The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-04

"a rorpy lost by explosion of . ferryboAt ~ Val
lcjo Cal
I. International railway connecting Mexican Cea-
tral with Southern Pacific opened for bu1Inesa
T. L.scovery Of graveyard insurance scheme
Charleston, g. G.
4 Erlstus Jones, ex-treasurer or Dauphin
county. Pa. defauiter In $4,000
II. T.. IL Famous blizzard along the Atlantic coast
Great damage done. railroads blocked, many
frozen TO death, many shipwrccks
i8 C.n Adam Badeau brought suit against MA
Grant for compensation for Assistance In pre-
pairing Cen. Grants Memoirs Settled late In
the year
IL 10 killed on Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad near Elaisshear. Ga
II. Confession by q member OF the Missouri Bald
Knobbers.
20 State Treasurer Tate KY. defaulter In $4,000
- BLIZZARD In the northwest
y Tornado destroys town OF Ninnescah, Kan
n Terrible floods In Germany and Hungary;
floods la many parts of the United States;
many lives lost and much damage dono
President Close and Cashier White Of the state
National bank Of Raleigh. N c. defaulted In
$1,000
~. 80 miners killed by explosion ut Fitch Hill, Mo.
CaD: Pau. Boyton adrift all day In the leo OF
Lake Michigan
I. rhH pebar Harsh spiritualistic sensation. New
loiI. Ia Ill blast
Secretary DayarJ expressed dissatisfaction with
the conduct OF Germany in Samoa.
g. Twelve killed in railroad accident at Newhamp
ton. Ohio
6 Gen George Crook nominated for major
general In rlace or Gen Terry Col John r.
Brooks made brigadier general In Crooks
place.
IL Failure OF the American exchange In London;
Henry Ginig general manager: liabilities.
S4OO0C0O
10 Eighteen burned TO death at Cclaya, Mex. by
the burning Of a stand for spectators OF a bull
fight
Senator stanfords racing stables burned At
Palo Alto Cal
e. Thos Tunstall of Mobile. Aia made United
States consul to San Salvador.
~ John II. Murphy. confidential clerk Of DR.
Daniel Gray Of Holmesburg Pa. defaulted In
$1,000
"a. Gen Joseph T. Johnston admitted 20 contribu-
tory membership by Gen. K d. Baker Posi-,
=. Ship Smyrna sunk In collision with steamer
Motto OF Isle Of Wight Thirteen drowned.
MAY
I. Assistant Cashier Do Baum, Of the Park Ma
tional bank. New York, defaulted In S05,0O
Ten thousand dollars stolen from registered
letters near Harrisburg, Pa
q Fifteen banks failed In Duenos Ayres.
O. Cloud burst near Maize, Kan, causing flood
which swept the house and entire family to .
watery death.
Explosion OF u carload of dynamite at Locust
Gap Pa Eight killed.
II Train robbery ut Aguazarca. A. T.
H. High water along thu Missouri and Red rivers
Several lives lost.
IS Methodist general conference created IN order
OF deaconesses for charitable work.
a Rev. John II. Vincent and Rev James NJ Fitz.
gerald made bishops by the general Methodist
conference.
a Rev. J. c. Joyce made bishop by the general
Methodist conference.
Randall I. Gibson elected senator from Louisi-
~. DIR. John T. Newman and Rev. DR. Goodsell
made bishops by the general Methodist con.
ference.
Corner stone Of the new Roman Catholic uni
versity laid ut Washington
IS Rev. j NJ. Thoburn elected bishop OF India
by tho general Methodist conference
Exciting discussion OF tho negro question at
tho general assembly Of the Presbyterian
church In Philadelphia
% Tho southern assembly of tho Presbyterian
church decided against DR.. Woodrow and his
evolution theory.
q Destructive storms throughout tho United
States Enormous losses.
% General assembly of tho southern Presby-
terrain church decided against organic union.
30 f. ID. White elected senator from louisiana
JUNE
s White Cap outrages in Indiana.
4 Gen. William d. Franckyn named commits
sioncr Of the United States to tho Paris expo
sition; Somervills r. Tuck. ASSISTANT commits
sioncr
Eighteen killed in q railroad accident nsar Tam.
pico, Mexico.
Eleven burned to death at Rockdale. Tex.
K. L. ichtenstein, Wilmington. DEL de-
faulted In $50. $50
Y yacht Gtenur r,,uh m No puf
river by steamer Joppa; N. I. Harrison Gar.
rett, Of Baltimore, drowned
Rev. DR.. Layton Coleman made Protestant
bishop OF Delaware
i6 Train robbery at Muscogee l. 4.
II. Train robbery near Junction City, T.
IS Nine and Gen. Diss Debar sentenced to the pen.
itentiary for six months
- Disastrous floods In Mexico. Many hundreds
drowned
a. HoIbrook, A. T.. nearly destroyed by 6se.
~ Paying Teller Pitcher, OF tho Unicn bank OF
Providence. r. l., IS dcsaulter and fugitive.
July.
B. John It. Van Loan OF the Second National bank
Of Jersey city, defauiter In $4,000
T. Mrs. James X. Polk, widow OF President Polk,
at Nashville, started the machinery OF tho
Cincinnati Exhibition by electricity.
wr,. T. Flack lost his lifo trying TO navigate
the whirlpool rapids. Niagara.
Col. Thos l. Casey made chief OF engineers
H. Moro than 500 killed by volcanic euiptions in
Japan.
II. Hronek. Chebouth. and Chapek. three 10
hemian Anarchists, arrested in Chicago.
charged with conspiracy TO burn the city.
AUGUST.
!. Binlsy Morgan hanged In Columbu. O.
Twenty-ore lives lost in Are on tie Eowery
New York
T. Terrible tornado In Cuba. Heavy loss OF life.
0. Yellow fever well under way at Jacksonville.
Fla
TO- Ten persons burned TO death at Chattanooga,
Tenn
Hugh NJ. Brooks. alias Maxwell. hanged at st.
Louis.
L. Woman suffrage declared unconstitutional I'm
Wyoming.
1e Collision Of steamers Geyser aud Thngvalla.
More than 100 lives lost
Ct Bill Miles. anti Bald Knobbcr shoots and kills
Capt. ~ Kinney. Bald Knobber chief, at
OZARK, Mo.
Severe storms Oh the gulf and Atlantic coasts.
o. Gigantic opium smuggling scheme unearthed.
Drank Gardner and other guilty parties after.
ward convicted and imprisoned.
Thirty -four lives lost in steamer collision in San
Francisco bay.
g. Fourteen killed by boiler explosion at NeemsIi,
Neb.
og Quarantine ordersd a0ainSt JacksoD villa Eta