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

the Columbia College crow victorious. Fifteen
miners killed by a colliery explosion at Wigan.
England. H8
49, Ministerial crisis in France. The Spanish
government declares tie whole Of Spain in q
state Of siege.
/, 81. The Beecher-Tilton scandal made pub
lie by the publication Of Theodore Tiltons
statement to the Investigating Committee of
Plymouth Church.
q. Bids for the remainder of the per
cent. loan opened by the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington.
Is. Great victory Of Gen. Moriones, in Ma
varre he captures 1900 Carlist prisoners.
Bursting of a water-spout near Carson City,
New; great destruction of life and property
twelve persons killed.
26. The town Of Alarva Spain, totally de-
stroyed by a landslide few Of the inhab-
itants escaped. Thirty mon killed by the ex-
plosion of magazine at Quiza Spain. Pitts
burgh and Allegheny City visited by deluge,
caused by the bursting of a water-spout over
the city; vast amount Of property destroyed,
and over 100 lives lost.
o. Meeting of the International Congress
at Brussels.
%. DR.. Janizewski Bishop of Posen, SEN
fenced to fifteen months Imprisonment for
violation of the German ecclesiastical laws
Theodore Tilton, in New York, arrested on a
charge of libeling Ell. W. Beecher
81. Great strike Of operatives in the flax
mills at Belfast, Ireland. Suicide of the no.
torious adventurer, Lord Gordon-Gordon in
Manitoba.
AUGUST.
j. Large fire at Muskegon, Mich; 2OOplaces
OF business and 100 dwellings destroyed.
5. Burning of the steamer Pat Rogers on
the Ohio river; several lives lost.
7. Capture of two mail stages between
Wichita and Fort Sill, Texas; passengers and
drivers killed and scalped.
10. Disastrous floods in Bombay. Escape
of Marshal Bazaine from the island of Ste.
Marguerite.
Is. Recognition of the Spanish republic by
Great Britain, France and Germany.
is. Collision ON the Trenton railroad, in
New Jersey; four men killed &nd nineteen
wounded. The Cheney Whitehouse ecclesias-
tical Jurisdiction case in Chicago decided in
favor Of the Low Church party.
Is. Italy, Holland and Belgium recognize
the Spanish republic.
Is. Election in Ohio on the adoption of the
new Constitution; the instrument defeated.
Fl. Terrific typhoon at Nagasaki, Japan;
great destruction of life and property Sc
rious fighting between the whites and blacks
at Lancaster, KY.
"a. Formal recognition Of Spain by Sweden.
A colliery explosion at Staffordshire, England.
kills eight miners.
rs. Destructive confagration at South Bend,
Ind.
26. Postmaster General Jewell assumes the
duties of his office.
81. Earthquake in Porto Rico.
%. Report of Plymouth Church Investigat-
ing Committee acquitting Mr.. Beecher of the
charge of adultery is presented and accepted
at meeting Of the congregation.
80. Murder of six Republican officials at
Coushatta, La, by a mob, while being con-
veyed to Shreveport as prisoners.
III. Return to Fort Lincoln of the Black
Hills expedition, after an absence of two
months. Violent eruption of Mount Etna.
SEPTEMBER.
2. Six surveyors from Lawrence, Kansas,
murdered by Indians near Fort Dodge.
3. The steamer River Belle burned at her
wharf in New York
5. News Of the safety of the Austrian polar
expedition which had reached the northern
most point ever attained by man, the 83d
parallel
6. Terrible confagration in Meiningen.
Germany. News of the settlement of he
threatened war betweensChin and Japan.
8. Destructive fires in the pine forests of
New Jersey.
H. Collision on the Great Eastern railway,
Eng twenty persons killed and fifty
H. The Washington grand jury brings in
indictments against prominent citizens in the
case.
ID. Great strike o; cotton operatives at
Bolton. Eng.
IA. Mass-meeting of citizens in New Or
leans; Gov. Kellogg requested to resign he
refuses to receive any communication from
the meeting; afterward a proclamation, by
ID. Il. Penn. claiming to be Lieutenant Gov
ernor, called the people to arms barbados
erected in the streets, and sharp fighting be-
tween police and citizens, in which some fifty
of the former were killed. Excitement pro-
duced by the reported discoveries of gold in
the Black Hills.
Is. The offices of the State government in
Louisiana are surrendered to d. B. Penn: Gov.
Kellogg takes refuge in the Custom-House
President Grant issues proclamation order
ing the belligerents to dispense within five
days.
II. President Grant decides to uphold the
Kellogg government, and orders troops to
New Orleans.
10. Burning of a cotton mill at Fall River,
Mass; twenty-three operatives burned to
death or killed by jumping from the upper
stories; tEirty-fou wounded. Gov. Kellogg,
OF Louisiana, resumes hiss gubernatorial
functions.
%. The Russian government, alarmed at
the extensive emigration of Mennonites, ex-
empts that sect from actual military service
26. Irish and American rifle contest at New
York the latter victorious.
II. frlghtful tophoon passes over Hong
Kong. China many vessels wrecked a great
number Of houses destroyed, and over 1000
persnos killed. The River Legre, in Spain
overflowes its banks, causing great loss OF life
and property.
30. Termination of four DAYS. engage
ment between Carlists and Republicans in the
province of Navarro, Spain; repulse of the
Carlists with heavy loss.
OCTOBER.
1. The Grand notel, at Saratoga, N. Y, de-
stroyed by fire.
O. Great gunpowder explosion at Regents
canal, London houses and bridges shattered
and several persons killed. News that q
revolution has broken out in Buenos Ayres.
4. Count Won Arnim arrested in Germany
on charge of embezzling important state
papers. Lively times in New York, caused by
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