Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-08
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arvERs MEATHER AND BUSINESS.

Inc river - AaAlAnes Win % ~
channel.
The weather is warm.
ST. Louis, July 7.-Arriged-Shark,
Magenta, Rubicon, Belle Memphis. De
.parted-City Of Cairo
Weather warm and shOwery.
The river is falling at this point.
LOUISVILLE, July Z.-Up-Robt. Burns
Weather WarHq ard cloudy.
The river is rising, with ; feet Z inches
in the canal.
CAIRO. July 7.-DOwu-Star aud sam
Brown. 9 am: A. J. Baker, noon. Cp-
Belle Memphis, II last night.
The river is stationary.
Alight rain during the forenoon
NEW ORLEANS, July 7.-ArrEed-Lzzie
Gill. Departed-Emma 10 for taneln-
MEMPHIS Gas WoRKs, July =.
River rose twelve inches in pasttwentY
four hours. Below high water mark OF
CHAs. GOODWIN.
The rise at this point goes on with vigor
and huge Files 81 1rift 60 by. When the
swell ~iTFend 1t is impossible 10 say boI
without heavy Rims continue 70 fall ana
add TO the volume OF water already rom
ing. il IS safe to say that 1t VIII not r. :
high a. it already has been this spring
Il viii, we fear, give some u below
the mouth Ofthe Arkansas, as that stream
and old White are pouring out their Hoods
in connection with the rise going out OF
the Mississippi. White river IS rising
rapidly, with full seventeen feet 10 JACK
soup0rt. The kIi5s.ssippi Is falling ~ -.
LOUIS. or rhe rise in that region, tns q
Louis Tines says Il went upinine ties
l. from the 10Th Of June to the sch Of July.
when Il began - decline.
This rise in the FtYeg has Fsas5a Eyer
ao,yipgo ~ TIA sewers. anu IHe cellars
along the leyee have AZ last Two Feet of
water in hem. But little damage SUpe
done BY this, however, as the merchants
have removed all their goods. The stencil
that arises from some Of them is almost
intOlerahle, and unless something is done
to insure the speedy removal OF IAs gar
bage, the effect on the health Of their oc-
cupants VIII be deleteriOuS.
The south levee Is much lower than The
central or north wharf, and hereth dam
age from the rise is, perhaps, more severe.
1t Is reported that the works of the St
Louis Coal Oil and Tar Company are par
TALLY submerged, which, If true caAnOt
fail to work very severe injury. A good
deal Of damage 10 private property is also
reported in the lower part OF n eitV.
The Ohio is falling at Pittsburg. Ihe
latest news from above will be found AZ
the head of this column. Weather, dark,
threatening and sultry. Business dull.
The Cumberland river is falling, with
twenty-three inches o Harpeth Shoals.
The Arkansas is rising, with prospects
of still further rise rom above Little
Rock.
The Belle ST. Louis. Capt. Alex. Zeig-
Ter, will back cut to-day for Cairo and st.
Louis, making close connection with
railroads North and East. Mr. BasEette
is clerk.
The VA. Caldwell, Capt. Rube Haynes,
leaves on Friday for all points on the Ar
kansas to Little Rock. Ned OUTLAW Is
secretary.
The sam Hale leaves tomorrow for
Cairo and Cincinnati. Capt Walker com
mands, aud Mr.. Miller is clerk
MISCELLANEOUS.
Astatenent which appeared In this col
umn yesterday elicits the following card
from Mr.. Lawless. We thought it strange
that Memphis mechanics could not do
work as cheap as at Louisville or any
where else. Mr.. L. means what he says:
MEMPHIS, July eth.
Editors AppeaL.I see bv this mornings
APPEAL that the steamer Virginia viii be-
lowed to Louisville for repairs; that the
chimneys alone could be put up 500
cheaper thai in Memphis. This, gentle
men, isa mistake. The steamer Virginia
or owner have not solicited bids from the
AAEl4ANlAAH H4-1ndAAN6 AOI tAH DALtfL& GB IA
her ~chinneys, and / mo COMPREHEND
how they arrived at such a false idea. I
viii guarantee to build as good chimneys
as any responsible house in Louisville Tor
the SAME price. PETER LAWLESS.
The recent rise in the Mississippi at st.
Louis for a time caused considerable ap-
prehension lest the scenes of 1914 should
be re-enacted.
1t is estimated that the damage sus-
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White river bottom, Indiana. " over |
flows caused by damming III etream,
mounts to over ten million dollars.
Work on the Golfer dam of the new
bridge at st. Louis has ceased. owing to
high water. The pier has already reached
water mark, but the dam being filed
with water, it viii be necessary to pump
out before workcsn be resumed. For some
weeks a force gOf 500 wOrkmen has been
busily employed and IN order 10 facilitate
business an extra force Of coo men VIII be
put on.
The Silver spray did not get away for
Cincinnati until last evening. By some
mistake, we sent her OF on Tuesday
night,
The Memphis and ST. Louis Packet
company will put the ST. Joseph into the
Memphis and Hale's Point trade. as a tri-
weekly packet. The st. Joseph is said TO
an elegant packet, and VIII I'll up a
void long wanted by the people of the
bends above.
Inc cincinnati Commercial says: It Is
said that a certain shOrt-span bridge COM
Dany, not many months ago, in order 10
secure shOrt-span legislation in Congress.
.ook the bull by the horns, and issued to
! certain l0ng-span steamboat captain,
Who was employed by the steamboat in
erests to advocate their cause before Con-
ten thousand dollars Daid-up stock
n the said bridge company. QUERY:
What is the nane Of the bridge company.
md the captain, and what was the con
paid for the stock?