The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-29
NEWS IN NOTES.


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mittee TO look after the interests OF
British exhibitors az the Chicago Affair.
The London STANDARD in discussing the
grain shortage scvissd the consumption
" maizer. saytne thar the United states
could export zoo, 900, 600 bushels of maize,
aud that an extra shilling per ousnei
would attract all the maizs Ia America
necessary TO supply Europe with whole
some, nutritious food.
Mr.. Dryer Gray's motion 70 change the
composition OF the Bosrd OF Directors or
the Dublin Ereensdn's JouDTot Company
was carried by the stockholders. Inc
old board. mostly composed OF Parnen
men. resigned. and the paper VIII DE
published today in the interest OF the
auti-Parnellites The vote was l.2U to
900.
Lord Salisbury will not appoint a sue
cessor to the late Postm aster General
Rake until pending Cabinet changes are
definitely decided uoon- The post Is open
to Sir ]. Z. Gorsts acceptance. but be
declines the honor unless accomanied by
a seat in the Cabinet.
DIR. 1heodori, the Queen Of Roumania's
private physician, says that the Queen,
who is in Venice, Is suffering from spinal
congestion and not from creeping paraly-
sis. She also suffers from cardiac atony.
There are no signs OF fever or or organic
disease Of the spinal cord. The report
that DIR. Charcoi has been summoned is
without Foundation.
Nine. Patti has postponed her depart
ture for America until late in December.
The burning Of a pine forest near Bor-
deaux yesterday caused the destruction
of a village. Two persons were burned
10 death and six are missing.
Elsewhere.
Reports from Augusta say that the cot
ton crop Of middle Georgia has been badly
damaged by rains.
Balmaceda's forces were routed by the
Gillian Congress Army. Valparaiso sur
rendered and was placed under the pro-
lection Of the admirals Of foreign fleets.
The Congre ssional army were received
with cheers by the residents of Val
paraiso.
A violent cloudburst ecurred in Ress-
selaer county by which the city OF Troy
was damaged and the villages Of Peters
burg. Berlin, Lebanon Springs. Siiters
Corners and the hotel at Glass House
Lake were in danger OF being swept
away. Washouts were numerous along
the railroad lines, and travel was de-
layed from twenty-four TO forty-eight
hours.
1t is reported thai the State Farmers
Alliance compelled the refusal oy Georgia
of the Confederate Soldiers Home.
Postmaster General Wanamaker Or o.
poses, in order to improve the postal SER
vice. to have the Postmaster in every
county seat act as inspector OF all the
post Offices In the county and make re-
port to the head Of the department as TO
their condition.
Another fire bug, William Dolby, one
OF the gang that has been destroying
property In Altoona, was arrested by the
police. Other members of the body are
KNOWN, and more arrests will shortly
follow.
While Mrs. Lloyd, of Greensburg. was
chastising her 13-year old boy some toy
pistol caps which the lad carried IN his
buck pocket were struck by the whip In
the hands of the irate mother and ex-
ploded with terrific force. The boy WAS
seriously burned. but is expected to re-
cover.
Doings in New York.
George w. Long, a retired paymaster of
she United States Navy, was arrested in
New York yesterday as insane aud taken
TO Bellevue He escaped from st. Vim
cents Hospital. and an alarm WAS sent
out describing him as armed and dan
gerous.
New York City proposes to form a syn
dictate to extend a large amount OF four
aud a half per cent. bonds at two per
cent. as a basis for issues OF currency.
Peter E. Tarpy, Long Island City's
dismissed Second Principal, has arrived
at Albany with a satchel filled with doc
umentary evidence of his goodness. One
of he papers is an affidavit by Mayor
Gleason to the effect that Tarpy Is a
III a &A&
rrciprocate.
he primaries at jamestown last night
resulted in a row between the Hill and
Cleveland men. The former had the most
votes. The minority hired u hall and held
a primary of their own. Hill also carried
every town in Orleans county.
The inquest in the case of Hannah Rob
inson at Glendale resulted in a verdict of
st%ranguiation at the hands of some I'M
known person.
A human skull was picked mp In front
of No. 100 Elm street. New York city, last
evening. Pieces of flesh, dry and shriy-
elled, still chung to the bone. The skull
was partly gone on one side and on the
top there was a suggestion of the Doctors
knife. The skull was sent to the
Morgue.
The steam boat John Sylvester was run
into and badly damaged by the tug
Thomas Dixon last night at Bay Ridge.
No one was hurt.
An American food exhibition is to be
given at Madison Square Garden next
year.
Two suits of clothes found in a dress
ing-room at Coney Island late Thursday
night lead the police TO believe that the
wearers, a man and woman were either
accidentally drowned or committed
suicide. Nothing was found in the
dresses to show who owned them.