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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1885)
THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA Omen No. Oil AND 910 FAIUCAU ST. NBW Yon * OFFICE , IlooJi 05 TnmcNK Buui Puli'MiM c ery morning , except Sunday. The only Monday mornlnjr dally f ubllsheU in the state. Tunv ? BT VAU. One Year 810.03 I Tlirco Montlu. ' . . . 8 2 SO BUMonttu 6.00 I Ono Monti 1.00 The Weekly Bee , Published every Wednesday Ono Year , with premium . , . J 2 CO Ono Vear , w Ithout premium . Bin Months , without premium . One Month , on trial . All Communications relating to Nc < mlEJItorlal hintlers ehoul.l . bo addressed to the EDITOR OP in Bin. liBSINRSI tKTTSIW. All nmlnesi Letters nd UcmltUncci tliould be tildrc'f e I to Tim BUR 1'i'ni.isiiivo CoypAvr , OMAHA , lr fl < , Checki and I'ost oltlco orders to bo undo ! > ) * blo to the order of the comj > anj. THE BEE PUBLISHING GO , , Props , K. KOSi\VATiK : , KOITOU , A. II. Fitch , Manager Daily Circulation , Omaha , Nebraska. Mu HAZEN has the thanks of o longsuffering - suffering people for that cold w vo. Oim.t now otTos over twenty millions on account of her railways. Mr. Gould's proposed visit to Ohlll is now explainable AN Evarls boom for governor has been atartod In New York. If Mr. Evarlshas the goad sonao not to crush it with ono of bii famous long sentences there is aald to ba Rood chances of Its materializing. TAMMANY Is Hkoly to have a now loader , Charles E. Looir , who has boon elected as a sachem. It Is predicted that ho will bo the controllng rplrifcof that powerful or/janizition / , and that Bos ! Kelly will Invo to take a back noat. INCIIEASED correspondence on account of the Grant obsequies is the latest ox- cnso from Washington to pacify the hun gry oflica sjokorj. Bat oven this falls to bring stlsfac4on to tsronty thousand ap plicants for vacant country postmaster ship 3. . COL. SETII MAIIUY , of Knnsaa City , thinks that as all the cattlemen in the Indian territory ura onthiuiastia demo crats the president's order for the ro movil of their herds will bo cheerfully obeyed. At last reports it would teko a lirgo nfzid telescope to discover the ckoorfulness of the southwestern cit'lo kings , who rarely allow politics to Inter fere with business. ANOTHER Rrlst of ucandal cornea from England. Thla tlmo It Is amoag the young bloods of famous old Eton ochool , within eight of Windsor oastlo and park. About three hundred of the students have boon dotoctod'lu Immoral conduct , and they will not ba allowed to return to the school next tarm. They would have been expelled were It not for the fact that they are the Bins of the aristocracy and that expulsion fromEton forever bars thamappslntmont In the army , navy or church. When and whara this epidemic of scandal will end there Is no telling. THE plea of Insanity In the csse of Rlel wf.a unsuccessful. Ho has been convlctod and sentenced to bo hanged on the 18th of September. The prlaonor addroned the jury at great length , prefacing his speech with an earnest and affecting prayer. In the courao of his remarks ho arraigned iho governmontfor faillngto do anything to satltfy thopeoploof the North west , Although petition after petition had been sent to tha government appeal ing for relief , the authorities bed not answered once or given n sign of re sponse. Thla fact , Bald Rlol , would In dicate abaoluto lask of responsibility and Insanity complicated with paralysis. The jury , although returning a verdict of guilty , msdo nn earnest appeal In behalf of the prisoner end recommended him to tha mercy of the crown. It was an Affecting econe , much sympathy being ex hibited for the unfortunate man. His eontonco may possibly bo commuted to llfo 'Imprisonment , which wonld have a tendency to gain Iho good will of the dla- all jo ted half-breeds , SHOUTAOKS In the accounts of our county clliccra uro becoming altogether too common. There Is no good reason why public officials should not bo able to keep their accounts poifoctly straight. They are the employes of the county , and hold the Bamo relation to the public as a book-keeper docs In a commercial estab lishment to his employer. If the system of book-keeping la defective It should bo remedied by the authorities , nnd If the ileGolcnclcB are owing to carelessness or dishonesty , stops should bo taken to have the amounts tnado good and the cffondoru severely reprimanded or punished , as thotr case may deserve. A competent county auditor would no doubt provo a R / valuable officer In checking up the accounts of clliclals and the proposition of the county commissioners to create the tfllco of auditor will no aonbt moot with general approval. The business of the county has grown to such proportions as to tiomaud the ontlro at tention cf such an official. Beeldts supervising the accounts of the county oOicoti at stated Intervals , or at such other times as ho may bo directed , ho will audit and report the public accounts , inttko a record of all voucheis allowed by the commissioners , keep an Hfiuitzsd account of all work done upon the order of the commission era , and perform anch other duties as may from tlmo to tlmo be assigned to him. Such an official will find plenty of work to occupy hla attention , and will nc doubt save the county a great deal of moapy , Wo now have a splendid and commodious building for the transaction of the county business , which should be dona on s'rlctly buelneto principles. The appointment of a competent county andltor will do much towards bringing abjiit finch a rteult , . NORTHERN NEBRASKA. A dealer from the north writes us to know what Omaha merchants are doing to control the trade of northern Nebras ka and what they propoao to do In view of Iho rapid railroad extension along the northern boundary of our state. This Is a pertinent and timely question. Omaha has occupied well the trade ter ritory along the Union Pacific and Bur lington roads In Nebraska. Her mer chants are now and have been for some tlmo supplying a largo portion of western Iowa aa cheaply as Is done by Chicago houdes. In the territories she la pushing her claims ai far woat as the FaclGc slope , The splendid nggroralvcncas of our whole Balers In the past five yean la something of which the city m y bo proud. It has advertised Omaha aa a gtoit supply dope and has been ono of the many factors In forwarding her wondoiful growth. That northern Nebraska has not been as thoroughly occupied by our wholesalers has boon chiefly duo to two CAUSES Northern Nebraska has not boon as thoroughly occupied by railroads a southern Nebraska , and the railroad that h vo supplied her hove found It to their Intoroat to oflor apodal Inducement to the merchants along their lines to dea oleowhoro than with Omaha. Our merchants chants too have been leas familiar with the country than their own Intoroats do inaudod and than the rich Inducement which It oilerod for a pushing trade , callet for. In conssqucnco Chicago and Sioux City have attained a foothold In a torrl tory which Is rightfully our own ant which ooght to bo nnd can bo wroated from their control , Northern Nebraska Is more than will ing to do the bulk of her business with Omaha the moment It can bo shown to her advantage to transfer her trade to this city. Thla is evidenced by the tone of her press and the frequent letters of her morchaatr. There la no antagonism to Omaha's entire occupation of this ter ritory. There are , however , obstructions which must bo lomovod. Chief among these Is the lack of a thorough advertise ment of Omaha's ' resources and capacity to fill the demands of the retailers In that aoctlon. The sjmo thorough canvass of every town in northern Nebraska which has been given to the rest of the state by our wholesaler would result wo are confident in a stimulation of trade which , In splto of past railroad discrimination , wonld at once turn the tldo In our direction. The first traveling men to roach a now town should bo from the metropolis of the state , not from a city five hundred mlloa distant. Our northern neighbors have had aomo reason in the past to complain of commercial neglect on the part of Omaha merchants , They should forever bo debarred from the same complaints In the future. Lot t once bo known that Omaha , with fair dealing on the part of the railroads , la moro than able to meet every commercial demand made upon her by the morchanta of the state at largo , and railroad dis crimination against her Interests will soon be mot by a strong local pressure In every town along tholr lines , which , if not efficient In removing the trouble , will materially assist In backing efforts on the part of our merchants which will do BO. Omaha la too largo a city now for any railroad eyatem to Ignore. Omaha's mer chants are too powerful pitrons of the railroada to bo antagonized with impnnl- y or without fear of the consequences. Holding In their own hands the remedy 'or discriminations against their Interests on the part of most of the railroads cen tering at this point they cm well afford , o make tholr just demands for equal rado privileges aa against any rival which enters tholr lawful territory. Push and jluck nro two good old Anglo-Saxon words which have solved nnny a com mercial problem. They are commended to the wholesale morchinta of Omaha as a solution of the problem under discus sion , _ OMAUA , no leas than Trinity parish , Is to bo congratulated upon the arrival of the now and beautiful chime of bells , which were heard for the first tlmo lait evening ai they rang out tholr notes from the church on Capital uvonuo and Eighteenth stroot. No city of onr size can boast of as largo or melodious a col lection of balls" hung In a single belfry. The product of the best foundry In this country , they are said , In purity , strength and number , to bo equalled by but few chimes In the United States , and form an elegant and touching memorial of Mr. W. A. Ogden , ono of BUhop Clatkeon'a warmest and earliest of friends. Whllo adding much to the valua of the costly stiuctura In which they are placed , they add at the eama tlmo to iho attractions of Omaha aa a metropolis. No doubt they will voice the oentlments of our paoplo In times of joy and Borrow. Their street tones will doubtless "ring out tha old and in the now" through many succeed ing years and add tholr music to a nation's gladneea on many a recurring anniver sary of national Independence. They will boar at the eama time perpetual tes timony to a wife's devotion acd a woman' * rouulficauce , THE publication of the "Dressmaker. ) ' Black Llet" his resulted in a suit for li bel against Mr. Worth , the celebrated ladies' Uilor , and M. Garak , of Le Tclt. grapho. All Paris Is niturally agog over this casa , as aomo Interesting devel opments nro exported. The list con tained the names of jnany distinguished lidlea , who wera rated either as good , median ) , or bad pay , while thoao who had been indebted to the dressmakers for a long tlma yrcra classified among "dead btuti. " The 1'st ' was published under the auiplces of a syndicate of twenty-one members , representing 182 dresinukera It was not Intended for the public , bat foi'prlvnto use among fhomielves , Splno one , however , furnished a copy to ono ol the norapapers which published It , Ilanco the suit for libel. This Hat , however , Is nothing now , It having boon the custom for six years to annually publish such a circular , which was In every Instance marked "confidential. " Such a list is about the same thing as a commercial agency confi dential publication , which Is very com mon In the United Statc . The Paris dress-makers do a business of 250,000,000 francs annually , and It la claimed by M. Worth that as they lese from Bevon to ton million franca annually they are obliged to protect themselves. Quo of the debtors of M. Worth presents the other sldo of the caco , Ills name was prlntoc at the top of the list among the swindlers , for which he demands 100,000 franci. Ho dooa not expect to got moro than aomlnal danuges , however , as ho rays ho Is simply prosecuting the case to maintain the principle that a man may pay his bills Irregularly without being a rogno. This Is about the position that moat of the libelled dobtora no doubt will tako. The probability Is that the authors of the blooi list will bo compelled to pay some dam ages , IB many of the defamed persona are of noble and anclont lineage , possessing moro Influence than ready caeh , THE asphalt pivomout In Omaha ha a withstood the aovoroat tests of wlntnr and summer. Laat winter was ono of the coldest seasons known lor many years , and wo have just had remarkably ho spell of weather. While the pavemon was cracked In numerous places by the contraction of the cold of winter , Its ex panston during the summer haa cloiec up the cracks and put It Into nearly a gDod condition as It wai when first laic down. Another noticeitblo fact la thai during the recant hot period the hoavloji vehicles have scarcely inailo n perceptible mark or depression upon the pavement , whllo It ) some cities , where the woathcr has haa been no warmer than In Omaha , the asphalt has softened to such an oxtoul that the wagon wheels and horses' hoofs have loft their mnrka on It to a consider able depth. Wo do not hesltato to say , without suggestion or aolicltation , that the asphalt pavement In Omaha has boon well laid , and that so far It haa given sat isfaction. SWEET BILL MAUONE , of Virginia , has once more girded on his claymore and la collecting statistics of the number of hla Virginian followers who have been removed - moved for "offensive partisanship. " Mr. Mahon&'a friends say that ho la bearing In mind the reputed agreements of re publican senators not to confirm In casoa where republicans had been removed on thia acoro and their places filled by dem ocrats who had themselves been partisan , and that ho expects to make It lively for many of the now appointees In Virginia. Wo vontnro the prophecy that when the tlmo cornea to make lanuo againat the president's appointments , Mr. Mahouo will bo found somewhere In the Bonato with his head In the waste paper basket. Ay effort ia being made by Iho enter- irlslng cltlzana of St. Joe to Induca Rov. Sam Jonee , the magnetic revivalist , to lold a aeries of meetings in that city. The expense cf the propoeed revival Trill bo $0,000 , and a committee Is now rais- ng the monoy. It would aoom , however , hat the St. Joe people do not care so much for the religions good that may ba accomplished , as they do for the money bat they expect to make from the crowds that will flock from far and nojr to that city to hear the Georgia wondor. Wo are led to this conclusion from the state ment of ono of the St. Joe papers to the ffect that "thoro h n > question but that f the groit evangelist comes thousands of people will visit the city from all parts of the ( state , nnd cu ? merchants will derive - rive great bencfita. " TUE fire ocoon steamship companies , acting under the leadership of the Pacllic Mall , bavin ; failed to force the distribu tion of the § 400,000 by refusing to trana- oort the mails nnloia this money was banded over to them lu bulk at once , lava found out that the malls can bo car ried without their aid. The poatmaitor- ; cnoral proposed to award them both sea and inland postage , which Is about throe times what they had boon receiving for the same sorvlco the past twelve years , and three tlmos what Is paid for mall transportation across the Atlantic. The American steamship companies have elm- ply bitten off their nose to splto their face. FEIUIAN , thoSpuunu aoctor , la making a fortune out of his system of Inoccnlatlon , which he clalmi to be a preventive of cholera. No matter what the real merits of hia discovery may bo , the people of Spain Boom to have great confidence In it , notwithstanding the dubious shakos of the head on the pirt of other physicians and scientists. Forran operates on four patients per minute , and la raking in the money at the jato of $1,000 , to § 2,000 a day. Wo have no hcalUnoy In siyiug that the inocculatlon U a g3od thing for Dr. Fcrran. THE recent eipjturcs concerning army poker playing do not aaom to have en tlroly r.bated the evil. Lieut. Palho and Maj. Smith , of the 19th Infantry at Fin Chrk , Texta , have htely baon Indulging In numerous gomes of "draw" for which they are to ba cnirt inartlalol It is to bt ioped that thty will be m da an example of , aa It la about tlmo that the othcero should bo made to understand that the order agalnat g > mblhif { cau and will be enforced , ADMIKAL COUJIHET , of the French nivy , died In three hours after the ro oiiuiof thonowaof the Francc-Oblneao rttcty , and the statement vra-j made that 10 died of a broken heirt. Thla ii con' firmed by Roar Admiral DAVF ! , comnund Ing the United States tquadron In the Chlncso waters. Courbot wanted the wai prolonged BO that ho oould dlsttn gnlah himself , and when his ambition nas nipped in tbo bud by the cessation of hostilities , llfo had no raoro charm jor him. TIIEUE Is Bema talk of consolidating land offices in the western at&tcB. Ac cording to a racont dispatch from Wash Ington the fust atato to bo rodiitrlotoct , I the plan la carried out , will bo Wisconsin and Nebraska will follow. The Nebrask offices nro all maximum , except Beatrice which p ys § 1,283 , and Lincoln , whlcl pays § 1,201. The offices ok Niobrara Grand Island , North Platte , Bloom'nj ' ton , Valentino , and McCook a'l pay S3.COO. MB BEN BAUUOWS , who has for olgh yoara been the American consul at Dab lln , ha * boon superseded by a gontloraan from Mississippi , Mr. J. L. McOiaklll The several gentlemen In Omaha who wore pulling the wires In hopes of bolnj delegated to atop into Mr. Barrows' bro gans , will now have to sot tholr pags fo SDUIO other oflico. NEW YOIIK h now pofapirlng over th proposition for a Grant monument. I may not bo amiss to mention that mor than a thouamd dolliri Is lacking to osinploto tha World's Bartholdl podesta fund which the Now York cltlzana com mittee on that monument failed to bf to raisa. THE editor of the Republican accuse the editor of the Herald of being " ; rcsklosa libeller. " In tbo face of tha late verdict of the district court egal the HcpubUcan gang , the old provorl of pots calling kettles black scorns t have a local application. Samuel J. Tilden ia a conBrmod pic-eater The sultan of Tuikoy is taking music les- eons , John Hoach , thu tliip-buildor , ia 77 ycura o : ago. ago.Ii3rd Ii3rd I'almerstonhaB caricature legs , and BO did Oisiaoll. Colonel Lamout'd waste basket ia largi enough for a Lustlo for the statue of Liboity Sinm Jones , the epigrammatic southern re- vivaliat , saya that the German is "hufrging set to inujle. " Late hours and constant dissipation atten dant upon he ; high rank have at last tok upon the princess of Walea , A Polo who paid hia taxes in Detroit the other day has the name of JohnScz hwgzneki eleven consonants la succession. Queen Victoria cares very little for fancy dishes. She mostly enj.iya boiled haddock and a roast loin of Southdown mutton , Ilelon Gardner claims to be tha only wo man infidel lecturer in the world. She should change her Gnrietain name to "Sheolou. " The son of ex-President Arthur ia described to be "a nice bay with the girls , bat has as yet developed no great tendencies olsowhero. " It is estimated that MHS Cleveland's book will not her about § 00,010. Her brother will lave to work a whulo year to make that amount. Governor Ross , of New Mexico , took the oath of ciflioo At .Buniiso. It is safe to say ; bat ho hud not been out witi the boys thy night before. John 0. Fremont says 1m haa camped .vhoro . Chicago , Minneapolis and Salt Lake City now are before the first inhabitant put up hid cabin. Senator Kdinunds ia paid to he the cause of : ho unusual number of iceberg * this eouon The royal old refrigerator from Vermont must je on tha briny deep. A man named Gannon , employed in a Plttsburg foundry , went off the other day oadod to the muzzle , and on his returned was irotnptly didcbarged. 'Plunger" Walton has eleven daughters , ind ho has taken them all to Long Branch fur ho summer. They cost him $350 a week for joard and lodging aluno. Colonel Ilieginaon on hia triciclo , with his ittlo daughter banging on behind , is said to > o the pretties eight in Cambridge on these ileasant summer evenings , King Ludwlg of Bavaria is about to pay a port ion of hia debts with a windfall of $1- 750,000 loft him by a kinsman. His tailor miles upon him onca more and eays ho ii in no hurry. Said Misi Louisa 21. Alcott recently , when seasick on board an Atlantic steamer : "They mime ships Asia , Persia and Scotia ; I wonder dor why it doeau't occur to somebody to name ono Nausea f H. J. Jowfitt , ex-prosident of the I'rlo rall- vay , will return to Ohio to live. When ho vai at the head of the railroad he drew 810- 0 10a year for ten iears. His successor , Mr. ving , voluntarily reduced the salary tc SL'5,000. F They call thoPrincosn Beatrice's now hus- : and ' 'Uandeomo llarry"but if ho looks Ike the pictures wo iee of him wo should hlnk ho wus handsome for the eama reason .bat n Texan calla a plump steer "a right han'jome critter" because he will weigh to woll.j Two Stm CH or uitn. . . . , Chicago Herald. In the days of ancient Rome , "ton nl- nest every occurrocca was bollovod to lave a supernatural significance , the fact that lightning had etruek in the vicinity of an open tomb as well aa near tbo body ntonded for the tomb , within tbo space of tircnty-fonr hours , would have boon deemed n matter of tha highest Import ance and the augurs would have busn called on to explain and In'orprot the will of tha goda. \Vedneddny after noon the men who were at work In River side park preparing tbo foundation for the Grant tomb were driven under shelter by a sudden and /nrloua storm , and they lad scarcely left the excavation when ightnlng struck the omth at that point , destroying tbo work already done and uprooting several trees that stood by. A day later and at n spot two or tbreo hun- Irrd inllea distant another stroke of Icth'nlrg ' prostrated half a dcz n people who were standing in front of tha cottage t Mount McGregor , where the body ol General Grant now rests. These events , which paaj as a elngahr coincidence in this ago , would luva tilled all Homo with altrm and horror If happening there un der similar circumstances tire thuuand i eats ago , Klrcllon I > ny In Kentucky. LOUISVILLE , August 3. The stite election or treasurer and members of the legislature- a proRreBtingquietly hero , Tata , democrat , or Htato troaeurtr , is opposed by Fox , rro- ilbitiuiiUt , who n reculvinc the republican vote. A light vote iabcmx polled. The vote in calling a convention to revuetha consttu ! ion will ho email , owing tu the lethargy cf ho people on thu tubject , Ilolii Uurglars lit St. Paul , Sr PAUL , Minn. , August 3. A masked mrglar with whom Manager Takes had a eiritia sttuggln Sunday moraln ? , raided lite eahienca uf Hon.V" . A. MorriuiEin this moruli ) ? , met Mr. Meriiman lu the hall , tor neretl him with a plutol , > pado him point out us tahublcj , acd took diau.ond tud < , shirt jiittous and a gold watch , i.11 valued at fcO 0 'hero ia injch oxcittmout and capitalists urej lauioring for better police protection. ' GUAM'S OIIAKACrint. Its Mont I'roinlnont Trails , IXH DC Iilotcd by the lion , Hamilton The lion. Hamilton Fish In the Now York Independent : His knowledge men was generally accurate ; but bo wa apt In this respect , AS lu others , to read his conclusions rapidly , and waa thus no infrequently led tu glvo hlo confidetici where It WAS not dceorvod , and it wa from the nbuto of his confidence thus ro poecd that arose most of the uensun which , after the close of the war , WB visited upon htm , Where ho cave hi friendship ho cave It unreservedly whether friendship or confidence , he giv it unreservedly and was slow to beliov anything to the discredit of thoio o nhom ho was fond , When ho ontorec upon the presidency ho did to withon much , tf any , previous oxporloncn In civ' administration Ho soon , however , vor. soon , made himself thoroughly famllia Ttlth nil questions that were brouRhtto his consideration , and ho may truly gb aald to havn appllnd himself to the groa problems of eovornmour. _ In hia cabinet meetings it was his habi to bring before his councilors such quos tlons na might have been , nnggcstod t him either by friends o ; as the result c his own thought , lie wonld genorill. ask of tuo members of his cabinet , In order dor or successively , their views , an would then roach hia own conclusion an direct the courao to bd purauod which h thought boat. So far as his own depart uient was concerned , ho kept thoroughly up with all the questions that aroao , nnd so far na I could judge , ho wai cquallj familiar with the questions in each of th other departments. IIo was very free ti accept the opinions and ylows of his cib Inot , rf ten antagonistic to hla own preconceived conceived notion ? . An an instance o this , when the Inflation bill had patoc congress nnl was strenuously urged upo htm for appproval by many of bis mos ( clluenthl frlondu in each house o cougrcsj , and by a majority o : hla cabinet , ho at first reluctant ! ; yielded to n determination to approvi tbo bill , and prepared a paper to bo sub milled to congress explaining hla reaaon for approval of tha bill , which paper wa laid before the cabinet , but not road. I hid most ntronuous'y ' advocated hla ve toing the bill , and an evening or two previous to this cabinet mooting ho oont for mo and recd mo the papor. Having done It , ho remarked : "Tho moro 1 havi written upon this the moro 1 don't llki it , and have determined to veto the bll and iftin preparing a mcsa&go cccord Ingly. " At the cablnnt mooting ho stated that ho had prepared a paper as signing the reasons for approving the bill , but had dotermlncd not to present It , rnd had written another message ve toing the bill which he then read to thi cjbiutn nnd tubscqucntly Bout to con jrses. Ho had couaahcd his own good sento and h d given careful study by himeclf to 'this important question a- rocting the currency. Another illustration of his tcadlnoss to ylold a preconceived opinion is afforded by hla action concerning the troityof Washington. After tha beginning of negotiations about the troity became necosnary to determine upon commuaion- ere on the pare of the United States. I felt it Important that the commission should not bo partisan , and that there ohould ba at least ono democrat on It. The suggestion at first did not strike the president aa important , nnd it was op posed by many of bis confidential friends ; but , on po3onting the question fully and strongly to him , bo abandoned his posi tion on-1 decided the question In favor of appointing Judge Nelson as one of the cominiealoncrs. Snbicquontly , wLon an arbitrator wcs to bo appointed to the tii- auniil at Geneva , strong objections wcro urged , from various quarters sgilnst the selection of Cliarleu Franclu Adame , which made en imprerslonadvcreo to him n the mind of Goa , Grant strongly nd- voreo. But upon my urging upon him that Mr. Adams was moro fumillar than any other men with tha Incidents attend ng the essapo of the rebel crnisars ; that ID had conducted the legation in London during the rebellion with admirable dis cretion and nndcr a great deal of per- onal trial , and was entitled to racogoi- Ion-Con. Grant cotdlally yielded his opposition and overruled the objections of many clotu and confidential political advisers. So , too , was it in tbo appointment of Mr. Efiitla aa couuisol. Sumo thlnga had occurred at tha clone of Johncon'a cd- uiulstratlon , whllo Mr , Evurta wca at- lornuj-ganural , which Icfc o stros < { ) fncl- ng ot irritation in Gen. Grant ; but , un hu representation of Air. Evarta' ability nnd tituoei for the petition , he yielded all icreoual feelings and cordially agreed to ila appointment. Aa n general rno ! ho asEcrtud hla own views tenaciously nnd irmly. Until his cleotiou to the presi dency I don't think ho had much interest n patty politics. Hu had been brought up folluwliif , ' the political viowa of tils athor In aympithy with the old whig tarty. 13ut whllo in the army ho novur voted until the election between Fremont and Bnclnmu , when , from want of confidence denco in Gen. Fremont's civil capacity nnd bilng then cut of tha army , hn voted or Buchanan. And ho often jokingly aald to mu Hut hla "first uttcmpts In .olltlca had boon a yroit failure. " Ho w&a not Indifferent to public criti cism , bub neb uaduly excited by it. I never knew him but once to bo led Into an action of tha p > lloyor expediency of which ho had doubt by thu criticism of ho preis or the public. It was not a very important matter , rotating only to he employment of a certain individual n the conveyance cf a iuossgo whom a joatito joutntl had boastfully mid should never again bo thus employed. I never m&t any ono who formed in advacco battnr estimates of elections hat were about to take plsco than Gen , Jrant. The evening preceding the pres- \ deniiil election of 1872 I was uittln with him , nnd ho gave the probable result - sult in caoh of the states. I noted it down , and found tint it called in each state almcst Inappreciably. Ho was not a great reader. . IIo wrote with fluency , ersly , strongly , and with great rapidity ; Jo wen methodical in his hablla and ) > nnctlllonn in the discharge of whatever lutloa mtht | ] ba befuro him. Ho had iij lijtorlcil inodeh , but worked out hit ; own counsa from hla good sento &nd houghtfulness. Ho formud hla oplni m apparently from Ininition. I tbink iu v/aa tuo uioU scrupulous truthful man 1 over mot , Ho had lltdo idea of thu ; ralue oi nunoy , and hfcd no tendency to : ta acoumulhtious. He waa lavish in his : txpuudlluicfs and gtuurous In bit char- ! lee. IIo gave to til who asked of him , > 6ing often unnecasfarry and unwisely irofueo in hla donations. I have not nfcrauontly known hlrn ( o glvo turns com five to ten tlmjs the amount of * hat the applunnta could luvo rcutoa bly cr probably expected. In hla family ha was tbo fondest an1 ! no > t indulgent and liberal of husbinda nd luthcrs. Ho had a hrgo fund ol umor , oiijoycd a gocd ntory , and had ho ficulty ot telling a gocd ntory , and of. idling it well. I never bond him use n profane or and obscene word. The habit of public tpekktnr ; CAUIO to him after the end of his presidency. Whila ho was president on ono cccsolon n largo body'of clergymen called upon and made htm a lone address , to which ho had to reply and which ho alvrnys disliked to do. After a sentence or two I noticed that hii voice faltered , and fearing that ho might bo at n lots what next to toy , standing next to him I caused a diver * sion by beginning to cough violently seas as to Interrupt his epaoch. Ho afterward told mo how fortuuato It was for him that I hnd that cough , naho had felt hia knees begin to shako , mid did not think that ho could have tpokon another word. His Indignation was always Intense Dgalnst any case of martini infidelity ; nnd I have known an InaUnco of hla re fusing conalderAtlon of applications In favor of nn Individual of high public position who Uy under such n charqo. And once , where a man of political influ ence who had been thus guilty rcoam- mended and was urging upon him aomo action , the general remarked , after hla withdrawal , ' 'That man had better take care of hla own moral conduct than como and glvo advlco to mo on any question , " Ho was strongly Impressed with roli- ROUS ! views , and waa a firm believer in the fundamental principles of Christianity IIo was brought upin connnctlon with tlui Methodist church , which bo attended in Washington. The Sunday cash nuc- coedlug or preceding I don't remember which his second election , in 1872 , ho Invited his cabinet inn body ti accom pany him to the Metropolitan church , in Washington , whih ho was In the habit of attending , to listen to a ser mon from Dr. Newman appropriate to the occasion. The moral side of ques tions of a public naluro or otherwise , whether presented by his cibinot or by hia friends , always had inllnenoo with him. Before s'rangera or bcforo a largo nuuiLorof pcwona ho won naturally In dined to bo taciturn. Bnt few men had raoro powers of conversation and of nar ration than ho when in the company of lutlnmto friends , without the restraints imposed by laumborff. llh muinory wns minute and accurate to n degree. He waa not fond of talking of the war or of hia battles ; but when ho cjnld bo Induced or led to the subject lie would , carry It through , riving the inci dents of a light , stating minutely nt the various singes cf the engagement the lo cation of each division , or tcparatocorps , or regiment. STOUIES AlJOUT Glt.lNT. Arrested Fast Driving Ills DOR Impounded , Early in General Grant's first term r.a president a pair of horses were lent to him to bo tried. They were thorough bred bays , not largo but with life in every movement. General Grunt was very fond of horso-fleoh.cspcolally of the thor oughbred , who could glvo the dust to others on the road. Ono pleasant sum mer evening ho had the two boya hitched to a light road wagon and set out from Iho White houao. Ho wont out Thir teenth street way , oklmmrd through the find roads in the Soldiers'horno ' aud want at a very fast pacs out beyond Bright- wood. The bays were warmed up to their work , and woio evidently onjoykg theni- Belvos as much sa thnir driver. \ Gen. Grant held them in a little until ho had comu b.ick down Moridan hill , turned to the right and entered Sixteenth otrcot , which runs on a stni ht line to the white house gate. Thia splendid broad ctreot had just boon completed. It haa n pcrcsptlblo down grade. Nothing waa in the way. The temptation was tuo great. The b. , ya wcro pulliug on tholr bite. Gen. Grant pave them their heads , They fairly flow. Not a break was mado. Suddenly a mounted poltco officer wai scon galloping at headlong speed ncrocs an intersecting street not much of thr.t part of the city wan thou built up. lie headed off Gen. Grant nnd commanded him to halt. General Grant , after a hard straggle , brought hla horses to a standstill. The officer , who did not know him , placed him under arrest. A crowd had gathered by this tlmo. Most of thorn know tha goneial. Ho was allowed by the officer to deposit with him $20 as collateral and then go homo. The general's drive to the white house was at a trot , but not a fast trot. Tha officer who arroatod him \ waa Mr. Went , a colored man who baa boon on iho force for many years , and ( atill doia duty in the suno cuctlon of thu city. General Grant's name is on the police rscortfs of that city. General Grant also had an expeiienco with the dog catcher * during hla presi dential incumbency. Mcjir Sb.ire ) , now of the army , whoa / a bic > thet-iu-la\v uf the late general , waa U. S. raur&hal for the District of Columbia. Ho llvsd on Corcoran street , between Thirteenth aud Fourteenth stroete , Ho had a einilt tor- rifi'dofj of which ho WAS very fond. The , don htd no tsg on tj show that ho had paid hla taxes. General Grant was a fro > rpuont viiltor nt Major Sharp' * . Ho and iho dog wcio good ti lends , Ono Sunday morning General Grant waa standing on the graas in front of Major Sharp's houeo smoking a cigar. Tim ticy wai there , too , and was very f/isky , Hn ran in and out of tie yard , and lurked aa If ho was having a high . old time. The dcg-c&tchera'wagin came along. The dog wai on the p&Vdment. Ilia fiend who wields the net jumped down as tbo wagon stopped. General Grant , -without appearing to do BO , watctcd the fiend out of thu corner of his Dye. The dog waa all unconscious. Aa the fiend was about to mukj n caat the general called the do. ? , which ran inside the yard. With a Blight laugh General Srant turned and walked toward thu iioueo. Gen. Chethln followed Ool. Littler , \ud tbo Decision begin to nsiumo thu as- licet of a reunion of veterans Gen Dhiitlalti desired dimply to add hla ton ! j- | 7iony to that of Cul. Littler as to thf idollty of Iho crtlst's work , Hi > toi/k / n he occasion alao to relate au nuccdoto of ion Grant. Lite lu the afternoon of hufirjt day , afuw hours after the tlmo f the painting , Gon. Ohttlaln f und ilinaelf and his brigade bontcn luck/rum us peal1 Ion In Iho right wing und forced i rotrodt to the river. HCTO ho met Gen. P Train , who nficr learning hla aubordi- i&tb'i misfjrtunp , said by way tf n- soiirapemcnt : ' 'Well , I think thuy'vo lonti kbout all thiy are going to ba ablu o do , " The event showed vith what as- urato Intuition the Rroat general read ho future of ill1 } battlo. General M ii. I M. Wallace nroeo es ( Jtn. OhotUln . iteppoJ down and testified to thu truth- ulneas with which the artlat had troa oo bat portion of the field with which thn peakor iras most familiar , viz , tbo Cor- nlh reid and Duncan Hold. These bdtf ddrceses act ovetyone talking over tht nnny mooted < iueatlonawhUh ] Shiloha ill > rarents to history , uud until the duora tore closed h trna p astblo to hear Hnj J loncolvablo cspUmt'ou ' uf tHe iroblcm of Gram's alleged aurptibo on I . he tnemornbld morniiig of the firatday , TUH IIMIO'J KATAlj CtQAR. Or. Shrntlr GIvM Hla Opinion the Gftncor Oniuo from The Medical Record ( f Saturday con * lalood A long article by DGonrgo F , Shrady on the history of General Granl'n cato. It atntcs that , so far as known , the tint symptom * ff threat trouble ap peared in Jiinn , 1881 , when the RHiernl complained ( f oorcneea near the right tonsil. In October ono of the glands on the r'glit ' tldo of the nook Locnino on- largd. Ur. Barker referred the case for tioAtment to Dr. Douglas , who pro nounced iho malady epithelial cancer. From this point on the article treats cf the contlnttod prcgrosa of the disease , re lating the encroachment of the con err and the treatment dej'gaod ' , as much as possible , to prolong life and to msko the way to the grave as easy as possible for the Illustrious patient. None but n fatal result wns expected from the first. The period if comparative case during which the hope of a complete cure was freely expreiaod by the tinprcfaislonal public and presi was duo to tha partial oloarnnco cf the month by the falling away of some of the destroyed tissue- . After detailing the treatment by drugj , with which the public hns become familiar. Dr. Shrady aay rewarding the oawo of the disease : Ibo cause uf the dtsouno in this cano Is largely conjectural. Eplthcllomn , as a rule , itarls from local irritation , and , nuliko other forma of rancor , Is not do- rondcut upon horocitUry predisposition to the ( lit case. Tltcro muat , however , aaldo from this , bd n latent tendency toward ciucoroiia trouble which la moro pronounced in eonio iiullvlduala tlnui In others ; otherwise wo nluuld bo uiublo to explain why simple nnd continued irrita tion would indued the dUo o In one case and not In another. It is , however , qulto probobln that the irritation of smuklng wns the actlvo cauao of the can cer in Gen. G/ant'a CBEO , or , nt least , It in fair to pretiimn that ho would net have had thn disease If thie habit had not been carried to ixccts. Tills assumption Is made In Iho Inco of tlo fact that , of the thousands who smoke , but r. very small proportion auflVr from the dlnoato. The patient had uuioh pain to endure , and this doctor psya a h'gh ' tribute to the RenoMl's ' powers cf ropiosslin ; any mur muring. Still ho seems to 'have boun spared eomo of the moat violent of the pangs. The doctor sayo : "Although thd-j wns moro or lean con stant pain of a gnanlug chmactor , tha patient vaa happily rpared that agony of anffeiing which la often associated with the Invasion of the deeper parta of the tongue by canceious dlsoaaoj. Had the latter occurred , it waa proposed to divide the sensitive nerve of the tonotio ( gusta tory ) through the month , which opera tion oftentimes glvoa absolute relief. Such pain aa existed , however , was kept under control by cocoaino and morphine - phino , so that the last wish of the patient that his death should bo n peaceful ono was fully realised. " The FAV-oroil Ilovolvor. Ohic.itro Times , Whenever n shooting afTilr Is reported great pains are taken to glvo the nlzo of the ballot , the name of the maker cud the nambsr o ! birrols in the weapon. Thus wo learn that "Brown shot him through the head with a Smith & Wes son's 32-3ilibro. Cvo chambered revolver of the ntlf-cacking pattern. " Why era thesa intorostlng partlcuUri omitted In the ca > o of the nan of other instru ments of destruction ? Why , for Instance , { a it not stated tLat "tho moka drew from h'a ' loft hip packet a concave raz- , of the Shefliuld m ko , with an Inch and an eighth blade lu width [ and three inches in length , and ( lashed his opponent across Iho snlpluator radii Ion- gna of his left arm ; " or that "ho kicked him from bnhlnd In hla glnluMii maxlmus with a Brown'e double -solod. ecrow boot , bnttoned at the : klo , aud caliber No. 13 , nlta flat heoW There it no especial reason why one instrument of attack should ba so particularized and no dotaila ilvcn in the cases cf all the othsrj. Correct. ro the Kditor of tbo BEE. In your issue of the BEK of thii date foa pnblldh extracts from the Chicago Eerald describing a paper published in Vicksburg , Mlaa. , niirlng the slcgo of that city , called the Oitlzan. The writer , \n ox-Iowa union soldier , has a copy of ho Oitlz n of thu data of July 2 , 1803 , nd the deacrlp'ijn of It an glxou by the Ciuicugo Herald r.rid the OMAHA Bii : ia very correct as t its editorials and the material on which It was printed. The writer values the old Citizen very highly ns a relic of the memorable Yickaburg campaign. Yours Tiuly , GKOIK.E V. HIKES. OMAHA , Annual 3 , 1885. the nnmo of the young lady whom lie ( loured to nmrry , a yotinR man in inn l < "tnncBCo ! had to leavn the county clcrk'a illico without obtaining the mnniugo liceuao iu hid gene after. Uor onmplexlon 1 like her namo. Why ? She uses Pozzani'a Complexion Powder , and is a lily. To eon her hiubntul for half on hour on tha lay cet apart for her Hfinl annual vltit , the ylfe of n convict at PortBinouth , Knglab'l , .ruJ roJ nil the way from ISirmingiiani , wliuol- ng their crippled child , eleven yeiaa old. in a lierumbnlator. The journey occupied twenty- ano daya. JfAGAN'S gnolia Balm s a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes herfrcsh- icss to it , who would rather lot tell , andjjwc can't tell. 'OOL milTII AND OT/IKH PIIIVI Li'.ai'H FOU SAM : ON THI ; GUOUNU3 OK Till : OMAHA , HEBHASKA , FAIR. AH M.Js munt to MI ( il' In tlio Hccictaij'n \ \ \ \ nor liafi.ru AUir 16. 'lliu nklit 11 mmul tu r .it til WJn. 1'iiratm aud other prtiuluinn offered , $ IO- HELD HKl'T. 4t/t to ttth. Address , I > .VN , II WIlKKIiRU , oem 1,1'rdKMon 11 o : ! , , Onulu , hull SlM .N'.TIHU < Ixl. | Ci MmUllCM * Dibllltr ' llunboixl ud U r .arciiu iTcuciirtiou c/a uoitil | JV. JIH luowtu- Ilrufcliti c n fill It. Aildrmi .