The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-12-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Eastern and Middle States

s@r
| TIE Keely motor stockholders at theil
annual meeting in Philadelphia, after an ami.
mated discussion, adopted the report of the
directors that the inventor should, for the pro-
| lection Of the stockholders, communicate tc
| some other person than himself the secrets he
had discovered, and take out patents to cover
his invention.
The New York State board of health has
issued memorandum in which it says that
this board views with great apprehension
| the widespread smallpox contagion along the
routes OF travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and in numerous manufacturing towns in sew
eral States" The board requests immediate
information from any point in the State where
the dread disease may have broken out.
A New YORK national bank, heretofore known
as the Island City bank, has been reorganized
as the Garfield National bank.
The frigate Constitution, sold Ironsides, I"
has just been put out of commission at the
h'rooklyn navy yard. She was built in Boston
in 1894 at cost of $500, 900. She assisted in
REQ apturing 800 American sailors made prison
ers in Tripoi in 1904, beat the British frigate
Guei riere in 1912, and captured during that
war the Java, the Pictou, the Cyane and the
Levant.
A FIRE at Custer City, Pa, destroyed the
Straigh house, the Atlantic hotel, a millinery
store ami four dwellings, causing total loss
of about $4,000.
TWENTY ONE members Of the Ninth regiment,
Of Boston, Mass, have been dismissed for mis-
ol,, W.
celebration.
FIRE on Broadway New York, destroyed a
large building occupied by several firms and
aused an estimated total loss of 100000.
DIR. ISAAC I. HAYES, the Arctic explorer and
an ex-member of the New York legislature,
died few days ago in New York, aged fifty
nine years.
AN important insurance case-Megargee
against the Mutual Life Insurance company
of New York-has just been decided in Phila-
delphia, the jury bringing in verdict for
plaintiff in the sum of s16 S75.18. In this case
1t was claimed by the company that Megargee
failed to pay bis premium upon the day it was
due, but two days later offered it to the COM
pany, which refused to accept it. Megargee
tI1Ch bOS6u puIb w OOlup0I tuS COupdlly W re-
store his policy for 10000, and pending the
action he died. The widow continued the suit,
and the jury has now awarded her the full
amount claimed. with interest.
AT Mount Union. Pa, John A. Ingram, a
miner, previous to going to work, placed can
OF dynamite in his stove to dry. The package
ignited and exploded, tearing the building to
pieces and killing the man, his wife and four
children. One child escaped.
WENzEL FELIX, Bohemian resident Of New
York, killed his wife, who was about to become
mother, and then committed suicide. The
man had the reputation of being an idler and
drunkard, and was continually quarreling with
his wife.
SKATING casualties are becoming numerous.
James Burns, nine years old, and Frederick
Grant, aged twelve, were drowned while skating
at Dover, N. H.; two sons Of Robert Berth lost
their lives by breaking through the ice at
Holden, Mass, and at Middletown, Conn.,, all
on the came day, BERTHE and Oswyn Atkins,
aged respectively eight and ten, were drowned
while skating.