The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-07-18
DTNVELL NOMINATED


five buildings were burned. Loss $780,
900.
DUNNELL NOMLNAT TED.
The OWatonna Convention, after
some sparring and some minority reso-
lutions, nominated Mr.. Dunnell. The
vote stood 6 for Dunncll, for Jas. II.
Baker, 3 for Sherman Page and l for
&C. voolfolk. Edgerton'S name was
withdrawn before the vote.
Mr.. Dunncll, in his speech Of accep-
lance. alluded to his ]abors in behalf of
his constituents and also to his vote on
the salary bill. He will have ample
time during the campaign to explain
that. lie can no doubt bring all album
dance Of proof to show that he voted
''no' when the bill was passed. Our
position has been, us our recders are
aware, such as would give Dunnell u
fair hearing. We nave given his cXpla-
nation Of his position Oh the salary
question and have regularly copied into
our columns the opinions Of the Dis
trict and the State press. We could
wish, with others, that his record upon
this matter were more distinctly IL
gainst the measure, but we are satisfied
that it is against it, and SO will the peo-
pie he when they have given him a fair
hearing. Dunncll has been the most
efficient representative the frontier has
had in Congress, and he is now the best
fitted man the frontier could send to
represent their peculiar wants and i'll
tereStS. This, as we have heretofore
said, oyerbalanccs whatever his ene-
mics may say against him OH the sala~
~ question.
STOCK IA LSING.
One result Of the grasshopper raid
we are glad to notice, viz: that our peo-
pie are talking up Stockraising now in
earnest. We have undoubtedly one Of
the finest stock regions here in the
state. There are over twenty miles Of
lake front within q radius Of seven Or
eight miles around Wortllington, every
inch Of which is admirably adapted to
stock raising. We learn that there are
/, number Of farmers in the eastern
part Of the State and in Wisconsin who
have l'eef raising grain for some years
and who wish to come further west and
engage in raising stock. TO all such,
VIC can present the very location they
ere seeking. We have grass and water
in abundance, with all the upland need
ell for grain. One fact has beeen no
tceable during the past few months,
viz That those who have a half dozen
head Of cattle are getting through we'll
Notwithstanding the loss of the crops.
Let our farmers utilize the splendid
grass crops which are every year going
to waste and he less at the mercy OF the
insects which destroy the small grain
crops.
THE EEECIIEh- TILION Ma TIER.
Mr.. Beecher has asked for an investi.
CATION which is now going Oh. Tilton
consents to be examined and thinks he
can present matter which will justify
him in the course he has taken. Mean.
while, the Woodruff has been inter
viewed and says that for several months
Tilton was her devoted lover. During
their love and criminal intimacy Tilton
revealed The l;eccI,er secret and also
wrote the Woodhull's biography. The
Brooklyn EnvIe presents the theory
that during Tilton's intimacy with the
Woodruff, TiIton's wife complained tu
Beecher, and he advised her to leave
her husband, and this enraged Tilton
and is the cause OF the trouble.
One thing is apparent as this scandal
progresses, that Tilton's Character is
not Chat Of an exemplary huo,..n,l, by
amy means. Ills intimacy with Wood
hull, though nothing criminal were
proven, is enough to Shake the conf
dence OF the Christian public in his
character. Here is woman who bold.
ly advocates free love from the rostrum
and practices what she advocates, and
when she entraps Il man like Triton,
she gleefully announces to the world
that The only difference between herself
anu the Christian world is that she adj
Tocates what she practices while Chris.
tlans practice without advocating. So
the thief and the murderer might make
virtue Of their crimes by boldly advo.
eating and justifying them.
We judge from the tenor of the New
York dispatches that the associated
press agent who prepares the news
is preju1lced against l>eecher. We
thought it was long since settled that
it was not the province Of these agents
to comment OIL the news they send
1t is their business to send the news
without comment and leave Tie public
to do their own thinking.
THE CIlINC.Y BUG
The chinch bug is ravaging some OF
the finest portions of Illinois and Mis-
souri, and farmers arc consigning theil
fields Of wheat and oats to the flames
The destruction will he vastly create,
than that Of the grasshoppers in this
region, but there the farmers are better
nble to bear the loss Of a crop.