The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-29
Chronology Miscellaneous.

s-Celebration at New York of the tn ami
versary of the tattle of New Orleans.
1u-lndiauapolis street-car lines tied up by
strike. Cold wave i'll the Northwest.
B-Minnesota Masonic Grand Lodge convened
at st. Paul.
ls-At Spring Valley. Mimi. Frank Ostrant,er.
his wife. ami twin babies perish separately
by series Of accidents. Wisconsin SUI
preinc Court declares eX-treasurers liable
for interest on state funds. Pres byterian
General Assembly st New York eliminates
>. ting doctrine of infant damnat!oa.
A-qhicago chosen :or National Democratic
Convention. Rio Crande frontier covered
with snow: unprecedented
eS-Scotchmen generally celebrate Burns birth
anniversary.
Bl-Ridicul1u display by Bridgeport Ct. ciii-
zens and militia because the British schoon-
sr Glendon did not fly the American nag.
FEBRUARY.
iAIn the Quay libel sui the Beaver. Pa, Star
publishers were each fined staI and sentenced
TO six months Imprisonment.
3-fifty thousand people greet Grover Cleve-
land at Atlanta.
l7-Mary, daughter Of Chief-Justice Fuller
weds C.. G.. Manning son Of ex-Gov. Manning
of south Carolina. Duluth. MIiE., crazed
over iron ore prospects.
1e-Dlsappearancc from Carroll, Iowa, OF q. ~
kentnor, bank president.
2,-Mrs Jas; g. Blaine. Jr., granted divorce.
22-Ex-President Cleveland visits Ann srbor.
Mich. =. Steamer Indiana sails with flour for
Russian famine districts.
Science patient. dies of starvation -. Fiji
teen tramps whipped by Mound City, Ill.,
citizens.
c6-North Grove. Ind. saloon blown up by
dynamite Mexican drouth broken.
Marie Nevns Blaine replies. .Indianapo-
lis street-car resume =. Bread riots in Vi
emma. .NeedhaIn whips Burke at New Or
leans.
2-Fitzsimuons whips Malier at New Orleans.
6-Barones~ De Stuers Inarries at Sioux Falls.
s-Corbett challenges Mitchell and sullivan.
g-Worst blizzard for wears in the Northwest
-. Patrick Welch and Jas. Warmly die at
colfax ILL.,. of olson mistaken for whisky.
16-Mrs Page. of lngersoll. Texas, gives birth
to four children.
19-lves beats Schaeffer at billiards for world 5
championship.
os-s.oeo Chine- sc rebels put to death.
.?-Dynamite in . Paris bank.
APRIL.
4-Gcneral municipal and State elections.
a-Oxford wins boat race from Cambridge.
1e-Arcentine siege raised by COVE rlinent -.
Rattle between rrstlers and ranchYnen at
Wyoming.
12-Base- ball season opens . Riot at CoLoes
y. Y. elections.
l3--Martial law at Buffalo Wyo Snowstorm
throughout Northwest.
1a-sisseton reservation opened: thousands
race for lands.
lG-Sunday closing at Sioux City, Ia. Earth
quake shock in OREGON.
25-Stea!aer COnemauGh sails tor Russ ia with
foGd for starving peasants.
27-BiZzard in Manitoba. President Harri-
son lays corner stone Grants mausoleum at
New York.
Oshkosh barber tarred and feathered
5-Trernendous rainfall in the West.
s-EnOrInous snowfall III Nefras sha 7 he
mississippi raging torrent.
w aukesh3. Wiz. resists the laying of q
pipe line.
l2- Memphis bridge opened.
19-Heavv snow storm in Northwest.
22-Ottumwa. Iowa, citizens cut levec.
W-JacksOn-Slavln fight in London: jackson
broke Slayin's jaw, winning in ten rounds
"l-Corn touches IL in Chicago, hut breaks II
~ cents.
12-Hail two feet dsel, at Doniphar. Neb.
Anti-Parnell riots at Tralec. Ireland.
3lnGoddard whips McAuliffe at San Francisco
fifteen rounds.
big lockout at Homestead. o. T. Brown
Park County. Indiana, farmer, bites golC
brick scheme, sf.Wn.
Homestead riots: manr worklnen and Pink.
ertOns killed. Riots at CPur dAienc.
1c--10om Pennsylvania militia ordered t6
Homestead.
ll-Battie at Cnur d A!ene mines: twelve kill
ed. :. Strike at CrOGlSston. Mimi: one killed
12-Homsstead INVESTED ny state Ta,o troops ,.r
H-indlctment OF hood!lng Toledo o., Alder
men: six afterward convicted and fined.
Hernepin Canal he4nr.
Ie-senate refuses s5oon.oco appropriation for
se-Beginnin2 of period of terrific heat.
.5-Many eases of sunst1oke reported from diff
ferent cities.
cs-Riot at Merrill Wis. Twenty die of hea
sc-Alice Mitchell. of Memphis Freda Ward
slayer, declared insane. The East swelters
2S6 die in New York: / "A in the week past.
August.
o-Col Streator arrested for hanging Iams III
by the thumbs at Homestead.
8Carnegie officials charged with murder
held in 10000 bonds.
b-COngress adjourns.
9-Knights Tenrlars parade at Denver: owe
5000 strangers In the city H. Clay King
death sentence commuted TO Imprisonment
for life.
Io-Efigy OF Gov. buchanan of Tennessee
burned because of Clay's Communication.
13-Stockade at Tracy City, Tenn. burned b
miners: convCtS released. troops take pos
session. Destructive hail storm in Mime
sofa.
H-News of reverses to Venezuelan govern
ment troops. Riots at Buffalo SwitChrnen'
strike troops summoned.
l6-Trouble Continues at Tennessee mines
several miners and soldiers killed; 200 trooI,
summoned Buffalo strike spreads.
17-Nancy Hanks trots in 2:c'il at Chicago.
and its commander: intense excitement.
Hal Pointer PAGES in 2:c5l4 at Chicago.
19-Gen. CaInes rescues Capt. Anderson from
Tennessee miners.
20-Pres. Harrison issues retaliation proclama
tiOn against Canadian vessels in The 500.
24-Euffalo strike declared off X. p. con
\ c1ave at Kansas City.
eG-Martha Wilkes trots in c:o9l: JAY Eve Sc
PAGES n mile in 2.6ll at Independence.
Coming Sullivan Corbett fight the talk G
the sports
o.-Morello sick with influenza, wins SIS IN
Futurity stakes at Sheepshead Bay.
23-FOreign consnls warn the government G
the cholera situation.
3]-Steamer Moravia arrives at New York wit
twenty-five deaths and many living cases o
cholera: quarantine proclaimed at all or
ports: situation worse in Europe.
3f-Nancy Hanks trots in 2:o5iI at Indepent
SEPTEMBER
3-Steamers Rugta and Normannia bring nor
cholera
5-Jack McAnliffe whips Billy Myer at Ne
Orleans in fifteen rounds, winning light
weight championship. Police raid CARTEL
Park track at Chicago, locking up lc0 spor
~ ing men.
weight championship from Jack Sicily
New Orleans in eight rounds Shoot ing
J. NJ. Brown and officers Powell and Mellow
ell in a raid on Garfield Park racing cours
Chicago Track permanently closed.
7-Corbett whips sullivan at New Orleans
twenty-One rounds. winning S35 600 and IL
worlds championship.
1o-Steamer Scandia. with thirty-two death
reeking with cholera arrives.
1l-Reign Of terror in Venezuela. .. Panic Oyi
quarantine at Fire Island; troops su,nmone
14-Five deaths from cholera IN New York Cit
1e-Arrival OF the bohemia at New York pes
1s-Cholera situation improving in Europe.
&C. A. r. reunion at Washington: stupel
dous crowds Short rib corner in Chicas
provision market.
22-Three race horses killed on track at Grave
end Johnson bicyclist, rides mile
l:563-5. France celebrates centennial Of Il
republic.
e,-Four trampled to death in New York Je,
ish synagogue. Operators strike on b..
Il. d n. Road.
os-Nancy Hanks trots in 2O4 at Terre Raut
regulation track. pneumatic tire.
2s-Mascot PAGES in 204 at Terre Haute.
2o-Arrest Of Advisory Board at Homestead
treason
OCTOBER.
dalton gang wiped out at Cofeyville, Kar
during raid on two banks: five robbers III
five citizens killed.
C-Starving Mexicans riot for food
denomination Of Crespo's triumph in Ven
zuela.
g-New York Columbian celebration.
l1-MinnesOta Baptists' convention at st. PAT
12-Battle between rustlers and rauchmen
Idaho; Is rustlers killed.