Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-31
" explosion of . ferryboat at Val
MARCH.


 4 Erastus J. Jones, ex-treasurer of Dauphin county, Pa, defaulter in S61,0JO f1 12 13 Famous blizzard along the Atlantic coast. Great damage done, railroads blocked, many frozen to death many shipwrecks 16 Gen. Adam Badeau brought suit against MfS
 Grant for compensation for assistance In pre-
 pairing Gen Grants Memoirs Settled late ln
 the year.
 r. 19 killed on Savannah, Florida and Western
 railroad, near Blakshear, Ga 1e Confession by a member of the Missouri Bald
 Knobbers, o,. | % State Treasurer Tate Ky, defauiter ID $"oooVV %. Blizzard in the northwest. 25 Tornado destroys town of NinneScah, kan 27 Terrible floods in Germany and Hungary; |
 floods in many parts of the United States; l
 many lives lost and much damage done President Close and Cashier White of the State l
 National bank of Raleigh N. C., detaulted ID
 $75,0o0 g. 80 miners killed by explosion at Rich Hill, Mo Capt Pau! Boytou adrift all day in the ice Of Lake Michigan l. Diss Debar-Marsh spir:tualistic sensation. New York, in full blast. Secretary Bayard expressed dissatisfaction wltn the conduct of Germany in Samoa D. Twelve killed in railroad accident at NewhamP- ton, Ohio Gen George Crook nominated for major general in place of Gen. Terry. Col John k Brooks made brgadier general in Crooks place
 13 Failure of the American exchange in London; | Henry F. Gillig general manager; liabilities S4OOOOO0
 IS, Eighteen burned to death at Celaya, Mex, by 1 the burning of stand for spectators of bull fight. Senator Stanford's racing stables burned at | Palo Alto, Cal. | o3 Thos. Tunstan of Mobile Ala, made United | States consul to San Salvador. | 24 John II. Murphy confidential clerk or pr
 Daniel Gray of Holmesburg. Pa, defaulted in S27,000
 | s1 Con Ioeanb F Johnston admitted to contribu- l tory membership by Gen, E. D Baker Post, l GAR
 go Ship Smyrna sunk in collision with steamer l Moto off Isle of Wight. Thirteen drowned | MAY. | l. Assistant Cashier Do Baum, of the Park Ma l tional bank, New York, defaulted in S95,C00. | 2 Ten thousand dollars stolen from registered letters near Harrisburg, Pa. l B. Fifteen banks failed in Buenos Ayres, G. Cloud burst near Maize, Kan, causing flood l which swept the house and entire family to a watery death. | Explosion of a carload of dynamite at Locust Gap, Pa. Eight killed.
 12. Train robbery at Aguazarca, A T. 13. High water along the Missouri and Rcd rivers
 Several lives lost. 1S Methodist general conference created an order | of deaconesScs for charitable work l % Rev John H. Vincent and Rev James M. Fltz- | gerald made bishops by the general Methodist | conference
 g. Rev. J. c. Joyce made bishop by the general |
 Randall l. Gibson elected senator from Louisi- q. Dr. John T. Newman and Rev. Dr. Goodsen
 made bishops by the general Methodist con-
 ference.
 | Corner stone of the new Roman Catholic uni
 versity laid ct Washington.
 g. Rev. J. II. Thoburn elected bishop of India
 by the general Methodist conference | Exciting discussion of tho negro question at
 the general assembly Of the Presbyterian
 church In Philadelphia. ; 26. The southern assembly Of the Presbyterian
 church decided against pr. Woodrow and his . evolution theory. ,; 28 Destructive storms throughout the United States. Enormous losses.
 go. General assembly of the southern Presby t terian church decided against organic union. 3O E. D. White elected senator from Louisiana. r JUNE. s 8 White Cap outrages in Indiana. @ 4 Gen. William B. Franckyn named conlms
 sioner of the United States to the Paris expo l. sition; Someryille B, Tuck assistant commis | Sioner o Eighteen killed in e railroad accident near Tam 1 pco, Mexico. \. Eleven burned to death at Rockdalc, Tex.
 C. E. L. Lichtenstein, Wilmington. Del, de
 faulted in $33, 250. O. & Steam yacht Clean run down in the Patapsc D. river by steamer Joppa; M T. Harrison Gar
 rett of Baltimore, drowned. 3. Rev. Dr. Layton Coleman made Protestan
 bishop of Delaware. at 16 Train robbery at Muscogee, T.
 F. Train robbery near Junction City, M T. IS Mime. andGen. Dss Debar sentenced to the per
 itentiary for six months st % Disastrous floods in Mexico Many hundred
 drowned. N el Holbrook, A. T., nearly destroyed by fire 25 Paying Teller Pitcher, of the Union bank ( g. Providence, R. l., is defaulter and fugitive
 B. John F. Van Loan of the Second National ban a. of Jersey city, defaulter in $1500O.
 4. Mrs. James K Polk, widow of President Poll
 at Nashville started the machinery of th g. Cincinnati Exhibition by electricity.
 Wm. R. Flack lost his life trying to navigat de the whirlpool rapids, Niagara. n- g. Col Thos. l.. Casey made chief of engineer . of the army. l- 13. More than 500 killed by volcanic crllptions
 Japan. IT. F. Hronek, Chebouth, and Chapek, three B
 hemian Anarchists, arrested in Chicag ru charged with conspiracy to burn the city.
 AUGUST. rA l. Blinky Morgan hanged in Columbus O.
 Twenty-one lives lost in fire on the Bower
 New York. :, 4 Terrible tornado in Cuba Heavy loss of life. -o g. Yellow fever well under way at Jacksonvi "' Fla
 1o Ten persons burned to death at Chattanoog
 Hugh M Brooks, alias Maxwell. hanged at $
 Louis. 9 IA Woman suffrage declared unconstitutional
 Wyoming ,ck 16. Collision of steamers Geyser and ThingvaI
 More than 100 lives lost ths 21 Bill Miles, Bald knobber shoots and Ri
 Capt. N Kinney, Bald Knobber chief, ace Ozark, Mo
 Severe storms on the gulf and Atlantic coasts sis 9. Gigantic opium smuggling scheme unearthe
 Frank Gardner and other guilty parties aft -tb ward convicted and imprisoned 1S Thirty-four lives lost in steamer collision in
 Francisco bay. de 23 Fourteen killed by boiler explosion at Neems
 Neb.
 26 Quarantine ordered against Jacksonville, F
 Robert Garrett reported demented rse 31. Charles II. Litchman resigns general sec de " taryship of the Knights of Labor.
 SEPTEMBER as 2. Battle between outlaws and vigiantes nt
 Paladora, No Mans Land Seventeen o re- laws killed.
 8. Sarah Althea Hill jailed for three days
 contempt of court Judge Terry, her h s of band sent up for six months for brandish
 a knife in the court room.
 12 Floods in Mexico. Many lives lost ,ish 16 Disastrous floods in Georgia ,bia 90 John G. Parkhurst Of Michigan, appointed
 S. Minister to Belgium.
 2L The lone highwayman of Texas killed by NJ ank Lizzie Hay. per %. J. II. Obery appointed Indian con1missione