The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-02


15S In Lancaster county, Penn. Mr.. Hat
ton thinks the time has arrived TO make
postage on local letters for delivery l
cent.
In an interview ut Washington, Lord
Coleridge expressed himself ast0nished
at the extreme liberty of the people In
their intercourse with the heads of de-
In his tour through the country. the large
number OF men who have great fortunes
acquired by themselves.
Secretary Chandler has written to Com
mander Wildes that the steamship Yantic
defeated the object Of the Greedy relief
expedition by keeping twelve days behind
the Proteus, instead Of serving as a
explain why provisions and supplies were
not landed for Lieutenant Greedy at Little
ton island.
The President will prepare his message
to Congress in the cottage ut the Soldiers
Home, and it Is probable that he will re-
main In his present quarters through No
vember. He is better pleased with this To-
cation than in the Executive Mansion and
has made himself perfectly comfortable
with all the latest household cOnveniences.
His mornings are devoted principally to
work on his message, and consequently he
is usually delayed coming to his Office till
afternoon.
THE GOVERNMENT DlSGOR0ING.
WASHINGTON, OF. 22.-Under the re-
cent decision of the comptroller of the
currency, the transportation OF malls over
subsidized branch lines OF land-grant rail-
roads, $3.50, lit, will have to be returned
by the government to the companies for
mail transported over such branch lines
during the fi.cal year 1881, and for the fis-
cal year 1883 SlS3.301 will be returned. In
addition there is balance Of SS5, S51,
which will be paid to the roads for mail
transportation on subsidized portions OF
their mainstems. 1t is estimated that
for such mail service for the two fiscal
years of 1882 and 1888. Serious inroads
into the postal revenue are therefore an
ticipated, for up to the present time the
cost of mail transportation over the
branches of subsidized railroads has never
been charged to the postal expense, but
has been credited to the interest account
of the railroads in accordance with the
Thurman act. The major portion of the
money to be returned To the roads will be
secured by the Union Pacific.
AN IMPORTANT LAND DECISION.
A land case of great Importance, the
Southern Minnesota Railway Extension
company. vs.. Augustus Kufner,. was to-
day decided by the secretary Of the interi-
or. In ~ tile land grant of the railroad
was certified to the state of Minnesota by
the land department for the benefit of the
railroad company. kufner, however, re-
Gently made entry of tract of land and
his entry was received by the commission
err of the land office, who held that the
certification of lands to the state were ir-
regular and that the certificates had not
the force of patents. The secretary, upon
n review of the legislation upon the sub
ject, holds that, by virtue of the grant and
under the act of July 4, 1866, as amended
July Ii the same year, the title to the land
in contest passed TO the state Of Minnesota
for the benefit of said company when the
tract was certified to the state in 1875 by
the land department. lie further, holds
that 1t having been decided by said depart
ment in 1876 that the land passed to the
state under the grant, and 1t having been
so certified, and under such adjudication
the lands having been generally sold to in
nocent parties, such decision can not now
be changed. 1t Is said at the interior de-
partment that the decision of the commits
sioner, If sustained, would have resulted
in loss to the railroad companies in Min
nesota of about one million acres of land,
and the decision might have also unsettled
the title of fifty million acres OF land GER
titled to railroad companies in other states.
Through the efforts Of the First Ma
tional bank of Chicago, swindlers who
sought to amass a fortune by using
the name of a reputable commission
firm have been forestalled in their de-
signs. They are known to have secur-
ed 125 barrels of -four, but replevin
suit has been entered against the pres
ent holders Of it.
The death-roll Monday includes the
names of Hon. Elisha Foote, OF st.
Louis, commissioner of patents under
President Johnson; the wife Of John
Russell Young, minister to China;
Rev. DIR. David A. Wallace, for twen-
ty-five years president of Monmouth
college, and Mrs. General Arson Sta
ger, Of Chicago.
A committee OF the produce ex-
change of New York recommends the
organization of company from that
body and the Chicago board Of trade
to purchase the telegraph lines Of the
West Shore and Nickel-Plate railr Dads,
of which a refusal has been obtained at
| 81, COX, 0O0 in bonds bearing 9 per cent.
interest.
The steamer Rio Janeiro will on
Wednesday take from San Francisco
about one thousand Cinnamon, who
will carry $3.50, 900 out of the country.
Most Of them have return certificates.
| Those who come back from the Flow
cry kingdom bring women whom they
claim as wives, who are promptly turn
ed loose on the city.
Eoah's Ark.
Some years ago me! in Egypt Mr.
Garvy. then. and PROBABLY still. an en-
glneer of high position in the service of
the Egyptian government, and who dis
tinguished himself during the late war
by his heroic efforts to aid the English
residents to embark in the vessels sent
for them. He had previously for many
years been in the service of the Russian
government. and had been sent to the
neighborhood of Mount Ararat tor some
object which / now forget But rec
ollect, as likely many others do who
had the pleasure of knowing Mr.. Garvy,
hearing him mention that, prompted by
curiosity, he had assembled the summit
of the mount and remained for some
days on visit Mt the monastery that
was then there; that the monks stated
to him that the roof of the apartment
assigned to him, and think some 9TH
ers. was composed of the ribs of the
Ark. Mr.. Garvy said that he examined