The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-06

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JAS. Fisk, Jr., PaducAh.
Sioux City, White river.
There is gradual decline of one inch
day in the Ohio river. There is now
Eve inches on Bacon Rock. The Mis.is-
sippi Is declining steadily and four feet
and four inche, Is all the water they can
dnd in the channel. The rivers are 50
ow that il looks like it was impossible for
them to get any lower but still they do.
At Louisville and Cincinnati the Ohio is
falling.
The landing presented a brisk appear
ance. Weather still clear and comforts
able.
The Utah discharged at I. c. r. r.
wharfboa, 30 bales o.! cotton. She had
ligh, trip for st. Louis.
The H,nry Amcs departed for New
Orleans with fine load on herself aud
barge, a large portion Of which she re-
ceived here.
The City Of Alton put of here III bales
{ moss She had fair up stream trip
shich consisted mostly II railroad iron.
The T. II. Durfee came down with
,ood load for New Orleans and added
la gely here,
The Belle Of Pike came out in 22 hours
5 4e reported the river clear Of loa's, and
only fonr feet { mr. inches in the channel
The Illinois p,ought up Al laes OF
cotton
The II. p. Wa arrived "A hours behind
time. Soc left St Louis behind the Pike
AMI arrived one-half hour behind her
Captain Blake stopped off here and Girls
som took her down.
Tie Cairo City wharboat was towed to|
NJ lund City yesterday by the Eckeri where
sle will he r ,aulked.
| M. Jack And rson, who went down Pill
| on the Alice Gray, has returned from
n w Orleans He says she was eleven|
| d ,ys goiag down. Her captain was UNDER
the mpre sion that she would have made
bette time had she not crossed the river sol
many times.
Tn. Tom Rees is still loading her barge
q and will leave for New Orleans ms SOON
as her cargo is completed.
The Fisk brought the trip OF the Dick
| Johnson from Paducah She was aground
two hours above Mound City.
The siox City, for White River, had q
good trip.
The Virginia brought out barge She
VII fiji out here and leave to-day
Afer the second alarm from the South
western the Eckert took her over to the
opposite side of the river, intending 70
,cuttle her. which was thought to be the
,nlv way to save the boat. After the
team was stopped from going into the
hold it was thought sh, could be iaved py
throwing water on the fire, which was 10
Gated between the after end OF the boilers
and the middle hatch. Accordingly
hole was cut through the deck and large
pump of the Eckerts was placed IN posi-
,ion and soon a stream Of water was
thrown on the burning timbers, In
short time the fire was extinguished. Her
deck is one mass of burnt and charred TIM
bers. The hull about the carlins ana wv
middle kelsom was burned, letting the decf
down about two inches. All the freight IL
the hold and large portion on the dee'
IS damaged. The following is the iist o
freight that was in the hold and Is dam
aged 1910 Dbl. -four, l42 Dbl. meal, 10
casks lard, 70 Dbl. peas, 81 Dbl. lard q
Dbl. lard oil, 4s2 Dbl. potatoes, tiers mann
and 80 Dbl. onions. The balance OF Vi
} | damaged freight was on deck ana con
e sisted of 100 sacks bran, 81 sacks corn AM
. 100 bales hay. A large portion OF the P0
: tatoes and hams was nicely cooked M
y looked delicious. We could not ascertal
$ how great the damage to the boat VIII 10
1 but suppose that it will cost several 'h'u'
s and dollars to repair her. She VIII nav
: to abandon her trip to Now Orleans uni
9 she can be repaired. She received all I'll
u freight that she had on board at the tim
> of the fire at this port, She is new poa
and cost, at the time she was built, Sio
" 600, and was insured for $4,000 at III
y time of the fire. The fire was burning 10
ten hours before it was put out. Her O.
~ cape from destruction is enc OF the mos
remarkable on record. Tho fire is SUI
20 posed to have originated from u CAM
= which was lett burning in the hold
D The A. Baker, from Cape Girardea
brought down n good trip.