The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-24
NEWS IN NOTES.



The cattle steamer. Loeb Lomond, At
Dundee, reporgs terrible weather during
tue passage. Mt an animal OF her cargo
ESCAPED injury. Those that were awe
were slaughtered on the DOCKS.
The operation of the recent Imperial
ukase prohibiting the expectation OF rye
from Russia after August q has been ex-
tended to Fin Ind.
The captain OF tho Steamship Aurania
reported In u tcenstowu thai ~ noon on
the 21st. being IN latitude % " anu longi-
fude %. 70. she sighted the Elder broken
doun and her machinery out of 0rder.
The commasder of the Elder said That 1t
would take eight hours TO repair the
damages, but that be didn't want anv
assistance.
An excursionist named hoth ard
Michael. his guide, fell into q crevasse
whIle ascending Mount Blauc. They were
King Hnmnert unveiled a
of Victor Emmanuel at Mondovi. Thu
King signed u degree granting amnesty
10 ali evnders OF military service from
the year ls4s to 1872. This affects 10000
General Obrutcheff, chief Of the
Russian staff. arrived at Bergerac.
France. The streets were decorated in
his honor, and be received a popular
ovation. The Mayor of the town gave
a banquet in honor Of the General In the
evening.
Prince George of Wales has been paid
OIL as a lieutenant aud promoted as a
commander.
DoIngs in New York.
The Bennington has returned to port
and is now anchored In the lower bay.
The record OF drowning accidents yes
ferday Is something appalling.
Police Justice Hogan reports Captain
Brogan's district 10 Il fearful state. he
will insist upon reform.
Assistant Foreman Shute. OF Fire En-
glue Company No. "a. of New York. died
from snifocation by smoke ut "a fire in
broadway.
The appointments of Col. Phisterer on
Commander Palmer's staff has stirred M
IA rebellion in the new g. A X. The
Colonel will settle II by resigning.
Michael Burke. of Brooklyn, went to
sleep IN a chair by an opeu widow last
night. In some way he fell out and was
Killed.
John Barnard. a son of the Judge, was
thrown from a buggy at Bay Shore, L. l.,
yesterday and seriously injured.
Mary Roach, nineteen years old, got on
n williamsburg car last night with her
mother and sister and dashed q small tin
eau full OF vitriol into the face Of Charles
Gerhardt, the conductor. burning his face
aud neck in a ~frightful manner. She said
her mother forced her 70, do IT,. The
mother said Gerhardt had betrayed the
girl. He denied this and said tt was
done because he had refused TO be black
matted.
isouhere
The have defeated Balma-
ceda ut Vina del Nor and his troops have
fallen back upon Valparaiso.
An outbreak has occurred at Grenada,
Nicaragua. A battle occurred in the
strct t., aud tie Chief OF Police and six
others were killed.
Albert MaBes, the well-knowu Column
hia COLLEGE athlete. WAS drowned oil Fire
Island. Though an expelt swimmer, he
ventured out too TAR while bathing.
Iiarper's circus WIS destroyed by an
angry moo al Thompsonville, Conn. The
performers refused TO give the show
owing to their salaries being in arrears.
The owners left with the receipts and the
audience not being able to get their
money back set fire 10 the tents
wagons aud set the horses at liberty.
Mrs. John w. Miller, Of Nicollet, Mich,
shot her husband wn0m she found in the
company of Miss Almira Slice. She
manngeu 10 escape before Mrs. Miller
could shoot her us she announced her IN
teutiOD of doing.
Tie bureau Of American Republics re-
ported thai the proDab BILE yield OF wheat
in Argentine will be 10000 tons. OF which
800. 900 will be available for export and
the yield of maize will be 1,OO0,OOO ton
whereof one-half can be sent abroad.
The boomer are arriving IN Guthrie. l.
T.. with wagons OF every description,
headed tor the Iowa aud Sac and Fox
Reservations. and when the Presidents
proclamation Is issued. throwing the
lands open for settlement. there will be q
scramble almost equal to that which took
place on the opening of Oklahoma
A terrible rain storm occurred In Penn
svlyauia, principally In the neighbornood
of Reading yesterday, great damage be-
ing done. 1t appeared TO be "a succession
of cloudbursrs, and in some cases people
nnd-to be removed from their houses in
boats. Railway tracks were washed out
and telephone and telegraph wires were
knocked down. At Pottsvilie there were
three cIoudbursts-
An image Of solid gold has been discov-
cred Ia a Mexican church built shortly
after the conquest of the Aztecs. Its
value is estimated at $4,000