The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-22
RIVER NEWS.
PORT LIST.
ARRIVED AND DEPARTRD.

The fine and fast passenger steamer
Indiana will leave this evening, on the
arrival Of the train, for the southern ports
The splendid passenger steamer Great
Republic will leave for Memphis, Vicks.
burg and New Orleans this afternoon.
The neat little Fisk 10 the regular packet
for Paducsh to-day, At 4p.m.
RIVERS AND THEM CONDITIONS.
The river at this point is again risipg.
and has risen two inches during the past
"a hours. The news from oil other PLACED
Is Encouraging.
The Monongahela is still falling, and
has only 81 feet Of water in t.
At Cincinnati the river has risen about
two feet
At Louisville tie river is still fallisg.
The Mississippi river is again falling .,
St. Louis. The upper Mississippi 10 risinl
a very little at st. Paul, but that will ao
help it as far down as st. Louis.
There is 3 feet inches 10 the Missouri
Below here the Mississippi is stationary
with about seven feet to Memphis.
| At Cincinnati there 10 siI feet 10 th
channel, and some Of the tow boats msI
| be able to reach there II would be foug|
on them if they cannot get out, and . coll
snap closes the river up.
The Arkansas 10 falling again.
To st. Louis there is about 81 feet gee
water, and boats loading to that depth cd
come out without delay.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
The weather yesterday was clear %
quite cool all day. All indications Of
storm have vanished, and fair wealth.
may be looked for. The nights are COLI
and heavy frost can be seen early 10 "
morning.
| Business on the landing WAS the dulls||
that we have had to record for . Led
time. There WAS but little freight msviz
forward, on account Of there being NO ~
mage.
| The Indiana was the only boat rsesaI
ing freight during the day.
| River news as scarce MS hens teeth.
ITEMS OF cAaoo.
The Indiana had Sc bdls. hides, ~ III
nolasses.
| The Fisk had a light trip, consistioe|
50 tdls. hides, 50 boxes handles, aad|
bell iron.
| The Illinois brought up IS bales cot.d
100 pkgs. hides, and 20 bags of feathers
| Tho Bee took one Of the Miss. V.
Co. - barges to ST. Louis.
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL NEwS|
The towboat Fair Play sunk one Of Y
barges Of coal at the Stcubenville brid(
The Indiana reported some boat agrou
at No. 90, and as il was DARK when 4
passed she did not know what boat it NJ
Morris Wiley returned Monday vi
hi. fair bride. We wish him much hapI
. ness and welcome him into our ranks.
: The boats loading at Cincinnati
g New Orleans each advertises as being \
. fret boat of tho season
u John Langlais will come out again
second clerk Of the Richmond.
h Stanley Ryland has severed his CONN.,
4 ton with the Journal Of Commerce 4
t goes on the Illinois IA second clerk. =
!. is loading at st. Louis for Ouachits riS
While on the docks the Mary McDsAI
will have new wheclhouses, aanges, ste.|
Passenger and freight steamers are n
required to have fire extinguishers ~
;. lows: Steamers of 500 tons, 2; 500
,. under 1900, 3; 1900 and under 2,6eo1
d $500 aud over, 9. The local inspect
s are to designate the locality on board
W steamers.
b. The iron propeller built At Fttsb(
,e for Brown Il Jones, Of Memphis, 10 q
Al enty.fve feet long, with twenty-si1 1
|. beam She will be used 70 tow coal Ia
" hsrbor at Memphis.
% Red river at Shreveport was eight
N and a half feet above the lowest water
p, this season on the l4th.
n. The crew Of the james Howard junl
a. her at Memphis OBTAINING her some III
That is ne new thing to happen do
there. Boats expect to always havstfo
= lie Of some kind when they arrive there
: The Potomac was the first depaSt'
from New Albany for New Orleans. I
Of left there on the 10Th inst.
N The Peninah is lying above the MOI
10 Of Sioux river in disabled condition Y
" both her hog chains and her ruddsr b
G. ken.
le The Florence reported the Great Rep
y lie over Devils Island and at the head
& Powers Island with her yawl out soul
y ing.
10 The Bee came down in seventeen bet
- which is the fastest time Of the season.
y The Florence came down after COZ
D Of barges of coal for the st. Louis Gas @
pany.
NJ PHIL HOWARD,