The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
1877.
From Its Entrance to It's
Exit.
The Old Years Record Of Great
Events.
CHRONOLOGY.

blBueu between tue united states ana SPAN.
49,. g. French steamer LAmarique went
ashore at Seabrght, N. j.; no lives lost. -.
z. Duel between j. q. Bennett and T. May.
....S. Two Governors were inaugurated in
Louisiana, and the metropolitan police were
attacked by mob at the State House. o.
M. Grevy elected President of the French
Chamber of Deputies. The Nichols Govern
ment took possession of New Orleans and be-
sieged Gov. Packard in the State House. =.
10. Louisiana Republican Legislature elected
w. Z. Kellogg to the Senate. :. II. President
BorreTo, Of Ecuador overthrown. Is.
Gen. Diaz overthrow Iglesias in Mexico.
Senators Blaine, Window and Ferry re-elect-
ed. 1T. News Of terrible famine in British
India. Arrest of the Louisiana Returning
Board ordered by the House of Representa-
tiyes for contempt. -. 49, Turkish Grand
Council unanimously rejected the modified
terms OF the Peace Conference. 10 A
great famine reported IN Corea. 81. The
chief engineer of the Ashtabula bridge com-
mltted suicide %. A fire in the Stonehill
colliery, England, caused the death of fifteen
miners "a. John II. Mcpherson elected
Senator from New Jersey. ..25. Judge
David Davis elected Senator from Illinois. -.
26. The Electoral Commission bill passed by
Congress. 80. Both houses Of Congress
choose members of the Electoral Commits
sion, and the Justices OF the Supreme Court
select the fifth Judge. 81. The Electoral
Commission organized.
FEBRUARY. The electoral count COM
menced. 3. Five firomen were injured by
an explosion at fire in New York 8. Mid
hat Paha succeeded by Edhem Pasha as
Grand Vizier Of Turkey. The steamer George
Washington sank off Cape Race twenty-five
lives lost. IS. Anolle proscequi was entered
IN the bribery case of Secretary Belknap. -.
IL. The Egyptian troops defeated by.Abyssini-
ans ~. Thirty-three illicit stills were cap
tured i'll Georgia, and Lieut.. Mcintyre was
killed. Is. An attempt made to assassinate
Gov. Packard. 16. The steamer George
Cromwell wrecked, and thirty lives lost. -.
"a. Postmaster Macarthur, of Chicago dis
covered to be defaulter. Three schooners
were wrecked on Long leland coast, and
eleven men drowned. .27. Gen. Diaz was
elected President OF Mexico.
MARCH, The result of the electoral count
announced in Congress. Gov. Hayes arrived
in Washington. 3. President Hayes took
the oath OF Office, the 4th of March occurring
on Sunday. 8. Inaugural ceremonies took
place. Seven lives were lost by the burning
of a hotel at Harms City, Pa. One life and
$500, 900 lost by fire at st. Louis. The Senate
met in special session. -. 8. Seven lives were
lost by panic in st. Francis Xavier church.
New York. IL. Senator Cameron, of Penn
sylvsnia, resigned. 10. Disturbances take
place in New Orleans between the Nichols
and Packard factions . 20. j. Donald Came
in Ohio elected Senators. 81. SPECIAL COM
mission sent to Louisiana by the President
Ex-Mayor Oakley Hall disappeared from New
York . %. John d. Lee shot at the scene of
the Mountain Meadows massacre n. A
mill reservoir broke away at Stafford, Ct,
destroying $500, 900 in property and two
lives. 30. Good Friday services held.
APRIL. Easter service celebrated -. g. Herr
Camphausen replaced Prince Bismarck in the
German Chancellorship. g. Spotted Tail
surrendered. 10. Troops were withdrawn
from Columbia, s. O., and Chamberlain gave
up the fight for the Governorship. IL.
Southern Hotel at st. Louis, burned fifteen
lives lost IT. Tweed confessed. 10. The
Nichols party gained possession of the Lou
isiana State Government. 90 Troops
were withdrawn from New Orleans. E. "a.
Judge Spofford elected Senator by the Louis
lana Legislature. The Gar issued procla-
nation of war against Turkey, and Russian
troops crossed into Roumania. 81. Russian
troops occupied Giurgevo %. Twelve men
were killed at n fire in Montreal, Canada.
MAY. Three men killed by the falling Of
the New York Postoffice roof 2. Russians
captured Bayazd g. Ten persons buried
under q landslide in Canada. a. Three
murderers executed at Abbeyville, s. c..
6. Proclamation issued for an extra session
of Congress. Seven men killed by the
bursting OF a boiler on the steamship ST.
DOMAIN. ~. Eight lives were lost by the
bursting OF boiler on a coasting vessel at
the mouth OF the Mississippi 8. The most
important sewing-machine patents expired
80. Seven men killed by a colery explo-
sion at VAUDEVILLE. Pa. TO- Russian troops
crossed the Danube in small force at Galatz.
49,. IL. Several persons were killed by the
falling of the walls of the Rockford Gil. }
Court House. II. Linseed-oil works in
Brooklyn were burned; loss, 100000. A
Il hiatt IL ooh ,,1o Dot.
Gen. Grant sailed for Europe. Six persons
were killed by collision between two vessels
near New York. 49, The Russians captured
Ardahan. 81. Roumania declared herself
independent. % Seven men were killed
while launching the steamer Saratoga, at
Chester, Pa. "a. The Russians were re-
pulsed at Kars. .26. A Turkish monitor
was sunk in the Danube. 20. The English
American Fisheries Commission was made
up E. 80. Decoration day generally observed.
Gen. Grant arrived in England.
june. Twenty lives lost and much property
destroyed by hurricane at Mount Carmel,
Ill. A train was wrecked near st. Louis, for
the purpose OF plundering killing three per-
sons. s.. Eleven men were killed by the
falling of wall at fire at Bridgeport, CT.
Galveston, Tex, was visited by q $4,000, 900
fire. %. Contract was made for placing the
percent. loan. 10. Six lives were lost by
the breaking of dam at Bevidere, N. J go
10. A fight was reported between the troops
and the Nez Perez Indians in Idaho. q.
Eleven Mollie Maguires were executed in
Pennsylvania. terrible fire destroyed
$4,000 600 worth of property and thirteen
lives at st. John. 49,. %. One officer and
thirty-three soldiers were killed by Indians in
Idaho. 25. The Turks won a battle in Asia
Minor. Rustchuls was bombarded by the
Russians &C. The President visited Bos-
ton. .27. Harvard College made the Presi-
dent an LII. D.. 2S. A steamboat boiler ex-
ploded at Silver Lake, Mass, injuring eight
cen persons.
JULY. Crossing Of the Danube effected by
10000 Russians at Sistova. % A Turkish
sortie from Kars was repulsed 3. Wells
and Anderson, Of the Louisiana Returning
Board, were indicted. The Pan-Presby-
terrain Council commenced at Edinburgh.
4. Independence day celebrated as usual.
Six persons were drowned at Woburn, Mass.
by the upsetting OF boat G.. A twelve
hours battle was fought at Bela the Rus
slams captured the place. 8. Gen. Ord's
troops followed a party of horse-thieves into
Mexico. The village of Pensaukee Wis.
was destroyed by a tornado, killing six per-
sons. Russian troops captured Tirnova.
The Turks destroyed Cherketil. a town ON
the Black sea coast. 10. The Russian left
wing was driven out of Armenia. IL. Seven
workmen were suffocated by gas in a coal
mine at Brookfield, Pa. 10. Gen. Howard
fought the Nez Perces, losing thirteen men.
The steamer Eten was wrecked off the