Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-01
A GLANCE AT THE PAST.



Wilbur T.. Story, editor and proprietor Of
the Chicago Tunes, aged g. Signor Brig
nol, the famous tenor. James NOrmley,
the famous hotel proprietor of Washington.
Alexander 81 Sullivan, one of the found
ers Of the hOme-ruie movement Ia Ireland.
john Mccullough, the eminent tragedian,
loses his mind aud breaks down while play
ing upen the stage OF Mcfieker's theateF,
Chicago. The Mexican war veterans held
their annual reunion al ST. Louis. The Rus
sian Government closed the University of
kieff for year, and arrested l6s students
because of their Nihilistlc connections. The
contest for the base ball championship of
the United States ended in favor of the Pro
yidence club.
Sixty persons killed by railroad accident
in India. Over 800 hives lost by a hurricane
IN Iceland. Ten soldiers burned 10 death in
fire at the Royal Palace at Copenhagen.
At Esseg, Austria, fourteen children, while
playing IN boat on the rive Drave, cap
sized it and all were drowned. Five men
killed by powder mill explosion at Cum
minsville, Ontario. Twenty-seyen persons
killed and 400 injured by cyclone in Cat
ania, on the island of Sicily. The japanese
cities of Yokohama and Toxic were visited
by terrible typhoon.
NOVEMBER.
Died-Henry Fawcett, the British Post
master General. Rear Admiral Murray, of
the United States Navy. Bishop J.W. Wiley,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Isaac
Henderson, of New York, who was partner
of William Cullen Bryant in the Eceaing
Post, in his list year. William A. Wood, the
well-known reaper inventor, aged III years.
The most important event of the month
was the Presidential election, which occur
red on the 4th, after one of the hottest politi-
cal campaigns in the history of the country.
Grover Cleveland. the Democratic candidate,
was elected President of the United States
for four years. beginning on the 4th of March
next, receiving 219 electoral votes. against
1872 for James q. Blaine, the candidate of
the Republican party. The mare Maud
5. beat all records by trotting mile IN
10914 at Lexington, Ky. General w. s.
Harney, the veteran soldier, causes a sensa-
ton by marrying his housekeeper. Indians
make a raid into Presidio County, Texas,
and murder number of settlers. Joseph
K. Brown reelected Senator from Georgia.
M. II. De Young, of the San Francisco
Chronicle, shot by Adolph Spreckels. Nine
persons slain by boiler explosion III a New
Orleans sugar house. Six men die at Sun
bury, Ont, from eating pork affected with
trichin@. A railway train goes through a
bridge at Hampstead, Texas, drowning
twelve passengers and wounding forty.
DECEMBER.
Died: Gilbert Harry, noted hermit Rev.
Luke Davis, aged seventy-seven. Oscar X.
Harris, prominent Washington journalist.
Rev. David Halliday, brother of the assist
ant pastor of Plymouth Church.
Opening of Congress. The French Cham
Der of Deputies, by a vote of 267 to 80
adopted an amendment providing for the
election of Senators by universal suffrage.
General Grant refuses to accept pension.
Burning of the Brooklyn Catholic Orphan
Asylum, with a loss of $5,000,000. The
schooner Mary Joseph lost at Channel, N.
F., with all on board. A terrific railroad
collision at Oxford, Pa. Capture of Ronald
Ray, a noted counterfeiter, at Keene Station,
Ills. The Washington monument completed.
Several lives lost in mine disaster at
Shamokin, Pa. VIM. FL. Vanderbilt obtains
judgment against General u. S. Grant for
$l55, 5,4l7.29. Opening of the Worlds Cotton
Centennial Exposition at New Orleans. The
Poet Whittier celebrates his 18th birthday.
Severe earthquake shocks in Spain, causing
great loss Of life and property. Severe cold
and heavy snow storms in the Northwest.
The bank statements indicate that there is
Soma money in the town vet. nOtWithStand-