Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-10-30

AtoHSts I
THERE arc elections to hc held on
The tth of November in Arkansas,
Illinois. kansas. Maryland. Msssachu.
seits, Michigan, Minnesota. Mississip- !
pi. New Jersey. New York. Virgins. |
and Wisconsin.
Whitc,aw l,cii of the n. Y. Tribune, |
and G.. 4. Dana Of the n. y. San. have
htcn indicted for libeline Juder Ne.
Lnc.
if rny body can libel New York |
Judge. thcsr are the fellows to 40 il.
and We rejoice ,ha, They have AZ Last |
come IA grief.
>crgean, Corhrt shot \. Wilkes !
Booth and the rebel cloveu-iioul Of the
Chicago Times s'ill shows itself occa-
sionaliy sud this time in its daily Is |
SUE Of the 9th inst when i, saws !: |
'Wi'sr> Booths crime was not half ap.
pgeeiatca when he was shot down by
'te u$siiss'e Corbati"
/, is given ont that the Treasury
Department at Washington and The
Suh-Trsasnry at New York will com.
mcnce paving Out silver this week for
fractional currency and srccnbacks
dollar tor dollar. The amount of
silver now ready to put ailoat is said
70 be between $4,000 and S2o0,OoO
The Ronapartis,s of France are
taking sides against the restoration of
, Monarchy. They prefer che quasi
, Republic. This view taken by them
| l., doubtless, selfish one. They
think the prospect for Napoleon ".
better i.uhnr Republican rule tbau un.
der Kngly authority,
-
! Last year The Chicago Times brought
Ia bear all lis vehement cioqnence in
favor Of that eminent man Charles
0CopnoT for President. The result
showed that O'Counor received Just
precisely eighteen votes In Chicago.
Whernpon. he other papers in Chi.
cavo conclude that the histher Of
| Storey in regard To the present muui.
ciral fight Is not calculated 10 make o
hurricane
I Chicago has. for next Tuesdays cleo.
zion. Peoples Ticket against law
! and order ticket. The former, accord.
ing To reports, is supported in the
!, main by q combination of German and
Irish American citizens, with the
rougher portion OF Americans. The
Times iiras favored this but has now
fallen out with it, ostnnsibly At least,
and Gale for new ticket which ii
would call Tho eclectic ticket.
+. fnr Vanderbilt fever stfil RACES
! Among thu stocks in New York. As
hear As we can Yness there Il a con-
| spiracy against the Commodore in
financial circles Many financier
in this country has, moro ~ less, laid
mp sgsinsi him, and there is some
reaiity 10 1t. or the conspirstors are
F! trying 10 make the people believe he is
going under, by filing tho newspapers
with 'nrmises npou The subject.
II Ohio the Democrats polled less
vote, than they did last year; hnt the
Repnblicsns beat thcn * The ata.-at-
home game. anu 20 the Democrats |
elected their Governor An accurate
statement wonla bc that the Democratic
{! lost their thousands. and the Republic
! cans their tens Of thousands, Heavy
| Republican losses VIC have undnnbted.
! Is had-hesvy Democratic gain- art sll
! ia the imaoiustion.
| j.. recent decision of the Supreme
! Court Of this State onr statutes are in.
/ terprntrd TO be such that judgment
l rendered against any person tor sell.
Ing Iipuor contrary Ia law il lien
upon the property where the liquor is
. sold. no matter who is the owner. We
have always understood this TO be the
law. though il has never before been
adiudicated upon by o,T supreme
| Conrt
\ self constituted committee which
+. calls itselfa Law aud order"psrty has
1 met ia the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chi
! cago, and nominated n. L. Bond for
/ Mayor. The Hcssing and O'Harrs
crowd, calling themselves the Peoples
/ party" met Saturday and nominated
/ Colvin. the Express agent, for Mayor.
The Inter Ocean seems to be mad
that no regular Republican ticket is in
| The field, while the Tines Il bowling
! because both Of the tickets are too re-
spectacle for its support.
! Ii the republican members OF Con-
! grcss have not learned lesson from
the late elections which teaches them
that the people demand of them the
eirictest exercise Of good faith aud
economy then are they unteachable In
! this regard. AS fast as they come
Within the reach Of the verdict of The
! people a. The polls, we nope and be-
lieve all those whose records are not
good upon the back-pay bill. or who
are tainted with Credit Mobilier, will be
permitted to hang their harps upon the
willow
THERE il but little doubt now that
the firm oil Jay Cooke & Co, will be
thrown into bankruptcy, although Of.
forts have been made to save them
from that unpleasant situation. A