The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-14

A trip to the Yellowstone national park is
being arranged by Secretary Lincoln and
Genera, Sheridan, with party of thirteen
friends.
A large Oil painting OF President Garfield
has been hung In the main hall of the white
house, and portrait OF Mrs. II. b. Hayes or
naments the green parlor.
The statement that Minister Lowell has
rendered his resignation is officially denied
at the white house, and also at the state de-
partment
The Judiciary committee of the house will
make an adverse report on Mormon war
claims for siaO,OOO, which have been pending
since 1859.
The secretary of the treasury on Monday Is
sued call for $l6,000,000 9 per cent bonds
continued at 81 per cent from July, 1884,
Principal and accrued interest will DO paid the
18th of September next, and the interest cease
that day.
1t is officially stated at tho war department
that four additional light batteries will be
equipped. 1t Is also understood that General
Sherman Is in favor of the detail Of three years
for captains and fiye for lieutenants on light
artillery duty.
1t is the intention OF the tariff commission
to arrange for hearing testimony with a view
to saving time, and persons desiring to be
heard will be notified of the time and place.
Pres. Hayes may be addressed on the subject
at Long Branch.
The senate finance committee has adopted
an amendment to the internal revenue bill,
changing the date from May, 1883, to October
1882, when the provisions of tho bill relating
to stamps, taxes on bank checks, drafts, or
ders, vouchers, matches, and other articles
embraced in the schedule shall go into effect
There are eight hundred new places in the
interior department provided for in the in
crease of clerks in the pension Office. For
these places there are already upon file the APP
plications Of four thousand people, The Soc
rotary of the interior declines to see anyone
for the purpose of making personal applica-
ton. These appointments will be divided up
among the republican members OF congress
and the commissioner of pensions.
Owing to insufficient appropriations, the
national board of health will close the stations
on the line of emigrant travel TO the west.
This action will involve the suspension of In
land inspection of foreign Immigrants for
the discovery and prevention of the transmits
sion of smallpox at ten stations distributed
on the trunll-ine railways in the north, and
the inspection of infected vessels arriving ut
our ports from yellow fever points abroad.
Robert p. Porter, who is member of the
his other places, that of special agent of tho
census office, in charge of debt, wealth and
taxation division. Both of these places pay
$40 per day each. There are several appl-
cants for his position in the census Office, all
of whom contend that Porter cannot legally
draw the salaries of both places, and that he
will have to resign one place or the other.
In the star-route trials an attachment was
issued for ex-senator Spencer. A letter was
IS
land Mail Transportation company, alleging
that $50 had been paid to Postmaster Abbott,
of Alvorid Oregon, to prevent him from max
ing complaints to the postofiice department.
tits probable that Senator Kellogg, of Louis
lana, will be indicted soon by the District
grand jury for connection with frauds on the
postal service.
1t is understood that the Tariff Commission
will not remain in session much longer here.
They have already about made up their mind
that 1t will be impossible for them to have q
report ready by the next session of Congress,
owing to lack OF time. Notwithstanding the
denial of Hayes, it is asserted that Secretary
Folger says that the Tariff Commissioners did
request that he appoint clerk for each mem
Der Of the commission, or give them power
individually to do so. He promptly declined
the request.
The division of statistics of the department
with the collection and monthly publication
of freight rates of railroad and steamboat
lines for the information of farmers. These
data will be useful and valuable to producers
and shippers 1t is believed at the d. apartment
that general information concerning local
prices and cost of shipment will tend to slim
uate distribution of products, and will GER
tainly aid the producer in determining wheth-
er the shipment OF his surplus will result In
loss or profit. The transportation lines are
cheerfully responding to the requests for in
formation and promptly aiding in giving util-
ity and value to the monthly publication.
It will be noticed that Mr.. Homer Lee, an
expert. who found the bond plates recently
submitted In the Doyle case to be counter
felt, is a contractor with steam printing
press for printing proofs from steel plates.
Up to the present time there has been no way
of printing from steel except by hand SO as to
produce an artistic or workmanike proof. Mr..
Homer Lee claims that he has aprinting-press
that will supplant hand machines. He has
been working for number of years to get
this press employed In the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing. Now that he has come to
the rescue of the bureau and taken its side In
the case submitted to him by Secretary Folg-
or, 1t is said that he is going to have, as re-
ward of his clear-sightedness the contract for
the use of his steam presses.
Secretary Folger, in his report Of the in