The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31

William B. Washburn elected United States
Senator from Massachusetts,, to fill the unex-
pired term of Mr.. Sumner.
| 18. Remains of DR. Livingstone deposited in
Westminster ABBEY -
| 20. Intelligence of great floods in the Mis-
sissippi Valley, caused by the breaking Of the
| levees. @f
81. Fighting in the streets OF Little Rock,
| Ark, between the Brooks snd Baxter factions.
| 90 President Grant vetoes the Congress
sional bill for expanding the currency Truce
between the gubernatorial Contestants in
49, Intelligence of much suffering in Lou
isiana caused by the overflow; many of the
| finest plantations under water s .ftta
4 a. Three men killed and several wounded
by the falling OF building in Brooklyn.
25. Two railway accidents in England, caus-
| ing the death and injury Of twenty persons.
| 26. Heavy snow in New England.
| 49, Several persons killed by the falling
of three buildings in London. Sovereignty
of the Fiji Islands rendered to Queen Vic
toria.
80. Collision in Jefferson county, Ark, be-
tween partlsans of Brooks and Baxter nine
men killed. Murder and burning of the Ham
nett family, consisting of six persons, near
Pittsburgh.
MAY
g. Several persons killed by boiler explo-
sioe at Shawangunk N. Y.
Z. The Arkansas Supreme Court decides in
favor of Brooks as Governor.
8. Fight at Little Rock between Brooks
and Baxter partisans 6 men killed and S
badly wounded
g. Skrmish in the streets of Little Rock
between Baxter and Brooks men; 2 men
killed, and several wounded.
II. The town of Ridgway. Iowa, destroyed
by fire.
IL. Large fire at Paris, France; several
persons burned to death. Another encounter
between the Baxter and Brooks partisans in
Arkansas several killed and wounded.
Is. The Gear of Russia arrived in England.
Is. President Grant issues proclamation
declaring Elisha Baxter legal Governor of ar
kansas.
49, Terrible destruction of life and proper
ty in Hampshire county, Mass, caused by the
breaking away of the dam Of the reservoir on
Mill river; towns of Williamsburg, Hayden
vile and Leeds flooded; over 80 houses and
IL mills destroyed 100 lives lost.
II. Brooks aurrenders his forces, and Bax-
ter installed Governor of Arkansas.
10. Great fire in Constantinople. Warrant
for the arrest Of Gov. Moses, of South Caro-
lima, on charge of larceny he refuses to be
arrested, and calls out the militia in his de-
Tense.
20. Carlists badly defeated near Bilboa,
Spain.
81. Departure of the Gear from London for
Russia. Marriage, at Washington, of Miss
Nelly Grant, the Presidents daughter, to Mr..
Sartoris, of England.
"a. man and wife burned alive at Jacobo,
Mexico, for alleged sorcery. Ministerial
crisis aE Rome.
25 Arkansas Legislature impeach Chief
Justice Mcclure and other officials connected
with the Brooks rebellion,
26. Diplomat, relations between Spain and
Mexico formally resumed. Six persons
drowned near Toronto by the capslzing of
yacht.
81. The Spanish General Concha badly de-
feated by the Carlists. News of fresh re-
bellion in Paraguay.
20. The village of EImwood, ILL.,, almost
entirely, destroyed by fire. Large fires at
New Orleans and Pittsburgh.
80. Decoration-day generally observed
throughout the country.
81. Serious riot in Limerick, Ireland.
JUNE.
1. Intelligence of the loss Of the ship Brit
ish Admiral, from Liverpool to Melbourne,
with 70 persons on board. Attempt made in
London to shoot the Prince of Sake Weimar.
Three persons killed by a collision on the In
dianapolis, Bloomington and Western railroad.
Five raftsmen drowned while descending the
rapids of the st. Anne river, Canada. Resig-
nation of Mr.. Richardson, Secretary of the
Treasury; BENZ. II. Bristow, of Kentucky,
nominated as his successor.
2. Extensive foundations in Hungary
many villages swept away. Cornerstone of
the American Museum Of Natural History
laid at Central Park, New York, by President
Grant.
g. Four persons killed by train on the
Erie railroad while crossing the track in
wagon.
4. Inauguration of Gov Weston, of New
Hampshire.
6. The italian Senate gives it's approval to
a treaty of commerce with Mexico and pos
tai convention with Brazil.
7. Manifesto of the Left Cen&er of the
French Assembly calling for declaration of
the republic or dissolution of the Assembly.
A revolution attempted ia Costa RIGA. Tween
ty-seven persons drowned during storm on
Oneida and Onondaga Lakes, New York.
Fierce tornado in Illinois and Minnesota
9. Stormy scene in the French Assembly !;
Gambetta and the Bonapartists in collision
TO- French government defeated in the As
sembly on the clause of the Electoral bill fix
ing the age of electors violence threatened
H. Gambetta insulted by mob at Yer
sailles.
- Continued excitement in Versailles and
Paris. Vote Of censure in the Assembly
against the Government lost. Seven persons
drowned by the wrecking Of the schooner
Rover, off the coast of North Carolina.
Is. Eighteen Carlist officers shot at Tolosa,
Spain, for mutiny, Resolutions in the French
Assembly declaring France monarchy re-
jected by 100 majority.
IT, Six horse-thieves hung in the Indian
Territory by vigilance committee.
II. -Four persons killed and several wounded
hryo +EA Horn Il
road.
IS. Carlsts defeated by the Spanish troops
in an engagement at Altoona, Spain.
%. Completion of the telegraphic cable be-
tween Brazil and Europe.
%. Fourteen persons killed and 100 injured
by the fall of floor in a room in Syracuse,
N. Y. where strawberry festival was being
held. Adjournment Of United States Con-
gress.
"a. Serious rupture between Turkey and
Persia. Resignation of Postmaster General
Creswell office rendered to Eugene Hale, Of
| Maine
25 Contract closed for placing Pullman
| palace cars on the RAILWAYS of Upner TtaIv