The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-02-05
NEWS EPITOME.
Eastern and Middle States.

Eastern and Middle States.
FIRE in a large building on Broadway,
New York. occupied by several wholesale
firms, caused damage OF about 5000 600.
AN earthquake shock felt few days ago in
Montgomery, N. z, was strong enough to
shake KEYS out of the locks of doors.
DURING the absence of Mrs. Bascomb from
her residence at Altoona, N. T., the house
caught fire, and her four young children were
burned to death.
THE destruction by fire of E. Fisher & Son .
fancy cotton mills at Grafton, Mass, caused a
loss of about Sl25,OoO
MRS. EMILY CARELESS, OF Philadelphia,
was SO Frustrated by grief at the death of her
husband that before the body was cold she
shot herself with revolver, then became a
raving maniac, made other attempts upon her
life, and finally died from the effects of her
self-inficted injuries.
A BROKEN rail caused two cars to jump the
track and overturn near Middleburg Pa.
Both cars caught fire and the passengers in
side were taken out with difficulty. Fifteen
persons were injured five seriously.
A PARTY OF citizens from Kinzua, Pa, went
to the woods to see a well torpedoed. "
Forty quarts of nitro-glycerine were put in a
barrel to be thawed by steam. 1t exploded,
blowing the engine-house and derrick to
pieces. Andrew Laster, the engineer, was
SLAIN and Postmaster j. o. Gushing was
killed by missile while viewing the scene
from 9th
struck by flying fragments and dangerously
injured.
HE six-day go-as-you-please pedes-
trian match in New York tor the OLeary
championship belt was won by John Hughes
who covered SOS miies-the largest score ever
made in similar contest. The highest previous
score was 566 miles, accomplished by Rowell
last November in London. In the match for
the O'Leary belt thirty competitors started,
but on the last day only five were on the
track. The individual scores made by these
five, with the amount OF gate m oney received
by each, are as follows: Hughes, SOS miles,
$4,000 and special prize OF 81, 900 offered b.
OLeary to the winner in the event of his
beating the record; Albert, 55S miles, S2,40O;
Vint, $50 miles, $1,000; Krohne, $50 miles,
$500; Howard, sis miles, $500.
The coinage executed at the United States
mint in Philadelphia during January amounted
to 4,246. $3.50 pieces of the total value of
$685., 500. OF this sum there were 254, $50
eagles Sol ,520 hall eagles, 500 900 silver dol
lars and 100000 cents
GREAT damage by the cold weather has been
done to the oyster beds in Barnegat bay, n.
j. 1t Is estimated that over 5000 bushels
were frozen above the ice, while greater dam
age is supposed to have been done to the beds
FIRE ia Philadelphia destroyed the Beth
Eden Baptist church and Horticultural hail.
doing damage to an extent exceeding $500, uOO
AT fire in Union, Conn, Mrs. George
Stone and two children-a daughter of five
and son of two years-were burned to
death.
A FIRE at Philadelphia destroyed an eight
story brick building and number of smaller
structures, causing an aggregate loss of more
than 900. 900 and throwing several hundred
persons out OF employment.
ONE of tine five Nautch dancing girls who
arrived in New York from India last Novem.
Der to take part in theatrical performance
has fallen victim to the rigorous climate and
was buried the other day. She was only four
teen years o.d, and was the wife OF Hindoo
musician.
Western and Southern States
BODY-SNATCHERs are at work in Richmond,