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NEWS OF THE WEEK. The East. Samuel T. Abbott, of Ossipee, N. H., recently murdered his wife by severing her head with an ax. He then hung himself, but was cut down before life was extinct, and is now in jail. The First National Bank of Pittston, Pa., was entered by burglars, last week, and robbed of $40,000 in bonds and money. The Massasoit Mills, at Falls River, Mass., ave been destroyed by fire. Loss, $150,000. The Beecher scandal has been suddenly revived by the New York and Brooklyn Association of Corgregational Pastors who have appointed a committee to investigate the charges against Mr. Beecher. H. B. Claflin & Co., the well-known New York dry goods merchants, have been indicted for smuggling silks. Interest in Moody and Sankey's meetings in Brooklyn is on the decline, and the attendance is growing smaller each day. Lewis G. Phillips & Co., cap manufacturers of New York, have failed for a heavy amount. At a business meeting of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, last week, the names of Deacon West and Mrs. Francis D. Moulton were dropped from the roll of membership on the ground of continued absence. Mrs. Moulton protested through her counsel, Roger A. Pryor, stating that her absence was an enforced one, caused by the crime of adultery committed by Henry Ward Beecher, which she knew to be true through confessions and other evidence. She declared her disposition to discharge all the duties devolving on her as a member, that are consistent with her knowledge of the adultery of the pastor, and his false swearing with regard to it. The committee of reverends charged with investigating Beecher promise to do their work thoroughly. They propose first to scrutinize closely the evidence brought out in the scandal trial, and then to search for new evidence. The following are named as the committee Rev. William M. Taylor, of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York Rev. Dr. Wm. Ives Buddington, of the Clinton Avenue Church, Brooklyn: Rev. Profs. Parsons and Martin, of the New York Theological Seminary, and Rev. Charles H. Everest, of the Church of the Puritans, Brooklyn. The people of Saratoga county, N. Y., are excited over the discovery of the defalcation of Henry R. Mann, who has been the Treasurer of the county for the last fifteen years. It is known that the sum of his stealings will reach $140,000, and may largely exceed that amount. The New York Order of United Irishmen Redivivi has tried another one of its members for treason and condemned him to death. Patrick J. Walsh is the alleged traitor, and makes the third person condemned. Haight, Halsey & Co., of New York, heavy importers of hatters' goods, have suspended. Their liabilities are $750,000. The West. The United States Grand Jury at Chicago has found about sixty indictments against parties charged with criminal violations of the internal revenue laws relating to whisky. Most of these implicated reside in Chicago, and many of them are prominent citizens. Mrs. Smith, of Brookfield, Mo., was handling a loaded gun the other day, when the weapon was discharged, the load passing through the body of her little daughter and producing almost instant death. The Northwestern Railroad Company has purchased and will hereafter,operate the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis road. The National Gold Bank of San Francisco has gone into voluntary liquidation. Creditors will be paid in full. A horrible murder occurred at Springfield, Mo., lately. A woman named Mary Collins went into the room where her husband, James Collins, was sleeping, and seizing an ax split his skull in two, killing him instantly. She then attempted to murder her little daughter, but the child made her escape to a neighbor's. Elder Morgan, an apostle of the Mormon religion, appointed by Brigham Young to evangelize Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, began his work of grace" at Bloomington, Ill., last Sunday, by addressing a large meeting upon the "Tenets of the Mormon Faith." It is his intention to thoroughly canvass the three States named in the interest of Mormonism. Distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in different sections of Kansas early on the morning of the 8th inst. The vibrations were from east to west, and were accompanied by a heavy, dull, rumbling sound. Buildings were considerably shaken, and the inmates, in some cases, much alarmed, but no damage was done. The whisky ring throughout the West is thoroughly demoralized. In Chicago nearly all the distillers have been indicted and will soon be brought to trial. The evidence against them is said to be of a very positive character, and cannot fail to convict. The St. Louis ring is completely bursted. Some of the most prominent citizens have been indicted, including William McKee, of the Globe-Democrat, Constantine Maguire, late Revenue Assessor, and others. They have retained Dan Voorhees and Ben Butler for the defense. A review of the operations of the St. Louis ring shows that during the last few years they have defrauded the government out of at least a million dollars annually. At Milwaukee a large number of dis-
