The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-01-06

| Mar. a-J. ]. Finley appointed U, s. Senator
from Florida. !. Rufus Blodgett elected q. s.
| Senator from New Jersey. A..
/ Mar 2--Trade dollar redemption and anti
| polygauly bills became laws without Presi-
/ Mar. 4@Forty-ninth Congress adjourned.
| Mar. 9-Woman-sufrage defeated I'M Maine
| and New York Legislatures.
Mar. 22-Thomas NJ. Cooley. Mich: w. r.
Morrison; IL; AUGUSTUS schoonmalSer, N. Y
appointed Inter-Si ate Commerce Commission,
| ers
Mar. a4-oscar S. stfavs, N. X, appointed
| Minister to Turkey.
| Mar. 31-Conneeticut Legislature passed To-
| hour las for women and children.
/ Apr. 1-Charf5s 8 Fairchifd. N. Y, appointed
/ Secretary OF Treasury.
Apr. 4-Repablican State ticket elected IN
| Michigan. :. William H Martin Dem.J elected
| Congressman in Second Texas district to sue
/ coed Reagan.
| Apr: 6--,John W. Davis Dem.l elected Gov
| ernoT Of Rh6de Island,
/ Apr. T--Benton ). Hall Darlington, Ia, ap-
| pointed Commissioner OF Patents
Apr. 9-Eugene Semple appointed Governor
| of Washington Territory.
/ Apr. 20-Legislature West Virginia convened
/ in extra session.
Apr. 27-Anniversary of General Grants 65th
| birthday celebrated in Pittsburgh, Washington
| May 3-Rhode island Legislature passed
stringent liquor law IT'S, coo acres public land
in New Mexico reclaimed from private parties.
u.
United States Senator for West Virginia:
May 10---Woman suffrage defeated in pcnnz
| sylvana Legislature. =. Governor Hill, OF New
| York vetoed bin fer constitutional convention.
May 11-High-I4icense Bit passed by Penn
sylvania Legislature James ". Hyatt OF
Connecticut, appointed United States Trea51r'
er, vice Jordan, resigned.
| May Ex-Governor Hill vetoed high-llcense
bill passed by New York Legislature.
May 3i-Rhode Island Legislature convened.
June 2-rhe President and his wife celebrated
GySf nt11afz- E1fT tnJY Ell Sine
| June S--JameS G. Blaine sailed for Europe
-. Prohibition defeated in Massachusetts Leg
islature
June 14-Wiliam E. Chandler elected q. S.
Senator from New Hampshire.
June 16--President rescnded battle-f1ag order
June 23-Woman suffrage killed in Michigan
| Legislature.
July 21-Wiliam R. Freret, of Louisiana, ap-
pointed Supervising Architect OF Treasury.
July Ex-Mayor Harrison left Chicago for
| a tour around the world,
Aug General Buckner Dem.) elected Gov
ernor of Kentucky by 17,015 majority.
Aug. 4-Prohibition defeated in Texas by 10C,-
600 majority
Aug. 5-Wilford Woodruff assumed charge OF
| Mormon church.
Aug. 11-Fred Douglas reached New York
from an extended tour in Europe
Aug. 15-Contracts for five new cruisers award
ed by Government.
Aug. 19-United Labor party nominated Henry
George for Secretary of State in New York.
| Aug. 30--G Brown Goode appointed Commits
sioner of Fisheries to succeed Prof. Baird de-
ceased. Nellie Grant Sartorls arrived in New
| York from England.
Sept. 7-ASsistant Secretary of State Porter
resigned.
Sept. 3-1ieutenant- Governor Waterman
becomes Governor of California
Sept. 14-New York Republicans nominated
Colonel Fred Grant for Secretary of State.
Sept. 15-Centennial celebration OF Federal
constitution began at Philadelphia.
Sept. 28-Miss Phebe Couzns, of ST. Louis,
first woman who ever held office as United
States Marshall, succeeded her deceased father
in that office.
Sept 30--John P Rea, of Minneapolis, elect
ed Commander-in-Chiefo of G. A. Il. at ST. Louis.
Michael Davitt, the Irish agitator, arrived
in New York -. President and Mrs. Cleveland
left Washington on their journey West and
South Prohibition defeated in Tennessee.
Oct. 3-Father McTighe Catholic Priest,
elected principal of public school in Pitts
burgh.
Oct. 5-Presidential party reached Chicago.
Oct. 10-Mrs. Garfield and daughter sailed
for England
Oct. 18-President's party reached Atlanta,
Ga.
Oct. aa-Presdential party returned to Wash
ngton.
Nov. November "a designated as Thanks
giving day.
ginia, Mississippi and Maryland. Republicans
carried Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Iowa, Nebraska, and Legislature in New
Jersey. Prohibition defeated III Oregon in
Dakota IS out Of 81 counties voted for Prohi-
bition.
Nov. Ex-senator Hawley, Conn.,, married
Miss Edith Horner 80. Land Commissioner
Sparks resigned
Nov. 1S-Miss Frances E. Willard reelected
President of Women's National Christian Tenn
perance Union at Nashville.
Nov. 23-EX-Senator Jones, of Florida, de-
clared monomaniac at Detroit and in financial
distress.
Nov. 3o-Prof. S. A. Dickey elected chairman
of National Prohibition Committee.
Dec 3-Speaker Carlisle renominated by
Democratic caucus of House in Washington:
Republican caucus nominated Mr.. Reid, OF
Maine, for Speaker.
Dec 5-Fiftieth Congress assembled in Wash
ington-Mr Carlisle (Aentuciy) reelected
speakero of House -. Decision rendered by U.
S. Supreme Court in favor of validity of Kansas
Prohibition law.
Dec. 6-President Cleveland dominates @.
G. Lamar as U. S. Justice Supreme Court;
| VIM. f. Villas Secretary of Interior; D. M.
Dickinson, PoStmaster-General.
Dec. 7-Vlrgnia Legislature convenes.
Dec. 6-State convention of Connecticut Pro-
hibitionists. 80. Chicago selected for meeting Of
Republican National convention to be held
June 10, 1885,
Dec 14-William Malone nominated for
United States Senator by Republicans of Vir-
gnia Legislature. :. Michigan State Grange
declares III favor of Local-Option law.
Dec. 15-Delegate convention at Aberdeen, D..
t., adopted memorial praying for admission of
Territory into Union as one State.
| Dec. 16-William M. Evarts chosen chairman
of convention of Republican clubs in New York
City.
Dec III. G. Whittier celebrated his eight
ieth birthday anniversary at Danvers Mass 80.
James p. Foster elected president of the new
ly-created National League formed by Repub-
lican clubs.
Dec 19-Second annual convention of Ma
tional Prohibition Bureau assembled in New
| York.
Dec 20-John S. Barbour elected United
| States Senator by Virginia Legislature.
Dec. 22-Congress takes holiday recess I'M
til Jan. 4.
Dec. 25-Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott selected as
acting pastor OF Plymouth Church, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
SPORTING.
Jan. 1S--John L. Sullivan broke his wrist in
a fight with Cardiff at Minneapolis.
Feb. 14-Captain William Cottrell, turfman
and breeder, died near Mobile Ala, aged 70.
-. Boston Baseball Club pays 10000 for Mike
Kelly.
Mar. 2--American Trotting Association Or
ganized at Detroit.
Mar. 12--Yachts Dauntless and Coronet start
ed for New York for race to Queenstown,
Ireland.
Mar. 27-Coronet arrived at Queenstown, win
ming race.
Apr. First game baseball for championship
world at St. Louis resulted: Chicago, 6; ST.
| Louis 3.
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