The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-03-05
NEWS EPITOME.
Eastern and Middle States.

: FEW days ago there was such etrin.
gancy IN the New York money market that
panic almost took place. and Wall street was
for time scene of great excitement. Shortly
before noon, however, Secretary Sherman or
lered the purchase by the New York first assist
ant treasurer of $4,000, 600 uncalled five and
six per cent bonds, in order to afford relief to
the market.
EDWIN c. HAYDEN was hanged at Windsor
VT, for the murder of his wife at Derby Line in
1876. Just before the execution Hayden ex-
anined the gallows with great composure, and
when upon the scaffold he gave directions as to
bow he should be pinioned Hayden was dis
sipated, and shot his wife after prolonged
Eree, first shooting Mr.. Brigham-who tried
70 prevent him from seeing the woman-through
the breast.
THE return match at cushion-carom billiards
between Sexton and Schaefer in New York was
won by the former. The first game, which
took place q short time ago, was won by
Schaefer.
AT few minutes before nine in the evening a
fire broke out in ST. Patrick's Orphanage, at
Scranton, Pa, and fourteen boys and three
girls, ranging in age from six to twelve years,
we're sufocated The orphanage was in charge
of several sisters of charity, who had care
OF twenty-five girls and eighteen boys.
The children slept ON the third floor, partition
separating the dornitories. At $50 O'Clock in
the evening one Of the sisters saw the children
put in bed and locked the doors. She had
hardly descended the stairs when she saw
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on one of the upper floors. Hurry;ng back to
the apartment occupied by the girls she took
one of the smallest in her arms, and the rest
quietly followed her to place of safety. By
this time the fire was raging fercely on the
third floor, and smoke poured into the hallway.
The sister who discovered the flames again be-
gan to ascend the stairs, but was told by a man
whom she met half way up that the boys had all
been safely removed. Four fire companies
came on the scene in quick succession and the
work of combating the flames was actively be-
gun. In short time the fire raging in the
hallway was extinguished, and the firemen were
enabled TO reach the dormitory occupied by the
boys. The door was battered in, and the dis
covery was made that not single occupant of
VIC AOom AdO CoSdpCu lut lltti6 ones were
huddled together beneath their cots, many OF
them being covered by the bed-clothing. Not
one showed a sign Of life, and they must have
been suffocated soon after the fire broke out
TIE most atrocious murder ever committed
In Maine was discovered few DAYS ago in
China, small town near Augusta, where a
young man named Charles Merrill killed his
mother, Mrs Deborah Merrill, by striking her
on the head with a hammer, chopped her body
into pieces and burned them. He confessed
the crime, and it was necessary to take him
quickly to Augusta, as crowd of 500 persons
threatened to lynch him.
COLLISION between a coal engine and a
passenger train near Pottsville, Pa resulted in
the instant death of Michael Reynolds, division
superintendent, fatal injuries to John Dicks,
brakeman and serious injuries to two passen-
gers.
The New York police are making wholesale
raids ON the liquor dealers for violation of the
Sunday law.
The dry goods firm of Deforest & Weld, of
Meadville, Pa, has failed with liabilities esti
mated atss250,000.
A UNIQUE affair took place in New York tn
other night in the shape of banquet given by
club of some forty men, not one of whom was
under six feet two inches in height. They call
themselves the club of Titans, and as they
limited the invited guests to such as were at
least six feet two inches tall, the gathering pre-
sented an array of giants seldom seen together
Two jewellers and an engraver have been ar
rested in Philadelphia for forging trademarks
on watch movements.