Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-09
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Notwithstanding of first child born OF
French parents in Quebec.
I612-War declared in Boston against
the Dutch; the first declaration of
war In the colonies. Union be-
tween the colonies of Massachu-
setts, Plymouth and Connecticut.
16S0-Elizabeth Morse imprisoned in
Boston for witchcraft
l7IS-The British under Sir Henry
Clinton held a council of war and
decided to evacuate Philadelphia.
l7S7-First cotton mill in the United
States started at Beverly, Mass.
l493-A Democratic society was form
ed in Philadelphia.
1SOO-Connectcut yielded all claim 10
Western territory First munich
pal court established in Boston.
1S19-Cornerstone laid for the Penn
sylvania State capitol at Harris
burg.
1S35-Railroad line between Boston
and Lowell opened for traffic.
1S3S-Eari of Durham arrived in Can
ada to assume his office as COVER
nor general
1S45-Fire in Quebec DESTROYED more
than 1900 houses. Sir John
Franklin sailed on his last expe-
dition to the Arctic
1S46-A convention met at Albany to
revise the constitution of New
York
1S4S-Maj. Gen Winfield Scott received
by the municipal authorities of
New York
1S59-First sod of the Georgian Bay
canal was turned near Toronto.
1S61-Savannah blockaded by Federal
squadron. Union troops destroy
ed the railroad between AIexan-
dria and Leesburg, Pa.
1S62-Gen. Banks defeated at Winches-
ter and driven across the Potomac.
1864-Nathaniel Hawthorne buried in
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord,
Mass. 80. Sidney Edgerton appoint
ed first governor of Montana ter
ritory.
1865-Galveston, Texas, surrendered to
the Federal troops.
1S69-The Massachusetts, State Senate
refused to grant the right of suf-
frage to women.
1878-One hundred houses destroyed
by tornado at Richmond, Va.
1S81-Award of $4,000 made for the
attack on American fishermen IN
Fortune Bay.
1S86-Haymarket anarchists indicted
in Chicago for murder.
1S88-Boston Corbett, slayer of ].
Wilkes Booth, escaped from an
asylum in Topeka.
1S89-F1ood at Johnstown, Pa result
ing from the breaking of a dam,
destroyed 1926 lives.
1S91-The "modus vivendi" coercion
act passed by both branches of the
Newfoundland Legislature.
1892-The High Water Mark monu-
ment at Gettysburg dedicated.
1893-Body of Jefferson Davis taken
from the tomb in New Orleans for
removal to Richmond.
INSTRUMENTATION of the Emperor and
Empress of Russia at Moscow.
observation-disclosures body lay in state in
London.
1899-F'rench Court of Cessation decid-
ed in favor of the revision of the
LII Sy IuSS<N6 tiCl. AlOIG lldl one
hundred buildings in st. John, N.
B., destroyed by fire.
19OO-Welland canal dynamiters SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment "
Gen. John B. Gordon elected COM
mander-in-ch chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans.
1905-W. w. B. McInnes appointed
governor of the Yukon Territory
....President Roosevelt offered his
services as a mediator to end the
war between Japan and Russia.
19O9-William Lorimer elected United
States Senator from Illinois after
four months deadlock. =. Andrew
Carnegie gave $1,0OO,OOO for hero
fund in France. Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition opened in Seat
tie. -. Great street car strike was
begun in Philadelphia.