Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-27

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IA. Obituary: John Quincy Adams, son Of
Charles Francis Adams and grandson Of
President Adams, at Quincy, Mass; aged6I
II. Fire: The Hawley silk mills at Port Jervis
N. Y, destroyed; loss, $4,000.
Obituary Charles Robinson, the first govern
or elected by the Free State party Of Kan
sas, at Lawrence; aged T6. John P. Ray, a
prominent New England manufacturer and
steel railway capitalist; aged "a
IS. Obituary Col. John Arkins, editor of The
Rocky Mountain News, at Denver; aged 50.
George PaTkes, well known actor, at the
Edwin Forrest home. Burton G. Cook.
lawyer and statesman Of Illinois, at Evans
ton: aged 75
2l. Fire: Drug plant and wholesale grocery
destroyed at Memphis; loss, $4,000.
The ninth annual encampment of the Union
Veterans union held at Rochester.
q. Fire: Two blocks destroyed at Bowling
Green, KY; loss, $l50,000.
Obituary; Stephen X. Fowler, well known
fnancier of New York and New Orleans.
at Bedford, Mass. aged 81.
%. Obituary: Judge Norman L. Freeman, the
oldest court reporter in the United States
at Springfield, Ills.
"a Disaster: Mining catastrophe at Franklin.
Wash; 81 miners suffocated.
Obituary: Amzi Benedict Davenport, an old
and influential citizen of Brooklyn, in
Brooklyn; aged 73.
25 Obituary: John Newell, president Of the
Lake Shore railroad, at Youngstown, O.;
aged GA.
Sporting The Butterflies won the Futurity
Brooklyn.
g. Obituary: Mrs. Celia Thaxter, poet at isle
of Shoals; aged S.
Political: The new tariff bill became law at
midnight without the signature Of the
president.
g. Obituary: Benson J. Sherwood, one OF the
best known stage carpenters in this coun-
try, at Anlityville, N. Y; aged "a. Hon.
W. G. Howells, father Of the novelist in
jefferson, o.; aged ss. Simon Stevens, q
prominent lawyer in New York city, for
merly Of Pennsylvania and Washington.
in New York; aged SO.
49, Fire; The town Of Ellston, Mon, destroyed;
loss. 100000.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Obituary: Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, dis
tinguished Union soldier, at WalthaE,
Mass. aged 78. Samuel J .Kirkwood, Iowa's
''war" governor, at Des Moines; aged 81.
2. Fire: The towns Of Hinckley, Pokegama
and Mission Creek destroyed by forest
fires; over 45O lives lost and many injured
8. Obituary: Josiah Parsons Cooke, Hnrvard's
great chemist, at Newport, R. L I; aged o..
4. Obituary: james NJ. Adsit, veteran bank
er Of Chicago, in that city; aged IS.
s. Obituary: Gen. George Stoneman, ex-gov-
ernor Of California and at one time chief
of cavalry in the Army Of the Potomac. at
Buffalo; aged ".
9. Obituary: Gen. Henry Eugene Davies, a
Union veteran, in New York city; aged 80.
8. Obituary: The Count of Paris, head of the
French royal family, in London; aged SO.
0. Fire: The business portion of Kitsop, WASH,
destroyed loss, $4,000.
Obituary. Gen. p. S. Levin, Union veteran,
in Toledo; aged ".
10. Fire: AZ buildings at Dalton, o., destroyed
by incendiaries; loss $3.50, 600
IL. Obituary: Joseph s. Cone noted Califor-
mia pioneer, at Red Bluff; aged ~.
ID. Battle at Ping Yang, Korea; rout Of the
Chinese army, 10000 strong.
IA. Obituary: Rear Admiral Edward Y. Nc
Cauley, U. S. N, retired, at Jamestown,
r. L.; aged 67 ].
Is. Fire: Scranton, Pa. loss, $3.50, 900.
II. Fires: Fatal fire at the Stumph mattress
factory, Washington; killed, many in
jured.
Miscellaneous: The Royal Order of Scotland
held its annual meeting at Boston. Naval
battle in the Yalu river won by the 1apA-
nese.
20. Obituary: Jean Baptist Rossi, celebrated
Italian archeologisr, at Rome; aged r.
Nine Fursch Madi, noted dramatic So
prano, who created the title role of Aida,
at Mount Bethel, N. j.. aged ~.
q. Fires: Several mills burned at St. Louis;
loss, s2O0,OOl
g. Obituary: Gen. Willard slocum, Union
veteran, at Ashland, o. aged "a
a. Obituary: Gen. Thomas Seir Cummings,
noted American artist, last surviving found
er Of the National Academy of Design;
aged 90.
25. Fire: 2 hotels and 8 stores burned at
Cape Vincent, N. "; loss, $4,000
%. Obituary: Launt Thompson, noted Ameri
can sculptor, at Middletown, N. Y; aged
81.
8. Tornado at Little Rock; A deaths and ST.
100000 in property destroyed.
Obituary: Prof. David Swing, noted col
lege professor and minister, in Chicago;
aged Ga. .
5. Fires: Fatal fire in Detroit; deaths. A
100000 fire in Nashville. 2Ohouscs burned
at Buchanan, W. Va; loss, $4,000
Obituary: Prof. Vincenza Botta, well known
linguist, in New York city aged ~.
2, Obituary: DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in
Boston; aged S5. Andrew G. Curtin, war
governor Of Pennsylvania, at BeIlefonte
aged n.
10. Disaster: tenements wrecked by q
storm in New York city; deaths.
Obituary: Sir John Du ydale Ashley, famous
sportsman, in London aged &c. DR. Robert
C. Moon, noted "blind philanthropist, " at
Brighton, England; aged rs. Marmadul1e
Watson, noted educator, at Newton, Pa.
aged 81.
H. Disaster: q boilers exploded at the Henry
Clay colliery, Shamolxin, Pa; men killed
and injured
13 Fire: The Morse-Coe shoe factory burned
at Omaha; loss, $125, 900.
16 Fire: The R. @. infrmary and several buzt..
ness buildings burned at Houstoa;
deaths; financial loss, $4,000.
H. Fire: The village Of Latham, Ills, suffered
the fifth extensive blaze in years. loss,
$4,000
20 Obituary: James Anthony Froude, the his
torian, in London; aged TO-
q. Obituary: Ex- Mayor Monroe Heath Of Chi
cago, at Asheville, N. c.; aged 66. Ex-Gov.
Joseph Dorset Bedle of New Jersey, in New
York city; aged g.
%. Obituary Mary A. Woodbridge, secretary
Of the W. @. T. u. in Chicago. Commodore
william e. Hopkins, U. s. N, retired, in
San Francisco; aged 70.
%. Obituary: Rev. Alexander Herberton,
prominent Presbyterian minister in Phila-
delphia; aged o. Gen. Amos Beckwith,
U. S. A., retired, at st. Louis; aged &c.
q. Obituary: Hon David Wills, organizer Of
the National cemetery at Gettysburg, in
that town; aged SO.
20. Fire: Pittsburg, Porter's wholesale milli-
merry establishment; loss, $25O,000-
NOVEMBER.
/. Obituary: Gar Alexander LII of Russia;
aged 49,
q Fire: Lachute. Que. Wilson'S paper mill;
loss, $225, 900.
8. Fire: The Indiana Medical college and