The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-29
RIVER NEWS.
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PORT LIST.

PORT LIST.
ARRIVED.
Steamer City Of Pekin, st. Louis.
" Florence Lee, Evansville.
d" Sharon, New Orleans.
Belfast, st. Louis.
4" lobe Hurt, Hickman.
+" Grand Tower, st. Louis. o.,
q" Ella Hughs, Nashville.
/" Illinois, Columbu
4" Jas. Fis, Jr, Paducah.
Mary A e, New Orleans.
&" John Ky 9, New Orleans.
Julia, st. Louis.
d" Beardstown, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer City of Pekin, Tennessee river.
" Florence Lee, Evansville.
h" Shannon, Louisville.
Belfr t, New Orleans.
4" lobe Hurt, Hickman.
4" Grand Tower, Memphis.
" Ella hughs, Nashville.
4" Illinois, Columbus.
" Jas. Fisk, Jr, Paducah.
Mary Alice, st. Louis.
4" John Kyle, st. Louis.
a" Julia, Vicksburg.
Beardstown, Galveston.
r.. 9. Gray, Louisville.
BOATS TO LEAVE TODAY.
Steamer Belle Memphis, Memphis.
City Of vichsburg, St. Louis.
A" Arkansas Belle, Evansville.
I" Carrie V. Kountz, New Orleans,
Illinois, Columbus. rr.....
Jas. Fisk, Jr., Paducah.
lobe Hurt Hickman.
Eddyville, Louisville. nt
The Florence Lee arrived with big
trip consisting of AZ kegs powder, LAT bags
wheat, l box eggs, l Dbl wine for this city
and 95 bags oats, 4 poxs eggs, 10 coopi
chickens, 4 boxes tobacco, 10 casks bacon
for Memphis 10 casks meat, &c bales hay,
400 bbls -four, 2sl bbls meat, 20 Dbl whisky,
Is boxs hardware, 6 pkgs eggs, 2S5 sacks
corn for New Orleans and had good pas
senger trip.
The Grand Tower arrived behind time.
She was aground 8 hours at Turky island
and struck very hard at Dog Tooth. She
brough big lot of merchandise for Cairo.
She added only few tons here on account
of being behind time.
The r. @. Gray was four days de-
charging her trip.
The Ella Hughes had slim trip.
The Fax had the lightest trip she has
had for some time. ,.,...r .
The John Kyle put out q few packages
for here and has for St. Louis 1899 bars
railroad iron, 1856 casks wine, 1000 sacks
salt and largo lot Of freight too numer-
Gus to mention. She was crowded with
passengers. a'i1 l"'- .i'."
The Armada will be sold at auction a,
Cairo on Saturday, August 7th. o.. a
The Julia had a moderate trip and add
ed considerable freight here. She reports
having had no trouble, - -'. 49,
Capt. II. G. Rice, OF, the Peoria packet
company, was in our city Thursday, look
ing for light draft boat to run in tho II
linois river during low water. He tried
to procure the A. Baker, but his time be
ing unsatisfactory TO Capt. Orr, he was un
sessful in obtaining her.
Capt. Dugan ha, returned from thu
wreck of the Olive Branch, and hs say
the hole In her bot ON is 200 feet long and
about IL feet wide. She has been absn
doned to tho underwriters, and the!
are wresking her as fast as they can.
The tug Alps, sunk sometime since 9
Memphis, has been raised .g
The lobe Hurt still keeps up her rep
utation as the daily packet between her
and Hickman. ..,.
: Tie new Red ri sr packet, Belle Row
land, has broken her shaft. ~ .llt-
Tho river has fallen since lest repoi
about ono inch. HN.E....ti
| A light rain fell during the forenoon O
yesterday. ".s.#|
Rates from here TO: New Orleans are 40
ON -four, 500 on whisky 26c. on hsav
freight and 80 on light freight, COO. o.
pork, 26c. per sack on gunnies, 2bc pe
hundred on sundrics, aQc. per hundred o