Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-01-02

10 the Careiesshess u
psrsonaI. sport and other Matters Of
Interest.
The most serious question met by the denver
who complies an orderly record OF the I'M
portant dates of any year IS What shall De
left outl
For. no matter how great an amount OF
snace is allowed, it is certain that some niat-
tiers one would wish to include IN the record
must be omitted, and it is always quite "ithin
the possibilities that some dates OF less I'M
portance than those printed may be nnany
overlooked eo
The most important American dates OF 1888
not properly classed under special heads are
given flace in the compilation which follows
Immediately below;
JANUARY
/. Richardson Drug company's store destroyed
BY fire in St Louis; loss. S9lOOOo
Total eclipse OF the sun. visible IN northwest
ern America
2 United States congress reconvsned aieef tue
holidays
g. Earthquake In Nicaragua: killed
4 Nicaragua Canal company Incorporated
News received that yellow fever existed on
the o. vessel Nantic and she has left fort
au Prince for home
I " Nettf1l men hilrt III a iAsNe 49,
kan. records by the partisans Of ingalls, and
CinafrOu
IA Admiral Kimberly ordered 10 Samoa 70 pro
tect American interests there
" IN hot,..s burned in d stable at Lowell Mass
10 Lieutenant Governor Mcdonald. OF Michigan
killed in a railroad accident
2. The United States senate passed the substitute
for the Mills tariff bill by straight party
vote
% Ass.ssn1rien Of John 81 CLAYTON. at Plum
nersie. ARK
FEBRUARY
1 The United states senate rejected the British
extFaditiun treaty
z sa0blu0O fire 10 Buffalo. n
Dismissal uf unLed states Consul General
Sewe al Samoa
Sale Of G.. 81. l. SO n r 70 the c.. c.. C.
l. r. X announud
% xI,010Oo0 firr 10 Philadelphia; drug house OF
John wycth & i;ro destroyed
70 o lives lost il wreck Of the Park Central
ho,sl, Hartford. Com. By boiler explosion
30 Signing Of commercial treaty between Japan
and the United States announced
81 Northern ami Union Pacific railroads virtually
secured n Joint lease Of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation property
= BID creating the states OF North and South
Dakota Montana and Washington signed by
President Cleveland
% Explosion In a mining squib factory, Piyn
outh. Pa; II girl' killed
"a 10 killed in railroad accident at ST. George
Ont
MARCH
4. Inauguration Of President Harrison
Vice President Morton installed and newly
elected senators sworn in
G Mahoning Mutual Benefit Life Insurance asso
ciat!on passed ,nto the hands OF a receiver
: Attoriays OF Gen tioif cc.nneucel proceed
ings regarding the West Virginia governor
slim
II. Strike Of coon weavers in Fall River. Mass
Settled March q
~ Prohibition defeated 10 New Hampshire
Or. T. B McDow. o. Charleston murdered Capt
w Dawson. editor d The Charleston News
and Courier
IS Resignation o5 senator Clace Of Rhode Island
- Northern Pacific R Z secured control Of lines
OF the Wisconsin Central r. Il
Is Fifty five drown a by sinking OF the excur
sion steamer Ocotsal In Lake Chapala Mex
leo
% Defeat in the Dominion parliament of the
O'3tien Jasrits disahowance oil
APRIL
ships Richmond Alert and Adams ordered 20
Samoa by the United States naval depart
ment
: Adjournment Of the United States senate
8 S2OOOOoO worth Of property destroyed by
prairie fires IN minnesota and Dakota
o &i.eo.000 worth Of property destroyed by fire
In Savannah. Ga
$ Arrival Of the IN America baseball players in
New YORK from their "trip round the world.
% Richmond aud Allegheny r R. sold to the
Chesapeake and Ohio for S5,0o00o0.
10 $3o00Ol0 worth OF property destroyed by the
burning OF the c. & II. r. r. elevator in
New York
o Defeat " prohibition In Massachusetts,
Oklahoma thrown open TO settlers
- Considerable disturbances ana some killing re-
ported from Oklahoma
-. Diplomat lists at Washington refuse 70 attend
the Washington Centennial in New York
Grand Trunk r ceased running Sunday
freight trains
y is people killed IN railroad accident on Grand
Trunk r. r., Hamilton. Ont
- Centennial celebration in New York Of the
Inauguration of Gen George Washington.
president OF the United States. begun. lasting
three days
l. United States railway mail service placed un
der the civil service rules.
2 Canadian parliament prorogued
s Steamer City Of Paris broke the transatlan-
tic record
8 CoIlery accident at casca William, Pa; 10
miners killed
10 Execution OF three Bald Knobber murderers
al Ozark. Mo.
H. J. D. Fish. pardoned by President Cleveland,
released from Auburn state prison. Auburn.
70 $4,000 stolen from United States Paymaster
whain. whose guard IVES shot down by rob
bcrs
is New York supreme court declared Chinese ex-
ctsion bill valid
q. s supreme court decided In favor of the
heirs Of Myra Clark Gaines in their suit
against the city OF New Orleans
"a Proctor Knott defeated by Spokane at Louis
Vile
Is Stockholders of the Big Four railroads voted
to consolidate with the Vanderbilt lines
Wabash r. r. bid OF oy Western bondholders
| for Sl5553.UO0
i6 200 houses burned in Quebec; loss. 100000.
Il Election rints reported st ST Francis county.
Ark; sheriff and others killed
- DR. Cronin's body discovered in catch basin
in Chicago
Decision in the Leslie Carter divorce case rem
dered against Ms Carter
% Detective Coughlin arrested for alleged com
piicity in the cronin murder
The Nicaragua Canal expedition sailed from
New York
- Coughlin, Sullivan and Woodruff indicted for
the Cronin murder
81 Capture Of Port au Prince, Hayti by Gen
Hyppolite