The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-10-01

he says that had Elizabeth remained
with him, and the church had let her
alone he never should have dlvulged 1t.
But she left him for the purpose CT
testifying against him, and in sheer self
defense he was compelled to give the
terrible truth to the world. Moultons
statement is crusher, and has produc-
ed profound impression. He fastens
| his former statements and makes his case
very c1everly. Now what will Beecher
| do? Are we to have more statements
He has said that he will not open his
mouth or put pen to paper on this SUB
! iect again, but Will trust to the courts to
| clear his skirts. Thank heaven, for no
matter who is in fault the people are
tired of the whole matter. Let us hope 1t
will be settled one way or another,
and that quickly.
Speaking of this affair, it is gratifying
to notice the frankness with which the
Daiy Graphic has treated this matter.
Without Disgusting its own conclusions,
from the reports of both sides, present
ed in its columns with an enterprise
which made some of the slow-coach pa
pers, in self-defense, profess old Queen
Annes horror Of gossip, it has comment
ed on the sad affair Ill a tone beflttlng
gentlemen, an example which some OF
its unsuccessful contemporaries might
have followed with much credit and more
grace.
The way in which zealots on both sides
have carried on the skirmish renders 1t a
sure thing that nobody comes out OF the
scrimmage with clean coat. That the
| G1,oa,hic has shown more wit and less
! = L.. Il, >f f1nc ms
charged to the fact that its editorial
columns are in the hands of gentlemen,
made such by virtue of breeding and
sympathies, as well as position; who
know how to hold liberal views and ex-
press them fully, while keeping them
out of the mire. And may say that it
is the controlling force of this quiet
getlemanhood which makes the Gro1Ohic
such favorite family paper both in and
out of the city. The rare ability OF ID.
G. Croley, its managing editor, and the
enterprise and tact of the Brothers
Goodsell, have made the Graphic a
great success.
Does not pick up as we (and everybody
else) hoped. The city is full of merch-
ants; the hotels are not only crowded but
over-crowded but they do not buy. The
South is buying small stocks, very small,
but the West, SO far, is only sorting up,
The merchants all say they intend to
buy largely, but they are waiting to see
what the condition of things is to be.
In short, with wheat at the price it is,
they are afraid to venture. Possibly
they are right; but the importers and
iobbers, who have stocks on hand, don't
see it. And the summer has slipped
away, we are fairly into the fall, and the
goods are all in the ''original packages. "
I am speaking now of the wholesale
trade. The retail business in the city
looks somewhat hopeful this month, and
will keep it's cheerful face, for the peo-
pie have money, if the trade only have
sense to adopt the rule of the leading
house in America, namely, to do away
with fancy prices for any class of goods,
however new or fashionable, and bring
the most tempting articles at once with
in the reach of ordinary buyers. The
novel and nice importatiOns of dress
goods, camel hair cloths, quilted silks,
and fancy fabrics of the latest Partisan
fancy are accordingly put on the count
ers at prices which compare with those
of the old-fashioned standards, merino,
and British cloths, in the eye of careful
purchasers. This idea Of selling stock
but once, as merchants express it, will
result in clean counters and equally clean
balances next spring. Even India shawls
are no exception to this rule, for the
largest importers in this line have deter
mined to put them on the same
footing with other goods, and estimate
| their valne according to their worth,
without paying 200 or 800 hundred per
cent tribute to fashionable caprice. One
hears of such comfortable orders in the
trade as $4,000 worth of American
shawls for one customer, and So, 900
worth of prints sold at retail at one count
er in a single day. Stewards house sold
off all it's first stock of fall goods before
the first of September, and were obliged
| to order afresh by ocean telegraph to
supply at that date.
Nevertheless, the city will see a great
deal of distress this winter. There has
been no building and labor of any kind
this summer, that the working men
have not been able to keep anything
ahead, and when the frost puts it's en-
barge on outdoor work there is going to
| be an amount of restitution and actual
suffering that the city never saw before.
Heaven help the poor this winter. And
let me put in warning here TO young
men-keep out OF New York this fall and
winter. There are thousands upon thou
sands of unemployed men in every pos
sible department of labor. There are
one hundred applicants for every vacancy.
Except upon a sure thing stay where
you are, if you can earn bread and
clothes.
THE WEATHER
Is extremely hot and sr1ltry, and in the
poor quarters of the city there is suffer-
ing to a terrible degree. How they long
for the cool breath of autumn.
PIETRo.