The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-01-29

10, Senator Summer refuses Hayti's
offer OF medal.
10. The first narrow-9uge locomotive
built in America put on the rails at
Philadelphia.
l6. Great heat. In Denver, Col,
Thermometer stood 100 in the shade.
II. The two Tribune correspondents
indicted by the Grand Jury at Washing
ton for their reticence.
Is. Point au Pitre, in Guadaloupe, de-
stroyed by fire, and five thousand peo-
pie made homeless. Sixteen of the
whole twenty-one blocks were burnt
90. A weeks riot at Manuel, n. Y, on
the Railroad.
20. Eight severe earthquake shocks at
Wolfboro, n. H., twenty chimneys pros
truted.
81, Ingleside regatta f; Amherst VIC
torious over Harvard.
%. Explosion of government arsenal
at Washington.
"a. Professor Harris United States ex-
petition to the Brazil loft New York in
the Merrimac.
30. Westfeld boiler explosion in New
York. The calamity caused the death Of
lug persons, and the injury, more or less,
Of 100 others, and will cost the company
over half million Of dollars, No such
disaster to life ever occurred in New
York.
AUGUST.
II. Fire-damp explosion at Pittston,
Pa, and seventeen deaths.
10. TIL a'terrible forest fires commence
in Ontario, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Michigan.
90, u. Destructive hurricane in all
the Bahama Islands. At Tortola 1000
people houseless at Antigua 80 killed
and 100 wounded; st. Kits torn to
pieces and 500 houses destroyed.
81, Severe earthquake in Jamaica, Pc.
m and Chill.
&c. Railroad accident at Revere, seven
miles from Boston, destroying thirty
three lives, and woundihg fifty other
persons.
81. The Ocean Wave, at Mobile. OK
ploded her boilers; the killed. and wound
ed reached seventy,
SEPTEMBER.
|. Thirty vessels of the American fleet
lost. Loss Sl,50O,000.
.. 1.-THE Committee of Seventy" or
ganizod in New York.
6. Goldsmith Maid at Milwaukee trots
n mile in 217.
0. Toe one hundred and sixteenth new
planet discovered by Professor Peters.
10. Extraordinary explosion in the
SUI discovered by Professor Young at
Hanover n. +.
II. international boat.race at Sarato-
gu, won by the Ward brothers, Ameri-
cans.
10. BEGINNING of the Jewish New
Year, 5632,
"a. Great fire in San Francisco. Loss,
Dne million.
%. Republican New York State Con.
'ention at Syracuse.
80. Terrible forest, prlirie, and noun
ain fires prevail, to IN extent unknown
before in the country.
80. A s1,O0O,0O0 fire in Chicago
consumed.
80. Junrez reelected president Of Mex.
co, and wa and revolution follow.
OCTOBER.
9. Brigham Young arrested upon in
lictment by Grand Jury.
o. Wisconsin fires cover 5000 square
mites of forest, and have burned out one
hundred families. Fenians invade Man
toba.
7. The greatest drought in all the
ta;es Of the Upper Mississippi valley
,nown for twenty-five years,
G. Pensaukie, Wisconsin, is consumed
" fire, and forty perish in the flames,
nd twenty-five dwellings burned.
9, TO- The greatest city fire ever known
n modern times takes place, and Chica-
%, n city of 800, 900 souls, lies in ashes
90, 900 people nre homeless ; from 100 TO
90 persisted in the flames 5000 build
ngs are consumed, and the loss is from
$50, 900, 900 to $500, 100000
o. Holland, Mich, destroyed by fire
nd one thousand five hundred people
re homeless. Ten thousand people
ouseless in Michigan.
9. Peshtigo, Wis, consumed by forest
res and an electrical tornado, and one
thousand people consumed in the flames.
10. Bloody election riot in Phlladel-
hia seven killed.
IL, Anniversary Of discovery of Amer
a by Columbus.
u. Executive proclamation against
outh Carolina Ku.KluX.
10. Encke's come. first seen by Ameri-
ans.
II. Martial law declared in nino coun-
les in South Carolina.
10, 90. Earthquake shock in all Maine.
90. The first Mormon conviction for
namely, Hawkins
22-lI. Great and destructive fires in
be forests of New York.
%. Brigham Young and son indicted
Or murder.
81. The October fires will foot up
500, 600, 600.
NOVEMBER.
3. Ku.Klux proclamation by President
rant.
0. Revolution exists in three states in
Iexico.
10. The Havana volunteers oonsign to
rison seventy citizens 4 |,
10. Supreme Court decides Congress-
len are liable to arrest by civil process.
IS, The Russian fleet arrives with the
rand Duke Alexis on board.
81. Grand reception of Duke Alexis