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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , WEDNESDAY , MARCH 3. 1880. THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA Opncr.Ko. l4 AND oinFAnx AM ST NEW YoiiKOrricB.llooM GS.TiunuNK Iltm.niNO WASHINGTON' Orncr. , No. 613 FOUIITKKXTII ST. Published every mornlnir.oxc'lrt8iiniliijr. | . . . . . . only'Monday mo'rnin ? pnpor "published "in the Mflti lT.nM8 0V MAtt. ! Onn rent- . . . flO.OOT1irco , Mont In . J2.M t.ooonu Montli . 1.03 Tiir. WEEKLY HEE , Published Every Wednusany. TT.IIMB , One Vcnr , with premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . f2.00 Ono Venr , without premium . i . ! . " ' > Fix Montli" , without ] ircmlum. . . . . . . . , 75 One Montli , on trlnl . 10 COnilESI'ONDK.VCr.S All rrnnmiiiilentlon * rclntln ? to news nnd < vl | . torlm mutter * Miould bo mlJrcsstJ to the Hut- TOII or 'in : HER. jmstNF.'W r.ETTF.ns : Allbuslnem letter * nnd remittance ? tlionldbo iiiidrepfed to TIIK Ilr.i : 1'um.imtirtn COMI-ANY , OMA.IA , Pnifls , check * find | io t < illlco orders to bo inadu jinyublo to tlio aider of tlio company. 1HE Bit PUBLISHINClIlPW , PROPRIETORS , K. H03EWATKU. Emion. MAYOU VAUQHAN , of Council Muffs , lias boon retired from politics. Mn. Br.Aiu's educational 1)111 may bo termed a , reward for illiteracy. BOMB of tliu standing candidates for llio city council ought to sit down , or licrlmps still bettor , bo snt down upon. Foil a nineteen-year-old state Nebraska is doiiiKVory well. She will liavo a mil lion inhabitants by the time she cele brates her hventj--lir.st birthday. WHILE the action of the council in ap propriating $300 to pay the expenses of tlio Thurston hose team to New Orleans limy not bo strictly legal or in accordance with the views ol some taxpayers , it will probably moot with the endorsement of the majority of the people. Tun Central Telephone company of Indiana has given notice to its sub scribers that , in view of the decision of the supreme court sustaining the validity of the law regulating the tolls , it will discontinue service In that state. If the night service is no better than it is in Omaha , it will be no loss to the cities of Indiana. Tun city council hist evening discussed the matter of submitting to the people at the spring election a proposition for $100- 000 sewer bonds. Such a proposition would no doubt be carried , as the people of tliis city have already seen the benefits of public improvements , andaroalivototlio importance of keeping pace with the growth of the city. Tirn ITcrattl bids iMnyor Pcrclval of Coun cil DlulTs "Rood morning" nnd hopes he may Ijuyo many more of them , Hcmhl. "Mayor" Porcival will probably think the above is a pretty how-do-you-do , in view of tlio fact that Chapman has been elected mayor by 200 majority , according to the Herald's own special dispatch. This is a case of counting chicken ? before liatching. ' OJIAIIA will this year nut up more tntildings of a metropolitan character than she has during tlio past three years , -afidyot we do not boast of any boom. AH wo claim is a steady , substantial growth each year in buildings'public im provement ) , wealth , and population. 'The city has now over 70,000 population , nnd it is safe to say that she will go beyond 100,000 before tlio year 1890. AND now tbo Ari/.ona editors arc howlIng - Ing because Crook took thorn at their word and refused Goronimo ivny terms but unconditional surrender. They now insist that lie shold liavo paid no atten tion to the flag of truce , but that ho ought to hnvo sei/.ed the bloodthirsty Apache Without further ceremony. General Crook is not capable of such a transac- lion. Ho is.a . soldier who has always kept Ins plighted faitli with Indians as % vell as white men. Gcronimo will yet betaken taken if the Mexican bushwackcrs can bo restrained from joining with the Apaches in slaughtering American commands Unit Cross the border. w PitvsiDKNT CLEVBLANIJ respectfully de clines to give his reasons for tlio removal of otlleials , and tlio semite can now busy itself in discovering what it can do about it. The attitude of the presi dent , as wo have pointed out , is directly opposed to his reform pretensions , and judged by his oft-repeated professions is inconsistent and tmtunable. lint it is tUtllciiU to sco how it is to bo met by any onposition on the part of the sen ate. That body may refuse to con firm the nominations sent in until congress adjourns , but it will liavo the sama process to repeat in the next session. The appointing power of the president cannot be success fully assailed. Its operation may bo ob structed temporarily , but it is dillieult to ECO what the republican minority liavo to jcaln by such a course. The present con flict has smoked tlio executive out from behind his mask nnd exposed the thin Toil behind which ho hits concealed his partisanship. That Is all , but it is some thing ; over which the mugwump editorial brigade are now shedding tears of bitter mortification. A HEAVY co-oporntlvo schpmo is pro jected by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of Pittsburg. It contemplates the cstabllhhmont of a hn o depot or store from which will bo /Distributed supplies of Hour , groceries , 'boots nnd shoes , tobacco , etc. , to subordi nate stores throughout the manufactur ing communities of the country , Manu facturers nnd merchant * in 1'lttsburg and other cities liavo agreed to furnish supplies either at minimum wholesale prices or on commission. The goods will bo-tho sama us sold to the wealthiest classes and will bo marked by tlio association , Promi nent among the subordinate depots will bo Wheeling , West Virginia ; Stoubnn- villa nnd ISolluir , Ohio ; Greencastlc , In diana ; Chicago , Illinois ; Hay View , WIs- cousin ; St. Louis Missouri ; Birmingham , Alabama ; Wheeling , Alabama ; Ironton and Portsmouth , Ohio ; Ashland , Ken- , tuoky ; Cincinnati and Mlngo , Ohio , and the various cities of the Shcnungo and ' Wshoning valley , including Cleveland , in ehoi't , ail of the localities in which are cities and towns employing organized labor , and more especially amalgamation luombord , In England co-operative stores Jiavo proycd successful wherever com petent men have been found to ninuusc thorn. There is no reason why their in troduction in this country should not moot with equally satisfactory results. Buc ! mill Shlloli. General Don Carlos Uuol ventures to review the battle of Shiloh through the columns of the March number of the Cen tury Magazine. The aim arid purpose of this contribution to war history is to be- .little General Grant , detract from the fame of General Sherman , and place lau rels on the brow of Don Carlos Uuel. It is not our purpose to discuss the conduct of the respective commanders of the Union nrmy at Slitloh , nor do wo propose to contradict General Uuel's reminiscences of the battle. Sufllco it to say that his account of the importance of the part ho played in that bloody liuld Is flatly opposed not only to what both Grant and .Sherman have written , but to the testimony of many ofllcera who tooli part in tlio battle but had no part in the controversy over its conduct. In entering the lisU to savagely criticise the ablest generals that commanded the union armies during the entire war , General Uuel can scarcely hope to escape a searching criticism of his own conduct in the southwestern campaign. Wo nro bold enough to assort that if Don Carlo * Uuel had done his duty and handled his army with ordinary tact nnd vigor there iicvor would have been n battle of Shiloh. Al bert Sidney Johnson would not have reached Pittsburgh Landing and tlio con federates would never have been able to concentrate their forces for successful resistance ) to the victorious march of the Union troops from Nnshvillo to Vioks- burg. General Uuol was among the first , major generals appointed by Lincoln , lie was given the most important command in the southwest subject only to Gcneial llallecl' , and was expected to sweep Kentucky and Tennessee clear of the Confederates. With an army of 100,000 men , comprising the flower of the western volunteers , fully equipped for tlio most protracted campaign , General Uuol sat down near Munfordsvillo , Ky. , during the winter of ' 01 ' 02 and allowed himself to bo held in chrok by Albert Sidney Johnson , with less than 15,000 confederates. This little army of confed's was 150 miles away from reinforcements , and its only advan tage was the fortilicd camp at Bowling Green. Had Uuel seen hi to Hank them , if lie did not care to tight witli odds of six to one in liis favor.he could have marched upon Nashville with impunity , captured the Tennessee capital in the rear of John son's army , which would have forced John son to abandon Howling Green and light his way through. There was no danger of Johnson marching on Louisville with the Union army of 100,000 men in his rear and his base of supplies cut oft" . lut ! General Hucl was not only Inactive with his superb army , but ho actually allowed Johnson to detach a portion of his small command and send them to Donclson with the heavy siege guns which" him been planted on the fortifications near Bowling Green. After Grant had captured Don- elson , Bucl permitted Johnson and his whole command to retreat unmolested to Nnshvillo while a regiment of Texas rangers held the picket line in front of his army. Grant's capture of Donelson took place on the 10th of February , 1802 , nnd Uuel with his great army did not put in , nii appearance in front of Nashville until a week inter. At that juncture the con federates under Johnson were on a precipitate - cipitato retreat southward over the differ ent routes , the greater portion on tlio line of the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad uy way of Murfrccsboro , while a smaller division was on the run down the Decatur road. On the day after Gen eral Uuol arrived in Nashville ho was per sonally informed by the writer , who had witnessed the rebel retreat through Nashville , not only us to the condition of Johnson's forces but of the helplessness of Bishop General Polk , hen at Columbus , to make a junction with Jolinson. Polk was about to evacu ate Columbus nnd retreat on Memphis , owing to tlio movement of the forces under Grant and the ilolilla of gunboats operating on the Cumberland and Ten nessee rivers. Any vigorous nnd compe tent commander would have taken advan tage of the demoralized condition of the enemy , moved his forces in pursuit and occupied tlio strngotio points. The great artery through which all supplies for the confederates between cast and west were then passing was the Memphis & Charles- town railroad. Had General Buell marched south to Corinth and Chat tanooga , and stationed a largo torce at these points the war in tlio west would have boon half over. There would have been no Shiloh , Vicksburg , Lookout Mountain or Mission Ilidgo. There might not oven liavo been a march to the sea by way of Georgia , nnd the fame which Grant and Sherman achieved in the southwest , and of which Don Carlos is so envious , would have all been monopolized by Duel. But instead of emulating Grant nndtnkingtho olTonsivc , General Buolfor four long weeks squatted at Nashville with his great army of 100,000 men , gave the confederates ample time to recuperate their losses , concen trate their forces near Corinth , and increase their lighting strength to 50,000 men. Thus it cume , to use the language of Guneral Bind , that "tlio banks of the Tennessee witnessed a remarkable occur rence twenty-three years ago. " The fact is that Don Carlos Uuel was ono of three generals overburdened witli caution , who wanted to make war with out hurting the enemy. Those bold com manders only fought battles when driven to the wall , and then they inwardly dis covered that some other general had blundered in bringing on an engagement. If all the guncrnls on both sides had been as cautious and loth to move and fight as Don Carlos Uuol , wo would have had n very bloodless war , and the pension roll which General Bnol now supervises would bo very slim , As re gards Shiloh , it is beyond dispute that all the bloody fighting was dnnu before Duel arrived. While his arrival mny liavo been , as ho states , in the niuk of time , it would have been more discreet for General Buel , when all the circum stances are considered , to have kept his pen as closely sheathed us ho did his sword in front of Nnsln illo. A Jlnd Suggestion. A proposition to erect another building on the high school grounds was informal ly laid before the board of education at its last mooting. The suggestion was of fered as a remedy for tlio overcrowded condition of the high school building und as n means of furnishing room for the ac commodation of the lower grades. Wo iippo that such an idea will never bo seriously iouslyentortaiued by the school board , It moans the defacement of our present beautiful high school and the surround lug grounds. That structure has been for years ono of Omaha's greatest prides , In excellence of architectural design 'it is unsurpassed by few school buildings in the country. The character of its construction , and its proportions require just such n setting as it has in the full square in which it slamh. To add another building to the high school grounds would bo to detract greatly from the appearance of the high school itself. There is no question that some additional facilities should bo provided for school purposes In the neighborhood of the high school. The increase in tlio higher gr.-ulos is bringing the time near at hand when the whole of the building will bo needed for the use of the high school. This is what was contemplated when the building was first constructed. But it will bo cheaper for tlio board to pay a round sum for a suita ble lot on Dodge or Davenport street on which to erect another building than to tiso any portion of the square for such a purpose. Our taxpayers would rise in earnest protest , against any move which proposes to injure the appearance of the nigh school grounds , even for educa tional purposes In the lower grades. U'lio ' City llnll. The detailed plans for tlio now city hall building liavo boon on file at the engin eer's olllco for nearly n month. It is now in order for tlio city council to advertise for bids , if for no oilier reason than to ascer tain definitely what it will cost to con struct a building in accordance with the plans. Tlio city will encounter no dif ficulty in securing bids from responsible contractors conditioned upon tlio con struction ot the city hall as rap idly as funds are raised for its payment. With the $20,000 which the board of education has placed at the disposal of the council for this purpose , tlio contractor can at least build the basement this season , and If $20,000 or ? 25)000 more can bo sot apart from the general fund , the building can bo pushed as far as the second story this year. Next winter the legislature will doubtless authorize the issue of bonds to complete the building , and the funds will bo avail able in the spring of ' 87 to go on as rapidly as the construction of lire-proof public buildings will permit. There can bo no harm in inviting pro posals under the plans. This will enable us within thirty days to let the contract this spring , cither for tlio whole building or for the basement , if that is thought better. The present condition of tlio markets for building material is such that money will bo made by an early contract before n rise takes place which will in crease tlio amounts of the bids. Tlio Business Situation. The trade movement all along the ling is increasing gradually in volume , and the improvement will continue with tlio approach of the spring season. The re ports as to the condition and promise of business are uniformly encouraging. The distribution of general merchandise , and particularly of dry goods is steadily en larging , and , while there is compara tively little speculative feeling , tlio prepa rations for spring wants civo evidence of widespread confidence in the prospects for a satisfactory season. Business fail- tires for last week number 214 in the United States and thirty-four in Canada , or a total of 248 , as against 280 the pre vious week and 275 the week before. More than half of tlio failures in this country occurred in the southern and western states. Notwithstanding the weakness of the raw staple there is n pretty firm feeling in the market for manufactured cottons , the steadiness of which is helped by the labor troubles and partial curtailment of pr > , Unction in Now England and tlio p.omisc of n good spring trade. Trade in woolen goods is improving , and there scorns to bo little doubt but that tiio vol ume of business during tlio next few months will realize expectations ; but refits , or anticipated profits , have been cut down by the 10 per cent advance in mill labor and the competition of foreign yarns and fabrics , and the wool trade is feeling tlio effect of the disappointmcn of manufacturers. The iron trade shows satisfactory activity and confronts en couraging indications of sustained de mand and firm prices. The visible supply of wheat shows a decrease of 700,000 bushels , but the slocic is so largo that this proportion of decline from week to week from now until next crop will bo insufficient to exhaust the apparent surplus without the aid of larger exports. Corn prices closed last week slightly lower in tlio west , and about the same as u wool ; ago in the east ern market Export demand for corn has been less active , as recent shipments have temporarily supplied the wants of for eign buyers. IT costs from 13 cents to 15 cents to transport a bushel of corn from Chicago to New York , n , distance of more than 800 miles. It costs 23 cents a bushel to haul corn from Cozad , Nebraska , to Denver - vor , a distance of 800 miles , And yet wo are informed that the rales on Nebraska roads are fair and reasonable , and that the mon who complain of them nro granger cranks and socialistic reformers who nro trying lo destroy property intur ests and to inter/lire v/ith the vested right to charge patrons what the traffic will boar. Tin : Herald heads the petition of seine residents of Omaha for the abolition of the presidency , with tlio follow ing sentence : "They are all foreigners and do not understand the principles laid down in the constitution of their adopted land. " This is an uncalled-for slur upon such citizens as Messrs. Helmrod , Bur- monitor und Andres , who , although of foreign birth , liayo not yet discoyorcd that that fact burs them from any of the privileges of American citizenship. It docs not require any deep "understand- ingof tlio principles laid down in the con stitution" to know that the right of peti tion is guaranteed by that instrument to all citizens native born or naturalized. The accident of birth under our constitution operates in only ono instance to the disadvantage of the foreign born citizen. Ho is eligible to any office under our government but that of chief executive. The president must bo native born. The petition of the Oma ha citizens who are attacked by the Know nothing editor of tiio Herald , con tains an idea which was fully discussed at the time the constitution was under .debate. There were numerous opponents in those days to the presidency , and many advocated that fcongress througli its presiding officer should exorcise sucJi executive functions asi might bo found necessary without delegating to the pro- Idont powers greater than those possessed by the sovereign of the English throne. While comparatively few will bo fotmtl nowadays to agree with the Omaha citl zens In their view ns to the necessity for such a constitutlbnal'change ' , there fa nothing in the proposition to call fet slurs not only on their nationality , but on all the foreign born citi'/.cns of the coun try. CAJJIXKT Secretary Kndlcott persists In keeping n savage dog at his front door. Attorney General Garland's favoiHoainuso- incuts are fishing and eating candy. Secretary Manning Is said to bo more wllj ling to give ofllclal Information thnu any ether member of the cabinet. Secretary Kndlcott makes the nrmy olllccrs wear their uniform on nil full-dross occasions , They hod fallen Into the black swallow tall hnblt. Sirs. Whitney Is tlio dtiinor-glvcr of the cabinet , has the Incomparable cook , and In troduced all poits of mnulllcs In her feasts. Sccictary Whitney Is generally credited by politicians with having high political aspira tions. ( lath Informs m tlmt Manning and Whit ney three weeks ago thicntcncd lo resign from thi ) cabinet If Cleveland did not ask for Garland's commission. Hut they weio un able to cairy out their thrcnt , Horn a domes tic tiotiblo In the finally of one of them , wheic a sickness changed tlio situation. SENATORS AND CONOHESSM13N. Senator Vance has sixteen relatives on the government pay-roll. Senator Logan Is ns reluctant to tell hlsngo ns womun usually ate. Senator Don Cameron Is falling In health again and will go south. Senator Ulncktmrn , proud ot his foot , wears low-quartered Newport ties , with blond silk strings. Sonnlor Vest , who has been suffering with netirnluia and congestion ot the car and brain , is convalescent. Gen. Logan denies that bo wrote Iho sensa tional war novel attributed to him. It was written by : t historical writer for the weekly press. Gen. Byron M. Cutchcon , congressman from Michigan , Is a tall , dnrk-whlskrrcd man with a face much like that of Gun. Gnnlold , nnd is one of the most affable men In con gross. Senator Ingalls is nn ardent lover of na ture. It Is not unusual for him to start off on a tramp across the Maryland and Virginia hills alone nnd it Is his boast that he fre quently walks twenty miles on a bright clear day. j Kepresontntlvo Hnach , of New York , nc- cordlngto the Washington Capital , chews more tobacco and nsRs.inoro Ink In ono day than any other member of I the houso. This assertion Is based upon actual measurements of his "plug" and lhc"Soiit | < UJiSS of his ink well. "J " \ Congressman Herbert , of Alabama , It Is said , 1ms a fashion of. ailslng In his place In the back par tof the ball of. the house of rep resentatives , and wltlra quick upward move ment of his right nnh , fi ° , IhouKh ho was making n bid at an auction sale , tittering a terrific yell , which gains the Hpcakcr's car , oven If It fails to catch liispye , Drawing n EOIIR IJroutli. Clilc-aa'ofiUmne. A St. Louis judijo has decided that- the bal lot-boxes cannot bo opened In conto.stcd-elec- tion cases now on there and a number of "Colonels" are drawing the first IOIIK breath s they have taken slnco the suits began. Silver Dollars and Silver Speeches. CMcaao Times. There are now only sovcnty-nino cents In the silver dollar. Nevertheless , the silver dollar Is n great deal better off than most of the recent silver speeches , In which there Is no sense at nil. A Strong Hand. Central City Courier. The Omaha BIB of the 17th Introduces a half-column entitled "Kmsu and Queens. " A careful perusal of the paragraphs discovers the fact that they nro con lined to three kings and two queens. Tills Is about as good a se lection ns a man could bj expected to make- on shoit notice. The Insolence of Railroads. CMwon Trttiunc. What on earth have the railroads to do with what dressed bi-of slmll cost in New York ? They are not aibltrators between ship pers nnd opposing Interests. The business of the railroads Is to cairy any thing offeicdthcm at reasonable rates. I'lirtlior assumption Is insolence. Sullivan's Invitations. .S" ( . Louis IlcpuJillcan. Tennyson recently snld that Longfellow , Emerson. Wlilttior nnd Bryant wore "pig mies compared with Edsnr Allen Poo. " Nevertheless Boston Is not left "comfortless , for time cannot wither nor custom stale Iho Infinite variety of those beautiful Invita tions John Lawrence Sullivan Issues to nil the world to visit Boston and bo knocked out Could Not Do It Justice. Cans County Kaglc. A largo company of our citizens went up to Omaha last Thursday evening to witness the grand opening of Omaha's Exposition building. Wo have tried to trot some of them to give us a description of the affair. But they all claim that they cannot do the subject justice , for It had to bo scon nnd hoard , and even felt before U could bo written up In pioper shape , so wo ore. going to wait tor the next opening , and fry It on our own ac count. _ , ' Fickle , Flirting , Bprlng. Columbia yltmtth , Now It Is that Winter lingers In the lap of Spring , ' Toying with herdalntr'lingers And their wedding ling. KUsos her- the nlifgrayj lover On her rosy cheek , Watch nnd something you'll discover In about a week.lj l 11 will catch her flirting boldly With the t bumnivrovatni , And ho'll treat rather-coldly And will raise n florin. Like u pair of agouhrqual , They will seek divorce. And she'll wed to ! tell the sequel- Summer warm , of course. STATE AXl7TJSIlUITOIlV. Nebraska Jottings. Neligh is convinced that Norfolk wants the earth. The Hoak Island surveyors are oper ating west of le\trico. ) : \ Fremont expects to reach the front rank of interior towns this year. A Methodist church to cost $1,500 is to bo built at Homer this summer. A colony of forty families , who expect to settle about eight miles north of Lodge Pole , are exppoteu in a week or so. A locomotive collided with a team of hordes near St. Edward , lioono county , last Friday , killing both animals. The Lodge Polo Magnet , the Trenton Register and the Pawnee Intelligencer comprise the February addition lo tin journalistic ranks in this state. It Is claimed that the H. & M. llailroatl company has lost , on account of snow blockades and other damages duo tc severe weather this winter , over $100,000 , A number of Wayne people have canghl the Hlack Hills fever and gone to Rapid City , which they are assured is to bo the Denver of that region , and more arc going. The serins of temperance meetings at Beatrice closed Thursday night. During tlio meetings nearly 3,000 liavo signed the plcdgo , and great interest has boon worked up. Mrs. Sadie O'Hrion of Plnttsmnutli has entered suit against Fred Gees , M. lions and M. O'Connor , saloonkeepers in that city , for selling bur husband liquor , which she claims was the immediate cause of his death. Damages , ? 15,000. The young town of Mcrna , Glister county , narrowly escaped a necktie fes tival ono night last week. A drunken rufllan made an indecent assault on a young lady , and would have been lynched had not the sherilV hid htm in a pralrio dugout , . Town It fin ? . The contract has been lot for Sioux City's big hotel. According to tha latest city directory , Dos Moines has a population of15,000. , . There is talk at Calliope of forming a stock company to build a $10,000 hotel. Sioux City proposes to build two light- draft steamers , with a view to secure the up-river Irado. A colonv of ( Jorm.ans from Pennsyl vania to ncgoliating lor a tract of 12,000 acres of land In Osceola county. James M. Koblnson , a Cedar Falls cashier , has deserted his wife and gone oft" with a woman of the town. The stale tournament of the Iowa Sportsmen's association is to bo hold at liurlington , Juno 15 to 10 inclusive. The official vote of Adair county on tlio question of bondinir tlio county for $10- 000 for the purpose of building a court house shows a majority against the prop osition ofl'i. ! ; A brukomnn on a freight train on tbo Hock Island road was badly cut with a razor by a couple of tramps whom he found in a box car , near Stuart. The men escaped , but wore aflcrwnul cap tured. From July. I , 1831 , to date the rncords show that DCS Moines city and Polk county paid out $115,071 to enforce prohi bition , and collected in lines less than $ r > 00. This includes cost of suits , seizures and officers cmplovcd. Carson is considerably exorcised over the reported elopement of n voting busi ness man of that place and a young girl , n pupil in the school there. Both are well connected and of good standing in society. They have pmo to Lincoln , Neb. , and the supposition is that they were married at that city. At Maquoketu , Tuesday night , Mrs. Angclino Underwood , aged about 80 years , went out at the back door of her room , which is in the third story , over a business house , and as she started down the steps she missed a step and fell on the roof of another building , and blid down to its caves and on" , falling through a skylight and onto a show case in n store bobiY. , She hag not been conscious since and it is thought she can not recover. Dakota. Lawrence county groans under a debt of $ ! > 00,000. Charles Pool , aged nearly 100 years , has located a claim in the Devil's Lake region. The artesian well at EJlonsdalc is now GOO feet deep. The drill is working in blue slate. The loss among cattle in the Bad Lands from severe weather is estimated at less than 3 per cent , and smaller than the year previous. A company has boon organ i/cd to float saw logs down Rapid creek to a point three miles above Rapid City , where a boom will bo built and saw and planing mills erected. The spring immigration to Dakota has commenced. The trains are beginning to bring in cars of emigrants' movables and there is every indication of an in creased growth this year over 1885 and 1881. 1881.Mathias Mathias Marty , a Brulo county farmer , has a tew acres of wheat up which was sown early in January. Ho also has three and a half acres of the same grain sprouting which was put in about three weeks ago. Tlio business transacted at the United States land office during January at the nine oflices reporting , shows an increase of sixty-six now entries , exclusive of tim ber culture entries , over December. The total number of homestead , pre-emption and soldiers' filings nt the nine oflices for January was 004 , against 588 for Decem ber , and the number of timber culture entries was 238 , against 393 entries dur ing the previous month. Some months ago a young lady in moving from one point to another in Iho Black Hills thought her old cook stove was hardly worth moving , but a man offered her 1,000 shares of Iron Hill stock for it , and she accepted it suppos ing it to bo about as valuable as confeder ate issues. Recently siie has been oflcrcd $2,000 lor the stock. She will hold it for larger figures , ns it , is going up rapidly. The Caiitllo-Fish. St. Nicholas for March : People do not got candles from water , ns n rule , 1 believe , but nevertheless there was a time when men were indebted to the ocean for much of the light that mndn their homes pleasant at night. The best candles ami oil of your forefathers' time camofrom whales. There is , however , a very remarkable light-giver , which is nothing more nor less than a small fish. This fish is so very oily that all you have to do , after It has departed this life , is to fasten it by its tail between two pieces of wood , touch a match to its head , and a palo flame will arise from the fish's mouth that lasts until , like a candle , the fish is slowly consumed , The useful fish , moreover , is a very important ono to people living on tlio northwestern coast of North America. At certain seasons the candlo-fishes swarm the bays and rivers in vast num bers. and every native man , woman , nnd child is engaged in capturing them. Hnd how do you suppose tlmy natch them ? They actually comb them in. The boats drlvo them in shore , where each native , armed with a gigantic weapon with tenth eight Inches Ion ; ' , sweeps or combs them up by the hundred , When the boats are loaded full , the fish tire carried ashore , where women and children take charge of them. After being dried and smoked , they nro ready lor candles , They nro uUp used as foou. and in that case the oil is tried out and put iv.vay for winter uso. Tit tlio Federal Diillcling , Mr. C , J. Brown , the newly appointed postal inspector , is expected to arrive from Washington Thursday. Marshal Bicrbowcr yesterday hold a special master's sale of some land in Clay county , to satisfy n judgment in tlio case of William R. Po t vs. Catharine Dowse. The property was bought in by O. P. 'Shellabargur , of Hastings , for $3,000 , , _ Gindini ; Plans. ChipfEngincerRoiowator nnd his as-iist nuts are busily engaged In drawing up plans for the grading of Jones , Jackson , Leavcnworth and Sixteenth streets.which nre to be graded tlds year. The detail ? of the Sixteenth strout viaduct have not yet been 'completed. , FASHIONABLE LUNCH FIENDS The Orusli of Toga tind tha Crash o Crockery nt the White House , The Puiiolinoiis of the President nn < the Iimv-.Veokcil I/unoliooiis of 3115) ) ClovolAmi High Wines nnd tiato Hours. WASHINGTON- I ) . C. , Fob. 20. [ Corrcs pondonco of the BKE. ] "Ills inournful- nny , it is maddening lo observe how many people are misplaced in the high ways and byways of life , " says Miss Cleveland in her chapter on "Altruistic Faith. " And this most aptly Illustrates this day and generation at the national capital. I nm constantly impressed with the above every time 1 go to congress , nnd wonder if Miss Cleveland did not have her mind's ' eye upon Washington when she wrote thai truthful Rontenco. Yet , no doubt , she little thought when she was delivering that lecture to school girls that she herself should be placed in n national highway Just how "mad ding" it will be to her wo shall see. And this good little lady also says In her famous book , "Wo are apt to have notions lill wo get knowledge. " 1 should say so. It is evident that Miss Cleve land's notions of people and society have chuiiged , to a largo oxlunl , ulncu nho en tered the White House. So thought 1 ns I paid my respects with some friends the other afternoon between the hours of turco and four , the hour when Jho mistress of the executive mansion or as she calls it on her cards , I am told , the "nresidtsnt'H house , " re ceives her special friends and their special friends , and altogether a great .specially , that of going to sco the presi dent's sister three afternoons , Monday , Tuesday nnd Wednesday , of each week. The gracious ushers allow you just about three minutes you see people are let in in squads and then you are crowded out by another squad just when you are in tlu ; middle of tlio second syllable of the only word that has entered your head to express your "real delight at being able to speak nt all , for ono smiles Into a pos itive blankness , as though some diaboli cal trap door had opened to let them down. It is speechless business at the best , this hand-shaking , nnd appalling ( no pun intended ) lo the nerves I Miss Clovuhuul blnnds at llie cnlrancu of Iho red parlor , or about third way into the room to leave space for incoming and outgoing every three minutes. As you cnler you are blinded and strangled by the dim glare of billions light that conies from across the Potomac Flats and struggles through two bo-curtained windows. First , ninny panes ot glass that suggest storms ut sea , with liver colored shades , nnd then heavy hangings with sunflower tinted linings , ami then lace curtains made yellow with ago , the "blue vaults of heaven" have little chance in that room. It takes you a full minute to sco anything and find out just where to btrlko out with the well turned sentence you liavo committed for the occasion. But Miss Cleveland sees you all the time and helps you find yourself by extending her hand in no flimsy Hooping way cither , and witli her cheerful , clear ' 'how do you do , Mrs. Smith , " or "glad to see you , Air. Jones. " She always catches on lo your name and gives you a minute to stare at her and then well , Miss C. nods and smiles and you found yoiirsolf out in the hall with that second syllable unspoken , the fiendish grin of the bland usher bringing you to a realizing sensi ) of what a farce the whole thing is. And still there nro people who make these three minute calls at the white house each afternoon , just what for the Lord only knows , inst because they can , not because their daily visits are a thing of beauty and joy forever. Surely human nature from the portals of the executive mansion is n divine study. TISIB WOHK3 MIKACr.r.9. I sec a decided change , and as the world of fashion goes , I suppose for the bolter , in the outward appearance of Miss Cleveland , since I paid my first visit. Possibly some of my readers may remember what I had to say of that visit hist March. Bo that as it mny , I can't speak for a change of heart , but there is certainly n change of the head. Then the hair was worn short and curly about the nock , and all the world said the now mistress of tlio white house was "short haired and strong minded , " ( did have that appearance ) . Now that pretty , light brown hair is all gathered on the top of the head after the most approved fash ion , and very becoming it is , giving the somewhat thin , angular face , II rounded , girlish , or rather girl-like ap pearance ; in fact , she is plumper now ; the dissipations of society seem to agree with her. People always grow fat in the White Iiou.se in spite of the malaria crawling around. Her slight figure has rounded out , but she hasn't quite reached that "perilous border , " wasting her swcotnusH on Iho vulgar ga/.o ; lliat toy ing with roses on the brink of tlio nbyhS , us it wero. While her dresses have the demi-fashiomiblu cut , they haven't the ultra-fashionable slash , that of merely covering tlio ribs , a code of dressing that distinguished some of her ladies in wait ing * She has good clothes and plenty of them and wears them well , but I wish she hail the courage to wear her dresses so high in tlio neck that they would hook into nor oars to keep in place , rather than wear a limbing waist filled in with lace. Were she ns courageous in all things as she was in discarding wine at her lunch table last Friday , wo would pass down on our knees and thank Heav en that thu women of America are so well represented at the White house. THAT JUG LUNCH I'AUTV to sixty ladies that Miss Cleveland gave last week was u success. The big htato dining room wns made to look its best , all but flint horrid glare of sickish light , whieh brouirht out all the wrinkles on the ladies' laces through the powder , as an opera glass brings out Mugo "make- uns. " You see , President Arthur had ill the rooms rotnriiished to look well nt night , tlio yellow tints lighting up bril liantly. But by day the finmid light is ghostly. Tlio windows should bo closed , and the gns turnml on full force nil Iho your around to m.iko things nnd people look well. But those who sat with their backs to the light , nnd no doubt Miss C.eveland olio.su well , hml the best of It. However , beauty that won't stand thu mlildiiysun isn't ' beauty at all. and as pretty is that pretty does , nil did pretty well , considering the feast unread before llii-m , which wns lit for a King , Byron didn't like to sen a woman out. Some of our bociety belles don't look us well eat ing as they do dancing- the waist about the lower db-i , in the locality of thu stomach , is so pinched that the effort to lo got down something solid is most con torting to tlio muscles of the face , and the want of good brci.dlng 1 liavo seen at society's table would break the spell woven about Iho most ardent lover , or love-lorn maiden , should she sou how her adorable swain oats going the rounds of receptions , where there is a "go-as-you- pleaso" style of i > ating and drinking. HUT TO Kin IIKN TO OUlt SHKKl' . Rosu Kli/.abuth has no notion of letting her big brother get the best of her in lunching her friends , notshu. Her lunch WHS just ns elaborate and expensive as .tutu dinner , all but the xuvun lands of wjiio. ice water and Romun punch and that kind of water , what do you call itj that men drink early in the morninc iftor being out lutti the night before. Of xurso tlio dear ladies in.d a cup' of [ 'ronch'ft > lleo lo wind up with. But just think of those who weru in the hutit of taking n cup of tea with their lunch to have to wall two mortal hours to gt\ & through with the bill , for something box totlrinkl Might here I am reminded of n story. The lunch table is the place to toll storips. It wns at n WEST I'OItfT COMMI'.NCr.MF.XT DI.NNER not so many years ngo either. A most stylish dinner , after the manner of "rcg- ufars , " .You know. Most distinguished olllccrs 01 the government were present , among them Iho secretary of war ami his wife , who was n motherly , sensible woman and not In the least ovor-awcd by pompous manners , or daz zled by slinnltir-r straps and bra < a buttons. After the first cover had been served and the waller ramo around to lill her glass with wine , she firmly put her hand over Hie glass mul said : "I'll not take nny wine ; 1 am in the luibit of drinking a cup of tea witli my dinner ; it agrees witli my stomach belter ; you will please bring me a cup of teal" It was like Iho explosion of n bombshell among the sworn dang lers : they looked nt each other and stroked their curloil-tip inoiistnchos but didn't dare smile , keeping their eyes riv eted on their plates like .sisters of charity demurely looking nt the toes of their boots in thu street cars. The servant stood aghast , never having served such a drink at such a dinner , lint the presid ing ofllccr was equal to tlio occasion , anil said in a loud commanding voice , as though ho were giving an order for nil army to move on * "John , bring madam n cup of hot gre.un tea at oncol" John went out looking distressed and pu/- /led and it was n long time before fore that cup of tea accompanied by John , put in an appearance. In tlio meantime Iho dinner moved right along after the prescribed regulations as though nothing had happened lo break the 111611- otony of biiuh stupid , dlgnilicd elegance. Hut madam quietly nibbled at her fish while waiting for that cup of tea. To "re turn to our mutton" again ; it kinder pleases mo to sec this female suffragist of course she believes in her own rights and takes all she can get giving these big spreads , showing thu dear men that "goose parties" are quite as formidable ns "condor feeds. " It is a case of "nip and tuck" at the Whlto House. The sister has the bust of it as it now stands , she having gone bur brother ono butler by publishing a book. Dili , 1)1 uss you , ho is dally furnishing Mark Twain , congress and other historians material for future reading enough to maku a dozen books. To-night there is to bo another state occasion at tlio White house , the presi dent's reception lo llie army nnd navy. To-morrow ( Saturday ) Miss Cleveland will give another big lunch party and the world of society is happy. Till : SWKIJ.KbT UVBNINO UKOKITIONS are those given by the sc9rotary of the navy and Airs. Whitney every Thursday evening card receptions that is only those who hare been invited can attend , and , 1 am told , about a thousand or more rccciyo invitations. This. I suppose , lakes in all tliu uflicial and society pee plo. The reception is from 0 till la o'clock an hour when honest people o ight lo bo in ocd and then dancing lill I ) o'clock in the morning , and supper of thu most claboralo variety , with all kinds of wines , punch and other strong drinks lo wash it down. Said a gentle man who had attended ono of those tremendous crushes : "It was one of the biggest things of the kind I over at tended , and Fhavo scon a good deal of thu ways of this world. The Indies wcro most mngnilicuntly dressed , but some of them with such scrimp dress patterns that they didn't have enough to finish out the waist above the bolt line , and I felt so much sympathy and embarrassment that 1 did nothing but drink , drink , all night long to bide my grief over Iho un- forlunalcs. I tell you it makes a fellow feel all shook up the next day as though ho had been , roughly handled by a western cyclone , or been out on the road with a gaslight panorama of the Greek SJavo. " "This is a severe criticism of our so ciety ladies , " I replied. "What ulso can they expect , " said he , "if they will drc.ss in a way to suggest variety shows they certainly are shame faced chough to sland all that will bo said about them , Hut Heaven protect our young girls from such riotous so ciety. " And this Is the "reform administra tion. " Just here I am niniiiitleil of At torney General Garland , but I'm ' talking too much , I'll toll you what I know nbout tlio "tempest in the teapot , " next time. It will take a very strong electric ligbtto convince me that Gun. Garland Is not an honest man and faithful o Hi cor , the very best of the lot. CON. Glilnamcii ns Citizens. Ah Kong , a Uhlnuso "waslico-mnn , " took out his first naturalization papers in the district court yesterday. Ho vows ho will stick to America and become a citi zen if it costs him his queue. AGONIZING Itching nnd Ituming Hlcln Diseases Cured by Cittlaurn. rpllKATMKNT. 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