The Portland daily press., 1874-08-07
WANT IN MNNrsorA.-The MAYORS Of the

WANT IN MINNEsoTA.-The Mayors of the |
larger cities are receiving communications from
a committee of the residents of Martin county,
Minnesota, who lave been so severely afflicted
with the locust plague during the past two
years, The communication states that the
red-legged locust or grasshopper of the plains
lighted on the fields in that county and COM
menced its ravages. In a month the entire
crop with the exception of small portion of
the cereals, was entirely destroyed. Several
other counties in this State have suffered from
this cause, but none so severely as this, and in
all of the counties the loss was a hard one be-
cause the people are mainly engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, and are dependent
almost entirely upon their crops for sup
port. OF the $4,000 appropriated by the
state for the aid of sufferers, Martin county,
| with over a fourth of the entire population, re-
ceived less than one-twentieth part. The To-
Gusts left after destroying the crop, and the
ground was literally filled with eggs, which
| were Matched in May of the present year, when
the ravages were renewed with results, if any
thing, more deplorab,e than during the previous
season. In their course nothing was left for the
| nourshment of man or beast Labor has be-
come unstable and it is feared that if aid is
| not received at once, the approaching winter
will be one of much suffering in this locality.
Money, clothing, f1annels, seeds, dried fruits
and groceries are earnestly solicited by the COM
| mttee Those who desire to aid this people by
contributions can send them to the Com
missions of Fairmount, Martin county, Mime
sofa, via S. M. R. B. to Winnebago City.
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Mrs. TILToN's Cross EXAMINATIoN-Ma
of the New York papers, particularly the I, mes
and Post, are very careful to reserve their
opinions until the whole case is heard Other
papers, however, freely give their opinions, as
the following extracts respecting Mrs. Tlton's
cross-examination indicate. The Tribune says
Mrs. Tilton's testimony before the Plymouth
Committee is a heart breaking history; and its
ingenious caudOr is as plain as its pathos.
Whatever men may still sag about the general
issue they will believe this woman's account of
her husbands conduct, and her own sufferipss;
That at least is not the ingenious effort OF
cunning guilt. 1t is picture from the life.
The Herald is less pronounced in favor OF
Mrs Tilton, but says:
That she loved him but sinned is not the
theory of her defeuce, and this theory is sup
ported by her Catherine Gaunt letter Hel
story is marvellous heart-rending, we'll nigh
impossible, but it is, after all, the first CLEAN
of light which has yet fallen this tangled
web of sorrow and suffering. 1t may be the
beginning of the end, and if it should prove Sc
it would bring joy to men aud women who
neither know nor care for either Beecher or
Tilton, and teach anew to all the world how
important it is to cling to the old-fashioned
notions OF virtue and morality.
The World, which has been especially severe
in its assaults upon Mr.. Tilton, says:
1t is pitIful stoIy-most pitifLl. Tilton il
his testimony before the same committee PAID
high tributes to his wlfe's character. But he
story needs no such guarantee of its verify from
him. Its improbabllity surpasses all invention
yet no reader will question its truth.