It was reported on the 9th that forty-five
dead bodies had been recovered, victims of
the Pat Rogers disaster, which would show
that the number of bodies lost was much
greater than at first supposed. It is known
that there are two or more bodies still unre
covered.
On the night of the 7th, the steamer Henry
Imes, with a full cargo from St. Louis to
New Orleans, struck a snag near Waterproof
and sank in twenty-five feet of water. Two
women and two children are reported lost.
A dispatch from Memphis, 10th, says:
Parties who arrived from Somerville this
morning state that Albert Reeves, the Re
publican candidate for Sheriff, who was shot
by Burton, died last night. His brother Paul
was dying this morning. Judge J. G. Reeves,
another brother, who was shot at the same
time, and Oscar Burton, will both recover.
Everythin;- was quiet there, and the Chicka
saw Guard. from this city, have returned.
Two of the boilers at hec St. Johns Coal
and Salt Works, near Du Qunin, Il1., ex
ploded on the 11th, killing Alexander Han
,on, the chief engineer, and John Taylor, an
employee, and severely injuring six or eight
other persons.
A prize-fight for the light-weight cham
pionship took place between Billy Edwards
:.nd Sam Collyer on Mill Creek, the boundary
line between the States of Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, on the 11th. Ten rounds were
fought, when a dispute ensued between the
friends of the combatants, and the ring was
broken up. Both parties claimed the stakes.
A terrific hail storm in Northwestern Min
nesota, on the 4tb, totally destroyed the crops
in some localities.
The principal business portion of Paolo,
Kansas, was burned on the night of the 5th. i
Loss $70,000; insurance $25,000.
