Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-05
A YEARS RECORD.
Resume of Important Events of the
Year 1875.
An Interesting Document.

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An Interesting Document.
The following is record of some Of
the most important events Of the past
year:
2. Murder Of Richard Borum, his wife, two
children and negro boy, in Lece ounty, Miss.
Their bodies burned
f. commencement of the trial Of 81. Ward
Beecher on a charge OF adultery.
4. Meeting OF the Louisiana Legislature,
and interference of United States troops in its
organization.
l. Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan assumed command
at New Orleans in anticipation Of trouble on
the assembling of the Legislature.
f. Residence of Milo Ruggles, at Put-in-Bay,
Ohio, burned Ruggles' mother, sister, and
the latter's child burned to death.
S. Greater part Of town OF Orangeburg. 8,
c., burned. Loss 100000.
g. Massacre of Pedestrians at Acapulco by
Mexicans. The church WAS entered by Catho-
lie asaassins, and five worshippers killed out
right and thirteen wounded.
Z. The French ministry resigned.
z. Bill for the resumption Of specie pay
ments in the United States passed the House
Of Representatives.
II. Alfonso de Bourbon, King of Spain en-
tered Madrid and took possession of his CAPT.
tai,
IL Shaw glassware establishment In New
York burned Loss 800, 600. Also Bartlett d
Cuttings paper mills, Dalton, Mass. Loss
800, 900.
II. Four men with thres teams were lost
while crossing the Missouri River on the ice at
Omaha.
15. Great fire ia Rutland, VT, destroying
ss200,0 600 worth of property.
e.. Andrew johnson, ex-president elected
to the II. s. Senate from Tennessee. The first
instance of an ex-president being elected to q
seat in that body.
l. An incenaiary attempt to burn the Navy
Department building st Washington, sup
posed to befor the purpose of destroying re-
cords therein.
g. Reception at New York by Mrs. Thos W.
Fitch. daughter of General Sherman, of q
100000 set of diamond jewelry, frem tho
Khedive of Egypt.
5. The Civil Rights bill passed the House of
Representatives.
10. Burning of the business portion of
Pennington, N. Y. Loss 800, 900.
IL. Earthquake in northern Mexico, ard
destruction of the town of San Cristobal, in
vclving a loss of 70 people.
Two-thlrds of the city of Port au Prince,
Eayti, burned. Loss 100000.
15. John Mitchell, the Iriah exile elected
to the British Parliament from Tpperary.
Refused admission.
20. Mitchell offers himself q candidate for
re- election.
al, James McMahon, q divinity student.
Washington, in a fit of temporary insanity.
and was crushed to death.
20. Wahl Bros glue and bone dust factory
in Chicago burned. Loss $400. 900.
% Destruction Of town OF Housatonia,
Mo-, by tornado, severely injuring several
"a. Loss Of steamship Gothenburg, from
Port Darwin to Adelaide, Australia, near Cape
Upstart: LIS lives lost.
26. Minister Cushing at Madrid, announces
to the President the final settlement of the
Virginus affair with Spain. The latter coun-
try agreeing to pay $500 to the family of each
American killed.
g. Principal hotels in Alexandria, Va, and
the Park Hotel, Baltimore, closed en- account
of the civil rights bill becoming law
q. Passage of bill equalizing bounties by the
Senate, it having already passed the House.
z. Great snow-storm throughout the South
and Southwest. Snow Is inches deep in
Memphis.
Is Destruction of the town of Reinzi.
Miss, by violent hail storm. Four persons
killed
16. Explosion of the Austin powder mill
works, near cleveland. Ohio, causing the
death OF three men and destruction of much
property.
II. Great fire at Atlanta, Georgia. Loss
$4,000
90. Terrible tornado throughout Georgia.
Several persons killed and injured and large
amount of property destroyed.
81. Extraordinary revival meeting held in
London by the American evangelists Moody
and Sankey.
25. Destruction OF Montana, Mo-, and
portion of Fall River, Msss, by fire.
81. The whole of the business portion of
Iieondersga, N. T., destroyed by FIRE. Loss
100000.
l. Burning OF the famous summer resort in
the Catskills, the Overlook Mountain House.
Loss $50, 900.
6. Arrival at New York of the delegation
from the Pope, to announce to Archbishop
McClosky his elevation to the Cardinalste.
z. Powder warehouse explosion At San
Francisco. Property loss $500, 900. Five peo-
pie we're also buried in the ruins.
8. Destruction OF church at Edinb1rg
Ills. Two persons killed, and several in
jured.
8. One person killed and several injured bv
a tornado near Little Book, Ark
8. Schooner Jennie Stout, from Savannah
to New York, foundered of Hatteras shoals
with all aboard. eight in number.
II. Boiler explosion in gingham mills at
North Adams, Mass, and kills three men,
fatally injuring two others.
10. Burning OF Jesuit College in Buenos
Ayers. Four persons killed and number of
priests wounded
IA. Meeting Of the Louisiana legislature
and acceptance Of the Wheeler compromise
of the political troubles in that state.
1919. Centennial celebration of Battles of
Lexington and Concord.
Is. Breaking way of DAM on Whiton's
pond, near Boston, and considerable destruc-
ton Of property.
81. Burning of Eastern Companies oil-cloth
manufactory at Elazabeth N. J. Loss $780,
600.
%. Loss by fire of three river steamers at
New Orleans, and FROM 80 to 100 passengers
burned to death or drowned.
rs. Imposing ceremony Of comforting the
Cardinalate upon Archbishop McClosky. At
Kew York
= III. Burning of the town OF Herman. New
York. Loss 800, 1000.
28 Second burning of the city of Oshkosh
Wis; 500 buildings destroyed. Loss
$4,000, 00e.
q. Burning large portion Of Montpelier.
Vermont Loss not estimated
O. Breaking out of . revolution at Port au
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