Daily Republican., 1883-07-03
7 R|RO EDITION
NEWS SUMMARY.
Burning Of the DaUphin County
Aims hOnse - Elam's Condition
Critical Other News.

The h'|ildiugs Of the Dauphin County
Almshouse, near Harrisburg, were bur-
ned yesterday. The loss is estimated
at about Sl0O,0P0. One of the insane
patients was severely burned by her
clothes catchil fire from sparks after
she lad eft the burning building. 1t
was discovered last night that twelve
Of the insane paupers, two of them very
violent eases, had eScaptd in the contll
sion. The insane patients were "emOvtd
to the State Asylum hut the other
inmates were compelled to remain in
the open air last night, the authorities
refusing to furnish tents to cover
them.
The 'ondili,n Of w. G. Elan, shot in
the duel with r. F. Beirne, is rather
critical His physician says he may
be about in ten days or may be dead.
Pyemia is feared from the clogging of
the wound, as no tube has yet been in
serted to give flow to the pus. Slough.
ing is also feared by reason of the
proximity of the wound to the femoral
artery" Beirne. accompanied by f.
Chalkley, one of his seconds, arrived III
Fredericksburg, Virginia, yesterday,
and went South by train in the evening.
1t is believed Beirne will surrender
himself .u-day
Violent thunder storms, accompanied
by high winds and in some cases hail
yesterday afternoon visited many por-
tions of New York and New England.
Much damage WAS done to property at
Port ,Iervis, Binghampton and Hancock.
in New York Hartford and Wat
erbury, in Connecticut, and the Will
Jamestown Valley, in Massachusetts.
AT Williamstowu the new college GYM
nasium, in which the Alumni dinner
was 70 have been eaten Tomorrow, was
wrecked.
An inquest was begun yesterday in
Bradford, Pa, upon the victims of he
Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad dis
aster of Sunday morning, near that
place. Testimony was ELECTED show
ing that the trainmen We're asleep at
the time ofthe collision. John Collins,
of LewistCwn, New York, one Of the in
jured, died yesterday. David Ford
brakeman, is in precarious condition.
JOS. T.. Brown, Jr., ex-Chief Deputy
L. S. Marshal for Eastern Arkan-
sas, was convic ed yesterday at Little
Rock of forgery and presenting trau,lu-
lent accounts, and was sentenced to five
years imprisol at hard labor and
payment Of fine OF 81 eco.
Two men named Thorton and Nolan
convicted Of having sold "boguS bene
fit excursion tickets" We're yesterday
sentenced in New York to one and a
half and two years Imprisonment re-
spectively.
1t is said that the Bethlehem Steel
Mill will he started next Monday, and
only workmen will be employed who
will sever their connection with the
Amalgamated Association.
The Delaware Lackawanna and Wes-
tern Railroad Company is redeeming at
par ali trade dollars paid to its EN-
ployees. About $4,000 has already
been redeemed.
Valentine Dockweiler was killed and
Roberu Reed severely injured by the
fall of sh4d while mling lumber yes
terday in Pottsvile.
Very Rev. Thomas Walsh. Vicar
General of the Roman Catholic Diocese
of Hartford, died last evening of pneu-
monia.
The associated banks and bankers of
Syracuse, New York, have resolved for
the present to refuse trade dollars.
The trade dollar las been almost En-
tirely driven out of circulation in the
New Jersey seaside resorts.
Archbishop Purcell was pronounced
somewhat better yesterday