Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
esroIogy OF 1ss7-Death's Busy Rec
or,| in the Ranks Of the Worlds
Distinguished People.
,,e Casualty Record-A Long List of
Accidents Involving Loss Of
Human Life.
Catalogue of the Legal Executions and
Victims of Mob Law During
the Year.
CHRONOLOGY.


Noteworthy Occurrences OF the
Year.
JANUARY
c+oor,or LIN Champagne landed her passen-
vars at uayre France, having suiled IRON New
Eors on Christmas Emperor William cele-
hrated the eightieth anniversary OF his Joining
he Iru6sian army
rooms generally closed no liquors given away.
SNFnst time in history wheat of excellent
puelity and superior weight exported by Russia
' SnFour Young men hanged at Sydney. N. S.
h., for brutal assault upon girl OF IT,
south Carolina coast covered with dead
fish to depth of one foot; result OF volcanic dis
turhance.
9i-sadie Hayes, negress, who killed police
sergeant i'll st. Louis. sentenced to penitentlary
fol ninety -nine years
6-Owatonna tMinnl people startled by thun-
der and lightning lastns an hour, with mer-
Ito commemorate the jubilee of Queen
Victoria, 25,U0O persons were released from 9a1is
in India. -.
cost Of S4OJU,00o, sold at auction for $4,000.
IA bill proposing to change the jury laws
80 as to legalize two-thirds verdict was ia
yorauly reported i'll the Pennsylvania House.
MARCH.
4-Dehthroll OF Forty-nluUn congress COM
prisel thirteen names in Senate and House.
lat noon, darkness equal to midnight
spread over the region Of Charine Cross, White
hall, and the Strand, London, snow meantime
falling heavily.
IT, Emperor William assured the French
General Marquis d Abzac. that he would use
ali his influence to maintain peace.
lS-President Cleveland entered upon his
ffty-irst year.
l9-Citizcns of Buffalo decided upon the re-
moval of overhead wires. because they prevent
effective work by the fire department.
22-Ninetieth birthday of Emperor William
of Germany.
A-Gennuny refused to participate in the
Paris International Exhibition OF 1899 Three
hundred tramps invaded Chinese village, and
were lured by the inhabitants into q temple
which was then fred only forty Of the wander
ers escaping.
30-Eeyen inches Of snow fell ut Lexington.
3l-Heavy snowstorm prevailed in Virginia.
APRIL.
5-The Pennsylvania Senate passed q bill
| providing that murderers may be put to death
by electricity.
l4-serah E. Howe. the Boston banker, fed
with sjO,e1O intrusted to her by creduous poo
pie.
l5-'rhe Delaware Senate passed Il bill pro-
Mblt!ns absolutely the manufacture and sale
Of bogus butter
4-Farthquake shocks Mt Ell Paso Texas Albu.
querGue san Marcial and Lake Val;ev N NJ
created great alarm, feeling akin to seasick
ness Selling many persons. Volcanoes broke
out in the Winchester, MAIDSTONE, ana San
los3 Mountains, Arizona.
7-tiov. Hi / signed the bill making Sotu rdav
York Ts'' D0l'uAy throughout tie State OF New
l0-lnausuration of greag strike and lock-
e, az Snlcaso OF workinSm:n connected with
the building trades, incudins &C, OoO carpenters
Dfcklayers, masonB, painters, etc. the brick
LAYERS insisted that Saturday should be pay-
aay while the master builders held out for
Wnfn low
JUNE.
Mob Meadows assassinated by unknown
persons at Ozark, Mo-, making the forty-third
the war ~
2-Queen Victoria began the fifty-frst year
u hcf reign over Great Britl.iu and her Jubilee
NUS eeie bruted i'll an impressive manner by a
aiasA!lcent procession in LONDON the nost
Imposing pageant OF modern times
, JULY.
- Az assault by negro on Il White woman
~ a,ienoise Parish, La, resulted in tho death
W oAe Wnlte man and twelve negroes o. num-
ost y, eolored people Were lynched.
,o i-a A. Quincy, Ill, Pro-. Baldwin dropped a
ulIie from balloon to tbs earth
RI. Ing blS strike in tia building trades mt
h,n.easo settled by aroi'rution: wnge-euruers
,os. over -, 600. DR.. McC,lynn, of New York
, ~, nlh- ahlcated from the Roman Catholic
.L-ENtremely warm weather in tho country
t% VI the mississippi aut south Of the lakes:
ra; t..ei.inhetef througApaJ the entire region
nr ot.e from 30 to los lcgrees the latter fig
VIC neiliS noted at StrCa, n H. with lO7 chron
wed 1T l'eloit, WIS tutAl sunstrokes ware mn.
r bhs'9as at cincinnati, s. Louis nnd Chi. ago:
Nv , IaF was the hottest faown in the history al
ing 10 '''Ai huhs'fohe NUMBER
- ne COMMISSIONS, q Pensions received a.
a. tt"s rom u Kansas pensioner to be taken
Nv si,e Inst OF Government dependents; the
cured by faith. A''1o' GIG
. AUGUST
es.e .' IN Beall, aged ID, Of Eaton Ohio. con-
& 'eT ~ me murder OF his mother.
arr ON Voolfolk. living near Macon, Gu WIS
o,sr .or the murder OF his father and oisht
cgi,,ri Henloors OF the family, the motive OF the
Imon. t. nolhg to gain possession of his father
iot ,. !afest in Indian Territory OF Jake Petit
deplh " VI thirty yea ago, was sentenced to
~ Vl Noul- =, Georgia. for murder.
i-p: SEP ssiBER.
fn,1 - rlncetou. Flo Rendall Blakosloe fell
EilaH paoon, JJJ !ye, in the mir ,,,d wos
"'!eG Instantly IL sno "'' "i1o Us
c,v e9oE holiday &c ,,,ro+ad thr,uohout +ho
r-! In nt.use pro 5sions and pic.lics no
yisil,l "7s n the proc, IONS, and no Socisiists
40 o.@ =! the pcnicB 1870 ''' ''oA"' ''''
AMY. serE cele,Hated the thirty seventh
2l-i, %.s o " lts aH' sson to the Mon
No!u,,4.r ", toIh NJ Der, the American sloop
tue i.rS, n. e'iesesu te scotch cutter Thistle in
cap hy, "a -, a. series races for the America
m'les A+i"'cs . Hcconds; distance, forty
her S,n,I S"Si.1 Noi lteer again ran away from
Contest s.,r.o Hr III. stle in the second
ty,es,.lv ~ t.aer nd under like conditions
s"ei'e aiuutes.
IOiER
fallerDr lI,s,';!u' ,riment was made ut
'40ajc nrn,, fstt, /" YORK City, with tel3-
h,og Of n 80 U let being located in tho
II harclarv '"u p" =" LIB shot while atternL ting
Ii the Nn, mooillch, merchant lost his way
hab,oI W. MIA x gold district, u Wild unill-
Gue1 st!ar II, 80, VI Nova Scotin, and a. res-
days LIZ Ing existed on wuter for eleven
loaa, ~" !, d.ad bodies Of thirteen infants were
rre!ns". OIL. ~ o!d cistern at Toledo, Ohio, on
put Ui,,n, once nee oecupiod By midwife who IVES
III Mcnjssnn LOW, ril Of the season. Mt poir. -
GO GIL" W lecoll5in
li-ro.r -, 4, MEMBER.
fovoln.in., -. -uading adVocatcs OF sucinl