Connecticut western news., 1878-01-10
THE YEAR 1877.
Notable Events of the Year, with the Dates
 on which they Transpired.
JANUARY.

JANUARY,
 l. Queen vittoria proclaimed Empress
 4. Commodore Vanderbilt died, aged eighty-two years.
 2. The steamer Seminole collided with the Montgomery off Cape May, and 13 lives lost.
 II. News received at Gloucester, Mass., of the loss of IA fishing sloops.
 19 Turkish Grand Council rejected proposals +of European Powers, and re- fused to allow Midhat Pasha to negotiate further.-The report of the Joint Com mittee appointed to report a method for l counting the electoral vote presented to both houses, fTnis provided for the ap- pointment of what was afterward known as "The Electoral Commission
 23. Fire in colliery, Bolton. England; 15 lives lost.
 25. Judge David Davis elected United States Senator. Senate passes Electoral Commission Bill, 47 to IT.
 26. House passed Electoral Com mission Bill, 191 to 96.-Ben Hill elected United States Senator from Georgia.
 29 President Grant signed Electoral Commission Bill.
 3O Senate and House each selected five members to serve on the Com mission-the Senate selecting Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, Thurman and Bayard, and the House, Payne, Hunton, Abbott, Garfield and Hoar
 31. Tho Associate Justices of the | Supreme Court who had been selected to serve on the Commission, Judges Clifford, Miller, Field and Strong, informed both Houses that they had chosen Judge Joseph P. Bradley as the fifth Com missioner. Resolutions passed the House admitting Colorado as State, and MT. Belford as Representative from it.
 FEBRUARY.
 1. The Joint Convention of Congress to count the electoral vote assembled. Six States were counted, when the vote | of Florida was referred to the Electoral Commission.
 3. President Grant sent message to the House recommending the early re- sumption. of specie payments.
 5. News received of the laundering of the steamer George Washington off Cape Race; thirty lives lost.
 '. The Electoral Commission, by a vote of to 7, decided to give Florida's vote to Hayes and Wheeler. The report
 being given to the Joint Convention,
 objection was made, and the two Houses
 separated.
 ; 12. The two Houses of Congress fe- assembled, but not concurring ia the re- , port of the Electoral Commission, the
 vote of Florida was counted for Hayes
 and Wheeler. The Count then proceeded
 until Louisiana was reached, when the vote of that State was given to the Com mission.
 IA. Colliery explosion tat Graissessac France, 55 lives lost.
 1G. The Electoral Commission decided
 to give Hayes and Wheeler the vote O.
 Louisiana by vote of 8 to 2. Int 3 House obiecting, the two bodies sepa 7 rated-News received of the loss of tht steamer George C,'onasoeW of Cape Race f 30 lives lost.
 20. The vote of Louisiana in joint con vehtioh of Congress was counted fo Hayes and Wheeler. The vote thel t proceeded. Objection was made on tn : part of the Democrats to the vetes 0 , Michigan and Nevada, but not being = sustained by both Houses, the Coun proceeded. Rear Admiral Goldsborougl died in Washington, aged seventy-tw years.
 l 21. Objection was made to the vote o a Oregon, and 1t went to the Commission 9. In the Senate MT. Sherman offere, D bill Recommending the early resumption of specie payments. e A. The vote of Oregon was counte ], for Hayes ana Wheeler. e MARCH. y 2. Counting the electoral vote com h pleted, and Vice-President Ferry all :. nounced the election of Rutherford E h Hayes as President, and Win. A. Vince H CT as Vice President of the United States o 3. FoSty-fourth Congress adjourns-
 The House passes resolutions declarin
 Tilden and Hendricks elected.
 5. President Hayes inaugurated-
 Special session of the Senate opened. e 8. Panic in St. Francis Xavier Chure l. in New York city. Seven persons tran d pied to death.
 10 g.. President Hayes orders Unite
 States troops to evacuate the South Cal 10 olina court house on the 10th. % 10. Federal troops withdrawn frol IS Columbia state House, and overthro' T. of the Chamberlain government. Tn ,a foreign interference in the internal al
 | X prepare for war, The President order 'd the removal of troops from Alaska. or II. Southern Hotel burned at St. Loui 1t and fifteen lives lost. -o 19. The Louisiana Commission a, ,1 pointed by the President reported th 'o existence of valid legislature in ths le State (the Nicholls) with an undispute
 quorum.
 ,e 20. The President issued an order fc a the removal of United States troops frol :, the Custom House, New Orleans on th 24th ult.
 o g. The Russians crossed the Prut 10 and occupied Jassy and Bucharest. Se' l, enteen thousand Russians entered Rol l. mania.
 ,- "A. The Federal troops evacuated tE :. Custom House, New Orleans, and Pacl ID ards Government was left without a vel g. tige of support. The Nichols Legisl
 tUre at once organized and elected Jude s. H. M. Spoford United States Senator d The bill prohibiting pool-selling passe 6 the New York Legislature. Russia d. ' clares war.
 8. Land slide in the Parish of St, r. Genevieve, Canada 10 persons burie " alive.
 s. 5. MT. Hayes issued a proclamatio IS calling for an extra session of Congres October 15. U 6. Crazy Horse and his band surrel s. der at Red Cloud Agency. st 9. Fire damp explosion at Wadsvi1] 0, Shaft Colliery, Pa.; seven lives lost. D. 10. Earth hquake at Iquique, Peru. ! II. Russians attack Turkish vangua1 l at Batoum, but are obliged to retir s, The dome of the Winnebago Count Id Court House, Illinois, fell; 10 lives los