” 29—Horace Greeley, recent candidate for President of the U. S., died, aged 62 years.
Dec. 11—The King of the Sandwich Islands, Kamehameha V., died, leaving no heir.
” 12—The actor, Edwin Forrest, dies, at Philadelphia.
” 17—Edward A. Pollard, editor and author, died.
Important investigations of abuses in New York city and in the conduct of the Pacific Railway are made this winter, and many healthy reforms inaugurated. The order of Patrons of Husbandry becomes popular among agriculturists, and spreads rapidly, through the coming year.
1873.
Jan. 7, 8, 9—A dreadful snow storm occurs in Minnesota, by which 70 lives are lost.
” 9—The ex-Emperor Napoleon III. dies at Chiselhurst, in England, aged 64 years.
” 31—At Chicago, Ill., Joel A. Matteson, ex-governor of Illinois, died.
Feb. 1—M. F. Maury, formerly distinguished in the U. S. Naval service, dies at Lexington, Va.