The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-21

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said to have been procured for di-
vorce suit by his wife. The latter re-
pudiated the bargain, and the court as
sessed costs of $1,000 against the black
mailers, but found they had fled.
While painting the Highland house
tramway at Cincinnati, James Il. Co
Walt saw the cars of the inclined plane
approaching. and laid down between
the tracks. His head was torn off, and
his body mashed into pulp. This is the
first fatal accident which has occurred
in that city on the inclined planes.
Mr.. Webster, of Chicago, followed
his daughter and young man named
Simpson through the province of On
tario, and caught them at Niagara
Falls. Notwithstanding they had been
married i'll an Episcopal church, the
irate father started homeward with the
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Fire swept away the Frederick mills,
at Freeburg. Illinois. Tuesday, valued
at $40, 900; four hundred acres of forest
at Rehoboth. Rhode Island; the steam
saw-mll of j. +. Sprat & Son, at Taun-
ton, Massachusetts; Wilson u Monk
houses planing-mill and four adjacent
manufacturing establishments in st.
Paul, worth $4,000, and part of the
wagon-works at Racine Junction.
Henry Blessing, steamboat engi-
neer of ST. Louis, residing at No. ], 451
Cass avenue, has for years been ex-
tremely jealous of his wife. About
midnight on Monday he slashed her In
q horrible manner with a razor, fatally
shot and cut her brother, w. +. Theil-
man, and then severed his own wind
pipe. 1t is believed that Mrs. Blessing
will recover.
j. A. Redfern, the son of an English
turfman, who is said to have lost 81,
600. 900 in the pork-packing business in
Buffalo. married daughter OF Chaun
cey Wells in that city and removed to
Toronto. 1t is now alleged that he has
eloped with a daughter of Robert
Spratt, the commission merchant, and
is living on his farm near Buffalo. He
was leading member Of the Toronto
club. Ef
In Chicago Monday evening, con-
ductor pushed from an open street-car
a man who seemed so intensely stupid
that he could not find a nickel to pay
his fare. He fell on his head and, to
all appearances, broke his neck. Police
officers found his heart beating family,
and placed him in a patrol-wagon, when
drive to the morgue was ordered. He
was put in an ice-box, when the fact
developed that he was only dead drunk.
He proved to be James Lacey, tin
smith.
The dissatisfied democrats of Hamil-
ton County, Ohio, held convention
Saturday at Cincinnati (E W. Kit
tredge, chairman), at which eighty del
a ticket in opposition to the regular"
one, which the resolutions said was
controlled by fraud and violence. The
platform endorses the Democratic State
platform and ticket, demands munich
pal reform and reduction of
taxes. opposes "boss" rule, and favors
honest primaries and fair conven
tons
INDIANS REJECT AN OFFER.
Since the presidents return it Is stated
positively that there was conference at
Fort Washable between General Sheridan
and the Shoshone and Arapahoe chiefs, at
which the latter were Invited to consider
the proposal that they surrender their res
ervation In return for a sum of money to
be invested for their benefit and held by
the war department., the interest being
paid to them. The Indians knew more
about real estate than about securities, and
did not take kindly TO the proposition. 1t
is supposed that this conference Is General
Sheridan's first move in the direction of
having the Indian bureau transferred to
the war department. or succeeded by the
management of officers. Both the war and
interior departments are, however, aiming
at the same thing-the abolition of the res
ervations, the holding Of land In severalty
by the Indians and their gradual absorp-
ton into the general population, all OF
which changes are demanded by the sweep
of immigration into what are left of the
unhappy hunting grounds.
FORGED DEEDS TO PUBLIC LANDS.
Information has been received at the
general land Office of scheme Of floating
forged deeds and abstracts of titles to pub
lie lands that have never been purchased
from the United States, or entered under the
public land laws. The deeds, supporting
manufactured and put on record in the
county in which the land is claimed to be
situated. Other conveyances are. them
made and recorded, and pretended chain
of title established. Operators in Ohio and
Western lands" for sale on bogus titles,
several such deeds having been offered for
record in Lincoln and Keith counties in
Nebraska. The names of Daniel Dean and
T. +. Greene, of Nebraska, Benjamin Best,
OF Cincinnati ni and other parties In Ohio
grantees in the cases brought to the atten-
ton of the land Offices. AS the attempted
fraud Is against individuals, and not upon
the United States, 1t Is not q case for the
action of the government. Parties who
purchase lands on professed government
titles without examination do so at their
own risk.
JOHN c. NEW.
Assistant Secretary John G. New had an
interview with the president Saturday af-
ternoon with reference to his resignation,
which he has been contemplating recently
in general way. 1t is understood that the
president was not pleased with General
News proposition to go, and urged him to
try and so arrange his private business as
to allow him to continue to discharge his
official duties. 1t Is also reported that the
president Is the more DESTROYS to have Cen
eral New remain, from the fact that for
months the chief duties of the secretary's
office have developed upon him. For six
weeks at time he has been left entirely
alone, owing to the absence of both Secre-
taries Folger and French, both of whom are
away at this time. Secretary Folger has
been absent thirty weeks during the last
thirteen months. All of this time General
New has attended to the current business
of the office, Judge French being almost EN-
tirely occupied with tariff questions. Gen.
eral New says that at any rate his private
hueineee will demand his attention for two