The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-19
RIVER NEWS.
PORT LIST.

IVhI LlST.
ARRIVED AND DxPARrED.
steamer. Where from. Where 10.
Susie Silver....St. Louis. IN.
Loulsyille ....( 'incinnsti m. q.
Ark a. belle...'..Evahsville.... Evansville
w ~. Cowen ".............. st. Louis
Marble City. .Memphis.....St Louis
CITY keithsb g..."... ....".. Eddyville
Paul. Carroll"St. Louis......
valid .~..,...... Pittsburg .....St. Louis
jas. uOward............... u.
John Lumsdcn ...."".."..... Nashville
alhnois ....."...Columbus ....Columbus
Lady lfe......Ned River....St. Louis
Robert Durns.. Memphis ...Cincinnati
Grand Tower.St, Luujs. Memnbis
bio 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. ". OLYrH,Sr,
~ a. BokEE' Gen'l. Supt.
sales Agent. 3-l5-ly.
CONDITION oy TIM RIVERS.
Here the river Il rising although nj n
Glow rate. The Monongahela river at
Pittsburg Is. stationary. At Cincinnati
and Louisville the Ohio river ia falling.
At Louisville there is IN feet in the en-.
nal. AT Evansville the Ohio is reported
stationary. Cumberland river is again on
the decline. The Arkansas river 10 fall.
ing steadily with nine feet in the chan
mel. The Mississippi Is still falling grad
ually, but the channel remains very good.
BUSINESS AND WEATHER.
Business on the landing was very good
during the day. ~
The weather was changeble, and toward
night heavy black clouds hung low, and
threatened rain.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Harrison Stump, engineer Of the Cairo
City Mills, who was so badly sealded by
the explosion, died yesterday morning at
nine o'clock.
The mammoth steamer James Howard,
cleared during the forenoon with cargo
Of over $500 tons and large number Of
passengers. She received all her trip ut
this port and Ct course she will make
plenty of money.
The City Of Keith,burg an upper Mis-
sissippi river boat, passed by for Cumber-
land river where she goes for barge load
of Tugs.
Tho Mary Alice departed for New
Orleans with Fix loaded barges. Dick
Slack Of this city is her mate and we arc
glad to learn that he fills the position sat
isfactorily.
The towboat Fearless and barges dis
charged 80 tons Red river freigh, and had
$500 tons for st. Louis
The Glasgow strucka big pile Of Red
river freight on her arrival here. She re-
ccived about 300 tons for that stream.
The Susie Silver arrived with nearly all
the freigh, she wanted; however she took
, several tons from this place.
; The big Louisville tried to effect land.
ing during the high wind Wednesday
night, but after considerable trouble her
captain gave it up, and passed by. She
was loaded as deep ms she could swim.
Tho wreck Of tho Occanus 10 entirely
covered with water, and nothing can be
, seen but the beak.
t The oil war horse Leathcrs has been
aroused by the sight Of the Il. 4. Zee
with big trip Of freight and passenger
Q. which she received at this port, and ha'
: concluded 10 bring his fine steamer
Natchez to this port at no distant day and
; load her. He will find freights plenty
/ and our shippers treat them all alike.
= Capt. John Kelley, Of the steamer A
Baker, arrived from New Orleans by rail
The Baker has had her day and has beer
sold to the junkmcn, who will wreck her
The tow boat Ike Hammett, belonging
, to the Cairo City Property Company, ar
; rived from near Golconda with severn
barge loads Of stone, which will be place.
on the levees.
u The Lady Lee from Red river passe'
by for 81. Louis without landing. Sh
was light.
The Pauline Carroll came out from s,
Louis flying light, and will load her,
= She would have had to wait her turn a
St. Louis and therefore she would hav
been compelled to wait at least ten o
twelve days. She can load here and be o
her way back inside of that time.
The Howard arrived here but Re,
hours in advance Of the Carroll and les
eled with two thousand live hundred to
= trip and left while the Carroll was goin
!, to st. Louis and back, at an extra expens
. Of several hundred dollars, and then di
not get II pound of freight. Strnws te
which way the wind blows.