The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-14
RIVER CHIPS.
CAUGHT FLOATING DowS THE MISSISSIPPI
AND ONO.
ARRIVED AND DEPARTED.
coSDITIos OF THE RIVERS

l'NuEf 81 Lou
John lum-den...... pa,Iucah ....... Nashville DO.
IlencOc.... Orleans
coSDITIoS OF THE RIVERS.
The Ohio was falling slowly at this
point last night, and it will probably fall
several feet before it checks up.
The Monongahcla is falling steadily
with less than four and half feet in the
channel at Ptt.bnrg. At Cincinnati the
fall continues rapidly At Louisville it i,
still falling with les. than x feet in tie
canal and feet in the chute. At Evans
v.llc the fall has began.
Cumberland river continues 20 fall. and
there is less than four feet on Harpe,h
Shoals.
BusGSEs, AND WEATHER.
Business at the landing continues very
active. Freight, arrive and depart in
great plenty and we can justly say that
Caro- us shipping point stands second TO
Rome on either river.
The weather at dark las. evening was
turning cold with direc, north wind and
heavy ice was probably made in both riv-
ers above here.
The Arkansas is reported rising The
Ouchita continues rising. Red river is on
the decline.
The prospects for more water in the
Mississippi are certainly very gloomy
aud a long ways of. 1t is falling again,
/ just AS was expected, and the channel is
very rugged, and it is very hard to find
what water there Is in It, which is not over
four feet, \ number of boat. have LETT
St. Louis for points below, but whether
they will get out, remains to be seen.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Yesterday morning while the Charles
Bodman was under way 10 miles below
here the starbourd cylinder head bowed
out severely woundiug Mr.. Jones, first
engineer He was jn,t in the act of pass
ing from one engine to the other when the
accident occurred aud large pin Of iron
struck his right leg breaking it and max.
log AN ugly flesh wound. Medical atten-
dance was procured ut this place and the
wound was dressed Iii, escape from in
slant death is certainly miraculous for had
the accident happened It moment sooner he
would have been blown to atoms. The
boat will DO detained here seveIal days
until Il new cylinder head can be obtain
cd.
The Great Republic cleared for New
Orleans drawing over 10 feet, with about
1000 tons on board and Il large number
Of passengers. If she does not make
plenty of money this trip we don't know
whose fault it will be, for when she left
here her prospects for . successful trip
were certainly good.
Capt. ALI. Stein, formerly Commander
of the p. w. Strader, is now in command
of the John Kilgour. She passed down
with big trip of freight and plenty of
passengers. She had on board number
of colored troops who are bound for Texas.
The new Gaty No ! was launched at
Cincinnati last Thursday. She will be
very fast when completed, which will be
some time in March. She will enter the
trade between ST. Louis and New Orleans.
The Indiana, Pauline Carroll and
Glencoe were receiving large amount of
freights and will leave here with all thew
can carry.
The Nightingale passed up for Cincin.
natl rather lightly loaded She adIeI n
lot of scrap iron here,
The Bodmann left her barge which she
had in tow ut the time of her accident
miles below here, and the tug Montauk
was to go down and tow it up last night