The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-26


or purchase of the telegraph lines by
Government. ....-.... |
II. Geo. H Pendleton accepts the
nomination of the Democratic party for
Governor of Ohio.--Gov. Hoffman
.akes possession Of the Albany and Sus-
Iuehannah Railway -.n ~ f.
IA. Marshal Mel, Commander in Chief
the French army, died, aged Co.
Accident on the Schuylkill and Susque-
hannah Railway. apo
16. National Labor Congress convenes
at Philadelphia
II. State Temperance Convention Of
Massachusetts meets.
Is. American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science meets at Salem,
Massachusetts.--D Cumming writes
to the Pope for leave to attend the Ecu
mencial Council.
20. Intelligence received from Japan
that the civil war was ended.--The
Sultan and Viceroy Of Egypt reconciled
q. Weather intensely hot in the Uni
ted States. Thermometer l04o at Phila-
delphia.
q Gen. La Bout appointed Comman-
der in chief of the French Army.
"a. Large fire at Philadelphia, estima-
ted loss 500 Mahon,
the Fenian prisoner, released by the Cana
dian Government.
25. Large fire at Chatfeld & Woods,
Cincinnati, loss 100000.
q. The Harvard and Oxford Univer-
sity boat race. The Harvards beaten by
three boat lengths
80. Freight Depot at Quincy, Illinois,
burnt, loss 100000.
81 Ship laborers' strike at Quebec
Banquet to the Harvard University crew
at Crystal Palace, London.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Prince Napoleon makes an impor-
tant speech in the French Senate.
2. Lady Byron's family solicitors de-
nounce Mrs. Stoves statement.--Ca--
dinal Cullen forbids parents of Catholic
children to send them TO the National
Model Schools of Ireland.
3. The Empress of the French returns
to Paris-California goes Democratic
8. Confagration at Goldsboro, North
Carolina, loss $125, ,0O0. 7
6. Secretary kaWlins died at Washing
ton.--Horrible fire at Plymouth Coal
Mine, Pennsylvania, 200 lives lost
3. Senator VIM. Pitt Fessenden died
Terrific storm of wind and rain, damage
in Boston 81 100000 SOC.
10. Accident on the Pittsburgh, Gin
cinnati and st. Louis Railway, three men
killed.-The Empress of the French re-
turned to Paris.
u. A fearful hurricane in the north Of
France.
Is. The State of Maine goes Repubi-
ean.-The Humboldt centennial celebra-
ton
IA. International Workingmen's Con.
gress convenes at Basle. = Ts-ra3
l5. The Archbishop Of Armagh died
aged 68.-The Earl of Clarendon, Brit
ish Minister for Foreign Affairs, has an
interview with the Emperor of the French
lS.' Thomas Penn, the last descen-
dant of William Penn, dies
10 Henry Philpotts, Bishop of Exc
ter, England, died, aged 81 years. b..
2l. The Pope writes Cardinal Manning
in reference to DR. Cummings letter
Father Hyacinthe abandons his convent
and ceases to preach in Notre Dame, Paril
The States General of Holland opened
by speech from the throne Governor
Walker installed as Provisional Governo,
of Virginia-Fireo on Central avenue, Gin
cinnati; three children perished--Larg
fire at Hemlock Lake, New York; loss
%. George Peabody donates $4,000,
600 Tennessee bonds, to the Peabody In
stitute, Baltimore--The Universe
Peace Congress meets at Lausanne, Swift
zerland. Victor Hugo addressed it
Great excitement in Wall Street New
York.
%. Industrial Exhibition at London
Ontario; 10000 strangers present.
"A. The greatest panic ever known IL
Wall street. Immense failures. Golc
| fiuctuates between 1921 and 1853
%. The Gold Room in New York clos
ed.
26. Captain c. F. Hall arrives from tn
Arctic regions.
%. Ex-Governor Frederick Lowe ap
pointed Minister to Nationa
| Military Asylum at Milwaukee dedicatec
--The State Labor Reform Conven
tion meets at Worcester Massachusetts,.
%, The Prince and Princess of Vale
received by the Emperor Napoleon---
| George Peabody sailed for EUROPE.
her Eastern tour--The King of SaX
ony opens the Diet at Dresden.
OCTOBER.
l. Boiler explosion at the Indianapoli
Fair one hundred killed and wounded.
2 Samuel Waldegrave, Bishop of Car
Isle, England, --Extensiv fir
in San Francisco. Loss, 100000.
8. Great storm of wind and rain; i'm
mense damage In New York and Pensyl
vania.
8, Ex-President Franklin Pierce died
aged 81 years--Virginia ratifes tn
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
9: JEFF. Davis arrived at Baltimore
from Europe
10. Boat upset at Maurice River, Can
ada; fifteen men drowned
IL. Horace Greeley and Professor PER-
discuss free trade at Boston.
II. Ohio goes Republican by sma
majority. Hayes elected Governor by T.
$40 majority y--Pennsylvan carrie
by the Republicans Geary re-electe
Governor by q majarity of 4, ,596--
Southern Commercial Convention held G
Louisville Senter submit
his message to the Tennessee Legislatur
Is. William W. Belknap appointe
Secretary of War--Iowa election
show large Republican majority-
Senate BeuVe, the eminent French crlG
died. aged IS.
| Il Extensive fire in Baltimore lol
$50, ,0O0--The Empress Of the Frenc
received by the Sultan with imposing Gel
monies.
Is. Ex-Governor Ritner, of Pennsy
vania, died, aged 80.
IL. Father Hyscinthe arrived in Ne
York.
20 Merchants Exchange at Cincinna
} burnt. Captain Schwab, of the Brigad
burnt to death.
% Andy johnson defeated in Tenness+
by Henry Cooper, in the election for Un
ted States Senatorship. johnson, S
Cooper IS votes--Empress Eugen
arrived at Alexandria.
%. Shock of an earthquake in Ne
Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Co
: necticut--Fire at Dalton Mass los
100000.
= o. The Earl Derby died, aged 70 yeal
"a. Fifty thousand persons meetin Lo
. don in favor of amnesty to the Fenians.
25. Chief Justice Chase decides tn
the Supreme Court has jurisdiction
: Yerger's case--A. H. Layard, &
| author, appointed English Minister
= Spain.
26 General Butterfeld resigns the A
sistant Treasuryship.
27. Large confiagration in New Yor
5 loss, 5000 0000---Steamer Stonewi
burnt on the Mississippi; about 200 hv