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murder of Pat Nolan in August last. The
two men were proprietOrs Of rival floating
whisky dsRs.sn. the riEer opposite Gatletts..
bnrg.
The Sanitary Commission appointed by
the National Hoard Of HeafbtS inquire into
the condition Of the City Of Memphis recom-
psend the. eomplete seYering Of the city, the
Strengthening Of the bayou, and other M
Nf6,emfapts;whi itris sod csn- be-com-
pfeted by the Use 81 4fsy, n aaestimated ex-
pense Of about S25O,O0O, or say an additional
tax Of . per cent. on property owners.
The schooner Hattie johnson, from Mil
waukee to.Buffale, NT416, is believed to
have been lost, with ID on board-Capt,
Prouty and wife and eight men, "a a =
An east-bound freight train on the Mem
phis and Little Rock Railroad ran into a
trestle on the LIST, about As miles west of
Memphis. George Forsyth, brakeman, and
a negro woman and her two children were
killed outright, while several others, inelud-
ing the conductor, II. r. Trowbridge, were
seriously injured.
An immense meeting was held at McCor-
mick Hall, Chicago, on the night OF the list,
to give expression to the sympathy felt for
the suffering people of Ireland. A large
number of distinguished citizens partici-
patedyai i4.- q47g mn .f5S1-m d. +
A boiler in the planning mill OF the Eau
NIanU wv ~. JIIuIIIUeI OvIliI,=lIy o-spiedsd on
the LIST, instantly killing the engineer, Has
kins, the fireman, Hosp1In, and another man
named GALLAGHER, besides iiniuring severely
several other employees - qG5a- o- ~bC,
; The Louisiana State election, held on the
I'd, resulted in the election of Witt as Gov
ernor and the entire Democratic State ticket,
,lyssn -eSHmateds, majority pt 10000, The
new ConsfitutiohAis atloptetl ~ a large aa-
jority.
! Frank Phelps, city editor Of the Burlington
Iowa) Hd1vkeye, died on the Sd. ,r
Colorow, one of the White River Utes, has
delivered .himsslf up as prisoner TO the
cCcinrnissionersa al Eos Pinos. ~ He,eohfessed
to having been in the fight with Thorn
burgh,s command, but claims that the affair
was not premeditated, lbut was brought on
by accident. The Indians had left the main
road to avoid the soldiers, andif IhornbpTgh
had Kept the mani road he would hate
reached the Agency unmOlested.
u The Mississippi Valley River Improvement
Convention met at Louisville on the ID, The
object Of the meeting was to collect statistics
and to keep tiesubiectOf TiYef infringement
lbef6re Congress, as to- obtahthe necessa-
nv appropriations. A "Yalley States Com
mission" was organized, which it is expect
ed will prove of great benefit to navigation
on the great central rivers. The Convention
i q -, in,
Der, 1880.
The Memphis authorities have adopted
the fepor of the SanitaEs Commission rec
omInending various iEnbroveinents, and the
Governor has been petitioned to call a
special session of the Legislature to author
ice the. necessary taxation to carry out the
work.
q! The Kellogg 5Spefford Committee con-
cluded their Investigation at New Orleans on
the Sd, and adjouEned TO meet. in Washing
ton and prepare their report. A large
amount Of evidence was taken OF the usual
contradictory character. i5.J ''
T The first annual convention of the Missis7
sippi Valley Cane-GrowerS' Association.
which was organized last Year, met at St.
Louis on the I'd. There were about 90 dele
gates present from various States.
It was reported from st. Martinsville Par
ish, La, on the Sd, that Emile Detiege, Re-
publican candidate for Sheriff at the late
election, had killed the two De LasOussaye
brothers, sons OF the DemocraticcaRdidate
for Sheriff, and that he himself was moTtally
wounded. It is not stated who was the
agressOr.
Governor Marks has issued a proclamation
converting the Tennessee Legislature on Dec.
16, to levy an additional tax, not exceeding
l per cent, upon property in Memphis, for
the sanitary 'hnproT ein ent Of the city; also,
TO enact such utherlegislation asInay enabe
the Memphis, Psdacah aItl Northern Rsil-
road to raise the means necessary for the
construction and equipment of the road
An express train on the Chicago and Alton
Railroad was thrown from the track by q
broken rail, near Glasgow, Mo-, on the. 9th.
The locomotive and express and baggage car
tpppled over into the ditch and
were badly smashed. Harry j,
Brown, express messenger, of Mexico,
WAS fatally injured and died on the following
day. PeelyMeads, engineer, and Harry La
martahas fireman, were badly scalded, and
it was thought the latter could not survive
None of the passengers were injured.