The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS HAPPENINGS

MISCELLANEOUS HAPPENINGS.
JANUARY.
I. Death in Cincinnati Of the TO pound freak.
John Dietel.
10. French garrison in Dahomey repulsed an
attack by natives, killing $50.
FEBRUARY.
l. United States supreme court declared the
antilottery law constitutional.
A Scotch astronomer sighted a new star of
the fifth magnitude.
9. Fire destroyed the old court house of APP
pomattox, Va.
L.. A titled descendant and namesake OF
Blucher. the Waterloo hero. died in New
York city.
IA. A recluse named Gamage died In a room
he had occupied alone - years in New York
city.
10. Execution by garroting removed anarch-
lists In Madrid.
%. The socialists were violent In Berlin.
MARCH.
T. Mobs OF unemployed people rioted in Dant-
Is. Dynamiters attempted to destroy guard
barracks in Paris.
10. An ossified man named Edward Emmons
died on Long Island.
q. Dynamiters tried to blow up the house Of
the pubic prosecutor of Paris.
APRIL.
Q. The executioner of the conspirators against
Is. A South Dakota reservation OF q million
acres opened to settlers.
10. An Oklahoma reservation Of 100000 acres
opened to settlers.
20. Plot to kill the young king of Spain frus-
trated.
q. 81 Paris anarchists arrested.
"a. Political conspirators arrested In Bulgaria
MAY.
8. A colored woman named Epsy Smith. who
served the Lincoln family. died In Chicago.
II. Memphis opened bridge across the Mis-
sissippi.
ls Pirate stronghold in Tonquin captured by
French soldiers; losses, 5S soldiers. LIS pi-
rates.
o dwelling at Gettysburg Of the High
Water Mark" tablet.
8. A sherifr's deputy at Creede, Colo, killed
Bob Ford, the slayer OF Jesse James
9. A man named Van Horn was rescued from
an Arizona desert. where he had been
without water days.
II. A fall OF 500 feet killed q female PARACHUTE
ist in Berlin.
10. A "Deadwood stage" overturned In an
amateur show on Staten Island and killed
+. w. Gould. a prominent citizen.
70. In duel near Paris Capt. Mayer. Of the
French army, was killed by Marquis de
Mores.
2. One OF the original Fox sisters. spirit me-
diums, died in New York city.
L In making Fourth OF July ascension at
Boston, Balloonists Rogers and Fentou
were killed.
II. Mont Blanc glacier fell at st. Gervais
and buried about 200 persons.
Is. A fencing accident at Fall River Mass.
killed DR.. 9. c. Terry.
q. The Inman steamer City Of Paris arrived
In New York days, Is hours and 5S min
utes from Queenstown.
AUGUST.
8. Congress adjourned.
9. The sun and Mars In opposition.
9. prominent st. Louis Judge, j. G. Normile.
killed himself.
Is. In a fight between ( men at Maccanne,
Tex, all the parties were killed.
25. A parachutist uained Gerie Carrno fell and
was killed at Detroit.
81. Cholera victims arrived in New York city
on the Hamburg steamer Moravia.
SEPTEMBER.
!. Circular quarantining immigrant ships %
days issued by the president.
o. Cholera carried Oft the first victim of the
plague In New York city.
q. The grand jury at Pittsburg indicted l67
rioters.
8. A we'll known Philadelphia business man
named Runk committed suicide.
8. Beer containing poisonous snakes body
caused the death of men at Port Royal, Pa
II. The advisory board of the strikers and the
Carnegie managers indicted at Pittsburg.
20. The ocean steamship record lowered TO
days II hours 2. minutes by City Of Paris,
lnman line.
81. Floods undermined 100 buildings at Elmas.
Sardinia.
et The noted English duelist, Milbank. died
at Davos am Platz, Switzerland.
NOVEMBER.
%. Americas champion oarsman. o'Connor
died at Toronto.
DECEMBER.
g. A man named Mclaughlin made success
ful jump from Brooklyn bridge.
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