The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-07-09


t. INSANE FROM SPIRITUALLSM
The melancholy announcement is
made that Robert Dale Owen has be-
come insaae. The cause Of his insani-
ty Is said to De the shock which his faith
In Spiritualism received by the exposure.
of the Katie King and similar fraudst
Robert Dale Owen has been for many
years prominent philanthropist and d
vigorous writer. His belief in Spirit
ualism and his contributions, to that
class Of. literature have done, much. to.
give responsibility to that weakest and
most pernicious of all the ''isms. y
It Is pity indeed that a man Of his abil-
ity and nobility should have missed the
sure channel Of religious faith and
made such melancholy shipwreck upon
the shoals Of Spiritualism. = "a :,
END OF THE TILTON.BEECHER TRIAL.
, The jury in the Tilton-Beecheri case,
being unable to agree: were discharged
ON Friday last. 1t is said that they
stood nine tor Beecher and three for
Tilton.
Thus after a four months trial there is.
no verdict so far as the twelve jurymen
are concerned. But Beecher was not on
trial before twelve men alone. The world
10 the jury in tlfis case, and the proper
ton who believe Beecher innocent is
probably larger with this great jury
than with the twelve men who sat and
heard tile testimony. With the Chris
tian world especially, the verdi Jet is
overwhelmingly in Beecher's favor.
Several considerations are proof as
strong as Holy Writ with the Christian
world that Beecher is not guilty:
l. The attitude Of the man from tile
beginning. There were several solemn
denials* over his own signature and =
demand for thorough investigation
and probing Of the scandal to the bot:
tom. Moreover, through it all there
has been no apparent abatement of his
labor, nor diminution of lis strength.
A guilty man would have broken un-
der the strain. III a':s'
z. Plymouth Church has stood by linn
almsst to man during the whole scan
dial. IT Beecher were the style of man
that Tilton and Moulton say he is, a
strong party against him would have
risen up in Plymouth Church.: , =,
g.. The utterly clear, frank, straight
forward testimony Of Beecher, not only
on the witness, stand, bpt everywhere
else, denying the charge throughout
+ and accounting in natural and salts
factory manner for whatever seemed
ut oil suspicious. AS has been SAID; he
Is the only one prominently connected
with the trial, who has not confessed
to having lied at: some stage, of the
scandal. 'r...- ~. ~: lar ~ ;
4 THE past life and record, OF tie
man. II Beecher were the style of man
charged, it is not natural, reasonable
nor according to precedent. to SUPPOSE
that he would postpone Ills criiiiinal
amours until he was an old man.
III +.
The Mankato Review says that hay
promises to lie scarce. in that county,
the grasshoppers having eatenth tame
grass and the native meadows nave
been badly damaged! The price. viii
therefore be high. Thousands Of tons
Will 90 to waste in this county the pres
SEASON. s='h t, Hsn i fa<1a>f III sst$1
u A Kansas farmer writes: ~ " ~: gu
.# Last year after the gr;,ssl,oppccr.ss had
I eaten up my crops, I put my hs,,ds ilitc
y tho lay fields, and putaup 200 tonsi 4OI
81 good. bay Tie result is that after feed
Ing my neigiibors' . cattle ahswintef. j
hnd have done quite as well :,s All
year before iii Kansas. ~ T made lmollsy
!. and am now OH my way I'd. Missouri, t,
buy 800 or 400 head Ut sheep with that
money. - ssEEs h!'a I3%f1:ss .*4sss s,.i..s..4
a rumor is atioat to, tile effect that
company Of EASTERN capitalists owning
1900 acres Of, coal lands in Iowa, ani
belng DESTROYS Of opening market foil
tho sale Of coal, will build i road from
81 the mines via. Doom and Rock Rapid.
to Lu Verne, making this, for tile pres