The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-03
NEWS IN NOTES.


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Foreign.
Reports by cable give the details OF a
terrible accident at Mount Vesuvius.
Two Brazilfan travellers looking into the
crater were overcome by the sulpburous
vapois aud one fell into the crater aud
persisted.
The first movement Of tho Beers Of
South Africa into Nashonaland has taken
place and has been repulsed By the troops
and police
A Rosaan Catholic Church in Canada.
which had been erected contrary to the
wishes OF the Bishop. was cursed BY a
priest while the congregation were at wor-
ship.
CHILEAN Insurgents claim to have cap
tured the town OF Huasco from lBaIma-
ceda's forces
Apropos Of tho recent hot weather in
the United States and the cool weather
in Europe N. Camille ~flammarion, the
astronomer, said the other day that for
the past five years n change has been
t-oing on in Europe and that both the
winters q summers are growing cooler.
But he says he has noticed no cnange of
this kind in the United States. He at
tributes the excessive rains of the last
phere.
The Pau Mall Gazette yesterday after
noon urged some IN Of Parliament
10 question the government In the House
OF Commons in regard to the action
OF the Duke of Cambridge II dis
regrrting the park regulations by smok-
ing in Kew Gardens u also as 70 bis
conduct in driving hroug tue gardens
both in spite OF the Keepers remon-
strances
At the National Capital.
1t IS said that In the recent visit OF the
Secretary of the Treasury to New York
he held u consultation WITH friends Of
Appraiser NJ. w. Cooper, and urged them
TO investigate the Appraisers Office This
they did. but say they found nothing
wrong.
Secretary Foster has issued q circular
to the holders of maturing four and q
half per cen bonds, informing them
they win be refunded at two per cent.
New York Doinrs.
ALI the evidence has been put in on the
trial OF Amer Ben All for h murder of
Carrie Brown, alias shakespeare"
There is a lively story OF the alleged
horsewhipping by his daughters, because
OF abuse OF his wife. OF Ira Shafer. the
eccentric lawyer, at his home near High
land.
Prince George OF Greece visited Willets
Point and inspected the torpedoes.
Warrants are out for the arrest OF Pat
rick J.. Gleason, the bullying Mayor of
Long Island City, for assault In the sec
ond degree upon Special Deputy Anschell,
anu IDI the memuEIS OIL tuc Dtdlu Ol
Health for Interference with him in the
performance of his official duties.
Robert III. Waldron. y real estate agent,
fifty-three years old, OF No. 40 West 18th
street, New York, was charged With Tar
csuy in the Yorkville Police Court yester-
day, by Mrs. Louise Carr of No. 692 Ninth
avenu VINO said she gave him $50 on
June 2 to procure bull for her husband,
who was in the Tombs. He is still there,
and Waldron has not returned the money.
The Justice told Waldron that he had
acted contemptibly and held him.
Elsewhere.
The fight of the Postal Telegraph Com
psny with the City Council of New
Orleans TO obtain permission 70 bring its
wires into the business portion of the city
eliminated yesterday In Mayor Shakes
peare pei sonaily superintending the cut
ting down Of several poles of the com
pany.
wa brought TO San Antonio, Texas. yes
terday on a reQuisition from Oakland,
Cal. proves to be greater than was at
first supposed. The indictment against
him was for ~defrauding the New York
Life Insurance Company. of which he
was local agent, Of 5000. 1t now ap-
pears that his shortage will reach
$4,000.
Fifteen years at hard labor and solitary
confinement in the Eastern Penitentiary
were imposed upon the disgraced ex-City
Treasurer, John Bardslev. Of Philadel-
phia. On Monday next. it is probable, he
will be quietly removed from his cell in
Recommending Prison, WHITTIER he was
taken after imposition of the sentence. TO
that grim bastiie like fortress on Cherry
Hill.
Mr.. Blaine took his customary constitn-
tional aud ride at Bar Harbor yesterday,
but ii was evident that he did not feel as
well as the dav previous. In fact, he is
by no means a well man, but there is
every reason to believe that he will be
well and strong ere the end of the sum
mer.
A colored woman named Judy Bibb,
living fourteen miles from Montgomery,
Ala, surrendered herself last Monday,
saying that a man named Asa Stark had
attempted to assault her on Saturday
night, and that she had struck her as
sailant with an axe, splitting his skull
and killing him instantly. The woman's
husband and lover were subsequently ar
rested for the crime, and it is supposed
the woman surrendered herself TO shield
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