The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11
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and had large orders above 1.-The
i 0Ie Sullivan came il full from Wa
bash River..y.....The Minneola had
rather a. Moderate trip........The
Louisa was receiving a large lot Of
salt and vast amount of miscellaue-
our freight for Wabash River...... :.
The j. r. Webb was also nearly full
She was detained by repairing her
bow, and will not probably get away
till this mornlng......The Sam. Orr
was receiving literally. She put up
new set of chimney tops yesterday,
adding greatly to her appearance .......
Our dispatches yesterday morning
brought intelligeneeasof another of
those heart rending calamities, the
details of which make ones blood
chill in his veins. A lake steamer,
with more than one hundred souls on
board, burned on Lake Michigan, in
sight of Chicago, and only two per-
sons escaped. This terrible catastro-
phe seems to have been the result Of
gross carelessnesst on the part Of one
of the employees Of the The
Rob Roy got off about 3 o'clock yes
terday.........The Shamrock was load
ed till her guards dropped in. the
water. She was full Of people Cap
tain Cullum was in command..........
The Ollie Sullivan had 300 barrels of
meal 700 bags of corn and much mis-
cellaneous freight. such as bacon, lard, |
eggs and pork. She returns to the
Wabash to-day. Business was very
brisk on the levee yesterday after
noon.
GIeanfngs from our Exchanges.
PITTsBURG. = The Con1mercial of
Wednesday says:
We have nothing to note iB regard |
to trade on the landing, which was
moderately active. The weather was
very disagreeable. 88 <H
Dispatches from Oil City say IL was
raining and showing all day at Olio-
polls. There were two inches snow
and still coming down. +
CINCINNATI. = The Commercial of
Thursday says:
The Government snag- boat j. J.
ALBERT, Capt. w. B. Dodson com
manding, has commenced the work of
cleaning the Mississippi River of dan
gerous snags. Her machinery has
been put to a severe practical test,
and Is found to be admirably adapted
to the service for which she is design
ed. The ALBERT, since Saturday,
March "a, has been - working In
Abells and Dog Tooth Bend, just
above Cairo, and, on Saturday, Anril
4, reported, as the result of the first
seven days work, sixteen large and
dangerous snags removed from the
channel. The two largest snags
as follows. Que sycamore
eighty feet long, circumference at
butt sixteen feet, and at top twelve
and q half feet, estimated weight
forty Ave tons; one cottonwood, one
hundred and twenty feet long, circum-
ference at butt ii 7.12 feet, and at
top eight and half feet, estimated
weight fifty tons.
The Gazette says:
Capt. James Remission, of the Mel
notte, fell through one Of the matches
Of the Shamrock, yesterday, and was
badly hurt, his head being cut Ia sew
sral places, his hand receiving some
,uts, and his hip being bruised. He
vas able to be about the wharf short
y afterward. !
Capt. A. Brown, yesterday, sold one /,
Ialf of The w. +, Curtis, to u. Ell. Sar-
.ent K Co., Of the Mason City Salt 8
company, for $4,000. Il
The venerable mother of Captain
v. A. Gregg. Of the Champion, died
a this city yesterday, of paralysis, at
he advanced age Of seyenty-four
ears.
The Champion is due here to-day,
rom st. Louis. SIS
LOUISVILLE. = The Courier, of
thursday, says; =
On the falls last evening there were
feet inches in the pass down the
indian chute, and falling slowly. A
The steamers Louisville and st.
larys assembled the falls yesterday. -
a.ch IN turn assisted by the Neville. =
ne former departed for Cincinnati, re
nd the latter for Pittsburg.
SHAFT BRoKEN-The packet Wren
anne IN from the Kentucky River.
esterday, with broken shaft. She
ropped down to the lower wharf and
III probably resume her trips, Sat
rday, with 4 new shaft.
The Cairo Belle was sold bv the 81,
nited States Marshal. at Vieksburg
st Saturday, for 81, $50 =