Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-06
New YoRK, Dec 80, 1875.
sETcnER AGAIN.

ferens spirit than that In which II hss
been met before. There Is less dis
position 10 scarch for sensations, and
Mrs. Mnuiton presses her right TO q
fair hearing Ia the Church with q
firnne-- aud dignity tia. promises
her part III least will he wortbily per-
formed. There 10 not one sincere
friend Of purity and order who does
not long to ser this ghsstiy scandal set
nj rest, nor left TO bs the mystery Of
modern times, worse than the story
ofthe Iron Marx. Whether Beecber
i. innocent or not, the course OF
Plymouth Church has prejudicsd II
in the eyes Of the world which IL not
used tn see innocence defending IT.
self by the tactics OF guilt. The
Church finds itself at di5ad vantage
for the first time, Mrs. Moulton de-
mands her right as a church member
TO a hearing before being surDmariIy
expelled, md her husband is deter
mined not 70 die without a tight for
life. As Beecller refuses To prose-
cut. him, he Will prosecute Beecher,
40 that Jury shall decide which Of
the two IL perjured. 80 you see the
did scandal IL still alive, and will
probably drag through another year.
TWEED.
IL not IN Havana, that any one knows
OF. The man supposed To be the
great thief IL another man who il 20
unfortunate rs TO resemble him.
The theory now II that he is In hid
ing IN New York, waiting Til O'C0n-
ar gets well, that his troubles may
be arranged. Wherever he may be,
one thing Is certain, the plnndered
city will never get back u cent Of
what hns been stolen from IL. No
New York politician ever refunded a
dollar that he had stolen, and Tweed
Is not the man to begin.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
Last night man, a woman and
two children were found dead In
room on Fourth Avenue, with bul.
let-holes through them. IL was a
CHASTITY sight, and n ghastly story Is
behind IL. Edward Minister, the son
ola wealthy man. fell in love with a
woman whose character WAS 80 bnd
that he could not marry her, but he
did live with her. The old story WAS
repeated. She drained him OF his
money, enstranged him from his
friends, and finally, when hc had
nothing left, was getting ready to
leaye him. Mad with jealousy, he
shot her, then the children, and then
himself. There are twenty Thousand
uei, Ia this city living In This way
nnd every week more or less OF
them make n traglcai ending.
THE REVIVAL sEAsos
~ passing away, but th0e are No
rrvivnls. Moody aud Sankey did
not succeed In creating any entlusi-
asm In Brook Ign, and their failure
chilled the churches to II degree that
Jrarinde- the possibility Of success
FIJI ntovcinedt against Satan this
winter. II was intended to make n
decisive chnrge along the whole line
nnI extensive preparations were
npia to that end, but ID has all been
abandoned, and the churches are
colder than ever. The temperance
organization are making little hend.
way, but they ARE evidently discour.
aged aud are working with no heart
Depression in business the struggle
Tor Iiio that every business man hts
10 make. leaves little opportunity
for purely benevolent or unseliish
operations. The man up to his eyes
in debt and bad business has bn /,
little heart for work Of this Kind
There will BIO no revivals worth
spenksng Of this winter In New
York.
BUSINESS
Continues horribly dublin fact
there isn't any business. The hotels
ure empty, the Wholesale irade IL
nothing, and the retail trade Is not
what Il ought to be. The longest
faced man In the world just now Is a
New Yorker who has II store on his
hands Tor which he IL paying $40, 900
rpnt per arnuin. His expenses 20 on
nerclIes-ly, and his business out of
wh,s!, ne Is to pay ~ nothing. IL IL
lie worst season ever known, aud no
one feels certain Of Improvement.
Happy is the man who Is well out.
PEDRO.
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