Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-20

UMNMlANA f. votes s i Es%s1si
eEt ROBERT ELEE Votes divided as
Born Jan. 10. TO7.-Died follows: B. Gratz
Oct. II, 1870 Brown. Is; Thomas
A Hendricks, ~; Charles j. jenkins, z,
Dagid Ray snd / Rro G0m @as 2.ssi.ess.
Nov. 29-Horace Greeley died at Fieasahl-
Vile, N. Y, aged e. r.ae5tan died
Dec. 12-Edwin Forrest, a tTdseoioh' 49,
at Philadelphia. aged %.
1873.
Feb. z.Trade dollar ordered and silver
Feb. 27Noakes Ames, of Mass; and James
Brooks. of N. Y, censured by congress
for connection with Credit M snst Issued.
MAY Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase o1eo
at New York. aged 65. e,z zoo
cen+ 5The AIa Dama' award OF Slo'ooo,5
go paid by Great Britain to the United
SEPT 9Sa't2So -Panic on New York stock .edkaenesxd i
change; exchange closed; reopeheo
Sovi isWWiIliam H. Tweed convicted N
New York; sentenced to Il years In the
pen%itentiary.
March sLPresident's salary fixed at 5O.OOo:
March S-Ex-President MllaTo rIlLhoie
died at Buffalo, N. Y, aged f4 -
July ct-Grasshoppers intest western
and Northwestern states. paecher sc-
Gu1itted of charges preferred against him
by Theodore Tilton by a committee OF ms
Oct. 15-Lincoln monument at Springfield
Ill, dedicated. Tenn
perance union organized at Cleveland w.
1875.
May Whisky frauds exposed. Loss s o6 y
government in revenue stamps, Sl,ooo,Vov;
| JuIy-Alexander Graham Bell construc'eo
first successful telephone
J1Iy -Ex-President johnson died near
JonesboTough, Tenn, aged ae1 81; Wilson
died at Washington. aged Is.
1876.
May 1o-Centennial exposition. opened at
Philadelphia by Pres. Grant and ION
June ta5-Gen. George A. Custer and 27s
men massacred by Indians under SIT
ting Bull near Little Big Horn river
Aug. w. w. Belknap, secretary of war.
acquitted of impeachment charges.
Aug. 1-Golorado h admit 6eesi do tie eIec-
ton. Hayes received 1S5 electoral ana
4,033.2 s5 popular votes: Tilden ls4 eiec-
toral and 4,2S4.26o popular votes
Ian 17-Joint congressional committee
agreed upon a plan for counting cleo
toraI vote. Electoral commission APP
disputed votes from Florida to republic
ans Feb. 9: vote of Louisiana to repub-
Hcans Feb. 16: vote of oregon to repub-
licans Feb. %: vote of South Carohna
to republicans Feb. e..
July 16-General railroad strike began IN
PsnasylvIa It lasted dgt thrse months. spread
throIIobout the eastern and central
states, and resulted disastrously Tor
Aug. I-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
June 12-VVilliam Cullen Bryant oleo III
New York. aged "a.
July 1o-1pYellow fever epidemic began at
Dec I70Gold down to par in New York,
first time since Jan. Ii, 1867.
1870.
Jan. Specie payment esumed by the
government. ua, ;, nrac.
tice before the supreme court passed.
July S-Yacht Jeanette sailed from san
Francisco on voyage of arctic explora-
ton. 1000
Nav 31-League of American Wheelmer
organized at Newport .
June Tenth census taken. Population
Nov GTwenty-fourth presidential cleo:
fion. Garfield received PA electoral anc
445t.s 21 popular votes; Hancock 155 cleo
toral and 4,447, SSS popular votes.
1851.
June 24-Secretary of State Blaine notifies
American ministers at European court:
that any attempt to guarantee neutral1t!
of Panama canal would be considered I'm
:Juiv 2-President Garfield shot by Gut
teau in Baltimore and Potomac depo
SEPT. 19@President Garfield died at Eli
boron. n. J., at 1875 p. m.
Sept.-Forest fire in Huron and San
iiac counties, Mich, rendered 800 lam
Ties homeless, caused loss of 1SS i've
and spread over 1,S09 square miles.
1852.
March 24-Henry w. Longfellow died a
Cambridge. Mass, aged 20.
March 25-Edmunds law excluding pig
amists and polygamists from hoidlni
} office passed.
April 27-Ralph Waldo Emerson died a
t Concord. Mass, age 49,.
Nav 13-Iieut. and Sergt
Brainard. of Greeley expedition
reached So degrees % minutes s seconds
May 24-New York and Brooklyn bridg
June f4-verdict returned of not guilt,
in Star-Route case.
July 19-Strike of telegraph operators De
gan at Pittsburgh, Pa, and sprea
!, ugh the country 1t involve
81. 600 men who asked for 10 per cent. III
crease of wages. Lasted 30 days and wa
successful.
= Sept, 9-Northern Pacific railroad finished
. 49,
May Fir of Grant & Ward an
Marine bank failed in New York.
!. NAV 14-Financial crisis occurred in NeN
York.
L Cleveland received 29 electoral and T.
\ oil. OH popular votes; Blaine 1S4 electors
= and 4.S4S,S34 popular votes.
Feb. 21-washington monument dedicated
NirC II in