Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08

po,mi NJ Chiselhurst, England. Eight liyes
ioS' py wreck oil steamer State OF Virginia
Uh Inc coast OF Nova Scotia 10 Manv
nves lost in New England during a Ter.
rinc storm: lS. Eight persons drowned bv
onpS'ZihB OF yacht in ST. Lawrence river
Cnnhih' , News received OF Il great Zulu de-
iehi IN South Africa by Lord Chelmsford
ana virtual end OF the Zulu war. 96'
Oestructiye storm in western PennsvI.
,n. sa'a' 20 a congressional committee
poBihs al Chicago an examination into the
oauses oilhe labor depression 81. Five
persons drowned by the capsizing OF an
EXCURSION yacht al Clayton. n. Y.
AUGUST.-2. Disastrous storm In England
.'''4. kentucky State election. Fifty per.
sons killed during storm in Denmark. Town
oil Volcano, w. Va, destroyed by fro.
2. Election on question OF debt compromise
IN tennessee. Financial panic in Montreal.
Seralevo, capital OF Bosnia, almost totally
burned down....9. Yellow fever declared
an epidemic in Memphis. .. IL. Austrian
ministry resign. 10. British parliament
prorogued. James McHenry, English nnan.
cial agent, fails in London for S5, 600, 600.
Fatal riot OF ship laborers in Quebec. Sew.
crai persons killed ut the destruction by fire
Ola summer hotel at Locust Grove, near
Coney Island Is. Tremendous storm
along the Atlantic cost. %. Great excite
ment created in San francisco by shooting
oil l. s. Kalloch, workingmen's candidate foi
mayor, by Charles DE Young, ar, proprietor
Chronicle newspaper 49, 80. A monument
TO General Custer unveiled ut West Point
SEPlEMBER.-3. California State election.
Mhssacre of British embassy AT Cabul 5.
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-
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 %. Par
ticluars received of great fire at Kiev, Rus
sia 20. Alliance formed between Ger
many and Austria. 26. Partial destruction
oil Deadwood, Dakota, by fire 81. Rowell
wins the walking match in New York.
ZS Prof Wise and companion ascend in
balloon Pathfinder, at St. Louis, and never
he0rd 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 TALL OF grand
stand at a fair in Adrian, Mich "A. BE-
ginning OF pedestrian match Tor OLeary
belt in New York. Gcperal Mcrritts force
by Utcs, in Colombo. s.. Capture of fa-
nous Peruvian iron. clad Huascar by Chill
ian vessels alter desperate naval fght.
lO. Fifteen persons killed and mhny
wounded by railroad collision at Jackson,
Mich -. IL. Murphy wins the walking
match for the O'Leary belt -. IL. British
troops enter Cabul IL. State elections in
Ohio and lowa....l5 Disastrous floods in
spain l6. DIR. Le Moyne crcmatcd at
Washington, Pa. Hanlan and Courtney
make a hzzle OF thoir boat rice on Chautau-
qua Lake. Is. Loss OF Spanish steamer
Nuevo Paiaro del Oceano in Bahama Straits,
West Indies, by fire, and forty OF her passen-
gers and crew perish 10. Formation OF
new Turkish ministry 20. Twenty seven
British troops and many Aighans killed by
blowing mp OF a magazine in Cabul ..2l
Terrible distress in Hungary on account oi
bad crops reported. 25. Yellow fever cpl
dcInic IN Memphis declared at an end.
NONEMBER.-2. Five men killed by explo.
sion oi fire camp in n colliery near Scranton,
Pat. Elections in n numter OF States
....5. Ohsequies OF General Hooker in New
York, and OF Senator Chandler in Detroit
....7. Steamer Champion sunk by the ship
Lady Octavia, near Cape Henlopen, and
thirty lives lost....s. Three lives lost and
damage exceeding 100000 dono by break
sn9 O. train through the iron bridge over
the Missouri at ST. Charles, Mo. Several
persons killed by the fall Of a cracker fac.
tory in Kansas City, Mol 10. A party OF
nifty white men IRON New Mexico, attacked
by Indians in Mexico ard thirty-two killed.
I'LL. Fatal cyclone in Cawiord county,
Arkansas H. Reception to General Grant
in Chicago. Five persons killed at New
YORK tcncment-house fire 80. IL. About
thirty Cinnamon killed by an explosion in a
California railroad tunnel o.. lS 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
enal persons for sediiious utterances, 26.
Great sale OF 25O, 900 shares New York Cen.
tral railroad stock by w. II. Vanderbilt 10
syndicate of bankers for 50 ,000, 600.
Y. Thanksgiving day 2s. Marriage at
Madrid OF King Alfonso TO Marie Christine,
Austrian archduchess.
DECEMBER.-l. OPENING o. the regular ses.
sion OF Forty-sixth Congress ....2. Attempt
TO kill the Gar OF Russia while on his way
TO Moscow. ..3. Banquet TO Oliver Wendell
Holmes in Boston in honor oil his SEVENTEEN
bii thday ....S. Opening OF the international
dairy iaii in New York o. United States
Senate confirms Secretary of War McCrary
to be United States circuit judge. 10.
Ex-senator Ramseys appointment as sue
ccssor 10 Secretary oi War McCmry con-
nrIned by the Senate. National agricultural
society formed in New York E. .l2. News
received of great floods in Tansylvania
and Hungary. Destruction by fire of Red
Rock, Pa.....l5. Twelve miners killed and
eight injured by an explosion in a salt mine
in Wurtemburg, Germany lie. Great
welcome to General Grant in Philadelphia
LIB. Details received OF heavy battle
between Chilians and allied forces OF Peru
and Bolivia.