to apply for and receive a patent, for the invention of the hideaway bed. July 15 – The Reservation at Niagara Falls opens, enabling access to all for free. Thomas V. Welch is the first Superintendent of the Park. July 16 – BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary), a worldwide mining and natural gas producer is founded in New South Wales, Australia. July 20 – The laws of Professional football are formalised in Britain. July 28 – Louis Riel's trial for treason begins in Regina. August 19 – S Andromedae, the only supernova seen in the Andromeda Galaxy so far by astronomers, and the first ever noted outside the Milky Way, is discovered. August 29 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for the Daimler Reitwagen, regarded as the first motorcycle, which he has produced with Wilhelm Maybach. September 2 – The Rock Springs massacre occurs in Rock Springs, Wyoming; 150 white miners attack their Chinese coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town. September 6 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, completing the Unification of Bulgaria. September 8 – Saint Thomas Academy is founded in Minnesota. September 12 – Arbroath FC defeats Bon Accord FC, 36-0, in the highest score ever in professional football. September 15 – A train wreck of the P. T. Barnum Circus kills giant elephant Jumbo, at St. Thomas, Ontario. September 18 – The union of Eastern Rumelia with Bulgaria is proclaimed at Plovdiv. September 30 – A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland, and adds it to British Bechuanaland. October–December October 3 – Millwall F.C. is founded by workers on the Isle of Dogs in London, as Millwall Rovers. October 12 – The city of Fresno, California, is incorporated. October 13 – The Georgia Institute of Technology is established in Atlanta as the Georgia School of Technology. October 25 – Symphony No. 4 (Brahms) is premiered in Meiningen, Germany, with Johannes Brahms himself conducting it. November – The Third Anglo-Burmese War begins. November 7 – Canadian Pacific Railway: In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on a railway extending across Canada. Prime Minister John A. Macdonald considers the project to be vital to Canada, due to the exponentially greater potential for military mobility. November 14–28 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria, but is defeated in the Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17–19. November 16 –