Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS HAPPENINGS.

JANUARY.
l. Death in Cincinnati of the 730- pound freak,
John Dietel.
10. French garrison in Dahomey repulsed an
attack by natives, killing 25O.
FEBRUARY.
L United States supreme court declared the
antilottery law constitutional.
A Scotch astronomer sighted new star Of
the fifth magnitude.
Q. Fire destroyed the old court house Of APP
pomattox, Va.
IL. A titled descendant and namesake of
Blucher. the Waterloo hero, died In New
York city.
Il. A recluse named Gamage died In room
he had occupied alone 40 years in Now York
city.
TO- Execution by garroting removed anaroh-
lists In Madrid.
25. The socialists were violent In Berlin.
MARCH.
4. Mobs Of unemployed people rioted in Dant-
zic, Germany.
Is. Dynamiters attempted to destroy guard
barracks in Paris.
10. An ossifed man named Edward Emmons
died on Long Island
n. Dynamiters tried to blow up tho house of
the public prosecutor Of Paris.
APRIL.
Q. The executioner of the conspirators against
Lincoln, Col. Rath, became insane.
is. A South Dakota reservation of a million
acres opened to settlers.
10. An Oklahoma reservation of 100000 acres
opened to settlers.
90 Plot to kill the young king Of Spain frus-
tratod.
o. 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
IL. Memphis opened a bridge across the Mis-
sissippi.
Is. Pirate stronghold in Tonquin captured by
French soldiers; losses, 5S soldiers 125 pi-
rates.
Q. Unwilling at Gettysburg of the High
Water Marx" tablet.
8. A sherifr's deputy at Creede, Colo, killed
Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James.
0. A man named Van Horn was rescued from
an Arizona desert, where he had been
without water days.
IA. A fall Of 800 feet killed a female parachut-
ist In Berlin.
10. A "Deadwood stage" overturned in ar
amateur show on Staten Island and killed
E. W. Gould, prominent citizen.
@. In duel near Paris Capt. Mayer, of tn,
French army, was killed by Marquis d,
Mores.
Q. One of tho original Fox sisters, spirit mo
diums, died in New York city.
4. In making a Fourth of July ascension a
Boston, Balloonists Rogers and FentoI
were killed.
IL. A Mont Blanc glacier fell at st. Gervai
and buried about 200 persons.
IS. A fencing accident at Fall River, Mass
killed DR.. G. @. Terry.
: n. The Inman steamer City of Paris arrived
in New York days, 10 hours and 6s min
utes from Queenstown.
AUGUST.
g. C,onpresa ad iourned
4 0. The sun and Mars In opposition.
0. prominent st. Louis judge, j. G. Normile
! killed himself.
10. In fight between 4 men at Maccanne
( Tex, all the parties were killed.
%. A parachutist named Gerie Carmo fell an
!, was killed at Detroit.
u. Cholera victims arrived in New York cit
= on the Hamburg steamer Moravia.
SEPTEMBER.
= /. Circular quarantining immigrant ships 2
days issued by the president.
0. Cholera carried off the first victim of tn
plague in New York'city.
81. The grand jury at Pittsburg indicted 10
rioters.
OCTOBER.
8. A well known Philadelphia business ma
named Runk committed suicide.
r 8. Beer containing poisonous snakes bod
caused the death OF 0 men at Port Royal, Pt
b. H. The advisory board Of the strikers and til
Carnegie managers indicted at Pittsburg.
!; 20. The ocean steamship record lowered to
days IA hours "a minutes by City of Pari
:, Inman line.
81 Floods undermined 100 buildings at Blma
Z Sardinia.
"a. The noted English duelist, Milbank, die
: at Davos am Platz, Switzerland.
NOVEMBER.
%. Americas champion oarsman, o'Connol
= died at Toronto.
DECEMBER.
. g. A man named Mclaughlin made success
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