The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28

Rhode Island electlOn-suCcees of the Re-
publican ticket :. Ii. Gen. John Mcdonald
and W. O. Avery, convicted members of the
st. Louis whisky ring, sentenced to the Mis-
souri, peoitentiary.
MAY. Gen. Belknap indicted by the grand
jury at Washington, for receiving brides while
Secretary of War;. e. Destructive tor
nadoes visit Chicago and other Western
points; hundreds of thousands Of dollars
worth of property destroyed, and several
people killed. ~. twenty thousand charges
of 'repd-rock powder" exploded on Jersey
City Heights, damaging many buildings, and
causing shock which was felt over an ex-
tensive area. Arrival at Washington OF Dom
Pedro, Emperor of Brazil. j. 10. The Gen.
tennial Exhibition formally opened at Phila-.
delphia in the presence Of 800, 600 people ....
IA. Thelmperial powers adopta pacific policy
at the Berlin Conference Is The Liber-
ais hold national conference in New
York city, to discuss the political situation,
and issue an address to the country 16.
William III. Barnum elected United States
Senator from Connecticut. The Sultan of
Zanzibar enters into treaty abolishing
slavery in his donainions. IL. Six of the
culprits concerned in the murder of the Ger
man and French Consuls hung at salonica,
Turkey. Democratic Convention of Ohio
noninates Gov Allen for President. Ma
tional Greenback Convention met at Indian
apolis and nominated Peter Cooper for Pres-
dent and Senator Booth for Vice President.
~. IL. A steamer exploded at Evansville
Ind, killing nine men, and wounding a num-
Der OF others. Presbyterian General AS
sembly met in Brooklyn, N. 20. The
President appoints Edwards Pierrepont Min
lister to England, Alphonso Taft ATTORNEY
General and j. Donald Cameron Secretary of
War. rs. The President issues a procla1na-
ton advising ageneral celebration of the 4th Of
July. ...26. The terms Of the BerlinC Conference
made public, showing that important conces-
sloDs were required from Turkey. Execution
OF Piper, the Boston belfry murderer 80.
Lawrence Harvey testified before q commit
tee OF Congress that he had paid Speaker
Kerr $3.50 for an army commission the latter
denied it under oath. The United States SEN
ate, after two weeks debate, in secret session
decided that it had jurisdiction in the Belknap
impeachment. Brisk competition between the
railroads results In marked reducCiOnin pas
senger fares between the East and West. De-
thronemept Of the Sultan OF Turkey. 80.
fire in Quebec destroyed 700 houses.
UNE-1. Sensation produced at Washington
by the testimony OF James Mullgan, before
the Judiciary Committee, regarding the
Hon. James g. Blaine. A company of forty
nine men from Cincinnati reported to have
been massacred by Indians in the Black
Hills. a. Abdul Aziz, the depoaed Sultan
of Turkey. committed suicide. IS. Escape
OF Fenian prisoners from Australia in an
American whale-ship. ~. Exciting debate
IN Congress between Messrs. Blaine and
Knott. IL. Mr. Blaine Frustrated by sum
stroke as he was entering church in Wash
lngton. :. IL. Heavy floods in Eastern Swift
zerland great damage DONE Is. Wins
low, the Boston forger, released in London.
An ILLINOIS jury declares Mrs. Abraham
Lincoln restored to reason . IL. The Ma
tional Republican Convention at Cincinnati
nominated Gov. r. B. Hayes, of Ohio, for
President on the seventh ballot, aDd VIM.
A. Wheeler, Of New York, for Vice President
on the first. Two Cabinet Ministers killed
and one wounded in Constantinople, by
Hassan, an insubordinate officer, who was
afterward hanged. 10. The town Of St..
Johns, Cam, nearly destroyed by fire. . 10.
A tire at Athens, on the Hudson river, de-
etroyed 100000 of property. .23. News
received of fight between Gen. Crooks
command and the Sioux Indians on June II,
in which nearly 100 OF the latter were killed,
with loss to the expedition of 8 dead and
Il wounded. 25. Seventeen persons killed.
and 81 injured by railroad accident near
Cervia, Spain. 49, Gov. Samuel j. TiIden
nominated at st. Louis as the Democratic
States.
ULY-3. Beginning of hostilities between Ser
via and Turkey troops of the former cross
the Turkish frontier, and several sharp en-
gagements occur. a. Independence day
was celebrated with unusual spirit through
out the country IS. Two hundred and
thirty lives lost by the wreck of the Lieut..
Gen. Kroesen, Dutch steamer, in the
Straits of Sunda. Three persons killed and
20 buildings destroyed by a tornado in Bur-
l1ngton, Iowa. .6. News received of the de-
feat OF Clusters forces by Sitting Bull at the
battle of the Little Big Horn, and the massa-
ere of the General and other leading officers,
with $50 enlisted men. g. A band Of masked
Missouri. -. 10. The propeller st. Clair
burned on Lake superior, destroying 27 lives.
III. Postmaster General Jewell removed
by the President. IA. Twenty-one persons
killed and go wounded by an explosion on the
British iron-clad Thunderer ;. 20. The
yacht Mohawk capsiZed off Stapleton, Staten
island, New York harbor, drowning William
T. Garner, his wife, her brother. Frost
Thorne, Miss Adele Hunter, and Peter Sulli-
van, cabin boy. "a. Over 256, 600 barrels
OF petroleum destroyed in the oil regions by
lightning.
Godlove s. Orth declines the
nomination as Governor of Indiana Dy the
Republicans. Samuel T. Cary nominated for
Vice President by the National Council of
the Greenback party. ~. Colorado is pro
claimed to be aState. The Senate discharged
Mr.. Belknap for lack OF Jurisdiction the
vote for conviction was IS to IS, not two
thirds for conviction. II. The grasshop-
pers appeared in large numbers in Nebraska.
..15. Both houses of Congress adjourned
sine die. /. . 10. Six Fenians, who escaped
from penal servitude in Australia, arrived at
New York in the whaling bark Catalpa. .2e.
The Servians defeated the Turks with heavy
loss. !. 81. Sultan Murad V. deposed because
of his mental infrmities; Abdul Haplid pro-
claimed his successor.
'EPTEMBER 3. A destructive fire desolated
st. Hyacinthe, Canada. IL. Forty Servian
towards were shot. . Is. The Centennial
trophy presented to the, American Rife
Team, at Gilmore's Gardens. New York In
the presence of a large number of spec
tators. :. 16. An armistice for ten DAYS
agreed to by Turkey and Seryia. Gen.
Crooks expedition destroyed an Indian vii
lage killed IL Indians, and captured large
lot of stores. .28. Pennsylvania day drew
! ESQ, 900 people to the Exhibition. Snow fell
in the Catskills. ea .as.. .,...,.'g..
OCTOBER. A grandson of President Harri--
son, in Kentucky, attacked and fatally
, wounded young lady who rejected him -.
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