Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-07

Slaves to Pieces
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
a Woman and Her ParamOur Hanged
on The Same eaiIOws.
NEWARK IN. j., January 9th. - Mrs.
Meerhotfer. convicted with Frank Lammars,
her paramour, of the murder of her husband,
}. w. Meerhoffer, at West Orange, in Octo-
ber 1879, was hanged in the County Jail this
morning. She was very pale and deeply af-
fected, but walked TO the gallows without as
sistance and met her fate without confessing
or uttering a word. She died in about niue
minutes About Thirty persons were present,
including the officers and jury selected by
the Court under the recent law. Lammars
was hanged from the same gallows imlnedi
ately afterwards. He made no confession
| When the Sheriff knocked at Mrs. Nicer
hotfer's cell, she stepped out with her arms
plnioned and the moose adjusted about the
| neck. No tine was lost in pinioning her
! lower limbs. The Moose was hooked to n rope
that dangied from the cross-beam, the black
cap was drawn over her face, and the fatal
signal given. There was heavy thud as the
times and became an inert mass.
Double Execution.
| PHILADELPHIA, January 6th.-Daniel f.
Sullivan and Patrick Hayes were hanged in
Moyamensing Prison at 1887 this morning
Both men passed a sleepless night Priests
were with them several hours When walk
ing to the gallows both were firm, and knelt
and prayed on the platform. HAYES then
| tried to speak in rambling incoherent way
giving history of his married life but
finally the priest persuaded him to stop,
which he did, protesting that he was not
afraid OF the gallows. Sullivan all this time
stood kissing the cruci6x, and expressed
hope of forgiveness. The drop fell while the
priests were reciting De Profundis. Hayes
died instantly, but Sullivan struggled vio-
lently.
Westward.b0und Passengers.
OMAHA, January 6th.-Through passen-
gers on to-day's train, leaving at 1915 P. NJ,
to arrive in Sacramento, January 10th:
FL. B. Hancock, San Jose; E. Corbett and
wife, William Foote Portland, Or; J. II.
| Beasley, Cincinnati G. Fl. Dewey, Omaha !;
A. Randolph, Boston; Mrs. Howard, Chi
cage; S. B. Morey, San Francisco
Twenty-one through emigrants left on last
mento January 18th.
|
CHICAGO, January 6th.-The Railacay Age,
in its forthcoming number, will present
summary showing the mileage of track actu-
ally laid down in the United States during
the year 1880, The footings are astonishing,
showing as they do that not less than T. 07
miles Of new track were laid during the past
! twelve months, on at least 234 different lines.
These figures are greater by "a per cent. than
those of 1879.
The Oklahoma Colony.
CHICAGO, January 6th.-A Times st. Louis
dispatch says: George NJ jackson, one of
the Oklahoma colony leaders, returned this
morning. He says when he left there were
100 colonists still in camp, and new plan
had been adopted and to be put in force as
| soon as the weather made il practicable The
idea of going in en- masse has been aban-
| doned, and the colonists propose TO break up
| into small squads and move in by . score or
more of routes. After they reach public
lands they anticipate no trouble. The colo
nists are beginning TO strike in from different
| points. and tho military have been forced TO
split up. detachment having just gone to
Arkansas City to intercept the party. He
thinks the Caldwell party will waie reason
able length of time to hear from Washington
again.
| The Maine senatcrsIIip-Trye WitbdraWs.
| AUGUSTA, January 6th.-At II o'clock to-
night the Senatorial situation suddenly
changed by a committee of Frye's friends
waiting upon Hale, Internationally with
| drawing frye's name from the canvass and
rendering their votes in the caucus to Hale
This insures unanimous nomination in the
Republican caucus and the election of Hale
to the United States Senate.
AUGUSTA, January 9th = The sub-com-
mittee on the guhernatorial vote are ready to
report to the full committee tomorrow.
They find the following result on a straight
vote without any irregularity: Davis 49,
$50. Plaisted 70, 367, Nye 306 Joy 124, scat
tering BOO. The number of misnemers is
1873. Quite number of irregular returns,
not signed by the clerk, etc, are not reported
in the above, but will be reported to the full
committee. A conference is to be held to-
morrow between the two wings of the Fusion
party, in the endeavor to harmonic their
future political action.
Deadlock in the Indiana Legislature.
INDIANAPOLIS, January 6th.-The Senate
failed to organize this morning, owing to
deadlock, and adjourned till to- morrow The
Democrats and Republicans presented candi-
dates for all offices to be filled. The lines
were closely drawn, two Nationals voting
with the Democrats and one with the Re
publicans.
| INDIANAPOLIS, January 6th-The dead
lock in the Senate continued to-day, but a
| compromise is rumored tonight. The chances
favor Ben Harrison for Senator.
The Morey Leiter-Anofher Promise of
Something Startling.
| CHICAGO, January 9Th. The Trtbune's
| New York special, commenting on the
Morey matter telegraphad last night, says
-" Your correspondent can say that when
| Lonergan, the detective, decides to tell his
story, there will be a shaking up such as has
not been before heard of in connection with
this affair. He has chosen to remain silent
until Jayne should make some definite
charge, and now that the insinuation has
| been thrown out, it is quite probable that
there will be an airing of the question that
may not be to the liking of some who have
endeavored to fasten the guilt on outside
| parties"
New YORK, January 6sh-Stilson Hutch
| ms writes as follows to the Tribune Twill
you do me the favor to allow me to say that
any man who intimates that | had any
thing to do with the Morey letter, its incep.
ton, manufacture or publication, is an in
territorial slanderer as well as liar"
Curious Case-Li I'm Death.
BALTIMORE, January 6th:-The peculiar
case OF Miss Barbara Lefel is exciting great
deal of interest She was found apparently
dead in bed on last Friday, was laid out and
placed in coffin. On Sunday she gave faint
indications of life. and the funeral was post
poned. On Tuesday the physicians said life
was extinct, and the body was placed in the
cemetery vault. Yesterday the coffin was
opened, when it was found the color had re-
turned to her cheeks, and warmth and moist
ure to her hands. A guard of watchers has
been placed in the vault to await further de-
velopments.
Horrible Anair-Mofher and Daughter
Burned to Death.
CoALvALE (Ks.l, January 6th-In passing
an open fireplace Tuesday the dress of Miss
Davis caught fire. She rushed into the yard,
and strong wind famed the flames so that
when her frantic mother attempted TO ex-
tinguish them her dress also caught The
daughter was q blackened corpse in few
minutes. The mother lived twenty four
hours in great agony. Mr.. Davis was absent
| from home at the time.
Friglstful Boiler Explosion.
ALLENTOWN tPa). January 9th. = The
boiler in the high puddle mill Of the Allen
| town RAILING M;Il eyDlodad TONIGHT damap-