The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-29
NJ MS In NOTES.


- hti . lHFOiktE OlQudAltI ul4IkuGGlI
have muLinied afsin.
A terrible earthquake is reDorted from
Japan. Three hundred persons were
Killed In Osaka aud many more, it IS ne
iieved, In Toxic. though nc accurate in
formation has been received from either
district. III
In Southwestern France heavy storms,
accompanied by lightning, have renewed
their violence. Snow has fallen upou the
mountains in the vicinity OF Mont Louis
In the P~yren nees, and mauyo of the noun
tain slopes have been undermined by ex-
cessiye rainfalis.
There have been fresh foundations in
Spain, aud more damage aud distress is
anticipated. Heavy rains have prevailed
in The Province of Aragon, aud the Riv-
ers Gallego and Giluca have oyerf1owed.
The Ebro is still i<ing. .
A newly constructed wall at Tunis
which had been undermined BY the re-
cent heavy rains suddenly collapsed.
bnrying u party OF thirty natives who
were assem- led iii an adjacent house to
celebrate a wedding.
At the National Capital.
The Junta has sent a reply to the de.
mands of the United States for an ex-
plantation OF the Valparaiso outrage. 1t
is understood that 1t amounts to a re-
1usai TO accept responsibility for the af-
fair.
Secretary Blaine's return to Washing
ton Is expected to give an added impetus
TO the negotiation of reciprocity treaties.
Major Edward Howard, who made
grave charges against the administration
OF the Pension Bureau, has resigned his
position as special examiner because his
Charges have been ignored. He still Of
fers to furnish proof OF mis- charges.
First Comptroller Of the Treasury Mat
thews In his report complains thai many
government employees hold two offices,
and it is difficult to discover in which
cases legal compensation can be paid.
New York Doings.
A company. with ex-J udke D~ittenhoefer
as president and ex~-Postdnastsr General
James as vice president, has been organ-
lied 10 establish a line of steamships be-
\ tween New York aud Brazil.
Pilot Welcu of the tug l. W.. Devoe. was
placed on trial for m~anslauxhter yesLer-
day Ia the New York Court OF General
Sessions. 1t is charged thathe was drunk
wnen the tug ran down the yacht Amelia,
resulting in two of the guests on board
being drowned.
The Brooklyn Church Committee in
the Thornton-Jewell sea elope ment case
make a report indicating tue truthful
hess OF Sam and Eva's miraculous
story, xL Il
high Valley Railroad Company and its
branches was recordedsin New Yor K city
yesterday.
The Board Of Aldermen Of New York
has adopted the report of the Rapid Iran-
sit Commissions ehibodyi1g the plans
they have prepared for q new system of
rapid transit, mainly underground.
Elsewhere.
Cruiser No. 10 was launched 1t Balti-
more yesterday, and was christened the
Detroit by a little girl.
The Congress OF Paraguay has author
lied the President of that Republic to ac-
cept the Invitation to participate in the
Chicago Fair. All Of he Latin-A,nerican
republics have now formally sign4ted a
purpose to exhibit at Chicago.
The courts have taken Zip the cases of
the American '~bo0diers.n Two arrests
nave been made and more will follow. 1t
IS proposed by Sir John Thompson to
have he courts do what the Legislature
failed to accomplish.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court has
set aside the decree of the Board n Visit
tors in the famous Andover heresy case.
This is u victory for Professor Egbert E.
Snythe, and ends U struggle that has
lasted five years. The Board ousted
Smythe from the professorstip of ecclesi :
astical history. The case will now go
back to the Board OF Visitors for rehear-
sjng.s
III, the United States Circuit Court. at
Boston. jacob Dick pleaded guilty and
was fued 500 aud costs for importing six
musicians from Bavaria.
STATE NOTES.
A shirt factory. ttree stories high is be-
ing erected by Hebrews at Richiand TO
employ over a hundred hands.
David Dickinson of Chatham has
caught in the Passaic River on his prop
erty, so far this season, twenby-seven
Swapping turtles.
Four weeks ago a bird dog belonging to
Alexander Schultz fell into an old mine
ON Mine Hill, near Belvidere. The shaft
is 200 feet deep. but the dog seems to have
escaped with no very serious injury. His
balk eau be heard by any one at the
mouth of the shaft. Butcher Fred Ritter
has thrown mAut down The shaft and thus.
kept the dog alive. 1t Is supposed that he
say it is worth a mans life to rescue the
animal. The dog Is young. with a good
constitution, and il fed right along MAJ
live there many years. He barks cheer
Iully every tinie he hears any one ap-
proach tue mouth Of the shaft.
Shevichbf Is the name BY which New
Jersey was known to the Indians who in
habited the State before it was settled by
the white man.
Edwin Grosscup, Of Lower Alloway,
Salem county, on Sunday picked several
full size second crop. early Lippincott
apples from u Tree OIL Ills Gun
Several hundred Russian Jews have al
ready settled In South Jersey. Three
new Hebrew settlements are springing
Up In Atlantic county and several more
in cape May aud Salem counties.
At The recent Sussex County Fair was
exhibited the skeleton Of Peter Brake
man. who was hanged nenr brakes pond,
In 1921, FOR the murder Of a peddler on
the bower turnpike, near Woodport.
Lightning struck d stack Of corn stalks
IN the field OF Aaron ID. Whitehead, at
Washington Valley, Morris county, last
week. The stalks were set on fire, but
the heavy rain extinguished the flames.
Lawyer John Wartnian, of Camden,
has lost TWO of his children from diph-
rhsria during the last two weeks. Dipil-
liberia Is so prevalent in the city tina The
officials refused to disclose the figures
contained in the report OF the Medical
Inspector to the Board Of Health on
Monday.
A case OF much Interest to farmers who
have recently purchased hedges was
heard in the Salem County Court before
q Jury recently. The New Jersey Hedge
Company were toe plaintiffs, suing
Joseph Coles OF Wing lane for S23, sec
ond payment for u hedge planted by
them on Coles farm G les claimed that
the hedge WAS worthless, half of the
shoots having died. aud the jury brought
In a verdict OF mo cause OF action"
John jenkins. "a farmer Of Midwife,
Passaic county. Disappeared from his
A AYL 49,