The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-01-10
ENDERSON, n. c., THURSDAY. JANUARY 10. 1889.

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8. Unitea States Senator wlson. Of Iowa 70
elected
q, % Great storm on the Atlantic coast.
q. Deficit Of $4,000 alleged In the accounts Of
the late goveEnuaeuf OF Manitoba.
SEDRCARY.
1 Twenty-Five drowned in wreck Of the British
bark Absacoca neor mouth Of the Columbia
river.
5. White Cap outbreak In Indiana.
:. Failure Of tho Metropolitan National bank,
Cincinnati. President Meana Cashier Harper
& Murder Of Amos J. Smell, Chicago. CTascots
case). N
Henry Reece, cashier Continental hotel Phils-
delphia, defanlter In $4,000
IL James Albert won six-day go-as you please
walking match In New York. breaking worlds
record 20 #--z - z r.-
Il. Two American ships ordered to Tangiers,
Morocco, TO settle row between the sultan
and tho United States csiasul
IL Tornado at Mt Vernon, us; q killed.
81 Twenty i've killed BY expiGsion Of boiler q
steamer In the United States OF Colombia
e Mackay and Flood quarrA over losses In wheat
and dissolve partnership
a. Forty lost BY explosion Of ferryboat at Val
le5o Cal
I. International railway connecting Mexican Gen.
trail with Southern Pacific opened for business.
4 Discovery OF graveyard insurance scheme,
Charleston, 8. c.
L Erastus j. Jones, ex-treasurer Of Dauphin
county. Pa, defaulter in SCI. 900.
II, IL, 13 Famous blizzard along the Atlantic coast.
Great damage done, railroads blocked, many
ffozen to death, many shipwreckx
16. Gen. Adam Bedeau 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 Blakshear. Ga.
1a Confession by member of the Missouri Bald
Knobbcrs.
20. State Treasurer Tate KY, defaulter in $3.50 0o0
q. Blizzard In the northwest.
g. Tornado destroys town Of Ninnescah, Kan.
a. Terrible foods In Germany and Hungary;
foods 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
%. 80 miners killed by explosion at Rich Hill. Mo
Capt. Pan! Eoyton adrift all day In the Ice oi
Lake Michigan.
APRIL
1. Diss Debar-Nlarsh spiritualstic 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.
O. Gen George Crook nominated for najol
general In place of Gen. Terry. Col John r
Brooks made brigadier general In Crook
place.
Is Failure Of the American exchange In London
Henry F. Gillig general manager; liabilities
S4,O00OO0.
49, Eighteen burned to death at Celaya. Mex. by
the burning of a stand for spectators Of bul
Senator Stanford,s racing stables burned a,
Palo Alto. Cal
g. Thos Tunstau Of Mobile, Ala. made United
States consul to Ssr Sal~aaer.
2A John IL Murphy. confidential clerk Of DR.
Daniel Gray Of Eolmesburg. Pa. defaulted IL
81, 900.
e. Gen Joseph E Johnston admitted to contribu
tory membership by Gen T. D. Baker Post
g. AR
e. Ship Smyrna sunk In collision with steeme,
Moto OF Isle Of Wight Thirteen drowned
NAY.
1. Assistant Cashier De Baun Of the Park Ma
tional bank New York, defaulted In so5.00o
q Ten thousand dollars stolen from registered
letters near Harrisburg. Pa
g. Fifteen banks failed in BIenos Ayres.
g. Cloud burst near Maize, Kan, causing food
which swept the house and entire family to g
watery death
Explosion Of a carload Of dynamite at Locust
Gap. Pa Eight killed.
IL Train robbery at Agunzarca A 7.
Is High water along the Missouri and Red rivera
Several lives lost.
1a Methodist general conference created IN order
of deaconesses for charitable work
q Rev. John H. Vincent and Rev. James NJ Fftx
gerald made bishops BY the general Methodist
conference
g. Rev. ]. c. Joyce made bishop by the general
Methodist conference.
Randall l. Gibson elected senator from Louisi
ana.
e. Dr. John T. Newman and Rev. Dr. GoodseI
made bishops By the general Methodist CON
ference.
Corner stone Of the new Roman Catholic uni
versity laid at Washington
Is. Rev. J. NJ Thoburn elected bishop Of India
by the general Methodist conference.
Exciting discussion Of the negro question al
the general assembly Of the Presbyterian
church In Philadelphia
% The southern assembly Of the Presbyterian
church decided against Or. Woodrow and his
evolution theory.
Is Destructive storms throughout the United
States Enormous losses.
90 General assembly Of the southern Presby.
terian church decided against organic union.
80 T. D. White elected senator from Louisiana.
JCNE
& White Cap outrages In Indiana
L Gen- William b Franckyn named commits
sioner of the United States to the Paris expo
sltion; Somervills h Tuck assistant commits
sioner.
Eighteen killed In Q railroad accident near Tam
pico, Mexico.
& E. l. Iichtenstein, Wilmington, Del, de-
fsulted In S33 $50
& Steam yacht Clean run down In the Patapsco
river by steamer Joppa; IL T. Harrison Gar
rett, Of Baltimore drowned
Rev. DR.. layton Coleman mnde Protestant
blshop Of Delaware.
i6. Train robbery at Muscogee l. T..
II. Train robbery near Junction City. n T.
l6 Nine and Gen Diss Debar sentenced to the pen-
itentiary for six months-
@ Disastrous foods In Mexico. Many hundreds
drowned
~ Hobrook A T., nearly destroyed ey fire.
Is Paying Teller Pitcher OF the Union bank OF
Providence, R L, Il a defaulter and fugitive
..Lf.
& John F. Van Loan Of the Second National bank
Of Jersey city, defaulter In SIS COO
4 Mra James X Polk. widow Of President Polk,
At Nashville, started the machinery OF the
Cincinnati Exhibition by electricity.
VIM R. Flack Lost his Life trying to navigate
the whirlpool rapids. Niagara
9. Col Thos- L Casey made chief Of engineer,
Of the army.
la More than 500 killed By volcanic erupeions Ia
Japan
H. Hronek, Chebouth, and chapek, three Bo.
hemian Anarchists, arrested In Chicago
charged with conspiracy 70 burn the city.
ACoCsr.
1. Bllnky Morgan hanged in Columbus 0.
Twenty-one lives lost In q Gre on the Rowefy.
New York
L Terrible tornado In Cuba Heavy loss Of life.
q Yellow fever well under way as Jacksonville,
Fla
10. Ten persons burned TO death at CHATTANOOGA
Tenn.
Hugh Il Brooks, alias Maxwell, hanged 1t ST.
Louis.
II Woman suffrage declared Unconstitutional IN