Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-01-01

off the coast of Nova Scotia -. 16 Many
lives lost in. New England during a ter
rifle storm. 80 Is. Eight persons drowned by
capsizing of yacht in st. Lawrence river,
Canada. News received OF great Zulu de-
ieat in South Africa by Lord Chelmsford,
and virtual end OF the Zulu war. 80. 26.
Destructive storm in western Pennsyi-
vania. ...28. congressional committee
begins at Chicago an examination into the
causes oithe labor depression :. .3l. Five
persons drowned by the capsizing of an
excursion yacht at Clayton, N. Y. ar4siai 3
AUGUST.-2. Disastrous storm in England
....4. Kentucky State election. Fifty per-
sons killed during storm in Denmark. Town
OF Volcano, W. Va, destroyed by fire. -.
Z. Election on question Of deb; compromise
in Tennessee. Financial panic in Montreal
Serajevo, capital OF Bosnia, almost totally
burned down. Yellow fever declared
an epidemic in Memphis =. !. r.. Austrian
ministry resign. -. Is. British parliament
prorogued. james McHenry, English fnan-
cial agent, fails in, London tor SIS 900, ,OOO
Fatal riot OF ship laborers in Quebec. Sew
eral persons killed at the destruction by fire
ofa summer hotel at Locust Grove, near
Coney Island ....s18.. Tremendous storm
along the Atlantic cost :. %. Great excite
mert created In San Francisco ly shooting
OF L. s. Kalloch, workingmens candidate tol
mayor, by Charles De Young, sr., proprietor
Chronicle newspaper. -. 80, A monument
to General Custer unveiled at West Point.
SEPrEM MBER~-3 California State election.
Massacre OF British embassy at Cabnl. IS.
Several persons killed or injured by boi er
explosion on steamer Alaska, Lake Erie
.-..8. State election in Maine. -. IL. Tam
many bolts from Democratic State Conven-
ton at Syracuse -. Is. News received of
the capture of Cctewayo, Zulu king, by the
British 80. 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
OF Deadwood, Dakota, by fire ..27. Rowell
wins the walking match in New York;.
%. Prof. Wise and companion ascend in
balloon Pathfinder, at St. Louis, and never
heard from again ~. 23 Bloody battle be-
tween United States troops and U:e Indians
in Colorado. s
OCTOBER.-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 tall of grand
stand at fair in Adrian, Mich ....4. Be-
ginning OF pedestrian match tor O'Leary
belt in New York. General Merrittis force
relieves Captain Payne's troops, beleaguered
by Utes, in Colorado-...8. Capture Of IA
nous Peruvian iron-clad Huascar by Chill
ian vessels after q desperate naval fight -.
10. Fifteen persons killed and many
wounded by railroad collision at jackson,
Mich ~. IL. Murphy wins the walking
match for the O'Leaiy belt -. II. British
troops enter Cabul. IA. State elections in
Ohio and Iowa -. Is. Disastrous foods in
Spain. =. I6. DIR. lie Moyne cremated at
Washington, Pa. Hanlan and Courtney
make g fizzle of their boat race on Chautau-
qua Lake. ..1S. Loss OF Spanish steamer
Nueyo Pajaro del Oceano in Bahama Straits,
West Indies, by fire, and forty OF her passen-
gers and crew perish. 10. Formation OF
new Turkish ministry j.. 20. Twenty seven
British troops and many Afghans killed, by
blowing up OF magazine in Cahnl.. ..2l.
Terrible distress in Hungary on account OF
bad crops reported 25. Yellow fever cpl
demic in Memphis declared at an end.
Five men killed by explo-
sion OF fire camp in eolliery near Scranton,
Pa.... 4. Elections in number OF States.
3 ....5. Obsequies OF General Hooker in New
York, and of Senator Chandler in Detroit.
....7. Steamer Champion sunk by the ship
Lady Octavia near Cnpe Henlopen, and
thirty lives lost....8. Three lives lost and
damage exceeding 100000 done by break
ing OF train Though the iron bridge over
the Missouri at st. Charles, Mo. Several
persons killed by the fall of q cracker fac
tory In Kansas City, Mo. 80. 10. A party of
fifty white men from New Mexico, attacked
by Indians in Mexico and thirty-two killed
....ll. Fatal cyclone in Crawford county,
Arkansas -. II. Reception to General Grant
in Chicago. Five persons killed at New
York tenement-house fire -. IL. About
thirty Chinamen killed by an explosion in
California railroad tunnel. -. is. Nine lives
lost by the sinking OF portion OF a town on
Lake Ontario. 10. General Thomas statue
unveiled in Washington. Great excitement
In Ireland on account of the arrest OF sew
eral persons for seditious utterances. 26.
Great sale OF $50, 600 shares New York Cen
tral railroad stock by W. II. Vanderbilt to
ssyndicate of bankers ior $3 600, ,000....
IL Thanksgiving day ...2S. Marriage at
Madrid OF King Alfonso TO Marie Christine,
Austrian archduchess.
Opening OF the regular ses-
sion OF Forty-sixth Congress. 2. Attempt
to kill the Gar OF Russia while on his way
to Moscow -. 8. Banquet to Oliver Wendell
Holmes in Boston in honor OF his seventeen
BIZ thday ...S. Opening OF the international
dairy tai1 in New York. 81. United States
Senate confirms Secretary Of War McCrary
to be United States circuit Judge =. IL.
Ex-senator Ramsey's appointment as sue
cessor TO Secretary OF War McCrary con-
firmed by the Senate. National agricultural
society formed in New York. j. II. News
received of great floods in Transylvania
and Hungary. Destruction by fire OF Red
Rock, Pa. -. rs. Twelve miners killed and
eight injured by an explosion in salt mine
in Wurtemburg, Germany l6. Great
welcome to General Grant in Philadalphia
-. 10. "Details received OF heavy battle
between Chilians and allied forces Of Peru
and Bolivia.