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Record Of 1875

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31
Month
December
Year
1875
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1 - With tho new year .moa ncw dynn-ly for Spain ; Alfonso XII., son of the ex-Queen Ieabella, was proclaimed King, alld waH nupported by the army anti navy ; a uew MinÏMtry svaa announcod, with CaBtro at tho head. 4- Organization of tho Louisiana Legislatura ; the Demócrata retirod from tho hall in conaequenco of tho interforence of Gen. De Trobriand, commanding tho United Htp.tes troops ; thelatter,by order of Gov. Kellogg, ejccted five Conservativos whoso uames had not been returncd by the Returning Board. FIÏBRUAKY. 3- The Marquis of Hartington ohoBcn loader of tho English Liberal. 5 - John Mitchel returned to Parliament from Tipperary, Ireland ; on motion of Mr. Disraeli, ho wasrefused admission. 6- Fire at Osaka, Japan ; twelve hundred buildings deatroyed, aud Bcveral lives lost. 7 - Fire at Yokohama, Japan ; three hundred houses deptroyed. 15- Extensivo fire at Port au Prince, Hayti ; 500 houses bumed. 19 - Burning of a match factory in Gotteuburg, Bweden ; 51 lives lost. 25- Tho wall of au adjoining building feil upon and broke through tho roof of St. Andrew'a Church, New York city, whiJo religious serviceB were being held : by the falliDg bricks, and as a result of the pauic which follovved, 5 persons were lulled and 30 wounded. MARC II. 8- Senate bill for the admisaion of Colorado as a State passed by the House. 4- Telegram from London ainouncing the wreek of the steamer Gothenbnrg on c-ne of the Fourneaux Islands, In Baas' Straits, between Van Diemeu's Land and Australia ; of 110 persons on board, only 22 reported saved. 5- The Senate of the Forty-fourth üongress met in extra session ; actiou oa the admieaion of Pinchbaek, as Senator from Louiaiana. postponed. 20- Destructive tornado in Georgia great loss of life and property. 24 - Explosión in a coal mine near Charleroi, Delgium, causing the death and injury of mam' persons. APItlI,. 23- Three tteamers burned at the New Orleans levee ; 50 lives sacrifieed. 2G- Collision on the Baitimore and Potomae Raüroad, near Washington ; many of the employés and passongers injured. 28- Destructive fire at Oshkosh, Wis. ; a square milo of the city laid in ruins. Explosión of a powder magazine in London England, and several lives lost. MAY. 1- Explcsion at Bunker Hill Coilierv, North Staffordshire, England 41 lives lost. " 3- A telegram from London announced the arrival of the schooner JeiTerson Borden from New Orleans, with the followiug report from the Captain : "Crew mutimed, first and sccond mates killed, two eailors wounded and put in irons, one sailor younded and chained to the pump, and another dying ; vessel worked by three hands." The mutiny occurred when the vessel was eighteen days out. Capt. Patterson and bis ofticers fought the mutineers with revolvers aud knives. In the struggle the (rat and tseeond mates were killed. 7.- Wreek of the eteamehip Schiller, in a fog, on the lietarriere Ledge, near Bishop1 Eock, Scilly Islands, off the Oornwall coawt. She bplonged to the Eagle line, and was bound to Hamburg from New York. Three hundred and eleven persons drowned, including the Captain John G. Thomas. 18- Earthquake in New Grenada. Six cities deeolated. The city of Cuenta entirely obhterated ; 16,000 lives lost. 20- Fire at Osceola, I'eun. Tn-o hundred and fifty housen deetroyed. Loss over Y-2.000,000. At Charlotte, N. C, there wafl a very enthusiastic celebration of the Meeklenbui-g Declaration of Independence. Addresees were made by ex-Gov. Graham, Jud"e John Ken-, and the Hon. John Bright. %i- Intelligence in London, Englaud, of the sinking of Auetrian ferry boat in the Tyrol with Koman CatÜfclic piigrims on 76 lives lost. 26- Explosión in a drug storo in BoBton Mass.; several people killed and ethers fatally injtired. 27- Burning of tho French Catholic Church, at Holyoke, Mass., dnring the ceJebration o tha feast of Corpus Christi; 75 lives lost. 30- The steamer Vicksburg, bound for Liver pool from Montreal, went down iu a field o ice; 83 lives reported lost. JUNE. 2- The Ohio Kepublican Convention, at Columbus.nominatedex-Gov.EutherfordB. Hayes for Governor, and in its platform opposed a división of the school fund. 3- Sixty persons drowned by the capaizint of a lighter on the Tagua, in Portugal. 16- Explosión in a mauufactory of fireworks in Boston, Mass. ; G persons killed and 3 seri oualy injured. 17- The Ohio Democratie Convention, a Columbud, renominated Gov. Wm. Allen. The centennial annivereary cf the battle of Bunke Hill was celebrated at Boston; Judge Deven. deli7ered tho oration. 29- The American rifle team in Ireland won the rifle-match at Dollymount, the score fo the American team being UG8 agaiust Ü2'J for the Irish team. jui.y. 5- Near Far Itockaway, Long Mand, collision betwecn two trains on the South Side Eailroad 7 persons were killed- 6 fatally, and 25 seriously injured. The steam tiig Lumbor man, while returuing from Fortrees Monroe with a pleasure party of 18 on board was run down by the steamship Isaac Bell, ol Sewell'a Point, and sunk in fifty feet of watnr; 9 of the company were drowned; the steamer was not injured. AUGUST. 3 - A serious iuaurrection against tho Turlúsh Government broke out in Herzegovina, a proviuce with 7,000 square miles of territory and a population of 250,000. 6 - A water-spout bnrst;ng over tho town of Kirn, in Ithenish Pruesia, inundated the place, and 13 persons were drowued. 6- Explosión iu the arsenal at Bridesburg, Pa. ; 1 person killed and 19 wounded. The ceutennial anniversary of Daniel O'Connell's birthday was celebrated in Irelaud. with great entlmsiasra. 1(- The monument to Hermaim, the ancient Germau hero, the first apostle of Germán imity and of opposition to imperial Rome in the firat yeara of the Christian era, was on the Grotenlerg; the Emperor William was present, and the day was made a national festival among the Germana. 29- Colusión on tlie Midland Railroad, in Eugland; 5 persons killed and 40 injared. SEl'TKMIÍER. 2 - A raihvay train broke through a rotten biidgenear Goshen, en route for Kingston, Canada ; 25 persons hrjured. 7 - Gov. Ames, of Miswgsippi, telegraphed to President Grant declaring that in that State domestie violence existed in its most aggravated 'orm, and that he was eompelled to appeal to he (eneral Government for assistance ; the matter was referred to Atty.-Gen. Fierrepont, wlio decided that the December proclamation did not remain in forcé, and a dispatch to that effect was sent to Gov. Ames. 8 - The New York State Eepub'ican Convenion, held at Saratoga ; Frederick V. Seward was nominated for Secretaiy of State. 'J - Loss of the propeller Equinos, uear Point au Sable, Lake Michigan ; 26 persons drowned. The Pennsylvania Democratie State Oouvention, adopted a platform similar to thatadopted by the Oliio Democrats, and nominated Cyrus L. Perahing for Govemor. 1!) - Los3 of the steam bargo Mendota on Lake Michigan ; 8 persons drownerl. 11 - Loes of 11 lives from poisonous gas ín the Dounington Wood Collier}', Shropshire. England. 16- Tbe New York Democratie State Conveution, at Syracuse, re-adopted the hard-money plank ei tl io üaltimore platform of 1872 and the eutire State platform cf 1871, and nominated John Bigelow for Secretary of State. The Runeian forces under Gen. Kauffman defeated the Khokaud rebels, numboring 30, 000. and completed tiip. oonquest of the country. Advices from St. Thomas of a severe hurricane ; the Kritish shi) Codflsh went ahore on St. Vincent, and 12 of her crew were drowued. 17-19 - Vio'ent cycloue on the (iulf of Mexico ; in Galveston the water was diiven over the ia!and alteruatnly from guli' and bay ; hoiisea were removed, tiie ïailroad d:imaged,' and numerous veiiaels dnven anhore ; iu Indianola, on Matagorda Bay, over 100 lives were lost ; the place was flooded 80 fect doep, and house. i'toic-H, wharvee and tlie lighthonse ware swept away : iime-tenttia of the houses in town were Jestroyed. A dummy traiu near Philadelphia was ruu iuto by au excursión train om the Paoiiaylvania Riilroad ; 5 [reous killed nnd '20 injiired. ïho s'.eamtr Adler me iu colusión with the K.i C'ÍihIi bu tuner King Oscar It. near Grimsby. Kngland the Jntter huuIí, and 14 peraouR en bonrd ore drowi 2H - At Sorel, in ORnada, a Irain on tli lüchmond, Drammend and ArtUabtti . ran off the track ; 11 persoufi lulled, and :!i Bely injiired, 80 - At ihe reunión of the Armv of Ujo Tcn: at Dea Moinetí, Iov.a, President Qrant a pp6ofa Doeznorable for its lengüi and for the stress laid apon tlie (yieetion of seot.riau aohooLs. OlTOBEB. t- TUe Bwediah steamer 1. J. Poager, runDing betweeu Lnbecli and 0o eohagen, i urni ú in tne Baltio ; 'Hot t!e paisoügcrci and 11 of the ircw pcririhed. 21-28 - Ssvere gales cff the S.'ottiHh coast ; 5 voséela lost, witl) their oreirs. 2C-Oreat fire in Virginia City, Nev. ; the business portion of tlie city oompletely destroyed : estimated Iohb, i 4.000,000.. NOVKMHKK. 1 The steamship Pacific fonndered between San Francisco and Fortlaud: nearly C00 live lost. 7- Wreek oí (heBiiijali xhip Calcutta, from Quebeo to Liverpool, on Grosno Ide; 23 lives lost. 9 - The steamship City of Waoo bumedoff Galcston Bar: nearly 70 livcs lost. 11 - Explosión of fire-danip in a Belgian colliery; over 40 liveslost. 15 - News in London of tlio wreek of the British ship Astrida, near Boulogne, Francs; ï) persons drownod. 16 - Jojoph Gnibord waa bnried in tlie Catholic oemetery. Cote des Neigen, in Montreal; the coflin wa-3 luid iu a bed of cement, to preclude the poasibility of its removal ; Guibord died in 1861; ho waa a printer, and, aa a member of the Instituto Canadien, bad been oxcommunieatcd f rom the Charch; lus remaius wore rot'UHod admission to consecrated ground; hin wifo applied to the Superior Court for an order to compel tho Church to allow hts hiirial in liis own lot in the cemetf-ry abovenamcd; the order was granted flnally by the Queen'H Privy Conneil, Nov. 28, 1871; "on the 2cl of last September an attempt to exc cute the order occasioned a riot, and the burial waa poetponed. 17 - Unveiling of a monument at Baltimore to the mc-mory of Edgar A. Poe. 18 - Eailway disaster between Stockholm and Malmo, Denmark ; GO passengers killed or severely injured. 20 - Daniel O'Leaxy, a Chicago pedestriun, finished a walk of S03 miles in Bix day, boating E. P. Weston 52 miles, foi' a purae. NeWl re ceived of a terrible storm on the Eogliah coaat ; 1G vessels wrecked, with a lom of 50 livee. Fighting on the Kio Grande Eivcr bclween Mexican cattle thievea and Texas militia ; four of the former killed ; the Texans overpowered and drive back trom the Mexican sido. 23 - Storm on Ihe English const, in the vicinity of Yarmouth ; 40 venaels wreckcd and many live }ost. Meeting at St. Louis of the National Railroad Convention in the interesta of the Kouth western Pacific Road ; Geiw. Sherman, J. E. Johinton, Beauregard, and JefferHon Davis in attendance. Information received of a gveat battlo in Awia between the Russtans and the insnrgents inKhokand ; nearly 4,000 of the latter killed. 24- Liberians at war with tho native tribes represent themsolvea in a state of starvation, and petition our government for aid. 25- Chas. D. Whyland ("Big Charley"), proprietor of the St. Elmo restaurant, Chicago, killed by a drunlren desperado named Heury Davis, alias John Turner. Disastrous galo off tho coast of Fifeshire, Scotland ; 16 flsliermen drowned, with 14 missing, and a numbev of flshing vossela lost. Loss of Bil Canadiau vessels bound for the Magdalen IslandH, with supplies for the starving inhabitants ; 45 liveslost. The schooner Sunshine, from San Francisco, found capaized at the mouth of the Cclumbia River ; 30 passengers and a crew of 10 all drowned. Chavez, the California bandit, iilled in Arizona while resiating arrest. 29 - Part of the Russian garrison at Khokaud masaacred. Twelve hundred Egyptiana surpriaed and killed by the Abyssiniaiie. DECEMBEK. 1- Burial of Henry Wilson at Natick, Mass. Eleven Iives lost by the sinking of the steamer Sunnyside on the Hndson Itiver- cut in two by ice. Disastrous coll iaion on the New York Central Boad, uoar liuffalo ; 3 persons killed. Judge-Advocate-Goueral Holt retired, and Wm. McKeeDunn, hisaesistant, promoted. Schuoner J. G. Jenkins fovmdered on Lake Ontario, near Oswego, and all on board, 9 persons, lost. 2- Ym. M. Evarts appointed the Centenuial orator ; Mr. Longfellow the poet ; Richard Henry Lee reader of the Declaractiou. Tiio old Philadelphia Navy Yard bought at auction for 81.000.000 by the Pennaylvania RaUroad. 4 - Terrible explosión in a coal mine near Tredegar, Wales ; 20 minere killed. Wm. M. Tweed escaped from Ludlow Street Jail, New York. Win. Aden, of Cleveland, O., lilled bis wife, stepdaughter, and a neighbor. Deetruction by flre of La Jeunesae Hotel, at Back River, Canada ; 3 persons consumed in the flames. Explosión of a sugar house boiler near Franlilin. La. ; 3 men killed, and a dozen others badly injured. 6- Another colliery disaster, more appalling in its resulta than any that bas eccun-ed for many years. reportod from Yorkahire, EngJand; 140 minera killed. Congress organized : M. C. Kerr. of Indiana, elected Speaker of the House. 7 - The Germán passenger steamer Deutscnland wrecked on the English coast ; 50 out of the 175 on board drowned or periahed from eold. 8- Three workmen employed on the Centennial buildings at Philadelphia feil from the roof of the main exhibition hall, a distance of eighty feet, killing them instantly ; thia makes 10 liyes lost on the grounds thus far. Et Rev. W. E. McLaren consecrated Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Illinois. 9- Explosión in a coal mine near Leeds, England ; 6 men killed. Riot in Iasaquena County, Mise. ; 7 colored men killed by a Sheriff'a posse. 10- News received Of the loss on Lake Michigan of the achoouer Windiate, of Manitowoc, Wis., with all on board. 11- Fifty persons killed and a largo uumber wounded by an explosión of dynamite on a quay in Bremen harbor, Germany. 12- Election of Senators for life begun iu Franco ; nine chosen, all Republieans. 13 - A great land swindle, involving $ 20 - 000,000, dcveloped in Missouri and Aikausas. 14 - A bül offered in Congress providing that the President at the end of bis term shall become a Senator for life. The cabinet shops at the Wheeler & Wilson Works, in Bridgeport, Conn., bui-ned down; loss, f5ü0,000; üiBurance $300,000. 16- Ten-iblo explosión in a Belgiair coal mine, caused by the ignition of fire-damp; 110 miuers killed. Thomassen, alias Thompson, who caused the Bremerhaven explosión, committed suicide; he confessed bis crime. A 27ounce nugget was fouud by a Black Hills gold miner. The jury in the case of the murderer of little Mabel Young, at Boston, could not agree. 17 - Three colored murderers hanged at New York; a Germán, aged C5. exeented for murder at Hermann, Mo., and a desporado iuformallv lynohed at Carson Cit.y, Novada, for general wickedness. 20- News received of an eartiiquake in Porto Rico on the nighta of Dec. 8 and 9, whicii created great alarm; the capital of San Juan waa not damaged, hut the town of Arecibo was almost entirely doatroyed. 22- Explosión of'a gas-main in Boston; 6 persons killed, 9 seriously hurt, and 7 missing. Burning of tho trainiug-Bchool ship Goliath at Graveeend, England; 20 boys reported to have perished.

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