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THE TEIBUNE. F. M. & E. M. K1M3IKLI , , Pubs. McCOOK , NEB NEWS OF NEBEASEA. A HAPLESS TEACHER'S DEATH. Gencttce ( fiheffer , a young woman about twenty years of age , arrived in the city on Satur day afternoon and went to the Eastern hotel near Tenth and Pacific streets , and asked for employment , saying that she wished to obtain housework. There was no workforher atthohouse but Mrs. Flan- nery told her kindly that she might stay a few days while she looked for a place. The girl was given a room and retired without showing despondency or any no ticeable feeling , and was allowed to sleep late Sunday morning , the hotel people sup posing she was fatigued. When she did not come to dinner and her door was found fastened , the room was entered from a window and the girl was found dead and cold , with a morphine bottle beside her. A largo number of letters among her effects showed that her name was Genette Shaffer and that she had been teaching dis- | trict schools in this state , and had a lover , a school teacher , at Akron. The letters also indicated that she had relatives at Factory ville.N. Y. , and one or two missives from a man hinted strongly at indiscretions and were such as a young lady would not care to show to any one. Therewero also , papers showing that the girl had been an Inmate of St. Mary's hospital , Columbus , and Coroner Drexel has telegraphed that institution. An inquest was held and the following verdict rendered : "That the said Jennett Shaffer came to her death from a dose of morphine administered by her own hand , whether with or without suicidal in tent the jury are not able to determine. Omaha Herald. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. Tho President of tho United States has issued his Proclamation announcing tho death of General Ulysses S. Grant , and making his order for appropriate honors in connection with the obsequies of the illustrious dead. This tribute of respect from the Chief Magistrate of the Nation , to the life and character of the Hero , and Statesman ; and in recognition of the eminent services ren dered his country , voices theNation's sense of lasting gratitude , no less than the pres ent sense o ! sorrow , bereavement and loss. "There are three kinds of praise , that which we yield , that which we lend , and that which we pay. We yield to the power ful from fear , we lend to the weak from in terest , and we pay it to tho deserving from gratitude. " General Grant now cold in death 1ms deserved a Nation's gratitude , and the poor need of praise , will not be with-hcld. Grief is confined to no section of our countrand too from other lands , have come the words ol sympathy and appre ciation. Now , therefore , to the end that we as a people may forego no portion of pur privi lege in honor and memory of a life so re plete with useful and healthful example , I , James W. Dawcs , Governor of the State of Nebraska-do recommend that all classes and conditions , so far as may be practica ble , engage in the observane of memorial service upon the day that shall be so named and set apart. % I hereby direct that the several state de partments be closed to public business on the day ol the funeral , and that the state officers attend the memorial services at the state capital jn a body , that the national flag be displayed at half-mast from the capitol until after the day of the burial , and that the capitol building be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days. In witness whereof , I have hereunto set my hand. Done' at the capital this 24 = th day of Julyr A.D. , 1885.JAMES < JAMES "W. DAWES. By the Governor. E. P. EOGGEN , Secretary of State. NEBRASKA CROPS. The following reports from northeastern Nebraska show that harvesting is now progressing finely , and that the promises of abundant crops aro being fulfilled : Norfolk Weather the past week has been very favorable for growing crops ; small grain getting ripe fast ; harvest progressing nicely ; corn growing very fast and promises good yield ; heavy hail storm six miles north on the 24th done considerable dam- nge to a strip about six miles long and one mile wide. Oakland Farmers claim the majority of wheat is good quality , and also oats ; har vesting has just fairly begun , but with good weather this week most of the grain will be harvested. Bancroft Fanners are in the midst of harvesting ; weather is favorable , only very hot , and ripening grain rather faster than they like to see it ; the corn is coming on nicely. Coleridge Harvest about half done ; wheat , oats and barley are yielding heavy ; flax is ripening fast ; corn earing nicely , in fact everything is lovely here. Tekamah Harvesting about half fin ished ; farmers report a betteryieldof small grain than was anticipated a few weeks since ; corn doing well. Pender Weather continues favorable and crops are doing nicely ; small grain is being harvested , and prospects for large yield of corn good. Emerson Weather for the past week has been dry and very warm , favorable for corn and harvest , which is nearly over ; corn doing nicely. HoskinsCrops of all kinds in excellent condition ; harvest well advanced ; weather hot , which farmers say is just the thing for corn. corn.Hubbard Harvesting nearly done ; yield about the same as last year , if not a little better ; acreage about the same ; corn crop doing finely. Craig Wheat and oat harvest progress ing rapidly ; farmers claim the rust will damage it to some exient ; corn doing fine. Wakefield Crops doing well ; no damage whatever from storms ; harvesting about half done ; weather clear and very warm. Dakota City Harvesting has com menced ; all kinds of small grain reported as good crop ; corn is improving very fast. Herman Small grain ripe and harvest ing goes on rapidly ; corn doing immense , prospects for a heavy crop of all kinds. Wayne Harvesting is _ drawing , to a close , and everyone claims it to bo the larg est ever known hereabouts ; corn doing splendid. Ponca Harvesting under full headway ; weather extremely warm ; small grain of all kinds good crop , and corn doing well. [ Omaha Herald , 31st. MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS. IOWA exhibits to the Omaha exposition will be carried by the Chicago and North western at half rates. A of Thomas Dentner TEN-TEAR-OLD oon , twenty-six , miles south of Ainsworth , was thrown from a horse. His foot caught in a I--- stirrup and he wan dragged three-quarters of a mile and picked up dead. THE Frontier Cattle company have bought 4,000 acres of land in Burt county northeast ol Herman , for a feeding farm and are erecting extensive sheds and build ings , and putting'in a siding to the Minne apolis and Omaha tracks , about one mil away. Tho Frontier company's ranch is iu the Powder Hirer country , where they have nearly 22,000 head of cattle ranging. OSIAHA had quite a conflagration a few- nights ago , the Willow Springs distillery having went up in smoke and flame. Tho loss is estimated in tho neighborhood ol $60.000. AT a recent meeting of the state reunion committee at Beatrice reports as to the prospective attendance were encouraging. Comrades aro coming ftom all sections ol tho state.and from Kansas. So far as can be now ascertained , thero will be not less than 1,200 tents provided with a good prospect for more. Thero will bo an abundance of water and camp supplies. THE Arion club of Lincoln and tho Glee club of Omaha are to be asked to favor tho reunion gathering at Beatrice with some of their vocal music. THE board of managers of tho state fair have offered a badge worth § 150 for tho best drilled company , and another for the best drilled soldier. Tho Governor's Cup , which was taken by Co. F. , of Juniata at the last encampment , will also be com peted for , and there will bo cash prizes for target practice. IP Lincoln succeeds in raising § 15,000 she will get the Episcopal collegobuilding to be constructed at a cost of § 30 000. Twelve thousand of tho amount has been , secured. FREMONT has been endeavoring to reduce her dog population by tho shotgun policy , but thus far the canine ranks have not been greatly decimated. THE Smith population is not as great as it was. Ono ran away from Omaha with a cool § 100,000 that did notbelong to him and another was hung formurder. HOT weather is not an antidote for diph theria. Cases are constantly reported in various portions of the state. LAST year Missouri in a great measure supplied Nebraska with apples ; this year the home grown article , it is thought , will be of sufficient volume to answer all de mands : THE official count gives Ord a population of 919. North Loop counts up 560. AT David City Anton Kcyzer had his leg crushed by a wagon wheel to such an ex tent that amputation was necessary. Miss MINNIE GILMORE , of Butler county , is tho owner of about 100,000 silk worms , whose product this year she estimates at about § 800. LINCOLN has inaugurated tho work ol cleaning out its worthless curs. IT takes § 9,000 a month to balance the pay roll of the Omaha postoffice. WAYNE has organized a baseball club that , after a reasonable amount of prac tice , is expected to be able to "get away" with any similar organization in the state. MR. DURFEE , of Lincoln , has been in Beatrice looking over the ground with reference to prospects for a street railway. JOHN GAETH , of Colfax county , took four or five hundred dollarshomo with him , and kept it in the house over Sunday. Monday morning when he looked for the money , it was missing , and no clue has been found to indicate whathas become of it. There was no one in the house but the family , as far as known , and as the money was all right Sunday evening , it disappeared sometime during the night. AN Oakland correspondent writes : Corn is in magnificent condition and uniformly good as the crops usually are in this part of the state. The prospect is that in both quantity and quality they will be by far the best this year ever grown. JOSEPH SOSTEUZ , of Omaha , who some time ago lost two boys by drowning , is not dead , as heretofore announced , but his reasonhas been dethroned beyond recovery. THE insane asylum is rapidly filling with patients. Four were placed therein one day hist week. IT was not Smith , the Omaha absconding dry goods merchant who was hanged at Osceola the other day , but some of his creditors wish it was that self-same indi vidual. THREE thousand persons witnessed the execution of Millard Smith at Osceola. PETITIONSare being circulated for the suppression of the widely notorious Crofta road-house , lying just outside the city limits of Omaha. It was there that a prostitute was shot dead last winter. THE correct ffgures of the late census gives Cuming county a population of over 10,000. A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD youth named Jones was twice 'arrested in Lincoln for supposed drunkenness , when it was discov ered that he was insane. THE dwelling house of John Johnson , of Wisner , was struck by lightning the other night in five different places. The hinges to screen doors and a clock pendilum were melted. Members of the family were stun ned , but no one was seriously injured. HON. T. W. TIPTON has taken his seat as receiver in the United States land office of at Bloomington. THE new county fair grounds have been aid out at Hastings. THE English Lutheran church at West Point will be dedicated on the 2dof August. THE barn of Mr. Stretch , of Richardson county , was fired by incendiaries , but the flames were subdued before doing much damage. TRAVELING men sayFalls City is flooded with lead dollars. NORTH BEND authorities arrested some of the gambler1 ; of that place , but they were subsequently released on decision that there was "no cause for action. " THE business men of Fairfieldaro making a strong effort to organize a stock company with a capital of $20,000 , for tho purpose of erecting anew brick hotel. A number lave subscribed $1,000. TEKAMAH was honored with the presence of thirty ministers and sixty school teach ers last week , who were holding sessions there. BEATRICE has votea to fund the city's in debtedness. CORONER OXFORD , says the West Poin Progress , was notified that Richard Long , a well-known resident of the county , had been found dead in his house , about four miles southeast of town. Repairing to thi scene tL coroner impanelled a jury , and after the examination of severalwitnesses returned a verdict that the deceased camo to his death from heart disease. He was found lying on the floor in a natural posi tion , with his eyes wide open. THE crop of small grain in Cuming county will be the best in ten years. FAIRBTTRY'B population is intheneighbor- hood of § 1,800. THE season for hail storms is considered about over , and tho corn was never more promising at this season of tho year than now. EDWARD BOWI.IN , a colored boy about twelve years old , who ran away from homo at Beatrice last week , was drowned in Indian creek , near Blue Springs , while swim ming with some white boya. He was a son of Rev.-Thomas Bowlin and of the colored woman who is now knoxvn over the state as gradually turning white. LINCOLN SPECIAL : Miss Sarah Ann Hadly , a lady living about three miles from the city , near Crabb's mill , was drowned yesterday and her body recovered about four o'clock after several hours search. She went out to the bank of the creek with Bomo papers to read. As she did not re turn when expected the family went to look for her , but failed to find her. Search for the body was at once begun , and it was found about four a'clocJf. Shewas'twenty- two years of age , and was living with her brother , Chas. Spicer , a baker. She is sup posed to have slipped while perusing her paper. JOSEPH CURTIS , an old and respected far mer of Ncinaha county , was thrown from his horse and sustained injuries which may prove fatal. Onehalf of his body is affected with paralj'sis. THE Hastings base ball club crossed bats with the Omaha nine and got left. The two games in which they suffered defeat were played oh Sunday , and that is why , in tho opinion of their more moral friends , they were worthed. NEAR Kearney , lant week , D. B. Willard had two steers and one huifer killed by lightning. Tho cattle were in the pasture at tho time. Two of them were about sixty yards from tho barn and one about half a mile away. The lightning struck tho heifer in the right shoulder and passed en tirely through her , coming out on the tail , cutting it square off. Tun negro soldier who was shot by tho city marshal of Hastings , three weeks ago , is rapidly recovering , and has gone to join his regiment. ALEX. CAMPBELL , of Cedar Rapids , Boons county , suicided by blowing his brains out. His mind was deranged , and that is tho only reason assigned for the act. THE result of the census enumerators is being compiled at Lincoln , and returns will be sent to the various county clerks soiiia time in August. E. C. HAWKS lost twenty-eight head ol hogs thp other day , while taking a large drove to Cedar Rapids from Allerton's ranche. It was a warm day. Miss MARIA FORD , who has been forfour- teen years connected with the Boston Transcript in a reportorial capaci r. will visit in Albion this summer. As a B. & M. carpenter named Allen was making some repairs on the water tank at Kenesaw , his support gave way precipi tating him to the ground , a distance of abont eighteen feet. He struck on his head and shoulders inflicting serious injuries to the spine , and otherwise bruising him se verely. THE corner stone of tho new north Ne braska conference college at Central City was laid lastweek , In the official announce ment of tho board it is stated that tho cchool will be opened October G , this year. Fully one hundred students have promised to attend. PLAINVIEW has arranged for adding threo acres to tho cemetery , though the health ol the town was nover better than now. THE corner stone of tho proposed new M. E. church at Pierco has been laid. BRICE REED , of tho Beatrice Democrat office , had his hand badly crushed in job press. J. T. POTTER , quartermaster V. C. C. , is sues notice in regard to the coming reunion at Beatrice , in which he says : "In order that the veteran cavalry corps may beablo to make a good display , we will be com pelled to call on all comrades and citizens who will come to camp with teams to grant us the use of their horses for dress parade and all other parades. We will guard and furnish hay for them free of charge , as the old cavalry soldiers wish to represent theii branch of service as it was during the war. There will be no rough handling of horses. All old cavalrymen , if convenient , are re quested to bring saddle and bridle with them to camp. " ARMY officers report that advertisements are out soliciting proposals for erecting threo sets of cavalry barracks , three dou ale sets of officers' quarters , and three sets of stables at Fort Niobrara. Bids will ba opened August 10th. Thirty thousand dollars have been allotted to FortNiobrara 'or the purpose named , which gives assur ance of a garrison of six troops of cavalry and two companies of infantry. The peoj pie of that section of tho state are elated , as they say tho increase gives additional assurance to tho settler of protection from the Sioux , and will furnish employment to many men daring the coming fall. "Mighty Dollar" are insured for $25- 000. . A PARIS shop had 67,000 customers one day this fall , and sold$280,000 worth of goods. I GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES. JfaJtora of InlertM Touched Upon 6y Prest News Gatherer * , ComDtroller of currency has authorized tho Lincoln National Bank , Lincoln , I1L , to bepia business with capital of f 00,000. Brevet Brig. Gen. Charles McDougall , as. sJstant Medical Purveyor of the United States army , retired , one of the oldest officers in tho army , died at Berrjville , Ya. He had served over fifty years. Statement is published that Wm. Starr , Treasurer of the Bricklayers and Stonema son's Union , in Chicago , is missing and that he is short in his accounts to the extent of $5,003. Starr was re-elected two weeks ago and wag looked upon as a man of strict ln- tegritj. The funds taken leaves tho Treasury of the Association completely empty. Babcock & Andrews , proprietors of a big backet shop , of Syracuse , New York , probably the most extensive in the State , failed for $500,000 or more. The firm's principal office was in that city and they hai about seventy- five branch offices , distributed throughout the irood-sized interior towns of the State , New England and Canada , A. special dispatch from Douglassvilie , Ga. , a small town on the Georgia Pacific railroad says : A negro committed a terrible outrage on a highly respectable young white girl. She died. The negro was captured and lynched by a mob composed of the leading citizens of the county. Nearly thirty years ago John R. Hicks , a wealthy and influential citizen of Shirleys- burg , Pa. , suddenly disappeared and no trace of him was ever found. Recently Mrs. Mary Beatty , an old woman residing at Vlnueyard Mills , made an affidavit before 'Squire Bird , p which she states tliat Hicks was murdered and robbed of a largo sum of money which ho had on his person at the time , acd the body was concealed among rocks in Germany val ley. The murder was committed by two strangers stopping at Mrs. Beatty's father's house , and she alleges that threats on her life compelled her to keep her secret.until now. The Buffalo Car Manufacturing Company has shut down for an indefinite period on ac count of prostration in railway affairs. Four hundred and sixty men are thrown out of em ployment by this action. The question of a modification of tho president's proclamation ordering the cattle * men out of Indian Territory was discussed at a Cabinet meeting and a decision unfavor able to the cattlemen was reached. When the meeting adjourned Lamar sent the fol lowing dispatch to Geo. B. Blanehard In New York , who in behalf of the cattle men personally appealed for a modifi cation of the President's proclamation "Aftei further consultation with Sheridan and a full consideration in the cabinet meeting on the subject of your application for an exten sion of time until April for the removal of tho cattle from the reservation , the president de clines to modify his late proclamation. I send you this to avoid misapprehension or delay. " A destructive fire occurred in Memphis , Tenn. It broke out in the planing mills of Williams & Co. The flames spread rapidly and consumed a large yard of the same firm , a warehousc'of tbe Cole Manufacturing com pany and several tenement houses. An oil warehouse of W. II. Wilkinson & Co. was also destroyed. Loss $100COO ; insurance not known. An explosion occurred in the titill room of tbe Willow Springs distillery in Omaha , a brass kettle containing 200 barrels of alcohol being destroyed. Tlie blazing spume set fire to the building and it was damaged to the ex tent of 630,000. 0. N. Woodward , an ein- 1-loyc , was badly burned and died. CHRONICLES ST CABLE. Miscellaneous Matters of Interest Pertaining to Foreign Countries , David Duane Young , a farmer , arrested for complicity in tbe murder of Catherine Thomas and Hanna Sheehan' near Cork , eight years ago , and upon whose information William Sbeeban and David Brown were arrested for the same crime , has confessed his complicity in the murder. Bismarck has received petitions from many Germans residing in Russia , asking to be given employment in the German-African colonies , and describing their present state aa one of misery. At Cologne , France , a row of poorly built houses fell , bun-ing a large number of people In the ruins ; forty-five were killed outright , tmd twenty-five seriously wounded. Movements have been started to organize Burns clubs throughout the world for the pur pose of holding a centennial celebration in honor of the Scotch bard at Kilmarnoek next year. year.A A banquet was given In London to Spencer , late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Two hun dred members o f tbe House of Commons were present The Marquis of Hartington pre sided. Hartington and John Brightdelivered eulogistic speeches commending Earl Spen- ' cer's administration of tbe Vice Royalty , to which Spencer replying said he had tried to do his duty to tbe sovereignty and the coun try fearlessly In the eight of tbe world. The Batignalles quarter of Paris was visited by a serious fire. Tbe conflagration occurred in the district occupied by carpet warehouses , | carpenter shops and other workshops of va rious kinds , and was not extinguisbed until all the buildings coverlnz five blocks were des- * " 1 troyed. The loss amounts to several million j s francs. Several firemen are missing , and it la < supposed tlioy were killed during the progresa of the fire. J i On the night of July 24th , Incendiaries get ! fire to a number of bousos in Moscow , Rus- \ sia , and burned property valued at five nun- . dred thousand roubles. j Iu the house of commons Callan's motion to censure John Bright for his remarks at tbe * Spencer banquet was debated. Bright made , an eloquent and defiant speech , declaring the , policy of tbe Irish parliamentary party un worthy of the respect of those wbo at heart j favored the true cause of Ireland. Bright quitted tbe bouse as soon as be had finished speaking. Sir Michal Hicks Beach , chancel lor of the exchequer , then made some concil- , iatory remarks and advised Callan to withr draw his motion on the ground that while r Bright's words might have been censurable f had they been spoken in the houstney were in fact exempt from such action because they s were delivered at a private meeting. Thos. s Power O'Connor , M. P. , for Galway , agreed 3 with Sir Michael's view of the matter. Lord J Hartlnger spoke In defense of Mr. Brlght'a d course , and furthef debate on Callan's motion n wag rejected. N" The credits voted for the work of combat- Ing cholera throughout Spain are exhausted and the government will at once convoke a state council and.ask . further cholera credits. Senor Castelar , the republican leader , is mak ing the tour of Galidla. His reception by tha people Is enthnsaslastle. The government has prohibited holding banquets or serenades In his honor. Cholera has broken out on the French frontier. One-fourth of the Inhabi tants of Montenecro have died of cholera. . The Pall Mall Gazette appeared In mourn ing on the 23th in recognition of the fact that the fearful state of immorality depicted by it Las been confirmed to the world by the high est rell ! > loas dignitarlc * of England. The committee to whom was ref rred tbe evidence as to the truth of the statements recently made In tbe Pall Mall Gazette in re < jsrd to the licentlousne s in London , have agreed up on a report confirming tbe correctness of tbe Gazette's revelations. Tbe committee con Eislcd of Cardinal Manning , the arch bishop of Canterbury , bishop of London ayd Samuel Morley , M. P. for Bristol. SEAT OF GOYERNMEiTT. Mlscellancoui Matters of Interest at On Na tional Capital. THE cabinet mjeting on the 30th was attended by all the members. The session rras short and was devoted almost entirely to routine matters before tho severa departments. Reference was made to the Grant obsequils , and it was decided that tho president and all tho members of his cabinet would attend the funeral ceremonies In New York. The party will leave. Wash ington in a special car Friday , August 7 , Apartments have already been secured at the Fifth Avenuehotel. It is not likely the president will return to Washington imme diately after the funeral , as it is his pur pose to take a few weeks of rest and vaca tion in the Adirondack mountains as soon as he can get away. SECRETARY BAYARD has received a di3 patch from tho United States consul at Marseilles , saying that tho recent report o an outbreak of cholera in Franco is un founded. In one small village there have been a few cases of cholera , which is not epidemic. The general sanitary condition of tho country about Marseilles continues to bo good. THE president has decided to retain the following United States consuls on account of their excellent records : J. H. Stewart at Antwerp , Belgium ; H. J. Sprague , who has been at his post since 1S4S , at Gooderich , Canada ; Oscar Malinras at Leith , England ; William Thompson at Southampton , Eng land ; R. J. Stephens , formerly clerk of tho house appropriation committee , at Vic toria , B. C. ; Phillip Carroll at Palermo , Italy ; B. 0. Williams , consul general at Havana and C. C. Ford , commercial agent at Sagna La Grande. Jasper Smith , for merly committee agent at Nottingham , has been transferred to Nawcastle-on-the-Ryne , and Secretary Manning has appointed G. S. Williams at Nottingham. Mr. Williams is a resident of Western New York. TILE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. Probability of Its Jieimj Opennl to Settle ment. There is reason to think that the admin istration has about determined to recon sider its action in regard to Oklahoma , and that it will concede that the territory should be opened to settlement. At all events , it has been decided to mako a re port to the secretary of the interior on the situation. Secretary Lamar is slow _ in ar riving at conclusions , but he has given this qucrition personal investigation , and be lieved to have decided that the government has the right to order Oklahoma open to settlement , even without the action of congress. The latter point is still an open one. The representatives and at torneys of the cattle kings at first befogged the issue , but Lamar is believed to have now reached the conclusion that the Indians do not have the title to Oklahoma and that it may be opened to settlement. The sub ject is to be considered at another cabinet meeting. One cabinet officer , in speaking of this subject , has said that he has heard of the aggressions of communists , but that he has never before witnessed such aggres sions of audacity as that shown by the organized capital which has controlled affairs in tha Indian territory and laid claim to the public domain. Washington is full of the attorneys of these people , but the proclamation as to the removal of cat tle is to be executed , aud it will bo extended to the Cherokee strip. A Prosperous Institution. The forty-Jirst annual catalogue of the University of Notre Dame , at Notre Dame , Indiana , has been published. This celebrated school was founded in 1844 , and in its growth has kept pace with the progress of the great North west. Its buildings , which have been erected from time to time , as its needs demanded , are numerous , and several of them magnificent. The main build ing is five stories high , and its dimen sions 320x155 feet. Music Hall is 170x100 feet , and over 100 feet high. Science Hall is 104x140 feet in dimen sions , and 75 feet high. These build ings , and others connected with the University | , are furnisheu with every ap pliance necessary for the training , edu cation , comfort and safety ot the stu dents. Proper rules are maintained for the discipline of those attending the in stitution , but none that may not be easily observed. The course of educa tion include classics , law , the sciences , mathematics and music , as well as a thorough commercial course. There is connected with the University a Minim Department for boys under 13 , in which are taught the elementary branches. The most vigilant care is maintained over pupils in this depart ment. The eighty-third session of the University will open September 8 , 1885. Catalogues with full particulars may be obtained by addressing Rev. T. E. Walsh , president , Notre Dame , Ind. The July ST. Louis MAGAZINE con tains articles with portraits on Victor Hugo and Mozart ; poems by Win. H. Bushnell the veteran author , Minnie C. Ballard , Lizette W. Reese , Lilla N. Cushman , Mrs. Montfort of the Pitts- burg Democrat , Hattie Whitney and several others ; an interesting Mexican story by Enrique Farmer ; the "Literary Topics' ' department has article's on John G. Saxe , Charles Egbert Crad- dock with portrait , and Geo. M. Grum- mond , by Uattio E. Sper ccK and A. " . De Menu . WHERE GRANT WILu BE Mrs. Grant and OUicr Members of the Fam ily Decide Vpon Riverside Park for Bitriat of tlia Distinguished Dead. -Mt. McGregor dispatch of tho 2Sth : The } day broke bright on tho mountain and. passed without any important event until 10 o'clock , when tho train arrived on the- summit. Col. Fred Grant was a passenger ; upon it. He proceeded at once and alono to tho cottage , his brother Jesse having remained behind. The colonel immediately repaired to his mother's apartment where- the family gathered to hear the result of tho colonel's trip and conference in New' York. He detailed his movements and ex' plained that thero seemed to be reasons for a choice of a burial spot in some other than Central Park. Riverside Park had at tho time of Gen. Grant's death bee suggested as a spot of interment and it seemed best to the colonel after seeing and hearing all , to change tho place of sepulture to Riverside Park. The matter having thus been presented to tho family the con clusion was reached in accordance with the colonel's suggestion , and he at once dic tated tho following dispatches : Mr. MCGREGOR , July 28. W. R. Grace , New York Mother takes Riverside. Tho temporary tomb had better be at the same place. Signed , F. D. GRANT. \ . MT. MCGREGOR , July 28. General R. McFeely , Washington Mother to-day ac cepted Riverside Park. She wishes me to thank you for the tender of the soldiers' home. F. D. GRANT. Upon tho same train which brought Colonel Grant came a company of regular troops that had been expected sinco yes terday morning. They brought tents and all camp accoutrements and wore tho uni form of tho regular army. There wero thirty-eight men in all , and they presented a fine appearance. Tho commandant is Major Brown with Lieutenants Wood and Bair. Tho detail is mado up. from Com pany E of tho Twelfth infantry , located at Fort Porter on the Niagara river. Tho men were formed in line under arms nt the little mountain depot , and marched up tho path that General Grant attempted to climb to the cottage just six weeks ago to-day. Through the grove in front of the cottage and up the slope to a ridge covered with pine trees and burches where General Grant's little grandchildrenhavebcen wont to play since their coming to the mountain. The spot where the halt was made is about forty rods south of the cottage , and here the white tents have been pitched , and about the cottage where the dead com mander lies is now a scene of bivouac and camp life , with veterans and regulars side- by side. Col. Rogers Jones , to whom all tho mili tary hero are ordered to report came with the regulars and has assumed control and direction under orders from Gen. Hancock. He understands that the company of regu lars referred to are to act as a body guard and guard of honor to tho remains , but if this is true the U. S. Grant post detail , which has been serving in that capacity since Sunday night , will be displaced and relegated to minor post duty. This mat ter , however , is within the discretion of Col. Fred Grant , who will determino whether or not tho post of honor shall re main with the post which bears the narao of the dead.whom the post are watching. It has been learned this morning that COO or 700 troops will be or have been ordered to Saratoga to meet the remains of Gen. Grant on their arrival from tho mountain on Tuesday next. The site chosen for Gen. Grant's tomb is a sort of premonitory on the Hudson river and is the highest point in Manhat- tanville. The outward swell of the pro- monitory begins at One Hundred and Twenty-second street and the river bank and returns to its regular line at One Hun dred and Twer ty-ninth street. The sum mit of this elevation is almost a level plateau of something more than twenty acres. On the river side the descent is abrupt. At its foot branch of the Hudson River road 200 hundred feet below , are tho tracks that runs into the West Thirtieth street depot. On the northwest is the ferry to Fort Lee and on the northeast red brick stores and factories of Mali a ttan villa cluster around the base of the lull. If the observer looks to the south he has opened before him the long vista of Riverside park , of driveways , hewn stone walls and ancient oaks and maples on the steep elopes of the Hndson. The spot suggests revolutionary war memories. Fort Lee is opposite the old fort in .Central park on the southeast. Fort Washington is on the north and the highlands near West Point shut in the horizon beyond. Xo structures can be erected to break the uniformity of the view , as the water front and park be long to the city. The temporary tomb to receive the body will bo bnilt of brick. . 1 ! LAMAR OS CIVIL SERVICE. His Letter to Commissioner Eaton Made Public. Secretaey Lamar'wishing to correct ru mors to the effect that there has been something offensive to him in his corres pondence or intercourse with Civil Service Commissioner Eaton sent the latter the following letter : DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR , ) WASHINGTON , July IS , 1S85. ) Hon. Dorman B. Eaton , chairman of the Civil Service Commission. My Dear Sir : Yours of the llth inst. has been received. I had observed with deep regret some of the articles to which you refer , feeling their injustice in com mon with yourself. The letter of the- 1st of June did not in any way reflect upon my action in this depart ment. It is just and proper that I should . ; p further and state that your communica tions to me have been in entire harmony with my own views , never in any single in stance lacking that kindness and good will which have characterized our official as well as personal relations. While I regard no part of my entire country as my own section , yet I do not regret that the civil service commission has imposed upon me- the grateful duty of remedying to some ex tent the injustice which in this branch of the departmental service lias been mani fested against the locality of my birth and home. Under preceding administrations , and before the civil service commission was established , the appointing power , owing to peculiar causes , was not directed as a rule to selections from the most intelligent and best population of the south. The civil service , commission has opened the channels of public employ ment to the most intelligent masses of all parts of the country alike , but the bound \ less wealth and activity of the north divert * most of its best literary business , and legal talent from these channels of ability and intelligence in walks of business life offers to the public service her best literary and legal talent. Your commission has shown and will necessarily show , in competition of appli cants , a large proportion from which to se- ect among those states which have not had their due proportion. Thus , by means of the action of the commission , the great 1 work of reform in the departmental ser vice will be steadily and beneficially equal 1r ized and promoted. Hoping that we , each r m our several spheres , may in the highest degree m our power contribute to the gen eral good , I have the honor to remain , with great respect , very truly yours , L. Q. C. LAMAB. r GK.VERAI. GRAFT'S article on "Vicks- is to appear in the September- * t.
