THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JULY' ' 19 , 1881.
TEE DAILY BEE.
OMAHA PUDLI8HINQ CO. , PROPRIETORS.
DID harnham , bet. Oth and lOlh Street * .
TEIIMS OP SUBSCnilTION :
° rr 1 Jt'i In ( whancotiKMtraiu1)$10.00 )
months " " B.OO
months ' " 3.00
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
. CARD CHICAGO , ST. IMl'lj , MINNMrOttS AMD
( IMMIA RAIUUHtl.
Omaha No. 2 through jn cnjcr , 11
a. in. No. 4 , Oakhml jin'sonRcr , S:30ft. : IK.
Arrive Omaha No. 1 , through insscrtgor , 3 p.
m. No , 3 , Oakland losscnger , 4:10 : p. in ,
LRAM.VO OMAHA f.AST OR SOUTH BOUND.
C. , It. & Q. 6 rx. in. 3:40 : p. m.
C. k N. W. , 0 a. XL 3:40 : p. m.
0. , II. I. & P , , 0 A. m. 3:40 : p. m.
K. a , bt. J. & C. 1 ! . , 8 iv. ni. 3:40 : p. in. Arrive
t St. Loula at 025 ; a. m. and 7:45 n , in.
WIWT OR 80UTIIWMT8.
D. & M. In Nch. , Through Express , 8:35 : R. m.
U. fc M. Uncoln freight. 7:00 : p. in.
U. 1' Kxjin-is , 12:15 : p. m.
O. & H. V. ( or Lincoln , 10:20 : a. m.
O. & U. V. forOsceoln , 0:40 : . in
U. P. freight No. 6 , 6:30 : n. m.
U. P. freight No. 1) , 8:15 : ft. m.
U. P. freight No. 7 , 0:10 : p. in. emigrant
U. V. freight No. 11 8:25 : u. m.
ARRIVIXO FROM XABT AND ? OPTII.
G tt & O. , 6:00 : ft. in. 7:25 : p. m.
a & N. W. , 9:45 : n. m. 7:25 p. m.
C. II. I. & 1'.0:45 : n. in. 0:05 : p. m.
K. C. , St. Joe & 0 U. , 7:40 : n. m. 0:45 : p. m.
W. , St. I > . & P. , 10:15 : a. in. 4:25 : p. m.
ARRIVING FROM TIIK WFST AXD BOUTIIWUT.
O. & 11. V. from Uncoln 12:12 : p. m.
U. 1' . Kxprcis 3:25 : p. m.
II & M. In Nob. , Through Express 1:15 : p. m
11. & M. Lincoln freight-SS5 : a. in.
U. 1 % Freight No. 10 1:40 : p. in.
No. 0 4:25 : p. in. Emigrant.
No. 8 10:60 : p. m.
No 12 11:35 : ft. in.
O. & U. V , mixed , ar. 4:35 : p. m.
NORTH.
Nebraska DUIslon cf the St. Paul & Sioux City
Hood.
V No. 2 leave ? Oinhlm 8 n. m.
No. 4 Iciucs Onmha 1:60 : p. m.
No. 1 arrUcs at Onmha at 4:30 : p. m
No. 8 arrli cs at Omaha at 10:45 : n. in ,
DDMMT TKAt.VH BKTWKKM OMAHA AND
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Luavo Omaha nt 8.00 , 0:00 : anil 11:00 : a. m. ;
1:00 : , 2:00. : 3:00 : , 4:00. : 6:00 : and 0:00 : p. m.
Lca\o Council lllnlTs at 8:25 : , D.25 , 11:25 : a. m. ;
i:25 , 2:25 : , 3:25 : , 4:25 : 6:25 : and 0:25 : p. m.
Suntlays The dummy IBM on Omaha at 0:00 :
and 11:00 a. in. ; 2:00 : , 4UO : and 6:00 : p. in. Lanes
Council UlufTa at 0.25 and 11:25 a. in. ; 2:25 : , 4:25 :
and 6:25 : p. in.
Opening and Closing of Malls.
ROOTS. orr.M. CLOSK.
a. m. p. m. a. in. p. m.
Chlcago&N. W.v 11.00 9:30 : 4:30 : 2:40 :
Chicago , II. I. & Pacific. 11:00 : 9.00 4:30 : 2:40 :
ChlcngoR&Q 11:00 : 9:00 : 4:30 : 2:40 :
Wabanh 12:30 : 4:30 : 2:40
Sioux City and Pacific. . 11:00 : 4:30 :
Union Pacific 6:00 : 11:40 :
OmahaAjlUV : . . 4:00 : 11:40 :
B.&JI. InNcb 4:00 : 8:40 : 6:30 :
Omaha & Northwestern. 4:30 : 7:30 :
Local mails for State of Iowa Icaro but once a
day , \lr : 4:30. :
A Lincoln Mall U alto opened at 10:30 : a. m.
OUico open Sundays from 12 in. to 1 p. in ,
TIIOS. F HALL P. M.
Business Directory ,
Art hmporlum.
U. HOSE'S Art Emooitum , 1516 Dodge Street ,
Steel Engravings , Oil Paintings , Chromes , Fancy
Frames. Framing Specialty. Low Prices.
I10NNEU 1801) UoUKlaa Street. Good Styles.
Abstract and Real Eitate.
JOHN L. HcCAGUE , opposite Post Office.
W. K. BAHTLETT 817 South 13th Street.
Architects.
DUFRENE & MENDELSSOHN. ARCHITECTS ,
Room 14 Crolghton Dlcck.
A. T. LARGE Jr. , Room 2. Cicl hton Block.
, Boots and Shoes.
JAMES DBVINE & co. ,
Fine Boots and Shoes. A good assormcnt of
homo work on hand , comer 12th and Hamcy. , ,
" '
TIIOS. "E'RICKSON , S E , cor. lOth and Douglas.
JOHN FORTUNATUS ,
60610th street , manufactures to order good work
at fair prices. Repairing done.
Bed Springs.
J. F. LARRIMER Manufacturer. J517 Douclasst.
Books , News and Stationery.
J. I. FRUEHAUF 1016 Farnham Street.
Butter and Eggs.
McSHANE & SCIIROnDER. the oldest B. and K.
bouso In Nebraska established 1876 Omaha.
CENTRAL
RESTAURANT ,
MR3. A. RYAN ,
southwest corner lOthaml Dodge.
Beat Hoard for the Money.
& > tlsfuitlon Guaranteed.
Meals at all Hours.
Board by the Day , Week or Month.
Good Terms for Cash.
Furnished Unnm Supplied.
Carriages and Road Wagons.
WM. SNYDUR , No. 131h J4th and Harney Streets
Civil Engineers nnd Surveyors ,
ANDREW ROSKWATER , Crclghton Block ,
Town Surveys , Grade and Sowcrago Systems a
Specialty.
Commission Merchants.
JOHN 0. W1L LIS.1414 Dodge Street.
D B nKKMKU. Fordutatls see largo advertise
ment In Dally and Weekly.
Cigars and Tobacco.
WEST & FRITSCIIKR. manufacturers of Cigars ,
and Wholesale Dealers In To'iaccos , 1305 Douglas.
W. F. LORENZEtf manufacturer 614 10th street.
Cornice Works.
Western Cornice Works. Manufacturers Iron
Cornlco , Tin , Iron and Hlato Roofilng. Orders
from any locality promptly executed In the bust
manner. Factory and Olllto 1310 Dodge Street.
Galvanized Iron Cornices. Window Caps , etc. ,
manufactured and put up In any part of the
country. T. S1NHOI.D 410 Thirteenth street
Crockery.
J , BONNER 1309 DOUKUM street. Good line.
Clothing and Furnishing Qoods.
QEO. II. PETERSON. Also Hats , Caps , Boots ,
Shoo , Notions and Cutlery , 604 S. 10th btrcct.
Clothing Bought , .
O , SHAW vrll.l pay hlghutt Cash price for second
hand clothing. Corner lOtji and Farnham.
Dentists.
DR. PAUL , Williams11'lock , Cor. 16th & Dodge.
Drugs , Pal its and Oils.
KUHN & CO.
Pharmacists , FIne PUIIU iiJi , Cor , 15th and
Douitu btructs.
W. J. WHlTKHOUf K , Wholesaled Retail , 10th st.
C. 0 , FIELD , 2022 M all Side Cumlng Etrcet.
M. PARR , Druggist , lath and Howard Streets.
Dry Qooris Notions , Etc.
JOHN II. F. LKilMANN & CO , ,
New York Dry Goods Svore , 1310 and 131C Farn
turn street ,
L. 0. Rnewold also boots and bhocs 7th ! i I'tclflc ,
t-urunure.
A F. GROSS , New an.l Hscond Hand Furniture
and Stoves , 1114 DOUZIM. Highest cath prlcu
julJ for second harm ituo-ia.
J. HONNKR 1300 Dougia et. Flno goals. &c.
Fence Works.
OMAHA FKNCK CO ,
OUST , FRIES tCO , , 1213 Hamoy St. , Improve-
cd Ice lloxea , Iron and Wood Fences , Otllco
Italllnss , Counters of Pine and Walnut.
Florist.
A. Donaghue , plants , cut flowers , tceds , bonueU
etc. N. W. cor. ICth an4 Dou.-los street * .
Foundry.
JOHN WEARNB & EONS , cor , 14th & Jackson sts
Flour and peed. .
GIIAIIA CITY MILLS , 8th and Furnham 8U. ,
Welslum Uro * . , .roprlctora.
Grocers.
Z. STEVENS , 21st between Cumlng and Izard ,
T. A. McSHANE , Corn. 23d and Cumlng Street * .
Hatters.
W. L. PARROTTE & CO. ,
1300 Douglas Street. WhnUale Exclmliely.
Hardwaie , Iron and Steel.
DOLAN & LANQWOUTHY , Wlioltwle , 110 and
Uth street.
A. HOLMES corner ICth and California.
Harness , Saddles , &c.
P. WRIST 20 ISth St. * t Farn-A Hurner.
Hat nnd Bonnet Bleachers ,
jullcs pet youi Straw , Chip and Kelt Hat * done
in at northeast corner Scvrntrcnth and Capitol
A. time. WM. DOVK Vronrlctor
Hotels.
CANFIELD HOUSEGoj. Canflold.Bth & Farnham
DORAN HOUSE , P. H. Gary , 913 Farnham St.
SLAVKN'S HOTKL , F , Slav en , 10th Str et.
Southern Hotel Gus. I.aincl , Oth & Loav cnvv orth.
ron > -encing.
The Western Cornlco Works , Agents for the
; ii.Mnplon Iron Fence < tc. , have on hand all kinds
of Fancy Iron FCIHYS , Crestlnprs , Fim > al9 , HaUlmc * ,
etc1310 Dodge slrtc. ap2
Intelligence Office.
MRS. LIZX.IK UKNT 217 ICth Street.
Jewellers.
JOHN nAUMEIt ISM Farnham Street.
dunk ,
It. HERTHOLD , lUtsand M W.
Lumber , Lime and Cement.
FOSTER ft GRAY corner Mill and Douglas Sts.
Lamps and Ulassware.
J. BONNKIl 1300 Dounlas St. Good Variety.
Merchant Tailors.
a. A. LINDQUKST ,
Ono of our most popuHr Merchant Tailors Is re
ceiving the lateit designs for Spring and Summer
Goods for gentlemen s wear. Stjlltli , durable ,
and Drlcoa low as ever 215 13th bet. Douir.&Farn ,
Millinery.
.MRS. C. A. RINGEH , Wholc-wlonnd Retail , Fan-
: r Goods In great variety , Xeplijrs , Card Itoanli ,
llotlery , Gloves , Comets , Ac. Choaiicst llouio In
the West. Puriluuwra nave SO per cent. Order
by Mill. 115 Fifteenth Street.
Physicians an 1 Burgeons.
W. S. OinilS , M. D. , Hem No I , Crclghton
Block , 15th Street.
P. S. LEISUNRING , 11. D. Moronic Block.
C. L. HART , M. D. . Dyr and Ear , opp. postofllcc
DR. L. II ORADDY ,
Oculist anil AurUt , S. W 15th and Farnham Sts.
, , . " | | Photographers.
GEO. IIIJYN. PROP. ,
Grand Central Gallcrr ,
212 Sixteenth Street ,
tear Masonic Hall. Firsl-clasa Work and Prompt'
icas guaranteed.
Plumbing , Qas and Steam Fitting.
P. W. TAItl'Y & CO. . 210 12th St , bet. Farnham
and Douglas. Worn promptly attended to.
D. FITZPATRICK , 1403 Douitlas Street.
Painting and Paper Hanging ,
HENRY A. " ' "STEHS. 1412 Dodge Street.
Planing Mill.
A. MOYER , manufacturer of sash , doors , blinds ,
moldings , newels , alustcrshandrailsfurnishing
scroll Rawing , &c , , cor. Dodge and Oth streets.
Pawnbrokers.
J. ROSENFELD , 322 lOtb St. , hct. Far. &Har.
Refrigerators , Canfield's Patent.
C. P. GOODMAN llth St , bet. Farn. & Harncy.
Show Case Manufactory. ,
O. J. WILDE ,
Manufacturer and Dealer m nil kinds of Show
Cases , Upright Cases , a . . 1317 Ciss St.
FRANK L. GEIUIAKD , proprietor Omaha
Show Case manufactory , 813 South 16th street ,
between Icavcm\orth and Marcy. All goods
w arrantcd first-class.
Stoves ana inware.
A. BURMESTER ,
Dealer In Stores and Tinware , and Manufacturer
of Tin Roofs and all kinds of Building \Voik ,
Odd Fellows' Block.
J. BONNER. 1309 Douglas St. Good and Cheap.
Seeds.
J. EVANS , Wholesale and Retail Seed Drills and
Cultivators , Odd Fellows' Hall.
Shoe Scores.
Phillip Lang , 1320 Farnham St. , bet. 13th & 14th.
Second Hand Store.
PERKINS & LEAR , 1410 Douglas St. . New and
Second Hand Fuciilture , House Furnishing Goods ,
&c. , beui'ht and sold on narrow marvlns.
Ualoons.
HENRY HAUFMANN ,
In the new brick block on Douglas Stroct , has
just opened a moat elegant liecj Hall.
Hot Lunch from 10 to 12
every day.
FLAtiNERY ,
On Farnham , next to tlin II. & M. headquarters ,
has ro-opcneil a neat and cmnplcto establishment
wlilch.barrlng FIRb.and MotherShlpron's Pioph-
ccy , will he opened lor the boya with Hot Lunch
on and.after present date.
Caledonia " J. FALCONER. C70 10th Street.
Undertakers.
CHAS. RIEWE , 101 ! : Farnham bet 10th & 11W
P. PE.MNKR , 303V " Tenth btrcet , between Farn
ham and llarncv. "Docs good and cheap work.
DO Ucnt Stores.
HENRY POHLMAN. tors , notions , plctuics
| c elry , < tc. , 613 14th bet. Farnham and Douglas
P. 0 IIAOIUIS. IMS Fnrnliam St. Fmir-v flon.U
PROPOSALS
For Furnishing Hones , Wagons , and Harness for
the Indian service.
Sealed proposals for furnishing eighty (80) ( )
work horses , two (2) ) buggy horses , fifty ( SO ) wag
ons. ono (1) light spring wagon , fifty (60) ( ) nets
double harness for the Indliri service at Otoo
agency. Neb. , will bo received by the undersign
oil at Ids elllco until flvu(5) ( ) o'clock p. in. Tiics
ilay , July 26 , 1SS1 , at vvhkh time bkh will bo
opened and contractH awarded. The following
specifications and conditions will bo observed ,
namely : The work Iionsei must bo between the
ages of four (4) ( ) and scv en (7) ( years , not less than
fourteen (14) ( ) bands high and to weigh not loss
tliun nine hundred and fifty ( U5U ) poundx , broke
to double harness , true to work and
perfectly hound. The buggy team will bo nub-
ject to the ahovo conditions , nnd In addition
must bo good trav fieri All homo wlUboH'ih-
Icctcd to a thorough trial and Inspection before
being rceclred. 'llicy must be weighed at the
agency In the presence of the agent.
Wagons to bo narrow track , thrco (3) ( ) Inch
thimbles , hprlng scat , ton , box , bows nnd
covers covers te bo of twelve(12) ounce duok
Light wagon , three (3) ( ) eprlngs , with top , liar
next to be plain , back btraps and collars , full
leather tugn , complete.
All the above to bo delivered at the agency
at the expense of the contractor , not
later than September 1 , IbSl , unless there should
bo delay in the approval of the contract ,
All bids must be accompanied by a certified
check or equivalent on borne United States de
pository , pa ] able to the order of the agent for at
lca.it fl\oM per tent of the amount of the bid.
whlih chcik bhallbe forfeited to the United
States In vase any bidder reeUv Ing award nhall
fall to execute promptly a contract with good ,
andmlllclent sureties , according to the terms of
his hid , otherwise to ho returned to the bidder.
Payment will bo made through the Indian of.
flee , Washington , D. C , , us boon as practicable
after the delivery of ; he goodj.
The rl ht to reject anv anil all bids U reserved.
TUs will bo rcciivul for all or part of the
above , and should ho uidorbcd , "I'roi0bals | for
Horses , Wagons , and harnass , etc. ,
as the uaso may be , nnd addressed fo the under
signed at Otoo Agemy , Uage coiinjy , Neb.
LUWELLYN E. WOOUIN ,
U. S , Indian Agent.
Otoo Agency , Neb. , Juno 31 , 1631.
e 28 < l3 r
NOTICE.
J , JI. Stnnton ( hill imme unknown ) Har
riet IJenn anil MnrySliillrjck , iioii-resuleiit
itefeiiilantii will take notice that Milton
Ilenilrix , of the county of Douglan
lus , in the State < > f NebraHka , did on the
7th duy of May , 1881 , file hU petition in
the District Court of the StrUe of Nehras-
Lit' within nnd fur the paid county of Doug'
la.4 , a 'aiiut the tiaid J. M. Htauton , Jlar
riet lleiin nnd Mury Shillock , hnpleiided
with ( jeer o Mill * , Ma ie McOonnicl : ,
Jo-iiah S. McC'oriniclf.MiitthewT I'ntiick
and John K , Patrick defendants , t > ettiii | ;
forth that 1)J' virtue of a deed itsuedby the
treasurer of tiaid county , liu has an abso
lute title to the Boiitlieast quarter of the
northwe > t quarter of the honthcant quarter
of section nine , ( I ) ) township fifteen ( IS ) ,
range thirteen ( l.'l ) o , in faid Doujjhm coun
ty ; that you und each of wild defendants
claim to have soinu interest in Raid land ,
and pruyiug that ho may be adjudged to
have an indefeasible title to miid nreini.-ten ;
but that if hU title Hhould be held Invalid ,
he may bo decreed to have a lien on ttald
land , that it may be sold to gatlsfy the
same , and that you and each of you be for-
evtr be debarred from tettinguporasBertini
any right or claim thereto. And the uaid
J. M Ktanton , Harriet Ifenn and Mary
Shillock are hereby notified that they are
required to appear and answer naid peti
tion on or before the first day of August ,
1881. MILTON HENDKIX ,
Uy CLABKSON & HUNT , his attorney * .
Dated Omaba. June 23 1881 vvMtd
GOOD BAD LANDS.
Ronl Nature of the Misnamed
Mauvaisos Torres.
Largo Deposits of Lignite A
Country as Productive as
the Average of Now
England.
CorrcjfHviiclence Chicago Tribune1.
GtKXIIIVn , OX TUB Yr.LtOWSTOSK ,
July 10. Every ono 1ms huiml of the
bail Irmtls nloni ; tlio Northern Pacific ,
and believed in them. Even those
who romuli.itud Gen. Jlnzcn's fctnto-
incut about Dakota , repeated by him
at second Imnd , did not doubt th.it
there was in this territory n vast tract
of worthless land. The Indians hud
called it the bad lands , tuul the Cana
dian voyngours had followed with "Los
Mnuvnises Terre * . " The eastern idea
of them is that tlioy consist of mi
illimitable strotoh of desert land ,
whitened with alkali and worthless
for any purpose. Nothing could bo
moro mistaken. The real bad lands
are as dill'eient from this as the real
Dakota is from Gen. llazcn's Dakota.
Gen. llazen was tin unsucccsfful in Ins
descriptions of this territory as ho h.is
been in his predictions of the weather.
At the head of the Upper Hart
river , 140 miles from .Bismarck , the
traveler over the Northern I'acilicsecs
an abrupt change in the character of
the country. It turns from a rolling
pnurio lots of country with no people
in it , us the -porter in the Pullman
palace car put it - into a broken ,
fallen-in , ragged territory.
I1UTTKS OF ALL SHAl'KB
rise abruptly. These are ribbed with
deposits of sand and of diil'orcnt-col-
ored clays with occasional seams of
lignite. Nothintr is regular except
the uniform horizontal level of the
layers that form the buttos. The
buttes are large and small , peaked
and casselatcd , round , pyramidical ,
and grotesque. At ono point n huge
Newfoundland dog is shown in pro-
fllo standing on the slope of one of
these huge piles of clay. The de
posits have been made evidently by
the action of water. Immense masses
of burnt clay , great deposits of
scoria , show that lire has been an as
sistant of water. Geologically , the
Bad Lands are unique. Scientists
have not discovered the secret of the
manufacture of these singular forms
and contrasts. Appearances indicate
that once the Bail Lands were a high
rolling district , underlaid with im
mense beds of lignite. This lignite
has burned out at irregular depths ,
and the soil above has subsided un
evenly. The fire burned the rod clay
into terra cotta , great rod banks of
which are to be soon in the sides of
the buttes.
THE WHITE CLAY
it made so hard that it had to bo
blasted for the railroad cuts. The
minor il earths were melted into scoria ,
which is mixed in with the terra cotta.
The wash of rain for it does rain pro
fusely in Dakota , notwithstanding
Gen. Hnzon and the overflow ot
streams lias completed the manufac
ture of the surface. This theory is
strengthened by the fact that several
beds of lignites are still burning. Ono
of these , several miles southwest of
the Little Missouri , burns with a roar
that can bo heard some distance , and
it can bo scon glowing at night. It
is much resorted to by the game in
winter. In this singular country
Nature provides a steve for the game
in cold weather and keeps it burning.
What are called the Bad Lands extend -
tend on both sidoa of the railroad for
thirty miles on an cast and west line.
North and south they run for ICO
miles. Similar bad lands are found
in Montana and Colorado , separated
from the Dakota Bad Lands by line
Erairies. They seem to bo geologic
ilands , just as the Adirondacks are.
Clay and sand are the materials of
buttcs , and the ample spaces between
are well grassed.
TUB TOl'S OF Till ; J1UTTK8
are covered with soil as fertile as that
on the ground beneath , and vary in
area from a incro point to tons of
acres. The Dakota Bid Lands extend
to Contarl Butte , which can bo seen
thirty miles away. What attracts the
eye of the casual traveler are the cu
riously shaped buttes with innumera
ble valleys between. There are such
minor curiosities as great petrified
stumps of trees , of the trunks of
which no traces remain , Minor.il
snrings are found of various kinds
alkali , salt and sulphur-besides
springs of sweet water. A few trees
are to bo seen , but their growth is not
luxuriant.
The Indians called these the Bad
Landslecauso they wpro so difficult to
traverse and because it was BO hard to
make a trail through them. White
men have avoided them Tor the same
reason , The troops that had to go
west in 1873 found it hard work to
get through. It took the railroad
nine months to make its right of way ,
Heat has made the clay ao hurd that
it had to bo blasted.
The Bad Lands have always boon a
great game country. Black-tailed
door , antelope , mountain sheep , cin
namon boar , and bullulo have always
been abundant. Buffalo are still
found. At Little Missouri wo found
two buffalo calvofi , captured a few days
before out of a herd of thirty buffalo
near by , Indians and hunters have
always have always found the game in
the Bad Lands fatter than anywhere
else. Good pasture is found in the
valleys , and oven on the summits and
buttes. Water is scarce , hut is to bo
had in sufliciont quantities. All
tfiiough there- lire in the hollows and
caves natural stables which give pro
tection from the roughest rigors of
winter.
OAMK KNO\Y AOOOII COUNTHV ,
and the untolopo , black tail deer and
buflUlo would never have made their
favorite haunts in really bad lands.
Good game country is good cattle
country , \Vo saiv cattle feeding in
the hills which were driven in there
last fall , and fatter or moro prosper
ous bulls and cows could not bo found.
They had found their own shelter and
food all through the severest of
winters and came out in the best
condition , Grazing is not the only
use of the country. At Walker's
Camp , seven miles east of thn Little
Miiaouri , last summer , the men work
ing on the road had a first rate gar
den. Such vegetables as boots , turnips ,
cabbage , potatoes and radishes grow
well. At the Little Missouri , in the
very heart of the Bad lands , the sol
diers in Capt. Baker's command , sta
tioned hero to protect the railroad
men , have made on the top of the
Uutto , ton acres square , lOOfcolabovo
the river , and over a largo lignitemino
garden where they raise all kinds of
vegetables. Some Now England pen
ile visited the bad lands last year and
'rankly confessed their surprise that a
graining country so good and a farm
ing region ns fair as the average of
New England should bo known by
any suMi namo. The Northern Pacific
railroad is glad to pay $2.25 a ton for
the lignite found hero. This lignite ,
which looks like an inferior smt of
crumblinir soft coal , and when burn
ing smells like peat , ia found lioro in
great quantities. It is an adiuirablu
domestic fuel , and is made t. > do in
locomotives. Nature , which made
the clay so hard hero that the rail
roads had to blast thuir way through
It , has provided compensation in
VAST QUANTITIES ON TKltUA rOTTA.
and scoria , which furnish the best
ballast without limit. There are good
springs , ono of which gives its utuuo
to Sully Sprini'R , and water is found
by sinking wells n mod era to depth.
Gen , llaupt , the enterprising general
manager of the Northern Pauitic , has
conceived the happy idea of sending
to Titusvillo for a digger of oil-wells ,
mid a full sot of tools. With those
the whole question of the water-sup
ply will bo scientifically tested all
through Dakota.
There are the Bad Lands along the
Northern Pacific. It ia a district
thirty miles by 150 , with no alkali
lakes or wastes , with good 'piistiiragu ,
fair wheat and imrdon lands , waiter-
cd , though not plentifully , giving cattle
tlo better shelter and food than the
surrounding country , and yielding in
exhaustible quantities of lignite for
fuel , and term cotta mid scoria enough
to ballast the whole Northern Pauitio
roads. These are not bad lands ;
they nro only not so good aa the
prairies that roll around them.
WHITE H6USE LIFE.
Domestic Affairs at the Executive
MnunlcmDiirliig Ordinary
Times-
Washington Cor I'lillailclphla 1'rcsn.
The week which was ushered in last
Saturday morning was revolutionary
to all the peaceful and regular pur
suits of lifo. Besides the share wo ,
as citizens of the republic , have borne
in the general sorrow , the local shock
was inexpressibly severe and painful.
Gen. Garliold , as a citizen of Wash
ington , had fibres reaching out toward
many lives , and high and low have
felt the sere pain of their wrenching.
The genial habits of his home were
well known among us ; habits which
have not materially changed with his
change of residence from the plain ,
square house on I street to the Pee
ple's Palace on the avenue. The
morning ho was hurt , the president ,
always a cheerful , talkative man at the
table , had been particularly entertain
ing at the breakfast hour. Ho did
not converse about the approaching
trip , but its anticipated rest and pleas
ure inspired a merry mood. There
were at the table with him his sons ,
Harry and James , his private secreta
ry , Mr. J. Stanley Brown , and his
telegraph operator , Mr. 0. L. Judd ,
whoso respective functions require
their all-day presence at the Execu
tive Mansion , and , therefore , make
them regular guests at ( lie fiunilj
table ; they , however , occupy lodgings
outside. Dr. W. II. Ilawkos , the
classical tutor of the elder sons , is
frequent moal-tinio ucst , and occupi
ed , on the morning referred to , the
seat at the president's right hand ,
"Jimmio" holding his accustomed po
sition at his loft. Dr. iluwkes was
ono of the proposed excursion part }
on the Now England trip so tragically
interrupted but an hour Inter. Mr.
Brown and Mr. Judd were to remain
on duty at the White House durin _
the president's absence. The former
had just returned from England , and
the president had many things
to ask him about his observa
tions and experience during his
brief trip. "Did you happen
to hear any Englishman jest while you
were gone ? " ho inquired. Mr. Brown
couldn't remember to have ilono so ,
and then Gon. Garfield , who is the
autocrat of his own breakfast table ,
and with unconscious and graceful
readiness absorbs the conversation , al
ways leaving Bmnothing worthy of re-
mombrunco in the listener's mind ,
launched off into a sprightly disquisi
tion on the gravity of the English
character. The president enjoyed the
meal with hearty appetite , and when
it was over Mr. Bluino called with his
own carriage to take him to the depot.
The country has rown sadly familiar
through the teeming columns of tin *
press with the changed condition of
affairs at the White House since the
tragedy which startled the world on
that fair July moining. You know
all about that southwest cham
ber , august with pain hero
ically burno ; you know about
the watchers there , the quartet of dis
tinguished medical attendants , the
stately visitors who como and go at
the mansion , the sympathetic , serious
faces of the seven cabinet ladies hov
ering by turns about Airs , Garfield in
her great trial , the cohort of press
representatives gliding in and out on
their great mission of convoying news
to the sympathizing multitude all
these features are muio vivid in your
minds just now than the normal con
dition of the representative American
home , It may rest your heart and
mind to forget tlcso | Bad details a lit
tle while in recalling the accustomed
order of the household , broken in
upon first by Mrs. Garfiuld'a illness ,
then by this later blow , but to bo re-
Hiimod , please God , in happy days to
come.
come.Meal hours at the \Vhito House un
der the present administration have
been as follows ; Breakfast at 8:3o : ,
lunch at 12 , dinner at II , and supper
at 7. Several different schedules were
tried before settlim ; down to this.
When General Garliold was in con
gress a late dinner was unavoidable ;
but in the new lifo they were glad to
bo ablp to fix upon a dinner hour bet
ter suited both to the aged mother
and the children of the household.
In the cozy family dining room the
president's seat is midway the length
of the table on the west side , and
Mrs. Garfield sits opposite , with Har
ry , her eldest , a decided "mother
boy , " as near her as the presence of
almost constant guests will permit ,
while Jimmio sits correspondingly
near his father , where also "Grandma
( larfield has an honored place. She
is always waited on first
whoever _ else may bo pres
ent. Mnllio Rita at the north
of the table , and the two younger boys
are disposed n little promiscuously ,
according to thooxigcncioHof the case.
Harry is 18 , tall and graceful , with
the regular features of his mother.
The down of his manhood appears on
liis checks , Jimmio , 10 years old , is
nearly or miito as tall as his brother
and broader shouldered , with the
Saxoir hair and largo features of his
father , whom ho bids fair to resemble
strongly in person and intellect. Mollie -
lie , aged 14. has the dark brown hair
of her mother and the liiiomonts of
her 'father not unhandsomely repro
duced. When womanhood lion soft-
owd the charm of her face she will bo
very line looking. Since the trouble
came I notice that the newspapers
writers speak of her caressingly as
little" Mollie , but she is already as
largo as her mother and of tho"bounc-
" typo of girl. She is a great pet
with her father. Irwin , aged
LI , and Abraham , aged 0 ,
you already know , through de
scription * , espeoially the former ,
who is the eccentric one , possibly the
genius of them all. lie is named for
Hen. McDowell , anil insists that his
mini' must bo always written not lr-
win M , but Irwin MoD. Mealtime is
ilmost the only ono time the president
ias lately hud with his children , and
10 devotes himself in great part to
.Itoiu at that time , after asking ques-
.ions on Borne interesting Doiut of
Harry , or James , or Mollic , to draw
them out , and then explaining it at
considerable length , instructing by the
Socratic method , M it wero. This is
v pleasant record of his schoolmaster
days , of which also a nloam , appeared ,
you will remember , on the very even
ing of the tragedy , when ho asked a
inesst'iiger if many telegrams had
been received. "A great many , sir ,
expressing sympathy for you , ' was
the reply "Sympathy with , not for ,
you should say , " roi > huUho president ,
pleasantly. "You must bo careful of
your grammar. "
The food on the While House table
is scrupulously well prepared and well
served , Mis. Garliold insisting moro
atromily on than did Mrs. Hayes , who
was tolerably punctilious , but did not
make so much a line art , a consecra
tion , of the table rites as does Mrs.
Garfiold. An Aldernoy cow from the
Mentor homo furnishes delicious milk
and cream ; the tea and coffee are
triumphantly good ; there is abundant
fruit at breakfast and dinner , and
there isdolicious soup always at lunch ,
followed by choice cold moats hoof ,
fowl , and often gam a. This is a re
finement on the "codfish and prunes"
of the Hayes lunches , which , how
ever , were perhaps , maligned. Flowers
from the ample conservatories adorn
the table at every meal. When guests
are formally present there is titllo
need of cliniiftu in the menu ; there is
simply a substitution of a larger
and liner sot of dinner service. Steward
Win. Crump , who was Colonel
Hayes1 orderly and came in with him
to the White House , remains in that
capacity still , and is now the presi
dent's special nurse , lifting him in
his stout arms as no other can. There
was a change of cooks when Mra. Garfield -
field cnmo in. The rosy health and
strength of her husband and family is
duo , no doubt , in a great measure to
this lady's thorough belief in the gos
pel of good food. Conscientious , lov
ing supervision of these matters in
the past is one of the ways in which
her strong though quiet nature has
expressed itself to them. In time of
health she sits cheerful , ) but silent
rather than otherwise , at table , n
listener to her husband and herjboyn.
She dresses neatly , but very plainly ,
at brcakmist and lunch , but makes n
moro elaborate toilet for dinner , usu
ally in rich black silk. The after-
dinner hour the president has adopted
for recreation , going down-stairs to
the billiard-rooms usually fur a game
wily his boys , or Jiis friends.
It is a favorite game with
him. Col. llockwoll or Gen.
Swaim , who are more than frcjuonl
guests at his table , of tor join him at
this diversion. Mrs. Hayes , whoso
devotion to ( lowers was a specialty ,
converted the billiard-ioom of the
Grant regime , which adjoined the state
dining room , into an additional con
servatory there were only cloven pre
viously making a fine artistic oll'ecl
with the foliage disclosed to view from
the dining room windows. Whei
President Garfield came ho ro-cstab
ed u billiard room , for which his pre
decessor had no occasion , but placet
it in the basement , in the room thai
Fannie and Scott Hayes and the twc
or three little companions who sharei
their studies had for a school room ,
their governess being an accomplished
young Virginia lady. It was a subjoci
of frequent query why with thai
large house at their disposal Mr , and
Mrs. Hayes , who no delighted in their
children and in the sunny side
of life , should have fitted up a base
ment school room. Gen , Gariield , be
lieving devoutly in plenty of light and
air , promptly transferred the shrine
of the scholastic deities in his now
homo to a cheerful northeast chambet
in the business part ot the mansion ,
where the morning sun could shine
upon the bright young heads of his
sturdy boys. Don Rockwell , the son
of Col , Kockwell , studied with hisown
sons , Their lessons for the day have
ended at 1 o'clock. Ho holds their
tutor in high esteem and pleasant per
sonal relation to himself , and made
the ( selection with scrupulous care ,
calling him away from a lucrative med
ical practice in Helena , Montana , be
cause of what ho had been told of his
rare gift for training boys , as de
veloped in four years' teach
ing at Phillips' academy ( Andovorl
and elsewhere. During the present
dark days at the White Houuo the
studios of the sons are naturally mis-
ponded , but Dr. Hawkes is on duty
day and evening at the mansion , ren
dering quiet , skilled service in many
ways. Like all who como in personal
contact with the president , ho has an
enthusiastic devotion for him , and ho
sponis to mo to apprehend his condi
tion moro profoundly than any other
medical gentleman with whom I have
conversed. When the others were al
most hopeless of him , Dr. Hawkes
said , with bravo courage , in answer to
my question , "I think liis chances are
about oyen nixes. "
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