The Forrest City times., 1900-12-14

dfyfd Born 'e@ oe, s n n9Di'd follows, E Tb6mas GTass A. Hendricks, 42; Charles J. Jenkins, ,ots z; David Davis. 1. Combined j9o pop1iar p1a vote of Greedy and Brown was A z;SSf,Vtgi' st pieasant- Nov. 29-Horace Greeley oieo al fieasa"' vile, N. Y., aged 6l. ,. atoa Dec. i2-Edwin Forrest. tragedian, oieo at Philadelphia. aged 6s.
 1873. Feb 7-"Trade dollar ordered and silver demonetized by act of congress. Fr6. N-Oakes Ames, of Mass, and James Brooks, of N. Y eensgureSd, S,dHi,fsr 9y congress May I-One-cent postal cards frst issued. T May 7-Chief Justice salmon F. Chase died :, at New York, aged SS; vorr stock ax- change; exchange closed; reopened Sovi is~william H. Tweed convicted in penitentiary
 March s-President's salary fixed at $50, 600. March 8-Ex-President Willard Fillmore died at Buffalo, N Y, aged H. uly-Oct.-Grasshoppe infest Western and Northwestern states. Aug: 2s-Rev Henry Ward Beeeher ,.,, ac, by Theodore Triton by committee or ms Oct. i5-Llncoln monument at Springfield, Nov. 1sNNational woman's Christian Tenn perance union organized at Cleveland, 0.
 1875. May Whisky frauds exposed. Loss to government in revenue stamps Sl, ,booVoo July-Alexander Graham Bell constructed first successful telephone. July 31-Ex-Presldent Johnson died near Jonesborough, Tenn. aged 6. Nov. 22-Vice President Henry Wilson died at Washington. aged 63.
 1876. May 1o-Centennial exposition opened at Philadelphia by Pres. Grant and Don Of June 3-Gen. George A. Custer and 27s men uassacred by Indians under Sit ting Bull near Little Big Horn river, Aug. NV w Belknap. secretary of war. acquitted of impeachment charges. Aug. 1-Colorado admitted to the union. tion. Hayes received 1855 electoral and 4033. .295 popular votes; Tilden 1s4 elec- toral and 42S4,265 popular votes.
 1877. Jan. 17-Joint congressional committee agreed upon a plan for counting elec- toral vote. Electoral commission ap- pointed by this commission awarded 3 disputed votes from Florida to republic ans Feb. g. vote of Louisiana to repub- icans Feb. Is; vote of Oregon to repub- licans Feb. 23: vote of South Carolina to republicans Feb. 2. July 16-General railroad strike began in Pennsylvania against reduction of wages. It lasted three months. spread throughout the eastern and central
 
 Aug i1-satellites of Mars discovered by Prof. Hall, of Washington. Aug. 29-Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, aged 76.
 Feb. 2S-Bland silver bill passed over the presidents veto June I2-William Cullen Bryant died in New York. aged A. July 10-15-Yellow fever epidemic began at New Orleans.
 fO in rIy first time since Jan 13 1862.
 IS79 Jan. 1-specie payment resumed by the government
 tice before the supreme court passed. July S-Yacht Jeanette sailed from San Francisco on voyage of arctic explora- uon.
 May 31-League of American Wheelmen organized at Newport. June Tenth census taken. Population, Nov 2-Twenty-fourth presidential cleo tion. Garfield received 214 electoral and 445t,t2l popular votes; Hancock l55 cleo toral and 1, 4,447,SSS popular votes.
 1881. June 24-Secretary of State Blaine notified American ministers al European courts that any attempt to guarantee neutrality of Panama canal would be considered un- called-for interference. July 2-President Garfield shot by Cui- teau in Baltimore and Potomac depot at Washington. Sept. 1s-President Garfield died at FL beron. N. J.. at 1O:35 p. m.
 1882. March 24-Henry w. Longfellow died at Cambridge, Mass, aged 75. March 25-Edmunds law excluding big amists and polygamists from holding office passed
 April H-Ralph Waldo Emerson died at Concord. Mass, aged 79. May 1S-Lieut. Lockwood and Sergt Brainard, of Greeley expedition reached S3 degrees g minutes seconds
 1883. May 24-New York and Brooklyn bridge opened.
 June 14-Verdct returned of not guilty in Star-Route case. July 19-Strike of telegraph operators be- gan at Pittsburgh. Pa, and spread throughout the country. It involved 61,O0O men who asked for 1s per cent in crease of wages. Lasted 80 days and was successful.
 Sept s-Northern Pacific railroad finished
 1884 May 6-7-Firm of Grant & Ward and Marine bank failed in New York May l4-Financial crisis occurred in New York
 Nov. 4--Twenty-hfth presidential election Cleveland received 219 electoral and A sn,0ll popular votes; Blaine lS4 electoral and 4,SiS.SSi popular votes.
 1885. Feb. H-Washington monument dadfcato5