Daily Republican., 1881-05-27
NEWS SUM MARY.
NEWS GATHERED AND COL.
LATED FROM ALL QUARTERS.
A Chapter of Violence-The PENN
sylvanfa Legislature - Burnt
With COas OiI-Garield
Sustained.

"J on Wednesday evening, +. Kierna
,a was Killed. and man named La Tou
20 fatally injured. David Davidson
as as aged 40 years, was killed by Il railroa
~ tfaln, at Waterbury, Connecticut. las
al night. John Gamln was fatality in
~ lured by falling against a fly wheel in
,r StW mil, ut Beaumont, Texas, ON Wed
- neS'lay. Lewis GlOeRncr was Sho
w ueId in Albany, New York, yesterday
a. ny the accidental discharge Of u pisto
Il he was examining.
II In the Pennsylvania Senate veStcrda '
r the concurrent resolution for u final ai
p Iournment of the session on june on
Ie was received from the HouSeaul agreed
i to- The General Appropriation bill was
S reported. It fixes the salary OF mem
Y berS for the session at $780, The Sen.
e a:e bill aholishing race distinction il
tir schools was passed finally, and the
+ bill to protect the secrecy of the ballot
} was defeated.
Judge NeSmth and Drs, Ouint and
SpaILlng, the committee appointed by
the Trustees of yarmouth College to i'll
vestigate its troubles, will begin their
} inquiries at Hanover, New Hampshire,
today. The committee appointed by
the New York alumni will not be pre-
sent.
A destructive hail storm visited TROY,
New York, on Wednesday afternoon.
II lasted fifteen minutes, and "haiI
stones HS large as walnutS fell in great
I'EthtltleS, cutting vegetation and TO-
mage. Skylights Were mashed, and
many stores flooded. Lightning also
struck in several places.
The gale at Quebec on Tuesday night,
was the most violent experienced in
Canada, this year. Among the damage
done was the scattering of a raft con
tanning $4,000 worth Of timber, which
was broken up, the deals being scatter
ed ''all over the river
Judge Keith, of the Circuit Court, at
Alexandria, Virginia, decided yester-
day, that the State Sunday law does not
apply TO the sale of newspapers, but on
y to the articles specified in the acr,
such as liquors, soda and mineral
waters an tobacco.
More than hundred prominent busi.
ness men of Boston met on "Wednesday
evening to consider the feasibility Of !
holding a worlds fair in that city in |
1850. After discussion u committee of |
conference was appointed representing
the various trades and manufacturing |
interests.
Mrs. Eagle started fire in Pittsburg,
yesterday, with coal oil, and burned |
down the house with one other children |
in it. Her clothes caught fire and she |
IS hnlin,-nl a In ia i,,;, |
husband was severely burned while etrv- |
ing to save her.
The Central Union Republican Club |
Of Cincinnati, on Wednesday night,
adopted resolutions sustaining PreSi-
dent Gar ield, ienoGncing the course Of |
Messrs. Conklng and Platt, and favor
ing the denomination Of Governor Fos-
ter.
General Grants railroad contract was
approved by the Mexican Senate YES
terlay. The General and Captain Eads
were to leave the City Of Mexico for
United States, via Vera Cruz, last
night
The Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph tie
niCS the report of the extreme feebleness !
of Archbishop Purcell. Bishop Elder,
who saw the Archbishop ON Wedncs {
day, reports him to be reasonably Wig
DrOuS.
The Post Office Department aunoun-
res that the sailing ofthe steamer Belgic
rom San Francisco, with mails from y
)hina and Japan, has been postponed
Until the 9th Of June. Is
The trial of William Kearney on the
,harge Of poisoning % nine months old Il
infant of Maggie 5. Kelley, in Free
lold, New Jersey, was begun on We'd $
leSday.
Frank Davis, alias Sam. Prescott,
vas arrested ut Hamburg, Iowa, on q
" Wednesday,, for passing counterfeit sill
'er dollars. lG3 Of them were found on ri
lim. b.
The Italian bark Nedremo, lumber
aden, was burned in Mobile Bay yes Al
erday. The fire was started by the
urstng of Il coal oil lamp. in II,
The local election in Alexandria, Nir-
inia, yesterday, resulted in majority in
from 400 to 600 for the Democratic ST.
Icket-''a larger majority than was ex-
ected." ~
The Michigan House of Representa- ",
YES yesterday, passed Il bill restoring ctr
apital punishment, but it is not expect lal
| to become Il law.
Yesterday was observed as Confeder- GU
fc Memorial Day in Richmond, Vir- hS liS
inia. The soldiers graves in Holly VI,
God Cemetery We're decorated. stn
Sarah Jane Potter, young girl, was bic
ssaulted by six rutfians at St. Cathar- ]
le's, Ontario, on Wednesday evening, mo
nj died Yesterday of her iniuries. So,
~ "'o' = str
The Democratic State Convention of 7
aryland TO nominate u Comptroller Prt
the Treasury, will meet in Baltimore Ma
l the 23d of June. |
The bill taxing savings banks was de- ho'
ated i'll the Senate of New York yes W
rday. tni
The State Convention of the National hu,
reenback, Labor Party of New York an
III meet in Elmira on August 23d. +
Eli Rice, an old resident of Jersey p"t p"'
ty, committed suicide yesterday Str,
Drning by blowing out his brains. G
The schooner d. f. Keeling, ashore at mis-
Ipe Henry, is likely to become total I
N hos
Mrs. Garfeld's physician reports her Ma
proving slowly. Her fever continues, see
t IN much mider form. "
The fishery prospects on the banks of goil
are reported to be unu- bod
ally good. TT
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