The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-19
RIVER n EWS.
PORT LIST.
AERIv ED.

y. y. hellOgg, New orleans.
Arkansas Belle, Evansville.
Bee and bnrg's, New Orleans.
Minneola, Cincinnati.
NJ. J. Wicks, New Orleans.
Hawkeye, st. Louis.
Emile La Barge, st. Louis.
Anna, Cincinnati.
City of Helena, Vicksburg.
Molic Moon, New Orleans.
West Wind, Paducah.
Grand Tower, st. Louis.
Vice President, Madison.
Ella Hughes, Nashville.
Illinois, Columbus.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Pink Varble Memphis.
j. n. Kellogg, ST. Louis
Arkansas Belle, Evansville.
Bee and barges, ST. Louis.
NJ. j. Wicks, St. LOUIS.
Hawk eye, Ohio river.
Emile La Barge, Shreveport.
Anna Memphis.
City of Helena St. Louis.
Mollie Moon, St. Louis
Illinois Columbus.
West Wind, Paducah.
" Grand Tower, Memphis.
I" Vice President, ST. Loui..
" Ella Hughes, Nashville.
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. '. OLYPHAST,
d. A. BoKEE Genl. Sup..
Sales Agent. 3-l5-ly.
BOATS TO LEAVE TODAY.
The splendid packet Julia is the anchor
line boat leaving this evening at C clock
for Memphis, Vicksburg and way land
ings.
The fast City of Chester leaves at 8 p.
IN. for St. Louis and all usual landings.
The regular packet Quickstep leaves for
Evansville and all points on the Ohio
river this evening at o'clock.
The good packet West Wind is the
daily boat leaving at 4 p. IN. for Paducah
and all way landings.
The Glencoe leaves at 10 a. m. for New
Orleans.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river at this point is rising fast.
The Tennessee river is running out bank
full. The Monongahela is still rising very
fast, and every prospect Of a coal boat rise
AT Cincinnati and Louisville, the Ohio is
rising fast Cumberland river is rising
steadily, with feet on the shoals. The
Arkansas is rising with 10 feet in the
channel. The Mississippi river is still
swelling, with o feet in the channel.
BUSINESS AND WEATHER.
Business was splendid on the levee dur
ing yesterday. There was a goodly num-
Der of arrivals and departures, all with
good trips. The weather was cloady with
slight breeze.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The steamer Idlewild has been bought
by the Evansville, Cairo and Memphis
Packet Co., for S65, 900. She will hsreaf-
ter be commanded by Capt. Jack Gram.
mar. Capt. Ben. Howard takes command
OF the Arkansas Belle. The Ouickstep
will be commanded by Walter PAIRING
ton who has been her clerk for number
OF years, We wish Walter all the
luck in the world in his promotion.
The Pink Varble has had part of her
cabin RACED, and has been painted beau
tiful "yaller.' She is now owned by the
Southern Oil Works, and between her
chimneys hangs the letters rs. o. W.
and IN her metamorphosed condition
the name of "Yellow Sow" would be ap-
propriate. The Minneola arrived with
two barges in tow, loaded with about 600
tons OF freight, which she is reshipping
here. The Emily La Barge added about
40 tons freight for Red river. The NJ. j
Wicks, eleven days out from New Or.
leans, had barge in tow. She had
enough railroad iron for the Cairo and st.
Louis Railroad to lay twenty miles of
track The late rise in the Ohio has ena-
bled the Louisville to get off Cottonw wood
bar. The Anna was aground about seven
hours coming out. She brought good
trip for Memphis. The transfer steamer
Vice-President will be used at St. Louis
to transfer cars and passengers for the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad at st. Louis.
PHI, HOWARD