The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-02
Che 8atlana Daily 6lohe
SATURDAY. JANUARY 9. 1875.
1874.
summary of Notable Events OF The
Xcnr.
JANUARY.

ton at Concord, N. II.
3. CASTELAR, ovcrthrown and Serrano pro-
claimed himself president of Spain.
B. Assembling of Congress.
G. Confirmation of Caleb Gushing as min
lister to Spain.
8. Withdrawal of nomination of Will
liams as chef justice Death of Major A.
B. Childs of Wilmington, VT, aged IS.
o. City of Helena, Montana, nearly de-
slroyed by fire. Nomination of Caleb
Cushing for chief justice.
ID. Nomination of Caleb Cushing as chief
justice withdrawn
a. Murder of Col Stillwell by John f..
Conwin, at Anderson, Indiana.
10. Death of carl Benson at Wash
ington, aged 81.
II. Death of the Siamese Twins, at Mt.
AIRY, N. G.
IS. Paper mill at Phelps, N. Y, burned
and the proprietor, Mr. Dobilinski, per-
ishes in the flames.
10. Morrison II. Waite nominated for
chief justice.
30, Destruction of Bradford & Co. s knit
ting mill at Bennington, VT, by fire and
nine persons burned to death. Fire in I'm
ion Central depot Mt Chicago: loss
$500, 900.
81. Morrison II. Waite confirmed as chief
justice.
%. Tho ship Panther wrecked in Geor-
gian bay ana all on board, % persons, were
lost Death of Madame Parcpa-Rosa. in
London, aged 30.
90. Marriage of Duke of Edinburgh to
the Grand Duchess Maria at St. reters.
burg.
"a. Death of Prof. Isaac f. Iolton of
Everett, Mass.
GO. Intelligence received at London of
the death of DR.. Livingstone in Africa.
One hundred and fifteenth anniversary of
the birth OF Robert Burns.
81. Terribly fatal railway accident be-
tween Glasgow and Edinburgh, sixteen
persons killed.
20. Death of Carlos Baxter, ESQ, of Bur
lington, VT, aged IS. Ex-Chiet Justice
Thompson, of Pennsylvania died suddenly,
aged 68.
81. David L. Blodgett murders his wife
at Laconia, n. III.
/. Death of Rev. n. F.. Cobleigl, d. D.,
editor of Methodist Adrocate, at Atlanta,
Ga, aged SO. Over 100 houses burned at
Constanlinople
2. Daring express robbery near Gadshill
station, Mo.
3. Death of King Lunaloe of Sandwich
Islands.
4. Murder of w. L. Donobue at Wind
sor, VI.
8. Death of Hon. Perez Har wood of Ben
nington. VT, aged 10. Death of Judge
Alfred Conkling, father of Senator Conk-
ling, at Utica, n. Y, aged 49, Large fire
at Whitehall. N. Y.
7. James Cranston killed by an accident
on the Rensselaer, and Saratoga railroad
near Fort Ann, n. Y.
o. Lieut.. l.. II. Robinson, native of
Swanton. Vt, killed by Indians near Fort
Laramie, w. r.
TO- Death of Michelet, the author, a,
Paris, aged rs.
H. Death of DIR. }. II. Schenck Of Phia-
delphia, aged G3.
49, Burning of Taylor's pantechncon
at Belgravia, London loss $4,000, 900.
Robbery of bank at Quincy, ILL.,, of
100000 The Massachusetts legislature
rescinds the resolutions of censure upon
Charles Sumner, by vote of 11S to 40.
Death of Hon. William Bridges of st. Al
bans, VT, aged SO.
15 Three persons murdered at Halifax,
Mass
II. Disastrous fire Mt Sing Sing, n. T..
20 business houses burned Franklin b.
Evans hung at Concord, n. H., for the
murder of his niece.
10. Two fires at Whitehall, N. Y. loss
$4,000. Death Of Gen. John ). Dunlap,
at Boston, aged "a.
10. Lowestein convicted of murder and
sentenced to be hanged
90. The steamship Faraday launched at
Newcastle Death of ex-senator Wigfall
at Galveston, Texas.
% Four railway employees killed by an
accident near Carbondale. Pa
%. Death of Chas. Shirley Brooks, the
novelist, at London, aged 80.
%. Horrible massacre at Vera Cruz II
persons killed Disastrous confagralion at
Panama loss over 81 100000.
90. Death of eX-Chief Justice Ira Perley,
at Concord, n. ii.
90. Conviction and sentence of the Itch
borne claimant in London.
MARCH.
/. Convention Of locomotive engineers at
Cleveland, O.
3. Death of Hon. Nathan X. Hall at
Buffalo, n. Y.
g. Death of President Willard Fillmore
at Buffalo, aged "A.
II. Death of Charles Sumner at Wash
liiSlOil, u5cO w. Dcutu VI huluS htal,
late U. S. Consul at San Juan del Sur, on
board the steamer Honduras.
l6 Funeral obsequies of Charles Sumner
at Boston.
20. Destruction of the Queens hall at
Montreal by fire loss $4,000.
81. Heavy fire at Charlestown, Mass.
prison yard loss 100000
%. Disastrous fire at Indianapolis, Ind;
loss nearly 100000. Death of Judge
Louis Dent at Washington, aged As.
%. Burning of +. & l.. p. Norons pot
terry at Bennington, VT. loss 1000.
Fire at Egln, Ill. loss $l50,000. Burn
ing of the cutlery works at New Britain,
Conn; loss $500, 900. Death of Hon.
Paschel p. Leavens, of Berkshire, VT.
"a. Explosion of the tow-boat Crescent
City, near Helena, Ark; ten lives lost. \
5000 900 fire at Elmira, N. Y. Dtson's
music store in Boston damaged ny fire !;
loss $4,000. Organization of the Congre-
gational council at Brooklyn. Death Of
Rev. Joseph Macy, ID, at Beverly, Mass,
aged so.
25. Heavy fire at Brownsville, Texas
loss S160, 900.
20. Disastrous fire at Port Henry, N. T.;
loss 5000
81. Blodgett, the convicted wife-murder-
or, commits suicide In his cell at Concord,
N. ii. Death of Col. Levi Boutwell, o.
Montpelier, VT, aged 70 wears. Death of
Rev. Edward n, Kirk, ID. d., Of Boston,
aged 70.
APRIL.
/. Seven persons burned to death at Mil
lerstown, Butler county, Pa. loss on
buildings s232,000. Burning of Tivoli
knitting works at Cohoes, N. Y. loss
5000, 900.
8. Death of Judge John w. Edmonds Of
the New York supreme court, aged 70
years
10. Lowestein executed at Albany for
murder.
II. Burning of Houghton's chemical
works at Stamford, VT; loss $50, 1000.
12. Death of Hon. Perley &. Jones, of
Chelsea, VT, aged Co.,
10. Destructive tornado at Nashville,
Tenn.
II. Gov VIM b Washburn elected United
States senator from Massachusetts on the