The Grange advance., 1874-07-15
Henry Ward Beecher named committee
of INQUIRY. from his church and congrega-

Henry Ward Beecher named commit1ee
of inquiry, from his church and congrega-
ton, which is exam ming into the history |
of the Beecher-Tilton affair with view to
reporting to the church examining |
committee wtat action should be taken.
A report is expected to be made by the
committee in few days, it having com.
menced it's inq@i.y on Monday last. 80.
Four hundred union compositors, If New
York, are out Of employment on account
Of disagreements with employing printers
-. The stock board OF New York had an
hours scare, during which stocks were
much depressed, on account o! Governor
Davis having applied to the War Depart.
ment for army 1a:ions in lieu Of arms due
the State, the Governor wanting the ra-
lions to distribute in the grasshopper re-
gion. >. An unnamed inventor of flying
machine, cut himself loose from balloon
yesterday, near London, Eng and bis in.
vention proving useless, fell to earth and
was instantly killed. ). An Owatonna dis
patch Of LAST evening says that, so far, six
ly-six delegates to the Republican conven
uon Of the First Congress district have
been elected. Of these fifty are for Dun
nell and sixteen for Edgerton. As hut
forty are necessary to choice, Mr. Dun
nell's nomination appears to be assured.
....At indianapolis, Ind, yesterday the
usual exhibition trct Of Goldsmith Maid
was lntertered with by the people, who
compelled the managers to put ir Red
Cloud, an Indiana horse, entered for the
race but Withdrawn probably by previous
! understanding. The result was two close
~ contested heats, Of which the Maid won
one in 2:26 by neck ahead Of Red Cloud,
! and the other in 2 :25 s by less than a
head. This second heat is claimed for
Red Cloud, on account Of the Maid run
ming. The remainder of the race is to be
trotted to day .MacMahon's demands,
| the preparation Of cons:it utional govern
ment for France would indicate that he
designs to establish an elective monarchy
under the name of republic-,he gov
ernnent being like that Of Great Britain,
except ia the matter of electing the chief
officers for term of years instead of nav
ing hereditary royal family ... The Peas
| ants Of North Prussia have lately revolied
tho oF
! ment. Troops were called out and one
conflict was had, while more serious
trouble was anticipated. .Grasshoppers
| on the wing are reported from numerous
points in the west and centre of the State
as far north as Breckenridge, but their op-
eratioos in the grain fields is mostly limit.
ed to the country they occupied in the
early spring. Their course Of flight ap.
pears to be governed by the winds, and as
these do not blow steadily from any qua-.
ter, they may not get entirely out of the
State before their egg-laying time comes
again.
MONDAY, July ls.-Jas. P. Everett,
deputy u. s. marshal, was killed by some
unknown person near Lynchburg, KY.
Everett was but recently appointed to
succeed deputy marshal Hlldreth, who was
recently killed near Hillsboro. IA fire at
Weehawken, N. j., Saturday, destroyed oil
tanks, wharves and contents, altogether
valued at S700,000 on which the insurance
does not exceed $500, 900. M. Mayna-
ham, well known Fenian and writer, was
found at his residence in New York, Sat-
urday, dying from the effects of paris
green. In the sane room was fonud the
already decomposed body Of his wife, who
died from the same poison. III. LOTUS, the
man who few days ago murdered his
wife at GAINESVILLE, Wis, having plead
guilty of murder in the first degree, has
been sent to the Waupun prison for life.
IA national soldiers reunion is pro-
posed to be held in forest camp near
Caldwell, O., on the 18th and 18th Of Sep~
tember next, to celebrate the 18th anniver.
sary Of Antietam In the letting of Ger.
tain Indian contracts at Washington, sat.
urday, the contracts for pork, -four
and corn, for the Sioux reservations on the |
Missouri, were awarded to J. L.
Merriam. R. G. Gray of Pittsburg has |
commenced, and other stockholders of
the old Northern Line are about to COM