The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-27
! 1877
From It's Entrance to It's
Exit.
The Old Years Record of Great
EEyents.
CHRONOLOGY.


tlonal Conference. . T. Extradition treaty
signed between tine United States and Spain
..:.6. French steamer IAmarique went
ashore at Seabright n j.: no lives lost.
Z. Duel between j. G.. Bennett and T. Nav,
....o. Two Governors were inangurated in
Louisiana, and the Metropolitan police were
attacked 10y mob at the State House. -. 9.
N. Grevy elected President of the French
Chamber of Deputies. The Nichols Govern
ment took possession of New Orleans and be-
seged Gov. Packard in the State House. :.
IT, Louisiana Republican Legislature elected
w. T. Kellogg to the Senate. . II. President
Borrerro, 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-
yves for contempt. Is. Turkish Grand
Council unanimously rejected the modified
terms Of the Peace Conference. 10, A
great famine reported in Corea o. The
chief engineer of the Ashtabula bridge COM
united suicide. %. A fire in the SIonehill
coiliery, England, caused the death OF fifteen
miners, "a. John +. Mcpherson elected
Senator from New jersey. rs. Judge
David Davis elected Senator from Illinois .
TO- The Electorate 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-1. The electoral count COM
menced.. 3. Five firomen were injured by
an explosion at a fire in New York. s.. Mid
hat Paha succeeded by Edhem Pasha as
Grand Vizier Of Turkey The steamer George
Washington sank off Cape Race twenty-five
lives lost. 8. Anolle proscequi was entered
IN the bribery case of Secretary Belknap !.
Ii. The Egyptian troops defeated byAbyssini-
ans. IL. Thirty-three illicit stills were cap
tured in Georgia, and Lieut.. Mcintyre was
killed. 49, An attempt made to assassinate
Gov. Packard. j.. 16. The steamer George
Cromwell wrecked, and thirty lives lost. . :.
a. Postmaster Macarthur, of Chicago, dis
covered to be q defaulter Three schooners
were wrecked on Long island coast, and
eleven men drowned. :. 27. Gen. Diaz was
elected President OF Mexico.
MARCH-2. The result of the electoral count
announced in Congress. Gov Hayes arrived
In Washington. 8. President HAYES took
the oath Of Office, the 4th of March occurring
on Sunday. ...5. Inaugural ceremonies took
place. Seven lives were lost by the burning
OF hotel at Harms City, Pa. One life and
$500, 900 lost by fire at st. Louis. The Senate
met IN special session. IS. Seven lives were
lost by panic in st. Francis Xavier church.
New York. 10. Senator Cameron, Of Penn
sylvania, resigned. e. . 10. Disturbances take
place in New Orleans between the Nichols
and Packard factions =. 20. J. Donald Came
ron IN Pennsylvania and Stanley Matthews
In Ohio elected Senators. . 81. SPECIAL COM
mission sent to Louisiana by the President.
Ex-Mayor Oakley Hall disappeared from New
York. .23. John D. Lee shot at the scene of
the Mountain Meadows massacre. .27. A
mill reservoir broke away at Stafford, Ct.
destroying 100000 in property and two
lives. :. 80 Good Friday services held.
APRIL. Easter service celebrated :. 6. Herr
Camphausen replaced Prince Bismarck in the
German CHARACTERISTIC. 80. Spotted Tail
surrendered. =. 10. Troops were withdrawn
from Columbia, S. c., and Chamberlain gave
up the fight for the Governorship IL.
Southern Hotel, at st. Louis, burned fifteen
lives lost. 1T. Tweed confessed. 49, The
Nichols party gained possession of the Lou
lslana State Government. 90 Troops
were withdrawn from New Orleans. "a
Judge Spofford elected Senator by the Louis
lana Legislature. The Gear issued g procla-
nation of war against Turkey, and Russian
troops crossed into Roumania .27. Russian
troops occupied Giurgevo .28. Twelve men
were killed at fire in Montreal, canada.
MAY. Three men killed by the falling of
the New York Postofice roof. . 2. Russians
captured Bayazid. 3. Ten persons buried
under landslide in Canada A. Three
murderers executed at Abbeyville, S. G.
6. Proclamation issued for an extra session
of Congress. Seven men killed bv the
bursting of a boiler on the steamship ST.
DOMAIN. ~. Eight lives were lost by the
bursting of boiler On q coasting vessel at
the mouth of the Mississippi s. The most
important sewing-machine patents expired.
80. Seven men killed by q coliiery explo-
sion at VAUDEVILLE. Pa. -. TO-. Russian troops
crossed the Danube in small force at Galatz.
Ill. Several persons were killed by the
falling of the walls of the Rockford Tn.)
Court House.. IL. Llnseed-0il works in
Brooklyn were burned; loss, 100000. 4
drawn battle took place near Batoum . II.
Gen. Grant sailed for Europe. Six persons
were killed by collision between two vessels
near New York . 10. The Russians captured
Ardahan. 81. Roumania declared herself
independent. 20. 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. 49, The English
American Fisheries Commission was made
up. :. 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. IS. Eleven men were killed by the
falling of g wall at fire at Bridgeport, ct.
Galveston, Tex, was visited by SO, 100000
fire.. g. Contract was made for placing the
4 percent. loan. .15. Six lives were lost by
the breaking of a dam at Belvidere, n j..
Is. A fight was reported between the troops
and the Nez Perez Indians in Idaho. :. .21.
Eleven Mollie Maguires were executed in
Pennsylvania. A terrible fire DESTROYED
$4,000, 600 worth of property and thirteen
lives at st. John % One officer and
thirty-three soldiers were killed by Indians in
Idaho !. rs. The Turks won battle in Asia
Minor. Rustchuk was bombarded by the
Russians. :. &c. The President visited Bos-
ton. ..27. Harvard College made the Presi-
dent an LII. D.. .28. A steamboat boiler ex-
ploded at Silver Lake, Mass, injuring eight
cen persons.
JULY. Crossing of the Danube effected by
10000 Russians at Sistova. g. A Turkish
sortie from Kars was repulsed. 8. 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 6 A twelve |