The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-30
si-Hon. Josiah b. Grinnell. founder OF Grin
noll Iowa, at Grinnell.

si-Hon. Josiah b. Grinnell. founder OF Grin
noll. Iowa, at Grinnell
APRIL.
2-Gen Albert Pike, head of the Scottish Rite
Masonry. :. Banker Barring. Rome, Italy.
7-Gov Daniel q. Fowle OF North Carolina.
Phineas I. Barnum, the renowned Snowman.
Own Wallace, postmaster at indianapolis.
brother OF Gen. Lew Wallace. and first law
partner OF President Harrison.
13-Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Cleveland. Ohio.
H-ders. +. d. spinola, member Of ongress
l6-Milton H. Butler. OF Detroit. Formerly
active in public life.
17-Maj thas. o. Wood. OF Indiana. :. John
Muiligan. Oldest G. A. Il veteran. Maj. Gen.
q. II Hamilton. Milwaukee,.
l9-Alanson sweet, one OF the twelve found
ers Of Chicago.
2O-Rev. Henry Darling. d. d LII. D.. Pres
ident of Hamilton .olege. Mary Il. Cough.
widow of John b. Cough. DIR. Jas. X. Thatcher,
Professor Yale Medical School. Congressman
Melbourne II. Ford, OF Michigan.
Account Carl Bernhardt Helmuth Won
MoltRe, Germany's famous Field Marshal
On Grand Duke Nicholas, the Cars uncle.
20-Dr. Joseph Leidy. noted surgeon, Phila-
delphia
In his lungs. Barry Sullivan, Irish tragedian.
5-Most Rev. W IN. Conner Magee, ID. D., ID. @.
L., Archbishop OF York.
S-Madame Blavatsky, theosophist.
2I-Judge Alphonso1 Taft, ex-U. s. Attorney
General and one of Ohio's most gifted sons
Henry Shelton Sandfcrd, ex-U. 3. Minister to
Belgium.
2G-Rear Admiral Carter, u. s. N.
q John nj. Hale, collector OF customs during
the administrations OF the elder Harrison and
Tyler Ellsworth, Me- aged9
2s-Judge s. j. breckenridge, OF st. Louis,
while addressing the Presbyterian General
Assembly at Detroit heart disease.
JUNE
3-Dr Benson j. Tossing, historian; Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, aged 70.
,6-,sir John A. Macdonald. Prime Minister Of
the Dominion OF Canada.
8 Chief Justice Isaac g. Wilson. of Illinsis,
at Geneva.
l5-Joseph X. Emmett noted comedian.
H-Ex-Gov. Harrison Ludington, Milwaukee,
Wis.
2l-Ex-U. S. Senator Joseph E. Mcdonald of
"a Bishop Howell r. Price, of the NJ E.
Church, Camden, n. j.
JULY.
4-Hannibal Hamlin,' the famous son of
Maine, and ex-Vice President during Lincoln g
first term, like John Adams and Thomas Jeffer-
son, expired on Independence Day.
2OEChief w II: Ross, leading statesman OF
the Cherokee Nation.
25-Mrs. Mark Hopkins searles. worth s4O-
sf-Ex-Gov. Daniel Dillingham; of Vermont.
aged 92.
S-Bishop Flasch, at La crosse, Wiz.
12-Geo. Jones, editor of New York Times, at
Poland Springs, Mo. James Russell Lowell
American I oct, essayist statesman, teacher
and CT tic, aud ex-Mnister to England; at cam
bridge, Mass.
151,Alatsada Sorakichi, japanese wrestler, at
New York.
I7-Col Geo. NJ. Chambers, Jacksonville. Ill.
Z0-H. W. Beckworth, United States Consulat
Bermuda, Hinsdale. Ill.
24-Postmaster General Raikes, of England.
SEPTEMBER.
Rev. j. b. l.. Soule, Chicago.
s-Jonas M. Bundy, editor New York Mail
and Express, at Paris.
9-Ex-P President Grevy, Of France. at Paris.
-s-Prof Ferrel, meteorological, haywood,
Kan.
I0-Balmaceda commits suicide at Santiago.
25-Dr. s. ID. Burch rd at Saratoga.
30-Boulanger commits suicide at Brussels.
OCTOBER.
Harvey NJ. Wa ter son. at Louisville. KY.
Seen. Alpheus Baker, at Louisville, KY.
6-Rev. DIR. Benedict, Episcopalian, at Cincin-
natl, Ohio. .Rt. Hon. VIM. Henry smith, at
London. d. King charles OF Wurtemburg. =.
Chas. Stewart Parnell, at Brighton, Eng. Sir
John Pope Hennessey, at London
1O-Levi NJ. ates, dry goods merchant at New
York. drowned; life insured for 100000.
l3-Supreme Court Justice Henry w. Allen, at
New York
nc. f. Heinrichs. inventor, at Chicago sui
eide.
16-Ex-Gov. Hale of New Hampshire.
NOVEMBER
l2-Donn Piatt Journalist, at Cleveland.
19-W. j. Florence. comedian, at Philadelphia.
23-Gov. Hovey of Indiana.
24-Earl OF Lytton q Paris.
29-"Land Bill" Allen. author of the home
stead act, at Columbus, Ohio.
5o-Josiah Carpenter. aged $50. In Preston
County, West Virginia.
DECEMBER.
4-Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor OF Brazil, at Paris.
Ex-senator Plumb, of Kansas, from apo
plexy, at Washington.
22-J. l. Case, Racine manufacturer.
Chronology.
JANUARY.
1-Skirmish on White River; four Indians
killed.
Earthquakes at San Francisco.
nj
deaths from cold
s-Aeutenant Casey killed, on a reconnois-
sance. Red Cloud deserts the hostiles.
l4-"Black Death" raging In Liberia; thou-
sands dying. Jack Dempsey suffers his first
defeat in the ring.sby Robt. Ftzsimmon
I5 Hostiles surrender to General Miles.
24-Btorm shuts off telegraphio communica-
/ tion with New York and the East.
Caulfield, murderer Of Nellie Grifinfln Michi.
gan, captured.
9-Connellsyille region coke strike, involving
IS, 0C0 men and II, 000 ovens.
10-Mardi Gras Carnival at New Orleans
12-Iquique and Pisagua bombarded by
Gillian insurgents; surrender follows. 10th
government mt troops pnsuseesstqily attempt re-
H-Eleven Italians killed by New Orleans
mob.
i6--Minneapolis has 16, 90 cases OF Ia grippe.
MARCH.
6-Chilian insurgents gain control Of Tar
apaca province by a decisive battle.
ZO-IremendOu5 business failures at LeBnorn,
Italy, aggregating SIC, 900 900.
| 29-Massacre Of 40 Goorkhas In Manipur, fol-
| lowed by defeat Of the british force under Com
missioner Quinton, and the massacre of him.
! SELF Col Skone, Messrs. Grimwood, Melville.
and Cossins, and Lieut. Simpson, during a
| parley. This was followed by heroic resistance
| of the remnant of troops. and successful retreat
| led by Mrs. Grimwood and Mrs. Quinton, to
| Lakhipur, 100 miles Both ladies were pen
| stoned by British Government, and Mrs. Grim
wood decorated by Queen Victoria with the
| Order Of the Royal Cross. After an arduous
| campaign, British forces quelled the outbreak,
and sentenced the leaders to death. In this
campaign Lieut.. Grant gained great renown.
| April he repulsed repeated assaults by 900
| Mahipurs ith force OF 81 men.
3r-Tremendous snowstorm in Colorado.
| Coke strike riots.
APRIL.
| Cooke strike riots at Norwood, Pa. twelve
| Hungarians killed, fifty hurt.
5-German pork embargo raised.
6-Twenty-hfth anniversary of the organi-
| cation of the q. A. II. at Decatur III.
5-Patent centennial celebration at Wash
| fngton-
9-First train through st. Clair River tunnel.
G3-Sindng OF CHILEAN insurgent iron clad
| Blanco Encalada, by the Government torpedo
| boat Almirante Lynch, In Caldera Bay; 200
| lives lost. Germany admits American pork.
0-Chilian Government naval forces defeated.