The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-07

Now for some minor events to I'LL in with.
In 1892 Rebecca Nurse celebrated July at
Salem, Mass, by being condemned for
witchcraft. In 1744 Lancaster Penn,
was the scene of the signing of a peace
treaty between Pennsylvania Maryland and
Virginia and the Indian Six Nations. As a
result of the peace pipes smoked there,
Lancaster became ever since one of the great
est tobacco centers in the world and a
heather Chinee who did washing for the
Governor of Maryland, got from the Six Ma
tons the idea of founding the famous Chi
nese Six Companies Ten years later, July
4, 1904, saw the adoption of Ben. Franklin's
plan of a confederation of Colonies against
the French and Indians adopted by all the
colonies except Connecticut, which wanted
to trade some more wooden nutmegs to the
red men. On the same day Colonel George
Washington surrendered Fort Necessity to
the French, saying: "Mossoo, Johnny era
paud, l cannot tell lie. You have got me
where the hair is most almighty short"
Coming to 1776, l find that on July 4 of
that year, besides the aforementioned event
in Philadelphia, the British soldiers landed
on Staten Island, and at once caught malaria
and were awfully bothered with mosquitoes.
On the same day Delaware adopted provi-
sional constitution, of three provisions;
First that a rumor of destruction of the
peach crop by frost should be started every
spring; second, that no Jerseyman should be
allowed to shoot ducks on the Delaware
shore, and, third that the Bayard and Sauls-
bury families should have monopoly of
! the United States senatorships in that State.
| In 1879 Tryon started on his raid through
Connecticut and Long Island, and kicked up
such a row that the German printing house
square in New York was named for it, Tryon
| row. In 1884, July 4, the British evacuated
| Williamsburg, Va, there being nothing but
water left in the town to drink. On July A.
1888, Ii, 900 celebrated in Philadelphia, the
| of ha
morning the same number of Philadelphians
| used shoe-horns to get their hats on.
Coming on to July 4, 1900, all children of
slaves in this State born on and after that
day were declared free; and for two weeks
| before not darby child was born, but on
| July 4 the list of births made a good-siZed
volume, which shows that the African
mother knows how to behave under trying
circumstances. On the same fourth of July,
l believe, Indiana Territory was organized,
and a company was formed for the
| publication of a newspaper to be called
the Journal. This last item 1 wouldn't
swear to, but deem it highly proba-
BILE. In 1914 President Madison called
| for 90, 500 troops to fight the British and in
| 1915 the first steam war-vessel was tried. On
July 4, 1926, Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams died and Stephen c. Foster, the plan
| tation-melody writer, was born-a clear gain
for the minstrel stage. One year later,
slavery in New York was totally abolished.
In 1929 the Chesapeake and Delaware canal
was opened, and in 1881 the first locomotive
was run in America.
July T. 1S45 saw Texas finally tackled on to
| the United States In 1851 the cornerstone
of the new capitol at Washington was laid.
| On July 4, 1861, Congress met in extra SEES
| sion, and Lincoln recommended the raising
| of 400 900 men and $400, 600, 600; and there
was skirmish at Harper's Ferry. Two years
later, Vicksburg fell, the Confederates fled
from Tennessee, battles were won by the
! Union troops at Helena and Green-river
bridge, and Alexander H. Stephens said he
wanted TO confer with the United States
| governmenment-a very sensible idea of
Alexis, especially on such day as that was
for his party. In 1866 there was $40, 0000 900
fire in Portland, Me-, not, Neal Dow says,
caused by drunkenness. In 1870 the steamer
r. E. Lee arrived at st. Louis from New Or
leans after passage of three days, eighteen
| hours, fourteen minutes, the shortest time on
record. July 4. 1874, saw the opening of the
vast bridge at st, Louis, and two years later
came the flood of centennial eloquence and
| poetry
l asked the Doctor on what particular
| fourth of July fire-crackers were invented;
and on what one in future mosquitoes would
| probably become extinct. He gave it up;
and at the same time gave up his lecture on
chronology and went to sleep in a hammock.
Then putting large pin at the bow of my
| shoesole. | gently felt for his pistol pocket
with my toe. Six seconds later he arose and
made the following entry in his chronology:
| July 4, 1888, Jersey mosquitoes began using
diamond steanl-drils."