The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

thing to their colonial possessions. A
crisis in Denmark, which threatened a
popular uprising, was averted by prom
Use of reform on the part of the King.
The war in the Balkans, growing out of
the union of Eastern Roumelia with
Bulgaria, resulted in the defeat of the
Servians, and left Prince Alexander of
Bulgaria master of the situation.
Canada has experienced troublesome
year, politically, on account of the Riel
rebellion and the execution of Riel;
and the smallpox scourge in Montreal
has aroused general public interest.
Mexico has been the scene of revolu-
tionary disturbance. A revolution in
Central America resulted in the defeat
and death of Barrios, who had pro-
claimed himself dictator. The Isthmus
has had a rebellion on a small scale,
during which Aspinwall was burned.
A revolt led by General Caceres against
the established government in Peru
was successful A revolution in Vene-
zuela was promptly put down. Prog
ress has been made toward the emanci-
patton of the slaves in Brazil
The death roll of prominent persons
during the year, in the United States,
includes General Grant, Vice-president
Hendricks, Schuyler Colfax, General
George B. Mcclellan, Frederick Z.
Frelinghuysen, Reuben E. Fenton, B.
Gratz Brown, Robert Toombs, Jacob
Thompson, General Irwin Mcdowell,
Cardinal McCloskey, Emery A. Storrs,
William H. Vanderbilt, Horace b.
Clat1in, Myra Clark Gaines, Commo-
dore Garrison, William NJ. Gwin, Will
lam Sharon, Rev. S. l. Prime, Lowell
Mason, Richard Grant White, Rev. Dr.
Stephen II. Tying, Henry w. Shaw
Gosh Billings), Hinton Rowan Helper,
George Wilkes, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jack
son, and others of hardly less note.
Among the deceased ex-governors were
Hiland Hall, Ryland Fletcher, julius
Converse and John B. Page of Ver-
mont. Foreign neurology includes the
names of General Gordon, King Al
fonso, Marshal Serrano, Lord Shaftes-
bury, Sir Moses Montefore, Colonel
Burnaby, Prince Orloff, the Mahdi,
Victor Hugo, Edmund About, Francis
Abt Ohe composeD, Queen Emma of
the Sandwich Islands, and other less
famous persons.
The year had its usual long record of
disaster and crime. A terrific cyclone
at Charleston, S. c., caused great de-
struction of property. One thousand
buildings were destroyed by fire in
Galveston, Texas. Fifty lives were
lost by the wreck of the Algoma on
Lake Superior. There were considera-
BILE losses of life by fires and mining
disasters. In June five hundred forty
lives were lost in six English mines.
Floods in China destroyed several thou
sand lives. There were fewer great
marine and railway disasters than for
some years past, but great damage was
done by gales and high tides on the At
lantic coast. There were destructive
avalanches in the Alps, and much loss
of life by volcanic eruptions and earth
quakes in the East Indian islands. An
earthquake in the Vale of Cashmere
destroyed three hundred lives. The
Charter House buildings, London, were
burned, estimated loss $4,000, 900.
Twenty-Five vessels and sixty lives
were lost by storm at Aspinwall. In
January occurred the terrific dynamite
explosions in the parliament building
and tower of London. The cholera
scourge reappeared in France, Spain
and Italy, and during the summer the
deaths numbered thousands daily. The
deaths in Spain alone aggregated forty
thousand.