Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-14
81. LOUIS.
Tax Raid On the Railroads.

Thirteen Locomotives Levied on.
ST. LOUIS, July 13.-In furtheTance of
the proceedings inaugurated by Col. Ma
guire, County Collector, yesterday, in
levying on the property of the North
Missouri Railroad, for delinquent taxes,
he, to-day, seized thirteen locomotives
belonging to the Iron Mountain Railroad
for non-payment of sixty thousand dol
lars taxes. He also levied on large let
of lumber belonging to the Marine Rail
way and Dry Docks at South ST. Louis,
for unpaid taxes. The Kingslands' Iron
Works in South st. Louis, rather than
have their property seized paid the tax
bill for five thousand dollars under
protest.
The Railroad Sale Injunction.
The City Council Committee, Mayor
Brown and Judge Croenbo,d, the present
Justice of the County Court, held meet
ing TO day to determine what action shall
be taken in regard to the prosecution Of
the injunction suit to prevent the sale of
the North Missouri railroad next month.
Counsel will be Immediately employed
and application for Injunction made at
once.
Furious and Destructive Storms,
A severe wind storm passed over part
of the city about II O'Clock to day, blow
ing off shutters, signs and skylights,
Frustrating trees, etc. A portion of the
stables at the corner of 2Sth street and
Franklin Avenue was blown down, and
Charles Yetly killed and his brother Will
lam dangerously injured.
AfuTious hail and wind storm passed over
portion Of Central township in this coun-
ty last Monday. The vineyard Of Chas. q.
Gonter, 10 miles from the city, was COM
pletely Frustrated, come 80, 900 pounds of
grapes were destroyed. His fruit trees
also suffered severely, being badly broken,
and hundreds of bushels of apples,
pears, peaches and plums were knocked
of. Quite number of ether places on
the line of the storm, which was about 8
miles wide, also suffered severely.
Important 10 River Men.
A committee appointed ~by the Mer-
chants Exchange, have addressed letter
to Gen. Myers, Chief Signal Officer, at
Washington, suggesting that a careful
observation of the rise and fall and gen.
eIal condition of Western rivers be made
by the Signal Officers, and embodied in
the weather reports telegraphed to the
press of the country. They further sug-
gest that signal stations be established at
Denver and other points on the plains,
aud along the Eastern slope of the Rocky
Mountains.
yhe MaterIa McdIc3 of the MIssis
sippi valley.
| The 10Th annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association will be
held here next September. 1t is expected
there will be an unusually fine display of
chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations,
new remedies, drugs, and all articles per-
tanning to the drug business. Specimens
of crude drugs, especially those indigen-
ious TO the West and South, with view OF
| illustrating the materia medica of the
Mississippi Valley, arc particularly de,
! sired.
A stunning Jump.
A man named John Cardin, while at
tempting to get on moving train on
bridge crossing the Missouri river at st.
Charles, to day, missed his hold and was
knocked off the bridge and fell distance
of 80 feet to the rocks below. No bones
were broken, and the man is expected tc
| recover