Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-01-01
OLD 80 TAKES LEAVE.
BRIEF REHEARSAL OF SOME OF IT'S
NOTABLE HAPPENINGS,

BRIEF REHEARSAL OF SOME OF IT'S
NOTABLE HAPPENINGS,
Necord OF tho Great Dead Of the World
Loss Of Life and Property by Casualties
Of Various kinls-Legal Executions aud
Victims Of Mob Law During The Year.
CHRONOLOGICAL.
JANUARY.
lone OF the features Of New Year's Day was
q total eclipse of the sun, the totality last
ing less than three minutes, and being
visible only in California successful Oh
servations Were made byascicntists...
Governor Hill. Of New York, innuguratcd
for third term. .Colorad people of At
lantA, Ga, celebrate the tWenty-sixth au-
niver rsary OF the Emancipation proclama-
ton.
1s-Bill giving women the right to vote at mu-
nicipal elections killed in Ohio House Of
Representatives.
24-Ohio Senate passes bill providing that
executions shall be By electric shock in-
stead OF by the rope; similer bills intro
duced in the Missouri and Illinois Legis-
latures.
6MaAsschusetts House of Reprssei.tAtixea
sSSSss atoItsa Tsoposef constisutioual prohibit
ory amendment.
l1-W. II. Bury, believed to be the yyhitechapel
fend Jack the Ripper" arrested at Dun
dee, Scotland, for another shocking muir
der
to two years in the pententiary for steal
ing two chickens, valued ut - cents
2l The heaviest snowstonn record in that
region prevailed at Columbia, S. G,
MARCH,
I-Bili passed the Arizona Legislature making
train robbing in the territory Il capital
5-The annoLncement was matle from Peru,
South America, that the Juice or sap of
peuca or nlasaey leaves win cure hydro
phobia
.,-Ex- President Grover Cleveland elected an
active member of the New York Bar Asso-
2s-The Northern Pacific Railway secured. CON-
troll Of the Wisconsin Central tlus giving
1t access To Chicago. the greatest iWay
center on Garth, and adding 76I miles to its
length.
s-Dscovery OF rich rlncer gold diggings re-
| ported ut Bear Paw Mountains, Montana.
4-The ocean steamer Daltn&th, of the Thing
Yalla Line, from Copenhagen for New
York, with 7lbpersons on board broll, the
| shaft of hQr propeller when about 800
miles from Newfoundland, bat taken
in tow by tho steamship Missouri, Capt.
Hamilton Murrell. which took aboard all
Of the DannaFk's les s5enga5s aud, crew,
and proceeded safely to the Azores the
panmark being found abandoned i'll tna
meantime. caused profound grief aud
| mourning throughout Chriatendom for q
fortnight.
| ll-Meredith stanley. an athlete, jumped from
the high bridge on die Cincinnati southern
Road into the Kentucky River, tho distance
| tion, is the hit,hc st in the world
| "a The Minnesota Legislature passed q law
making It. n nisaenennor for any newspa.
per to int TN thing more about the hang
| ing of criminals than the mere announce
ipeHt.
| 80 Steamship Gaelic arrives a. san Francisco,
from China anu Japan, making the fastest
time recoriedfFom Hong Kong, -l}a
| days, and from Yokohama, ID days Is hours
10 q niiIlutest
Isl-Apta ling loss o! life in the Cone,nsnsh val,
| Il the dam on the South Fork OF the Cone
| \ maugh River.
= JUNE.
! T--fTesident Harrison issued an order to the
army to dispense With the Sunday drill
and inspection Of arms.
| ?-Jacob Walker nnd Frank Dayy, young men
residing at Niagara Falls. while boating
above the falls, we're drawn into the rap
ids and swept over the Horseshoe fail
"pi' Walker, uncle Of Jacob committed
| suicide two years before by lying down in
his boat aud going over the American fall.
2o-First now wheat OF the season arrived at
Baltimore, from Virginia and sold at 81 50
| n busheL In latitude ~, longitude 1927,
The French steamship La Burgogne passed
| the largest ieei,erg ever reported-csti-
mated TO be 100 feet high by a75 feet long.
JULY.
| 1a-Goyesnor Lowry, of Mississippi, expressed
| the opinion that the New Orleans and
| Northwestern Railway laid itself liable to
forfeiture OF it's charter by its action in
conveying sullivan and Bilrain, with
| other participants, to II prize-i fight,
| 26-The ocean steamer Columbia made the run
from The Needles to Sandy Hook s. 100
miles in 6 days q hours 81 minutes, the
! best time record over that course.
! 27--Chicago experienced remarkable rain
storm; in four hours more than four
inches OF rain fell.
| AUGUST.
| 1-Grand national monument in honor Of the
| Pilgrims dedicated ri Plymouth. Mass
| sons and daughters of Plymouth and
! visitors from far and nsGr we're present in
| large numbers.
| It
killed by Deputy Marshal David Sasle at
! Lathrop, Cal While Maggie was protecting
! Judge stephen J. Field from assault at
| the hands OF Terry
| 15-The high court of the Ancient Order Of
| Foresters, in session at Minneapolis,
voted to sever all connection With the
| high court OF England; the differences
| arose over the admission OF colore,i men
to the order, the English high court in
sisting upon it and the Americans OBJ
| lectjn9.
| 22-Mrs. Maybricis, an American woman who
was to have been barge! at Liverpool.
England, for the murder OF her husband,
| had her sentence c3lnnutel TO penal
| seryitude Tor life, the decision being in ac-
| cord with public sentiment Mr.. Lincoln,
| the United States Minister, and many
| members of the American colony in Lon
| don signed q petition for the reprieve Of
Mrs. Maybrick
| 26-Four tranips, arrested Mt Moberly. Mo for
! vRgrancy sold at public uction ;
| two went to farmers ct 50 head and one
was bid in for IS cents; the three to serve
| their purchasers for four months.
| 2S-Steamship City of Paris made the trip from
! Queenstown to Sandy Hook light ship n
/ j., in days - hours is minutes
| 31--During the three months ending at date
| there were exported TO England 10000
| head of cattle, a0,GU,, coo pounds of fresh
| beef, and 3iooo,Goo pounds of canned beef.
SEPTEMBER
3--Etnpfess Augusta Of Germany reported to
| have joined the Catholic Church.
| 4-The largest bar of gold ever cast was turned
| out at the Helena tMontanal assay Office
al Yt-g ..1r IT, ~,
s1oo,qoS. ~ '- N : wa V wa
5-slight damage to corn crop reported from
| frost at various points in Kansas, Mis-
| souri,, Nebraska, Iowa. and Minnesota.
| 10-Another of LondoMs fallen women found
butchered by q mysterious assassin max
ing the twelfth tragedy of this character
| In the Whitechapel district.
| 27--First consignment of Chicago cattle arrived
| at Mainz, Germany.
| 1-During the year, up to date, an miles of
| new railroads were built in the United
| States.
ga wife heater was given thirteen flashes at
| the public whipptng-post I'm Baltimore
the fifth whipping since the passage of the
law in 1882.
l1-Axteli a three year-old horse. trotted a mile
in 10 at Tcrre Haute. and was thereu u pom
| purchased for Sl05, ,000
| NOVEMBER.
| 2--Twin stars ndded to the national constella-
| ticn by the admission of North nnd Sot,t II
Dakota to the grand sisteihood of States.
| 5-M. $. Oakes, OF Decatur. Ala, died of hydro
phobia from u dog-bite received seventeen
| years ago.
S-One more State Montana formally admit
ted to the Union by proclamation OF the
| President.
l1-Washington, ,,.the fourth star of Columbia 9
new constellation, became q State OF the
| Union.
l5--Dom Pedro, Emperor Of Brazil, deposed, and
republican Form Of government estab-
lished the old Emperor was ordered to
leave Brazil and win be allowed a certain
amount TO live on In Europe; he sailed for
Lisbon,
2S-John Chama, OF Pottstown, Pa, cursed his
Creator, and fell paralyzed and stricken
| dumb
3d. In the matter Of Moore and other Mormon
| applicants for citizenship ut snig Lake
City. Utah, Judge Anderson rendered a
/ sweeping decision that MoTInons who have
| passed the endowment house cannot be-
| come citizens; neither can foreigners who
are merely members of the church
4 DECEMBER.
S--A1ton Bey, N. H. startled by earthquake
shocks crockery and glassware broken In
many houses; bell on steamer Mount
Washington, In tho middle of the bay,
I sS44a rang by the disturbance.