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.
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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-
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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-
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