The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-28
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Eastern and l6iddIe st.t...

presidential electors
Robert Do1aldson, young Scotchmsn.
InmFed from High Bridge inso the Harlem
rlver. New York city, distance OF IIs feet.
Donaldson had performed similar tears IN
Eag.aEd.
luke Blackburn, tie q king OF the turf"
Won the champion stakes At the Long Branch
races. making II miles in 2:34, the best tine
On recor5 Tor the ssance.
The New Jersey Republican State CONVEX
ton 81 Irenton nominated Ho1. Frederic A.
Potts Tor governor by reclamation and chose
presidential electors.
1hs Connecticut Democrats State couveu>
ton at New Haven una linoasly nominated
ticket healed by james z. English Tor gov
ernor and appointed presidential electors
Fifty thoasan dollars have been offered to
Pitfshurg arm f they extiugaish the fire st
the keely Ran coal mine n thirty days.
A New York society tor the encourage
mani OF moderation IN drinking some time
ago put up 3 tree ice water fountain al the
postofEee, ard now sends around water IN
cart through the ci1y's streets f1r tree dis
trihutioG 10 the thirsty.
Jes~Fh P Morris, chief engineer of the
AnbGtn IN VI fire department, committed
suiciis BY eHtting his throat with razor.
The State aremens convention was IN session
there ct the time, and It Is Supposed Chief
Norris mind had become affected IN ccnss-
gueaee Of nervousness caused by that event.
Two 25.ooo-barrel iron tanks, brimful OF
petroleum, at Dallas City, Pa, were struck
oy Lightning and consumed.
4 swimming match between Captain Paul
Boytens and George Fearn, OF Englsnd-the
former to swim twelve and one-half miles II
hss rubber suit TO the latter's ten-eame of al
Atlantic City, y. J., IN the presence OF Is. Qll
spectators. When Fearn hsd coTered over
seven miles he was aheai of Boyntou, but was
AIKEN with cramps aud compelled to stop.
Twenty one persons have died rom the
effects OF the recent railroad collision 81 Mays
andine, \. j.
Fifty seven traugs were captured IN New
York lumber yard the other day ard sent 10
3iackwelis Island for SIX months
William Pegrnm, the coIored pedestrian OF
Boston, has challenged Rowel tor the Ashley
9eIt.
The second swimming match at Atlantic
City, y. J., between the E,.gIshman Feara
and Captain Boyton resulted II victory for
the former. The conditions OF the match
were that Fearn was 70 SWIM two miles before
Captain Boyton II his rubber suit swan two
aad one-falf miles.
Thomas Hughes, the weIl-knovn English
snthor and member of parliament, arrived in
New York the other day On business con-
sected with an industrial and emigration pro-
ject.
For the fifth time the Business portion Of
E1enoU z, Pa, has been destroyed by IRE.
About twez u buildings were burned.
Ernest Won Sehoening and George Werhan
have had g swimming match from the Battery,
New York city, to Coley Island and baek-a
distance Of twenty-five miles Werhan gave
Up on the way back, bat Von Schoening swan
the entire distance.
TSaao IT R-1- -
church. New York, i dea l. He was known
Is q Grace Church Blown" and for the past
thirty years his b1-ly form was prominent
Ggure 81 al weddings, ehr<tenings or funerals
81 Grace church.
Smallpox has broken out in = district oil
Philadelphia known as the % sl1ms." There
were twenty cases II the hospital.
4 Texan steer ran through the streets Of
New 1orE the other day, gored several horses,
=eatrered the people right, and LETT and was
finally killed with pistols and shotguns. As
huIi-fght this wss far superior 10 the recent
exhibition given By the imported Spanish bull
fighters.
great sensation has been eaused in BerH
county, Pa, by the discovery that Benjamin
Zecaler, 8 Innate, had been confined IN
nut n Albany township by his brother tor
the past twenty seven Years The unfortunate
nan was touEd eaalnei TO the fioGr IN 3 small
house tuilt specially for him ami IN q room
about eight feet square with only one window
tor ventilation. This chamber was IN &
shocking state, while its eccuuart was per
teccly nude, and in the entire tTenty-seven
years he bad nsver been washed, combed or
shaved. He made a desperate resistance
when the officers attempted 10 remove him,
but was subsequently taken TO the insane
asylum.
General Albert J. Myer, chief signal officer
OF the United States army, tamiliarly known
as =" Old Probabilities" died 8 few mornings
ago at BuftaIo, eyed htty-two years
The New YORK Republican State committee
has nominated Charles j Folger tor chief
Judge OF the court OF appeals, deciding not 70
hold State convention.
L large number or persons have been pros
trEted by the extreme hest II New York city.
Dr. Buchanan, the Phi adeiphia uianufae-
tuler OF medical Il YlouGs, WHO waS supposed TO
have drowned hiHsel shortly alter the begin
mig OF legal proceedings against him, has
been discovered az Windsor, 04t., where he
was living under IN assuu ed name.
Tie Democrats of Delaware at their Safe
convention N Wilmington nominated Colonel
+ L Martin for Congress AID aa electoral
DGTing heavy storm yacht containing
seven men was upset near RCekaway beach,
Long Island, and six OF the men were drowned.
Loeb & Co., New York exporters and i'm
Porters OF CLICKS, siIver-plated ware, worsted
goods and gloves, have tailed tor about
500 600. This Is the heaviest failure that
eas taken place IN the city tor some time
The cred ors CT archbishop Purcell, Of Gin
cinnati, have called meeting TO prepare q
statement OF their grievances to send TO Rome,
With the hope Of Interesting the rope IN behalt
OF the diocesan debt Of 81, SOC, coo.
The New Jersey Greenbaek State eoRTeu-
tio1, held IN New Brunswick, nominated
Thomas g. Uoxey tor governor.
A fire broke out in Philadelphia few days
Bgo ard Tor q tine threatened TO deFasta5e a
large section OF the thickiy-built portion of the
city, but the flames were finally subdGed after
3 number OF buildings had been wholly de-
stroyeG OF partially damaged TO an amount
ssgregatiug about S2G0,too-
The New York night medical service estab-
lehed by recent act Of the legislature for the
purpose of providing the deserving poor with
medical assistance IN cases OF sudden emer-
geacy during the hours OF the night Is now IN
full working order II the city. The provisions
Of the act require that 81 each station-house 8
bulletin shall be kept containing the names ct
registered physicians who are willing to give
their services under the terms 81 ecifesi-yiZ- &,
IS visit. Ii the persons requiring aid are
unable to pay the amount then the pol &c
captain OF the district Is to certify 70 that fact,