Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1910 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1792—-The first State Legislature at Kentucky met.. 1800—First municipal court established in Boston. 1909 —Christopher Gore inaugurated Governor of Massachusetts. 1812—The territory north of Louisian* was given the name of Missouri. 1819—Cornerstone laid for the Pennsylvania State eaptitol at Harris-* burg. 1831—The Boston and Worcester Railroad* incorporated. 1838—A band of Canadian rebels landed on Amherst island, near Kingston, and plundered the vicinity. 1845 — The "True American" appeared in Lexington, Ky., edited by Cassius M. Clay. 1846 A convention met at Albany ,to revise the constitution of New York. 1848— Whig convention at Philadelphia nominated Gem Zachary Taylor for President of the United States. .... First Sisters of Charily arrived in Buffalo. 1849 The first authentic case of Asiatic cholera appeared iii Boston. 1850— The line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was completed to Huntington, Pa. 1854—Reciprocity treaty concluded between the United States and Canada. 1861— Gen. Beauregard assumed command of the Confederate forces at Manassas Junction. 1862 — The Confederates, commanded by Gen. Johnson, attacked the left wing of the Army of the Potomaa at Fair Oaks, Va. . . .Memphis surrendered to the Union forces. 1865—Galveston, Texas, surrendered to the Federal troops. 1869—The Massachusetts State Senate refused to grant the right of suffrage to women. 1872 —Construction of the St. Gothard tunnel through the Alps' begun. 1876—Royal Military College opened in Kingston, Ontario. 1878 —One hundred houses destroyed oy tornado at Richmond, Va. 1887— Edward Blake temporarily retired from the leadership of the Liberal party in Canada... .First United States patent granted for monotype machine. 1888— National Democratic convention at St. Louis renominated Grover Cleveland for President of the United States. 1889 — ■Flood at Johnstown, Pa., resulting from the breaking of a dam, destroyed 2,295 lives. 1890 — The Duke and Duchess of Connaught welcomed at Ottawa,... Duke and Duchess of 'Connaught welcomed to Montreal. 1892—The "High-Water Mark” monument at Gettysburg dedicated. 1895—-Statue of Sir John Macdonald unveiled in Montreal by the Earl of Aberdeen. . . .Jud Son Harmon of Ohio appointed Attorney General of the United States. 1899—P. A. Mclntyre became Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. .. .French Court of Cassation decided in favor of the revision ot the Dreyfuss verdict. 1909 —Gen. John B. Gordon elected commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans. 1902—Peace of Pretoria, ending the war in South Africa, 1905 —President Roosevelt offered his services as a mediator to end the war between Japan and Russia.... Norway witrdrew from the union with Sweden. 1909 —Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition opened in Seattle.