Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-01-08

ifrrnSeiiine OF the memorial statue 70 the iaoo
Senator Morton ~ Ind an1Po rrs ~ the Presi-
dency of tho Northern PACING hallIoan
"a ReslgnatioD OF John =. Mew, AssiS'A'"
Sry OF the United states Ire.lsu.y ~
Marriaec OF Frederick Douglass 10 Helen M
Pitts ,,,r.av
=. Inauguration of the winter carnlV~ ~
9asc,nI retirement of General sherman from
the Federal army BY presidents Art nlil',,,,,o,
III Signing OF the Commercial convention
,,at,r,se1 Snain and the United States
M TIM Supreme Court at Mount vernon,
III. afiirms the constitutlonailty OK tho Harper
Prince Flsmarck returns the resolutions
M ctsndolence passed by the United skatess
House Of Representatives on inc """'r
Herr eon naT W. s. schIey. Of Maryland. so
lected by Secretary of the Navy Shaho'o' 70
command the Greedy relief cxpedition.
The United states acceIts the stenIng a,
Alert presented by England, 1or tue "rooS
relief expedition: Az, Iaaruetta
20 Arrival of the romans OF INC SO''
victims nj New York.
MARCH.
g. The validity of the legal;tender notes s JUS
tanned by decision OF the uniteo S'''es ~
4: The Kennedy Prohibition bill adopted ny
the Iowa Senate. ,,.,t s0.-,ox,
Society at washington, ID. G. ..,..,
ia PASSAGE of d bill by the ONO Le2leiasufo
abolishing the convict contract system. .,,..
n. Devastating sno"storins 'no"s"o~' -'0
" Ss' Damaging cyclones throughout the
Southern and Middle States
APRIL
RESIGNATION of John Jay Knox, Comp
'r 10 reservation ~ of General Adam Badeau,
United States Consul General az hn' ana. ,o.
n Charles Il. Coon, of New York, nominhr
cd for Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
vice John c. New, resigned, by President ar
MI N Uprising of the Ute Indians in New Mex
TO- The Alert of the Greedy relief expedl-
| tion. sails from New York City.
| a. Conclusion of a treaty between siam anu
| the United States for the reSuiauoh Vi VII
| liquor traffic when conducted by American
''i NJ The Mexican Senate ratifies the reciproc-
ity treaty with the United s}a st@iue Of Martin
81 The shore end of the Mackey- Bennett
! cable laid at Rockport, Mass 49,,
"a Rev. DIR. WorthingJpn. OF Detroit, electco
Protestant Episcopal b'shop'
JUNE.
II Ex-ConRressman Hester Clymer, OH
an Porfrio Diaz elected President of the
Mexican Republic.
A Formal presentation OF the Barthoiui
statue by France to the United States.
JOhn A. Kasson, Congressman from LOWE
NOMINATED by President Arthur EnyOy 70 the
,
INA ~ An earthdnake shock visits the Eastern
"'i IA Refusal OF the Canadian Government to
extradlte John c. Emo, the defauitlng Dahk
~ News received of the discovery OF Greedy
and his furnished party in the Aretics by Coin
5 Rfp6 81 tie ssiGtf feeeIy Relief Expedition.
AUGUST.
8. Arrival Mt New York City of tho bodies of
the unfortunate members of the Greeiy expe-
dition.
a slight earthquake shock.
H. The south coast of Long Island and New
. Jerseg again visited by an earthquake shock:
A New York paper charges the members OF
the Greedy expedite with cannbalism.
% The United States steamer Tallapo0sa
sunk in collision with sailing boat.
81 The city of Lima, Peru, is captured by
l Caceres and a gang of outlaws. Government
troops, however, rally and drive the invaders
!, from the town.
4 49, An earthquake shock visits Michigan
Ohio and Indiana
Z 25 Judge Gresham appointed Secretary OF
: the Treasury by President Arthur.
+ OCTOBER.
5. John r. Mclean, of the Cincinnati En-
), Qrirer, married mt Washington.
IL. Miscreants attempt to blow up the new
: Parliament building at Quebec by dynamite.
:, ~ Mr.. McCulloch appointed Secretary of
the Treasury by President Arthur.
NOVEMBER.
10. ]. Schuyler Crosby, Governor of Mon
: e crai.'
49, News received Of the death of a large
numoor of persons in Buchanan, Wise and
Dickinson Counties, w. Va, from an unknown
: disefse. f. H. Bignell, of Quebec who during
the summer commanded an expedition 10
I Lake Misstassini reports that body of water u
be as large as Lake Superior.
81 The Federal Grand Jury at Omaha, Neb,
indlcts fifteen persons for fraud in connection
q with the sale OF the Otoe Indian reservation
lands, by which the red men were defrauded
. to the amount of $4,000.
DECEMBER
: l. Suicide OF Dr. Ferdinand De Castro.
: 4. Publication of the text of the Spanish
treaty.
!. 10 Opening of the Cotton and Worlds Expo
I 20 The statute of Admiral Dupont is un-
: yelled at Washington.
: ABROAD.
ACCIDENTS.
, JANUARY. Ltres lost
I IL. At Arras, France, mine explosion.
:. H. Steamer Hwaiyren wrecked Off the -
10. At Swansea, Wales, breaking of rope
rs. Mine explosion in the Rhine Province,
. "a. Storms on the West coast of England. 90
! Snia fn<he English ChanneI. :. -. = l.
q. Explosion i'm an English coliery. ,s...:. d
30. Loss of the screw steamer Bourbon in
the English Channel. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. IL
FEBRUARY.
a Q. Spanish vessel capsized of Corunna.. Is
IL. Burning of waste-works in London....
Wedding party cross the ice on the
Thesis River, Austria. ................ 81
II. At Dundee, Scotland, drowned ........
25. Explosion on the steamer kotsai from
d Hong Kong to Macoa. II
MARCH.
/. 4. Collision of the steamer Bertha with
the Norwegian bark Amalla, at Glib
= II. The bark Lucie sunk by collision
near YOughai, China. ................
< APRIL.
Is. Sinking of the steamer Florida. ........ 13E
~. Railway accident near Acadia, SPAIN. 81
MAY.
8. Dynamite explosion at Ayreshire, En-
| RlinO ~
10. Earthquake shock near the mouth of
. the Persian gulf. :.................:. 2O
Conhagration at BelBazar, in Asia
Minor. Observation-Disclosures. Il
q. Earthquakes on the peninsula of Cyzi-
J. Gus, ASIA Minor. ..s...............-... =
|, | the Fill Islands. .................., -. II
%. The British steamer Syria wrecked of
h JUNE.
l. Fail of n balloon car at Lille, France.
2. Gazing of a tunnel near Madrid, Spain. II
: y. Powder explosion at Poutremoli, Italy. q
Drowned near Warsaw, Russia. z
n JULY.
3. Falling of minaret at Cairo, Egypt. Il
4 | 10. Powder explosion at Como, Italy.....-
/ 10. Railway accident near London. ....... -
AUGUST.
J. 3. The steamer Diana sunk in collision
y in the Thames River, England ...... 4
4. Collision of steamers of Queenstown.
Q II. Fire at Pimlico, England ..............
SEPTEMBER
4. Fire I'm a sulphur mine near Micosia,