The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-16
1877.
Principal Events OF the Year from Begin
ming 10 End.

JANUARY - l. Republicans and
Democrats each organized a Legislature
in Louisiana. q. The Porte refused
the terms of the International Confer
'euce....4. Extradition treaty signed be-
tween the United States and Spain. -.
6. French steamer L'Amerique went
ashore at Seabright, n. j.; no lives lost
....7. Duel between J. G. Bennett and
+. May. IS. Two governors were in
a%ugurated in Louisiana, and the metro
politan police were attacked at the State
House....9. NJ. Grevy elected president
Of tho French Chamber of Deputies.
The Nichols government took pos
session OF New Orleans, and besieged
Governor Packard in the State House
10. Louisiana Republican Legisla-
tire elected ". P. Kellogg to the Sen
ate. .....11. President Borrerro, of
Ecuador, overthrown. is. Gen. Diaz
overthrew Iglesias in Mexico. Senators
Blaine, Window and Ferry reelected
....17. News of a terrible famine in
British India. Arrest of the Louisiana
Returning Board ordered by the House
Of Representatives for contempt. ..18.
Turkish Grand Council unanimously re-
jected the modified terms of the Peace
Conference. ...19. A great famine re-
ported in Corea. ..21. The chief engi-
neer of the Ashtabula bridge committed
suicide. ..23. A fire in the Stonehill
collierv, England, caused the death Of
fifteen miners. PA. John r. McPher-
son elected Senator from New Jersey
....25. Judge David Davis elected Sen
ator from Illinois. ..26. The Electoral
Commission bill passed by Congress. .
80. Both Houses of Congress choose
members of the Electoral Commission,
and the. Justices of the Supreme Court
select the fifth Judge. 81. The Elec-
toral Commission organized.
FEBRUARY-1. The electoral count
commenced. 81. Five fremen were in
iured by an explosion at a fire in New
York. IS. Midhat Pasha succeeded by
Edhem Pasha as Grand Vizier of Turkey.
The steamer George Washington sank
off Cape Race; twenty-five lives lost. -.
II. The Egyptian troops defeated by
Abyssinians. 10. Thirty-three illicit
stills we're captured in Georgia, and
Lieut.. Mcintyre was killed. ...15. An
attempt made to assassinate Gov. Pack
ard. ...16. The steamer George Crom-
we'll wrecked, and thirty lives lost. 8.
"a. Postmaster Macarthur, of Chicago,
discovered to be a defaulter. Three
schooners were wrecked on Long Island
coast, and eleven men drowned. ...27.
Gen Diaz was elected President OF
Mexico.
MARCH,. The result of the cleo
toral count announced in Congress.
Gov. Hayes arrived in Washington. -.
3. President Hayes took the oath Of
Office, the 4th of March occurring on
Sunday. ...5. Inaugural ceremonies took
place. Seven lives lost by the burning
of a hotel at Harms City, Pa. The
Senate met in special session. ...S.
Seven lives were lost by the panic in st.
Francis Xavier church, New York..
p. Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
resigned. ...19. Disturbances take place
in New Orleans between the Nichols
and Packard factions. 20. j. Donald
Cameron in Pennsylvania and Stanley
Matthews in Ohio elected Senator'S. =.
81. Special commission sent to Louisi-
ana 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 reservoirIbroke away at Stafford, c.,
destroying $500, 600 in property and two
lives. 80. Good Friday services held.
APRIL. Easter service celebrated
....6. Herr Camphausen replaced
Prince Bismarck in the German Chancel-
lorship. 80. Spotted Tail surrendered
10. Troops were withdrawn from
Columbia, s. c., and Chamberlain gave
up the fight for the Governorship. Ill.
Southern Hotel, at st. Louis, burned;
fifteen lives lost. III. Tweed confessed
10. The Nichols party gained pos
session of the Louisiana State Govern
ment. 20. Troops were withdrawn
from New Orleans. "a. Judge Spot
ford elected Senator by the Louisiana
Legislature. The Gear issued a pro-
clamation of war against Turkey, and
Russian troops crossed into Roumania
..27. Russian troops occupied Giur-
gevo. ..2S. Twelve men were killed at
a fire in Montreal, Canada.
MAY. Three men killed by the fall
ing of the New York Post-ofice roof.
2. Russians captured Bayazid. ...3.
Ten persons buried under O landslide in
Canada. IL. Three murderers executed
at Abbeyville, s. Go. Proclamation
issued for an extra session Of Congress.
Seven men killed by the bursting of a
boiler on the steamship Sidonian. ~.
Eight lives were lost by the bursting of
a boiler on a coasting vessel at the
mouth of the Mississippi. 50. The
most important sewing-machine patents
expired. 80. Seven men killed by a
colliery explosion at VAUDEVILLE, Pa.
10. Russian troops crossed the Danube
in small force at Galatz Ill. Several
persons were killed by the falling of the
walls of the Rockford (Ill. I,Court House
III. Gen. Grant sailed for Europe.
Six persons were killed by a collision
between two vessels near New York. .
10. The Russians captured Ardahan. .
q. Roumania declared herself indie.
pendent. 20. Seven men were killed
while launching the steamer Saratoga, at
Chester, Pa. ....24. The Russians were
repulsed at Kars. 90. A Turkish
monitor was sunk IN the Danube. .29.
The English American Fisheries Com
mission was made up.... 80. Decoration
day generally observed. Gen. Grant
arrived in England.
june. Twenty lives lost and
much property destroyed by a hurricane
at Mount Carmel, Ill. 8. Eleven men
we're killed by the falling Of O. wall ct a
fire at Bridgeport, Ct. Galveston, Tex,
wal visited by a $1,000, 900 fre....9.
Contract was made for placing the 4-per-
cent. loan. is. Six lives were lost by
the breaking of a dam at Belvidere, N.
J....1S. A fight was reported between
the troops and the Nez Perces Indians
in Idaho. ...21. Eleven Mollie Maguires
were executed in Pennsylvania. A ter
rible fire destroyed S12, 0G0, 900 worth Of
property and thirteen lives at st. John,
n. B.. 90. One officer and thirty-three
soldiers we're killed by Indians in Idaho
....2S. A steamboat boiler exploded at
Silver lake, Mass, iniurlng eighteen
persons.
JULY. Crossing of the Danube
effected by {, 1000 Russians at Sistova
81. Wells and Anderson, of the
Louisiana Returning Board, were in
dicted. The Pan Presbyterian Council
commenced at Edinburgh. A. hide
pendence day celebrated as usual. Six
persons were drowned at Woburn, Mass,
by the upsettino of O boat. 30, A