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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
THE EAST.

DURING 1885 a total of 347,S92 ocean pas
sengers landed at New York, of whom 49,
3S5 were cabin, 1908 intermediate and
2S1 ,434 Storage passengers. F<ta
The estate of the late William H. Van
derbilt is much larger than was supposed
The value of the property was ON the 31st
ult. placed at $305, 100000.
The President of the Lancaster Bank at
Clifton, Mass, William H. Mcneil, disap-
peared recently, and on the LIST he was
shown to be defaulter for $1,000 or more.
A BOATS crew of whaling schooner
owned at New Bedford, Mass, was report
ed on the 1st as being pulled 60 the bottom
recently by a whale near the Cape Verd
Islands, and no trace of boat or men was
ever discovered. asa &
THE Inauguration of Governor Hill, of
New York, took place at Albany on the 1st.
AT New York steps were taken on the
3lst ult for the incorporation of the Amer
lean Institute of Hydrophobia, where the
methods of treating rabies according to the
formulas of M. Pasteur will be followed
KILOGRAMS received from Pittsburgh on
the 1st were to the effect that the long
strike of the river coal-miners was practi-
cally over, many men having returned to
work at the reduced rate. as za&#s
THE subscription list to the Grant nation
al monument had ON the 1st reached $113,-
2l5. AS## &# *&k#
AMONG the arrivals in New York from
Liverpool ON the I'd was Lieutenant Gree
ley, of Arctic fame. 4 s .t
THE arrest of Frederick Fishel, cashier
and confidential book-keeper of August,
Bernheim d Bauer, New York clothing
manufacturers, took place on the 3D. for
robbing his employers of upwards of SIS, coo.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, Henry Allen shot his
wife on the I'd because she refused to live
with him, and then blew out his own
brains. n s$f.s 1858
A FARMER named James Parker, residing
near Urichsville, Pa, was taken with fit
on the 4th, and a Mrs. Krail, who witnessed
his commissions, died soon after from fright.
TYPHUs fever was doing deadly work
among the one thousand inmates at the
Albany IN. " penitentiary on the 4th.
Over thirty deaths had occurred, and
many more were down with the fever
ESTIMATES of the 4th are to the effect that
the 1000 miners of the Pittsburgh (Pa) dis
trict who have been on four months
strike lost in wages about S2,0OO,0OO. They
have resumed work. $3.50
FIRE destroyed the hat works of R. L.
Dunlap & Co. in Brooklyn, N. Y, on the
4th, entailing a loss of $3.50, 1000. aa saa~ss
A wINp-sToRM wrecked school-house at
Dawson, Pa, the other day, several chill
dren being injured, two of them fatally.
ALONG the Driftwood and Sunnamahon-
ing creeks, in Pennsylvania, flood of
great dimensions prevailed on, the 4th.
Millions of logs had broken from their
fastenings and were going down the
swollen rivers at q terrific rate. 1t was
said the loss to lumberinen would approach
$3000,000. At Emporium there was over
two feet Of water in many of the streets.
The greater portions of Cameron and Ty-
rome were also under water.
AT Sherman's Creek, Pa, freight train
went through bridge over the 5usque-
hanna River a few days ago, and four men
lost their lives A
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

The sugar-crop of Louisiana is larger by
fifteen per cent. than the average of pre-
vious years.
THE anniversary of emancipation was
celebrated by the colored people of Norfolk,
Va, on the 1st by grand parade.
THE Lake City (Minn.) First National
Bank suspended on the 31st uIt
Two MALE passengers, three negro deck
hands and child were drowned by the
sinking of the steamer Chipley in the Chat
tahoochee River on the night Of the I'd, near
Fort Gaines, Ga.
UNDER the Edmunds law there were
sixty convictions for unlawful cohabitation
in Utah during 1885.
PUGGY O'LEARY, who murdered his sister
and mistress in Chicago, was on the I'd sem
fenced to forty years in the penitentiary.
THE death of John B. Raymond, formerly
delegate in Congress from Dakota, occurred
on the Sd at Fargo, at the age of forty-one
years.
NUMBER of Morgan County (Tenn.) Of
icials were on the I'd discovered to be de-
faulters in sums ranging from $1,000 to
$40, 600.
REPORTS ON the I'd acknowledged the
business outlook as bright and there was a
continuation of the hopeful feeling in bust
ness circles East and West
AT st. Paul heavy snow-storm ragged on
the 3D., and it was reported quite general
throughout the Northwest.
THE Legislature of Ohio organized on the
4th by electing John c. Entrekin (Repub-
lican) Speaker of the House and John
O'Neil (Democrat) President pro TEN. of
the Senate.
AT Detroit it was decided or the 4th that
Mrs. Knoch had died from pneumonia, and
that the fracture on her skull was made by
the physician in removing the top of the
skull to examine the brain. Her two sons,
who had been arrested for her murder,
were released.
A sNow-sToRM of great severity was in
progress on the 4th throughout the North
west, blockading trains from st. Paul to
Leavenworth.
NEARLY one hundred warra nts against
those engaged in all the trades and profess
sions who do business Sunday were sworn
out on the 4th by the saloon-keepers of
Chattanooga, Tenn, against whom the Sun
day law is being rigidly enforced.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches,
FROM WASHINGTON.

TIE statistician of the National Depart
ment of Agriculture has computed the
principal cereal crops of the year 1885 and
the aggregate bushels are as follows
Wheat, 357,0O00OO; corn, 100000 900; oats,
629,0OO0oO.
THE President has appointed Valentine
T. Snyder, Of New York, as Deputy Comp
troller of the Currency, vice Langworthy
resigned.
THERE were 3,112.S miles of new track
laid in the United States during the year
1885, or 700 miles more than in 1884 The
total number of miles of track in the United
States is now 12S.492.
IN the United States and Canada the en-
tire fire losses for 1885 were S105, 900, OOO as
compared with s125 200 the previous
year.
THERE were 1,80S murders in the United
States during the year 1885, against ], 465
in 1884, and los legal executions, against
12S the previous year; ISL persons were
lynched, against 1876 in 1884.
NEARLY $2O,00O,0OO in gold was received
during December by the Treasury at Wash
ington from San Francisco.
Six THOUSAND callers visited the Presi-
dent on the 1st.
BUSINESS failures in the United States
during 1885, as reported by Dun's Agency,
were 1857, with liabilities slightly in ex-
cess of $124,OOOOOO. The failures in 1884
numbered 1O96S, with liabilities of $685.
100000. #tE
LIVES to the number of 2,23S are so
far reported as lost during 1885 upon the
ocean, 139 upon our inland waters, 947 by
railroads, 1924 by disasters in the New
World and $751; 45 by disasters in the Old
World, or grand total of 1914 as COM
pared with 101,8 1884 in 1884.
DURING 1885 the number of persons who
committed suicide in the United States, as
reported by telegraph, was 97S, as COM
pared with S42 in 1884. OF the total num-
Der 7S9 were males and 1S7 females.
THE public-debt statement for December
isas follows: Total debt Gncluding INTEREST,",
$1,5l4 AYE, sos; cash in Treasury, $71, 018, 872;
debt, less amount in Treasury, $1,443, 454.
Decrease during December, S9,0S9,94O De-
crease since June 80, 1885, $51, 1879.
DURING the week ended on the I'd the
Treasury Department at Washington pur
chased 100000 ounces # silver.
THE number of commissions issued up to
the 4th to fourth class postmasters since the
18th of March last was 13,425.
COMPLAINTS were filed on the 4th by the
State of California with Secretary Lamar
against the Commissioner of the General
Land Office for not preparing patents for
lands granted the State by Congress and
subsequently confirmed by her in a special
act.
In the United States and Canada the fire
losses during the month of December, 1885,
reached $9,2O0,0O0, and for the pastye the
losses aggregated $94 200 OOO-$15, 900, 0OOless
than in 1884.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Net0S writes; king Alton
SOS life could not be insured against
assassination, no insurance officers here
or elsewhere being found to take the
risk except at premium too heavy for
him to pay easily. But different poll
cies were effected which will entitle the
widowed Queen to total of nearly
two million francs. The King felt his
vitality exhausted before he effected
them, and had a presentiment of an
early DEATH" GA &ss1
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
TYNFaFNEE.

Judge Lynch has done thriving business.
He has executed in various ways Isl victims.
as against 195 in 1854, lot in 1888. III liz IeS!
end 80 in 1851. OF this number 81 were white
rs colored and 6 Cinnamon. Four women are
included in the total. The lyriehrss IA the
various States were as follows: Alabama,
s.: Arkansas IL; California, 2: Colorado,
/: Florida, 8; Georgia, s; Illinois. L; Iowa, 5;
Kansas, 5; Kentucky, 4; Louisiana, 3; Mary
land, 8: Mississippi. 10; Missouri, 10; Nebras-
ka, 2; North Carolina, 5; Ohio, 3; Oregon, 5;
Virginia 4 west Vifg nia, q Dakota 2; Mon
tana, 8; New Mexico, 8; Washington. 8; In
dian Territory, Z; Idaho, 6.
SUICIDES.
The number of persons who have committed
suicide in the United States as reported b. tel
in 1888, 734 in 1882 and sos in 1881. Of the total
number 7Ss were males and ISL females. The
Causes are as follows:
Melancholy ..... 304 Business lesses. -. p
Domestic trouble. So Tif-heaith. .......... Il
Disappointed love. 81 Unknown ........ ..234
FIRES.
The losses by fire. iii the United States are
smaller than they were last year, Which was
the most destructive on record for a quarter
of century, with the exception of 1871 and
1872, the dates of the great Chicago and Bos.
ton fires The entire fire losses in the United
States and Canada for 1885 will reach about
So, 000, 600 as compared with $l25, 100000 last
year. The following is a summary of the
fires in which the loss was over $l00,0G0 ar
ranged by months.
JANUARY. 81, 50, 600 September. 81, 4S0 00(
February...... 4,743, 1000 October...... l,320,000
March ......... 34l4.500 November :. $500, 00C
April. ......... December. 3,327, 0O(
May............ 2,523,000 ------
june. ........ 2,540,OOO Total. S32, AGO, 500
July. 3,S0S,000 Total 1884 As, 925, 600
August ....... I,175,000 Total 1883. fl, 564, Isl
FAILURES.
The total number of business failures in the
United States during 1885 was 1861, with lia.
bilites of a little more than Sl24,001,000, as
compared with 1096S in 1884, with liabilities OF
S226, 1000. The number of traders reported
in business in 1885 was 910,990 Of these one
in every eghty-six failed. In 1878, with GA, 00D
traders, one in every siXty-four came to
grief. The average amount of liabilities OF
each failure was: In 1885, Sl1,87S, against
$40, 632 in 1884 and $22 369 in 1878.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
Seeking to Recover s11, 900, 900.

New YORK, Jan. 1.-Louis Sanders, coun
sci for the Commissioners Of Emigration
yesterday explained to them the facts
in the suit of The Inman Line tc
recover nearly s11 100000 head mon
ey paid under the act of Con-
gress. A committee consisting of Com
missioners fainter and Ulrich was appoint.
ed to visit Attorney General O'Brien, at
Albany, and solicit his aid In the suit IN
stituted. Commissioners UlIich, Star and
Stephenson were appointed committee to
visit Albany during the coming session ID
the Legislature and look after the interest .
Of the board.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
Good Times I'm Sight.

New York, Jan. 5.-The amount of
new money" which comes outat the open
ing of the new year from the payment of
dividends, interest, ETC., is unusually large
this year, and it is estimated at about one
hundred million dollars. The fact
that a large part of this is
s,re to find its way back to
Wall street inspires most all the dealers in
bonds and stocks with confident feeling.
and they anticipate plenty of business dur
ing the coming months. Business in all
branches opened to-day with q buoyant
feeling, and winter trade never promised
better The clothing trade is the dallest
because of the spring-like warmth prevail,
ing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

FIVE Justices of the United States
Supreme Court will keep open house"
in Washington this winter-Messrs.
Waite, Miller, Field, Bradley and
Blatchford. Justice Harlan's family is
at Rockville, Justice Woods in Europe
and Justice Matthews is in mourning,
while Justice Gray is bachelor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
Frances New Premier.

PARIS, Jan. 5.-M. de Freycinet has con-
cluced to form new Cabinet and is now
engaged in the task of selecting the MEM
beers. His programme includes reform of
the budget, reform of the Administration
and the organization of a system of gov
eminent in AMMAN and Tonquin reducing
the protectorate to the smallest necessary
limits.
Several members of the late Ministry will
accept portfolios in Che Cabinet of M, de
Freycinet. 1t is probable that the only new
Ministers will be NJ. Constans as Minister of
the Interior; NJ. Spuller, Minister of Public
Instruction and General Davout as Minis
ter of War
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
SWINDLED BY A FORGER.
A Bank of Montgomery, Ala, Pay
$4,000 for Bogus Draft.

SOyOUU AOr d OEdIt'
CHEYENNE, Wy. T., Jan. 1.-The Stock
Growers National Bank received Wednes
day night from bank in Montgomery,
Ala.,a letter acknowledging the receipt of q
letter purporting to have been written by
the Stock Growers National Bank on De
cember Is, identifying George L. Sanders
and requesting it to cash draft pur
porting to have been draw
by the Stock-Growers' Nationa
bank for $4,000 on the Fourth Nationa
Bank of New York and inclosing the sigma
ture OF Sanders, sealed with the banks seal
No such letter having been issued, thu
Montgomery Bank was wired accordingly
and kilograms were sent to all the CORE
spondents of the Stock Growers National
Bank East and South, warning them not
to negotiate forged drafts. 1t is feared
that the Montgomery bank has been vic
tiniZed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

SONORA BARRIos, widow of the late
President of Guatemala, is visiting in
New Orleans The Generals will has
recently been made public, bequeath-
ing to her all his fortune. 1t is report
ed at several millions. Barrios was
once a barefooted Indian boy, who
could not read or write.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

The Cherokee Indians are said to
be excited over the projects looking to
the opening of their country to white
settlement, and the allotment of lands
among the Indians. They say they
possess the lands in fee simple, and
can not be deprived of them, except
by legislation in the Council of the
NaLinn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

The full returns of the recent cleo
tions in Great Britain show that 4,842,-
Ola voters went to the poles, as against
1921 1854 who were on the lists, last
yeaE, being an increase under the fran
CHI Sc act of 1920, $50 voters.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

Mrs. E. E. RILEY, who died recently
at Newcastle Ky, lost her mental bal
ance through an Introduction to the
Grand Duke Alexis. Even after that
event she appeared in public with a
crown, imagining that she was the wife
of the Duke. Her husband deserted
her ON discovering that she was an
adopted instead of the natural daughter
of Cincinnati family.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

DEVoE, the New Jersey weather
prophet, says January will be an sex
tremely cold month" This will be
very disappointing to those persons
who hoped that January would be an
extremely hot month, as usual.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

A LOCOMOTIVE made in England by
George Stephenson half a century ago,
and sent across the Atlantic for Amer
lean machinists, was recently placed
in the National Museum at Washington
by the Pennsylvania Company.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

DIR. WATTS, who has been employed
by the city of Boston for nine years to
look after its dogs, vagrant and other
wise, has, during that time, caught and
killed thousands of the animals, and
been called professionally to treat thou
sands of others, and ne has never
found one case of hydrophobia in dog
or man
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

A PLAN for ship-canal between
Cleveland and the Ohio River has been
perfected, which contemplates using
the Esie Canal as part of a great ship
canal system between New York and
the Gulf of Mexico, via the Mississippi
and Ohio Rivers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

THE first official act of the President
was his signature to the commission of
General U. S. Grant as General of the
retired list of the army. The first law
of Congress which he was called upon
to approve was the bill to pension the
widow of General u. S. Grant.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

JUICE LocHRAN, of Atlanta, Ca,
took an ac!ive part in the recent con-
test for prohibition. The other even
ing after supper the Judge ordered the
servant to bring up all the wines and
liquors in the cellar and pour them
from the back porch onto the ground,
Fine imported Scotch WHISTLES and i'm
ported wines were poured on the
ground. Halr[ GE
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

COLONEL Z. b, MILNER, of the East
man (Ga.) Times, was recently mar
ried unintentionally. At a party he
was joined in mock ceremony 10 a
young lady, when, to their surprise, it
was discovered that a Justice of the
Peace had oficiated. The pair quickly
decided to "make it co., and min
lister was sent for, who clinched the
,,ooftav.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

A REPORT received at the Treasury
Department in Washington a few days
since from the special agent at San
Francisco shows that during the three
years ended August l, 1885, the num-
her of Chinese who left the United
States was Al, 1922, and the number who
arrived 2O.O77. ......s...s. ..-...---..--
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

ONE feature of Christmas in New Or
leans was noticeable at Charity Hos
pital, where twenty-seven men called
during the day to have bullets extract
ed from their bodies. Christmas balls
must have been very numerous down
there
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

The Viceroy of China has contributed
three hundred dollars, and the Chinese
Minister at Washington two hundred
dollars toward the Grant Monument
fInnd
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

THERE are two clergymen in Con-
gress, Messrs. Owen, of Indiana, and
Anderson, of Kansas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

A WRITER in the Boston Globe traces
the origin of the umbrella back to the
Garden Of Eden. This may furnish
C.lew to the origin of petit larceny.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

A NEW color is called faded roses,
9nd is described as "lovely half pink
and half amethyst color.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

TwENTY-sIx Senators keep house in
Washington; the others live in hotels
and boarding-houses.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
"A sable son of Africa, accompanied

"A sable son of Africa, accompanied
by a smiling daughter of his race, en-
tered the office of a Justice of the
Peace at Coweta, Ga, the other day,
and thus addressed him: '1s you der
Jedge what is to marry people? WAL,
tel yer Ise got de license and l got fifty
cents left" The Judge said, "My fee
is five dollars for performing cere-
mony." eyes, sar, Jedge; but den |
thought get married as fur as der
fifty cents 'ud go, and next Sadday I'll
have de mainder and gifts yer ter finish
der job. The Judge declined to pro-
coed until the whole amount was forth
coming. -- -.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
Burmah surrenders to British forces under
General Prendergast.

2-Buria of Vice President Hendricks; con-
1lict between Polish factions Of a church in
Detroit. Skiing Theebaw. a captive to the
conceded. 4-Senator Logan. of Illinois non,i
mated by the Republican caucus for President
OF the Senate and declines. 5-John Sherman
elected President of the Senate 7--Opening
of Congress; Parnell's first move for an al
lance with the Liberals First message of
President Cleveland to Congress 9-Both
Houses of Congress at work. l0-Hostilities
renewed in Seryia. 11-Funeral of w. I'll.
Vanderbilt: the Eastern question settled by
the Powers. H-Salisbury decides
to remain Premier of En-
gland. 17-Gladstohe and Parnell come to
sured for Ireland: score of men entombed
in mine at Nanticoke Pa. 26-Riote re-
newed in the Detroit church 2S-9fevy re-
elected President of the French Republic
30-PreSident Cleveland writes letter to
Puck, lamenting that newspapers of the pres
ent age are given to lying.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
MIR. Sol. Smith Russell tells how he

MT. Dol. SIIJlbH huSocll icIlo HOW uc
recently renewed an acquaintance with
Mr.. Otto Schnelgarten, of Milwaukee.
Schnelgarten set up the beer, and
presently he said: 'Iet me see. Sol.
you oond me vas aboud the same age,
amt it? How old vos you, anyway"
81 am tbirty-seyen years DID," replied
MIR. Russell. each. GONE now-dot
yos a chokeP" insisted SchnelgarteD.
smiling seeptieally. No protested
Dir. RUSSELL II was born in 184S. =
I'm eighdeen fordy-eighd, eh?" cried
Schnelgarten. sect oud! / Catch you
now-you told me dot den years ago!'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
HANGfNGs.

The number of legal executions during the
year is lfss than that of last rear, although
the volume of crime is mGch larger. The
total nunher is I0S as against ia III 1884. 107
in 1855, II in 1882 aud % IN 1881. OF this
number 81 were white, IL coI0red. Indians
woman, @N
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
A MICHIGAN MYSTERY.

The Mother of the 1iI-Fated Knoch Fami-
ly of Detroit, Dies Under Circumstances
Which Lead to the Belief That She, Too
Was Murdered.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

Hill elected Governor of New York. g.
Andre monument at Tappan. N. Y, blown
mp: 1874 Chinese driven from Tacoma w 7,
Steamer Algoma wrecked on Lake Su-
perior, forty-five lives lost. lG-British In
gia declares war against Burmah A.
war declared between Bulgaria and
Seryia- l6-Louis Riel hanged for high
treason at Regina 2t-Htgh tides and
damage to property along New Jersey coast;
ceFviaps driven across Bulgarian frontier:
earthquake shocks in Spain fixing Thee
paw OF Burmah abandons Mandplay and
BRUSH forces take possession 2S-Armistice
concluded between contending forces OF
cerVIa and Bulgaria Skiing Theehaw of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
THE ROUNDUP.
A List of the Most Notable Events
at Home aud Abroad During
the Year Just Closed.
Large Number of Men and Women
Prominent in Politics. Art, Litera-
ture, Science. ETC., Dead.
The Record Of Murders and Suicides
Work of Judge Lynch aud Jack Ketoh
Fire Losses Failures.
THE DEAD YEAR.

The principal events of the Old and New
World during the past year are herewith pre-
sented: