, 1874-12-23
Wis.,, freight train hnl fivo carr thrown from
lilo track by brokon rail, and tho conductor

Wis.,, freight train latl five carH thrown from
tl,o track by 4 brokon rail, and tho conductor
hurt,
On tho night of tho 2tst, .noar Joliet, ILL.,, n
ranacuEor trim Oh tho Chicago l. Alton Nond
waa thrown from tho track by tho spreading Of
tho rails.
on tjlo morning Of tho 22d. as mn Illinois Con-
tral Rwltching-gngno WAS running down tho
lovoe at Cairo, ILL.,, ono ef tho cyltnder-hoat's
On THO 2itl tho drmmy-engtno Of tho 1rydo
Park tratn Of tho Illinois Contral Toad jumped
tho track noar Hyde Park, aud upset. Tho ongi-
neer was killed. mud passenger ecaldod to
On tho morning Of tho 28th, two oars Of Chi
cago, burlington 4 Quincy freight train jumped
THO track on tho Dn,llngton BRIDGE causing CON
sidorablo delay 70 trains.
Tho tota1 number OF accidents In tho United
stasos during tho month Of November was 81, by
which 10 porsons woro kil'ol mud 90 wountlod.
Az compared with November Inst yoar, thoro In
MI ncroaHo OF 9 accidents, tho il,lnlbcr of killed.
IL creator by 2, and Of nli,ro1 by IL.
Personal.
u. 9. A. 1'oan, late 0onornl Freight Agent Of
tho Chicngo, Burlington & Quincy i{allroat lott
tho city yesterday TO aBsuno tho dnttos Of htB
new nov position au Eaatern denoral Agont Of tho
Mr.. Bonn Inns bcon tho Eaatorn Gonoral Ago,t
of Tho Chlcnso, Burlington Il Quincy 1lailroal
Tor many years. aud Hnmathirg oyor q yenr ago
ho waH ca!loa to tlls oity to fiji tho responsible
position Of General Freight Agent Of tho Same
road. During tho time ho laR occupied tl,is ro-
Bttion lio haB inado hosts Of frioudB mud lie was
generally considered as ono Of tho ablest freight
agonts in tho city. He, however, dislilcd tho
Woss, having always llvod III tho East, and,
whom the Afiohigau Central md Groat
roals ut tito EaBt. l,e accepted It. Mr. d, ".
Smith, late Goncral Manager Of tho Indianapolis,
Bloomington l. Western Railroad, has bosn a,,-
pointed AIR. boail,s siccoagor as Gonoral Freight
Agent Of Ito Chicago, Burlington d Quincy
agcnt. llaying Ind, provoun. to becoming Gon-
cral Manager, charge of the Freight depart
lne1t Of tho Central Pacific Railroad. lie Is
nov I'll tho city, and twill ASSUME Tic duties Of
hts now otlica III n few days.
KASKAKEE To tARD:S1:N.
>. The gradtng Of tho railroatl from 0nrt3uor to
Kn;akaloe, ILL.,, ia nearly flushed. IIs onous i
now coat~iield Of great valuo to Kankakeo.
4 WNAH1LE TO Ill nEpEATED,
ts,eetat Dispatehto I'he Chicaqo Tribune,
DhooMiNoToN, Doc. 29.-Last year's wranglo
botweon tho two contosting dircctorios OF the L.-
tnyntso, bloomington & MasniBsippi Railroad is
a. 9uito certain to DO repeated th's year Both tho
called moelings for tho third Tuosday iu .Jar;,,a-
ri; the former, through It's Secretary, William
~ oornenf1, to moot Mt Bloomington mud tho
'lattor, through Morton Dunlap. or Paxton. to
1nces at aaybrool, iii this county, tho samo slay
aud hour.
THE oA1no h 1T. 1.oU1s MARROW nAUor.
Spfi,a1 Ditnatch to IAe CA,caar 1'r,tnne.
GT. Luuis, No., Doc. 22.-Tho Directors of
tho Cairo & St. Louis Marrow Gauge Hallway aso
holding mooting to-day In Fast St. Louis for
the purpose of couHueting tho proposition Of
putting tranHfor-boat at Cniro in connection
with tho Cairo g. yinconucs, mud tho Cairo, Ar
lataas y Tosaa noads, There nro present at
ttont Of Tho road, md the following Di.oc-
tors: Judges I. l,ross, and II. 9. Crawford,
ct Cairo Judge William Bradley nud tho Hon
7. NJ Logan, Of AIsuissippi. Tho road Ia nn-
sshed within miloa Of Jonosboro. Oh Tho Cairo
end, leaving Cup Of 10 miles yet to construct
to complete tho tractt hotwoou st. Louis and
calro. Tho work Of tracls-!aylng has beon do
laycd on account Of tho unfnvorab1o weather,
operation by nbout tho 10th or 18th Of January
at the latuat,