The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-03

cold in ihe northern states; thermometer p
degrees below zero ia numerous localities.
MARCH.
l. First steamship Tor Panama by way Of
Mtreiian straits sailed from New Ork. Direct
CABLE repaired.
=. Belknao impeached by the house.
3. First is.eichant vessel passed through
Ea ISIS istties.
:. Aionzo Taft appointed secretary of war.
=. Eclipse OF the MOON
u. Daniel Drew went into bankruptcy
-: New Hampshire election; republican
Il; Crazy Horse .::;;Tndian village destroyed
by Genei al X ynolds.
y. Remarkable haloS around the sun.
creek.
25. Eclipse Of the sun.
APRIL
I. General Crooks Big Horn expedition re-
turn unsuccessful Postal treaty between the
nlted states and Japan concluded.
8 Anti Chinese meeting in san Francisco.
4. New York canals opened 10 navigation.
.. Anti Cain ese meeting in san Francisco
attended by IU.D10 men.
-. Funeral of 4. T. Stewart.
IA. Lincoln statue unveiled at Lincoln
Square Washington, ID. &.
10 Pedro IL de Alcantara. emperor Of
Brazil, arrived in New York.
~. Planet OF the eleventh magnitude dis
covered by Professor Wat on, Ann Arbor,
Mich. Moody aud Sankey revival at the hip,
podrome. New York, closed.
q. Shower OF worms fell during a rain in
y. Panel OF the twelfth magnitude dis
covered by Henry.
y. Brilliant meteor at Montgomery, Ala.
MAY.
s. Debut OF Miss Anna Dickinson, at Bos-
ton, In 1.-The Crown OF rhorns."
IL Fiisi game OF pol played in America, at
Is Bowen accommodated by Plymouth
church. General assembly of the Presbyterian
IS. Funeral OF B sTon de Palm, al the Ma
sonic temple New York.
30 Decoration day observed.
JUNE.
l.. MOOdy's tabernacle opened In Chicago.
T. Tran continental fast train arrived In
san Francisco: time from New York, eighty
four hours.
s. Old South church, Boston, sold for 81 800,
II Republican national cohvention assem-
10. Hayes and Wheeler nominated.
rs. News Of Crooks victory over the Sioux
on the Rosebud: - Sioux killed.
q: National democratic convention assem-
D. Tllden nominated candidate for presi-
dent
%. Hendricks nominated for vice presi-
80. Yale won the Yale Harvard boat race at
Springfield, Massachusetts.
JULY.
J. Colorado election. New constitution
=. Fourth of July Usual parades. Centen-
NAL ceremonies NJ Philadelphia.
5. Don Carlos and suite arrive at New Or
8. Wonderfully brilliant meteor visible
from all parts OF the United States.
l0. Reception in New York to Dom Pedro.
10. intercollegiate regatta on Saratoga lake,
New York, won by Cornell.
AUGUST.
1. Belknap acquitted.
8. Venezuela investigation begun In con-
gress. stirring debates In the house on
olaine'S sick ness.
5. Tilden and Hendricks accepted the NOM
nations.
Il. Intense heat In the United States Hun
dreds of sunstTol1es.
IL. News of Sitting Bulls defeat By Terry.
IS. Congress adjourned.
u. Dnry Centennial crossed the Atlantic.
%. News of Crook and Terry victory over
Sitting Bull on the Rosebud.
-. Funeral of Speaker Kerr at New Albany.
Eastern coal combination rupinrd.
p. t'reat coal sales in New York.
70. Saratoga, New York, democratic state
convention.
SEPTEMBER.
/. Coal miners strike In Illinois Cable
laid across the strait OF Csnso.
3. Don Carlos and suite sailed from New
3. irish rife team arrived in New York.
Vanderbilt very i'll.
7. Allen Goss prize fight in Kentucky de-
cared draw.
Z. Tweed captured at Vigo, Spain.
O. Great excitement in Minnesota. IN conse-
Quence of the Mortified bank robbery.
IL. rlection in Maine carried by republic
cans.
70. Yellow fever fearfulIy prevalent at sa-
Vannah.
Is. John Walter, London Times, arrived In
New York.
Crook s cavalry. Trial OF Lee, the Mormon
Mountain Meadows inurderer, begun at Beaver,
utah.
the Sioux chiefs.
~. Greedmoor shooting match. Lee, Nor
mon murderer, sentenced to death.
%. Nor hield bank robbers captured and
Identified.
"a. Hell Gate reef blown up; explosion
%. Boss Tweed embarked on the Franklin
10 return to New York. Earthquake In IL
linois. Yellow fever prevalent In southern
states.
10. Elections In Ohio Indiana and West Vir-
ginia; republicans carry the first aud demo-
Is. Martin F. Topper arrives in New York
ON England.
q. Troops ordered 20 South Carolina.
q. News OF the dc struction OF the arctic
fleet.
"a. Crook surrounded and disarmed the Sioux
26. Arctic steamers Alert and Discovery
turned.
Al. General Miles defeated Sitting Bull on
NOVEMBER.
T. -Four hundred lodges of Sioux surrender
n General Miles.
7. Election day. Dastardly attempt to steal
the body of Abraham Lincoln.
10. Centennial closed.
Ii. Youngers placed on trial for the North
field bank robbery and murder.
IL. Returning boards at work; South Caro-
lima declared Tor hayes. e.. .r
p. d spoilers of Lineoln's tomb arrested in
Chicago. .li r..s
~ tweed arrived in New York.
- X evolution in Lower California. Daniel
Webster's statue unveiled in Central park,
New York.
q. Another arctic expedition proposed.
~. Thanksgiving day.
DECEMBER.
a. Bust of Horace Greeley unveiled in New
York second session of the forty fourth con-
gress begun.
g. Electoral colleges In the states voted.
Cremation of Baron Palm. Extradition treaty
revived.
II. Verdict of the jury in the Brooklyn