Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
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Record of the Year.
 JANUARY,

JANUARY. ! ?. The survivors of the wrecked steam CT Deutschland arrived in Hoboken. l f. Lord Lytton appointed viceroy of India.
 10. Amnesty debate, led by MT. Blaine, in the House. 19. The Turks defeated ill Herzego- i vina.
 24 Bonapartist associations of France declared they would support President MacMahon. i 25. Flight of Winslow, the Boston for ger. 27. National bank of Northampton, Mass, robbed of $67O, ,0OO. Writs in i the Emma mine case served on Minister 1 Schenck. l 31. St. Louis whisky trials; William J. Mckee was found guilty; Avery trial begun. FEBRUARY. i 1. Fifteen members of the Indanapo- lis whisky ring sentenced.
 2-3. Oxford University declined to take part in the American Intercollegiate regatta. Also Cambridge University de- cline.
 5. One hundred and sixty lives lost by a colliery explosion at St. Etienne, Bel gium. 8. A block in Broadway at Grand street, New York, destroyed by fire; loss of $2, 5000 .. .. General Babcock's trial begun at St. Louis.
 IT. Minister Schenck resigned. IS. The Maine Legislature abolished hanging. 24. The Babcock jury rendered yer dict of not guilty. 25. The Turks beaten in Herzegovina.
 29. Don Carlos flight into France. =. The Louisiana Assembly impeached and the Senate acquitted Gov. Kellogg. MARCH. 2. Secretary of War Belknap confess ed he had received $S20, ,OOO for an ap- pointment to post leadership. Eight hundred Turks slain in Herzegovina. 4. Secretary Belknap impeached in the Senate . A hfebQats crew of fifteen men were drowned off the North Caro- lima coast. i '. Eighteen lives lost by the burning of Roman Catholic charitable home in Brooklyn. Judge Alsonso Taftappoint- ed secretary of war. 8. The Tweed jury awarded damages of $6, 537, 900. -. Secretary Belknap held in $25, ,OOO bail. 10. Ex-Treasurer Sooy, of New Jer- . sey, was convicted of embezzlement. 13. Daniel Drew failed for over $1 ,000,- 900. 17. Gen. Crook destroyed Crazy Horses camp of Sioux.
 20. King Alfonso entered Madrid in triumph. 25. Dom Pedro sailed from Rio Janeiro for New York. 2S. The steamer Jowad, with five hun dred pilgrims, lost in the Arabian seq.
 3O. Thirty feet of the dam at Lynde brook, Mass, gave away. 1. Impeachment articles against ex- Secretary Belknap adopted. 4. Nomination of R. H. Dana, Jr., as minister to England, rejected by the Senate. 6. The House passed Senate bill fixing Presidents salary at $25, 900.
 12. Twenty thousand miners struck in Yorkshire, England. 13. The President signed the Silver bill. { 15. General Babcock indicted for com rlicity in the safe burglary conspiracy ... Dom Pedro arrived ill New Yofk. IT. The issue of silver currency be- gun. IS. President vetoed the Salary bill. 22. Don Carlos in Baltimore from Liverpool.
 2e. Queen Victoria proclaimed en- press of India.
 9. Rubenstein, the murderer, died in his cell
 10. Centennial Exhibition formally opened. 20. Edwards Pierrepont made minis ter to England, Alfonso Taft attorney general, and J. D. Cameron secretary of war. 27. Abdul Aziz, sultan of Turkey, de- ! tllroned by his ministers.
 30. Nearly 500 houses burned in Quebec.
 1. Abdul Aziz, ex-sultan of Turkey, committed suicide. 13 Speaker Kerr exonerated from the charges made against him. : 15. Winslow released from jail ill London. ! 16 Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler nominated at Cincinnati. /, 20. Secretary Bristow, Treasurer New and Solicitor Wilson resigned. 1 21. Senator Merrill of Maine made i secretary of the treasury. ] 28. Samuel J. Tilden nominated for i President at St. Louis, and Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice-President. i 30. Yale won the eight-oared boat race against Harvard at Springfield, Mass.
 1. Servia declared war against Turkey. $. News of massacre of Gen. Custer and his men by Sioux Indians :. . I'm peachment trial of General Belknap begun. '. Mr. Blaine offered seat in the Sen- ate vacant by MT. Morrill's resignation. 8. Gov. Hayes accepts his nomination. ] 9. Castle Garden burned. ; II. Postmaster General Jewell re- moved also Commissioner Pratt of ill., ternal revenue.
 13. Six lives lost by the Thielhorn tragedy in Newark, N. J.
 19. Cornell crews win three races at Saratoga.
 20. W. T. Garner, his wife and three other persons lost their lives by capsiz- ing of the yacht Mohawk.
 %. Mexican insurgents defeated at Fortin.
 AUGUST.
 1. Gen. Belknap discharged. Colo rado proclaimed a State.
 4. Tilden and Hendricks acceptance published.
 g. Deadlock in Congress broken.
 13. The Wagner musical festival begun at Bayreuth ;. Government troops de- feated in Mexico.
 16. General Hampton nominated for governor of South Carolina.
 23. Turks repulsed by Servians
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