Connecticut western news., 1879-01-08
THE YEAR 1878.
NOTABLE EVENTS OF THE YEAR-THE DATES
 ON WHICH THEY TOOK PLACE.
JANUARY,

JANUARY.
 3. Russian forces occupy Sophi
 9. Death of Victor Emmanuel.
 10. Congress reassembled. Russians win victory in the Shipka Pass.
 15. Thirteen persons killed and fifty wounded by an accident at Tariffville, Conn.
 Is. The United States Senate, by a vote 19 to 31, refused to refer the Matthews resolution in favor of paying the United States bonds in silver to the Judiciary Committee.
 23. Marriage of Alfonso and Mercedes. 25. Passage of Matthews silver reso- lution in the Senate. It passed the House on the 29th.
 31. Wreck of the Metropolis nearly one hundred lives lost.
 FEBRUARY.
 4. Surrender of Erzeroum. 1000 lives lost in Tientsin, China, by burn ing of an asylum.
 '. Death of Plus TX.
 II. Death of Gideon Welles in Hart ford, aged seventy six.
 12. The British fleet enters the Dar- danelles.
 16. Bland's Silver Bill passed the Senate after an all-night session by a vote of AS to 21.
 20. Cardinal Pecci elected Pope on third ballot. 21. House concurred in the Senate amendments to the Bland Silver Bill. 26. Terms of peace substantially con- cluded between Russia and Turkey.
 28. Congress passed the Silver Bill over the Presidents 8 veto vote in the Senate, 46 to 19; in the House, 196 to 76.
 MARCH.
 3. Announcement of the signing of Treaty of Peace between Russia and Turkey Coronation of Pope Leo XIII. 5. Great fire at Hot Springs.
 8. Fatal colliery explosion near glas- gow, Scotland.
 g. Riotous "peace " demonstration in London Bradlaugh cudgelled.- Great drought in Australia reported The Australian Lloyd's steamer Sphinx burned; 500 lives lost.
 10. Great snow blockade on the Union Pacific Railroad.
 12. Republicans carry New Hamp- shire by 5000 majority ex- plosion at Bolton, England; AS lives lost.
 19. Riot in Toronto, growing out of O'Donovan Rossa's lecture.
 23. The boiler of the Hudson River steamer Magenta exploded; five lives lost.
 "A. British training ship Eurydice capsized off Isle of Wight; 400 lives lost.
 28. A million-dolIar fire on Fourth street, near Arch street, Philadelphia. 28. The Colonial Marriage Bill, which was opposed by the Government, passed the House of Commons by vote of 182 to 16l.-Colliery explosion at North Staffordshire, England; 35 killed.
 28. The reserves of the British army called out Lord Derby resigned.
 APRIL.
 l. England addressed note to the Powers, defining her position on the Eastern question.
 2. The Earl of Leitrim murdered in County Derry, Ireland.
 3. Rhode Island election Governor Van Zandt (Rep.) reelected by 5000 majority.
 7. Fire in the Steuben Co.,, N. r., Poorhouse fifteen paupers burned to death.
 10. Discovery of the $500, 900 defalca- tion of s. Angler Chace, Treasurer of the Union Mills, Fall River, Mass.
 Il. Tornado at Canton, China !; re- ported loss of ten thousand lives.
 12. Death of Wm. M Tweed, aged fifty-five, in Ludlow Street Jail, New York. k.-The President ordered Court of Inquiry to rehear the case of Fitz- John Porter.
 13. Oxford Cambridge boat race OK ford wins.
 A. Earthquake in Venezuela which destroyed the town of Qua. 15. A bill to repeal the Bankrupt Law passed the Senate by vote of 37 to 6. 22. Death of William Orton, Presi- dent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, aged fifty-seven. -Hatha- ways dedication in Fall River discov- cred.
 23. The House passed the Senate bill to repeal the Bankrupt Law by vote oi 206 to 39.-The House passed the Senate bill to abolish the twenty cent pieces.
 27. The House, by vote of 127 lto 35, passed bill prohibiting the further retirement of legal tender notes.
 1. Opening of the French Exposition 2. Terrific explosion of flour Mills at Minneapolis, Minn. 6. The bill to reduce the tax on tobac co failed in the House. 10. The Senate passed the Bankrupt Repeal Bill, fixing September as the | day from which it shall be operative Burning of the steamer lSordinion, al Londonderry three persons killed ano forty injured.
 Ii. Hoodel attempted to kill the Elm peror William in Berlin. IA. Potter's resolution for the investi gation in Florida, South Carolina, an6 Louisiana introduced in the House. Or | the 14th, 18th, and 16th there were nc quorums, On the 17th one was secured and the resolution passed, the Republi cans not voting.
 15. Serious labor riots in Lancashire England.
 21. Gas explosion in Old Sydney Mines, N. s.; eight miners killed.
 24. MT. Edmunds' Electoral Bill re ported in the Senate.
 2S. The Senate passed the bill forbid ding the further retirement of green backs.
 31. Collision of the Grosser Kurfurs and Konig Wilhelm in the Englisl Channel 280 lives lost. 1 JUNE.
 2. Nobiling attempts to kill the Elm peror William.
 4. Defensive treaty signed betweel England and Turkey, by which Cypru is ceded to the former power.
 7. Terrible colliery explosion at Hay dock, Eng; 200 lives lost. ! 72. William c. Bryant died. aget