The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-08
1884.
THE YEAR THAT HAS GONE GLIMMERING INTO


1884
THE YEAR THAT HAS GONE GLIMMERING INTC
THE PAST.
| The year 1884 was not marked bv aDy very
| extraordinary events. 1t brought about the
usual share of blessings and miSforunes for the
| human family There was no startling phenom.
ena in the heavens, no disturbances in the earth
so appalling as some at former periods. In this
country earthquake shocks We're felt in thirteen
States, extending from Virginia to Maine and
| from the Atlantic to Ohio. An earthquake on
the island of kishur, near the mot tn of the
Persian Gulf, destroyed twelve villages and
killed two hundred persons. The cable brought
Saturday morning, Dec. 9th, the intelligence
of an earthquake in Spain which extended over
that country.
The destruction by sea andby land by storms,
floods, hurricanes and other agencies was quite
large. Many vessels We're destroyed, manv
lives lost by disasters at sea. Among these was
the steamer Huai Tuen, on the passage from
Shanghai to Hong Kong, carrying down with
her two hundred persons; the steamer City of
Columbus in Vineyard Sound, with a loss of
one hundred lives: the steamer Daniel Stien-
| mann, of Sambro Island. Nova Scotia, one hum
dred and twenty lives lost: collision between
steamer State of Florida and bark Ponema in
MD ocean, resulting in loss of one hundred
and thlrty-tlve persons; the sinking of the Span
ish steamer Giion ami British steamer LaXham.
with loss of one hundred and thirty lives.
These are among the most notable disasters at
sea, but to enumerate all the >hipWrecks of the
year would swell the record to large size. On
the shores of Europe hurricanes sent down
many goodly ships, and the fishermen OF our
own country have suffered heavily. 1t is "A
pleasure to remember among maritime events
the rescue of the survivors of the Inflated
Greedy expedition. which pierced farther into
the icy regions surrounding the North Pole than
anv other, the surviving members of which
We're only saved almost as by miracle.
On land. floods and tornadoes We're violent
and destructive. The Ohio river floods We're the
largest ever known. A province of China was
almost entirely Inundated, and seventy thousand
persons persisted in the floods and by starvation
and exposure caused by them. Hurricanes
appear to have ragged more violently III Europe
than upon this side of the Atlantic.
From pestilence America was exempt last
year, but in France and Italy Asiatic cholera
moved down its victims by tens of thousands
and still continues its ravageS. How to prevent
its march in Europe, and its passage to this
country, are questions which have ALREADY eN-
| ercsed the rulers in the several nations threat
ened. Only the srictest measures can prevent
1t invading this country in the coming year
Among those who have passed beyond this
life there is the usual number of noted names.
In America death removed Wendell Phillips
and Bishop Matthew Simpson, peerless as ora
tors; Senator Anthony of h. l.; Charles J. Fol
ger, late Secretary of the Treasury; eX-Goy.
Walter Hartman, of n. H., Charles O'Conor,
the famous legal advocates James Watson
Webb; Noah ii. Swayne, eX- Justice of the u. 5.
Supreme Court; Allan PinkertOn, head of the
detective agency These are some of the names
a q IaaI In
among the deceased are: Charles Reade, the
novelist; Genera Francis Todleben, the Russian
engineer, famous in the Crimean war; Maria
Taglloni. the once noted dancer Judah p. Ben
lemin, OF Confederate notoriety; Arthur Rich
ard Wellesley, ID Duke of Wellington.
The leading political event of the year was
the Presidential election in the United States,
resulting in the choice of Grover Cleveland
President for four years from the 4th Of March
next. The defeat of the Morrison tariff bill
was the most important act of Congress. The
commencement in the building of navy was a
step of much importance. The new treaties
| now before Congress are important measures,
that passed into the new year for final action.
The passing of the franchise bill i'll England,
and the policy of the British government in re-
aion to Egypt were the leading political topics
of that country The war with China absorbed
the attention of France, and the Congo Confer
ence and the butfttings of Bismarck by the
Reichstag created general interest. The opera
ton Of nlhists and dynamite tiendS continued
i'll spite of efforts to suppress them, and the
protest OF the whole civilized world against the
| vandals and SaVageS who resort to these unholy
means.
| The wars of 1884 are that in the Soudan, and
| the war between France and China. These We're
| Waged throughout the year, with what result
we are unable to tell with certainty. Gordon
| appears to maintain his ground on the border
OF the desert and France if we may credit re-
| ports Is making progress i'll her effort to bring
| the Celesials to terms. The war between Chill
and Peru came to an end in the spring and a
| treaty OF peace was concluded between the
| belligerents There was some disturbance in
| Mexico, but DiaZ has been proclaimed PreSi-
| dent for four years aud probably there will be
peace in that country until that period is ended.
| Our country Is at peace with all the world and,
| wonderful to relate, had no Indian war
| last year. The massacre of two thousand men,
| women and children by the Arabs in Shendy
| is one of the most barbarous and bloody affairs
Of the year. The massacre at TOnquin was also
horrible occurrence.
There has been large destruction by fire in
| the last twelve months, but no fires of the
greatest magnitude. Cleveland, Ohio. suffered
severely by fire, and the great forest fires have
| done extensive damage in several States, de>-
| troyng lives as well as property. The burning
| of the Orphan Asylum at Brooklyn, by which
| twenty-four lives We're lost. was one of he sad
| dest calamites.
| Of murder and suicide the year was prolific
Fourteen murders are reported in the State OF
| Maine alone. In other States the same murder
| epidemic prevailed, with other high crimes
| nearly in due proportion. In Cincinnati a ter
ribe riot prevailed three days, during which
| some of the public buildings and property were
| destroyed, the militia We're called out and fired
on the mob, killing and wounding nearly two
! hundred persons. Judging by the criminal re-
cord Of 1884 civilization is leaving this country
| and the nation relapsing into barbarlsm. Evl-
| IDENTIFY there is abundance of work to do in
| checking the tide of crime which is sweeping
| over us-wOrk for churches courts. congresses
| and all phllanthropic agencies and individuals.
Great depression of business reigned through
| the latter part of the year. Crops were abun-
dant and prices low, but trade and industry
suffered from paralysis brought on by uncer-
| tainty in regard to the future. May the new
| year see our industries revived, and prosperity
smiling upon the nation again.
There is something soft and tender in the fall OF
a single snowflake, but 1t always reminds us to
| look after bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
our old standby in the days of coughs and colds
for we have always found it reliable.
The straight Greenback vote has been largely
absorbed by the two old parties, but much
more largely by the Republican party. In
1880, it was 307,306. Nearly two-thirds Of that
has disappeared. belfast Age.
So, the Age thinks, the Republicans have
gained by the dissolution of the Greenback
party. If that was the case, it was not very
good policy on the part of Democratic papers
and politicians to devote so much labor to try
ing to disrupt that organization. 1t would
have been much better for them to have let it
alone, that il might draw votes from the Re-
publicans. We thought SO at the time. Rock
land Opinion.
1t is pure-it is pleasant-it is effectual, reev-
ing the patient almost tinstantaneously-Jad 5
Tar Syrup. 25 cents and 81 bottle. Sold by all
| druggists.
Fire in the Masonic Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio,
books which it will be impossible to replace.
| For Cough Of childhood or old age, Jadwin's Tar
| Syrup is the best. Remember 1t. Sold by all
| druggists.