The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-01-21
From the Daily Courier, 15th.l
Telegraphic Summary.

Gold 1855.
NoNe Prosequies have been entered
by Dist. Atty. Darlington, at Wash
ington in the cases Of Surratt; JEFF
Davis, and Breckinridge.
A coup de etat is pending in Mexico
to make Count Gergenti, q Bourbon
brother ofthe exKing Of Naples, King
of Mexico. It is rumored that Napo
leon and Prim are in the movement
A terrible tragedy occurred in
Napierville, Ills, night before last.
It seems that Chauncey Bailey, q
farmer residing in the outskirts ol
the village, discovered his wife and
James Laird deputy United States
Marshal, In fagrante de lictuin his own
house, and maddened at the sight,
drew a revolver and shot Laird three
times, killing him instantly. He also
fred two shots at his wife, but with
out inficting any injury. 1t is said
that criminal intimacy had existed
between Laird and Mrs. Bailey for q
long time. but the husbands suspici
GUS had been only recently aroused
when he laid plan to ascertain the
truth ofthe matter, by announcing his
departure from home, but returning,
found matters as above narrated.
The fight between Washburne and
Carpenter for the Wisconsin Senator
ship, is nip and tuck.
One Judge Tyler has died OF inj u
ries received at the hands of Police
men in Judge Milliken's Court in
Chicago, and the outrage is undergo
ing investigation.
A million fire destroyed Caldwell's
Jewclry store, Herrold Bros. paper
mandatory, Kiester's Art Gallery,
Ames Carpet House, and other build
ings in Philadelphia last night.
Col. Will. Cumback, of fGreensburg,
has been nominated for U S Senator
in Ind, by a vote Of 81 out of rs Re
publicans in the'caucus.
The President has sent to the Sen
ate the following nominations:
Perry Fuller, Collector Customs,
New Orleans; Thos B Florence, Assess
or Internal Revenue, I'd District,
Pa; John j. DIETRICH, Internal Reven
ue Collector, ed District, Ills; Ma
thanP P Langford, Of Montana, Cover
nor of Montana; Jno Savage of Ky !,
Consulate to Leeds.
From the Daily Courier. Jan. 1851
GOLD 1885,.
The proprietors of the Earle Hotel
state facts which 60 to throw consid-
cradle discredit upon the storyof Mr..
Andrew Reed, a western merchant,
who alleges that he was chloroform-
ed and his carpet bag robbed of s5,-
900. An empty: bottle was found in
his room with a dry sponge beside
it, and many other indications seem
to warrant the belief that 10 robbery
was committed.
It is stated that Mr.. Martin, the
individual who processes TO be able to
give tull information relative TO the
Alaska briberies, is in Washington,
but has never appeared before the
committee, although there is no OBJ
stacle to having him appear, if the
committee wants him. He boasts that
he can prove that Secretary Seward
urged Baron Stocked to oil the wheels
of legislative machinery, and that
among the items of expenditure for
the necessary oiling were, to near
relative of Thad Stevens, $4,000 ; to
a correspondent OF a New York radi-
cal paper, s., 900; to q Baltimore and
a Chicago paper, $4,000 ; to an cas-
tern Senator, e29, 900 to u eastern
Member, $100, 600; to the Chief Of the
Washington Diplomatic Corps, $780,
900; to the New York Lobby Ring,
$4,000 Mr.. Martin makes these
charges and sayshe is willing to prove
them if he is called on by the Com
mittec.
Ramsay has beaten Wilkinson for
Senator in Minnesota 26 to %.