex-
pected. Mrs. Tilton's testimony In full is
made public, but contains nothing new.
She denies all charges Of criminal com-
merce with Beecher; denies having con-
fessed anything Of the kind; acknowledges
to having entertained = woman affection
for Mr.. Beecher which he reciprocated;
aud explains the language of letters and
statements over her signature by saying
they were dictated BY Tilton, whose supe-
rior will controlled her in his presence as
If she were an unthinking child: - Major
Stanton, paymaster, Who returned to Fort
Laramie yesterday ffom the lower Sioux
agencies says alarge number OF Indians
have come in from the north who ssy that
4 stabber, whowas p1o1ainsnt IN the agency
Il disturbances, and . number of other In
dians have been killed BY
\ Cus.er's men. There seems:
y IN conseque4.oe, g - nv much feeling
4 III consequence anlons ths Indians coming q
Il q and e ~ agencies. ltisnot, however,