The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-12-26
CHRONOLOGY OF 1884.
JANUARY

JANUARY.
The Sd, 9Th, and 9TH days of the first mouth
of the year were not d for tho coolest
wcathcr ever experienced in the Northwest.
The trigid wave extended itself over nearly
the entire North American Continent The
moro notable events of tho month are as
herewith recorded: Tho Egyptian Ministry
resigned, because Of the advice given the
khcdive by England i'll relation to the
Soudan rebellion. The Spanish Ministry re-
signed, ana new Ca! met was formed.
Henry d. Payne and f.. Il. Wilson elected
United States Senators from Ohio and Mary.
and. y statue OF the late Gov. 0. y. Nor
ton unveiled at indianapolis. James Mutt
acquitted of tho murder of n. l.. Dukes, ut
Gniontown, Pa. William j. Allison re- elected
L. S. Senator from Iowa. Fred Douglass
married to IL white woman at Washington
lrrin y. Carpenter indicted for the murder
of Fora Burns, at Lincoln, Ill. Nignmux
defeats Schaefer for tho billiard champion.
ship of the world, ut Paris Tho National
House of Representatives voted to abolish
the iron-clad cath. The Sherman resolution
of inquiry into the Eunvilc mass acre and
Copiah murder passed by the Senate.
FEBRUARY.
The bill to restore Gen. Fitz-John Porter
to the army passed the National House. Mr..
Morrison introduces h'> new tariff hill in the
House. Eri.lsh Parliament meets. Mr..
Bradaugh excluded fl ON the House of Com
mons. The Egyptian forces in tho Soudan
meet IS it'll serious rcverses. \ horrible mas
sacrc took llac, in Tonquin; ono priest,
twcnty-two catcchsts, and .lj Christians
were put to death. aud los mission houses
were destroyed III, Texas Legislature met
IN extra session. j. G. :. Blackburn elected
Cnitcl States senator from kentucky. Gen.
W. L. Sherman placed on tho retired list OF
the army. ENGLAND dispatches REINFORCE.
ments to Egypt. Bloody ARRAY between
rival factions OF gamblers at Hot Springs
Ark. The mysterious murder OF MIR. and
Mrs. Wilson, an aged aud wealthy couple
near Chicago. The Laskcr sympathy rcso-
lutous returned by Bismarck to the German
Minister at Washington. \ negro family
murdered near Cincinnati and their bodies
sold to medical c1llcgc. The Mel hcrson
bank circulation i'll passes the United States
Senate. The people Of Hot Springs, Ark,
hon:sh about thirty undesirable citizens.
MARCH.
The Egyptian rebels defeated by Gen.
Graham's rear. The Supreme Court of the
Cnitcd states affirmed tho constitutionality
Of the legal tender act o. ISIS. The British
Government presented to the United States,
for the Use of tie Greedy relief expedition,
tho steamer Alert. Tranty of peace between
Chilli and Peru ratiiinl. The Desperate,
Frank ltan1c, makes n murdcrous assault
upon the officers of the Joliet Pentcntary.
A bust OF tho loet Longfcllcw unveiled in
Westminster Abbey, London. New York Gu
acts Il law prob biting the making of con-
tracts for the labor of conyicts in the State
prisons. Iowa enacts law prohibiting the
manufacture or sale of liquors in the State.
man named Glasscocls, in Euuluicr County,
Va. murders his wife and three children
and commits suicide. The Governor of Cali
fornia calls an extra session OF the State
Legislature. Excitement over the outbreak
among Kansas cattle herds of malady
ycscmbing the foot ana mouth disease
Frank kandc the noted Desperate. commits
suicide in the Joliet Prison. Completion of
tuS AtSl 4auhiy 4l4C COuLCCIlIik TIC .AlnGrl.
can cities with the City OF Mexico. Matthew
Arnold sails for England. Excitement in the
West growing out Of gold discoveries in the
Cpur d .tlcne regions. Ben Thompson and
King Fisher two noted dcspcradocs, killed in
thcatcr at San Antonio, Tex. Gov Click
calls an extra session of the Kansas Legis-
laturc. Tho French defeat tho Chinese in
Ionquin and capture HacNnh. Grim a.
Carpenter acquitted at etcrsburg, ILL.,, for
the murder OF Fora Burns. David j. Brewer,
OF Kansas, ap, ointed Judge of the Eighth
Federal G rcuit, to succeed Judge McCrary.
Sect ons of kentucky, Chic, and South Caro-.
lima devastated by cyclones. Severe Garth
quake shocks at San Francisco. Minister
Sargent ordered from Berlin to st. Peters
burg, but declines the latter mission
Bloody riots in the city of Cincinnati, in
which nearly fifty people are killed.