The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-10

General Pearson; President Hayes is
sues proclamation; naval battle on Dan
ube, nine miles from Silistria. %. Reign
of anarchy at Pittsburg, the mob hold
ing possession of railroad; Governor
Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, calls on
President Hayes for troops. %. The
militia fired on rioters at Reading, Pa,
killing seven wounding Sc; President
Hayes issues proclamation ordering all
persons engaged in riot to disperse by
noon tomorrow. "a. Strike reaches
Chicago. 25. Ohio Democratic Conven-
ton nominates R. NJ. Bishop for Cover
nor and pass resolutions demanding re-
peal of Resumption Act, reconciliation
of silver and retention of paper money !;
departure of first detachment of troops
from Portsmouth, England, for Meditter-
raneon service; bombardment of Mix
opolis; unveiling of Golden statue at
Bradford, England. 26. Engagement
between police and rioters at Chicago
and fourteen rioters killed; riotous mob
in st. Louis, 30. Information received
in England of 500, 900 deaths from famine
in India. 81. Minister Noyes sails for
France in steamer Illinois.
August /. President Vanderbilt pub
fishes circulars giving 100000 to his
faithful employees; Ohio Republican
Convention nominated Judge VIM. H.
West for Governor and reaffirm resolu-
tions of National Convention of 1876; de-
parture of schooner Florence, Captain G.
E. Tyson, for establishment of Mowgate
Colony from New York; riot breaks out
among Scranton coal miners, and w. w.
Scranton and posse kill four rioters; En-
glish election riots at Grimsby, and six
thousand people destroy hotel; Rus
slams defeated at Plevna. 2. General
Hartranft arrives in Scranton with 5, 100
militia; Jay Gould, stock broker,
knocked down in New York City by
Major A. A. Selover. 4. Sixty-nine per-
sons, arrested as strikers, discharged at
Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania; Tom Scott,
President of the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad, issues a circular to his loyal
employees. 5. Departure of Governor
Hartranft and militia from Scranton,
Pennsylvania. 6. Centennial celebration
of the battle of Oriskany, New York;
Grafton by Ex-Governor Seymour. 9.
Indian battle at Big Hole, Montana-23
men killed, 80 wounded, and SO Indians
dead; Emperors of Germany and Aus
tria have a friendly conference at Ischi.
10. Stanley, the African explorer, reaches
the west coast of Africa at Congo, with
115 men; band, of Mexicans attack Jail
at Rio Grande City. II. Capture of the
Balkan passes by Turks. IA Supreme
Lodge of the World of. Knights of
Pythias have session at Cleveland; Ma
tional Educational Convention at Louis
vile. Is. Centennial celebration of bat
tie of Bennington, Vermont. Is. Rus
slams, under Melikof, attacked the Turks
in Armenia; Suleiman Pasha effects a
junction with Mehemet Ali between
Tzersaroova and Belrova. 20. President
Hayes and party at the White Noun
tains; commencement of five days fight
in the Balkans. %. Georgia Constitu-
tional Convention adopts bill of rights,
recognizing all races of citizens, pledging
them protection and prohibiting i'm
prisonment for debt and whipping for.
crime; total'eclipse of moon. "a. Rus
slams attempt, unsuccessfully, to capture
the Turkish redoubt near Shipka Pass.
%. Arrival of Minister Noyes at Paris;
Russians gain victory at Kuruk-Dara.
20. Grand competitive drill of Knights
Templar at Cleveland, Ohio; capture of
a Devil Fish, with fins thirty feet long,
off the coast of Newfoundland; State
Savings Bank, of Chicago, closes its
doors. 80. Indictment of L. III. Gleaves,
Ex-Governor; G. w. Montgomery, Ex-
President of the Senate; Ex-Governor
FL. l. Moses, and United States Senator
j. J. Patterson, of South Carolina, for
fraud. 81 The Turks successfully at
tack the Russians at Plevna.
September 4. Battle of Lovatz. 8.
Robbery of Auglaize County (Ohio)
Treasury of $37, $40; w. N. Lake accom-
plished 100 miles walking in 70J hours !;
Minister Noyes, presents his credentials
at French Court. s. Frank Leslie, pub
Usher, makes an assignment of S320,0U0;
funeral of M. Thiers; M. Grevy and
Jules Simon deliver eulogies at the
grave. 9. Capitulation of the city of
Nicsics. 10. John Taylor succeeds Brig
ham Young as Mormon President. IL.
Centennial anniversary of the battle OF
Brandywine, at Chad's Ford, Pennsyl-
vania; Episeopalians meet at Chicago to
dissolve the diocese; Gambetta SEN
fenced to fine of 1000 francs and three
months imprisonment for the Lille
speech defeat of the Russians at Plevna.
II. Bankers Convention assemblies in
New York. IA. Second day of Creed
moor shooting, and the British team de-
feated by 80 points. Is. The American
Rife Team, at Creedmoor, exceeds its
score of last year by 208 points. l6.
News OF the arrival Of Henry M. Stanley
on the west coast of Africa received !;
capture of Fort st. Nicholas, the key of
the Russian position in Shipka Pass, by
the Turks. II. Terrific gale and storm
at New Orleans; Russians defeated in
the Valley of the LON; commemoration
of the Army and Navy Monument at
Boston. Is. Robbery of Union Pacific
Railroad train of $65,000 in gold by
three highwaymen at Big Springs Sta
tion, Wyoming Territory. 10. Centen-
nial celebration of battle of Bemis
Heights at Saratoga, New York; Presi-
dent MacMahon issues his manifesto.
20. Conference of Andrassy and Bis
marck at Salzberg; Centennial celebra-
ton of massacre of "Mad Anthony" at
Paoli, Pennsylvania; Presidential party
at Chattanooga, Tennessee. %. Publ,
cation of French Republican protest to
MacMahon's manifesto. %. Arrest Of
Morton, President of the Market Street
Railroad, Philadelphia, for fraudulently
issuing over a million dollars worth OF
bonds. a. Publication of Thiers's
manifesto. 25. Arrest of General Pear
son for murder in the strikers riot al
Pittsburg; arrival of Emperor and En-
press of Brazil at Rio Janeiro. 26. Sen
atcr Conkling captures New York Re
publican Convention and attacks Hayes.
policy. 20. Attempted assassination ol
General BuWiGs, President of Guate
mala, by priest, who is killed by the
Generals servant. 80. General n. A
Miles has engagement with Joseph and
his band of Nez Perces Indians, neal
Bear Paw Mountain.
October1. Final conference with Rec
Cloud and Indians by President at Wash
ington. 2. Battles before Kars begin
lasting three days-20,000 killed anc
wounded; defeat of Woman's Suffrage
proposition at Colorado election; dis
covery of w. G. Gilman forgeries il