Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

tation SIS husband and wife constituted valid .
marriage without a church or civil ceremonial. .
80. Henry Ward Beecher, in his evidence in .
the Tlton-Beecher case, testified that he first |
regarded Mrs. Tilton as a very simple and pure |
woman with good intelligence, and he after
ward came to admire the development of her
religious character, which took the direction
Of eestatic devotion, combined with the serenity
and peace and trust in God, generous social
sympathy and excitement. He described her
as always actively engaged in char able works.
Her affection for him he believed to be as for
her pastor and friend, and he never suspected
anything else His sentiment for her was one
of lifelong affection AID respect as a christian
woman, wife, and mother surrounded with
a beautiful family. He never entertained an
affection for her in any other sense. He had
no recollection of any transaction with Mrs.
Tilton on October 10 or II, 1868. He was then
questioned specifically as to whether he had
ever made improper advances to Mrs. Tilton,
whether she had ever granted him her favor,
and whether he ever had had carnal intercourse
with her. His denials were Indignantly en-
phatic. When he said in response to one of
these quiries, NO. sir, it was impossible to
her" large section of the audience applauded,
bringing about the severe rebuke of the Judge.
..... Seven bishops, fifty priests, thirty-six
journalists, and thirty-fve others we're arrested
in one month in Germany by Bismarck's Or
ders. -. The total number of passengers who
landed at the port of New York from January
to March 81, 1875, was 17,12S, being LOSS
more than came during the corresponding
period of 1874. go. Reinforcements for the
Spanish army in Cuba continue to arrive daily.
... Rowland Hazard and Daniel E. Day have
accepted nominations for Governor and Lieu
tenant-Governor respectively by the Rhode
Island Republicans who are opposed to the
proceedings of the late Republican State Con-
vention.
The past wiuter shows largely increased
death-rate in many of the large cities in
America and Europe. .... By an accident on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
near Tyrone, Ia, four persons were killed and
many severely injured. -. Letters from the
! Governors of Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana Wisconsin, Iowa,
Minnesota Kansas, Nebraska, Virginia, Ken
lucky, South Carolina and Arkansas FAY that
their States will take part in the Philadelphia
| Centennial. 1t is reported that several
clerks in the United States Post-ofice depart
ment in Washington have been discovered to
be acting as accomplices of mail contractors in
swindling the government. 49,. There have
| baap four coSas If va11ov favor at X ay West
Fla, but there are none there now ... 1t is
proposed by British and French capitalists
to make the channel tunnel project IN enter
prise of purely commercial and industrial
character, and not government undertaking.
They favor the formation of French COM
pany, with capital of 250,00O,OOO francs.
The Trenton On. j. iron works were destroyed
by fire with loss of 800, 600. Over three
hundred men are thrown out of employment
800. Mexican authorities claim that prominent
citizens of Texas are encouraging and aiding
the border troubles with an object in view
against Mexico. The American Tract Society
is fifty years old The total receipts have ex
ceeded $12, 100000, of which one-third was
from donations and legacies. The expendi
lures for grants, colportage and the foreign
mission press have exceeded the entire benevo
lent receipts.
Nearly all the university professors in Spail
have signed protest against the reactionar.
educational measures ..... The election il
Connecticut resulted in a Democratic victory
Governor Ingersoll is reelected by larg,
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pairing for war against the Indian government
...... The steamship Faraday has sailed from
Gravesend to complete the laying of the direc
United States cable A woman in Pima
del Rio, Cuba, believing she was acting by tn
orders Of the spirits, tore out the eyes Of he
son, and afterward attempted to tear out he
own. ... President Grant says that he ca
see no reason for anticipating war wit
, Mexico. IA $780, 900 horse was killed on til
, Paris (Ky.) track by collision 80. A man wa
carried over the falls at Little Falls, on til
Passaic river, above Paterson On. J.), an
drowned. The boat was broken to fragments
...... Work is to be resumed at once on th
l East river bridge between New York an
Brooklyn.
-, The vote for Governor in Connecticut stoo
53,7S5 for Ingersoll Dem. 44,303 for Greene
i Rep, and 2,756 for Smith, Temperance. Til
a Congressional delegation shows three Demc
g Gratis and one Republican; Democratic gal
S of two. The State Legislature is Democrat
| ..... The Canadian House of Commons hi
passed bill giving Germans, naturalized aft,
q residence of five years in the Dominion, a
, the rights of British subjects. "A fire
Shelbyville, Ind, destroyed property valued
> 100000. .. The report that the Emperor
Brazil proposed to abdicate is pronounced IL
u founded. AT fire in the Frankfort Hous
New York, one man was suffocated. -. .Thr'
masked men entered the house of Charl
n MITCHELL a farmer, living near Mitchell, Can
= da, tied him and his daughter hand and foe
= and fastened them down to their beds. II
- robbers then leisurely ransacked the hous
y and carried off 81, 900 in cash m Henry
u Wilkinson bought lottery tickets from Jam
n Gill, valued at $4,000, and, having lost,
IS sued Gill for double the sum. New 70
A jury gave him 81, 400 go. David Heaven
is aged fifteen years, was arrested Springfield
N Mass, for killing his father, Michael Heaven
! at Petersham, on Easter Sunday, by strikil
- him with hat-iron.
q The steamer Paragon was destroyed by
~, at her wharf in st. Louis. Loss on vessel a.
- cargo over $150,000. -. The British Hou
of Commons, by a vote of 152 to 1877, refus
y to order to a second reading bill to enable u
d married women to vote at Parliamentary ell,
so tons. Mr.. Disraeli voted with the minori
ly At the Rhode Island election there was