Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-01-02

Il. forty lost By explosion Of resryboa. at Val
lejo, Cal
!. International railway connecting Mexican Cen
trail with Southern Pacific opened for business
5. Discovery Of graveyard insurance scheme
Charleston, 6. G.
/. Erastlis j. Jones, extreasurer Of Dauphin
county, Pa. defaulter in $o1, 900
H. 49, 1S Famous blizzard along the Atlantic coast
Great damage DONE railroads blocked, many
frozen to death, many shipwrecks.
10. Gen. Adam Badeau brought suit against Mrs.
Grant for compensation for assistance In pre-
pairing Gen. Grants Memoirs Settled late In
the year.
II. 10 killed on Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad near Blalzshear, Ca
10. Confession by O member of the Missouri Bald
Knobbers.
90 State Treasurer Tate KY, defaulter in $25o0Oo
-. Blizzard in the northwest.
25 Tornado destroys town of Ninnescah, Kan.
"a Terrible foods In Germany and Hungary;
floods In many parts of the United States;
many lives lost and much damage done.
President Close and Cashier White Of the State
National bank Of Raleigh, N. c.. defaulted in
$4,000
Co. 80 miners killed by explosion at Rich Hill, Mo.
Capt Paul Boyton adrift ell day In the ice Of
Lake Michigan. -+e &.
l. Diss Debar Marsh spiritualistic sensation, New
York, In full blast
Secretary Bayard expressed dissatisfaction with
the conduct OF Germany in Samoa.
8. Twelve killed in railroad accident at Newhamp-
ton. Ohio
@ Gen George Crook nominated for major
general in place Of Gen. Terry. Col John r.
Brooks made brigadier general in Crooks
place.
49, Failure Of the American exchange in London;
Henry F. Gillig general manageri liabilities
S1.O0O.O00 g.
IS. Eighteen burned to death at Celaya, Mex, by
the burning of stand for spectators of bull
fight. e.
Senator Stanford's racing stables burned at
Palo Alto, Cal
%. Thos. Tunstall of Mobile Ala, made United
States consul to San Salvador.
~ John H. Murphy, confidential clerk OF DR..
Daniel Gray of 5HolWesburgsPa. defaulted in
q. Gen Joseph E. Johnston admitted to contribu-
tory membership by Gen. Ell. Baker Post
OAR
20 Ship Smyrna sunk in collision with steamer
Moto or Isle Of Wight. Thirteen drowned
MAY.
l. Assistant Cashier De Baum, Of the Park Ma
tional bank, New York, defaulted in $4,000
9 Ten thousand dollars stolen from registered
letters near Harrisburg, Pa
8. Fifteen banks failed in Buenos Ayres
G. Cloud burst near Maize, Kan, causing food
which swept the house and entire family to a
watefy death. sFFSs5
Explosion ofsa carload Of dynamite at Locust
Gap Pa. Eight killed.
IL Train robbery Mt Aguazarca, A. T.
H. High water along the Missouri and Red rivers
Several lives lost
Is Methodist general conference created an order
Of dcaconesses for charitable work
q. Rev John Fl. Vincent and Rev. James NJ. Fitz-
gerald made bishops by the general Methodist
conference. ~
q. Rev j. c, Joyce made bishop. by the general
Methodist conference
Randall L. Gibson elected senator from Louisi-
ana.
H. Dr. John T. Newman and Rev. Dr. Goodsell
made bishops by the general Methodist con-
Corner stone OF the new Roman Catholic uni
versity laid at Washington
o. Rev J. H. Thoburn elected bishop of India
by the general Methodist conference.
Exciting discussion Of the negro question at
the general assembly Of the Presbyterian
church IN Philadelphia.
&c The southern assembly Of the Presbyterian
church decided against DR.. Woodrow and his
evolution theory. IS
q Destructive storms throughout the United
States, Enormous losses.
%. General assembly of tho southern Presby-
Z terrain church decided against organic union.
30. E. D. White elected senator from Louisiana.
JUNE.
3. White Cap outrages in Indiana. .ss-s4'
4 Gen William d. Francklyn named commits
soner Of the United States 10 tbs Paris expo
stion; Bonneville B. Tuck, assistant commits
soaer.
Eighteen killed in railroad accident near Tam
pico, Mexico. y
Eleven burned to death at Rockdale, Tex
G. L. l.. Lichtcnstcin. Wilmington, Del, de-
fau,ted in S33, $50
s. Steam yacht Clean run down In the Patapsco
river by steamer JOppa; NJ. T. Harrison Gar
rctt, of Baltimore, drowned.
lev, Dr. Layton Coleman made Protestant
: bishop OF Delaware
1G. Train robbery ct Muscogee, L T.
II Train robbery near Junction City, NJ T.
IS Nine. and Gen. Diss Debar sentenced to the pen
itentiary for six months.
u. Disastrous floods in Mexico Many hundreds
drowned
VI. Iolbrook, A. T., nearly destroyed by fire.
IS Paying Teller Pitcher. Of the Union bank Of
Providence. Il l., is defaulter and fugitive.
JULY
g. John r. Van Loan Of the Second National bank
of Jersey city, defauter in $4,000.
L. Mrs. James K. Polk, widow Of President Polk,
at Nashville, started the machinery Of the
Cincinnati Exhibition by electricity.
Vim h Flack lost his life trying to navigate
the whirlpool rapids, Niagara
o. Col Thos, L. Casey made chief Of engineers
of the army
49, Moro than 900 killed by volcanic eruptions in
Japan.
Il Nronek, Chebouth, and Chapek, three Bo-
heInian Anarchists, arrested In Chicago
charged with conspiracy to burn the city.
rg AUGUST
/. Bllrty Morgan hanged In Columbus, o.
Twenty one lives lost in q fire on the Bowery
New York :.
T. Terrible tornado In Cuba. Heavy loss Of life.
o. Yellow Fever well under way at Jacksonville,
Fla e.t%
TO- Ten persons burned to death at Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Hugh NJ BROOKS. alias MAXWELL hanged at ST.
Louis.
H. Woman suffrage declared unconstitutional in
Wyoming.
IS Collision Of steamers Geyser and Thingvalla.
Moro than 100 lives lost.
e. ELL Niles. anti Bald knobber, shoots and kills
Capt. n Kinney. Bald Knobber chief, at
Ozark, Mo- 49,
Severe storms on the gulf and Atlantic coasts.
q Gigantic opium smuggling scheme unearthed.
Frank Gardner and other guilty parties after.
ward convicted and imprisoned
Tligty-four lives lost in steamer collision In San
Francisco bay
g. Fourteen killed by boiler explosion at Neemah,
,Eeb 49, 3.
90 Quarantine oriered against jacksonville, Fla.
Robert Garrett reported demented
g. Charles II. Litchmnn resigns general secre-
taryship u tho Knights Of Labor.
SEPTEMBER.