The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-14
ST. LOUIS.

ST Louis, July u.
III lnrlhOranCe of the proceedings inau.
gunled by Col, Maguire, county cnller.
Url yesterday in leYying on the ppperty
OF lle North Missouri Railroad Combanv
Tor delinquent taxes, he to-day sei1cI
thirteen locomotives belonging 10 the Iron
Mountain railroad, lOT the non.nnvmen,
Of 5000 Oi taxes He also leyIeI nm !.
large lot of lumber belonging 10 the Mn
rinC railway and dry docks, at South 81
Louis, for unpaid taxes. The K.ngsland
Iron Works, in South 81. Louis, rather
than have their property seized, paid lh,.
the tax bill for $4,000 under protest
The City Council Committee, Mayor
Brown and Judge OrOenhOld, present Jus
tice of the county court, held u Meeting
to-day TO determine what action shall br
taken in regard TO the prosecution of an
injunction suit, 10 prevent the sale Of the
North Missouri railroad next month.
Counsel will be Immediately employed,
and application Tor an Injunction made nj
once.
A severe wind storm passed over
part Of the city about II O'Clock
today, blowing oil shutters and signs,
sky'lights, prostratipg trees, &C., &c. A
portion Ol the StoddaT, stables, corner OF
9Sth street and Franklin avenue, was
blown down, and Charles Getty was kill.
ed, 9nd his brother William was danger,
orsly injured, A furious hail and wind
storm passed over Il portion Of Central
township, this county, last Monday. The
vineyard Of Charles q. GOuten, ton miles
from the city, was completely prOstrated.
Some fifty thousand pounds Of choice
grapes were destroyed His fruit trees also
suffered severely, being badly broken, and
hundrodsOl bushels Of apples, pears, peach.
es and plnms were knocked of,
Quite a number Of other places in the
line Oi the storm, which was about three
miles wide, also suffered severely.
Acommittee appointed by tho Merchants
Exchange have addressed q letter 10 Gen,
Meyers, Chief Signal officer at Washing
ton, suggesting that a careful observation
Of the rise and fall and sonoral condition
Of the western rivers he made by signal
officers and embodied In the weather re-.
ports telegraphed TO the country They
further suggest that signal stations be es
tabllAhod M Denver and other points on
the plains anil along the eastern slope Of
the Rocky Mountains. .r I..E,sf..-....
The 10th annual meeting ol the Ameri.
can Pharmaceutical Association Is 10 be
held here next September. II Is ex.
peCted that ther will he an UNUSUALLY
fine display Ol chemicals, pharmaceutical
new remedies, drugs, andall
articles pertaining IL the drug business.
Specimens Of crude drugs, and especially
these idegeneous To the West and South,
with view Of illustrating the DldteHd
'nedicd of the Mississippi Valley, are par.
ticularly desired. ''' ' " '"
Am6n named John Garden, while at
tempting to get on a moving train, on a
bridge crossing over the Missouri River
at st. Charles, to-day, missed hls hold,
and was knocked of the bridge and fell
q distance Of 90 feet TO the rocks below.
No bones were broken, and the man IL
expected 10 recover. n .Haut Uu
The dead body Of II man with his
clothes on fire was found a short distance
from East st. Louis yesterday. The man
had pistol wound In his body and q
pistol was lying few feet from him. IL
3 not known whether he committed sui.
Tide or was murdered, .ut ....
Gerard Ballen, President Of the Mer
'hants' Exchange, and prominent and
Wealthy citizen, was married to-day 10
Mrs. Walter Case, daughter oI the late
Nathaniel Paschall, Of the Missouri Re
and left for Minnesota on
bridal tour. u...r