Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-11

of persons.
JULY.
HANNIBAL Hamlin appointed min.
lister to Spain, and G. w. Carter min
lister to Venezula.
president Garfield shot by G. j.
Guiteau.
16.-Warner Miller elected L. S.
senator in place of T. G. Plat, by n.
Y. legislature. New Ulm, Minnesota
destroyed by cyclone.
2S.-Ayoob Khan totally routes the
forces of the ameer at Karezi Alta and
two days later occupies Candahar
AUGUST.
News Of terrific powder eXplo-
sion at Mazatland, Mexico, many per-
sons killed.
4.-Prohibition defeated by tremen-
dous majority of popular vote in North
Carolina.
16.-Irish Land Act" finally pass
es parliament.
1S.-Establishment of the South
African Republic by the Beers in the
Transvaal.
19.-Russia and China sign Il treaty
locating boundaries between the two
countries.
27-Hurricanc Oh the coast Of Geor-
gia and South Carolina; great damage
and many lives lost.
81 Union mail steamer "Teuton"
wrecked near Quoin Point on the
South African coast, go lives lost
SEPTEMBER.
1.--Grcat forest fires in Michigan
begin to spread, several counties burned
over, 200 persons burned.
11.-Steamer Columbia founders off
the Michigan coast near Frankfort, Is
lives lost. Land slip near Elm, Swift.
zerland 24O persons killed and 80
houses destroyed.
15.-Irish national convention at
Dublin passes resolutions in favor of
home government, amnesty, and aboli-
ton Of landlordism.
19.-President Garfield dies Of his
wound, at Elberon, New Jersey, at the
age of so.
COLCHESTER A. Arthur takes oath
of President, in New York city.
22.-Arthur again takes the oath of
Office at Washington and assumes the
office Of President.
26.--Funeral Of President Garfield
at Cleveland. a national suspension
OF business.
27.-Ship "Alice Buck" wrecked
on the California coast, 10 lives lost.
OCTOBER.
On. w. Aldrich elected senator
from Rhode Island in place Of General
Burnside, deceased.
10.-U. S. Senate convenes in spe-
cial session Bayard, of Delaware, is
elected president pro tenn. On the fol-
lowing day Senators Aldrich, Miller
and Lapham are sworn in. French
troops enter the city of Tunis.
13.-Senate deposes President Bay
ard and elects David Davis in his stead.
Charles S. Parnell arrested under the
coercion act and lodged in Kilmain-
ham Jail.
12.-Landenberger's mill at Phila-
delphia burns, II persons killed.
14.-Great storm in the British is-
lands much property destroyed and
many persons killed,
1S.-Yorktown celebration.
20.-Lord lieutenant of Ireland pro-
claims the land league illegal, and or
ders its meetings dispersed by armed
force.
25.-Ex-Secrctary of the Treasury
Window reelected to the United States
from Minnesota.
27.-"Jennie Gilchrist" disaster at
Rock Island, Ill.,, several lives lost.
NOVEMBER.
First train through the St. Goth
ard tunnel.
4.-Steamer "War Eagle" sunk at
Keokuk, Iowa, several lives lost.
6.--Calderon, provisional president
of Peru, taken prisoner by the Chilians.
9.-News of terrible typhoon in
western Tonquin, China.
12.--Skiff ferry boat swamped at
Troy, several persons drowned.
14.-Trial of c. J. Guiteau for the
assassination Of President Garfield be-
gun at Washington.
15.-New French cabinet formed
under premiership of Gambetta.
16.--Naptha explosion on steamer
Solway off the Irish Coast, II persons
perish.
29.-National high tariff convention
at New York.
DECEMBER.
5.-Forty-seventh Congress meets,
and Keifer of Ohio elected speaker of
the House of Representatives. Burn
ing of Pillsbury's mills at Minneapo-
lis, MIMI, five men killed