The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-07
MIsceIIaneOus.


Business was quite dull on the
levee on Monday, business being
very generally suspended in the city.
The Quickstep, however, managed to
pick up a good trip, and went out
full of people..........The Tarascon
took out good passenger trip........
The Sam. j. Hale had fair trip, but
was not full. She discharged largely
here, and added considerable lot Of
furniture.........The Hartford was not
able to fill her orders on Monday, and
consequently laid over till 10 AN,
yesterday, when she left with good
trip.........The Falls City arrived from
Bowling Green at 4 AM, Monday,
with a tolerably fair trip......".The
great tow-boat Boaz passed up Mon
day evening, with fourteen barges
and an old dismantled steamboat in
tow........The Rapidan No. 2 arrived
at e pm. with a fair trip.........The
Shamrock came in at 30. with good
trip. She discharged so tons-pig iron
here.........The Armada arrived at 8
P. NJ. with a good trip, and after dis
charging her cargo returned to Mt.
Vernon to take out a picnic excur-
sion.........The Clara Scott took the
Iugle Street Sabbath School out on a
picnic excursion on Monday, and
yesterday took the German Methodist
Sabbath School to Henderson. The
Clara Scott is admirably adapted to
the pic-nicing business, and Captain
Scott as a pic nic-ist is pronounced by
those who have gone with him, an
eminent understandable Romeo
had good trip in, including about
100 hogsheads t0bacoo.......The Robt.
Burns discharged here BOZ bales cot
ton for r. X. Dunkerson, agent Of
the great South Shore Line.
She left ate noon............The
Fanny Brandeis had a good trip
in, and returns to Nashville positively
to -day.........The Hartford will be In
to 90 out on time Thursday .........The
Ada Lyon arrived at IL o'clock yes
terday. full of tobacco, and crowded
with people........We are deeply pain
ed to learn that just as the Charmer
was leaving here on Saturday, that
Lew. Morris. her freight clerk, re-
ceived a dispatch announcing the
drowning of his little son Willie, a
bright-eyed, beautiful child, about 3
years old. The sad accident occurred
on Friday evening. at Moscow, Ohio,
where Capt. Morris family reside.
The bereaved parents have our pro
foundest sympathy......The Cumber-
land was receiving moderately......The
Mollie Norton had fall cargoes of to-
bacco bothiMonday and yesterday......
Captain Dan Weaver. one of our best
Cincinnati and New Orleans Pilots,
left by the Robert Burns for Cincin-
natl, yesterday. We hope to see him
at the wheel of some good steamboat
at our wharf soon...............The little
boat that passed down Sunday and
was reported to US as the " jesse
Brian" was the Jennie Brown, re-
Gently purchased by parties from St.
Louis......~Owen G. Gates, now visi-
ting in Kentucky, will take charge of
the Office of the Lady Gay on his re-
turn to st. Louis.....The Ada Lyon
broke enc of her piston rods and
knocked a head off one eylender,
which detained her. She lies over
till 2 Pm. to-day for repairs, and will
make her excursion trip as previ-
ously announced, carrying passen-
gers at half fare for the round trip.
Boats Leaving To-Day
! ToR CAIRO THE favorite Grand
! Armada is the regular packet at four
pm. to-day. for Cairo and all way
/ landings, and is unsurpassed la her
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