The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-01-26
OLE THE WORLD.
Eastern and Middle States.

Mrs. MEIERHDEFFER, convicted, with Franz
Lannon'S, OF the murder of her husban d,
John Meierhoeff,r, at Yves. Orange, IN. j., on
October Is, 1884, was hanged at the County
court house il 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 co blessing or uttering d word.
She died in about nine minutes, her neck
being apparently unbroken. The execution OF
L,mmens follow I'd that of Mrs. Meierhoeffsr.
He asked to SEQ he Jury that convicted him,
brit they were not present. He declared his
innocence and was led trembling TO the
eallows. At ll:27 the drop tell and in four
teen minutes his pulse stopped and he was
pronounced deal. John Meisrhoelfer, the
victim, cultivated q smsll farm, end bnd
quarreled tor years with his wife. Lammens
came to tho house about five weeks before the
tragedy as a tramp, and was hired TO work on
tho farm.
On the same day that Mrs. Meicrhoeffer and
Is.mmens were hanged at Newark two mar
suffered death at the hands OF the law in Pnila-
delphia-Patrick Hayes tor the murder Of
his vile. from whom he had separated three
weeks before the commission OF the crime,
ard Da mel F Sullivan for the murder Of his
mistress, Josephine S. Irwin.
FIVE men were vanishing a vat in a New
York brewery when a can of vnrrfisll caught
fre and envelore1 the men in flames. -Four
of the men were fatally and the fftl seriously
burned.
AT tho annual dinner Of the New York
Press club responses to toasts were made by
Genern's Grant and Sherman, Henry Ward
Beecher and others.
GOVERNOR | 0Na's message to the Massa.
chusetts legislatu shows that the aggregate
State debt on January l was $50, 799, AGA.
During the year. the savings bank deposits
wore increased by Sll 669 2l2. 81, and the
depositors by 5O:84O. Tnere are $50
public schools in the State, with 306 no
pupils, taught by 1896 teachers, at \ cost Of
81, SIS, 4l3.05. The governor suggests O law
lCIOkuAil6 CuO oto "a p0AhAoASa'So III up
p~ointive officers during good behavior; in
dorses the propolnl to give propelty-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 for life.
A. DISPATCH from Dover, N. H., gives par
~.icalars of O fatal Ere at the Strattord county
poorhouse. The building contained l6s per-
SONS, and when the file was discovered 1t had
made considerable Roadway and many OF Inc
rooms were filled with smoke. Many OF the
inmates were locked in tn, ir rooms, and there
was no one to lot them oil out. Twelve or
Thu teen persons -four OF them women lost
their lives. Tue loss is estimated at $75 ,000.
ABOUT nine o'clock at night. o ho'ier thirty
feet long and thru, 1T in diameter, in The
ivig puddle mill of the Allentown rolling mill,
at Allentown, Pa, exploded with great force,
shattering tho works in the immediate vicinity,
instantly killing one man and %wounding about
fifteen others, eight oil whom died on the fol-
lowing day.
MAIL train was thrown from the truck
near Newport, VT, by a broken rail, and Mrs.
Cushing, an old lady, was instantly killed and
about twenty other persons were injured.
AN explosion i, tho smelling works OF E.
Balbach & Son, in Newars, N. j., cost four
workmen their lives AMI resulted in severe
injuries to four others. Tho building was
ruined, whilo the ground and houses directly
TO the front OF the works alter the explosion
looked rs il a terrible hurricane had passed.
over them. A brick was hurled through a
window OF the younger Mr.. Balbach's resi-.
dence near by and struck his niece, Miss vii.
liams, who was asleep at the time OF the e1.
~plosion, on The head, producing conclusion Of
the brain.
MANY marine disasters occurred along the
Atlantic coast during the recent heavy gales.
Several vessels went ashore on the Long
Island coat.
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 a
dying condition.
MR. JOHN B. BROWN, banker, the wealthiest
citizen Of Portland, Me-, by clipping on ice
near bis homo ruptured a blood vessel in the
head and died soou after.
Mrs. FREDERICK EDGERTIN, of Washing
ton, N. j., and her twt-year-old son were
burned to death by tho explosion Of a coal-oil
lamp.
A SYRACUSE IN. W dispatch says that
Orlando Greenfield, the Orwell vile murderer,
has teen sentenced 10 be hanged on February
II. This is the seventh time sentence Of death
has been i imposed upon Greenfield.
SOME weeks ago Sir John Ashley issued q
wager OF $50, 900 that no could name two
English pedestrians who could defeat any two
men in America at a six days encounter 10
the go.as-you-please and Legitimate square
heel.and-toe walking. He named Charles
Rowell Tor the go-as-you-please match and
Harry Vaughn for the heel-and-toe contest.
The wager has been accepted by Daniel
OLeary, who names himself as the contestant
in the walking match with Vaughn, reserving
the right to select from the contestants in the
contest for the OIealy International belt the
man whom he considers the best fttedt to cope
with Rowell.