Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28

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1776-The colony of Delaware erected
itself into a State and framed q
constitution.
1780-Washington went to Hartford
Conn, to consult with Rochambeau
concerning some definite plan oi
action.
1792-Royalty abolished and France
declared a republic.
1793-Gen. Washington laid the corner
stone Of the national capitol in
Washington.
lS12ABurning Of Moscow during the
occupation of the city Of Napo-
Icons army.
1S14-British retreated from Fort Erie
to Niagara. British raised the
siege of Fort Erie.
1S18-Illinois held it's first election of
State officers under the new con-
stitution.
1820-First General Assembly of the
State of Missouri met at st. Louis.
1823-Samuel L. Southard of New Jer-
sey became Secretary of the Navy.
1S33-Boundary line dispute between
New Jersey settled.
1S47-United States troops took pos
session of the City of Mexico.
1S56-Last national convention of the
Wings met at Baltimore.
1862-The garrison at Munfordsville.
KY, surrendered to the Confeder-
ates. -. .Harper's Ferry was cap
tured by the Confederates The
Confederate forces were defeated
at Iuka, Miss.
1S63-Confederates victorious in battle
of Chickamauga Creek.
1S64-A Mcclellan meeting in the Lin
dell Hotel, st. Louis, was broken
up by a party of Union soldiers.
1S67-The Antietam national cemetery
was dedicated with imposing cere-
monies.
1S68-The Georgia House of Represen-
tatives passed bill excluding ne
groes from the jury.
1S71-Lincoln's body removed to it's
final resting place at Springfield.
.1S72-In political affray at Columbia,
S. c., ]. D. Caldwell was shot dead
and Maj. Morgan wounded by
George Tupper.
lS74-Twenty persons killed and fifty
injured in fight between the New
Orleans police and mob that was
clamoring for the abdication of
Gov. Kellogg. About sixty lives
lost in in 10
mills at Fall River, Mass.
IS75-Indianola, Texas, visited by cy-
clone, and almost entirely Destroy
ed. Galveston, Texas visited by
a fearful storm of wind and rain;
the city was inundated. Perry's
flagship Lawrence raised in Erie
harbor and removed to Philadel-
phia for exhibition at the Centen-
nial.
lSS1-Chester A. Arthur took the oath
of office as President of the United
States.
lSS3-Public inaugural exercises at the
University of Texas.
lSS6-Michigan College of Mines open
ed for the reception of students.
lSS9-Union and Confederate veterans
formed a memorial association on
the Chickamauga ba attlefield.
'S91-Intense heat in South Dakota, !
preventing work in the harvest
fields. st. Clair tunnel at Detroit
opened.
IS98-Yellow fever became epidemic at
Brunswick Ga. Cherokee strip, |
6,072,754 acres, opened for public |
settlement.
LS95-Chickamauga National Park ded
icated with imposing ceremonies.
Cotton States and Internation-
al Exposition opened in Atlanta.
lS97-Preliminary peace treaty be-
tween Turkey and Greece signed
at Constantinople,
Peary arrived at
sydney, n. S, on his return from
the far north. Cruiser Des
Moines launched at Quincy, Mass
I90S-Gov. Hoke Smith signed a bin
terminating the Convict-lease sys-
TEN in Georgia .... The Republicans
renominated Gov. Hughes. of New
York. e. Republicans carried Maine
by reduced plurality. IAN acci-
dent to Orville Wrights aeroplane
at Fort Meyer, Va, caused the
death of Lieut.. Thomas E. Sell
fridge.