Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-01-25


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gAwDAhy.--f. Repuhlicalsa and Dem
eerats each organissd = Legislature 10
Leuisiaha 2. The Porte refused The
legms 81 he international Conference.
Z. kxsEadiiipn treaty signed between
ihe Nniled States and Spsin.. q. French
steamer BAmeriQne went ashore at
8eebri9bf. y. j. no lives lost q. Duel
between J. G, Bennett and r. May 8.
Two governors we're ineugufated IN
Lnnissana. and the mekropsl|lnn police
Ee1e aslaekna * tie slale House--e.
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French Chamber o. Deputies. The
Nichols government took possession Of
New Orleans and besieged Governor
Packard insihe State House. 10. Lou
isisna Republican Legislature elected
w. p. Kellogg to the Senate IL. Pres
ident BcrreFTo, Of Ecuador, oveFthrown.
,..16. Gen. Diaz overthrew Iglesias in
Mexico. Senators Blaine, Window and
Ferry reelected. ~. News Of terEi-
bic famine in British India. Arrest Of
the Louisiana Returning Board ordered
by the House OF Representatives for
contempt. ..1S. Turkish Grand Council
unanimously rejected the modified terms
Of the Peace Conference :. 10. A great
famine reported In CUrea. al. The
chief engineer of the Ashtsbula bridge
committed suicide. %. A FIRE in the
Stonehill colliery, England, caused the
death of fifteen miners. pa. John r.
Mcpherson elected Senator from New
Jersey. Is. Judge David Davis elected
Senator from Illinois ..26. The Elec-
tOrai Commission bin passed by Con-
gress. 80. Both Houses ef Congress
choose members Of the Electoral Com
mission, and the Justices Of the Su-
preme Court select the fifth judge. al.
The Electoral Commission organized.
FEBRUARY.-1. The electoral count
commenced. 3. Five fremen were in
iured by an explosion At 9 FIRE in New
York. 3. Midhat Pasha succeeded by
Edhem Pasha Is Grand ". ieF of TuF-
key. The steamer George Washingtoa
sank of Cape Race; twenty-five lives
lost. :. IL. The Egyptian troops defeated
by Abyssinisns. 10. Thirty-three illi-
cit stills were captured in Georgia, and
Lieut.. Mcintyre was killed. IS, An
attempt made to assassinate Gov. Pack
ard i6. The steamer George Crom.
well wrecked, and thirty lives lost -.
"a. Postmaster Macarthur, Of Chicago,
discovered TO be a defaulter. Three
schooners were wrecked on Long Is
lad coast. and eleven men drowned. :.
~. Gen. Diaz was elected President Of
Mexico.
MARcH.--2. 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.
IS. Inaugural ceremonies took place.
Seven lives lost by the burning Of . ho-
tel at Karns City, Pa. The Senate met
in special session. 8. Seven lives were
lost by the panic IN st. Francis Xavier
church, New York. ~. Senator Cam
eion, OF Pennsylvania, resigned......l9.
Disturbances take place in New Or
leans between the Nichols and Packard
factions 30. J. Donsld Cameron in
PennsyIvanla and Stanley Matthews in
Ohio elected Senators. al. Special
commission sent to Louisiana by the
President. Ex:Mayor Oakley Hall dis
appeared from New York 20. John
d. Lee shot at the scene Of the Noun
tain Meadows ttidssaefe. 81. A mill
reservoir broke away at Stafford, Con-
necticut, destroying $500. 900 in prop
erty and two lives. 40. Good Friday
services held.
APRIL.-1. Easter service celebrated.
...6. Herr Camphansen replaced Prince
Bismarck in the German Chancellor;
ship. g. Spotted Tail surrendered. 10.
Troops were Withdrawn from Columbia,
S. c., and Chamberlain gave up the
fight for the Goveraorship. II. South
ern Hotel, at ST. Louis, burned: fifteen
lives lost. IL. Tweed confessed -. 10.
The Nichols party gained possession OF
the Louisiana State Government 20.
Troops were Withdrawn from New Or
leans. IA. Judge Spoford elected Sem
ator by the Louisiana Legislature. The
Czar issued a proclamation Of war
against Turkey, and Russian troops
crossed into Roumania. ..27. Russian
troops occupied Giurgevo .2S. Twelve
men were killed at 6fe in Montreal,
Canada.
MAr.-1. Three men killed by the
falling Of the New York Post-ofice ROOT
a. Russians captured Bsyazid. s.
Ten persons buried under landslide in
Canada. A. Three murderers executed
At AbbeyvilIe, s. C...6. Proclamation
issued for an extra session Of Congress.
Seven men killed by the bursting OF =
boiler on the steamship Sidonisn. Il.
Eight lives were lost by the bursting Of
. boiler on cossting vessel at the
mouth Of the Mississippi. g. The most
important sewing-machine patents ex-
pired.. g. Seven men killed by COLI
cry explosion At VAUDEVILLE. Pa, 10
Russian troops crossed the Danube 10
small force at Galatz. II. Several per-
sons were killed by the falling Of the
walls Of the Rockford lllI.) Court House
III. General Grant sailed .gor Europe.
Six persons were killed By cOIlisior
between two vessels near New York..
10. The Russians captured Ardahan..
81. Roumania declared herself inde-
pendent. %. Seven men were killed
while launching the steamer Saratoga,
a Chester, Pa...2l. The Rnsaians were
Tcpulsed At Kars. .26. A Turkish mOn.