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was lauDcneu upon ltS stormy career
September 24-Zachary Taylor officer in the
War OF 1912, the Black Hawk war and the
Seminole war, the "Old Rough and Ready" Of
the Mexican war and twelfth President Of the
United States, was born In Orange county, Vir-
ginia A commission has been appointed by the
present governor of Virginia to arrange for a
sesqu-centennlal celebration OF this event In
1884
October 29-Robert Hoe, first of a line Of
printing press inventors who revolutlonized the
newspaper business was born at Hoes in Lei
cestershire, England
December 30-Stephen Fl. Long. American
army engineer and explorer dlscoverer of Longs
peak In Colorado, was born In Hopkinton, n. Fl.
Events OF 1909 which recall that "125 years
ago" on
January 19-Edgar Allan Poe, great American
poet and story-writer, born In Boston.
February 12-Abraham Lincoln was born in
Kentucky.
February 15-Cyrus Mccormick, inventor Of
the reaper, was borr In Walnut Grove, Va.
September 11-Sterling Price, officer in the
Mexican war, governor of Missouri and general
in the Confederate army was born in Prince
Edward county, Virginia.
December 24-Kit Carson, famous trapper,
guide and scout born in Madison county,
Kentucky.
During Ine coming year Will occur Lne Cen-
tennial of these events:
March 20-Charles W. Elliott, educator. presl-
dent of Harvard university and famous for his
"Five-Foot Shelf of Books" was born in Boston.
March 24-John Wesley Powell. geologist, SOL
dier, explorer of the Grand canyon director of the
United States Geological survey, founder and
| first director of the Bureau of American Eth
nology, was born at Mount Norris ~ Y
April 26-Charles f. Browne, famous writer
under the name Of "Artemus Ward" was born
| in Waterford Maine.
| May "a party Of emgrants under the lead
ership of Nathaniel J. Wyeth left Liberty. Mo-,
| for the West, later built Fort Hail. Idaho where
the American flag was first flown that part
of the country. and established a colony near the
present site of Portland Ore.
May 20-Lafayette the great Frenchman who
| helped establish American independence, died
| IN Paris.
During the coming year will occur the seventy
| fifth anniversary of these events which occurred
In 1859:
| August 26-Col E. L. Drake sank the first
oil well in the United States Ttusville, Pa,
starting this giant industry in this country
September 6-Irving Bachelor, famous author,
was born in Pierrepont, n Y. In 1884 $50 years
ago) he established one of the first newspaper
syndicates in the country
October 16-John Brown took possession of
the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, was later cap
tured, tried for treason and executed on Decem-
Der 2, giving to the embattled anti-savery forces
an immortal song John Browns Body Lies
A-Moldering In The Grave"
The year 1894 will mark the fftieth anniver-
sary of these events of 1884:
June 22-Rescue of seven survivors of 25 mem
bers of the Lady Franklin Bay polar expedition,
including its commander, A w. Greely (now an
admiraD, Sergt. D. L. Brainard (now generaD
the rescue party being led by Capt Winfield S.
Schey, later famous in the Spanish-American
war.
November 4-Grover Cleveland was elected
President of the United States, the first Demo
cratic President In % years
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