Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07

the Columbia College crow victorious. Fifteen
MINERS killed by . colliery explosion at Wigan
England.
10. Ministerial crisis in France. The Spanish
government declares the whole of Spain in q
state of siege.
81. The Beecher-Tiiton scandal made pub
lie by the publication of Theodore Tilton's
statement TO the Investigating Committee Of
Plymouth Church.
a. 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 1.50O Cal.list prisoners.
Bursting OF water-spout near Carson City,
New; great destruction Of lie and property I;
twelve persons killed.
| rs. The town of Alarva, Spain, totally de-
stroyed by landslide; few of the inhab-
itants escaped. Thirty men killed by the ex-
| plosion OF a mag azine at Quiza, Spain. Pitts
burgh and Allegheny City visited by deluge,
caused by the bursting of water-spout over
the city; vast amount of property destroyed,
and over 100 lives lost
81. Meeting Of the international Congress
| at Brussels.
%. DR.. Janizewski, Bishop of Pesen, sem
fenced to fifteen months imprisonment for
violation of the German ecclesiastical laws.
Theodore Tilton, in New York arrested on a
charge of hbeling H. w. Beecher.
81. Great strike OF operatives in the fax
mills at Belfast, Ireland Suicide of the no.
torious adventurer, Lord Gordon-G o-don, in
Manitoba.
AUGUST.
1. Large fire at Muskegon, Mich; 2OOplaces
OF business and 100 dwellings destroyed.
5. Burning of the steamer Pat Rogers
the Ohio river; several lives lost.
4. 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 Bazsine from the Island of Ste.
Marguerite.
ID. Recognition of the Spanish republic by
Great Britain, France and Germany.
ID. Collision on the Trenton railroad in
New Jersey; four men killed and nineteen
wounded. The Cheney v hitehouse eccesias-
tlcal jurisdiction case in Chicago decided in
favor of the Low Church party
l6 Italy, Holland and Belgium recognize
the Spanish republic.
Is. Election in Ohio on the adoption of the
new Constitution the instrument defeated
II. Terrific typhoon at Nigasski, 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.
%. Destructive coniagration at South Bend,
Ind.
26. Postmaster-General Jewell assumes the
duties OF his office.
n. Earthquake in Porto Rico
%. Kepor. of Plymouth Church Investigat-
ing Committee acquitting Mr.. Bsecher of the
charge of adul cry is presented and accepted
at meeting OF the congregation.
30. Murder OF six Republican officials at
Coushatts, La, by mob, while being con-
veyed to Shreveport as prisoners.
81. Return to Fort Lincoln Of the Black
months. Violent eruption OF Mount Etna
SEPTEMBER.
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 Austrisn polar
expedition which had reached the northern
most point ever attained by man, the SD
parallel.
6. Terrible confagrstion in Meiningen.
Germany. News of the settlement of he
threatened war between:Chins and Japan
s. Destructive fires in the pine forests of
New jersey.
IL. Collision on the Great Eastern railway.
Eng. twenty persons killed and fifty
wounded.
IL. 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 meetiDg; afterward a proclamation. by
ID. b. Penn. claiming to be Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, called the people to arms barbados
erected 10 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 Back Hills.
Is. The offices of the State government in
Louisiana are surrendered to d. b. Penn; Gov.
Kellogg takes refuge in the Custom-Ho
Pres dent Grant Issues proclamation order |
ing the belhgerents to dispense within five
days.
IL. President Grant decides to uphold the
Kellogg government, and orders troops to
New Orleans.
IS. Burning of a cotton mill at Fall River
Mass; twenty-three operatives burned to
death or killed by jumping from the upper
stories; tLirty- four wounded. Gov Kellogg,
of Louisiana, resumes hiss gubernasoriai
functions.
%. The Russian government, alarmed at
the extensive emigration of Mennonites, ex-
empts that sect from actual military service. |
rs. Irish and American rifle contest at New
York the latter victorious
n. frightful tophoon passes over Hong
Kong. China; many vessels wrecked q great |
number Of houses destroyed, and over 1000 |
persnos killed. The River Legre. in Spain, |
overfowes its banks, causing great loss o. life |
and property.
80. 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 Hotel, at Saratoga, n Y, de-
stroyed by fire.
2. Great gunpowder explosion at Regents
canal, London houses and bridges shattered. |
and several persons killed. News that |
revolution has broken out in Buenos Ayres
4. Count Won Arnim arrested in Germany |
on q charge OF embezzling important state |
papers. Lively times in New York, caused by |
a herd OF Texas steers careering through the |
streets many people knocked down and
gored, and several wounded by pistol-shots |
Of the policemen, who erect barricades to OBJ |
pose the progress Of the cattle
8. Csrlist mutiny at Durango, Spain; Don |
Carlos wounded by one of the mutineers.
8. The international Postal Convention