Show CASE FIRST aloff the anin affre Croc slit to light speciale F service nov 5 have been made recently to establish abe priority ot admission into the union of one of the dakotas it now transpires that no one knows which was admitted first on Sa the president received from the state department part ment the two proclamations deficient only to the extent of his signature the question of priority at once came lip and it was found to be difficult to decide after some debate the tro documents al were laid face downward oa the desk on a sheet 0 paper and then they were together when thia stage of abe game had been reached the proclamations were turned face upwards but protected by the sheet of paper upon which they had been laid the sheet wag clipped aside until the blank spaces for the presidential signature tt ere exposed the autho graph was appended to each the ink allowed to dry the proclamation turned 0 er once more and bhain vigorously the two dakotas were admitted to the union as states and although one of them was ahead of abe other just alie length ot time it took the president to write his name history will never be able to record the name of the leader it is a profound mystery and it will always be eo alie stlouis union depot men a sensation F sen ice ST lons nov 6 there was an awful odor in the union depot baggage room all day yesterday it had been perceptible for a day or two this morning it got so offensive that abe baggage master and some policemen made an after the third trunk was opened the men stepped back by the emell the records ahomed that abe trunk arrived october and only yesterday a young woman called and said she wanted to m heck through to alabama the police were notified and securing abe city undertaker went to the depot almost ai coon as be arrived hade dared the adir was that of a dead body lie being a doctor it w as assumed by abe bystanders that lie ought to know he began removing the clothing from the trunk slowly and finally drawing out his gaid 1 I feel ito bead it ia alie body ot an infant wrapped up it has been dead a long time then ho drew forth a bundle and began slowly and Bol cronly to unwrap it in the predence pre nence of COO people who were a holding their noses pulling the out be brought to the light of day the ghastly and r inatius of a huge limburger cheese ohio nov 0 A dispatch receded from bloomfield at 1 a rn says a fire is raging there which threatens to destroy the entire town |