The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29

Rhode IslaAd tlection-succsss Of the Re-
publican ticket .13. Gen. John Mcdonald
and w. o. Avery, convicted members OF the
1t. Louis whisky ring, sentenced to the Mis-
souri, Pc itentiary.
MAY-i. Gen. Bslknsp indicted by the grand
jury at Washington, for receiving brides while
Secretary OF War. g. Destructive tor
nadoes visit Chicago and other Western
points hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
worth of property destroyed, and several
people killed. IL twenty thousand charge
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. 10. The Cen
tennisl Exhibition formally opened at Phila
dephia in the prest nee Of 800, 900 people E.
IA. TheImperial powers adopta pacific policy
at the Berlin Conference. Is. TIE 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 q treaty abolishing
slavery in his dominions. 1T. Six OF the
culprits concerned In tho murder Of the Ger
man and French Consuls hung at Salonica,
Turkey. Democratic Convention of Ohio
dominates Gov. Allen for President. Ma
tional Greenback Convention met at Indian
apolis and nominated Peter Cooper for Presi-
dent and Senator Booth for Vice President.
..lS. A steamer exploded at Evansville,
Ind, killing nine men, and wounding num-
Der OF others. Presbyterian General As
semby met in Brooklyn, N. Y. 20. The
President appoints Edwards Pierrepont Min
lister to England Aphonso Taft Attorney
General, and j. Donald Cameron Secretary of
War. :. .25. The President issues proclama-
ton advising ageneial celebration of the 4th Of
July. ...26. The terms Of the BerlnC Conference
made public showing that important conces-
sions were required from Turkey. Execution
OF Piper the Boston belfry murderer. 8. . 80.
Lawrence Harvey testified before a 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 Sem
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 reductionin pas
senger fares between the East and West. De-
thronemept of the Sultan OF Turkey. e. 80.
A fire in Quebec destroyed 700 houses.
JUNE. Sensation produced at Washington
by the testimony of James Mulligan, 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 Azz, the deposed Sultan
OF Turkey. committed suicide....6. Escape
Of FeniPn prisoners from Australia in an
American whale-ship. IL. Exciting debate
in Congress between Messrs. Blaine and
Knott. IL. Mr.. Blaine Frustrated bv sun
stroke as he WAS entering church in Wash
ington. 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. II. The Ma
tional Republican Convention at Cincinnati
nominated Gov. r. b. Hayes, OF Ohio, for
President on the seventh ballot, and 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, whe was
afterward hanged. Is. The town Of st.
Johns, Can, nearly destroyed by fire. 10.
A fire at Athens. on the Hudson river, de-
stroyed 100000 Of property. .23. News
received OF a fight between Gen. Crooks
command and the Sioux Indians on June IL,
in which nearly 100 OF the latter were killed,
with loss to the expedition OF dead and
81 wounded. E. rs. Seventeen persons killed.
and 81 injured by railroad accident near
Cervia, Spain. .2S. Gov. Samuel j. Tilden
nominated at st. Louis as the Democratic
candidate for President OF the United
States.
JULY-3. Beginning Of hostilities between Ser
via and Turkey troops Of the former crosD
the Turkish frontier and several sharp en-
gagements occur. A. Independence day
was celebrated with unusual spirit through
out the country. ...5. 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
30 buildings destroyed by a tornado in Bur-
lington, Iowa. g. 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. 80. Aband Of masked
men robbed railroad passenger train i'll
Missouri. 10. The propeller st. Clair
burned on Lake Superior, destroying 81 lives.
III. Postmaster General jewell removed
by the President . . a. Twenty-one persons
killed and GO wounded by an explosion on the
British iron-clad Thunderer. 30. 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. E. "a. Over 256, GOO barrels
OF petroleum destroyed in tho oil regions by
lightning.
Godlove s. Orth declines the
nomination as Governor of Indiana Dy the
Republicans. Samuel f. Gary Nominated for
Vice President by the National Council of
the Greenback party 1T. Colorado is pro-
claimed to be Stat. The Senate discharged
Mr.. Belknap for lack of jurisdiction the
vote for conviction was 35 to rs, not two
pers appeared in large numbers in Nebraska.
III. 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. .28.
The Servians defeated tue Turks with heavy
loss. 81. Sultan Murad V. deposed because
Of his n entail intirmities; Abdul Hanlid pre-
claimed his successor.
EPTEMBER.-3. A destructive fire desolated
st. Hyacnthe, Canada. IL. Forty Servian
towards we're shot. 10. The Centennial
trophy presented to the American Rifle
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 Servia. Gen.
Crooks expedition destroyed an Indian vii
lsge, killed IA Indians, and captured large
loo OF stores. q. %. Pennsylvania day drew
$50, 900 people to the Exhibition. Snow fell
in the Catskills.
grandson of President Harri-
son, in Kentucky, attacked and fatally
wounded young lady who rejected him. -.
8. A fire in Cleveland destroyed property
valued at several hundred Thousand dollars.
$50. IL. BY the burning of the steamboat
Southern Belle, at Baton Rouge, La, 10
lives were lost. :. .16. A Russian national
loan OF S204, 600 900 resolved upon. II. A
fire at Louisville destroyed property valued
at upward Of 5000, 900.
The Dutch maritime canal
formally opened IS. -Four hundred lodges
of Cheyennes surrendered to Gen. Miles. -.
z. An unsuccessful attempt made at Spring
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