Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
NOVEMBER.

l. Union Pacific railroad sold at Omaha to re
organization committee for $57, ,564, 9S2.76
Col j. r. NJ Chard, V. c., hero of Rorke's
Drift, died at Taunton, England.
8. Fire: Central hotel and Cory block burned
at Marlboro, Mass. loss, $l5O,0O0.
Accident: killed and II injured in the
wreck of vestibule express on the Chesa'
peake.and Ohio railroad near Charlottes-
vile, Va.
Obituary: Gen. Thomas L. Clingham, noted
Confederate veteran, at Morgantown. N.
@. DR.. S. R. Sheffield. inventor of the
tooth crown, died in New London, Conn.
5. Attempt to assassinate Dr. Moraes. presi
dent of Brazil
8. Fire: $100,00O fire at Texarkana, Ark.
Z. Obituary: Cornelius O'Connor. California
capitalist, in San Francisco; aged CO.
Fires: Hotel San Marco at st. Augustine,
Fla, burned; loss $25O,00O A $15O,0O0 blaze
in Louisville
Shipwreck: Transit steamer Idaho foundered
on Lake Erie; 10 sailors drowned.
8. Obituary: Gen. James g. Duane, U. s. A.,
retired in New York city. Rear Admiral
Alexander Calder Rhind, U. S. N, retired,
a noted war veteran, in New York city
aged 76.
O Convention The annual general assembly
Knights of Labor, began at Louisville.
10. Fire: Large machine works burned at Mid
dleboro, KY; loss, $200, 900.
Criminal: Mrs. Augusta Mack, companion
of the accused murderer Martin Thorn,
appeared as witness against Thorn at his
trial in Long Island City.
II. Fire: The Lion department store burned
in Milwaukee; Ibss, $2O0,00O.
Obituary. John Rognald Burgess, distin
guished painter in London aged 68.
l3. Sporting: The annual foot ball game be
tween Harvard and Yale at Cambridge,
Mass, resulted in a tie; score, 0 TO 0.
Obituary: Henry C. Dorr, brother of Thomas
Wilson Dorr of ssDorr s rebellion memory,
in New York city; aged n. Homer A.
Hihbard, a wealthy pioneer of Chicago, in
that city; aged 70 John NJ. Langston ia
nous colored lawyer, congressman and
diplomat, first American negro elected to
Office, in Washington; aged 6S.
IA. Obituary DR.. Thomas Wilson Evans, known
throughout the world as 'sthe American
dentist in Paris, friend of Napoleon III
and Empress Eugene, in Paris; aged "A.
ID. Obituary. Nine. Verdi for so years the
consort of the famous composer, died at
Rome.
16. Business troubles: The Delta County bank
of Delta, Colo, suspended.
Obituary: Robert II. Steele. capitalist and
railroad promoter, at St. Johns, Mich.
aged 65.
Il. Obituary Rev. George Hendricks Hough
ton, rector of the Church Of the Transfgu
f&b1Ou tlu6 -l4lttt6 Nuufcu ATOuuu tHo NOf
ner'') in New York city; aged n.
Miscellaneous: Terrific gales and shipwrecks
in the Mediterranean. German warships
landed troops and guns in China with hos
tile intent.
Is. Fire: Steamer Bluff City Of st. Louis
burned at Chester, Ills. loss, slOn,000.
10. Fire: In the business portion of London;
loss, $25, 200.
20. Obituary Prof. Henry Calderwood of Edin-
burgh university i'll Edinburgh aged 81.
Sporting Yale defeated Princeton at football
in New York; scole. 6 to o.
21. Obituary Prof. William Seymour Tyler.
formerly Of amherst college, at Amherst,
Mass. ;nged 81. Sen. Albert Ordway, a not
ed Federal veteran, in New York aged 55.
Is. Fire: so buildings burned at Pensacola, Fla;
loss. $15O,O00
Sporting: Michael defeated Starbuck IN q
mile cycle race at Madison Square Garden,
New York; times Som. 20 los
Obituary: Dr.. Miner Raymond. he oldest
theological Instructor in the United States.
at Evanston, Tls.; aged IS.
Qa PoiItinai riot in Vienna.