The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-14
MRS. MOHL's LETTER.

ly's health and happiness. consider Han
cocks defeat a national calamity, and
wonder sadly and apprehensively what eiiec
Gsrfeld's election will have upon my OWL
section of the country. GIier, the man who
nominated Hayes and Garfield, and John
Kelly, are both "biger with one "g") men
than old Grant" and we must change the
title "king>maker" applied to Napoleon, and
call them the "PREsIDEET. MAKERS of AMER
ICA." Conkling may strut and claim to have
carried New York, provided Gov. Sprague
don't shoot him, but John Kelly is the man to
whom Garfield owes his election. | have no
more TO say but to wonder if Con. Garfield
will make John Kelly secretary of state. l
rather don't think he will, because | am sure
John Kelly didn't mean to do it. He over
estimated the democratic majority in the
city and sold too many votes to the enemy.
don't know whether have mentioned Il
visit made to the new set of china ordered
by Mrs Hayes for the white house, and
which Is on exhibition at Boteler's on Pennsjl.
vania avenue, for sumo time. | was greatly
disappointed in it ; and see the New York
Tribune h s come cut in II very severe, but
Just criticism on the desig 3, which the critic
says, if ever original and unique have been
tanned down By the French artists into con-
ventionalsm. The coloring is unnat-
ural, and In some instances Tie designs are
dull and commonplace.
Theorder to the American artist who drew
the designs, and who is one of Harper
special artists, was to represent North
American fauna and fora exclusively.
Among the vegetables is the okra plant, an
especially bady.colored specimen il is, too,
which is not American, but African, and the
cotton plant which comes to us from the
Indies. The fauna, also, is s much European
as American, tnough all the animals repre-
scented are found now in this country. The
shapes of someof the dishes are somewhat
original, but ON the whole, although very
handsome set OF china, indeed, il does not
COME up TO what we had right to expect,
either in indi, lduality or execution.
On the r Ut kulEu in Washington us
"the avenue, b6tweeu oh and 10Th, is the
one place in the capital where have bought
a real good cup of coffee; u quiet, unGssum-
ing little Coufa tioAary, which those who
know what good coffee is find ont and stick
to, in this mri avis OF place. | happened
Yesterday to meet Mrs. Palmer, who is &C
knowledged authority On ali millinery mat
ters, having one of the most fashionable and
tastiul establishments of tn sort in the city.
asked her ii she cou d Tell me what the
styles in hats aud bonnets would be this
winter "You have just come in time," she
said, "lor have Just come from my New
York representative, who has rooms below
here on the avenue, and he has shown me all
the Partisan styles for the coming season."
was astonished. "Bul, my dear Madame"
said, sis it possible that representative of
agreat state like New York should have an
exhibition of bOnnels AT his room =
Lau! liter NJ my verdancy prevented her
from answering for n momert when she ex-
planned that the worthy and interchangeable
class of men once called "drummers," more
lately Commercial travellers" are now
styled Representatives" Ia this why the
real representatives repudiate that title and
insist on congressman instead? I'm sure
don't see that one is so much better than
the other these days. Drummers keep their
positions because they earn them, if they
keep them at ali, while it is well known by
what shameful trickery some congressman
continue in office in both ends OF the capitol
Tho newspapers, so far as | can ascertain
have been strangely silent about the death OF
Mr.. Eugene |. Ball, consul.general at Pesth
(Huagsry), which took place last spring in
Vienna. 1t WAS only few days ago that
found the particulars in u German news
paper. They are copied in the Mach
richten" New York; of the 9th, from
which translated the following particulars
"Early last spring n stranger-and also t
foreigner, as lis accent shOwed-visted ,
house of one of the lowest courtesans o
Vienns, in an utterly disreputable quarter o.
the city. II was evening, and though the
weather was warm he complained of the cold
A fire WAS kindled, and he then sent tn,
woman out for wine, which she brought II,
poured out glassiull, drank il all and fel
dead on the floor. Inquiry and search faileC
to find trace of the mans identity, and HI
was sent to the morgue--a physician having
certified to death from heart disease.
"The same day this happened, one Of thu
most distinguished guests of the Kumme
hotel disappeared, leaving no information a
TO his departure, and taking no luggage will
him. This was no less a person than tn
American eonsu-genersl, Eugene |. Ball
resident at Pesth, who was visiting Vienna
OF course prominent representative of
great couatry, and amilionaire to boot, can
not be allowed to disappear quietly. TIL
police were set to work, rewards offered b,
tho consul general in Vienna and private de
tectives were empoyed-all in vain, untn on
day the secretary of the Vienna delegation
went TO the morgue, and there, TO his intens
horror, found the body of Mr.. Ball, Jus
about being put into pauper's coffin TO b
carried off to Joseph Aramathea's ground
the potter's field of Vienna. The corps
was claimed, identified, embalmed and sent l.
its former home, La Fayette, Indi ma, wher
the family of the deceased live. The EN-
balming and going home cost $1,000"
The title general consul" applied TO MI
Ball is not, in our acceptation of the term
correct, as tn re is but one consul-general il
Austria, and he must live at Vienna, bu
Peth ranks as No. consulate and has
vice-oonsul also, and that such personag
should die and his death be passed over BY
mere mention is very singular, and show
what many can do even with newspapers.
l was told few days ago that Judg
Sharkey, once very prominent politician
and well-known throughout the country
United States consul at Havana at one time
died in the very hotel in which L write thi
letter, the Imperial, and was carried out a
the back door TO his grave. How well re
member his beautiful home near jackson
where spent many happy hours in '58 wit
my fathers old friend and his loving wifi,
GelerM Hooker, congressman for Mi,
eieoinpi. married .Judpa Sharkay,s .dou..