The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-01-14

preparation Dill vetoed by the President.
JULY.-l. Extra session of the Forty-sixth
Congress closed ....2. Fatal storm in Wis
consin and Minnesota. ...4. Seven lives
lost by an accident to a steamer on Lake
Quinsigamond, Mass. Large fire in Am
herst, Mass. s.. James Gordon Bennett's
yacht Jeanette sails from San Francisco
on exploring expedition in search Of the
North Pole. 10. Eight persons killed by
an explosion of giant powder in mine works
at Bodie, Cal. Yellow fever panic in Mem.
phis. H. Funeral OF French Prince I'm
perial at Chiselhurst, England. Eight lives
lost by wreck of steamer State OF Virginia
Off tho coast OF Nova Scotia. -, l6. Many
lives lost in New England during a ter
ritc storm. rs. Eight persons drowned by
capsizing Of yacht in st. Lawrence river,
Canada. News received OF a great Zulu de-
feat in South Africa by Lord Chelmsford,
and virtual end of the Zulu war. 26.
Destructive storm in western Pennsyl-
vania ..28. A congressional committee
begins at Chicago an examination into the
causes oithe labor depression 80. 81. Five
persons drowned by the oapsizinR Of an
excursion yacht at Clayton, N. Y.
AUGUST.--2. Disastrous storm in England
~. Kentucky State election. Fifty per.
sons killed during storm in Denmark. Town
OF Volcano, W. Va, destroyed by fire..
Z. Election on question of debt compromise
in Tennessee. Financial panic in Montreal.
Serajevo, capital OF Bosnia almost totally
burned down....9. Yellow fever declared
an epidemic in Memphis 4. H. Austrian
ministry resign. -. 10. British parliament
prorogued. James McHenry, English finan-
cial agent, fails in London for SO, 900 900.
Fatal riot OF ship labOrers in Quebec. Sew
eral persons killed at the destruction by Gre
Ola summer hotel at Locust Grove, near
Coney Island -. is. Tremendous storm
a hn fIaraN N o.
nent created in San Francisco by shooting
ot |. s. KallOch, workingmen's candidate for
mayor, by Charles DE Young ST., proprietor
Chronicle newspaper. 80. A monument
to General Custer unveiled at West Point
SEPrEMBER.-3. California State election.
Massacre OF British embassy at Cabul IS
Several persons killed or injured by boiler
explosion on steamer Alaska, Lake Erie
...,S. State election in Maine. =. IL. Tam
many bolts from Democratic State Conven-
tion ut Syracuse. lS. News received OF
the capture OF Cetewayo, Zulu king, by the
British .... 20. General Grant arrives in
San Francisco alter two years absence
abroad. international walking match for
Ashley belt begun in New York %. Par.
ticluars received of great fire at Kiev, Rus
sia. .23. Alliance formed between Ger.
many and Austria. ..26. Partial destruction
oi Deadwood, Dakota, by fire. 81. Rowell
wins the walking match in New York..
20. Prof. Wise and companion ascend in
balloon Pathfinder, at st. Louis, and never
heard from again. Is. Bloody battle be-
tween United States troops and Ute Indians
in Colorado.
OCIOBER.-2. Monument to Andre erected
on the spot where he was hanged, at Tap
pan, N. Y. About fifteen persons killed
and many more wounded by fall OF grand
stand at a fair in Adrian, Mich 4. Be-
ginning OF pedestrian match for O'Leary
belt in New York. General MerTitt's force
relieves Captain Payne troops, beleaRuered
by Utes, in Colorado. ..8. Capture of fa-
nous Peruvian iron-clad Huascar by Chill
ian vessels after desperate naval fight. -.
10. Fifteen persons killed and many
wounded by railroad collision at jackson,
Mich i. Murphy wins the walking
match for the O'Leary belt II. British
troops enter Cabul IA. State elections in
Ohio and Iowa. .l5. Disastrous foods 10
Spain. l6. DIR. lie Moyne cremated at
Washington, Pa. Hanlan and Courtney
make fizzle of their boat race ON Chautau-
qua Lake. .l8. Loss OF Spanish steamer
Nuevo Pajaro del Oceano in Bahama Straits,
West Indies, by fire, and forty OF her passen-
gers and Grew perish 10. Formation OF
new Turkish ministry 30. Twenty-seven
British troops and many Atghans killed by
blowing up OF magazine in Cabul. ..2l.
Terrible distress in Hungary ON account OF
boN OAOPo ACpOIOCOs @Os GLOW lever CPL
demic in Memphis declared at an end.
NOFEMBER.-2. Five men killed by explo.
sion OF IRE lamp in colliery near Scranton,
Pa....4. Elections in a number OF States.
....5. Obsequies of General Hooker in New
York, and OF Senator Chandler in Detroit.
al Steamer Champion sunk by the ship
Lady Octavia, near Cape Henlopen, and
thirty lives lost....8. Three lives lost and
damage exceeding 100000 done by break
ing OF train through the iron bridge over
the Missouri at St. Charles, Mo. Several
persons killed by the iRll OF q cracker fac
tory in Kansas City, MO-. To- A party OF
fity white men from New Mexico, attacked
by Indians in Mexico and thirty-tWO killed.
....ll. Fatal cyclone in Crawford county
Arkansas IL. Reception to General Grant
in Chicago. Five persons killed at a New
York tenement-house fire 80. H. About
thirty Cinnamon killed by an explosion in
California railroad tunnel. Is. Nine lives
lost by the sinking OF portion OF town on
Lake Ontario. 10. General Thomas statue
unveiled in Washington. Great excitement
in Ireland on account OF the arrest OF Sow
eral persons for seditious utterances 26.
Great sale OF 250, 900 shares Now York Cen.
trial railroad stock by W. II. Vanderbilt 10
syndicate of bankers for SO 200, 600
y. Thanksgiving day. .2S, Marriage al
Madrid OF King Alfonso TO Marie Christine,
Austrian arohduchess.
DECkMBER.-l. Opening OF the regular ses.
sion OF Forty-sixth Congress "a. Attempt
to Kill the Gar oi Russia while on his way
70 Moscow ..3. Banquet TO Oliver Wendell
Holmes in Boston in honor OF his SEVENTEEN
bi. thday ...S. Opening OF the international
dairy lair in New York g. United States
Senate confirms Secretary of War MoCmry
70 be United States circuit Judge. q. :. 10.
Ex-senator Ramsey's appointment as sue
cessor to Secretary OF War McCrary con-
nrmed by the Senate. National agricultural
society formed in New York .. IL. News
received OF great Hoods in Transylvania
and Hungary. Destruction by hre OF Red
Rock, Pa. .... l5. Twelve miners killed and
eight injured by an explosion in a salt mine
in Wurtemburg, Germany l6. Great
welcome TO General Grant in Philadelphia
lie. Details received OF heavy battle
between Chilians and allied forces OF Peru
and Bolivia.
Young housewife. -" What miserable