Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-02
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PRINCIPAL Events OF THE GE-r az.

I, Death Of Commodore Vanderbilt. aged
eiChty-t wears.
:. Steamship Ameriquc. of the Transatlantic
Line run ashore near Long Branch.
Il. Death in Washington at Rear Admra
Joseph Smith. aged eighty six years.
y. Great fire in Bolton coliery, England
httfCn lives lost.
~. Death in Philadelphia of Antonio Bit,
pTeStldigiiateur.
FEBRUARY.
]. The Joint ConV euIion assembled To count
the electoral vote
s. DEATH in san Francisco al Rear Admira!
James Alden. .S.N
s Death in Washington of Rear Admiral
Charles Wilkes, |. =. V, aged ScNentN->N
years.
10. Death i'm Washington Of Rear Admiral
TheOdorouS Bailey. l. :. Y. aged Sevcnty-two
years.
y. Florida'S vote counted Cor Hayes and
Wheeler.
H. Gallery explosion at Graisse>sar France
Fiity-fve lives lost. Death in Paris of Nicho-
has thangarnieT. senior general in the French
army. aged eighty four years.
u. Death IN ANNAPOLIS ot Rear Admiral
Charles II. Davis, L. ). n. aged >eyelty-one
years.
% LouiSiana'S vote counted for HAYES and
Wheeler. Death i'm Washington OF Rear Adj
miral Louis VI. Goid>boroush. L. :. Y. aged
NeNcnty-tWO years.
MARCH
> HAYES and Wheeler declared elected.
= Inauguration of President Hayes.
u Burning of the Waltham Building in New
York. Loss. $lt0l. con.
seven years.
$ Seven persons trampIed to death in panic
IN 81. Francis Nayicr'S Church. New York.
-. John u. Lee shot n Mountain Meadows.
y. The StatOrdviiie Comm reservoir gave
way, causing 4 great loss of property.
81. The European Powers signed a protocol
At London inviting Turkey to pace IL army
upon peace footing.
APRIL
>. An order was issued by President Hayes
foT the evacuation of the South Carolina state.
40 fpI a
, Death in New York of Capt. +. iahrbuSh.
supposed 10 be one hundred and eleven years
:. Death in New York of the Rev. W. A
Muhlrnberg. aged eighty years.
Ii. Burning of the southern Hotel in ~.
Louis. Fifteen lives lost.
~. War with Turkey declared by Russia.
MAY.
B. Landslide n Ste. Geneyieve, Canada. Ten
. lives lost.
. Explosion al the Vaudeville Shaft Colliery
Seven lives lost.
L.. Destruction of Iquique, Pera, by anearth-
quake.
l.. President MacMahon SuSpendS the sit
ting of the French Chambers for one month.
- Seven men crushed to death by the
launchmgnf the steamship Saratoga al Rp3ch'S
yard. Chester, Pa.
-. The Russians blow up Turkish monitor
On tle Danube.
% Death in London of John I.ot hrop Motley
! aged siNtythrcc. Death OF Fletcher Harper
JUNE.
of the Netherlands
!. Destructive tornado in Illinois: sixteen
lives lost.
&. Widdicomb bridge. near Bath. broke
down: twenty persons killed.
II. Death in scotland al Alexander Balm
philosopher, aged SiNty-Seyen wears.
Il Railroad collision on the Baltimore and
! Ohio railroad five lives lost.
Ii. Death IN FairhaVen. Conn. of the Rev.
! John =. G.. Abbott.
- President Hayes issues the order relating
{ To 9fiiceh0ldeTS.
/ %. Tie Russians cross the Danube al Galatz
- Death Oi Robert Dale owen. aged >eN-
! enty siN years.
! :. fensaukec Station. Illinois. destroyed by
I 4 tornado: six lives lost.
q. Death at Buchanan. Ohio. of Professor
SantOrn Icnncy. aged fifty years.
! H. Seven men killed by foul gas in 4 coal
I mime near sharon, PennSylvania.
/ II The Russians cross the Balkans.
l. Wreck of the British steamer Eten of the
/ coast of Chill: one hundred lives LOST.
| -. BEGINNING of the railroad strikes.
81. Defeat of the Russians by the Turks AT
/ Pleyna: Russian loss. 5000 killed.
AUGUST.
! ,. Burning of a mandatory i'm Cincinnati /:
/ ten girls burned tn death.
4. Death al Landeck. SieSia. of Field Mar
| shall Charles Frederic Won Steinmetz. aged
eighty-One years.
! 9. Accident on the Central railroad of New
! jersey.
! Is. Death of William Longman. the London
! publisher. aged seventy eight years.
IS Death in st. Louis of Benedict DeBlr.
aged SlNty-One years.
| %. Railroad accident on the Rock Island and
! Pacific railroad; seventeen lives lost.
20 Death at Salt Lake City of Brigham
Young.
SEPTEMBER
|. Death al Canton, Pa, Of +. l.. Davenport.
aged SiXty-uue wears.
3. Death in Paris, France. of eX-President
Louis Adolphe Theirs. aged eighty years.
! 5. -Four lives lost al the burning of Hale :
! piano factory in New York city.
/ iiSin of tNs-. Slf "A D..
land, England; one hundred and four lives
lost.
Is. The American rifemen win the nterna
/ ti0nal match with the British team.
! u. Accident OH the New DIRK Central rail
! road: three lives lost.
! % Death in France of L. J. j. Leverricr the
! astronomer, aged sixty seven years.
! "a Part of the Patent Office in Washington
burned.
2s. Great fire in Providence. II. l.: three
| % Death in Peru of Henry Meiggs. aged
! SlNty->lN years.
OCTOBER.
| 3. Death in London of Madame Teresa
! Iitiens, aged fortythree years.
4. Great storm on the North Atlantic coast.
! Eight persons killed by an accident on the
! Pickering Valley Railroad. The steamer
| Massachusetts driven ashore on Long Island.
5. Surrender of Nez Perces Indians TO Gen
| Miles.
IL Explosion in a colliery near Wigan. Eng
! land; thirty-five lives lost.
Is. Mukhtar Pasha was defeated by the Rus
slams and retTeated To karS.
20 Great fire in 81. John. New Brunswick
| y. Colliery explosion near Glasgow. Scot
! land: two hundred and thirly-two lives lost.
! ~ Death in South America of Professor
James Orion aged forty seven years.
IS. Death in Philadelphia of Edwin Adams
| aged forty-three years.
| NOVEMBER.
| !. Death in Indianapolis OF Senator q. L.
Morton. aged ffty-f0ur years The Prussian
! Field Marshal Won Wrangel died, aged ninety
| three years.
1. Passage of the Bland Silver bin i'm the
; House of Representatives.
!. q. State elections in New York, MaSsachu-
sets and elsewhere.
| TO- Loss on Lake Michigan of the Canadian
| schooner Magellan; eight lives lost.
y. Henry Peters Gray. artist, died, aged
/ ffty-eight years
| Is Fatal fire damp explosion near Scranton.
! Pa: four lives lost.
ID Resignation of the French Ministers
Is Capture of kars by the Russians.
u. Enforcement of the Excise law.
! q. S5.5Cn,Co0 awarded TO Great Britain for
! fishery rights.
! 81 Loss Of the United States steamer Huron
off the North Carolina coast one hundred and
| ten lives lost.
DECEMBER.
| 3. Burning of the steamer Lotus on the Mis-
l SiSSinpi. eleven lives