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


SPAIN. will sail for New YORK August -.
TO he present at the reunion of tho phi
Kearny brigade, Of which ne IS president,
aud incidently g look after his chances
second L~ieutennnt Philip J. Hodges
Of II. NJ. S. RingdoVe iumped overheard
from the steamship Alameda on July IA.
shortly after leaving Sydney- Hodges
had been suspended from duty for one
year on account Of a breach OF discipline,
and was on his way TO England.
The officials of the North German
LLOYD line have decided TO have the
steamers Of their Irnlian service stop at
Gibraltar for the convenience OF those
OF their passengers who desire to go 10
Spain.
Mrs. Eaases was at the trouble Of deny
ing the absurd story published yesterday
to the effect that Julian Story was
obliged TO hypnotic Miss Eamss before
he could lead her TO the altar, so averse
was she to marrying him Inc young
couple nave fed from L0Od0n. leaving no
address, rather than be pestered with
questions about the ridiculous affair.
The dory Sea Serpent arrived at Lizard
Point yesterday. CAPTAIN Lawi0r told
some remarkable fish stories about a
The Mermaid when last sighted was
about a thousand mites behiud.
At the National Capital
IL is more than likely tha the Washing
ton National Bank which failed some
months ago will soon resume business
under another name. Several good set
Elements have already been made, briug-
ing in considerable money from debts
which were originally thought to be al
most worthless.
Congressman Mills will arrive in Wash
iugton about November 10 and open
Speakership headquarters.
Pension claims are being allowed SO
rapidly under the loose provisions of tn e
new law that the rolls OF that department
will soon be carrying Thousands OF new
names.
New York Doings.
William Lumsden, detained at the
Barge Office a week ago because his
brother-in-law did not fancy him was
allowed to land yesterday.
+. G. Lee, formerly Assistant SuDerin-
tendent of the Custom House, has been
appointed ~janitor, with the same duties
aud salary, the former Office having been
abolished.
The Rev. Daniel c. Potter, pastor of
the Sixth Street Baptist Church, New
York, mas had executed 10 himself a
mortgage Of $4,000 on the church as Sc
curity for a claim representing ten years
salary.
The notorious Dinsmore claim, handed
down from Tweed's DAYS, for allexed ad-
vertising in the Stakeholder. popped mp
yesterday on an order to show cause,
Issued bY Justice O'Brien of the Supreme
Court, and directed TO the Board Of AD-
portionmeut requiring them TO show
cause Tuesday next why the claim should
not be paid.
The row over the hanging of young
O'Neill In effigy at Corona has been fol-
lowed by a number Of arrests. The figure
has been taken down.
Mrs. Sarah Coleman was found dead on
the floor of her shanty at f~1fty-ninth
street and Park avenue, New York. Her
husband. who WAS asleep beside the body,
was arrested because the body was
bruised. The woman had been dead Tor
several days.
A cabIegram has been sent to Buffalo
Bill at Liverpool. telling him OF the pre-
sumptiye find OF mis- fathers body. FOR
which a reward of 500 has been offered,
in the old burying ground on Pilot Knob,
west of Denver. Quarrymen yesterday
dug up an iron casket in which the
father Of the anou plainsman was bur-
led.
AS a train on the Rio Brands road en-
tered a deep cut near D%ebeque, Col, yes
sertinv, a huge mass of eartn became dis
lodged aud fell upon the cars. The en-
CINE aud baggage cars were wrecked and
the. other cars thrown on their sides.
The passengers were oaaly shaken up
but nc one wa s seriously injured.
John McManus, the Philadelphia mur-
derer, was yesterday respited by the Gov.
eruor until October 20, to give him q
chance to go before the Board of Pardons.
The date for McManus' execution was
August 20.
Barbara Frietchie's grave. in the Ger
man Reformed Church near Frederick,
Md, Is covered with briars and creeping
plants, and marked by a headstone on
which are inscribed her name age,
and the suggestive date 1882
Father Quay. a Roman Catholic priest
of Seattle, Wash, was tarred and feather
ed Thursday because of alleged immoral
practices.
Governor Buchanan of Tennessee yes
terday issued a proclamation calling for
an extra session of the Legislature for
August 81.
General Grant, acting Secretary of War.
has notified the Chicago authorities 10
remove the centre pier OF the Canal
street bridge within three weeks.
Captain Judah Berry Of the schooner
Tyron, who mysterlonsly disappeared
while that vessel was in Philadelphia,
has arrived at his home in West Har-
witch. Mass. in a dilapidated condition.
1t is believed that he wandered away
while suffering from mental alteration
due TO financial troubles.
w. +. Schmerlz. President of the Third
National Bank of Pitisburg, has con-
fessed Judgments for S233,00O.
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