Connecticut western news., 1876-01-14

 a 9. Death of General Francis P. Blair at St. Louis.
 10. Beginning of the Herzegovinian re- =z'14. Saratoga race; Cornell wins; time 16:53 IA. 15. Destructive floods in England and Wales.
 IT, Terrible religious riot at San Miguel, San Salvador. 8 :4
 IS. Lady Franklin died. s.
 23. Steamer Abbotsford wrecked on the Welsh coast. Y E.
 27. Failure of Duncan, Sherman & Co. 31. Death of Andrew Johnson.
 g. Rivers in Ohio, Missouri and Indiana overfowed.
 8. Lock out of 1,5OO workmen at Fall River.
 4. Andersen, the Danish writer, died.
 B. O'Connell's anniversary begun at Dub lin.
 T. Cardinal McCloskey sailed for Europe. Four hundred cases of cholera daily at Damascus.
 12. Hon. Horace Binney died at Phila- delphia. ss~L ~18 IA. Return home of Moody and Sankey. 18..The Queens yacht ran down the Mistletoe.@> . { \ l21. The rife team arrived in NewYork. i A. American naval officers insulted at Tripoli, Barbary. 25. Captain Webb swims from Dover to Calais.
 26. Suspension of the Bank of California. 27. The British minister insulted at Pekin.
 SEPTEMBER.
 l. California elections carried by the Democrats. International Law Con- gress opened at The Hague.
 g. Riot at Montreal on the burial of Guibord.-- Collision in the Irish channel be- tween the Iron Duke and the Vanguard :; the latter sunk.
 3. General Kaufman entered the city of Khokand.
 7. Cardinal McQoskey arrived at Rome. 8. Opening of the Saratoga Republican convention.---Govornor Ames appealed to the President for troops.--Opening of the Chicago exhibition. 10. Judge Lewis B. Woodruff died.
 Il. The Spanish Cabinet reorganized /; Jovellar, premier.
 13. Maine election, Republican triumph. Siege of Trebigne renewed by the Herze-
 IA. Three fremen killed in the trial of an aerial ladder.
 15. Quiet restored in Mississippi.---Open- ing of the direct cable to business. s16.--Democratic convention at Syracuse Circular. of the Papal Nuncio to Spanish bishops. 17. Flood and gale at Indianola, Texas over one hundred lives lost. 25. The City of Berlin arrived at New York, having made the quickest passage on record, seven days, eighteen hours and two minutes.---Secretary Delano's resigna. tion accepted.---The consuls fail in their mission in Herzegovina.
 28.s The Lincoln memorial tower com. pleted in London. 3 l @ #a-
 29. Annular eclipse seen at New York OCTOBER
 2. Fifteen hundred shells thrown by the Carlists into St. Sebasti ian.- Death of tbe celebrated horse American Girl.
 5. Riot at Friar's Point, Miss, between the partisans of Senator Alcorn and Sheriff | Brown. 6. Decision of Judge Davis agains l Tweed 2 I 8. Unveiling Of Governor Andrew
 12. Elections in Ohio, Nebraska anc Iowa.
 IA. China grants the demands of Grea Britain.
 Is. Russia to be represented at the Cen tennial l 19. MT. Chandler appointed secretary O I the interior.
 22. American calicoes imported at Man chester.
 24. First revival of Moody and sanke, in Brooklyn.
 26. Unveiling of Stonewall Jackson statue at Richhond.---Virginia City, Ne vada, burned. --.~.-. s~rr-,
 27. The, Khokand rebellion renewed 3l. Snowfall in several States. l NOVEMBER.
 l. Treasury call for s10000o0e five twenties.---Explosion of the French ironcla, Magenta.
 4. French assembly meets.
 6. The Chicago grand jury indicted man whisky defraudcrs.
 8. Steamer Pacific lost on the Californi coast; all lost on board but one.--Th Prince of Wales arrived at Bombay. , 9. Steamer City of Waco burned in Gal weston bay; all on board lost.
 10. Vice-President Wilson taken ill.---Re volt at Perak against the British.
 13. Tidal wave along the coasts of Eng land and France.
 16. Guibord's remains buried
 l7. Don Carlos letter to Alfonso XII.
 20. Death. of Senator Ferry, of Connect cut.---CaptaiR McNally's incursionin Mex co to punish cattle thieves.---Market stree bridge burned at Philadelphia. P. Death of Vice President Wilson, 23. Trial of lAyerys for whisky frauds, { St. Louis. SS s# s3 "A. William B. Astor died. >~' ''--' 25. Thanksgiving day.
 26. England buys 177,0O0 shares of tn , Suez canal f 29. Cold snap all over. the country 1,200 Egyptians killed by Abyssinians. 30. Navigation on canals virtual stopped. I r DECEMBER. E 1. Steamboat Sunnyside sunk by ice c s the Hudson; eleven persons drowned.
 2. Philadelphia navy yard sold to Il Pennsylvania railroad company
 3. Hudson river closedby ice. - 4. Escape of Tweed.
 $. Opening of the Forty-fourth Congres . 7--Firedamp explosion near Barnsby, En - land; one hundred and sixty lives lost . :, The steamer Deutschlands wrecked in. u Northern sea.
 7 Presidents message sent to Congress Il TO- Discharge of MT. Henderson as cou . u sel for whisky osecution.---Dynamite e :. !. plosion at Bremerhaven; two hundred pc u sons killed and wounded. @.. m n IA. The<cabinet shops of Wheeler x w 5; son, at Bridgeport, burned; s50000O loss. u Population of New York: city, 1,O46,O3
 State, 4,704,SO4J e 15. The House passed an nti-Subsidy b :. and an anti Third Term resolution.
 17. The President, Cabinet and Congre 'r men visited the Centennial grounds -Bre
 riots at Montreal | le IS. Extreme cold all over the countr
 thirty to forty degrees below zero in N In Hampshire and Canada
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