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Show YRSTERDAY IV UHTOIIY-SEP'T 7. 1700 Dr. Samuel Johnson, lexicographer, born. 1741 Birth of Arthur Youn?, English agricultural writer. To this mvit prolific writer and ari- tator England owes more than to any omer one man lt present heauty. He started the rural Impulse which during the lust 120 years bus transformed her wastes Into rich pastures and made tho desolate places to bloom like choice gardens. He died in 1820. 1767 Birth of Lafayette; died 18M. 1780-Death of Sir John Fielding, author. 1813 Battle of Borodino; Napoleon then marching march-ing upon the Russian capital. 1816 Birth of Howe 1 Cobb In Cherry Hill, Ga. ; died In New York Oct. 9, 180S. 1881 Birth of Victorien Sardou, French dramatist. drama-tist. Pans. 1881 Warsaw, in Poland, taken by the Russians. Warsaw is the capital city of the Russian government of the same name. It succeeded Cracow as tho capital of Poland in 16C0. In 1807 it was made capital of the grand duchy of Warsaw. The Russians were driven from it by the Poles In 1830, only to return to stay In 1831. 1869 -Capture of Bchamyl, great Circassian leader, by the Russians; he was treated with much respect by them. 1860 Garibaldi entered Naples; King Francis retiree. re-tiree. Insurrection followed in the Papal states and Sardinians defeated the Papal troops. 1803 Battery Wagner, one of the defenses of Fort Sumter, captured by the Union troops. IBM Snermau ordered the depopulation of Atlanta. At-lanta. 1877 Battle at Plevna; Turks commanded by Os-tuan Os-tuan Poshs- |