Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-01-07
HISTORY OF THE DEAD YEAR.
Below is given list Of the most notable
events Of the year 1875, the names Of the emf
nent dead of the year:


Of arms, and acting under authority, elects
five conservative members from the Louisiana
/ Legislature. General Sheridan formally takes
rontrol Of the department Of New Orleans, and
sends his handful dispatch" 10 Washington.
3. Opening Of the Beeeer trial 10, President
Grant sends his Louisiana message TO Congress
! 10. Mr.. Gladstone formally relirPs from the
| leadership Of the lihcra, party 10 England. &c
4 ndrew johnson elected 10 the United States
SENATE from Tennessee.
February 3-The Marquis Of Harrington j:
chosen leader Of the English liberal party
The United States Senate rejects the Canadian
reciprocity bill. 5. The House Of RepFesen-
lntivcs passes the civil rights bill. The
British Parliament assemblies, and John
Mitchell, from Tipperary, is refused admission
to the House Of Commons. 81. The Uuiled
States Senate passes the civil rights bill
March l.--President Grant signs the civil
rights bill. 3 The United STATES Congress
doubles the ratcs Of hostages upon mail matter
Of the third class. 4. Congress adjourns. s.
The papers" between Spain and the United
SHles for the settlement Of the ''Virginius
affair" are signed. II. John Mitcleis CON
stiluenls re-elect him to Parliament. 10
Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, together
With Archbishop Manning, Of England, and
four others, made cardinals by the Pope o.
Rome. "a. Death. in Maryland, of Col
| Richard Thomas, 'Madame Xafvona' q famous
Confederate spy during the civil war.
April l9.-Cenlennial of the fight al Con
cord and Lexington, Mass the Northern
Pacific Railroad placed in the hards Of re-
ceiver. % Judge Edwards Pierrepoht be.
comes United States Attorney General. 80
! The Emperor of Germany snppresses all
! Roman Catholic converts and mouasieiies in
! his dominions.
May .--0ne hnndrellh anniversary Of
| the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Colonel
| Ethan Alien the Enperors of Germany aud
| Russia meet at Berlin. 20. One hundredih
| anniversary Of the Meclllenhurg N G. de-
cnration of independence celebrated nj Char
| lote, n. G. % Departure of the English
Arctic expedition from Portsmouth. England,
consisting Of the ships Alert and Discovery
81 Failure Of the Aberdare Iron Company il
London; 5000 persons thrown out Of en-
! ployment
jane 2 dedication of new Masonic Temple
in New York Carl Vogt the Prussian mnr-
derer, finally surrendered to Belgium under
the new exlradlion reaiy 5. The Emperor
OF Germany confcrs the order of ''civil merit
upon Bancroft and LongieIow; departure Of
the American Rife Team for Ireland the New
York Court of Appeals reverses the decision
of the General Term in the Tweed case. II.
| One hundrcdih annerversarv OF the battle OF
Bunker Hill celebrated al Boston. %. Great
inundalons in France; more than two hun
dred persons drowned n Toulouse, and loss in
the neehhothood, of $40 600 900. %. En-
perors of Russia and Austria meet in Bohcmia.
20 The American foam wins at The rife
mat Ii at Dullymount, ireland.
July 2.-The jury in the Tilton, Beeeher case
disagree and are discharged. IA. The Cornell
crew wins the University boa race al Saratoga.
%. Mr.. Samuel Plimsoll makes an eXiraordi-
nary speech in the British House of Commons
on The Withdrawal of the merchants shipping
bill
August ia Yacht run down near Rv6e
England. hy The Oueen' IS steam Yacht Alberta:
three persons drowned % C,ptain Webb
swims The ENGLISH channel from Dover to
Calais in twepty-one honrs and forty minutes
% Ouenino of The new postofice building in
New York.
September l7-Storm and floods nj Calves
ton and along the coast of Texas. with terri
blv fatal results 20 Wes,cryelt. Il burglar
fonnd on,ltv in phiI,aelnhio of coronli,itv in
tbc obdnction Of Ch,rIav Roqs 9G presi1cn,
Grant accepts Secretary Delano's RESIGNATION
October , -Renort reteiye6 from London
Of The conclusion Of an offensive and defensive
,reaiv hetwecn Epsl.,,d ma Rurmab Cere-
monies in memory Of cv-presiaent johnson nj
Nashville Tennnesee a Chief Justice Waite
lin tho Minor cneal dec;des tb,t s.>,oman sn(f
rnoc il not conferred nndcr Tho fourteenth
constitn,ionol nnondme,tj ), "a Ex-Senotor
| chandler Of Ni,I,igan ann,intad Secretary
of IN, Intorior On M, Fnn.r,,r = = f,arna,ny
meets he King or I,olr nt Milan
November The war in Liberia. COLO
| ninl troo,,s rar,ulscd j. an ott,rl, mon ma
i've vill,o. "a Vicn- President Wilson Is
| suddruly Ipksn IN IN WASHINGTON e The
body OF Guibord an communicated Roman
| Catholic, is finally buried in Montreal four
| ears after lis death Is General Quesada
commanded by King Alfonso OF Spain to re-
ceye no further communication from Don
| Carlos except an ananuunncement OF uncondi-
| tonal surrender, Il. Secret orders received
| from Washington 10 put war vessels in order
at the Philadelphia and New York navy yards
create rumors of war between the United
! States and Spain. % Death, at Washington,
| of Henry Wilson. Nice-Pusideut of the
| United States. 30 Great hurricane in the
! Philippine Islands; $50 lives lost, and :, 800
dwelling houses destroyed.
December --0pening of the Forty-fourth
Congress of the United States Michael G..
Kerr, of Indiana elected Speaker. and George
| NJ. Adams, OF Kentucky. clerk Z President
| Grants message is read in Congress 10. Gen.
Henderson, of government counsel in the
! prosecution of the ST Louis VIII islSy ring "
is discharged on account OF certain words
used by him in regard To the President of the
United States IL. Explosion Of dynamite
concealed in luggage on The docks at Bremen
haven, near the steamer Mosel coo persons
| killed or wounded 81 George REYNOLDS
the polvpamisi. is sentenced 10 two years i'm
prisonment and $500 fine. at Salt Lake CITY.
bur is released on bail pending an appeal 10
the Supreme Court
THE EMINENT DEAD.