The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-08-15

Jas nm nuu Boou "Trip, winch
consisted of so caddies tobacco for the |.
=. X. H.; for the city, hid tobacco, !
crate cabbage; for Memphis, 20 sacks oats,
81 rolls leather, 200 bbls cement, I bbls
whisky, and for New Orleans, 90 hhds to-
bacco and 20 boxes axe handles.
The John T. Moore tho iron steamer.
will complete her cargo to-day and will
leave for New Orleans and all way points.
Her cabin is lighted with gas made on
board
The White river steamers have reduced
the fare from Memphis to Jacksonport to
SIS to IS. Railroad competition has caused
the reduction. To Augusta the fare will
be 80, and 10 Duvsll's Bluff 81.
We are under obligations TO Mr.. Bruce
Hunter, the gentlemanly clerk of the Jas.
Fisk, Jr, for daily favors. May he live
long and prosper.
Captain Frank Shields has decided to
apply Shields patent steam generator to
the boilers Of his steamer Alaska.
A Pituburg telegram Of the lth says !;
The new tow boat Robert Simple bailt
and owned by James Rees, will make q
trial trip tomorrow. She has Mr.. Recess
patent propeller water wheel, IL feet
inches in diameter, and lG feet pitch; that
is l6 feet Of the Is inch paddles in the
water all the time, the wheel submerged
to 8 inches all the time. The wheel is
made of three and half failn iron and is
water tight and what is claimed for IL is
the extra weight and buoyancy that carries
it. II is probable that there will be u
large number of stesmb oatmen present 10
see it tested.
Captain Sandusky and his gay little tug
Cache are doing good business as packe,
between here and Mound City. She makes
4 trips dIly.
Since last rePor. tho Ii'rr has risen
about three inches The Ohio is falling
very rapidly at Pittsburg. Tho Mississip-
pi is falling slowly, with FIVE feet eight
inches to st. Louis. ..,
Business on the landing yesterday was
fair, and the weather very hot. The Their
mometer at noon stood at 97o.
All the Evansville packets brought out
good trips.
The Florence Leo made one trip as an
Independent packet between here and
Evansville but finding she could not
make it pay she has laid up. amos.
The Henry Ames carne out with barge
in tow, which she unloaded and left here.
She had all she could.carry on the water
below here when she left.
The Marble City arrived On time and
added but little here.
The City Of Cairo was 20 hours behind
time, caused by fog. She had light up
stream trip, She reported the Howard
still aground in Choctaw Bend, and she
will have to take of the greater portion Of
her freight before she will get off
The Columbia for Fort Smith had o
good trip. 'tl NtL fii ia,i b.
The Silver Bow had all she could float
with for Red River. t ~-,g
The Low Water is dimnua,ive look
ing craft. She had small trip from Pa
ducah, to which port che returned.
The City Of Quincy took about i've
thousand packages of the freight left here
by the John Kyle. She had splendid
trip for the depth of the river
The City of Vicksburg arrived ahead
Of time and took every thing in sight for
st. Louis. '..."
The Falls Pilot has arrived here at last.
after being outfrom Louisville two weeks
She was aground on nearly every bar in
the river. She had her bargcs loaded with
cement for st. Louis.