The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-01

lost by wreck of steamer State OF Virginia
off tho coast OF Nova Scotia. ..16 Many
lives lost in New England during a ter
rife storm. -. Is. Eight persons drowned by
capsizing of yacht in st. Lawrence river,
Canada. News received of 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. 81. Five
persons drowned by the capsizing Of an
excursion yacht at Clayton, N. Y.
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..
7. Election on question of debt compromise
in Tennessee. Financial panic in Montreal.
Serajevo, capital OF Bosnia, almost totally
burned down....9. Yellow lever declared
an epidemic in Memphis -. IL. Austrian
ministry resign. -. Is. British parliament
prorogued. James McHenry, English finan-
cial agent, fails in London for SO, 1000, 900.
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 80. Is. Tremendous storm
along the Atlantic cost ~. .23. Great excite
ment created in San Francisco by shooting
OF L. s. Kalloch, workingmen's candidate for
mayor, by Charles De Y 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. .5.
Several persons killed or injured by boiler
explosion on steamer Alaska, Lake Erie
....8. State election in Maine. III. Tam
many bolts from Democratic State Conven-
ton at Syracuse. IS. News received OF
the capture of Cetewayo, Zulu king, by the
British -. 20. General Grant arrives in
San Francisco after two years absence
abroad. international walking match for
Ashley belt begun in New York. ..22 Par
ticluars received of great fire at Kiev, Rus
sia.. %. Alliance formed between Ger
many and Austria. :. .26. Partial destruction
OF Deadwood, Dakota, 10y fire 81. Rowell
wins the walking match in New York..
49, Prof. Wise and companion ascend in
balloon Pathfinder, at st. Louis, and never
heard from again. .28. Bloody battle be-
tween United States troops and Ute Indians
in Colorado.
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 a grand
stand at fair in Adrian Mich 4. Be-
ginning OF pedestrian match for O'Leary
belt in New York. General Merritts force
relieves Captain Payne's troops, beleaguered
by Utes, in Colorado s. Capture of fa-
nous Peruvian iron-olad Huascar by Chill
ian vessels after a desperate naval fght....
10. Fifteen persons killed and many
wounded by railroad collision at jackson,
Mich.... IL. Murphy wins the walking
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51eu,TnrL;sh y,,;n;s,n,- on r,,a,,,,, sa,,on
Rr;t;sb troons and ,,onv Atoh..,s i';lleJ ,bn
hlou-;no nr, nj a maze oz;ne ;5 CahnI III
TerribIe/ distress in Hunoarv on acconnt ot
had ciors renorted Ok Yeiiow teyer an;
Jon;c IL Mop,r,b;s dooiarod ~ ~, and oP'
NOVEMBER Five men L;lIed bu exnlo.
sion of fire ,iomn in a coll;erv near Scranton
Pa Elections in a nnmter of Stotes
"a. Ohseonies of General Hooker in New
York and ot Senator Chandler in Detro;t
II Steamer Chomn;on snnl hv the shin
LADY Octavia. near Game Uenl0nen and
thirty lives lost &. Three lives lost and
damage exceeding SlO0. 600 done bv break.
ing OF n train tb,o,,gb the iron hr;doe owe,
the Missouri at ST. Charles. Mo. Several
persons killed bv the tall of a cracker f,c.
tory in Kansas Citv. Mo..IO. A nartv of
dtty white men from New Mexico. attacked
bv Indians in Mexico and thirtv-two killed
Ill. Fatal ovclone in Crawford county.
Arkansas IL. Reception to General g
in Chicago. Five persons killed at a New
York tenement. house fire III. Abont
thirty Cinnamon killed bv an EXPLOSION in n
California railroad tunnel. .I8. Nine lives
lnCt hyyt In ,ly,Y nfa