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THE MERCHANT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 1874 RATES OF ADVERTISING la ge llOBJO ty of the ra e payera w themselves on the s de of tue show ARTHUR ORTON DISCOVERED Offshoot of the Scandal THE ()BARGES ..lG.AINS'I liR BEEOHER A.NJ) ldRB BOWEN ENTIRELY DISPROVED ADDRESS. To the El<otors of the Town of Bowmanv U· GENTLEMEN - Ad e sements in erted m OBSERVER and r..IinR H r.. mt Se en C nh p 1 ne :firs n s n and Three Cents per ne eaoh sub equ nt no Sp al ont a tf :pn mad n app a t s The Comm tee aro e at a late hour and r epo t <l p ogress House adJOU nea nt 2 30 THE SITUATION No ccs o B rtbs and Dea Is Cer a n e ru ers who for several be user ed n the MERCHA::!"T fro n tb s yea s past have OJ!Bumed tbe r ght to regu la e fo 2 cents ea h nsert on Ma r ages ate our Mun c pal affa rs have resol ed lit:!. ti at F Cub It E q shall no longer be Mai or of Bo man e and that M M PARLIAMENTAltY SUMMARY A hu sha 1 be h s successo THURSDAY v ue The Hon Demao Barnes the p bl sher of the Brooklyn Argua was tr ed ye·terday n the K ngs County Court of Sess ons on an nd ctment for 1 be] procured on ti e tes t mony of Henry C Bowen and h e eons Clarence and Henry The alleged I be! was an nterv ew pub! ohed on the 24th of Aug ust n wh ch Henry .M Sm th a former manag ng ed tor of the Ch cago Tribun· re lated a otory he sa d he rece ved from D W W Patton that t was well known among a number of Congregat on.J. clergy men that Mr Beecher ~as gu 11) al eg ng that Mrs. Henry C Bowen on her de!lth bed confesoed to her huoband mproper conduct w th Mr Beec!ier and averr ng that two of her ch ldren were llegit mate Mr Barnes when the case was call d pleaded not gu ty JIR BOWEN 6 TEilTUIOM W They Say Groat Barga ns n Fla edatF FM Atha a No 19TH The qu te an elabo a e affa r H s c F nan al pos t on of the P ov n c a not fa 1 o sat af~ a 1 wl:o have the n ere s of th t Prov nc at hea t The fol ow ng w re g ven as amouu of A se a an I L ab tembe 874 ASSETS In es men s n Dom n on r3 cur ee On <lepos t v ·undry banko C·S] D band Mun c pal 5 per cent dra nage d·bentures Rent 30 481 14 205 39 81 A AUCUS at wh cl all the members we e present ave one be was from home 0 se he Mayor as not nformed of b· n ended mee ng of the Fathe · It "' u d rstood that the mee ng wa· Total assets Hudson Bay lluff o Robea nr ve at F F l\'.( A u s to mo ro ~ Keep 1 e d wa ks f e om snow and folks w I not be so apt to take a scat Y f ont of yo p em es Annbeoy the pond on \i dn ay not sa~ and e wo ] awl e iet Ba once on Ra 1way Fund Total Lab es As ets as above Mr Hen y C Bowen te·t fied that he bad I ved n Brooklyn for th rt) years, an l n 1863 he was propr etor of the lnd·yendont Lucy M Bowen wa· b s w fe then She s dead. There were ten ch ldren seven son· and three da ghtere Henry Edward and Clarence are 1 v ng He cont nued My w ta d ed n March J 863 after be ng confined to her bed about two weeks I was "' th her all of her last hour She was unable to speak from five to n ue n tho She suffered from paralysl8 of morn ng She con mun ca ed the throat and s de her wants by s gns Her m nd seemed clear I was w th her a of the t me a J ohe n nde no statement confess on reference or ns nuat on that she had comm tted adultry She d d not speak of Mr w th an) one Bee her She was aqua nted " th h m and had known h n many years as I had Wewerebothmembe·ofh·ch rcb There s no foundat on whatever for the story that a few days after my nfe a deatl I convera w th .Mr Beecher on th'" ouhJect nor that an e nn ty had sprung up between Mr Beecher and myse f about th matter nor that Mr Beecher left be Indel'"1'ck11t ou ac count of h · mmora tr w th my w fo. My w le told no otory whatever My w fe and Mr Beecher l ad been acqua nted · ace 184S wheu he came to Brooklyn Mr Barnes and I were fr ends before the I be! was pr at ed A ter that Mr Barnes came to me and sad that he was n New Yo k when the ar t cle ""' publ shed and that when he e turned he stopped the presses and expung ed the object onable part. Id d not wr te a letter from Woodstock to Theodore T !ton under the we ght of gnef ··a legcd and I d d not accuse l\Ir Beecher of th18 cha ge Clarence Bowen the th rd ·on of Mr Bo" en tes fied that he w.. w th h18 moth er n h r last houra and was n the room He sa d I pronounce when sl d ed the al egat on that my mother nade any declarat on concern ng Henry Ward Beech er's adultery w th her a 1 e So far as I know my mother d d not say a smgle word OD the ' bjeCt Henry E B-Owen tho eldeet BOD teat fied that be was w th h s mother four ho rs be fore her dea h and that ·he made no declar at on n reference to mn oral pr.let ees w h He ry Ward Beecher Shed d not reflect Dr Storrs on Mr Beecher n any way Dr Cuyler and Mr Beecher attended her funeral There was noth ng that my moth er oa d or d d n her last hou111 by e an or n any other way to JUst fy the story A· neither a knowledge of the pub! ca lion or m.J. ce wao proved agamst the de fendant the Judge ebuged n b ·favor and ti e Jury after an abi>ence of two hours bro gbt n a verd ct of not gn lty A spl·nd d lot of Wool Clouds, the very latest s y o out JUSt rece ved at F F Mc Arthurs Royal Retirement It n oy be quest oned whether Her Ma Jesty Queen V ctona may not aome" bat be mper ng her popular ty by what appears to the Engl sh people-.. t ex ste nnex pla ned to be a want of JX>Uttesy to the Em pre so[ Russ a, vho w th pro~r motherly affect on came all the way from-St Petero bu gh to be prcocnt at tbe accouchement of her daughter Her Impenal and Roy·! H ghness the Duchess of Ed nbu gb The Queen hurr ed off to Balmoral dur ng tbe Vlll t of Emperor Alexander and the pop ular mpreas on created was that she d d not show that most plac d of powerful E ropean uonarchs a l the hosp tality that she m ght have extended to h m It s therefore very unfortunate that popular mutter ngo ohou d expreee themselves n such quota ons ao the fo lowmg 'l'Ob ch comes trom a London Journal Suppos ng you were an elderly lady and that your !OD had marned the on y daughter of the r chest, grandest and n os nportant of your neighb?rs by whom every poss hie attent on had been shown to you and yours and suppos ng on the OCCI< · ou of your daughter ID ·law s confinement her mother came from A long d stance to stay w tl her n her London ho oe don t you th nk t "011ld oe merely decent and pol te-we w 1 say notb ng of polit c-be ha.v our on your part to come U[J from the far d st.ant place where you pers ot n ury ng yourself to the great eonfus on of the bus neM wh ch t 18 your dutv to d scbarge and ahow some personal c nl ty to } our g est I Such occurrences and comments suggest, unfortunately the exped ency of Her Ma Jesty s rel r ment from pnbl c 1 fe for t Ill obv ous that the throne of England de mands espec ally n the present age of the wor d bat t should aurround teelf w th the grand ..t nter k ngly hosp ta! I} and present fore hly all tho amen t eo of monar challfe It ac dentally cam· to ny knowledge to dav that a req s on s n c rculat on aak ng l\[ McAr bur t~ offer h mself as a cand date for the o lice of Mayo I therefo e ake the ea I at oppo un ty of s a ng to you that I n end o be a cand date for the Mayora tv of 18 5 Upon bear ng of he Re~ s t on to Mr McArthur several of my f nds des red to get p a coun er r qu s on n ruy favor Tb s I dee ned s n ply be a se I w II not consent to any nan be ng p edged o vote for me un 1 s ch t me as l ti had au oppor tun ty of udg ng he h I ere the can d da e bes qua ~ d to I s ha ge the du es of the offi o " h I asp e You hove doue me the unprecedented honor of elec ug me as your ?i.iayor n ne ye!ll'!I a su cess on At each succesa ve nom nat on I have een nom na.ted a.nd second ed by such men as Messrs. McLeod Bu ke Thompson Ha ne· Mc!liurtry e c all old mun c pal as we 1 as pol I ca op ponents These gentlemen have year after year p b c v comp! men ed ruo n the warn est terms upon the energet c o.nd e.tfi c ent manner n wh ch I d acharged every duty of my office For myse t I an w th a clear eonsc ence asaert that d r ng ny n no yea s tenure of office I have never g ven a part al or know ngly UDJUSt dee s on I have never g von a vote or dona one angle act, w th av aw to popu a y o that was not n my JUdg ment JUst and n the nlerests of the town W th respect to Sp r tua om wh ch has of late caua d no little exc tement In my op n on the Counc l should have refused the nae of the Town Holl to the Sp r tual st Lecturers so soon as they d scovered the nature of the doctr neo taught by theoe peo pie I look upon the ncmbers of the Counc 1 as the representa ves of a Ohr slum com mun ty who n the nterests of thot com mun t1 have passed by laws for the pun shment of b asphemy v ce and mmoral ty When was made clear I at Sp r tuo st Lecturers deno need th B b e as an un clean pern c ous soul dea roy ng book tba.t they open y b aaphemed our Sav our leg t mate BOD of Mary call ng h m an that they speak of God ns a feroc ouo twolegge l mons c and that through the me d umofthe rlectures the ost mmoraldoetnnee are ct esem nn ed such as f ea love or n o her words un vcr·ol har otry When all thlll "as proved from he most unden able author t es I th nk the Counc 1 sbou d have w thdrawn the pem ss on g ven to the Sp ntual sts for the use of tho Hall 1t berng pub c property bu t at the expense of chnst aa ra epayc s That tie act on I have taken n reference o Sp r tua sm no one can tr ly deny has been tho prx mate cau .. of the abuse so freely la shed upon me w th n the la·t few week. both verbally and n pr at of Mr :McArthur· being placed n oppomt on to me and of your-over ax ed as you al eady are-be ng saddled for ever w h the expense of a Pol ce Mag o trate [ take cred t to m} elf for be ng ma n ly nstrumental in pr e I ng the further our m ds of the blaa d '6em oat on phemou· and Free Love doctr nes taught by Sp tua to Should you aee fit to re elect me I pledge myse f to protect &ll I have heretofore done publ c moral ty n th · and e er} other respect no matter at what cos of popu a ty to mi self Gentlemen th appo ntment of a Pol ce M g etrate and the contest for the Ma) or alty are both the result of a determ nation of eerta n part es to pun eh me for the stand I took on Spir tua em and for urg ng the granting of the p ayer of a Pet t on s gned by 130 of the mos respec able nbab tants of this own and I bel eve by every real dent clergyman I call upon every man I o signed that pet t on f he have one spa k of honor truth or chr st an pr nc pie n h m to support me no one can deny the fa t tbat my defeat w II be the tr umph of Sn ntual sm I ask you to we gh well the ser ousness of the com ng contest and the great moral and rel g ous iuest on nvolved u t Gentlemen I thank } ou for the confi dence you hove for so many years given me -a confidence I have never be rayed Sho~l<l you re elect me I can on y say that I w 11 d scbarge the d t es of tho office to the best of n y ab I ty as I have always done Yo r ob d ent scrvan F Cun Tr Bowmanv lie Nov 26th 1874 1852 to 1874. 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ILLUSTRATED 23RD The speake took the ha Af er hep esenta n of sund pe n the Hou e went n o con ru t e of s I p } M Hardy n the cha Severa J o s of prec ous t me were ~astt:O. var ous em pa sod the comm tee rose and repo progress and the House adJOU ned at n d n ght MO PAY TUESDAY Speaker took t e cha r at 3 lo Pet ons y, ere presen ed and B s read f st n e Mr IJrooks spoke on tha n n g at on qaes on and moved se eral pro posals on the subject to be ·ubm ted to the They were not taken Don n on House p The Ho e was then moved nto en " were pa aed On the te n Marr age L cen e &c some scu s on took pla e a m ttee of S pply and aevera vl e er he a1 po ntmen~ made und the new act we c on po not al g o nds o Av ALUABLE DISCOVERY -A large de po· t of fire hr ck clay-the only one t s sad n Canad·-hns ately been d s overed at the head of Moores lake and Gull r er on Lot No 24 n the 6th Concess on of Lotterworth Mr Thon as Leary the own er of the propert) s negot at ng " th a pa ty n Toronto to estaL sh a fire br ck manufactory on the spot anJ. the negol a Ilona we are glad to hear are I kely ·oon to Its super or qua es over be completed MAPLE COTT GE BY THE AGNES \\AL LACE TROUPJC -Tb · company the beet OU other clay are, that t onto ns ne ther me the road proauced th s great emot oual magnes a nor ron vb ch endere t mo e everu g arama wr tten expressly for M ss Wallace ref actory than any other c ay Th ' s one at Go\\ an s Opera Hou e to a house CI.!IWd of the n oat mpo o.nt d cover es ever made ternoon. ed n every part and never n the memo y n the backwoods an I the s pply of the YOUNG MENS CHRISTIA:t\ ASSOCIA mater al s be! eved to be pra ttca ly !ne of the oldest c t zen has a drama g ven bet TION M 88 hauet ble -Femlo Fall· Gautte ter sat ;fact on than Maple Cottage Agnes Wallace appeared n magn !icent The Detro t Po·t saye that at the mun to !eta and by her act ng won the plaud ts c pal court n that c ty on Saturday e ght of the entiie aud ence In her emot on able bod ed men tho youngest e ghteen and scenes .she moved the a.ud enc0 to tears and the oldest Lut th rty t ro yea s of age vol o destllled to excel ID the h 0 ber walks of untnr y p eaded gu ty to cha geo of vag the drama In her d sgn se when she re rancy and a ked to be aent up They were turn· to her I ome d sgu ·ed as.the F encb all sober honest ook ng fel ows and elated lady I er d sleet was charm ng and tter that they had st ven earnes y and n good ly dece ved her and ence Mills Sabra fa h to find en ployment of any k nd b t Deshon was cap ta! as the ·chem ng ad ven had fa led They "e e homeless and penn M B6 Harcourt as Jes and ra her ban ·teal wo d prefer to t ress Ellen Granger Molly the romont e chambermaid was pert, go to the House of Co ect on for the w n and played the part w th dash and v m ter The Po ce Ju·t ce wh lo regrett ng M ss Emma Ph II ps as the s rong m nded the necese ty ·h ch compelled honest men tern a e Ed w n showed a phase ot I fe to eat p son fa e a.11d assoc a e w th er m often met w th and ac ed er part carefully nals to keep from s arv ng comp! ed w th Mr Som V llo whop ayed Harry Ten pie the r request and each of the app cants ton the husband was as much at hone ns was sent p !or four month· n hu esque and h s act g net w th mu h applauee Charles Webster as ThatcheryB n ze Vias very humorous and on sed A gorous onsla ght s mode on Free the ent e aud ence " h augh er Hew II be a great fa.vo te here 1s be a super or to mn onry n 11 no s Harry Buckly as a l b s predecessors. Crockett, the nJUred hueband was perfect Ir. he d pos t on of the es a e f he Ia e both n m·ke up and acting In fa t too Col James F k the fo low ag tem was much cannot be sa d n puuse of th s sup er or company whose perforrua.nces call for cred ted to the ac onn of the w dow the h gbest commendot on To n gbt the Amount for funeral and other nccee n v ex COMMERUlAL Every pen es $124 7 9 85 Maole Cottage for the last t me body should see t Ottcnco; Po;p Ther~ s a re gn o te ro n and around See advert aement BOWMANVULE S rauton Pa A so ely of men known ao Co The law requ r ng dr nk ng p aces n the Molly Ma0 u es are plunder ng and :HOWMANVJLLE N 0 London to close at m dn gbt s r g dly en mu der ng and the au hor t e are to all Fall W at orced At so e of the theatres the fer L le e held Spnng What ormancee have laeted until la er So fixed appearances afra d of hem Rye at a tl s ount by then s the hab t there of 1uafllng after the play Barley that confus on has been the result a part of Pea.s ol o nm ee appo nted o en Oats the a d ence leav ng n the m dd e of he 111c Butte ast act rather than m BS the r dr nk The q e n o the charges made b) M D esaed Hop manage s a e abndg ng the r p eces to meet Keila aga ns M Ryker met on Tueada) co e S«u he req ements of popular taotc and n ade a few p epa a o y steps The n Potatoes eases ere to Eggs A ne11 o ot Fur and ~ u C ps JU t re vest ga on pub c and Wool appear yeste day Ha1 cc ved at F F McArtl ur a