The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-07
CHRONOLOGY.

CHRONOLOGY.
......- JANUARY. 49,.
l. Destructive storms along the British,
French and Norwegian coasts. Disastrous
floods in Great Britain. Resumption Of specie
payments by the United States Government
2-3. Intensely cold weather throughout the
East and West, causing total suspension OF
business.
4. Cork. Ireland, refuses to receive" ex-
President Grant Chicago Postoffice burned,
s. Unprecedented cold weather in the South
ern States. Senatorial elections in France re-
suit in q great victory for the Republicans.
Z. Reassemblng of Congress-.
g. Slaughter of forty clptive Cheyenne lndl-
ans bv tho military at Fort Robinson, Neb.
H. Colliery disaster in Wales; sixty miners
killed. Reno Court Of Inquiry convenes at
Chicago.
IA. Hallway train preciptated into the river
Arda, in Turkey; over 2JO Russian soldiers
drowned. Big fire in Grand street, New York;
II. Another great fire in New York; loss,
$4,00O,O00
is. Decree in France pardoning 1900 Com |
munists.
20. Steamer Oberon lost on the coast of En-
gland
e. Five men killed at Bradford, Pa, by the
explosion of locomotive boiler. maniac at
Mortville, Me-, kills three people, and Is hlm-
self shot dead.
60 Seven colored people killed by tornado
at Iuka, Miss. Two men hanged at Indlanap-
oils.
80 Resignation by Marshal MacMahon of the
Presidency Of France, and election OF NJ.
Grevy. Five persons killed by boiler exp!o-
sion in Woodford county, lii.
81. Ams-house at Louisville, KY, burned;
several inmates killed and burned to death.
M. Gambetta elected President Of the French
Chamber of Deputies. John J. Ingalls, elected
Senator from Kansas and B. F. Jonas from
Louisiana
FEBRUARY.
T. Alarm in Europe over the spread Of the
plague, and preparations to stay its progress.
S. The U. s. Senate adopted Senator Ed
munds' resolutions affirming the validity OF the
later constitutional amendments
g. Gov. Tilden testified as witness before
committee Of Congress at New York, denying
any knowledge of the famous cipher tele-
grams The Reno Court of Inquiry concludes
the taking OF testimony at Chicago.
9. Defniuve treaty Of peace between Russia
and Turkey signed.
TO- British troops defeated by natives in
South Africa Senator Christisncy, of Mich
igan, resigns.
IL Six railroad laborers killed by an earth
slide at Kansas City, Mo.
IA. O'Kelly, the last of the imprisoned Fe-
mans, released by the British authorities.
IS The lower house nf Congress passes the
bill restricting Chinese 1mmlRrauOn.
16. a family Of three persons burned to
II. Turkey effects $40, OOO, 600 loan.
IS Russians begin the evacuation of Turkey.
Several persons killed by a railway accident
near Selma, Ala
a. A boiler explosion at Stockton, Gal, kills
sixteen people and mains twenty-six others.
&c A bark wrecked at Corunna, Spain, ant
thirty five lives lost
81. An avalanche at Marburg, Austria, kills
twenty people.
% man named Lunsford and six of hi
children burned to death at Carbon Hill, Ohio
MARCH.
l. News of the death Of Shere Ali, Ameer O
Afghanistan.
). The town Of Reno, Neb, destroyed by fire
five people burned to death.
1. Adjournment OF Congress-.
5. Nineteen persons killed by a coal -mine ez
plosion in England.
8. A family Of five people burned to deaf
in their house at East st. Louis, III.
TO- News of the loss of fifty Glouceste
(Mass.) fishing boats, and the drowning of Il
fishermen.
IL. A flood in the River Thesis, in Hungar!
overwhelms the city of SZegedin; immense Dc
struction of life and property.
ii. Mrs, Taylor and her two children browne
in q pond at Matte, Ct Archbishop PURGE
made an assignment for the benefit Of h
creditors
Is A pilot boat sunk in the English Cha,
mel, and her crew Of eight persons drowned
End OF the six -days' pedestrian match for II
worlds championship, at New York; Rowei
of England, the victor.
IS Congress meets in special session.
49, Many people killed by q series OF av'
lanches in the Austrian Tyrol The Haytis
steamer Michael sunk by collision in Il
West Indies: sixty people drowned.
90 B. c. Porter, we'll known &C or, mn
dered at Marshall, Texas.
81 The French floating battery Ariogan
lost in the Mediterranean, and forty seven
her crew drowned.
%. Discovery of a $l0V,e oo defalcatlon by
P. Pratt, a savings bank treasurer, at Resdn
Mass
Is. Fonr people burned to death in wha1
boa. at Hickman, Ky.
%. Judge j. M. Elliott, of the Kentuc
Court of Appeals, murdered at Frankfort, K:
by Col 6uford News of dreadful famioe
Upper Egypt Violent earthquake in Pers
by which many people are killed.
81. Judge Edwards, leading lawyer of
bany, N Y, commits suicide.
20 Five persons burned to death in no
at Claremont, n II. The European powt
agree upon the joint occupation Of Roumel
80. Two thousand Afghans defeated by
force of British troops
81. Five seamen drowned by the upsetting
q boat at PASSPORT, Me.
!. "A body of French troops overtaken b
SHOWS storm in Algeria, and many frozen
death. Fifty British cavalrymen drown
while trying to cross o river in Afghanatan
2 Five persons drowned by the capsizing
a boat at Newbern, N. @.
g. The British in India defeat 5000 Of
enemy in battle,
l. The city of Miragoane, in Hayh, destro.
by fire. .....
g. News of the massacre of forty Engl
soldiers by the Zulus, in South Africa
g. Disastrous fires in st. Louis and Phi
dephia
10 Horrible massacre OF Nihiliss prison
by Russian soldiers. at Kleff, in Russia
IA Attempted assassination of the Czar
Russia
Is. News of horrible ravages of pestile
and famine in Morocco. Destructive torn
at Coliinsville, Ill.,
16. Tornadoes in Texas, Georgia and So
Carolina destroy much property and kill n;
people.
II. The American horse Parole wins the N
market handicap in England
Is. Russia inaugurates extraordinary
pressive measures against the Nihilists.
Thurman elected President pro tenn. of
United States Senate. Secretary Sherman
fers $3.50, OO0, 600 of 4-peI-cent bonds, and