Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
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15S5-Stradacona discovered by Jacques
Cartier.
162S-Salem, Mass. founded.
1655-Fort Casimir. the Swedish settle
ment on the Delaware, surrendered
to the Dutch forces under Gov. Stuy-
veSant.
1675-Duchesneau appointed Intendant
of New France.
1716-British made an unsuccessful at
tack on the Americans on Harlem
Heights.
14II-Burgoyne crossed the Hudson riv-
er and took up his position on the
heights of Saratoga. u. Washington
and his army crossed the Schuylkill.
determined to give battle to Gen.
Howe's troops.
17S5-United States and Prussia con-
cluded a treaty of amity and COM
merce.
1792-First Parliament of Upper Canada
assembled in the village of Newark.
The President issued procla ma
ton ordering all persons to submit to
the excise law.
1S04-The rice crop of South Carolina
completely. destroyed by a great
hurricane.
1S10-James Pollock of Pennsylvania,
who as a member Of Congress had
placed on national coins the motto,
In God We Trust" born.
1S11-Napoleon entered Moscow.
1S13-American fleet under Commodore
Perry defeated the British fleet I'M
der Commodore Barclay in battle of
Lake Erie
1S14-United States troops defeated the
English in battle at Fort Bowyer.
United States troops repulsed by the
British al Fort Erie.
1S2S-Don Pablo Obregon, Mexican min
lister to the United States, died in
Washington.
1S29-Slavery abolished in Mexico.
1S33-The boundary line between New
1S53-Rumors of war between Turkey
and Russia caused a slump in the
New York produce market. Ground
broken at St. Johns, Newfoundland
for the European and North Ameri-
can railroad.
1S54-The British consul to the Sand
witch Islands presented his protest
{hN nf
those islands by the United States,
1S55-Corner stone of the public library
in Boston laid.
1S59-A statue of Daniel Webster dedi-
Gated in Boston with imposing cere-
monies.
lS62-Battle of Antietam Creek, near
Sharpesburg, Md. Union forces
victorious at the battle of South
Mountain, Nd. -. Gov. Curtin of
Pennsylvania, expecting an invasion
of the State, called on all able-bodied
men to organize for defense.
1S63-President Juarez of Mexico pro-
posed an alliance of South and Cen
trail American republics to resist en-
croachmerfts by the United States
and European nations. President
Lincoln suspended the habeas corpus
act.
1S64-A Mcclellan meeting in the Lin
dell hotel. st. Louis. broken up by u
party of Union soldiers.
1SGS-Outbreak of the Spanish revou-
ton. -. The Georgia Legislature
passed a bill excluding negroes from
the jury "A band of Cheyenne In
dams invaded the towns of Sheridan
and Butler, Kan.
1S74-A call was issued for a convention
of the Republicans Of the reconstruct
ed States to be held at Chattanooga,
Tenn.
1S7S-The Mackenzie government de-
feated in the general elections in
Canada.
18S2-Arabi Pasha, the leader of the
military Instruction in Egypt sur
rendered after his defeat at Tel-e-
Kebir.
1854 party of several hundred Cana
dian boatmen left Quebec to take part
in the Nile expedition for the relief
of Gen. Gordo...
1SS7-The centenary of the constitution
of the United States was celebrated
in Philadelphia.
1894-The Republicans carried the Maine
election by a plurality of 3S,0OO....
Sir Narcsse Fortunat Belleau, who
had served as premier of the Canadas
before the Confederation, died.
1s97-Five men accused of burglary
lynched at Versailles, Ind.
S-Massachusetts monument dedi-
Gated on the battlefield of Antietam.
19O1-Vice President Roosevelt took the
oath of office as President Of the
United States.
19O3-The inhabitants of Kastoria mas
sacred by Turks.
19O6-Secretary Of War Taft and Acting
Secretary Of State Bacon left Wash
ington for Cuba. -. President Palma
presented his resignation to the
Cuban Congress.
19O7-OkIahoma ratified the new consti-
tuition and elected a Democratic State
ticket and Legislature. Explosion
on a japanese battleship killed thir-
ty-four officers and men.