The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-01-15
NEWS EPITOME.
Eastern and Middle States

Eastern and Middle States
MRS. MEIERHoEFFER, convicted, with Frank
Lammens, OF the murder of her husband,
John Meierhoefer, at West Orange, N. j., on
October Is, 1879, was hanged at the county
court house in Newark, n. j., in the
presence OF about thirty people. She was
very pale and deeply affected, but walked to
the gallows without assistance, and met her
fate without contessing or uttering word.
She died in about nine minutes, her neck
being apparently unbroken. The execution OF
Lammens followed that OF Mrs. Meierhoeffer.
He asked to see the jury that convicted him,
but they were not present. He declared his
innocence and was led trembling to the
gallows. At 1927 the drop tell and in four
teen minutes his pulse stopped and he was
pronounced dead. John Meierhoeffer, the
victim, cultivated small farm, and had
quarreled tor years with his wife. Lammens
came to the house about five weeks before the
tragedy as tramp, and was hired to work on
the farm.
OK the same day that Mrs. Meierhoeffer and
suffered death at the hands OF the law in Pnila-
delphia-Patrick Hayes for the murder of
his wife. from whom he had separated three
weeks before the commission OF the crime,
and Da MEL F. Sullivan for the murder OF his
mistress, Josephine S. Irwin.
FIVE men were vanishing q vat in New
York brewery when q can of varnish caught
fire and enveloped the men in flames. -Four
OF the men were fatally and the fifth seriously
burned.
AT the annual dinner Of the New York
Press club responses to toasts were made by
Generals Grant aud Sherman, Henry Ward
Beecher and others.
GOVERNOR LosG's message to the Massa-
chusetts legislature shows that the aggregate
State debt on January l was 1872, 799, 464.
During the year the savings bank deposits
were increased by Sl1 1863, 2l2S4, and the
depositors by 3O,s40. There are $50
public schools in the State, with BOG. ITO
pupils, taught by s, sos teachers, at a cost of
S4,5lo. 4l3.05. The governor suggests law
recognizing the custom OF permanence in ap.
pointive officers during good behavior; in.
dorses the proposal to give property-holding
women the right of suffrage, and proposes a
change in the law of capital punishment, Civ
ing iuries the right practically to elect
whether a murderer shall be hanged or i'm.
prisoned tor life.
A DISPATCH from Dover, n. H, gives par.
ticulars OF a fatal fire at the Stafford county
poorhouse. The building contained l69 per.
sons. and when the fire was discovered it had
made considerable Roadway and many OF the
rooms were filled with smoke. Many OF the
inmates were locked in their rooms, and there
was no one to let them all out. Twelve OF
thiI teen persons--four OF them women lost
their lives. The loss is estimated at SIS, 000
ABOUT nine O'Clock at night boiler thirty
feet long and three feet in diameter, in the
big puddle mill of the Allentown rolling mill
at Allentown, Pa exploded with great force
SCATTERING the works in the immediate vicinity,
instantly killing one msn and wounding about
fifteen others, eight oil whom died on the tol.
lowing day.
MAIL train was thrown from the track
near Newport, VT, By broken rail, and Mrs
Cushing, an cid lady, was instantly killed and
about twenty other persons were injured.
MANY marine disasters occurred along thu
Atlantic coast during the recent heavy gales
Several vessels went ashore on the Long
Island coast.
On the second day after the boiler explosion
at Allentown, Pa, four more of the injured
men died. increasing the list OF deaths to thir
teen, while two others were reported in q
dying condition.
Mr.. JOHN B. Brown, banker, the wealthies,
citizen OF Portland, Me-, by clipping on ice
near his home ruptured blood vessel in the
head and died soon after.
Mrs. FREDERICK EDGERTIN, of Washing
ton, n. j., and her two-year-old son were
burned to death by the explosion of a coal oil
lamp.
A SYRACUSE IN. " dispatch says that
Orlando Greenfield, the Orwell wife murderer
has been sentenced to be hanged On February
H. This is the seventh time sentence OF death
has been imposed upon Greenfield.
SOME weeks ago Sir John Ashley issued q
wager OF $4,000 that he could name t~o
English pedestrians who could defeat any two
mcn in America at six days encounter in
the go-as-you-please and legitimate square
heel-and-toe walking. He named Charles
Rowen Tor the go-as-you-please match and
Harry Vaughn for the iceland toe contest.
The wager has been accepted by Daniel
in the walking match with Vaughn, reserving
the right to select from the contestants in the
contest for the OLeary in: irrational belt the
man whom he considers the best fitted to cope
with Rowell.
Western and Southern States.
The Republican members OF the Michigan
legislature, in caucus, nominated Congress.