The Jersey City news., 1891-12-11
NEWS IN NOTES.
Foreign.


The illness from which King George of
ireece is suffering, which was at first
stated to be chicken pox, is now pro-
nounced to be smallpox.
Another severe gale has swept over the
British Isles. causing an immense amount
OF damage almost every where. Houses
were uDrOOfed, chimncys blown down
and a number of wrecks are strewn along
the coast. There is much additional suf-
fering among those who have aireay
lost by the previous storms which have
marked the past year as being an unpre-
cedented one in the weather history OF
that side of the Atlantic.
The Mayor of st. Etienne and a mine
official mad a dispute on a. point OF ETH
quette at the funeral of the victims of
the recent mine disaster, and chal-
lenge to duel was at once given and ac-
cepted.
At the next session of Parliament bill
will be presented by the municipal au-
tnorites of Cambridge limiting or abol.
ishing the jurisdiction OF the Cambridge
University. Great abuses have resulted
from the present system.
At the National Capital.
The hands of the Senate clock were
turned back twenty minutes yesterday to
permit Senators to get in all the bills and
resolutions they had for presentation.
Nearly every Senator had a big batch.
and among them were many veterans of
former Congresses.
James c. Carter of New York was
elected President of the National Bar AS
socation: Vice Presidents were named
for each Judicial circuit. anii Wednesday
after the first Monday of each year was
fixed for the annual meeting at Washing
ton.
Now York.
The jury In the forgery case against
Asssmblyman Frank p. Demarest of
Rockland county. N. Y. returned q ver-
dict OF not guilty. The verdict practically
disposes OF all the charges against
DemareSt.
The assignee of Field, Lindley s. Co.
declines to give any information to the
public as 10 the defunct firms affairs,
. nd the feeling Is rapidly growing ia New
York that there will be quiet settle
meut.
DR.. Wheelock Ryder of Rochester. who
was a witness ut the Loppy electrocution
at Sing Sing, N. Y, says that death was
instantaneous and painless and there
was no odor of burning flesh.
Charles and Henry Morris were ar
rested in Sixth avenue on suspicion of
being notorious fiat thieves. Pawn
tickets, representing $4,000 worth of
property. were found In their possession.
Elsewhere.
An examination into the case of Mrs.
Stuckenburg. of Louisville, KY, on whose
body are marks of the sacred passion.
which break out with each succeeding
Friday. detected no signs of fraud. The
investigation will be continued.
Mrs. Barbara Mailhouse attended q
party at New Haven. Conn. at which
thirteen people were present. She was
the first to notice the fact and became
imbibed with the belief that she would
shortly die. Nothing could disabuse her
mind OF the idea and she passed away
few days afterward.
The election excitement in Guatemala
is intense. but there appears to be no dan
ger OF a revolution President Barikas
has declared that he does not seek re-
election.
Worthy Master Mars. of the Michigan
State Grange, in his annual message. ad-
vised the farmers to steer clear of poll
tics, and denounced Boards Of Trade AS
frauds.
Ten men were killed and thirty
wounded at Capos. Brazil, in an en-
counter between the troops and insur-
gents. The police of Rio Janerio 60
heavily armed and the Government is
taking measures to prevent further
trouble.