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Show THIS DATK IN HISTOKV-JULY 8. Death of Capt. John Paul Jones, born 1747. 1861 Advance of the Union nrmjrupon Managua; battle of Blackburn's Ford; indecisive, 1863-Socond aasaujt on Battery Wagner, 8. C.; Federals repulsed with great slaughter. 1897 France abolished imprisonment for debt. 1870 Infallibility of the pope affirmed by council at Rome. 1870 Italy announced neutrality in tbe Franco-Prussian Franco-Prussian war. 1870 Michael Daritt convicted of treason for trying try-ing to ship arms to Ireland. 1872-President Juares, of Mexico, died of apoplexy. apo-plexy. 1875 Death of Lady Jane Franklin, wife of the Arctic navigator. 1880 The mother of the Russian general gkobe- loff murdered by a Turk. |