Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-01-07
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Miscellaneous Occurrences Which Have
Made 1891 Either Famous or Notorious.

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Made 1891 Either Famous or Notorious.
JANUARY.
g Strike of 5000 miners at Broad Top and
East Broad Top coal fields, Pa.
4. skirmish with Sioux at Wounded Knee
battlefield, Neb.
o. Great shoe strike in Rochester, n. Y, end
ed in favor of employees.
10. Hostile Indians surrendered to Gen. Miles
at Pine Ridge.
IS. Riot in Weymouth. England; soldiers
wounded several civilians.
Rioters disturbed the play of "Thermidor"
in Paris.
81. Q regiments revolted in oporto. Portugal.
and tried TO start a republic.
FEBRUARY.
g. Eyraud. the stranger. guillotined in Paris.
5. Gendarmes fired upon populace in BARGE
Iona, Spain.
o. miners rescued after days imprison-
ment in flooded mine in Nanticoke, Pa.
q. Nearly 1000 OF Osman Digma's soldiers
killed In battle with Egyptians at Tokai.
MARCH.
4. international copyright bill signed by the
president.
French spoliation claims bill passed.
10. Jake Kilrain defeated Godfrey in San Fran
cisco.
Il. Lynching riot in New Orleans: Malta
prisoners shot and hanged.
IS. Fighting at lquique, Chilli.
%. Fighting at Tarapaca. Chill.
q. Zoe Clayton ended Ss6 day walk from San
Francisco to New York.
%. Riotous encounters between parnellites and
opponents In Sligo.
81. Indictment OF New York and New Haven
directors for accident in New York tun-
APRIL
e. In an attack on the guard at Morewood
coke works, Mount Pleasant. Pa. II
strikers killed.
G. Quarter centennial OF @. A. r. celebrated.
8. Centennial OF United States patent office
celebrated in Washington.
10. Veterans Of Sixth Massachusetts welcomed
In Baltimore, where they were mobbed
April ~. 1851.
o. La grippe prevalent; death list in New
York for "a hours, 25l.
% Insurgent cruiser Blanco Encalada sunk at
Caldera by Gillian torpedo cruisers; $50
drowned.
e. Gen. Grants birthday celebrated and
ground broken for his monument In
Riverside park, New York.
MAY.
l. 1000 men in the shousesmith's" trades
struck for hours day in New York,
Jersey City and Brooklyn.
Fourmies, France. the scene ofta collision
between miners and soldiers; women.
several children and s men killed
g. Grand jury Of New Orleans reported no In
dictments against lynchers Of Malta pris-
oners.
4. 6. Gillian steamer Itata seized by United
States officials of San Diego. Cal.
I. Itata set United states marshal ashore and
steamed southwark.
49, Kingman won Kentucky Derby.
Is. Brooklyn handicap won By Tenny in 2lO
20 Prize fight between Corbett and jackson.
san Francisco; mo contest" 81 rounds.
IS. Political roting In Port-au-Prince, Hayti;
40 insurgents shot by troops.
90. A swarm OF insects stopped railroad train
near Syracuse, n. Y.
81. Opening of Metropolitan Museum Of Art to
Sunday visitors.
JUNE.
/. Brooklyn bridge opened free TO pedestrians.
l. ltata surrendered TO Admiral Mccain, L.
S. N. at lquique.
Il. Strike of New York "housesmiths" for s
hours ended in failure.
10. Slavin defeated Kilrain in Hoboken, n. ].
Loantaka won Suburban handicap; time,
%. prisoners and guards killed in melee at
convict camp, Cole City, Ga.
"a. New York and New Haven directors ac-
quilted.
%. Harvard defeated Yale in mile race on
the Thames; time. 2lm. 23s-
JULY.
l. International copyright law went into
operation between United States and
France, Belgium. Great Britain and
Switzerland.
Potomac won the $4,000 Realization
stakes.
7. murderers- smiler. Wood. Slocum and
Jugiro- killed by electricity in Sing Sing
prison, New York.
60. Striking miners drove militia away from
mines near Briceville, Tenn.
25. Electoral college of Chill announced cleo
top of Claudio Yicuna as president 10
succeed Balmaceda.
AUGUST.
l. Opening 18th national encampment. G. A.
r.. in Detroit.
s. White Star liner Majestic arrived in New
York days. Is hours from Queenstown,
breaking all records.
Z Gloriana won Goelet cup in annual race Of
New York Yacht club. of Newport.
Thalia and velzie victors in the Royal
Yacht club races at Cowes. in the British
channel.
TO- Monument to victors at battle OF Benning-
ton, VT. dedicated
90 Gillian insurgents and government troops
fought near Valparaiso: $1,000 troops
engaged; 800 killed and wounded
2s Gillian insurgents defeated government
in a 5 hours battle and captured Valpa-
raise; reported casualties, 1000
90 His Highness won the s75.oOO Futurity
stakes
Santiago surrendered to insurgents.
SEPTEMBER.
a. Special train on the New York Central
beat the long distance record Of the world
by running al miles in III. and 26m.
%. New lands in Oklahoma opened to settlers.
OCTOBER.
6. Second Ecumenical council Of Methodism
convened in Washington.
l6 2 United States sailors killed and several
injured in a street fight with native sail
ors at Valparaiso: this has since been
the subject of diplomatic negotiations
10. Cabinet makers strike ended in Chicago.
%. Rioting in Cork between Parnellites and
Clericals.
80. Madagascar bandits massacred French
officer and native soldiers.
NOVEMBER
s. Princeton football team beat Pennsylvania
p too in Philadelphia
81 arrests in opium den raid in New York
Ii. The Worlds Women's Temperance union
convened in Boston.
Gillian junta surrendered its powers to the
new congress.
z. Police raided an alleged anarchist meeting
in Chicago: 40 arrests
Is Memorial services to Parnen in New York
city.