The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-27
RIVER NEWS.
PORT LIST.

TOh1 Ll6l.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Camelia, Louisville.
Idlewild, Evansville.
w. II. Brown, st. Louis.
Shannon.
Minneola, 81. Louis.
Illinois, Columbus.
City OF Vicksburg, st. Louis.
West Wind, Paducah.
Arkansas Belle, Evansville.
Pauline Carroll.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Camelia, Louisville.
Idlewild, Evansville.
w. II. Brown.
s. Shannon, st. Louis
Minneola, Cincinnati.
Illinois, Columbus.
City of Vicksburg, Vicksburg.
West Wind, Paducah.
Arkansas Belle, Evansville.
Pauline Carroll, New Orleans.
BIG MUDDY COAL.
Steamboats, supplied at any time, both
day and night, with either lump or chest
nut coal, in any quantity, and on usual
terms, at the yard at Grand Tower, Ills
Special contracts offered on favorable
terms upon application.
II. V. OLYpuANT,
d. A. BoKEE, Gen'l. Supt.
Sales Agent. 3-l5-ly.
BOATS TO DEPART TO-DAY.
The favorite Belle Memphis is the regu-
lar Anchor Line packet for Memphis and
way points this evening at 6 o'clock.
The faithful Julia, is the departing boat
for st. Louis, this evening at 6 o'clock.
The low pressure Quickstep is the regular
Cairo and Evansville packet, leaving this
evening at 6 o'clock, for Evansville and all
points on the Ohio river. Take the West
Wind for Paducah, and all way points,
leaving at Al p. m. to-day.
COMPTON OF THE RIVERS.
During the past "a hours the rise in the
Ohio at this point was l? inches, and fur
Their rise may be expected At Pittsburg
the Monongahela is slowly rising, with 8!
feet in the channel. At Cincinnati and
Louisville the Ohio is falling. Cumber-
land is rising slowly. White river has
risen fifteen feet. Tho rise in the Missis-
sippi continues, with a good channel TO
st. Louis.
BUSINESS AND WEATHER.
There was considerable business done on
the levee yesterday, considering how hot
the day was. The weather continues OPP
pressively hot.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The lumber barge which the Eckert
raised at Belmont sunk again soon after
she left it, and will probably have to be
wrecked and the lumber transferred to an
other barge, as it is thought that portion
of the bottom plank is broken.
Hiram Hill, the submarine diver, left
with his srmor to recover the iron portion
Of the Paducah and Elizabethtown rail.
road bridge, which was knocked down
during the late high water. 1t is about
20 miles above the mouth of the Tennes.
see river and lies in 90 feet water.
The Camela has entered the Cairo and
Louisville trade during low water. She
brought out $50 bbls potatoes, so casks
OF meat and few tons of miscellaneous
freight. The Minneola had two barges
loaded with iron ore for the Ohio river
The Idlewild had fair reshipping trip
and number of people.
Another boat has been sunk by Wet
zel's wing dam. The tow boat Alice
Brown, while attempting to pass the falls
was caught and carried against the chain
and sunk in 8 feet Of water. She has beer
raised, and is at Portland. That dam il
what might be called On nuisance, ant
should be done away with. 1t was bull
for the purpose of concentrating tn,
water in the channel, but about all it ha
done has been to sink boats. Pilots say
that the current is SO strong that boa
cannot handle herself, and the majority o
them are in favor Of its removal.
About 200 wagons of all kinds and color
ard strewed along the levee waiting ship
ment south.
An inquest was held over the body of ,
dead negro found at Halliday Bros. ware
house yesterday morning. Verdict con
gestive chills.
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